[e] because even well illustrated, the “web-installer” often don’t work, and because the install instructions provided by /e/ can be imbuvable for some new users and can lead to errors. Here is a safe guide to install /e/OS we will take the Fairphone 6 as example, . ▶ Expand to see the guide : .…

don’t forget to disable phone pin, or you will face issues like too much users… [image] piero-e: other things you must take care about Remove all connected Gogol accounts, screen lock or SIM lock from the device.

I did now, as I just recognised it. Bur I cannot make any connection. but I am not able to everything. Will try on another computer too next week.

[image] ReiSt: I am not able to everything. what happen ? (please share screenshots)

Great Guide! Used it with MacOS and Fairphone 5 and IMG-e-3.4-a15-20260117570255-community-FP5.zip. Thanks!

Glad it worked for you without issue. does your terminal have -Zsh or -bash in the title bar ?

[image] Mikk: If I installed /e/ OS with an older security patch than was on the phone before and did not relock the phone. Can I now just install the new 3.3 release of /e/ OS via the phone UI and then lock the phone? Or do I need to reflash the 3.3 release onto the phone from scratch? (The pho…

→ zsh I first tried using the easy installer, but unfortunately it didn’t work. After that, only the bootloader started up. Not even Android. So I waited until a new version of /e/OS was released so that I wouldn’t have any problems with the security level. Now it has worked really well. Like so…

Installation réussie avec Windows et FP3 alors que l’installeur posait des problèmes. Merci beaucoup.

Thank you very much for this guide! The browser-based installer from e/OS/ did not work and with your guide I came a lot further. Nevertheless… I fear I bricked my new Fairphone 5, after the successful installation of e/OS/, while trying to re-lock the bootloader: ./fastboot flashing lock_critical …

Hello @TeeTeeHaa , Welcome to the Fairphone users forum. Great log report ! [image] TeeTeeHaa: what I did wrong. [image] TeeTeeHaa: the Android security patch was February 5, 2026 for the original Android when I did the unlocking according to Releases · e / os / 🚀 Releases · GitLab […

A safe guide to install /e/OS on your Fairphone

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piero-e March 10, 2026, 1:01pm 27

no, just updating OTA

yes.

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