FP4 - bootloader relocking problems

The last message is quite old by now, but since I had the same problem, I post my approach to fixing it:

  1. Press “Volume Down” → it then enters bootlader again
  2. Unlock bootloader again: fastboot flasing unlock
  3. Somehow, the bootloader was stuck in “a”, so I did: fastboot --set-active=b
  4. Next: Erase avb_custom_key-FP4.bin
  5. Next: fastboot flash avb_custom_key avb_custom_key-FP4.bin
  6. Next: adb sideload iode-2.4-20220407-FP4.zip
  7. Reboot and do initial set-up
  8. Update to iode 3 using OTA-updater
  9. Enable USB-Debugging
  10. Restart and enter boatloader again.
  11. Lock bootloader with fastboot flashing lock

Everything runs smoothly for me. One issue though which others might need to comment on: With every restart, there is a warning “Your device is loading a different operating system”
After a few seconds, the warning disappears and iodé boots normally.The warning does make sense given the fact that I installed a different operating system and since it runs perfectly fine, there might be no issue. But maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can comment on it?

EDIT:
a) I forgot to credit @AlphaElwedritsch. I used two of his posts to figure out my fix: Comment 1 and Comment 2
b) Highlighted commands for better visibility

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