Feedback for v1.19.1

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Hi,

Vendor Name : Fairphone
Device name : FP3
Device CodeName : IMG-e-1.17-s-20231111351092-dev-FP3.zip 
Migration : e-1.19.1-t-20240113373116-dev-FP3.zip 
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted : I don't know, it's stupid anyway. And I haven't found a reliable article to verify it. Given what I do on it, it must be rooted.

Thank you for all the sharing, it’s been very helpful.

I wanted to follow an old article to sideload the FP3, but the page no longer exists (here (not function of course)). It’s a good thing I wrote it all down in my documentation. There’s nothing in the docs and it took me at least 45 minutes to find the page with the info on FP3.

I had exactly the same problem as @urs_lesse (here) on the signature part of the .zip file. It’s due to a lack of knowledge on my part.

Apart from that, I only have one problem and the update was installed in less than 10 minutes.

The problem was that VLC was no longer reading my SD card. I uninstalled the application and reinstalled it. Since then, VLC has been reading my SD card just fine, with no problems.
And I’ve enlarged the display font by one notch. It was written slightly smaller

Here’s what I did:

  • First, add adb and fastboot. Follow the instructions here.

  • Find the right file here, thanks you @AnotherElk . It’s in JSON format, my file is on line 28.

  • Then activate the developer tools, plug the phone into USB: activate USB debugging (authorised by the PC) & unlock the OEM (see the start of the procedure here). At the end of the procedure, disable everything by doing the reverse.

  • Make sure you back up all your applications, photos, videos, OTP, etc.

  • Run the adb commands from the downloaded folder (I’m running Linux, Debian 12):

  • ./adb reboot sideload (the phone reboots and goes into sideload mode)

  • ./adb sideload
    /mnt/X/Save\ FP3\ 17012024/e-1.19.1-t-20240113373116-dev-FP3.zip

  • The phone reboots. Unplug everything and check that it works.

  • Keep the procedure in documentation if you wish, but above all share it here :).

The question I ask myself. Now that I’ve changed the way I upgrade, will I receive updates normally or should I always use sideload for updates and upgrades?

Thank you
Have a nice evening

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