Hello, I was wondering if I had missed an update or two from the last one I did (Kola Nut 1.8.7). My fairphone updater indicates that my OS is up-to-date, but my husband, who uses a different smartphone, has had 2 or 3 updates since my last one… Or are Fairphone now only focusing on Fairphone2 an…

Sign up to test the pre-release of Android Kitkat 4.4 for Fairphone 1: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/call-for-testers-of-android-4-4alpha-for-fairphone-1/19411

[image] Fairphone (Fairphone) @littlesis92 The FP1 will not be upgraded to a new major release. But we are working on a point update: 4.4 12:23 PM - 18 May 2016 You will have to have some more patience though.

I don’t really understand why there won’t be any new major release though… Is there going to be a new one for FP2? Am I to understand that I have to buy a new smartphone if I’d like to stay updated? How are we going to be able to install the latest app versions, only compatible with the latest Andr…

This has been discussed a lot on the forum, so I recommend you to catch up on the issue, for example in this thread: [image] Hope for future FP1 Android updates The Products I’ve been to the recent community borrel and I come back with great news. Whilst discussing Fairp…

Thanks a lot for your quick answer! I don’t come to the forum very often, and I don’t know much about OSes, softwares or hardwares, I read some of the links you kindly indicated and understood that Android isn’t open and free, that’s right? That’s what I thought, but apparently, Fairphone don’t ha…

Android itself is open source, but the drivers for the Fairphone 1 chipset aren’t. Fairphone managed to obtain the closed source drivers from the chipset manufacturer Mediatek, but it only allows them to update to Android 4.4. Mediatek never released Android 5 drivers for the chipset used in the Fai…

Hi Stefan is [image] Update from Kola Nut 1.8.7? Fairphone 1 Android itself is open source, but the drivers for the Fairphone 1 chipset aren’t. Fairphone managed to obtain the closed source drivers from the chipset manufacturer Mediatek, but it only allows them to update…

FP1 software is as open as Fairphone Open for FP2 by default because Google Apps are not preinstalled. FP2 comes preinstalled with Google Apps and therefore you need to open it with Fairphone Open. FP1 is configured the other way round, so there is no need for a Fairphone Open for FP1. Fairphone 2…

Fairphone Community Forum

Update from Kola Nut 1.8.7?

Help Fairphone 1

show post in topic

Home
Categories
Guidelines
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy

Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled