Strava and Spark won't work

[stueyd]

Hi Folks, I have inherited a FP1U - thanks Giusti - and I can’t install Strava as apparently my device isn’t compatible with this version. Anyone got any ideas?

[ben]

Your could try the Android 4.4 alpha.

FP1: Macadamia 1.9.9-pre3 Alpha (Android Kitkat)

About the Alpha candidate of Fairphone OS Macadamia 1.9.9-pre3 This is for testing only. It is still unfinished and potentially unstable and going back to Kola Nut 1.8.7 is not possible without wiping the phone The new version includes a new launcher. That means that shortcuts and widgets on the home screen are not accessible in the default launcher of the new release. This update only works for phones with a unified partition layout (FP1U or FP1 after applying the unified partition layout upg…

[petefoth]

See also the topic entitled “Bluetooth connections are unstable in FP1 alpha” (which is now a read-only topic) for some more inormation on Bluetooth and BTLE in the 4.4. Beta SW. In short, although the beta would connect to devices which require BTLE, connections were a bit ‘hit and miss’

Hope that helps

Pete

[stueyd]

Thanks Ben, if I am feeling brave I will try the alpha, meanwhile I restored my apps from a SIM card backup and things are working as far as I can tell - how did that happen? Pete thanks for the heads up re Bluetooth too - I think I’ll stick for now.

[ben]

You cannot restore apps from a SIM card. Did you restore your Apps from a SD Card? Or maybe even automatically via your Google account?

[stueyd]

Hi Ben, you’re right it wasn’t a SIM card it was a memory card don’t know where SIM came from!