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[HowTo] Update baseband & other firmware

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      flohack @Stefano
      last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 13:53

      @stefano No this is maybe valid for Android but not for UT. When we talk about firmware then its files and drivers written into special partitions that are loaded by kernel drivers during boot. But this is not integrated with the OS at all.

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        livrecinq
        last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 14:14

        Successfully followed your instructions to manually "update baseband and other firmware" on FP2. I have to test now.

        Ils ne savaient pas que c'Γ©tait impossible, alors ils l'ont fait. - Mark Twain

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          Stefano @advocatux
          last edited by 26 Aug 2018, 07:02

          @advocatux I tried to update the firmware on Pro 5, latest modem on Flyme is CHNOPEN MZ41
          So I flashed Flyme 6, then wiped it, installed UT(16.04)
          and I've checked the modem version installed now and it says CHNOPEN MZ 024
          So it did not update the modem at all? Should I just flash modem.bin file with Fastboot? Or?

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            flohack @Stefano
            last edited by 26 Aug 2018, 07:27

            @stefano I dont know what Flyme is doing in the background, but UT does not flash any firmware right now, so no idea. You can flash it manually but I cannot tell you the right partition name. Be very careful with that, you can brick smth probably if you hit the wrong partition.

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              Aloys
              last edited by 1 Nov 2018, 22:03

              Hi,
              After the upgrade from 15.04 to 16.04 (OTA 5 on FP2), great improvement!
              With 15.04, I had many reboot with the browser, this was almost unusable.
              After around 3 weeks of use with the 16.04, I did not have any reboot when using the morph browser and the battery consumption is far better when mobile data is enabled (it seems similar to consumption with mobile data off).
              I do not known if this improvement is due to 16.04 or to the FP2 firmware upgrade (or both).
              I am very happy to use the 16.04, Thanks to all the UBports team !

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                tera @Stefano
                last edited by tera 11 Feb 2018, 07:45 2 Nov 2018, 07:43

                @stefano On Pro5, all drivers seems/are stored in the Android Container File System whereas the FP2 and N5 have some dedicated partitions for drivers.
                That might explain why an Ubuntu reboot during a call on FP2 do not close the call (modem running on its own or something in that direction!).

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                  Luksus
                  last edited by 3 Jan 2019, 09:09

                  Just want to leave two possibly useful links here:

                  Firmwarefiles of current FP2 OS release:
                  https://github.com/WeAreFairphone/modem_zip_generator/releases
                  Explanation:
                  https://forum.fairphone.com/t/fp2-modem-firmware/35374

                  But I am not sure, if the firmware did really change from one release to another...

                  Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                    Ingo
                    last edited by 3 Jan 2019, 12:35

                    The most recent real change was included in the April 2018 update.

                    One of the next updates will likely include a change to fix a bug about not being able to turn the phone on while charging.

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                      tommiedom @flohack
                      last edited by 11 Jan 2019, 09:33

                      @flohack nice work! I got the OTA-7 update now. Again a more stable and faster FP2!

                      Is a firmware update included in this and/or previous OTA updates, or is it still worth it to flash new firmware manually and follow this howto?

                      FP4

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                        flohack @tommiedom
                        last edited by 11 Jan 2019, 20:27

                        @tommiedom No, I think the firmware update was still held back due to concerns about stability. We cannot risk flashing devices to their digital death πŸ™‚

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                          tommiedom @flohack
                          last edited by tommiedom 14 Jan 2019, 10:50

                          @flohack thnks πŸ˜‰
                          [edit] Update worked flawlessly. I had to change usb-port, because fastboot gave a message: waiting for any device... Changing usb-port worked.

                          My experience so far: no significant improvement. phone still reboots

                          • if typing a text takes a while (half an hour) in browser, signal, sms, etc.
                          • after a while if to many apps are used simultaneously.
                          • Also, sometimes (a couple of times in a month) I find my phone rebooted in the morning.

                          Don't know if this is FP2-behaviour.

                          Now, I used the update package as given by @flohack. @Ingo said above that "The most recent real change was included in the April 2018 update." So I expect no improvement from using another more current update package.

                          FP4

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                            RedXXIII
                            last edited by 29 Jan 2020, 15:40

                            I flashed my FP2 from Android to UT in January 2019. Do I still need to do this manual firmware update?

                            Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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                              flohack @RedXXIII
                              last edited by 29 Jan 2020, 19:25

                              @RedXXIII Well if you had a recent Android version with all updates then probably not.

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                                Fla
                                last edited by 8 Feb 2021, 14:26

                                There is a new firmware at https://github.com/WeAreFairphone/modem_zip_generator/releases since February 2020, did anyone flash it? How did it go?

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                                  A Former User @Fla
                                  last edited by 8 Feb 2021, 15:02

                                  @fla I did it. It works well ! In fact I flashed the entire FP Open OS image before installing Ubuntu Touch, because with Lineage OS making calls was becoming trickier and trickier and I suspect the gap between the firmware and the image is the culprit.

                                  But yes, it works well : I can call reliably, the battery life is longer (but I'm not a heavy user, so does it really count ?), and random reboots are really rare (like, once in six months or so). By the way do you have any news on Android 9 for FP2 ?

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                                    Fla @Guest
                                    last edited by 8 Feb 2021, 15:45

                                    @luna are the instructions in the first post still up-to-date?

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                                      Ingo
                                      last edited by Ingo 2 Aug 2021, 17:35 8 Feb 2021, 17:31

                                      The download URL in the first post is definitely outdated.

                                      Edit: taking the archive from https://github.com/WeAreFairphone/modem_zip_generator/releases/tag/19.11.2 contains the corresponding images. The naming is slightly different as the image files are called like the partion they're supposed to be flashed to.

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                                        A Former User @Fla
                                        last edited by 8 Feb 2021, 18:31

                                        @fla yes they are. But as previously said, I don't know how those firware images are linked with the Android kernel. You can flash them with the kernel you currently have, but maybe they won't work as reliably as with the kernel in the zip folder... that is what I tend to think. I hope that I'm wrong and it's just my FP2's top module that shows its age, but maybe you're safer with the full image and a clean reinstall of UT.

                                        That implies a backup of your data - a backup of /home/phablet is sufficient for me.

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                                          Emphrath @Guest
                                          last edited by 8 Feb 2021, 20:08

                                          @luna great ! i'll do that as soon as I can. Thanks for the update

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                                            A Former User @Emphrath
                                            last edited by 9 Feb 2021, 19:13

                                            @emphrath you're welcome πŸ™‚

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