jboot
May 20, 2020, 6:26pm
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Hello ! My current phone is a FP2 with Fairphone Open, and I want to stay away from Google. I just bought a FP3 and I plan to flash it with the /e/ OS, to give it a try.
I would like to know if the FP3 OS is available if I want to rollback to it if the /e/ OS does not suit me.
Thanks !
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mcb
May 20, 2020, 9:27pm
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Yes you can flash back - E works great on FP3.
jboot
May 21, 2020, 6:26am
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Nice ! Thanks you for your feedback on /e/
Do you know where I can download the original FP3 OS if I want to flash it back ? I only found the FP2 OS.
While Fairphone say for a while now “We are working towards making available: a flashable image for download and manual flash” , there is no such thing from Fairphone yet.
However, there are ways to reinstall the stock OS thanks to the community.
Resources of interest …
Else …
You can now find TWRP for the Fairphone 3 at my github:
You can boot into twrp using fastboot boot <twrp.img>
I have also included a twrp-installer zip-file that can be used to install TWRP to your device.
If you get a message, that your phone is corrupted and will shut down after 30 seconds,
you need to press the power button and the boot will continue.
You can reset the message using
adb reboot "dm-verity enforcing"
If fastboot boot fails, it is likely, because your current slot is m…
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system
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September 30, 2021, 5:42pm
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