Why does e/OS/ update on Fairphone 5 take several minutes?

[TeeTeeHaa]

I just updated my Fairphone 5 from e/OS/ 2.6.3-t-20241217455358-official-FP5 to e/OS/ 2.7 and just like all the updates before it took several minutes for “Finalizing package installation”. And in all that time you have to make sure that the smartphone does not lock itself because then the process is being paused. Is that lengthy duration really necessary? A Fairphone 5 is a pretty fast smartphone.

In comparison I also updated a Samsung Galaxy S7 from e/OS/ 2.3-s-20240816426374-stable-herolte to e/OS/ 2.7 and it took only a couple of seconds before the reboot. Completely smooth process.

[MRTN]

@TeeTeeHaa

And in all that time you have to make sure that the smartphone does not lock itself because then the process is being paused.

Check the preferences of the updater.
You can enable an option to prioritise the update process.

[jobal]

…and you could temporary set the “display on” time to the higest value (it should be 30 minutes).

[obacht]

aka “caffeine” … always a good idea for system updates …

[TeeTeeHaa]

This preference is already enabled. I never changed it so “on” seems to be the default.

[AnotherElk]

What @obacht said.

Feedback for v1.17

I’m using Caffeine mode when updating. You can edit the Quick Settings menu and add the Caffeine tile to have it available when needed … it prevents the screen from power saving for 5 / 10 / 30 minutes (set by repeatedly tapping on it) or indefinitely (until turned off manually or the phone rebooting).

[jobal]

I could be misunderstanded because the FP5 has something called Always on display. I own a FP4, so I mean the following setting:

[obacht]

@jobal

Always on display

Thanks for pointing that out.
Afaik there is no “always” available in these settings for the default ON-time-value for the display, max is 30 minutes (?)

From a functional perspective the above settings probably do the same thing like caffeine (as linked by @AnotherElk) (that is: prevent sleep mode of device by keeping display ON)
I found this description:

At its core, caffeine mode is a feature designed to prevent the screen of your Android device from entering sleep mode for a specified duration. Users can toggle between preset time intervals—such as 5, 10, or 30 minutes—or choose an indefinite option to keep the screen awake until manually turned off.

Main advantage of caffeine is that it can be set temporarily w/o the need to go back to system settings and once again change the default ON-time-value for the display.

[TeeTeeHaa]

Ooookay, it took me some time to understand what “caffeine” is: A tile in Android’s pull down menu to prevent the display from being locked and/or the screen turning off.

On my Fairphone 5 a short touch sets its timer to 5 minutes and a long touch sets it to infinite.

Thank you very much for that hint.

Nevertheless my original complaint still stands: Why does “Finalizing package installation” take sooo long on Fairphone 5?

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@TeeTeeHaa

Why does “Finalizing package installation” take sooo long on Fairphone 5?

@TeeTeeHaa

In comparison I also updated a Samsung Galaxy S7 from e/OS/ 2.3-s-20240816426374-stable-herolte to e/OS/ 2.7 and it took only a couple of seconds before the reboot. Completely smooth process.

It also takes several minutes on my OnePlus 6 with /e/OS, so I would not say that it is Fairphone 5 specific. Maybe this is due to the Fairphone 5 and OnePlus 6 using the A/B partition update scheme while the Samsung S7 does not use it?