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[Fairphone 1] ceza52:
Thank you very much for your fast and explicit answer.

I have downloaded OsmAnd for a map right now but I am struggeling with it right know, don't really understand how it works just yet :)

I am very tempted to just download all the google apps but I thought it would be cool to try out all availible alternatives first.

I have no Wifi here so I will try out your suggested calculator tomorrow, thank you for that tip!

My phone keeps asking me for my PIN as well when I am trying to delete my SIM contacts, very weird. My Nokia 6021 did not come with any software as far as I remember, I will try to send them via bluetooth or just copy them manually :)

Thanks again!
[Fairphone 1] simsalonaut:
Great stuff! I'll add in the GPS improvements over the weekend, as I've found a few more fixes, especially for tracking etc.

And I already have a question regarding the update that is supposed to roll out on Sunday (as y'all probably already know through the e-mail): Since the AOSP-ROM doesn't have the Fairphone Updater.apk (and I've already tried and failed installing it manually), how will the users who are not on Fairphone OS get the update? How is this usually done?

Regarding the collection of questions, I suggest we create a dedicated questions page on the wiki, where we can collect them in an organized manner. That way, [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION] may have less work - and maybe Joe can write the answers right there, too :)
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
I think a fixed place for collecting questions might be better than always having a different post, I see that advantage. Thanks for showing it up.

A fixed place can be also the OP or one special post, which will be updated. I don't think a wiki is the best place for Q&A. A Q&A thread can be the right way, also if there would be a forum for the Fairphone 1, we definitely would have a Q&A thread anyways.

Anyone interested in starting a Q&A thread, collecting questions in the OP? As said before, I would send the collection to Joe and he probably will bring back the answers, some sooner, some later, depending how fast they can be processed. Collecting some posts shouldn't be that much work. The most work is needed for my three big indexes.

About the forum, I wrote two forum related messages on Friday. Let's see and wait for the answer :D
[Fairphone 1] Eschatologius:
if you hesitate to flash the gapps, maybe "GApps Browser" is what you're looking for. it's basically a sandbox for google-web-apps including maps. you can download and install it via f-droid

otherwise just flash the gapps and take a look at xposed and xprivacy as already mentioned

cheers!
[Fairphone 1] JYPDWhite:
I tested the build in function in the Fairphone. It's really simple to use. If you are on a phone call simply press the Menu Button and then tap "Start Recording" (don't know the exact english phrase, my Fairphone is set to german language ;) )

The Phone saves 3gp files and you I would say it's the same quality than the real phone call.
[Fairphone 1] rï¿½bert:
cifs/nfs kernel modules

First of all, i am very sorry if this is the wrong thread to post this.

I've got my fairphone now :) and although i am using linux for quite a while now, i am still a noob when it comes to smartphones, even if they run android.

My problem/question is, that i want to connect my phone to my nfs server, but it seems that fp os does not have the neccessary kernel modules (nfs.ko and dependencies) installed, nor are they available somewhere. Is that just not possible on the fp, will that come in an update or did i get something wrong? Or is there even a save workaround?
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
Did not work :( still does not connect. Maybe the update will fix that issue
[Fairphone 1] ilikefruit:
Is it possible to brick a Fairphone?

I have been lurking in this thread for a while but did not figure I would need to become a member. Until I decided to get rid of the CWM Recovery by flashing the Fairphone OS Recovery onto /dev/recovery which somehow went wrong.

Now the phone starts to a black display, no matter which mode I enter. When trying to flash again I can't get into adb shell, I get:

"- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) nRet(-1) -"

which doesn't look promising.

Since then I have been googling for a solution. Either just flash the OS to whatever exists or restoring the recovery partition, without finding any good answers. Most posts is about getting into recovery mode which I can't seem to do. Obviously I was being arrogant when I pushed the enter button on my keyboard thinking I was doing the right thing, which brings here.

So, oh great ones! Do you have some sliver of information that might bring out of this funk?
[Fairphone 1] haiag:
Does anyone got the update already?
[Fairphone 1] MarcoToo:
Check out ghost commander. I think there is an NFS plugin for it. Or, switch to SMB.

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on the road
[Fairphone 1] rï¿½bert:
first of all thanks for the ghost commander. i have been searching for a good file manager :)

but it does not offer a nfs plugin. furthermore a plugin wouldnt solve the missing kernel modules, i think.

swiching to samba is something i cant do. i have built up a nfs-network here and quite frankly samba is a pain in the a** when having a linux-only network :D maybe ill try to set up an additional samba-server only for my phone. but that is really something i wanted to avoid esp since samba doesnt know how to stream (every file would be downloaded before opening). id much rather have a way how i can get the nfs module into the kernel^^

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nope, and sunday is over soon here :laugh:
[Fairphone 1] Ahzriaz:
How to get the update

[MENTION=5452757]haiag[/MENTION] [MENTION=5690024]rï¿½bert[/MENTION]

Yes. The update arrived.

On the FP forum someone posted a very good tip.

Go to settings > apps > ALL > open Fairphone Updater and press 'Clear data'.

If it then doesn't find the update manually open the Fairphone Updater.

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In my case, I am using a different launcher. (Nova Launcher)

The install google play widget does not work with this launcher.

Go to settings > apps > (nova) launcher and clear default.

Press home button and chose Fairphone OS.

After that place the widget and install google apps.

(I first removed all updates from google play store but I do not think that is necessary.)

Hopes this helps
[Fairphone 1] mintlars:
Wow, so it's already included by default. That's rare for a smartphone and really nice to hear (haven't seen anything about it before and still haven't got any reply on the support ticket). Thanks for sharing your experience. I'll be getting my phone this week and really looking forward to it!

To [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION]: It would be really nice though to have the option to start recording without having to press the menu button. Think it would be possible to include this function in an update?
[Fairphone 1] bastos77:
Works. Thanks!

Edit: But I had to go grant SU rights. Ive done it "forever". After reboot I had to reactivate xposed.
[Fairphone 1] Vinnl:
I just removed the SIM card from my feature phone (a Nokia 100) and inserted it into my Fairphone. I made sure that my contacts were saved to my SIM card, however, they do not show up in the People app, and if I select Import/Export, it says there are no Contacts on my SIM card.

Has anyone else managed to import contacts from a SIM card or does anyone know why it might not work for me?

Thanks.
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
[MENTION=5666153]Vinnl[/MENTION] Can you somehow connect your Nokia to the PC? If so, try to export your contacts as .vcf files, then just copy them onto the Fairphone in a folder named "Contacts". Afterwards you can just start the People app and import them from "Phone storage".
[Fairphone 1] therob84:
[MENTION=5666153]Vinnl[/MENTION], in my case SIM contact import to FP from 10years old Motorola C450 was like a charm - just put in the SIM and the contacts are in the "people" app.

Maybe you just oversee the following:

Go to "contacts"/"people" app --> settings --> contacts to view --> verify that your SIM is activated there (or make your custom settings).

Does it work now?

I just don't know how to COPY the contacts from SIM --> telephone....otherwise I am not able to assign a contact picture...Any hints? Need some special app?

Cheers,

Robert
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
Hey guys,

I've still got the Bluetooth issue after the update. Here are some more details on what I did and what happens:

When I try to pair my phone with my car, everything seems ok during the pairing process. After I accepted every popup, I get the car in my "paired devices" list on the phone, and vice verca. BUT they do not connect.

I tried the pairing process in both directions. Initiated from the car, or from the phone. Also I tried connecting (after the pairing process) from both sides. When I try to initiate the connect from my car it just says "connection failed".

Today I tried to pair my phone with my PC, and this didn't work either. I can go through the pairing process, and when my PC tries to install some drivers it says: no drivers were found. And I cannot connect them.

So does anyone has any suggestion what I should try next? maybe some troubleshooting app or something in engineer mode? I would really appreciate some help :highfive:

Thank you in advance.
[Fairphone 1] simsalonaut:
Just updated the wiki and added a new section:

Guides:

How to improve the GPS signal (UPDATED!)

How to fix location issues (NEW!)

How to lower the loudspeaker volume (so far just a link to [MENTION=5415412]MoreThanADev[/MENTION]'s post)

How to lower partition your Fairphone (so far just a link to [MENTION=5400999]arghwhymustiregister[/MENTION]'s post)

As you can see, I added a new section about the GPS tracking problems: Whenever I saved a GPS track to KML, it would give out wrong speeds, distances and altitudes. The steps I wrote in the guide should fix this; from now on, all new information will be put on the wiki. If I am able to fix or improve something major, I will give a heads up in this thread. And since something did indeed change, here's my first heads up:

The EPO server by MediaTek now seems to work! Many of us have been able to successfully download the EPO files from the server now, so I also updated the corresponding section in the guide. The FTP method will remain a "backup method" in case the servers go down again.

Hell yeah it is. After a while, I figured out how to create headlines, subheadlines and links, but why oh why are there no buttons for that in the toolbar? Can we change the layout to include more buttons?

I'm done for today, but maybe someone can continue importing the guides for partitioning and adjusting the volume into the wiki. A guide for how to disable the notification for the second SIM card through GravityBox would also be nice.

If a Q&A page on the wiki is out of the question, then I would be very interested in a Q&A thread, as well. But for now, [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION], if you haven't sent out the e-mail to Joe Mier yet, can you please include my old (& new) question:

Thanks in advance - and have fun with the wiki!
[Fairphone 1] Vinnl:
Unfortunately, this wasn't possible. However, I did a factory reset for an unrelated issue, and now it works somehow :S
[Fairphone 1] Unrelashade:
Well basically yes, since the xda wiki uses the mediawiki wiki-engine (which is used by wikipedia as well), but a lot of people are involved in a process like that... On the other hand, I also don't understand why they don't make it easier... XDA's version is not the newest one, either. Well but here is help and I'll post it to the wiki too

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents

Once you did some work with it it's really easy though... And it's not difficult to just dive in either, which the wiki-engine mediawiki was build for :)

Also, post questions like this on the discussion page of the fairphone wiki page from now on! There will be others who as themselves this question too and this will help them. The power of wikis! =D

Glad to see you working on the wiki too, I really think this is the best way for us to help everyone.
[Fairphone 1] elchi1234:
[MENTION=5684957]boondiordna[/MENTION]

I'm no expert in codecs in Android. But I now a bit in general.

There are two types of codecs:

* Hardware codecs are built-in and faster.

* Software codecs are slower but can easily be added.

So you could add any codec you want as a software codec. But it won't be AS fast as a hardware codec. (I don't know if our FP1 has one of them.)
[Fairphone 1] Holzwurm86:
Hello everybody,

Last weekend I also got my Fairphone, so I don't want to be a "read only member" in this forum any longer :)

The knowhow of all you guys here is absolutely amazing for a android greenhorn like me!

Unfortunately my FP quit working after only a few hours...

It began with little graphic errors, but they became more and more and now it's not longer usable.

I attached some pictures. What do you think, probably a malfunction of the graphics chip?

Well, I'll send it back and hope they repair or replace it.

In addition to this, there was another strange Problem on the handset, before it quit working.

When i tried to click on a content on the display, the touchscreen interpreted my tapping as a little movement.

So the screen always "jumps" a little bit, when i try to tap on something.

As i wanted to know where this strange behaviour comes from, I activated the cursor position in the developers options.

And there is always a straight line (about 1cm long) with random direction at the beginning and at the end of my tapping.

I compared this to my old Samsung, but on this device these strange lines don't appear.

Has someone noticed something similar? Is this "hyper sensitive" touchscreen normal on the Fairphone?

Cheers

the Holzwurm :)
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
Hi,

I can't install Google keyboard anymore after the upgrade, whatever default storage I choose.

Any one?

Chris
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
[MENTION=5494566]simsalonaut[/MENTION] : good idea, just added the how-to on partitioning and the disabling of notification for the second SIM.
[MENTION=361777]chrmhoffmann[/MENTION] : hm, did not uninstall it before the update and it is still there, working - any error you get?
[Fairphone 1] mexmorris:
Hi, I deactivated both, the aosp and the Google keyboard, then restarted, activated only Google keyboard and all was fine until now.
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
My one's gone.
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
Uninstalled updates and then reinstalled with play store. Works now. Google keyboard.
[Fairphone 1] ArtooDetoo89:
@ rï¿½bert: The ES File Explorer for example has an SFTP function. Maybe that fits better in your linux network ;)
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
Hope your fairphone comes back fine. I have the same screen tapping problem. My line in the touchscreen test is smaller (and not 1cm long) but i noticed the same behaviour.

[MENTION=371528]Everybody[/MENTION] : is it just us, or does someone else has the same problem.
[MENTION=1656095]benxda[/MENTION] [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION] : is this something already known? I guess this might be fixed through a software update. Maybe some sensitivity setting is off, or a recalibration of the screen would fix that.
[Fairphone 1] D_Altvater:
Integration of system app updates in rom

I tried to integrate system app updates in the rom using Titanium Backup, but it resulted in FC of these apps when executing. (Wanted to free some space in the internal memory.)

I'm interested in the reason why it can't work (NAND lock?) as well as how to make it work. Otherwise it's just a remark!
[Fairphone 1] elchi1234:
I'm not sure, but I think it is because of ODEX.
[Fairphone 1] mintlars:
So here's a small report on recording calls. FP1 indeed comes preinstalled with call recording functionality. Just press the menu button during a call and you get the option to record it. It also seems as if it's recording directly from phone line. I've tested both with and without headset, and the audio quality is equally great for both, with clear voices from both ends. It's still not confirmed though. The feature lacks options so I can't verify that it's actually recording from phone line. The quality however is good enough for it.

It records in 3gp-format and you'll need a seperate app to playback the recordings. The files are saved on the bigger of the two preinstalled partitions on the phone (called an sdcard in the OS) in a folder called PhoneRecord. The app, as I mentioned above, does lack options (or I just haven't found them yet) so if you'll want to record to other formats than 3gp or generally have more options, you'll probably have to install a third party app, but I haven't tested this. As far as I'm concerned, the preinstalled feature is good enough, and since this is now my production phone, I won't tinker with it too much right now.
[Fairphone 1] haiag:
I have a problem with Gravity Box. I installed XPosedFramework and use this already with XPrivacy.

Afterwards I downloaded Gravitybox [JB] and activated in XPosed. Arfter rebooting I startet Gravitiybox, but it told me, the framework wasn't found...

Any help?

[MENTION=4840806]Hyst[/MENTION] I can't confirm these problems.
[Fairphone 1] fjxda:
Try the Image Binaries at the very bottom of the Fairphone OS downloads https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en...Fairphone-FP1-Fairphone-OS-multiple-versions- in conjunction with http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982587
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
The most annoying issue of the fairphone right now is that it looses logins for some apps (twitter, fb) on restart. I reported that to FP but no answer yet.
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Just a small heads up.

Total Posts: 430

61,384 views

To all of the lurking people: Register, login and say hello :)

As business is hard at the moment, I have to work very much and long each day, so I have to catch up later...

I am starting with the collection of requests for Fairphone today, after I did my other maintaining stuff. Please help me if I forgot any of your requests.
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
[MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION] Still no news about the forum? Guess also that there is nothing we can do, right? Like sending a mail to xyz to demand a forum.
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
anyone who has bluetooth problems, this might be good news.

https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201896728-Bluetooth-connection-Cars-

(posted today)
[Fairphone 1] therob84:
Could it be related to the FP OS Update to Caju v1.1 from this Sunday?

After Update I had to re-activate XPOSED Installer (just by pressing the button at the Installer), then everything worked fine again, settings of XPrivacy were still there.

Cheers,

Robert
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Hi. Well, there are news, but I don't know how public they should get. To be honest, I don't know how long it will take, but let's keep an eye on the XDA portal and its news.

If it happens, all Fairphone threads will be moved into the new device forum and I would be happy to see new threads, like theming, apps, mods, Q&A... we already have some of them, but a few more to spread the discussion a bit into the right place and we don't have everything concentrated as we currently have.

EDIT:

Usually new device forums are announced on the portal, that's why keep at least one eye on it :cyclops:
[Fairphone 1] prinz.z:
I can confirm that problem, happened with twitter a few times so far and once with spotify..
[Fairphone 1] jwregme:
I've used my FP since two days now and I have to say I'm very pleased with it!

My thoughts so far:

- it looks great

- it feels like a high quality build

- it is rather heavy but that makes it feel more precious (valuable material opposed to light, cheap plastic)

- it's very responsive

- I love that it's rooted!!! :)

- coming from a custom ROM (Rootbox on SGS2) I believe that it won't be too long before I'm craving for more configuration options

REQUEST: What I'd really love to have is the ability to force the usage of 2G together with a notification toggle!

I know I can get this from XPosed Framework Modules but I believe that this should be included in FP (or any other phone/ROM) by standard. It saves a lot of battery!

I'll yet have to delve into XPosed and see if I can find all the things I want... It would be fun to write a module myself if I find the time!

I sincerely hope that there'll be another fairphone with new specs! I'll be happy with my FP for the next few years but I'd love to support this great project again in the future!
[Fairphone 1] sidingFP:
hello & active sync?

hello :)

I got my FP1 on Monday - everything is nice so far and this forum was allready very helpful - thank you.

I have one question/minor problem:

I want to add an additional mail account with exchange active sync (egroupware on a linux machine). With the standard mail app I am asked to agree to allow the server to wipe my phone - I do not want that. With k9-mail I am to much noob with smartphones to get it running (a pop3 account is working fine, but I got no connection to the active sync server). Do you have a suggestion for some save (for my FP ;) ) way to sync a mail account with exchange? Xposed and Xprivacy are up and running, if that might help.

edit: It looks like the problem is not App/FP specific - perhaps the server wants this rights only for the case the Admin will change his mind. Furthermore, it is a nice feature if I loose the phone - I can nuke it remotely before someone gets my informations ;)

kind regards,

Jens
[Fairphone 1] QSDev:
Hello :)

I'm a lurking person. :P

Today I received my tracking code, so I'll be a Fairphone user soon.

I'm very interested in a non-android OS for Fairphone, like Firefox OS or Ubuntu Phone.

I would like to help testing or porting it.

Greetings.
[Fairphone 1] mudar1771:
Hey [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION],

I'm not quite sure about this one:

Not all good ideas are good for everyone all the time.... hmmm :confused:

Here's what I mean:

Recording a phone call is not something the majority of users would do

Users who do record phone (a minority) calls will probably need that button less often than "Dial pad", "Speaker" or any of the 5 buttons currently available.

Users who do need to record each and every call (probably a small percentage) actually need more options than just fast access to the button (ex: auto-start recording, filenames, duration, etc). There's probably an app for that!
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
I don't think we should submit feature requests. Fix the bugs and stay as close as possible to aosp.
[Fairphone 1] MicroDroidXDA:
I can't access Play Store anymore since the update. Connection error. Tried reflashing gapps but it didn't work. Recovery just says "error".

Anyone else facing similar problems?

Also, I sometimes have to do a soft reboot for xposed to work. And I've had a few "unintentional" reboots since I installed xposed. But I don't wanna go without it because it almost makes custom roms unnecessary...

Gesendet von meinem FP1 mit Tapatalk
[Fairphone 1] Ahzriaz:
Did you reinstall gapps? I dont know how xposed interferes with all FP things but the regular installer won't work when you are on another ROM.

You should start FP OS. Replace the widget installer and install. (perhaps first clear all cache and data for google play store).

Hopes this helps

Good luck
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
Some People in the Fairphone-Freunde-Forum reportet that since the Update the Fairphone is not visible in the Android-Device-Manager anymore.

[MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION] can you please report that to joe?

thx

[MENTION=4989890]MicroDroidXDA[/MENTION] did you try to install it with the Widget? It just works with the original Fairphone Launcher, if you use a different one, you first have to switch the Standard-launcher to FP!

https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/co...playstore-after-software-update-?locale=en-us