Sailfish OS for Fairphones devices

Hardware Adaptation
#1

Sailfish OS 4.6.0.15 for Fairphone 4 and 5 is now available at Index of /images/. These are fastboot flashable images with home encryption enabled. It is recommended to upgrade Android to latest version first to get latest firmware fixes and boot to Android once and test all hardware features especially mobile data and fingerprint support to make sure everything works before flashing Sailfish OS.

Also the older already existing port for Fairphone 2 is available in the same location.

Known issues

Fairphone 5

  • Video recording in camera
  • Hardware video codecs (apps playing videos freeze, I will try to find a way to disable hw codecs until I figure out why this happens)
  • USB connections to computer not working with some USB ports, if devices seems to go into connect/disconnect loop try another USB port
  • eSIM not supported

Fairphone 4

  • Video recording in camera
  • Bluetooth has some issues after boot (mostly with audio related bluetooth devices), restarting bluetooth service via Settings->Utilities should fix the issues
  • eSIM not supported

Fairphone 2

  • Camera app hangs after first video recording after boot, recording is stored though
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The Fairphone 4 Thread
What would be required for a port to Fairphone 5?
#2

Thanks for Sailfish Port :+1:

can i flash my Fairphone 5 with stock rom Android 14 to Sailfish…?
Does it work flash back from Sailfish to Android Stock Rom?

#3

Yes, you can flash Sailfish OS on a device with Android 14, and it’s recommended to have latest Android 14 on FP5 and Android 13 on FP4 before flashing Sailfish OS. Also going back to official Android 14 (or 13) works by flashing the factory image available on Fairphone website.

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#4

mal, i think on FP4 Android 13 is required. On the Fairphone support page (https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/18896094650513-Install-Fairphone-OS-manually) is no Android 14 for the FP4.

#5

Yes, indeed it’s Android 13 for FP4, I edited my earlier comment.

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#6

I guess there is no VoLTE, like in other ports, right?

#7

Yes, unfortunately no VoLTE yet.

#8

Hy,
on the first setup i must set a pin for encryption?
Mobile Data O2 Germany would be work?

#9

Yes, on first boot it asks you to enter a code to use when decrypting and unlocking the device during boot. Mobile data should work but no experience with that specific operator.

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