🇳🇱 Help with installing e/OS/

[PartyCrasher]

Hoi allemaal,

Ik ben op zoek naar iemand in of rondom Helmond die mij kan helpen met het installeren van /e/OS op mijn FairPhone 6. Ik heb zelf al wat onderzoek gedaan, maar ik voel me niet helemaal zeker genoeg om het alleen te doen. Het zou fijn zijn als iemand met ervaring me kan begeleiden of zelfs even kan helpen met de installatie.

Als je ervaring hebt met /e/OS, FairPhone, of gewoon handig bent met Android-ROMs, zou ik het super waarderen!

[piero-e]

A clear guide to install /e/OS on your Fairphone

[e] . because even well illustrated, the “web-installer” often don’t work, and because the install instructions provided by /e/ can be imbuvable for some new users and can lead to errors. . here is a safe guide to install /e/OS . we will take the Fairphone 6 as example, . . Expand to see the guide : . . Feel free to ask if you still encountred issue. or want i made some corrections / additions . you may also be interrested by : A clear guide to Upgrade your /e/OS to a new A…

[ArthurA]

Hi, I’ve found this video online of an installation of e/os, though on a pixel phone. I think it would be the same more or less with a fairphone. Of course you first have to request a code at fairphone to unlock it (via the fairphone website) with you IMEI and device Serial Number.

Here is the video:

/e/OS (Murena) Install Guide (2026) - Privacy For Everyone

I’ve installed a few OS’s on old phones, though the last 2 OS’s were with the provided installer ^^ the first ones were with manually flashing all partitions… a bit of a pain but a lot of learning .
I am a bit far from Helmond though (Utrecht), but I could help you via video call or else? Or we can plan a visit.

[ArthurA]

on a different topic, someone shared this link. Maybe we could organized that type of event in the Netherlands?

Flash parties for /e/OS

[piero-e]

the very good video you share covers most supported devices,

an Unified Install Guide Project for /e/
For all devices that have

• a "e-xxxxxxxxxxx.zip" file on their download page.

and

• a "recovery-e-xxxxxxxxxx.img" file on their download page.
  or a "recovery-IMG-e-xxxxxxxxxx.zip" file on their download page.

BUT not Fairphone devices that benefit of a simplified process :

for other devices that have :

• only a "IMG-e-xxxxxxxxxxx.zip" file on their download page,

(non exhautive device list)
Fairphone : FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6,
Gigaset : GS290,
Murena : one, two,
Nothing : tetris,
OnePlus : avicii,
Google : panther,
Shift : axolotl, otter,
Teracube : sapphire,
Volla : mimir,

• you will need to follow the simplified process :

A safe guide to install /e/OS on your Fairphone

[PartyCrasher]

Hey ArthurA.

It seems that I’m already stuck with the ADB fastboot on my Windows Device, since prompt checking adb devices doesn’t show the FairPhone as a debuggable device.

Since you got experience with installing ROMS, what would it take for you to help me with it in person?

Kind regards

[ArthurA]

I am available this weekend, starting Friday ^^ Let’s check availability by messaging

[piero-e]

@PartyCrasher

I’m already stuck with the ADB fastboot on my Windows Device,

@piero-e

What could go wrong

[Solved] Windows does not see my phone in Fastboot mode - Setup - /e/OS community because needed drivers are not correctly installed

[hoemerl]

Planing to replace Android by s/os by replacing my Fairphone 3+ by Fairphone 5 or 6, I also want to replace Windows 11 by Linux till end of this year.

Who can answer, what will be the smoother way:
First change Fairphone and after that Windows or
first change Windows by Linux (any recomandations?) for family network?) and than replace android by e/os?

[ArthurA]

Hi hoemerl,

I would say it depends what you have right now? I mean if you are waiting to buy a FP5 or 6, and you already have a computer, you can start with the computer, and later when you get the phone, flash e/os on it. I have flashed e/os using windows and linux, and it worked well on both system (using the command line to install e/os instead of the web-installer).

As for linux distributions, if it is your first linux I would recommand ‘linuxMint’. It worked well for me to transition, and depending on your system you can choose which desktop environment (the graphic inteface) fit your computer (lightweight / heavy resource). There are many flavor of Linux, I tried a few after linuxmint but this one was the first and I got used to it. Some tweaks need to be made in after the installation to have it up and running but nothing too complicated. I could give you a hand to install it (I do it regularly, refurbishing laptops and installling linux to give them more lifetime).

[piero-e]

Moving from the Fairphone edition of the Gogol version of Android to the /e/ edition of the Lineage version of Android Open Source Project will be an around one hour job, and then you will be able to continue to play with you usual applications…(except some banking)
A safe guide to install /e/OS on your Fairphone

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Moving from Microsoft Windows to any GNU Linux is another achievement !

If you cannot simply add a new drive into your computer (the best possible configuration)

1. I recommend that you first of all fdisk your drive using Microsoft tools, to check and fix possible errors.
2. So when booting a “linux live” (DVD or USB), you will be able to safely use “gparted” to reduce the windows system partition size,
3. still using “gparted”, in the newly not allocated free space create 3 partitions

• for the root system usage (/),
• for swap exchange (double of your RAM),
• for the human users usage (/home), apps and datas

5. and finally install the Linux system in the newly created partitions.

That way you will be able to enjoy “Dual Boot” : starting the PC you can choose between Windows or Linux…

Note : i am personally used to create an additionnal partition for personnal documents storage (i choose an universal format to be able to access it from any OS)

Discovering GNU Linux, and the desktop environnement of your choice (i like MATE), you will have to discover new applications to do all task you are used to do with your PC. (except Web Surfing)