What does com.fairphone.activator do?

[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…