Therefore, root access is not supported in the default software your Fairphone 2 ships with. (We are aware this decision is arguable, but we believe it is the best for the majority of users). If you would like to have root access, we advise you to move to the Fairphone Open Source OS. Once you install this build, you can easily enable root access under the developer settings.
I’m now on fairphone OS 16.07 I think. I’m not really sure… because in parameters → about phone, the version of android is 5.1. But yeah, version of build is …FP2…16.2
And now ? How can I enable root access ? I try with the app SuperSU but it say that I’m not root…
There is some tutorial to do that (by flashing, build, etc) but the releasing-the-fairphone-2-open-operating-system post seems to say that’s far more easy…
Have you enabled developer options? To do so, go to Settings → About phone, and tap on the Build number a few times. A pop-up will tell you that you are a developer now
Then, at the bottom of Settings you will have a new button { } Developer options. There under Root access you can select whether apps and/or adb should have root access. No extra app like SuperSU is needed.
Ah, yes ! Given your famous last words it becomes clear that you have stock/ standard FP OS 1.6.2 .You actually not run FP Open OS yet! For getting Root-Access you may either do the whole procedure to replace FP OS with FP Open OS, including important Backup procedures, or you may get Root-Access described in another topic for hacking FP OS e.g with adb tool.
