✏ Operating Systems for Fairphones

:pencil2: This is a wiki post and a list of all dic:operatingsystem that can be installed on the following Fairphone models (wikipedia OS list can be found here however this is not Fairphone specific):

Fairphone 1(U)
   Fairphone OS

Fairphone 2
   Fairphone OS
   Fairphone Open OS
   divestOS
   /e/OS
   Lineage OS
   Sailfish OS
   Ubuntu Touch

Fairphone 3(+)
   Fairphone OS
   divestOS
   /e/OS
   Lineage OS
   Lineage OS for MicroG
   Ubuntu Touch
   iodéOS
   GSI Image
   PixelExtended
   LeOS
   SparkOS
   ArrowOS

Fairphone 4
   Fairphone OS
   CalyxOS
   DivestOS
   /e/OS (Murena)
   iodéOS
   LeOS
   LineageOS
   mobian
   postmarketOS
   Sailfish OS
   Ubuntu Touch

Fairphone 5
   Fairphone OS
   CalyxOS
   /e/OS (Murena)
   iodéOS
   postmarketOS


Fairphone 1 (U)

Fairphone OS

Click here for a guide to updating your FP1 (U) to the newest Fairphone OS version.

  • latest official release: 1.8.7 (Android 4.2)
  • @z3ntu’s 4.4.4 port with partially current security patch level!
  • discontinued, but working alpha: Kitkat 4.4
older versions based on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
  • 1.0 Almond
  • 1.1 Caju
  • 1.3 Chestnut
  • 1.6 Cherry
  • 1.8 Kola Nut
  • 1.8.5
not fully working yet, outdated/discontinued or experimental

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Fairphone 2

Fairphone OS

release notes

older versions based on Android 10
older versions based on Android 9 Pie
older versions based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat
older versions based on Android 6 (Marshmallow)
older versions based on Android 5 (Lollipop)

Fairphone Open OS

openos

older versions based on Android 10
older versions based on Android 9 Pie
older versions based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat
older versions based on Android 6 (Marshmallow)
older versions based on Android 5 (Lollipop)

DivestOS

divestos

/e/

eos-murena

Lineage OS

lineageos

older versions

Sailfish OS

sailfish

older versions

Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu

not fully working yet, outdated/discontinued or experimental:

  • B2G - FirefoxOS (discontinued but last working build is still available!)
  • EFIDroid (currently not working) is a multiboot solution.
  • postmarketOS - @z3ntu is working on a port, but hasn’t announced any success yet.

even more OSes:

Operating Systems that nobody is working on porting to an FP yet can be found in :bar_chart: this poll. Please add other OSes you are interested in there instead of this wiki, until someone is working on them.
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Fairphone 3

Fairphone OS

  • latest official Android 13 release: 6.A.020.0
  • latest official Android 11 release: 8901.4.A.0025.0
older versions based on Android 11

DivestOS

divestos

/e/OS

eos-murena

LineageOS

lineageos

LineageOS for microG

microg

Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu

iodéOS

iodeos

GSI image

gsi

PixelExtended

pixelextended

LeOS

leos

SparkOS

sparkos

ArrowOS

arrowos

Other OSes

  • FP OpenOS is not expected to come after FP has partnered with /e/ foundation
  • Alternative OSes ported by the community are a possibility with the unlockable bootloader and I’m willing to bet that these OSes will be ported sooner or later:
  • Sailfish OS
  • others

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Fairphone 4

FPOS

CalyxOS

calyxos

DivestOS

divestos

/e/ OS (Murena)

eos-murena

iodéOS

iodeos

LeOS

leos

LeOS means Leaving eOS: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/leos-instead-e-on-fp4/81863

LineageOS

lineageos

mobian

mobian

postmarketOS

postmarketos

SailfishOS

sailfish

Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu

:warning: Please have a look at this topic before installing UT: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/phone-sensors-stopped-working-after-installing-experimental-image-ubuntu/87942 :warning:

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Fairphone 5

FPOS

  • Official Release Notes are not online yet; until then, here is the Fairphone 5 FAQ

CalyxOS

calyxos

  • CalyxOS now officially supports FP5. Forum post with lots of details can be found here.

/e/ OS (Murena)

eos-murena

  • A Murena FP5 with /e/OS preinstalled can be pre-ordered in the Murena shop
  • Existing Fairphone 5 owners can download /e/OS here.
    For an installation follow the documentation

iodéOS

iodeos

postmarketOS

postmarketos

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