Hi all,
received my FP4 last week. Encouraged by samwein’s post I compiled LOS 19.1 and wanted to share my observations.
Roomservice.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<!-- Grab device and kernel trees from WeAreFairphone -->
<project name="WeAreFairphone/android_device_fairphone_FP4" path="device/fairphone/FP4" revision="staging/lineage-19.0" remote="github" />
<project name="WeAreFairphone/android_kernel_fairphone_sm7225" path="kernel/fairphone/sm7225" revision="staging/lineage-19.0" remote="github" />
<!-- unsure if/why we need this one -->
<project name="LineageOS/android_external_bson" path="external/bson" remote="github" />
<!-- grab the modified blobs from Fairblobs, note that extracting blobs from an Android 11 image doesnt work -->
<project name="xblax/android_vendor_fairphone_FP4" path="vendor/fairphone/FP4" revision="lineage-18.1" remote="github" />
<!-- mods for the display need to be grabbed -->
<remove-project name="LineageOS/android_hardware_qcom_display"/>
<project name="poshul/android_hardware_qcom_display" path="hardware/qcom-caf/sm8250/display" remote="github" revision="lineage-19.0-caf-sm8250"/>
</manifest>
So far I have tested the following things:
Wifi: works
NFC: works
GPS: works
Bluetooth: works with my Sony headphones, but cannot send/receive files with my PC/smartphone.
It was a fresh install. Booted the LOS 19.1 recovery, did a factory reset and sideloaded the LOS 19.1 zip. The upgrade path from LOS 18 to 19 was not tested.
Apart from the issues mentioned, it runs very smooth and is stable. I have not experienced random reboots yet. The battery life also seems to be okay. I have not yet inserted a SIM Card, but will do so and test it in the next few days.
The camera seems to be not recognized at all. Open Camera from F-Droid doesn’t find one.
With the latest commits in the WeAreFairphone staging/lineage-19.1 repo my FP4 works quite well. Sending and receiving files over Bluetooth seems to work now. Calls and SMS also work fine. So I have decided to migrate the data from my old phone and continue testing under real conditions. A big thank you to everyone who has participated in the development so far!
However, it is still not a completely bug free experience. While watching videos in popup mode with NewPipe, I have noticed another bug. Once you tab out of NewPipe into another app or the home screen, the app part of the screen does not respond to touch anymore. You can still use the menu buttons, the status bar or the popup, but not the app you have opened. Everything will work normally again once you close the popup and stop the video… Is this broken popup behaviour already a known issue with Android 12?
I see that there seems to be not significant progress towards an official LOS build (right?) (no offense to the volunteers!). Even though, many of you managed what I did not after two attempts: Creating their own build. However, these builds are uploaded randomly and to platforms I don’t trust (such as OneDrive).
I wanted to suggest if we could have a temporary community solution. I would also be happy to donate some money if that is required. Maybe we can maintain our own “unofficial official” build? Or kind of trust-able place to upload and maintain them?
I like the idea. If you want, I can share my signed LOS 19.1 userdebug builds. So far they work great for me.
Do you have any trustworthy platform in mind? I think the guys over at XDA Developers use Android File Host quite often.
I got one positive reply + 3 on my post. No one claimed. Maybe its a not too bad idea. Can we somehow apply / sign the images uploaded? Maybe also ensure that the next update will not wipe the data? but I understand that requires work.
I think LOS uses default test keys for custom builds automatically. I don’t see much reason to use another key - it would just complicate things.
I’m also still working on getting LOS 18.1 functionality in a better shape … got the stock camera mostly working now but still not as smooth as on Stock. It always takes a while to switch between wide and normal angle lens. Currently assume it might be a problem with the kernel and I’m looking into that.
What exactly do you have in mind? I for myself - if I’m ready to share a custom build - will upload that to Android File Host (already have an account there).
Beside that WeAreFairphone · GitHub is already a community project. Probably best to try contributing there. Not sure who of them follows this thread.
@dk1978@lucaweiss@TeamB58
What would be the best way to contribute? Is there a chat group for fair phone development?
Here is a fresh userdebug build with test keys. Use it at your own risk and not in production!
I haven’t gotten developer access on Android File Host yet, but for now fastupload should be sufficient.
If you got the camera working, could you share it with other projects, like CalyxOS? I’d very much like to use the full resolution and wide angle lens there…
on my post. No one claimed. Maybe its a not too bad idea. Can we somehow apply / sign the images uploaded? Maybe also ensure that the next update will not wipe the data? but I understand that requires work.