So I thought about throwing caution to the wind to flash it and get back to stock. Sadly I am unable to get fastboot mode to install the Qualcomm EDL driver. Instead it want to install the Google ADB driver with phone being picked up as "Other devices --> Android." I did the key combination, volume up + down and power at the same time so I am not sure what I should be doing? Switch off USB debugging maybe?
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Found what was causing my issue. Power off phone, while it is off hold down the vol up + down buttons, connect cable. That gets the EDL mode and the Qualcomm drivers installed no problem. Enum says connected so I am assuming I can proceed but will work up the courage a little later on to do that rofl