[LEGACY_BUILDS] /e/-OS-R for the Fairphone 2 (FP2)

Well I tried the IMG-e-2.3-r-20250113-legacy-FP2 with the install script…
I’m having the same issue of missing ‘.img’ files with the script so I’ll try the other method later

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yes,
or if you have skill, edit the script…

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Is alpha2 the build from 13/01/2025?
I’ll try it on Tuesday. I’m currently travelling.

For the download on Sourceforge it was quite quick for me. :slight_smile:

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After installation, system was still buggy but in a different way :
I could not open eOS AppStore, nor the browser (because it required an upgrade that I could not get due to previous issue), but I could use the navigation app fine.
Music player was ok, and parameters app was crashing sometimes…

Definitely not really “usable” as a regular phone, I’ll just keep it for testing purpose.

NB : No more “personal keys” warning though !

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First purpose was to make available a build based on last /e/ version, now that e-2.2-r-dev (now called community) is published here [LEGACY_BUILDS] collection for "legacy devices" there is no need of this e-2.3-r-legacy except for debug leaning.

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I also tried version e-2.2-r-20240719418592-dev-FP2 which install just fine with the script. But it’s still buggy, even listening to FM would crash the phone :smiley:

By any change, do you know if older versions for FP2 would be available somewhere (like on an archive page) ?

Anyway, thanks a lot for the preservation work with these old devices :wink:

The “legacy” build is android 11 R based, so coming from stock android 10 R based, a clean install is required, including a format of the /data partition is mandatory…

Also, coming from other android 11 R based custom distribution, may need a single wipe of the data partition…

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Hi, by the way my phone has not received any version update since July, is this normal ? I seem to be stuck on eOS 2.2-xxx-FP2 released on July 19th 2024 (based on android 11). Between May and July I received an update a month and then nothing. Thanks ! Niels

yes it is,
“R” was dropped and the FP2 don’t meet the requirements to support new kernel

Thanks ! Does this mean that the FP2 won’t receive security updates any longer and is more or less doomed in the short term ? If yes, any alternative OS ?

Hi Piero!

I did the e-2.3-r-20250113-legacy-FP2 zip install over DivestOS and it worked fine :slight_smile:
Here is the screenshot:

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yes,
since 2024.02.05 (fabruary), android 11 based system won’t receive security-patch from Gogol. it will be the same for android 12 based system soon…
So, /e/OS llike LineageOS have dropped support.
there will be no more “dev” = “community” nor “legacy” updates or upgrades.
only “unofficial” upgrades may come if sources are created for later android,
But as far as i understand, the processor can’t stand recent android kernel…

i have added the missing partitions into the folder,

can someone test the IMG-e-2.3-r-20250113-legacy-FP2.zip ?
the included install- script called flash_FP2_factory.sh should work now.

@piero sorry but I am missing the point of this thread, why the hell bothering installing e/OS on FP2 if it will be barely be usable a few more months ?

The point is simply : /e/OS-R is better than stock OS, but no more available from e.foundation web site…

It took me some time to figure it out:
First I was trying in CMD to run the bash script and it was failing to find the FP2 in Fastboot mode, even if “Minimal ADB and Fastboot portable” detected it.
But it was the same for the last official so nothing to do with your build…

Then I read the official documentation (RTFM :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:) and I found out that I first needed to install Git, then Ctrl + right click and “Open Git Bash here”…
(I’m used to the TWRP method so first time I discover that…)

Installation is successful :+1:

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How, a windobeOS PC ? like in the 20th century !

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Again thank you, having given time to create an account for testing this build

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some users testing other legacy build for others devices, complain about Browser crash, and some other apps too… do you se something like that ?

I’m at work, doing some FP2-install-games during my coffee break :wink: . So I didn’t have a choice for the OS…

I had some UI crashes, but also on the last official so I guess it’s not specific to your build.
I’ve tested it offline so far, so I haven’t tried the browser yet. :slight_smile: