What does com.fairphone.activator do?

[paradonym]

I’m currently debloating the Fairphone. They did a pretty good job keeping it clean without any ad-apps like Samsung. I just had some provider apps which annoy peope to install more provider apps when inserting their SIM-cards, but that’s not a fault of Fairphone.

There are two apps from fairphone. com.fairphone.myfairphone, which I can bind to the app testing the modules and assisting the user on which module is faulty.
But there’s another I can’t bind to user functions:
What does com.fairphone.activator do exactly?

From the name it suggests being an app to notify Fairphone about a new device active somewhere, so it should be uninstalled with a debloat. But before I really want to make sure that it doesn’t disables any user functions.

It reads Fairphone Activation Logger as an UI name…
So I can only attach that to something like warranty checks or statistics for the Fairphone Company itself.

My current FP5 debloat list:

• com.android.egg (Android EasterEgg when tapping the version number in settings)
• com.android.dreams.phototable (Photo slideshow screensaver feature)
• com.google.android.apps.youtube.music (Youtube Music, I don’t use it due to being subscribed to Spotify)
• com.orange.aura.oobe (I’m not on the Orange provider, because it doesn’t sells phone service in Germany)
• com.orange.update
• com.tct.endusertest (seems to be a user feedback app on Blackberry and also on Fairphones from FP4 on)
• com.telekom.tsc (German phone provider ads)

I basically want to keep all the google services, because I’m using them.

Using Canta with Shizuku enabled via ADB from a computer directly on the FP5, or the universal android debloater

[SkewedZeppelin]

@paradonym

My current FP5 debloat list:

Why not just switch OS? You have some choices (hopefully more in the coming months): Comparison of Android ROMs

[paradonym]

I got it from my provider like two days before the release date and since then I’ll rather let the TWRP guys take some time to get a stable recovery ready and I’m waiting for comprehensive rooting tutorials to do it.

I’m kinda thinking back to the Nexus 4 times where rooting was just a factory reset and like two command line commands.

[yvmuell]

There is an unofficial TWRP available,

TWRP for Fairphone 5

Here you can find TWRP (TeamWin Recovery Project) builds for the Fairphone 5. Please remember that TWRP is not officially supported by Fairphone! You can now find TWRP directly on twrp.me! Known issues: Encrypted userdata not supported Vibration not supported Other undiscovered things? Please also note that Android security features like AVB (Android Verified Boot) & dm-verity might make your device unbootable if you tamper with some partitions. Keep your important data always backed up …

who knows if there will ever be anything official, FP4 isnt after 2 years, beside the fact that TWRP isnt that useful it was in the past

For rooting see here

How to root the FP5 and OTA update - at your own risk

Now that we have the first reports split in a few topics I would like to bring all reports together, therefore this topic. When you root your phone, be aware that this comes with a risk to brick the phone. Official Magisk instructions can be found here The FP4 Instructions should be a summary of the official instructions so I will add them here till someone confirms something else. I didnt test so when you try its at your own risk. I will make this a wiki, so please update, correct as needed…