I have bought a Fairphone 6 and tried to install e/OS on it. Since the FP has first-class support, I guessed it would be safe to use the web installer to save time.
However, after install, the phone is bricked. I ended up in non-functional fastboot mode.
This specificity of Fairphones should be displayed prominently in the web installer! I assume the process should be able to detect the patch date of the stock OS and compare it with the date of the installed e/OS. Even if it is not possible, the user MUST be presented with an install step where they are instructed to look up the Android Security Patch Level, and ideally asked to put it in a date form, so that the web install can immediately stop before touching the phone.
I understand that I am responsible for looking up all the information in the manual instructions, but the web installer gives a false sense of security for beginners and impatient users, so it must come with much stronger safeguards than the manual install, not fewer…
Thanks in advance for your feedback on this request