as not everyone is probably following this thread and to make this easier to find on the forums, I made up a new topic for this. Thanks to @fairphone1owner for sharing this information. Does anyone know if there is a bithub account or any other way to pledge to the creator chrmhoffmann?
Please report your experiences with Cyanogenmod on the Fairphone.
I absolutely take no guarantee, but here is a step-by step guide:
INSTALL CYANOGENMOD 11 M 10 (CM FP 0.2):
Requires:
Additional SD card
FP1 repartitioned with OS Version 1.6. FP1U is reported to work AS well.
Important! Back up all your data with Titanium Backup, backup your recovery file + Backup all your contacts and anything else important somewhere, you will need it, as all data will be erased in the process.
Download on your (Windows) Computer:
MTK 6598 driver (don’t know if that’s really necessary though…)
[FP1 KitKat Recovery Image][4] (FP1U Users probably need the 0.2 version + alter filenames [in this guide][5])
[Cyanogenmod zip file][6] + put it on your sd-card
If you want GAPPS then also get the [GAPPS.zip for Cyanogenmod][7] + put it on your sd-card
Install on phone:
[Rom Manager 6.6.3.7 ][8]
Procedure:
[Install MTK 6589 driver][9] (again no idea, if that’s necessary)
Install + Open up [MTK Droid Root & Tools v. 2.5.3][10] (allow USB Debugging von the Fairphone in System Settings, then connect your phone to Computer via USB)
Root phone in MTK Droid Root & Tools
Backup phone with MTK Droid Root & Tools
Install the recovery.img on phone: Open adb console in MTK Droid Root & Tools and type: (FP1U users have to use a different .img and filenames consequently. For more on that step see [installation instructions])[12]:
Unplug device and “Reboot into Recovery” with [Rom Manager 6.6.3.7 ][13]
In the recovery menu: (use lower volume key to navigate and upper one for Enter command)
->wipe data / factory reset
–>Wipe user data
->Install zip
→ choose zip from /storage/sdcard 1
—>cm-11_FP1-ota-UNOFFICIAL-FULLOFBUGS-0.2.zip
->Reboot phone now (this can take a while)
Now you have Cyanogenmod! For Google Apps:
8) Go to Settings → Developper options → tick Advanced Restartmenu
9) Power → Restart → Restart in Recovery mode (use upper and lower volume key to navigate und Power button to select / Enter)
→ Install zip
→ choose zip from /storage/sdcard 1
—>gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip (different filename possible, depending on what Version of GAPPS for Cyanogenmod you are using)
->Reboot
EDIT: (20.09.2014) Updated instructions to CM FP 0.2
Hey. So far it really works surprisingly well.
*GPS performance actually improved in some situations compared to my 1.6, athough there is still a long way to go… In the thread it is said, that A-GPS doesn’t work and that it is kind of slow.
Accessing the file system and sd card via usb cable from my computer somehow doesn’t seem to work after the installation.
There are very minor glitches in animations (like turning your phone by 90 degrees) with smaller stripes, but videoplayback via youtube etc. works perfectly well.
No crashes, no blackscreens so far…
*Some glitches with the phone app actually disappeared.
And the phone seems a bit faster overall and some apps run more smoothly.
chrmhoffmann states, that he doesn’t own a FP1U. I reallly have no idea of the implications of trying it with the other mediatek chipset, but it would be interesting to see if it works anyway
I’ll let this cook just a little longer so it’s a bit more feature complete and stable and then I am going to seriously consider installing it. Unless FairPhone themselves announce a 4.4 update of course.
Anyone know if the FairPhone OS launcher is available separately? I’ve grown quite fond of the swipe quick access.
Maybe someone could provide a ZIP directly to be flashed and have the process as easy for other users to try out this fantastic step forward?
Anyways, thanks a lot for making this progress!
Flashing the ZIP file (See above) is actually the smallest issue. The hustle is, that you have to get the custom recovery.img in place for the ZIP file to work.
But all in all it won’t take longer then ~30 Minutes to set up cyanogenmod, which i think is absolutely alright.
I’ve just installed Cyanogenmod 11 and I have to say, it’s not actually as full of bugs as chrmhoffmann suggests. In fact, I actually get more reliable phone signal!
For those that are tempted to try and install, note that some technical know-how is required for the configuration of bootloader etc is required but the overall difficulty isn’t too high. It took be about an hour to install as I had some issues accessing the bootloader at first and the backups can take a while.
I installed the cm11 too. Installing went well with the tutorial. No strange things so far. I had dome difficulties with installing the mtk tools (never used it before), but once that was solved, everything went smooth. The phone feels snappier indeed. Nice development !! Thanks!
WOW - I will definitely watch this as usually the first thing I do when I get a phone is to install Cyanogenmod. One of the reasons I bought the Fairphone actually was because they stated they’d support alternate OS/Android versions…
For now I hope Dual SIM will get stable as it is something I rely on (one card for calls/texts, one for data) - but as soon as that works, I’m flashing…