Is switching an Android Fairphone 6 over to e/OS in any way difficult or risky?

[leonard.daniels]

Question in the title. Want an e/OS Fairphone 6. Have option to buy Android Fairphone 6 cheaply. How difficult is it to switch over, and are there any risks? Does it involve flashing or bootloading? They are words I don’t really understand but have heard used in this context and they seem to be associated with the risk of bricking the phone.

[piero]

Replace the Fairphone/Google version of android by an /e/ version of android cause no issues.

You need to unlock the bootloader first, and launch an install script.

then relocking the bootloader is only possible If the new system have more recent android security patch than the older.

[urs_lesse]

@leonard.daniels

Have option to buy Android Fairphone 6 cheaply.

If you are buying it from a private person or other unknown source, by all means make sure it is not locked by a company IT admin or such. We have had people devastated who had bought a used Fairphone cheap from sellers who basically abducted a business phone from a company or organization.

[GabrielT]

@leonard.daniels

switch over, and are there any risks? Does it involve flashing or bootloading? They are words I don’t really understand but have heard used in this context and they seem to be associated with the risk of bricking the phone.

Yes their are risks.
Many people find it easy to follow the flash procedure but those people are skilled with such a task which is certainly not the case of the majority of people used to large audience consumer goods.

Read the full procedure before. If you still do not understand then do not do it because nobody will help you come revert the changes you made to the phone and you will have lost its full value because it wont be sellable anymore.

[mihi]

@leonard.daniels

I’ve recently bought a Fairphone 6 (e/OS version) and am making the effort to degoogle.

Did you lose the Fairphone you had…?

[piero]

@GabrielT

Many people find it easy to follow the flash procedure but those people are skilled with such a task which is certainly not the case of the majority of people used to large audience consumer goods.

in case of the Fairphone 6, we are talking about copy/paste 3 commands..
(just avoid the the web-installer)

@aibd

installer does not work for all as seen from threads with that hashtag Topics tagged eosinstaller.
Changing to the manual Install method (it uses a script, so not too hard) may be easier than debugging the installer.

@Redhill54

This method was really easy and quick to follow. I really do not think that I am an advanced user at all, but I can follow the steps as shown, and /e/ OS was installed in 10 minutes.

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@GabrielT

nobody will help you come revert the changes you made to the phone

i fell this unfair to the present forum community…

@GabrielT

Read the full procedure before. If you still do not understand

ask here…

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@piero

relocking the bootloader is only possible If the new system have more recent android security patch than the older.

that is THE thing very important to care about !

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@leonard.daniels

can you tell me how to find out what the most recent security patch is that the /e/OS installer will install?

Thanks,

the web /e/OS installer (that often don’t work) is expected to take https://images.ecloud.global/official/FP6/e-latest-a15-FP6.zip.

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on the Install /e/OS on a Fairphone The Fairphone (Gen. 6) - “FP6” page,
we can see :

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on the /e/OS official FP6 download page,
we can see :

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on the Releases · e / os / 🚀 Releases · GitLab page,
we can see :