Hi guys, We are still working hard on releasing Android 7 to you, and know that we have promised it in the past for September already. We are really sorry that we have not been able to release it yet, but we don’t have good news — It’s still taking a little bit longer. After in depth testing, we d…

I don’t have an account for the bugtracker, so … It is pointed out there … https://bugtracker.fairphone.com/project/fairphone-android-7/issue/60 … after guiding the user to do a TWRP backup of the data partition, that “The backup you just created contains all your information that is stored on the…

Thanks for pointing this out. This is a very important observation which we were not properly aware of. @Volker has also notified us of this shortcoming and added a warning to the backup guide . Do you know of a way to include all relevant data in a backup?

[image] jftr: Do you know of a way to include all relevant data in a backup? In 1 backup? No. I would like to have something like that, too :slight_smile: . When I initially set up my phone and tried TWRP for a backup, I just saw TWRP’s warning when backing up the data partition, and I just …

[image] AnotherElk: When I initially set up my phone and tried TWRP for a backup, I just saw TWRP’s warning when backing up the data partition, and I just set up an additional way to backup Internal Storage to my PC then. There’s an app for that: „Tipatch“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Rep…

[image] paulakreuzer: There’s an app for that So … “TWRP is open source software. So you’re free to add a backup option for the internal storage and push your request to our gerrit for reviewing.” … and somebody patches TWRP install images or the installed recovery instead? Thanks, but … N…

I am just very happy and impressed that you do aim for this update! Understand that it is hard work. Do it right. Better safe than sorry. Keep up the good work! :grinning:

Hi @anon79757119 , Unfortunately my previous messages were removed, so I try again. How do you (as a company) think to deal with the fact that nowadays we have android 9, and you are still developing android 7? How do you (as a company) intend to deal with the fact that the phone is now 2.5 years …

When talking about the roadmap: For how long is Fairphone planning to support the FP2 still. In my opinion this is a much more relevant question than “when does the next device come”. Not that I have doubts currently but for people who consider buying a new FP2 now this question is probably very rel…

[image] Martin_Anderseck: When talking about the roadmap: For how long is Fairphone planning to support the FP2 still. [image] Fairphone 3 - Interview of Bas from FrAndroid Fairphone recently has secured spare parts for the FP2 for at least three years.

Hi @demetrio where your previous messages in this thread? Not sure why they would be removed. As for your questions: 1. The software versions are built on each other, so there is no possibility to upgrade directly to a higher version by skipping one. 2. Longevity has always been one of our target…

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