Installing on FP3: feedback

[Janez]

Hello,
Today I used installer in order to migrate from /e/ OS to UbPorts and would like to refer (I do not want to flood category with duplicate topics).

Android ROMs
I had to migrate back from /e/ OS Android 11, which was easy thanks to link for old FPOS in installer. /e/ OS version Q (1.4) did not work for me and phone got only to boot loop.

Some notes
I used AppImage installer from device card on ubports.com on Gentoo stable:

• Installer did not notice I do not have android-tools installed and just hanged on "waiting for device"
• Even with stock FPOS the installer (appimage) did not recognize connected phone. I had to reboot it manually to bootloader.
• After manually selecting device there are several channels marked as android9 (stable, rc and devel). Nothing terrible but it is a bit confusing, because device card on website refers to gitlab.../android10/...
• Rest of installation worked as expected. Last step (sending feedback) failed due to some random error after clicking send button.

[Janez]

So after trying some alternative android based OSes I decided to give Ubports a try once again. Almost perfectly after a year, what coincidence
Installation process is more-less not as painful as I expected, but I think it would be nice to fill some additional information.
First of all in install instructions there is link to non-existent Fairphone support article for FPOS download. I did find new article with all FPOS versions available here.
Before install I did flash Android 10 version of FPOS and verified it is working. After that I flashed Ubports 20.04 stable and ended up in bootloop. Reflash directly to Ubports 16.04 did not help. I had to flash FPOS again, then flash 16.04 and upgrade that to 20.04. But that can by caused just by some fault on my side.
Also in the mean time I forgot it is bad to lock bootloader for Ubports. It would be nice if installer mentioned this too (maybe I just missed it).

[Moem]

@Janez said in Installing on FP3: feedback:

I do not want to flood category with duplicate topics

It's not a duplicate, it's a valid new topic. I've split it off.
Your feedback may well be helpful to others.

[Janez]

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[Moem]

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[Luksus]

@Janez Thanks for your feedback.

You are right, the links and such, did change meanwhile.
I will try to find the time, to verify your findings and update the installer config accordingly.

[Janez]

I managed to take some time and verify my findings.

It looks like I made mistake on first installation because today I managed to flash Focal directly over FPOS. So right now my flashing procedure was like this:

1. Download and Fairphone OS based on Android 10
2. Flash Fairphone OS without locking bootloader
3. Boot into Fairphone recovery and erase user data as requested
4. Reboot to Fairphone OS welcome screen
5. Reboot to Fastboot mode
6. Use Ubports installer and let it do its job with Focal/stable branch