The Latest News about Kit Kat update for Fairphone 1 Updated irregulary - For FAQ scroll down Update 11-07-2017 After a long process of weighing pro’s and cons here at Fairphone we have decided to stop the development of Android KitKat for the Fairphone 1. This project has been an ongoing effort fr…

Aaaaaahhhhhhh tanks for this comment. I have the same point of view. And I’m happy to hear this.

[image] StephanK: But what features does a typical app need? That depends on the app, of course. And for most apps it would certainly be possible to maintain backwards compatibility with old Android versions. But it is way more easy to e.g. only support the Material Design (so Lollipop and …

Sadly yes, that’s true. I would say 4…4 (KitKat) is still relevant.

I don’t. I didn’t give away money to support a project, I paid for a product that I want to keep using (and which I chose according to my beliefs in fairness and sustainability). If my money made developping FP2 possible, that’s fine by me as long as I have what I paid for : a long-lasting phone. …

The sad truth is, that common smartphone are designed to last only about two years. One the one hand, Fairphone promised a long lasting phone and they are struggling to do so. On the other hand, the FP1 is already older than three years and is therefore actually over lasting common phones by 50% l…

My question might be a bit off-topic, but here it is: I’ve read that an unofficial FP1 4.4 OS does already exist, and is working well, bluetooth included. I have the feeling that there is some non-said thing going on here. It looks too good to be true, when we see the difficulties that Fairphone en…

I think you are talking about the KitKat port by @chrmhoffmann ? [image] [UNOFFICIAL] Stock ROM Android 4.4.2/4.4.4 Kitkat for FP1 & FP1U Fairphone 1 Chrmhoffmann just released a 4.4.2. Stock ROM for Fairphone 1 & 1U It is indeed not possible for Fairphone to encourag…

[image] tYYGH: I’ve read that an unofficial FP1 4.4 OS does already exist, and is working well, bluetooth included. It’s working about as well as Fairphone’s build. I don’t recall if bluetooth worked fine, though. It did have newer Android (4.4.4) with security updates up to May 2016. [im…

[image] sampumon: [image] tYYGH: I’ve read that an unofficial FP1 4.4 OS does already exist, and is working well, bluetooth included. It’s working about as well as Fairphone’s build. I don’t recall if bluetooth worked fine, though. That’s unfortunate, as it is quite the whole point! …

[image] tYYGH: There’s still the unreliable bluetooth, though… According to my experience Bluetooth is unreliable and does work worse than it should. But it is better than 1.8.7. I wouldn’t consider this a reason to halt the upgrade. (But solving it afterwards would be nice.) I’m currently …

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