Redefining longevity: Android 9 now available for Fairphone 2

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We have a first confirmed install of Android 9 … although after a bumpy road earlier today:

FP2 not rebooting after updating to 21 / Android 9

Success! Posting this from Android 9 on the same phone. After the second attempt to manually install Android 7 (which worked), I removed a couple of apps just in case, and went back to the updater. It took a few tries to download (one seemed to stop, and i had to restart to make it go again), but it was applied, rebooted, and took a while with white-ring update screen. I hit the never-ending blue dots screen after that, and restarted by holding down the power button, but it booted and logged i…

Additional information from my side: The final release candidate 21.01.0-rel.1 for the beta testers weighed around 1 GB (and this official release should be no different from it), so indeed make sure you have a good and stable connection when the update is offered to you and you start the download.