About the Alpha candidate of Fairphone OS Macadamia 1.9.9-pre3
This is for testing only.
It is still unfinished and potentially unstable and going back to Kola Nut 1.8.7 is not possible without wiping the phone
The new version includes a new launcher. That means that shortcuts and widgets on the home screen are not accessible in the default launcher of the new release.
Do not call customer support about issues with this alpha release. Report all problems here in the forum where our developers hang out.
Update instructions
If you have installed a previous alpha release already, any update will be delivered through Fairphone Updater.
Download link:
Macadamia 1.9.9-pre3 OTA (MD5: 1519c4bb01918d1fef80e849f31d4fa1) NOTE: This force flashes recovery. Custom recoveries will be replaced. You can flash your custom recovery again after the update.
Backup
Charge to 80%
Download the OTA package to your phone.
Open the file with FileManager (opening it from Downloads does not work)
Now you should either see the Fairphone Updater or you are prompted to select what app to open it with: Choose Fairphone Updater
Wait until the updater is done with preparations and click Restart
Wait patiently for a few minutes.
Enjoy but beware of the rough edges.
Optional step: Install Google Apps through Fairphone Updater (MD5: 361061ecec0cd9203a0b66a6333e1b7d).
Bug reporting procedure If you encounter any problems with this alpha release, please donât contact customer support but directly contact our developers here in the beta-testing forum.
â This will erase all data on your Fairphone 1! â
In order to go back to version 1.8.7 (Android 4.2 Jellybean) follow these steps (or install manually as described below.
Backup any data.
Charge to 80%.
Open the Updater app
Press on ENTER ADVANCED MODE
Select ANDROID FOR FAIRPHONE
Under Older versions select FAIRPHONE KOLA NUT 1.8.7 and follow the instructions.
You can also apply the downgrade manually. Youâll probably notice that they are virtually the same as when updating except for the different OTA package.
Are you talking about the service update error? If you manage to do: drag down -> config menu -> settings -> apps, this error seems to stop (till you leave settings again). From the apps I was able to select a file manager and click launch. Within the file manager you can move /system/apk/ServiceUpdate.apk (if you have root). That solved it for me.
I went to the Updater and clicked on install Google Services. I did a couple of nice screenshots but I can;'t extract them. Now the phone is stuck on âUnfortunately, Setup wizard stopped.â
Just realised that I wrongly said serviceupdate in my previous I meant SetupWizard. So see above for how I worked around the phone being stuck on that error.
I had to go to Apps Fairphone OS and launch for it to work but everytime I presse the homescreen button the same happens and I have to do the same all over again. Phone says itâs not rooted anymoreâŚ
So now Iâm going to go back to kola nut and try everything once again see if it changes somethingâŚ
I restaured factory settings (donât mind donât use the phone right now) and now it worksâŚ
Also tried to install opengapps pico which worked with CWM recovery but then the keyboard didnât work anymore and I was blocked so I had to go back and start again⌠how can I correct this keybord problem?
I installed google keyboard and then chose it and then swipe keyboard normally from googleplay which works by the way with pico installation from OpenGapps. I still got the popup message that keybord stopped working but it matters little as I now have a keyboard to work withâŚ
So far so good⌠some small problems so far:
When the OS is loading a white line appears on the left and up screen edge of the phone.
Also there are some language problems: language is set to French but 70% of menu is in English.
Is that new launcher âFairphone Launcher 3â, the Launcher from FP1X/FP2? Because I updated from FP1X and didnât lose any widgets or launcher settings.
All in all the update went smoothly, no data loss, no issues found so far.
Good to see that you could solve it. Chrisâ and our build could potentially be close enough to not have to factory reset. However, wiping Dalvik cache is probably always necessary.
Did everyone here come from Chrisâ build? Or are there also some people that updated from Kola Nut 1.8.7? In general this is the more important case to test, because most of our users will take that path.
Yes, this solves many problems (although Dalvik Cache is on the data partition which means that you donât need to wipe Dalvik Cache if you factory reset).
But please donât all factory reset before flashing: Most people will want to update from Kola Nut without loosing any data. Therefore it would be great if these scenarios are also covered by our tests.
Yes, I can verify that. I will look into it.
Ohoh, that needs to be fixed. Probably itâs too much work and doesnât make sense to list each and every non-translated string. But, is there a pattern to it? What parts are in English and what parts are in French?
I just switched from the unofficial port to this on an encrypted FP1. It seams to work and i can confirm for german that:
the quick-settings and other direct accessible parts are correctly localized to german (including the launcher and updater). Default widgets like music are localized.
the settings menu and all settings accessed through the quick-settings are in English, Adding a widged Iâm also promoted in English to confirm that iâll allow the launcher to add it.
Besides that I really like it and will start to take a closer look and use it.
Forgot to mention, that I did not a complete factory reset, just wiped the caches and used the recovery to install this update as a new one. So my settings and apps remained as did the encryption.
I wish I had a option for white or black background colour for the menuâŚ
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Ohoh, that needs to be fixed. Probably itâs too much work and doesnât make sense to list each and every non-translated string. But, is there a pattern to it? What parts are in English and what parts are in French?[/quote]
Everything in âsettingsâ is in english and everything in screen and apks menu is in french.
By the way I must say: Thank you so much for this update!!! this is incredible, I love my FP1 but it wasnât easy to use lately with some apks not compatible. The unofficial kitkat was great too and Iâm really glad this phone is supported like this (officialy and inofficialy)
