OS update not working, and manual flash installation not working either

[AnotherElk]

@Alessandro_Tavoni

I have followed the threads and tried the manual installation

And have you tried to find and install the update in TWRP? …

Accidentally entered TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) and no idea what to do

Had exactly the same issue, thanks for your solution. If someone have the same issue TWRP -> Install -> cache -> FP2 update zip file -> install

A little more detail in between …

@AnotherElk

“Install” in TWRP’s main menu, then navigate to /cache by tapping “(Up A Level)” and “cache”, and hope fp_update_gms_whatever.zip is still there to select.

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@Alessandro_Tavoni

But I get the “WARNING: No Fairphone 2 found” message always, even if I followed the steps and use a cable data.

Please do steps 1 and 2 (ignore the other ones for now for this particular problem) in this guide here and see whether the manual installation finds your phone then …

Installing the Fairphone 2 from scratch in case of failure / Komplette Neuinstallation des Fairphone 2 im Fehlerfall

Updates could go wrong, upgrades could go wrong, own experiments could go wrong, any given thing could go wrong … and the Fairphone 2 doesn’t boot anymore, doesn’t update anymore, doesn’t do any given important thing anymore. Updates können schief gehen, Upgrades können schief gehen, eigene Experimente können schief gehen, irgendetwas anderes kann schief gehen … und das Fairphone 2 bootet nicht mehr, updatet sich nicht mehr, oder tut irgendetwas anderes wichtiges nicht mehr. If even a factory …