Reinstall Fairphone OS 1.6 (named Cherry)?

Webaschtl · May 22, 2015, 1:20pm

Hi,

still having problems with Bluetooth – even after re-installing 1.8.5 manually from scratch! It’s not possible to use my bluetooth keyboard and once disabled bluetooth it’s not possible to activate it again: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/1-8-bluetooth-can-not-be-activated-only-after-restart/3640

… and other problems, e.g. https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201654943--Resting-Android-robot-No-Command-Black-screen-on-reboot | System-UI wurde beendet / Fairphone OS wurde beendet

So I want to downgrade to 1.6! Re-installing the Fairphone OS again!

Question: can I do this in the same way as for 1.8.5 – just using this ZIP file: “FP1U and FP1 with upgraded partition layout: Cherry 1.6 (~200MB)” ?
ZIP file found at https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201189497-Fairphone-OS-multiple-versions-

Thanks!
webaschtl

paulakreuzer · May 22, 2015, 1:30pm

If the problem is not caused by the OS then it’s no wonder that an update didn’t solve it and I highly doubt that a downgrade will.

kgha · May 22, 2015, 1:37pm

You should (at least in theory) be able to downgrade via the FP Updater app (advanced mode > Android for Fairphone, choose Cherry 1.6)
Otherwise I would believe that downgrading manually using the zip file will take you back.