[UNOFFICIAL] Stock ROM Android 4.4.2/4.4.4 Kitkat for FP1 & FP1U

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Changelog fp1-kk444-CH-0.9.3 - also you might want to check if there are new gapps here and flash at same time: http://opengapps.org/?api=4.4&variant=nano

Enjoy

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Everything runs well, thank’s a lot for your excellent work

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I would like to install this on my FP1 but I’m a bit scared… not being a programmer and all. What do I need to know?

Thanks

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Look in this first post and follow the link to the xda-developers forum.

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Thanks for the quick fix. Unfortunately I’m not in Germany anymore and can’t test it myself. Is anyone else here with E-Plus as a provider?

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There is a very detailed guide by @fp1_wo_sw_updates

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Solved: the solution is to install version 20160106 rather than 20160108 of GApps
Different Gapps releases can be acessed from Tags · opengapps/arm · GitHub
I also wiped wiped cache and dalvik-cache first, though I don’t know whether that was necessary
Thanks joagri!

Thanks for the updated ROM. The updated ROM is fine, but when I try to install the latest GApps, with

adb sideload open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160108.zip

the install fails with the following

...
- Installing updated GApps
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip
(Status 2)
Installation aborted

I can install the previous version open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20151225.zip with no problems.
I’ve Googled the error but not come across an obvious fixes. Any clues or suggestions?

Regards

Pete

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Hello Pete, reboot into recovery and install gapps this way (from sdcard) . Worked without any problems with me.

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How does that work with GApps? I often see people suggesting installing newer GApps but doesn’t Android update the GApps to the latest version through the Play Store itself?

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I downloaded open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160106.zip not open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160108.zip. Maybe thats important???

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… and also wiped cache and dalvik-cache first…

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I just tried with a jawbone up2 and I was able to pair and connect and use the jawbone up software from the playstore.

So I think that BT LE seems to work at least to some extend.

Chris

PS: I also have a fitbit somewhere but can’t find the charger.

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My experience is that it works to some extent, but is still a bit flakey :slight_smile: . A particular problem I have noticed is automatic re-connections, which often just do not happen. This is not confined to BLE: I have problems with the following devices, only the first of which is BLE:

  1. [Garmin VivoActive GPS Smartwatch with Sports Apps:][1] this is BLE, and I think its own BT implementation is a bit flakey. Works OK immediately after both devices are powered on, but re-connects fail after subsequent disconnections. This did not work with the old FP Stock ROM as that did not have BLE

  2. [IOPlay 2 Bluetooth handsfree car kit][2] (Not BLE) Connections are sometimes incomplete: the IOPLay shows the phone as being connected, but the phone does not respond to music controls, and music playing on the phone is not play through the handsfree. This mostly worked OK with the old FP stock ROM

  3. [BoomBar Portable Rechargeable Bluetooth Speaker][3] Agin re-connections sometimes fail. To play music through the Boombar I often have to initiate the connect manually from the BT Settings page on the phone

I know this stuff is tricky, and it’s hard to reproduce the problems deterministically. Let me know if I can help, by providing log files or anything else.

Thanks again for all you work on this ROM!

Pete
[1]: http://explore.garmin.com/en-GB/vivo-fitness/
[2]: http://www.my-io.com/products/io-play2-overview/
[3]: http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/kitsound-boombar-portable-rechargeable-bluetooth-speaker-black-p40120.htm

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Dear chrmhoffmann… Kindly provide the Download link for update ROM fp1-kk444-CH-0.9.3

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It’s in the first post of the topic over at XDA (here) - the link you want should be: https://basketbuild.com/filedl/devs?dev=chrmhoffmann&dl=chrmhoffmann/fp1-kk-stock/fp1-kk444-CH-0.9.3.zip

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Do you think it would make sense to merge this thread with the howto (=to put the HOWTO as a wiki on top of this thread and freeze the old one, maybe?). So that people will find the links faster and can make the updates if needed? Just an idea. Maybe it’s okay the way it is. XDA is mentioned on it. It’s still important people compare checksums.

All – the part on how to install all the FP apps back on the phone needs some love. If someone wants to extent that part (download the image, extract and sideload the apks) – go wild :slight_smile: In the end of the HOWTO a FP1 should look like 4.4.2 FP1 … just with 4…4.4.

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Thanks @fp1_wo_sw_updates & @Johannes. I downloaded the latest zip and installed it with old GApps as the link provided by @petefoth did not work for me. because, previously GApps files were 84 MB and this time, may be i m wrong, it rises beyond 1 GB. Any idea?.. sorry for poor English. Maybe @petefoth can explain this. thanks all of you and especially @chrmhoffmann for hard work

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Are you sure you are selecting the right version? It has to be the nano package for version 4.4 on an ARM SoC. That’s still ~84 MB.

Edit: It doesn’t have to be the nano package. You can choose any of the provided packages. But the larger packages likely contain many apps you won’t ever use.

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Ya it was a zip file in the page i selected. However, i got it from website quoted by @Johannes. Thanks again all of you

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Hey guys,

I’m using chrmhoffmanns ROM now for two days and it’s working really well. I couldn’t find any problem till now. My system runs without google but with xposed and gravity.

Thank you chrmhoffmann and thanks to this awesome community, your wiki (https://forum.fairphone.com/t/unofficial-pencil2-howto-testing-the-latest-unofficial-4-4-4-rom-and-switching-back-to-fp-os-again-for-unix-fp1/11024) helped me a lot!

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