Yes.
As with every upgrade to a new major Android version (at least), be sure to have a backup of all your important data.
No, itâs out of beta now âŚ
No.
Yes.
As with every upgrade to a new major Android version (at least), be sure to have a backup of all your important data.
No, itâs out of beta now âŚ
No.
Thanks for the fast reply! Iâll backup my Phone and try it out
Received FP open OS upgrade via FP update app yesterday ; just followed the wizard, and in 3 taps my phone is running android 9 <3. No downside so far. Congrats !
I got the update yesterday night, first the ânewâ updater and about half an hour later a notification about Android 9. Went fast and smoothly, the FP2 was working hard for the update, it heated up a little bit, but after an hour or so everything went back to normal.
Everything works, at a first glance, letâs see how itâs going on.
Same with me! My own FP2 (encrypted) updated quickly and smoothly, without heating. But the one of my wife forced us to do a complete reset, apparently due to the encryption. Fortunately we had copies of the most important data like contacts and calendar. And she ueses only a few app so it was newly setted up again in a little hour or so
Hi everyone,
Great news! We have now reached 100% with the roll-out
Hope it goes smoothly for you all, however if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to our support team.
How much is the current workload of the support team?
Smooth update, no problems, better performance with multitasking between apps! Thank you so much!!!
Does that mean every FP2 should get offered an update to Android 9?
My Fairphone Updater (1.39.17) says:
Your current operating system version
Fairphone OS 19.11.2
Your operating system is up-to-date
Please check if the Play Store allows you to update your Fairphone Updater to version 1.50.2. Once that has been done, you should get offered the operating system upgrade to Android 9 (Fairphone OS 21.03.0-rel.2), too.
No. The Play Store doesnât allow me to update Fairphone 2 Updater. It says:
This app isnât compatible with your device anymore. Contact the developers for more info.
You can try to install version 1.50.1 manually and afterwards see if the Play Store then allows the Updater to be updated to version 1.50.2.
Thanks. It seems like the Play Store doesnât allow updates for apps which are not installed from the Play Store but I found a way to download 1.50.2.
Got the upgrade Yesterday, the whole process was flawless and took just 30 minutes. My fairphone 2 now runs Android 9
Awesome feat from Fairphone
I received my update yesterday. Thank you!
One small bug though: It shows under apps and notifications that I have one app with notifications turned off. Unfortunately Android doesnât show which one. But I scrolled through all of them and there is no app with muted notifications.
I guess it is a general bug?
Just had mine, too. How many of us got it right at the last moment, when FP declared the roll-out complete? anyway, there now, some exploring to do when itâs settled down!
Hi there!
Everything went smoothly with my update, thank you so much!!! Some apps seemed to be running slower than usual in the beginning, but now after some days itâs back to normal. A banking pin number was lost during the process, strangely, but I could reset it. So - no big issues.
FP2 running for 5 years now. Great.
Great, then the link to the Updater App APK could be updated to 1.50.2 here (itâs still 1.50.1 currently) âŚ
⌠and the OS install file could be updated to Android 9 here (itâs still 19.11.2 currently) âŚ
Does anyone have experience with a encrypted phone and the update to Android 9?
I only get my company emails and calendar via Microsoft âUnternehmensportalâ which needs an encrypted phone. Do I have to decrypt the phone before?
From what I remember in other forum topics and from what @anon83191809 has said above you should do the upgrade with your encryption ON. From what I have read, encryption is currently not possible if you decrypted it before the upgrade: