Fairphone - FP4 - FP4 - Documentation Suggestions

Here are two screenshots, take in the same position:


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The only one camera option we can’t use is 48Mpixel. There’s an open thread in Gitlab: FP4 - camera output is limited to 12MP when sensor and stock is 48MP (#4714) · Issues · e / Backlog · GitLab
Let’s hope for the future :crossed_fingers:

God damn, thanks for this tips :wink:

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The FP4 info page https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP4 says “RAM 6 GB” and “Storage 128/256 GB”

According to https://shop.fairphone.com/en/buy-fairphone-4 the 256 GB storage variant has 8 GB RAM, so it should be “RAM 6/8 GB” on the info page.

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This correction should be visible now.

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@jobal Thanks, that’s great! Can confirm it works on my FP4. Unfortunately now that the wide angle camera is working, the front camera does not - I get an error “failed to open camera”" although it works flawlessly in GCam. This is pretty weird, but at least I have 2 apps now that each do 2/3 of their job so I’m good :wink:

I actually switched back to /e/OS after checking that my most important apps work correctly, currently my only issue so far is PayPal which just crashes on start. Hopefully that’s only temporary.

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Hi all, It seems that the guide to manually upgrade / update FP4 is wrong.

According to this guide:

https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP4/upgrade

This procedure doesn’t work to upgrade manually the device. Indeed, “adb sideload” action can’t perform the IMG-e build here:

https://images.ecloud.global/stable/FP4/

Error message warns a “mismatch signature” See logs in attachment.

Currently only OTA upgrade is possible unless unlocking bootloader and wipe all data.

Maybe this guide would need to be removed while a new corrected one is published.

Thank you beforehand.

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I’ve just installed /e/ thanks to the easy-installer and following the instructions was straightforward for me. But I got stuck at the unlock phase, in fact fastboot was waiting endlessly. So I tried the command-line version instructions and I saw that in the terminal < waiting for any device > when I tried to unlock.

It seemed that the problem was the USB port on the computer side which should preferably be a good old USB 2.0 port. Changing the port made everything works like a charm.

So it could be nice to add a notification in the easy-installer and the command line instruction list to check the USB port chosen on the computer and maybe advise the user to change its port if stuck.

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Hello there :slight_smile:
as stated in this guide I’d like to share my feedback.
I assume that I installed successfully e/os - at least it is running fine until now.
The only line which made me hesitating during the installation was that the guide states this:
“”"
Confirm that extracted directory contains following content:
bin-linux-x86 directory - which contains linux tools including fastboot and adb

“”"
But in my bin-linux-x86 directory was no “adb” file included.
Is this expected?

Thanks!

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The patch level of /e/OS should be updated to 2022-11-05.

For the FP4 v1.7 it will be 2022-10-05 for the v1.8 the November SPL will be available.

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Hm, the image file has the patch level date 2022-11-05 when using

$ strings super.img | grep ‘ro.build.version.security_patch=’

Also, I did not brick my device (tested tonight) when switching from fully updated stock Android with November patch level to stable 1.7.

So i just got my new FP4 which has Android 11 SP 11-5-2022
It tells me i could update to SP21.B.0048 which i think is Android 12 (?)

The docs talk in detail about security patches, but not major versions. Now e has only 12/S for download and i am not sure if i can flash that on my Android 11.

Or should i do the latest system update and wait for the next e ?

Have you got /e/OS running on your Fairphone 4?
You should have Android 12 now.
You can get the latest build in “Settings” => “Update Manager”.
The latest /e/ OTA release is 1.8.1 - S (Android 12).

@stanwood I did not update to Android 12, because that is more recent than the 1.8.1
On the fairphone forum someone says it is safe to install 1.8.1 on android 11, i guess i’'l try that now.

Which OS are you running now? Fairphone OS or /e/OS?

Just want to update this with good news. So i updated to android 12, which by then was security patch march. And waited for 0.1.10 (also security patch march) and flashed as per docs.

Which resulted in a 100% working phone.

Docs wise i would second the use of fastboot mode as suggested abive

Installation Instructions say under Locking the Bootloader: "Once you have completed the above steps and before rebooting you can lock your Bootloader.
But after running flash_FP4_factory.sh Phone is rebooting automatically. In this file the last command is “reboot”.
Commenting out this command I was able to follow the instructions to Lock the Bootloader before rebooting.
(IMG-e-1.10 stable)

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Clarification or review or advice needed regarding locking the bootloader of FP4 …

Why the guide for upgrade the FP4 is not available now ?