Update on Android 14 for Fairphone 3(+)

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I found this statement on the Fairphone 3 forum

We wanted to give you an update on Android 14 for Fairphone 3. After extensive research, we have made the difficult decision not to upgrade the Fairphone 3 to Android 14. The legacy Linux kernel (4.9) used in the Fairphone 3 poses significant challenges for the upgrade. It currently offers limited support for Android 13, and would not support Android 14 at all.

Does this put a limit on the FP3 running e/OS??

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[urs_lesse]

I alerted Manoj the other day:

Week 31 2024: Development and Testing Updates

Thanks for your weekly updates Fairphone today announced they regard themselves unable to upgrade Fairphone OS for the Fairphone 3 to Android 14. @Manoj Perhaps you can add the FP3 here with regard to /e/OS U: I’m not exactly optimistic that Murena can outdevelop Fairphone here, but you never know.

[AnotherElk]

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Does this put a limit on the FP3 running e/OS??

/e/OS is based on LineageOS.
Official (in their terms) LineageOS is already on Android 14 on the Fairphone 3/3+.

Going forward, any possible contributions from Fairphone directly might be very limited, of course, but I don’t see how it would be impossible for /e/OS developers to continue.

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Thanks for the info. i thought I would have to replace the phone because a newer model is in the development stage.

[AnotherElk]

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i thought I would have to replace the phone because a newer model is in the development stage.

There’s always a newer model already in the development stage.
You chose your current phone for reasons. As long as it does what you need it to do and still gets security updates, or can be helped into those conditions, why replace it?

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I know what your mean. The NEW and Improved Version. My background was in Industry, not consumer products. Helped design really boring things like the backup power for airport radar or the PWM drives for the trains Siemens built. You did it right the first time and there was no notice that parts and service ended after 3 or 4 years.