My proximity sensor also doesnāt work even after recalibrating. It still worked in 17.04.3.
[If I only missed the right post feel free to point me to]
In reference to this wiki-post about updating with TWRP at a rooted phone I asked myself and could not find an answer until now:
Do we know already if and how the wiki post about the TWRP-Update-Procedure needs to be changed in order to update from Android 5.1 (1.13.0 or even <1.13.0) to FPOS to Android 6 / FPOS 17.04.8 via TWRP on a rooted phone?
- Can we use this file https://storage.googleapis.com/fairphone-updates/be6fc703-5fb6-4b7b-b6ea-f9dd88738995/FP2-gms-17.04.8-ota-from-1.13.0.zip ?
- Does the FP note about āupdate is only possible from 1.13.0ā also counts for the TWRP way of update?
Please note: Manually updating to Android 6.0 with the update file below can only be done on a Fairphone 2 device running Fairphone OS 1.13.0 (our latest version for Android 5.1). [LINK]
Maybe author of the wiki @danielsjohan can help out?
As far as I understand, the upgrading procedure is described here.
I couldnāt test it yet, but I will probably just switch to FP Open to avoid these issues in the future
These āfoldersā should still exists as the update should preserve all your user files and folders, but:
Features that will be gone in Android 6 / FPOS 17.04.8:
- ā¦
- Amaze File Manager app. A file management structure is now built into Android. In Settings ā Storage & USB ā Explore. You can still download the Amaze app, or any other file manager from the Google Play Store [or F-Droid] if you need it
Edit: Here the topic is also covered.
But they try to use the binaries-file - and not the zip-file which the OTA-updater app also uses, am I wrong? It was not like that beforeā¦
Can you just summarize what in terms of updates is easier with switching to FPOpenOS (as I also think about) while preserving the root functionality?
It I understand correctly (but probably others can explain this better), you will have to unroot and root again for every update in Android 6. It seems too much effort for me
However, in FP Open, I would have to install OpenGAPPS again every timeā¦ So the question is if this is really less effort.
More exactly you only have to root it again after each update, and itās a bit more complicated than with Android 5.0. (bit works perfectly for me).
But it was already the same with Android 5.0, we had to root the system again after each update.
So: with FP OS with GMS, root after each update; with FP Open, install OpenGAPPS after each update. At least, the FP OS is updated before the other one.
Great to see a new Android version coming along, a big achievement showing the value of a project taking ownership of their codebase.
I assume that Iām forced to upgrade to Android 6 in order to get future security releases, and that there will not be a separate Android 5 branch which will be getting the latest security fixes?
I got exited when the blogpost mentioned an increased level of code ownership:
ā¦including securing the licenses to the complete codeā¦
We now have much better control over the entire software baseā¦
I assumed that the number of binaries would be reduced in this release, yet I see now progress on that front. What actually improved on the codebase ownership, the blog is hinting at?
I donāt find where Iāve read that, but yes, the Android 5 branch will not get any additional security update.
Alright, Iāll start updating then
Thatās true. But what will be the difference for updating to/with 6.0 (I mean 5.1->6.0(17.04.8) and 17.04.8->17.04.8+) while using TWRP ?
Or more precisely: what does change with this wiki between Android 5.1 and 6.0 after each FP-OS update?
Iāve never used TWRP to update my FP or whatsoever with it, so I can not answer to your question.
Iāve always only used fastboot and/or the update app.
Well, the link below explains that, I was on 17.04.3 (published during few minutes by mistake last week) and Iāve updated to 17.04.8, the update was a bit more complicated that before, but when everything is clear (and thanks again to @retsifp) , itās easy and my FP2 works perfectly with Android 6.0 FP 17.04.8.
Iāve done all the updates from day one (February 2016), never lost any data, and always rooted my phone each and every time.
Super Arbeit. Android 6 lƤuft wunderbar. Fairphone ist deutlich schneller und der Akku hƤlt auch lƤnger!
The Updater tells me FP is updated, but it still has Android 5 (Fairphone OS 1.13.0). Is it normal? Iām really looking forward to get itā¦!
Have you updated the app with the Playstore?
That was it lol.
Thanks Peter974
My early-by-a-surfeit-of-enthusiasm Marshmallow FP2 also shows as uncertified.
Not a thing Iāve ever done, so I explored and tried this method.
- Settings ā Apps ā Google Play Store ā Force Stop ā OK
- Launch Play Store ā Settings ā Scroll down
And it still shows uncertified, so I guess thatās not how I āsimply delete the Play Store app data.ā
Posting in case anyone else is equally bemused, and in hope of a more experienced user telling us the simple way to delete Play Store app data!
Edit: solved
Just below the the ādisableā and āforce stopā buttons, thereās an item called āstorageā. If you tap that, you should get the options relating to wiping data (clear data should also wipe cache).
Thank you! A tappable storage option wasnāt showing (I looked for it), but I got there by this route:
- Settings -> Storage & USB -> Internal storage -> Apps -> Sort by name -> Google Play Store -> Clear Data
- Launch Play Store -> Settings -> Scroll down
Success!
After update to 6.0, my battery is draining very fast again. Battery lasts for 5 hours or so, when I dontā t use the phone. Phone tells me that the Wifi-connection uses much of battery - even when the connection is disabled - HAHAHA! after years of troubleshooting, replacing a few times, I finally had a phone that worked more or less. Now back to starting point! making a failphone even worse - that was not easy, i think! probably just one update more to crash it completelyā¦