yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fairphone 1] simsalonaut:
Don't think so; we'd have to ask MediaTek to help us out here. As I said, there is a thread dedicated to getting the EPO files, and they already tried setting a different FTP server in EngineerMode or somewhere else in the system - but they had no luck. A good idea that [MENTION=5670974]c4460256[/MENTION] came up with is a script that read out all current IPs for epo.mediatek.com. Maybe someone smarter than I am (and better at automation) can take it from there? :D

I've also only been able to generate red, green, and blue.

None yet; maybe we can ask the owner of forum.fairphone-freunde.de for an international subforum on his page? A few of us are over there already anyway :)

...and [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION], let us know if there's anything we can do to help you get that sweet sweet forum space! Already posted over at *** New Device Forum Requests ***, but I don't know if the mods even watch that thread.

And now for something completely different (and boring): The battery! As many of you have surely experienced (and already demonstrated), the battery usually gets stuck at 14% for a long time:

Is this because the battery needs tofully discharge a few times before it has completely calibrated itself, and then the system can estimate the battery state more accurately? I've emptied it out +10 times now, and it still freezes at 14% for hours. And it does fun things like this:

I also have a request: I was noob enough to flash [MENTION=361777]chrmhoffmann[/MENTION]'s great CWM Recovery - without making a backup of the old recovery.img. [...] Can someone help me out?

Nevermind, found it in the Image Binaries!

As a thanks, here's how to use adb sideload with your Fairphone and OS X - just in case you were as stupid as me and bricked your phone WITHOUT leaving a ROM on the phone's storage ;)

How to ADB sideload on OS X

On Mac, download developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#download, extract

Put YOUR_ROM.zip (YOUR_ROM being the name of your zip-file) in the folder /sdk/platform-tools/

Conect Fairphone via USB, boot into Recovery mode, select “Apply Update from ADB”

Open Terminal on Mac, change to folder /platform-tools (pro tip: drag & drop the folder into the Terminal window)

Enter ./adb sideload YOUR_ROM.zip

...and while we're at it (and because I want to save everyone who's a beginner like me some time ;)), here's

How to install ClockworkMod Recovery (edited from the OP)

copy the recovery to the device: ./adb push recovery-cwm-fp1-0.2.img /storage/sdcard0

adb into device: ./adb shell

Become superuser: su

flash to recovery: dd if=/storage/sdcard0/recovery-cwm-fp1-0.2.img of=/dev/recovery
[Fairphone 1] honeycakehorse:
You can get the original FP1-FW here: https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/200286838-Software-Downloads

There are also Recovery and Image Binaries for MTK Droid or SP Flashtool.
[Fairphone 1] simsalonaut:
Yup, my mistake - I forgot that the recovery.img can be found in the Image Binaries. Thanks for pointing that out - already changed it in my other post!
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Guys, I am waiting for more than 2,5 weeks now. I hope there will be a decision soon or we just get a forum ;).

About the *** New Device Forum Requests ***. I am sure, the admins don't read that, but the benefit is this:

Search for "fairphone" in that thread and you get: "Showing results 1 to 25 of 38". I suppose 38 members want to have an own forum.

And... oh... I missed it, we have over 50,000 views in this thread, be be precise: 52,871 views atm.

As of 22 Jan 2014 there were still not shipped all Fairphones: "Shipped to buyers in total: 16,676 phones", so for the Fairphone 1 we can expect even more interested users on XDA in the near future.

And what I mentioned while reading a lot of posts in here, the Fairphone seems to be quite a bit different to the other devices I use(d). More development needed here. I am feeding the "Mods, hacks, solutions" section in the OP from time to time.

However, I will be asking again on Friday.
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
To really backup everything, I'd advise to use at least once the mtk droid tools. They also backup partitions / info that CWM doesn't handle.

Chris
[Fairphone 1] paphko:
There is an xposed module for call recording but I didn't test it yet.
[Fairphone 1] mintlars:
Thanks for the tip, though I will start testing some stock apps (CallRecorder, Mp3 Incall Recorder etc.) first to see if it's working in the stock FW. Though it will take a while because I was one of the last ones to order before they sold out :eek:
[Fairphone 1] Donat.Callens:
More space

A working solution is available http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49573621&postcount=330

I have 4 GB internal space on my FP now.
[Fairphone 1] haiag:
Thx, but I already knew. I wished to get an official statement, beacause I read nothing about it.

With this: https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201625203-Internal-Storage I'm excited how it will be done.
[Fairphone 1] fredflegel:
Inspired by the german fairphone freunde, i started (yet another ;)) forum.

It uses the discourse.org software and works a bit different the classical forums like xda or simple machines. You are welcome!

http://fairphoners.discoursehosting.net/
[Fairphone 1] MikeCriggs:
I'll drop them a message tomorrow.
[Fairphone 1] ErivShadow:
I will follow this thread closely as my wife is really interested in this phone. She read an article about it and maybe it is a nice idea for christmas this year. Great idea guys and I really appreciate that you stay in touch with the community of XDA. :good:
[Fairphone 1] joemier:
August 27 Update from Fairphone

Hi everybody,

Sorry Sorry! Apologies for the delay in response - as you guessed, I have been on vacation the past couple weeks and I've adopted the Dutch/European ability to take holidays very seriously :)

So now I'm back and I see some more activity surrounding Fairphone - great!

But I want to be realistic here - we are only getting initial prototypes for internal testing now. Our own software is still being optimized for our hardware at the moment. Therefore, the things in a perfect world - full kernel source code, licenses for all hardware drivers - are still a work in progress.

But I don't want to be a buzzkill!! I joined XDA to see what kind of interest there was to port alternative OS's for our platform, and it's overwhelming to hear from you guys. Essentially, when we get our hardware ready, our software more mature, and the licensing agreements in place, we're hoping to get packages in the hands of you guys to help get things started. Hopefully the heavy lifting will have been done by then.

Any more questions - let me know!

Joe
[Fairphone 1] joemier:
Again, I just want to thank you guys for all the support for Fairphone so far!

In the coming weeks, we hope to have a developer package so you can get your hands dirty. :good: Thanks for your patience as we continue working on getting the phone ready for assembly!
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Good to have you back, Joe.

Ok, another few questions for passing some time: Will the firmware updates of the Fairphone be spread over the air (OTA) or do we have to download those? Also, how close to Vanilla/Stock Android will the Fairphone version of Android be? How long will be updates available, for eg. for 2 years (warranty time) or 3 years or more? Are you planning a tablet as well or is it depending on the success of the Fairphone? And finally, when do you expect the prototypes for externals, like mobile device related web pages or devs/reviewers? Or do you plan to hand over only the finished versions?
[Fairphone 1] joemier:
Hi there. Here's a rundown of your questions, in brief!

1. Will the firmware updates of the Fairphone be spread over the air (OTA) or do we have to download those?

>>>

Possibly OTA. Depends on the size of the required updates. Stock android to be provided as well (timing TBD, possibly at launch).

2. How close to Vanilla/Stock Android will the Fairphone version of Android be?

>>>

Depends on who you ask I guess :). We've just announced a Pop-Up Space in London with our partners, Kwame, to show off the OS and have a lot of demos and presentations. You're all invited, definitely! It is all day September 19 & 20 in the heart of London, and I'm hoping to get a lot of video footage from it.

I'll post all the info in another Reply!

3. How long will be updates available, for eg. for 2 years (warranty time) or 3 years or more?

>>>

Rolling updates as much / as long as possible to ensure longevity of the device (part of the mission of the company of course!).

4. Are you planning a tablet as well or is it depending on the success of the Fairphone?

>>>

I've been asked this before, which I think says there is definitely a demand for it. But nope, at the moment we are only focussing on the phone!

5. And finally, when do you expect the prototypes for externals, like mobile device related web pages or devs/reviewers? Or do you plan to hand over only the finished versions?

>>>

Only finished versions. And I would say no earlier than October. I don't want to get any hopes up too high, so I have to be modest with these kinds of dates!

---------- Post added at 11:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:02 PM ----------

Hey XDA,

You're Invited! Here's the full invitation and information for our Pop-Up Space in London coming up mid-September.

Cheers,

Joe

FP Community Manager

----------

We’d like to invite you to get up close and personal with our brand new Fairphone!

On September 19 & 20, you'll be able to hold our first prototype Fairphone in your own two hands, learn more about our journey and meet the team!

For a few days in the heart of Soho, we’re creating a small Fairphone world with our partners from Kwamecorp during London Design Week. Besides a celebration, there will be demos and presentations, urban mining and design workshops, a hackathon, and so much more.

Join us to meet the very first smartphone that puts social values first every step of the way. We wouldn't have made it this far without people like you - so we hope to see you there!

----------

LOCATION & OPENING TIMES

Fairphone Pop-Up Space

Kwamecorp Showroom

94 Berwick Street

W1F 0QF London

http://goo.gl/maps/1n18u

Showroom: 19 & 20 September, 10 am to 10pm
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Pretty nice answers. I merged several of them a bit shrinked in the first post ("Q&A discussion - You ask, Fairphone replies"). Please check them to make sure I don't publish crap. I hope we get much vids and pics for this thread from this event in London. As we expect Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie is coming up with the next Nexus Smartphone in October/November, you can jump directly from 4.2x - by the way, which version exactly is in the Fairphone? 4.2.2? - to 5.0 which leads to much new development manpower. Hope you can handle this and provide as soon as possible a Fairphone upgrade to 5.0 maybe for xmas. Ok, I am too far in the future now. ;)
[Fairphone 1] sukonta:
Hey, cool.

Thank you.
[Fairphone 1] MoreThanADev:
Hi Joe,

thanks for your time and your answers

Do you know if their will be an early uart acces to bootloader and consol during boot ?

And if so :victory: will we have to open the phone, to weld our own cable, and so on ? or will a simple usb cable be ok ?
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
some News:

http://www.fairphone.com/2013/09/05/production-update-delivery-timeline/
[Fairphone 1] Deedend:
The actual delivery time is December.. I hope that it will be the final one. I can't wait for my Fairphone!!
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
As we all are waiting for news or replies, check out the Fairphone blog until any news drop in. We probably get news after the Kwamecorp-Fairphone Hackaton in London 18-20th September, about 10 days or so. By the way, does anybody know anything about the company Kwamecorp?
[Fairphone 1] MikeCriggs:
Hopefully us developers get it sooner than that :)
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Hopefully Joe will go on with community support in here.

Meanwhile, everybody read the newest Fairphone blog post: Fairphone Operating System ...including a lot of information and a video which shows up the UI of the Android system on a real (not rendered) device.

EDIT: Oh, and check out the brand new photos of the latest sets:

- Pop-Up Space, London Opening

- Prototype Images

If finished, you can start over and view all sets.
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Guys, bad news.

Finally it came out in the Fairphone blog (read the comment section), that there will be no hardware drivers released as open source. I think, we - all of us - don't like that. There is a petition to support AOSP ROMs with this SoC you can sign, started by someone who hopefully joins us.

I also added links to Fairphone on Google+, G+ community, Twitter and Facebook, just read the OP.
[Fairphone 1] Benki:
Hey, i saw in some comments on the fairphone blog that there is a phone which has the (AFAIK) same processor/chipset (MT6589/MTK6589 any difference?). The company, OPPO, seem to always be releasing there phones with different OSs that you can choose from, so maybe they will be a source for how to get around this "closed" problem.

The specs of the relevant phone: Since i can't post links yet i will just have you Google duckduckgo "OPPO R819"

The different OSs for one of their phones: Google duckduckgo "OPPO Firmware"

As you may have deducted allready I am no developer by any means, but if this helps i am truly happy. Good luck to all of you cool dudes ;)

/Ben
[Fairphone 1] MikeCriggs:
Still signing the petition to help.

I'm here to help with any development and porting regardless of drivers being available or not.

Just a little jest in my last post to lighten the mood.
[Fairphone 1] KimHansenDenmark:
Hey guys and gals,

This is Kim Hansen, CTO of Kwamecorp. We are building the FairPhone OS and helping the FairPhone project as much as we can.

We have entered the Quality Assurance period of the FairPhone OS, so everything is on schedule for a production release in early December.

The first version of the FairPhone OS will be given to the community in around 4 weeks time, when we have our first release candidate ready. From then on, the project will be public available, so the community can follow and take part in the development. Most likely on GitHub, but it is still to be decided.

If anyone has technical questions, critics, doubts, etc. please don't hesitate in asking. We will be following this thread and try and provide timely answers, taking into account our deliveries and stress level.

Btw. Kwamecorp is a digital agency merging beautiful design with solid engineering. We are located among other places in Lisbon, Portugal, where the main development of the FairPhone OS takes place. If you are around, please drop in and have a chat..
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Puh, thanks for staying/coming back some kind of... new guy in town now...

Hi Kim. Very good to have you here. Also very good news to me, that the Firmware will be delivered that soon. This pleases the community, I guess. So you are the right person to talk about the software, the drivers, kernel...? Like Widgets of the Fairphone OS, suggestions for improvements and issues like bloatware etc? What's about the drivers and the SoC used in a Oppo device, like [MENTION=5388357]Benki[/MENTION] said?
[Fairphone 1] joemier:
Hi all,

There are a lot of different questions and issues building up here on XDA for the Fairphone team. Thanks for bearing with us. I've talked with [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION] so that he can help me collect all relevant issues for the Fairphone tech team and Kwame software developers. Soon, it seems XDA will have Fairphone sub-forums to make this easier for all of us, too.

Also, news for you all: We're still planning the software release of Fairphone OS 1.1 over the air very soon. It was expected around today/tomorrow, but still needs some time.

Best,

Joe

FP Community Manager
[Fairphone 1] boondiordna:
Wiki pages?

Hi everyone,

I am a total newbie, no developer - and still waiting for my FP1. I must have been one of the last to order, and you guys played a role in convincing me. I've been reading in this thread occasionally since late July and I am impressed. You guys rock. A big warm thank you to [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION], also for organising this thread so well by updating the OP.

A question, for you, [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION], but also for everyone else: what do you guys think about using the xda-wiki to organise the shared knowledge?

I just realised it's there today, and registered here to ask this question. And also possibly to help filling in some info, if you guys deem it a nice idea. A quick search in the wiki showed that it's seemingly not very much used considering MediaTek based devices: wiki/MediaTek_chipsets - nearly nothing to see there, move along...

Any thoughts, and experiences with the xda-dev wiki?
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
Install NOGAPPS Maps - how-to

Hey [MENTION=5681881]Nikokrowe[/MENTION], finally got it working for myself - hope this will help you:

as [MENTION=4423377]MarcoToo[/MENTION] mentioned it, you have to unzip those files first

[*]second, move

/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml

and

/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar

to the according folders on the phone (until here everything should be the same as it was with Blank Store - you can use the same commands adjusted to the new files)

[*]now, to move META-INF you have to allow writing to the root of the phone you can do this with

mount -o rw,remount -t rootfs /

[*]and now you just have to move that folder into the root of your phone

Finished!

Now the last thing to do is give those files the right permissions, just follow this.

Installed DB Navigator and Oeffi without any problems - both working fine!

If you got any questions ask me - spent like 1 hour with that stuff now.. :eek:
[Fairphone 1] elchi1234:
I don't think that you need the META-INF folder. It's there to be executed. It just copies the system of the zip to /system.
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
Hahaha, oh my.. Yeah you are right ^^

Just took a look in the script - well, at least I know how to do such stuff now =P

PS: How can you execute it then?

PPS: no editing possible with the xda app? :/
[Fairphone 1] elchi1234:
You could execute it by flashing it via recovery. But this doesn't work in our FP1. Perhaps I'll try CWM.
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
Hey everyone,

i encountered a bluetooth problem. I am not able to pair my phone with my car (Toyota Yaris). Which is REALLY annoying.

do someone know a way to troubleshoot this? Maybe some apps, or suggestions what I should try?

Here are some details:

With my old phone (Galaxy W) everything worked fine. When I want to pair my phone with my car, everything looks ok during that 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. Meaning I cant speak via bluetooth in my car, although they both know each other. And if I try to trigger the connection process manually, it fails everytime without an error message.

Thanks
[Fairphone 1] bastos77:
Had the same problem. Postponed troubleshooting and next day it works without and Fürther action...

But i have to be BT activated before starting the car.

Gesendet von meinem FP1 mit Tapatalk
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
Funny. I will report back if it works tomorrow :)
[Fairphone 1] Unrelashade:
That's a very nice idea, to use the xda-wiki! People, let's use the wiki to collect issues and help and instructions! [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION] do you want to help and copy stuff from your OP to the wiki as well? You're doing a great job and people have been thanking you a lot, so that would be great.

I've started a rudimentary wiki page:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Fairphone

If people participate and check everything and fill out the rest, we will have a very nice wiki page soon! :good:

(And it will be much more organised and clean than this thread :) )
[Fairphone 1] ceza52:
Hi guys, I have just received my Fairphone and have several questions:

I have read the first 30 pages of this thread over the past few weeks and I am honestly quite confused what to do with my phone :D

It is my first smartphone, the first thing I wanted to do is install the Google Apps, but I remembered a post here that stated that you cannot delete them once installed, so I downloaded f-droid and got some basic apps there.

Can you recommend me some f-droid apps? Is there a way to use google apps (especially google maps) without handing out too much data?

My biggest concern right now is the transition of my contacts. I loaded them onto my SIM cart, but it could now copy all of them. So i tried to do it in batches, but now my FP wont delete the contacts on my SIM, it always gives me an "Delete failure" message. Has anyone expeirenced this before?

And last question for now:

Does anyone know a good function plotter? That can draw graphs, perhaps even quickly calculate derivatives and stuff (like an offline wolfram alpha)

greetings
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
As Joe said, I will collect the requests for him so he does not have to read all the posts. Please help to make it as easy as possible. I hope following conditions make it simple:

From now on we collect our requests for Joe Mier and the Fairphone team. I beg for short questions to bring it to the point. I will put them all together in one single post.

While collecting it, maybe some of the requests/questions can be answered within XDA from our members. If so, I'll strike them out as solved.

Each Monday I will send an E-mail via XDA to Joe Mier with the request collection. Maybe he can answer a few directly and he will forward the rest to his team.

This means, all still not answered questions, please post them again or send me a PM. I'll start a post everytime and keep it alive until next Monday. Thank you all.

Thank you. I am delighted, if my help is appreciated :)

Oh, a wiki can be nice to have...

...great, thank you. You can copy everything in the OP, if you want to, because my work here on XDA is free for public (ok, beside Apple and Samsung). :laugh:

But I will be looking into the wiki as well and put in some informations.

EDIT:

Oh my god. HTML is a pleasure compared to the wiki code. Every platform uses its own code. :(
[Fairphone 1] Hyst:
I dont know about using gmaps without the play store. i think that is not possible. you could use an openstreetmaps alternative. other than that, when you use gapps, you get some "google specific" settings. you might want to look into that.

another tip is to use the xposed module "xprivacy". with this module you can restrict almost every permission for every app. but keep in mind that most of the google services need internet access. and you cannot really control WHAT the app is transmitting.

as for your contacts. i dunno what your old phone is, but you might just send the contacts via bluetooth to your FP. another tip is to export the contacts to your pc via your old phones software (if there is any). preferably in the .vcf format, which you can then import to your device.

or if you are stuck with the sim thing, you could use your old phone to delete the contacts of your sim, since your FP does not want to delete it.

I tried it. it definitely is weird. so when i delete a contact from the sim, the phone locks my sim card and asks for my pin. when i enter it, the contact was still there. no error nothing. i tried it again, right afterwards. same behavior, only that the conact was gone this time. so you might wanna try another option to import your contacts.

as for a function plotter: i can recommend "calculator++". for me; best calc app out there. can even do 3d plots. i like the design and the button layout. you can define custom functions or variables. it is very customizable. as far as i know it cannot calculate derivatives. an offline wolfram alpha would be quite heavy for an app. so you might wanna use many different apps to fit to all your needs.