So… apologies if this is discussed already too many times, couldn´t find an answer. I’m planning to go back to Fairphone OS from Open OS. Contacts, Signal, Whatsapp I think I can manage backing up to PC, but how to backup SMS and possibly bring them back after OS change?

I use MyPhoneExplorer for saving data like SMS, Contacts and so on offline. https://www.fjsoft.at/en

Ok, I did try MyPhoneExplorer already, but didn’t get it to work. New attempt and it was fine. Thanks for your reply! Now another problem, the phone is not found in fastboot mode when connected to Win 10 laptop to run the bat provided here Going Back — FAIRPHONE open source documentation …

Thats normally a driver issue, unless you dont use Windows? [image] Unable to install twrp 'cause FP2 not recognized from Computer Fairphone 2 Just to ensure we are talking about the same: in such cases normally there is no need to update Wind 10 system itself, what you h…

Looks like it, it’s Win 10, in Device Manager now shows no driver for Android, a while back it was this yellow triangle with exclamation mark. I updated FP2 to the latest build 10 22.08.0 and since that the phone is not talking to laptop at all. Nothing happens when I plug in USB.

Please follow the instructions linked its updated through Windows updates not the device ßanaher

It says there should be in Optional Updates something with “Google”, but there’s none. One related to USB was “Qualcomm… USB…” etc., selected that, download never proceeded from 0%, whole updates view crashed, opened again and even that Qualcomm is not there anymore… Should it be something else to…

In fastboot you would not see a USB device connected as far as I remember? So you did connect it to your PC while in fastboot and then you manually checked for updates and then you checked under additional? In the device manager you have to check for Kedacom device or probably LeMobile something? U…

[image] [image] Here’s a pic, I hope… FP2 connected in fastbood mode, that’s all there is in Win 10.

Maybe this an help? [image] USB File Transfer Mode Fairphone 3 Welcome to the community forum. Sometimes driver trouble gets in the way of MTP functioning properly … this here should help (if driver trouble would really be the issue) … Disconnect the phone from the com…

None of those “MPT”, “ADB”, “Android SDK” exist. I didn’t go through the Android SDK Platform Tools download etc. section yet… What about a factory reset of the phone? :stuck_out_tongue: Probably has no effect whatsoever.

Backup SMS, FP2 Open OS

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yvmuell September 20, 2022, 7:10pm 10

Maybe this an help?