So, that means if I put another SIM something could change? I’m not going to do that of course, but it’s interesting how FB rolls out the update, more like a “big family” instead of the big grinder OEMs (ex. Xiaom… who doesn’t care about its customers) 
Correct.
It depends on the providers to review and verify the update, Fairphone cannot do this for every carrier.
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Just to clarify. Whereas it may be quicker to upgrade OS by using another SIM card to access a different carrier, it does imply that reverting to another SIM would not necessarily work with the same integrity. So it raises the question for those with two different carriers on via 2 SIMs how the phone is updated so both work. It may just be that once the SIM is in use the OS can switch relevant functions to relate to each SIM. Whether this includes the security feature is another question.
What fun the OS developers must be having and it then brings up the issue about alternate OSs.
eOS and Lineage as examples either work out of the box for all carriers or some may need a special tweak, Hmm! ?
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That is, in my opinion, a wrong conclusion. Nobody can tell or even give a guarantee that “everything works with everything” instantly.
Regarding Lineage OS, all depends on good will. I am using Lineage OS, but the thing is: Whenever there is a bug in the product, who is in charge to care? This is no plain technical question. Fairphone are forced to act because they have received money from their customers whose expectations are quite simple to understand: The product has to work the way it is advertised. You can image yourself that nobody who cares for Lineage OS is in charge to make a Fairphone work, because no (regular) customer makes a deal with the developers.
A little different is the relationship with the /e/ foundation that sells new FP3 devices with /e/ preinstalled and two years of warranty. So basically, it is a different product, but (technical) aftersales service shall be available from /e/, so this is what you get when you buy from them directly.
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As far as I know, users of TWRP and Magisk can not get OTA updates.
Any chance a full ROM with the new update is going to be available?
Not there yet. Still 0054.
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Which provider do you have? Nations?
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I think @urs_lesse is answering the question for the full OS download at https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048050332-Manually-install-Fairphone-OS-on-FP3-FP3- … which is still the 0054 version currently.
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After having installed A.0066, three users (two on O2/Telefonica, one on Deutsche Telekom network) in our Geman language FB group have reported so far that their calls are now getting successfully established on the first attempt.
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Grest news! Here, I’m still wainting…
Hello folks,
My FP3+ ask me for the update for 10 days now, but always failed to download/install it.
Does it failed because I rooted my phone? Because I deactivate some google apps?
I’m ready to install this update “by hand” but I can’t find an archive link.
Thanks for you advices.
The updater doesn’t like altered partitions, rooting might alter partitions.
If you rooted with Magisk, you can search the forum for the correct way to OTA update with this, it should be somewhere.
Depends on what exactly you deactivated.
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Google, clock, duo, calc, agenda, contact,chrome., drive ,gmail, google play movies and TV, maps, Messages, photos, youtube, YouTube Music
In fact allmost all google apps.
I believe giving the exact names of the packets you disabled would be useful.
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I think the rooting needs to be sorted out first as a source for OTA updating trouble.
Deactivating Google Apps (as in: you can launch and use them) should be fine, deactivating certain Google services (as in: you don’t usually see them) could break stuff.
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Well. I reinstall the 0054 from scratch and the update is now done. I have to reroot the phone, I’m so happy (spoiler alert:no).
Thanks for your help.
Reply to my self to add some tests results:
- if your device, running the old 0054 OS version is rooted →the update process failed
- if your is not rooted → update process work fine but you cannot root you phone after, because you don’t have the new
boot.imgto patch with Magisk_Manager.
Conclusion:
If you need a rooted phone stay on 0054 and ignore update notification. Wait for Fairphone to post the 0066 version reinstall version (with boot.img)
If you don’t need a rooted device, just update.
If you want to update to 0066 and your device is rooted, apply the Manually install OS on FP3/FP3+.
hope this help
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Just out of curiosity:
Somebody already received the update on Vodafone network in Germany?
Will this may work?
Unchanged (unrooted) 0056 update to 0066. Then flash magisk 20.4 over 0066 with a manual bootet TWRP?