From what I know the porting team has just started work on this. They were unable to get the FP3 device due to some issue with the postal system!! I expect a 1 - 2 month timeline here for the porting and testing. Will post updates here on the progress.
Great news !
So I understand that the porting team donāt need LineageOS.
P.S.: are you supposed to work on Sunday ?
Yeah, I tried multiple -10 GSI images and ācrashes whenever a nontrivial app is startedā is the furthest Iāve got on any of them.
Now using stock until the FP3 people release -10.
It would be helpful for the porting team to get links to working LOS or custom builds. Will make their work a lot easier.
All the teams takes a break for the weekend.
The post in the Fairphone forum lists those Android 9 based OSes to be working
https://sourceforge.net/projects/arrow-os/files/arrow-9.x/GSI/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/blissroms/files/GSI/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/lineage-16.x/
I have run the LOS 16 version once but I donāt remember the exact version on top of my head. Itās the latest one (the image isnāt maintained anymore so I doubt it got an update after I last tried it).
Best support. When /e/ is ready, Iāll start a monthly donation if I can help out that /e/ will be developed for FP3 for many years.
Very good.
Maybe you can sell Fairphones with /e/ if the samsungs go out of stock.
Hi - Iāve been using the Lineage 16 linked to above on FP3 for about a month or so:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/lineage-16.x/
Itās working fine for most things - some very Google-dependent apps wonāt run or donāt work properly, but most apps are working fine. Auto brightness isnāt working (doesnāt show up in settings).
Location was working from the start (which Iāve found to be a problem sometimes on non-Google installations), but I tried to install microG anyway, but that made things worse, as lots of apps crashed, so Iāve got that disabled for now.
Was quite a bother to get it installed, but has been perfectly stable and reliable since. Tried probably three other recommended GSIs but couldnāt get them to install & boot.
Itās in the install instructions for the GSI images, but maybe it makes sense to point to this hardware overlay explicitly: https://github.com/basxto/vendor_hardware_overlay/releases/tag/v0.1
The most important thing is that it adds the navbar (back, home, applist buttons).
I completely agree and I would like to add: I have a FP3 lying around here. I could
a) offer alpha-testing.
b) āsellā it to you immediately. you could āsellā it back as soon as you are done with the development or as soon as you have your own FP3. Or just keep it, because I could still buy a new one. I was a bit too optimistic when ordering it, because I expected it to be usable (google-free) faster. I wonāt use it anyway, until /e/ or lineageOS are supported.
in addition:
youāre sure itās an issue? if you order a FP, from FP website it takes always that long, thatās their shipping policy because they avoid to store FPs in their headquarter in Netherlands. But there are some other online shops that ship the FP immediately.
This issues was sorted out. The porting team should have got the devices by now. Anyway the work on porting is on in full swing. Hope to make some progress announcements soon.
What do you mean sell me the FP3? I donāt have one yet. I want to wait until there is a Google-free OS.
I canāt help with the development. I only know a little python. I think you wanted to sell it to a developer.
sorry, my message was unclear. this offer wasnāt for you but for Manoj because they need a FP for development - and he already answered anyway.
Is there a git repro or a branch to see it?
How does that screen look ?
First visuals of /e/ booting and running on a FP3 !!!
Still under testing but it would not be long
Coming soon to a supported list on /e/ ā¦
Thatās brilliant news. Iāve been testing the OS on my old Nexus 5 while waiting for the port!
Very excited and such excellent speedy work!
Thank you and the team for all your efforts.
Its private at the moment will release sources with stable builds public.
Great, great news! I will order a Fairphone in the coming days.
Thanks to you all!
As soon as the beta testing starts count me in!
Thanks @Ingo_FP_Angel for the offer to test the beta builds. I will be contacting FP3 users on this forum to help with the testing - which should be soon.
+1 ā¦ here is also a interested Fairphone 3 beta tester ā¦