And of course we all support sustainable technology. Right?
So we should support the notion of our favourite sustainable technology provider being widely used. To get there we need the certification, and to get the certification we need timely security updates.
We’re all on the same side here. This is what’s required to achieve our shared goals.
Not going to happen. Pretty much every monthly patch from Google contains critical patches. The only way to make sure that you receive those in a timely manner is to buy a Pixel phone (or a recent Galaxy S, Samsung is also pretty quick these days).
Fairphone for example has (at least to the best of my knowledge) outsourced its OS development to its main assemlby partner in Taiwan. So they cannot even directly control the availability of OS patches AFAIK.
It was the link. I just looked at the post. You could go back and edit the link to remove the 3 at the end
It may be that the FOS A9 which is an in-house build, doesn’t require the same google certification, hence can be rolled out once the update has been accomplished.
The usual 500,000 tests google demand might therefore not be needed.
For what it’s worth, the corresponding topic in the Beta category mentioned "fixes required for Google approval" prior to public release, so even if the process might not be entirely the same, they don’t seem to get around Google’s OK .
each “official” Android OS has to go through google certification (therefore custom ROM updates can be published more often and faster). However for the FP2 there is no Network provider related rollout and that seem to make it a lot easier and its therefore also directly available to everyone.
Hi everyone. Thanks @Mark_Jaroski for flagging this. Our team is already aware. The build is ready and we are starting the cycle certification process. I’ll keep you all updated once we have more info to share.
@Mark_/Jaroski Just curious about this update you have. What update is that/this?
Rae’s post was only yesterday I would doubt it’s available today. Are you confusing it with the FP3 A0132 update (security patch 5th Nov) or is there some idea it contained the 1048 patch?
Hi @formerFP.Com.Manager is this 1048 patch separate from the A1032 as your post is after the push of the A1032 and you say you are starting the certification process on the 18th Nov?