Has anybody received the latest security update yet?

BertG · November 23, 2019, 7:02pm

@Monica.Ciovica
Sorry for pinging you again.
Do you happen to have any information regarding this topic?

Monica.Ciovica · November 26, 2019, 1:15pm

I will check and get back to you as soon as I know something

JeroenH · November 28, 2019, 1:58pm

FP3 A.0101 is available with Android security update Oct’19 and GMS package updated Oct’19.

The security update is important.

Robsidobsi · November 28, 2019, 6:44pm

The october update installes “Youtube Music” as another useless bloatware… Thanks G$#gle…

AnotherElk · November 28, 2019, 8:17pm

For uninstalling via ADB … it’s com.google.android.apps.youtube.music .

z3ntu · November 28, 2019, 9:39pm

OTA link (if anybody is interested ) : https://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/fairphone_fp3_fp3/a1b56846df6bb6c656a511eeae9f732f5b35fbf9.zip

arizonadeux · November 29, 2019, 7:32am

Just got it: wow, real low Google. Not only do they not list it in the update notes, but it’s truly bloatware because you can’t uninstall it. adb here I come…

Chris_R · November 29, 2019, 8:23am

For anyone bothered by the YT Music app appearing with this update. The app is to replace Google Play Music… it’s Google and they change things up every so often (check this if you want to know all the services killed off over the years!! https://killedbygoogle.com/ )

Info here: https://news.sky.com/story/youtube-music-app-to-replace-google-play-music-on-android-11823572

athair_birb · November 29, 2019, 9:55am

Can it be disabled? Not super keen on using ADB

(cc @AnotherElk)

AnotherElk · November 29, 2019, 10:45am

Don’t know, I’m super keen on using ADB .

s99h · November 29, 2019, 11:03am

It can be disabled

athair_birb · November 29, 2019, 4:30pm

Can anyone provide some simple instructions on how to install the zip file?

or should I really just wait for my phone to tell me it’s available?

I’ve tried adb reboot revocery
adb sideload …

but I just get nothing
I’ve changed the filename to update.zip, moved it to home folder and restarted. Nothing there too.

s99h · November 29, 2019, 5:23pm

It should be available via system updater.
Go to Settings > System. There you should find it under Extended Sytem or similar.
Simply tap the System Updater and let it search for the update.

The presence of the System Updater depends on one or two Google services. If you can’t find it, you have probably deactivated Google Play Services and / or Google Services Framework.
Temporaribly activate them and the Updater will show up.

After the Update you can deactivate both services again. Be sure to deactivate the “Find my device” function under Security first or one of the both mentioned services cannot be deactivated again …

PS: VPN software can also prevent the update being found by the system updater if you have restricted Google Play Services or Google Services Framework. Just in case - try to temporarily suspend it if you have it running (eg. Netguard).

nold · November 30, 2019, 7:01am

I’ve tried installing this via recovery, it get’s verified correctly but then fails

Installing update...
E: Can't run /sbin/update_engine_sideload (No such file or dir)
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 1)
...
Installation aborted

no matter if i try to install it from sdcard or adb/usb

GlassRat · November 30, 2019, 8:30am

Yes, I got the 5 October 2019 security patch the day before yesterday (28/11/19). I didn’t have to do anything - it was pushed to me.

RuthiB · November 30, 2019, 4:14pm

Same for me.

Magnus_Alm · December 1, 2019, 10:04am

Got update a couple of days ago. Installation went ok and haven’t noticed any new issues.

AnotherElk · December 1, 2019, 4:13pm

A post was split to a new topic: Android 10

linusg · December 2, 2019, 1:22pm

Is anyone aware of a possibility to force triggering the OTA update?
I received the September security update in a timely manner, when the first reports were made here. Under the same conditions (I’m in the UK, usually connected to a VPN 24/7) I haven’t received the October security update yet (the one released by FP in late November) - and I’m already annoyed by that. Fairphone needs some time to integrate the Google patches into their OS - fine. But still being on September patches in December, that’s my previous phone’s experience all over again…

I tried various suggestions from the internet: clearing the Google Services Framework app cache, disabling the VPN for a while, rebooted multiple times, did the manual update search for about a billion times… It tells me my September patches are up to date, and that drives me nuts, because I know it’s not the case.

There are not so many Fairphone 3’s that the rollout should take weeks. I’d even opt in for early testing if there was such a thing.

Rant over.

I didn’t ask support yet, wanted to look for possible reasons and solutions here first.

I tried manually installing the OTA zip file but experienced the same error as @nold.

BertG · December 2, 2019, 4:45pm

Sorry, for being a smartass; but then this isn’t new for you and no need for ranting.
No, seriously, it might be a staged rollout, that takes a few days, to e.g. manage the bandwith-use of the download server.
Since the first post mentioning the availability of the update was 4 days ago, you might give it another week? Just a wild guess, of course, as I have no experience or special knowledge.