FAIRPHONE 2 manual update
I had to perform this manual update for several of my friend that found the official Fairphone 2 procedure to perform the manual update quite cumbersome.
I tried to make the instructions for Windows 10 easier to understand.
I also thought that a video might help visualize better the steps.Hopefully, this will be useful for other people as well!
Instructions START from here
- Go to Fairphone support website. Download the latest "FP2 - Binary images of Fairphone OS" (the file are quite big: depending on your connection it might take a while!)
In the meantime put your phone in Fastboot mode.
(make sure that the phone BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED)
- Take away the battery. Count to 5. Put the battery back
- Press Volume down and keep it pressed
- While still pressing volume down, also press Power
- The phone will go in fastboot and will show:
- a white FAIRPHONE logo in the middle and
- a white writing POWERED BY android at the bottom
The phone will be stuck on this view and will never change
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Open the folder where the file is downloaded, usually the “Downloads” folder
(in Google Chrome you should click Show in folder). -
Right-click on the file fp2-gms-00.00.0-manual.zip and select
Extract All… -
A new menu will open.
Click on Extract. Close the window that appears!
(if a window titled “Replace or Skip Files” appears, click
“Replace the files in the destination”). -
Now there are two folders with the same name.
Double-click on the one with NO zip. -
Plug-in your phone with a DATA USB cable: In case you are not sure
REPEAT the procedure from this point with a DIFFERENT USB CABLE!
On the market, there is big number of USB cables that are only suited for charging your device, but not to connect it to a pc
- OPTIONAL -
Press the Windows key + R to bring up the Run dialog and type:
control printers.
A new windows will open. Scroll all the way down.
If you see a device called simply Android, your phone is connected.
- Double-click “flash-for-windows” in this new window and press the “ENTER” key
Now you will right away see the message: Fairphone OS Manual Flashing Script After a couple of seconds, the script will start working.
DO NOT unplug your phone
– If you get the message: “Do you want to look for a device again?” please, CLOSE the windows, make sure that your phone is plugged in properly and
go back to STEP 6.
– If your device is plugged in properly, please try a different USB cable and
go back to STEP 6.
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Once the script has ended it will ask you to press the “ENTER” key.
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ONLY After you press the key, your phone will restart. Now you can unplug it!
- The first restart after manual upgrade will take between 5 and 10 minutes
- After the phone restarts, you will see FP2 instead of Android