Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

kingu

@x2u There might be something within the month. Stay tuned.

As an indication of generic Linux-support, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

x2u

@kingu

thanks mr.

Do you mean that Ubuntu Touch will be released this month?

Inali

@x2u said in Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5:

@kingu

thanks mr.

Do you mean that Ubuntu Touch will be released this month?

Suposedly the person working on it had some health situation come up so it's been a lesser priority versus getting better.

I hope they are better. I don't know much about it to give further detail, nor is it my business.

Certainly explains the lack of recent news regarding the build.

CatWithUT

From the Newsletter Sept 27th:

Hello again and welcome to the latest newsletter,

All things FP5 have moved along a lot recently with quite a few things fixed and working. These include the following

fixed vgrid units
adb, mtp and usb
Modem is up
Sound and video decoding works
vibrationaidl added to hfd-service
flashlight
auto brightness
mobile data and calls
GPS

Many of the parts for voLTE have also no been merged but have not yet reached our devel update channel yet.

Work is being finished to make the FairPhone 5 available on the installer and as we know many of you are looking forward to this port we will let you know as soon as it is available.

We intend to show the FairPhone 5 at the up coming Ubuntu Summit in the Hague so if you are there please come and look us up to find out more.

I am excited!

Also "and as we know many of you are looking forward to this port we will let you know as soon as it is available" . Meaning this forum topic has received a good amount of attention in the UT space . 4.3K Views is a lot lol.

Moem

@CatWithUT said in Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5:

Hype.

Sorry, what do you mean?

CatWithUT

@Moem I am excited to to try UB-Touch. Sorry if it was writen unclear.

Moem

@CatWithUT said in Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5:

I am excited to to try UB-Touch.

Okay, then I understand you completely :smiling_face:

x2u

@Moem

Ubuntu for FP5 is out....via Installer....... :-))))))

x2u

Mobile Data ....sim Card dont Work!!!!!!!Broken!!!!!! Only W LAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

arubislander

@x2u Please try not to overuse the exclamation marks (!), it comes across as shouting.

x2u

This post is deleted!

Lakotaubp

@x2u Do not repeat that again ever. Hope that is clear enough. We do not tolerate bad or offensive language here.

Lakotaubp

So the FP5 is now on the installer so please give it a try but remember this is still a work in progress. These things are working or should be though some things are just being pushed now.

fixed vgrid units
adb, mtp and usb
Modem is up
Sound and video decoding works
vibrationaidl added to hfd-service
flashlight
auto brightness
mobile data and calls
fingerprint
GPS

Please note mobile data has broken but is being fixed. Calls and text should work. Work on the recovery is also currently underway by @mariogrip and @TheVancedGamer. More updates as and when we get them.

Lakotaubp

Next devel update should fix ofono

Keneda

@Lakotaubp
What Fairphone OS version is needed for installation ?
FP5 sadly has android rollback protection so it is important to know.

+Now FP5 reached installer, we should open a device sub forum for it, with a proper beta test thread.
It's a bit HS here now ^^

Lakotaubp

@Keneda I am informed all the information is as normal in the installer. I can't check as I don't have a 5.

Lakotaubp

@Keneda Part two requested.

x2u

@Lakotaubp said in Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5:

@Keneda I am informed all the information is as normal in the installer. I can't check as I don't have a 5.

@Lakotaubp
Old man without hair can't even have a say because you don't have a Fairphone 5!! Just shut up:-)

Keneda

@x2u
You where warned, twice !
3 days to think about your behaviour, also that will give you time to read :
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/176/welcome-to-the-ubports-forums

Next time is forever.

CatWithUT

I will happily beta-test and report my findings (where would that be?). But first I need to check if the latest twrp commit allows full backups to work. I need to be able to restore Android (including data) easily if something is not working at all. I will Update this post if the newest twrp works.

UPDATE:
twrp can not backup / use data.
Tryed the offical release (3.7.1_12.0) and one build from the current source (24c9db44e02b3153cbefd8f0a086a3232f9cf5c0) with diffrent configs from (https://forum.fairphone.com/t/twrp-for-fairphone-5/99368).

Error:
E:Unable to override 'ro.crypto.dm_default_key.options_format.version' due to missing libresetprop
E:Unable to override 'ro.crypto.volume.metadata.method' due to missing libresetprop
E:Unable to override 'external_storage.projid.enabled' due to missing libresetprop
E:Unable to override 'external_storage.casefold.enabled' due to missing libresetprop
E:Unable to override 'external_storage.sdcardfs.enabled' due to missing libresetprop

Means:
If someone wants to beta test there must comit to using it no matter what, use a temp. phone from storage, if they have onem, OR instal linageOS and disable encryption when formating data (unsafe and unsupoorted). Just so evey one intrested knows.