Fairphone OS 17.07.6 (Android 6.0)

Updated today (after making a backup). As always since Android 6 I had to do the manual installation (as described in the support article), even though I hadn’t

  • rooted the phone
  • changed the recovery
  • disabled any Google apps
  • modified the system partition in any way (as far as I can judge).

since the update to 17.06.04, which was also a full manual install.

Before doing the manual update I tried using the Update app

  • with the phone connected to a charger
  • with the phone connected to a charger and battery > 80%
  • with battery > 80% but phone not connected to a charger
  • without having updated any Google apps since installing 17.06.04
  • after updating all Google apps to the current version.

The result was always the same: dead android with message “Error”.

I can handle this, however I miss the uncomplicated updates from Android 5. I have to invest 2-3 hours every month to install the monthly (security) update since Android 6. To be very honest: this kind of sucks. Sorry for ranting…
But still would be grateful for any ideas what the issue might be.

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