Fairose asked about the current state of FP4 with pre-installed UT. Is there an expected date for sales to start? Actually we may skip a model and go for launch with FP5. One of the things we are particularly keen on is to have 5G support. Marius has got that working in beta. It should be in Devel by the time of the next Q&A.
In the EU we can get by without VoLTE but in many countries it is essential and we would want FP5 to have that at launch.
Today we are very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Focal. The third stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 brings many improvements and changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-3 blog.
Today we are very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Focal. The forth stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 brings many improvements and changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-4 blog.
LOL! Just bricked my fairphone 4 after locking the bootloader with Ubuntu Touch installed.
Anyone know if itâs okay to âlock_criticalâ or should I just leave everything completely unlocked when I finally get my device back?
Is it possible to lock the boot loader without bricking the device?
Ran lock_critical and lock via fastboot and Iâm probably going to have to send it into a repair center now.
Too bad, seemed like a good experience for the 30 minutes or so I got to mess around with it.
Hi!
Indeed Ubuntu Touch doesnât support locked bootloader, so it will not boot.
In theory you just need to unlock it again, if youâre lucky get_unlock_ability is = 1.
The problem (as reported in several other topics) comes when you lock it while get_unlock_ability=0
This is a general bug of FP4 (not Ubuntu Touch specific) and unfortunately there is no other option than send it backâŠ
Hey everyone,
I just got my first Android smartphone and bricked it twice in two weeks: OS corrupt and trapped in fastboot mode will now send it in for repair.
Can you help me preparing the next try?
I have two questions (for now ;)):
Do I have to dowgrade to Android 11 (from 13)? This is how instructions sound like here (bottom of the page) and in the UBports Installer (âmust be running the Fairphone OS version of Android 11â).
Can I run UBports Installer with OEM unlocking toggled off? In the Installer is said, that it must be enabled, but after unlocking the bootloader it toggled to false and could not be changed (grayed out).
Thanks for your help! Really donât want to brick it again!
Johannis
Today we are very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 Focal. The fourth stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 brings many improvements and changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-5 blog.
Today we are very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Focal. The fifth stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 brings many improvements and changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-6 blog.
Today we announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Focal. The seventh stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 bringing security fixes and a few changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-7 blog.
Today we are very pleased to announce the roll out of Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Focal. The eighth stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 brings a few improvements and changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-8 blog.
Today we are very pleased to announce the roll out of Ubuntu Touch OTA-9 Focal. This ninth stable release of Ubuntu Touch 20.04 brings a few improvements and changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-9 blog
USB access (for files and pictures) only worked after enabling dev-mode (is this intentional?).
WLAN is set to US/FCC. Wasted 2hrs to fix it. âiw reg set DEâ didnt work, no reg DB to be found, gave up eventually.
LTE worked (40Mbit down/up), VoLTE didnt (at least no sign of âHDâ on neither phone).
Wouldnât use it as a daily driver yet (the interface is pretty different)⊠but it would be possible to do so, seems already in working order: Very snappy and polished.
Thanks Looks much better than years ago. Installing was easy, might give it another shot when I figure out how to use it with my big screen.
adb still shows my device but much else. adb reboot recovery blanked the screen (something happens). Buttons do diddlysquat.
Not happy!
Restarted the UB-flasher and somehow now the recovery finally showed up sigh but still no success for fairphone flasher
Hmm, Vol+Up and Power invokes recovery⊠sometimes. Sometimes it starts into UB. I donât see the pattern hereâŠ
Those times I was able to invoke the recovery, I tried to select fastboot, no luck.
Can someone help?
Edit: Finally managed to get fastboot
Unlock your bootloader
2. Alternatively, you can disconnect the USB cable, turn off your Fairphone, then connect the cable and hold the volume down button. After a few seconds, youâll see the fastboot mode
Looks much better than years ago. Installing was easy, might give it another shot when I figure out how to use it with my big screen.
