yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
im a littlebit pissed off now, a friend of me , which ordered his FP about 2 Months after me, has gotten his Phone today , and i still dont have even a tracking#.

I know that it is because this Back-Cover i ordered, but i think its not really fair that we have to wait longer because we bought more!

If they do not get the Covers in Time it is not my fault and they should send it to me afterwards! To be honest , ho much is it to send such an Cover throu Europe? 50ct? maybe 1€ , and for the price of over 20€ this could be included..
[Fairphone 1] [nllz]:
CalDav on Fairphone (without Gapps) fails to load (405)

Is anyone else experiencing caldav syncing errors on the Fairphone Stock ROM?

I am using my Fairphone without Gapps and with Owncloud 6. No problems with carddav for contacts syncing, but caldav persistenly gives error with all caldav apps from the fdroid store (DAVdroid and caldav sync).

The credentials are OK, (https://[$server]/remote.php/caldav/calendars/[$user]/defaultcalendar) since my calendar gets recognized and about a quarter of my calendar gets loaded. In case of CalDav Sync Adapter I receive an error (first a general error, after that a 405) and DAVdroid simply crashes.

Weird thing is that sync worked fine on Fairphone OS with Gapps, and on my Linux box, Galaxy S and tablet. So it's probably either (1) dependency on Gapps (2) issue with CalDav Sync and DAVdroid. But both options don't seem logical to me.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?
[Fairphone 1] try_and_error:
I can't find the Settings menu Interface. Is it hidden or missing?

On my older Samsung Galaxy S Plus phone running an Android 4.2.2 ROM, I have in System Settings > Settings the section Interface with the components Launcher, Lock screen, Themes and System. In the Fairphone, this whole Interface section seems to be missing. I mainly missed at this moment the System part.

Can I find the Interface settings somewhere else?

Or are they just missing?
[Fairphone 1] MicroDroidXDA:
That's a feature of cyanogenmod, you won't get that on the fairphone as long as no one manages to port cm...

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[Fairphone 1] knipper42:
I also use this firmware and I cannot activate bluetooth. At the moment I don't need it, but I hope they will fix it.
[Fairphone 1] bastos77:
Fairphone on GitHub

I am not a developer and not very experienced with XDA, but what I found Here is the GitHub Section of Kwamecorp, the developer of the Fairphone OS. There is also a issues section, where we can post our bugs. Maybe this is of interest.

By the way: Thank you all very much for your extraordinary engagement and especially benkxda for setting up this thread.
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Thank you very much :highfive:

No news about a separate Fairphone forum, sorry. But we are very close to 40,000 views now. Compared to the very well known Nexus 5, where the index will get 100,000 views today (currently 99,986), it's quite a lot. Remember, the Nexus 5 was available at the beginning of November 2013, it is almost 2 months ahead.

:cool:

EDIT:

Oh, yes. Use the issue tracker on Kwamecorps github. Help them to remove bugs, improve features. As result, everybody gets a better Fairphone. :)
[Fairphone 1] hanzano:
XDA university seems to be quite revealing. I will read some stuff if time allows.

Off topic: Audio Algorithms = DSP (Digital Signal Processing)

Virtual Instruments: Like Synthesizers or Samplers. VST (Virtal Studio Technology) might sound familar ;) This is a well known interface in digital music production.

My synthesizer (to be released soon): I cannot post links :(

I hope that some day I can port this to Android. But unfortunately iOS is lightyears ahead when it comes to Audio. Porting for iOS is easy but I don't like Apple ;) I am sure that it will run perfect on a Fairphone or Fairpad :D
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
I understand how you feel, just got my tracking# today and in 2-5 days that bad boy should be finally here (and hopefully the forum? well, maybe not..). I ordered mine on 14th June I guess, maybe this will help you to tell when yours will be (hopefully) shipped.

Until then, have some sips from your tasty coffee :) (that pic is really funny btw.)
[Fairphone 1] fredflegel:
DAVdroid works for me with Fairphone OS

Hi, sorry that i have no idea how to fix this. I just wanted to let you know that for me, syncing works with Fairphone OS without Gapps installed. I use Posteo.de with DAVdroid.

However after i updated DAVdroid, i had to reenable syncing.

Maybe that helps finding the cause for your issues.
[Fairphone 1] seeitheach:
fairphone - extending partition to 7GB

Hello, can you please provide the steps needed so I can repartition fairphone to 7GB? Or is there somewhere already described how to do it?

That would help lot.

Petr
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
at this page it is explained how to:

http://www.chinaphonearena.com/forum/Thread-Tool-App-for-repartitioning-your-phone-s-internal-memory
[Fairphone 1] gjgerritsen:
Fairphone image bluetooth not working

I installed theFairphone OS image from their site. Now bluetooth is not working. There are more people having the same problem. Bluetooth is working fot the AOSP image, but I don't know how to install Google apps afterwards.

---------- Post added at 03:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:02 PM ----------

Me too and I do use bluetooth. I hope so too.
[Fairphone 1] simsalonaut:
How to install Google Apps on Fairphone AOSP

Hello [MENTION=2618259]gjgerritsen[/MENTION], hello XDA-Fairphoners!

Long time lurker (& beginner) here, so first off I want to say: I've been following this awesome thread since the beginning, thanks y'all! Especially [MENTION=4465234]benkxda[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5644931]globuli[/MENTION] - your blog got me to get my GPS working properly! There are a bunch of Fairphone communities on Facebook etc., but they were mostly reduced to speculation and whining; it's good to see that the XDA people have stopped complaining a while back and started doing practical work to solve each others' problems - how it should be :)

Sorry for the happy rant, here's my little contribution: After flashing AOSP, I hunted the web for a fitting Google Apps package (gapps.zip), but neither gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip (serving Android 4.2.2) nor any other would work. However, when you first start the Google Apps installer under Fairphone OS, it temporarily downloads a googleapps.zip to the phone's storage. It is deleted right after installation begins, so I simply started the installer, waited for the download to finish, enabled USB storage, and voilà - the original Google Apps for Fairphone, straight from my Dropbox:

Google Apps for Fairphone

Here's how to install:

1. Download & copy googleapps.zip to your phone storage

2. Turn off phone, boot into recovery (hold Volume up & Power for several seconds)

3. Select apply update from sdcard

4. Select googleapps.zip, confirm

5. Wipe data/factory reset

6. Reboot :)

That should do the trick. If anyone's interested, I can post how to correctly enable EPO for the GPS; Fairphone now finds the first satellite in under 8 seconds.

So far, I haven't found any major flaws other than the camera problem (which I hope will be solved in an update for both FP OS and AOSP) - Fairphone is fast (AnTuTu score: 13815), snappy and sturdy; can't comment on the Bluetooth problem. [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION], thanks for returning to the table, and providing us with the tools to make our little guy even better ;)
[Fairphone 1] Vinnl:
Keep in mind that they would also have to pay workers to package and ship the covers, and since wages in the Netherlands are not as low as in some factories in China (for example ;) ), this adds up. Plus, it's only an additional few days, which is not that big of a disaster.

If it helps, a few hours after I received my tracking code I already received my phone, so it might progress quickly after all. (Though of course, it might also not.

Thanks, that's easy then :) I'm aware of the risks, so I'll keep that in mind.

Out of interest, has any one managed to set up USB Reverse Tethering on his/her Fairphone?
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
btw. an Fairphone OS update is coming - check your mailboxes!
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Thanks for going public and welcome at XDA.

Here's your (clickable) link: dropbox.com/s/xqlzo6gilupc9kn/googleapps.zip

I found the following apps in it. Can someone confirm or am I missing some apps?

Is the date of those files an easter egg? 2008 was indeed a leap year, so the 29th Feb 2008 exists, but Android was not even at version 1.0.

total 64M
193K Feb 29 2008 ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk
837K Feb 29 2008 ConfigUpdater.apk
826K Feb 29 2008 FaceLock.apk
1.1M Feb 29 2008 GenieWidget.apk
4.1M Feb 29 2008 Gmail.apk
7.3M Feb 29 2008 GmsCore.apk
111K Feb 29 2008 GoogleBackupTransport.apk
141K Feb 29 2008 GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
179K Feb 29 2008 GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
517K Feb 29 2008 GoogleEars.apk
169K Feb 29 2008 GoogleFeedback.apk
2.2M Feb 29 2008 GoogleLoginService.apk
108K Feb 29 2008 GooglePartnerSetup.apk
18M Feb 29 2008 GooglePlus.apk
766K Feb 29 2008 GoogleServicesFramework.apk
5.3M Feb 29 2008 GoogleTTS.apk
102K Feb 29 2008 LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk
242K Feb 29 2008 MediaUploader.apk
320K Feb 29 2008 NetworkLocation.apk
6.7K Feb 29 2008 OneTimeInitializer.apk
5.8M Feb 29 2008 Phonesky.apk
14M Feb 29 2008 QuickSearchBox.apk
386K Feb 29 2008 SetupWizard.apk
1.8M Feb 29 2008 TalkBack.apk
4.4K Feb 29 2008 VoiceSearchStub.apk
[Fairphone 1] markuswallgren:
No network. And yes, I still miss the Swedish translation.

My phone has arrived, and I'm impressed. Good work!

So, one of the bigger phone-network providers in Sweden is 3 (tre.se). Anotherone is telia (telia.se). My sim from Telia is up and running, but the one from 3 is not. Cant find network. I've tested another 3-sim with the same result. It cant be that some networks are not compatible with a Fairphpone in some way?

And - I still miss a swedish translation of the os, [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION]. :) (But that is the smaller issue.)
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
Maybe in Sweden 3 has also got just an 3G Net, and you put the 3 sim into the 2g-only sim-slot?
[Fairphone 1] markuswallgren:
I have tried the sim in both slots.
[Fairphone 1] mrueegg:
Changing the slots does not make any difference. AFAIK the two slots are technically identical, but only one slot can handle 3G at a given time. Which one that is, is determined by a system setting. When you switch the SIM in the slots, the setting will go with the change, thus no real change occurs at all.

The relevant system setting is:

Wireless & networks/More.../Mobile networks/3G service/Enable 3G/[selected the SIM you like to use 3G with]

So make sure that 3G is activated with the SIM with no network and see if you get a signal then.

Brgds,

Martin.
[Fairphone 1] markuswallgren:
Thank you. That was the solution.

/Markus
[Fairphone 1] mrueegg:
Great! You're welcome.

Martin.
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
is it possible to totally disable the second Sim-Slot? Or at least to disable the icon of it in the Status-bar if there is no Simcard in the slot?
[Fairphone 1] asmaron:
+1 to that!
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
seems that they are working on it:

https://fairphone.zendesk.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200670578-2nd-SIM-inquiry-after-reboot

:)

i just got my Tracking # :) :)
[Fairphone 1] DozerD:
I'm pretty certain I've seen this request be made in the Xposed thread as well. There's a good chance that, by now, you'll find a module to solve this for you (in the mean time). Hope that helps :)

[EDIT] I just took an extra glance at the available Xmodules from within the Xposed framework on my phone. There is one module called Hide No SIM Icon, which seems to be what you need. Hopefully (a) it works and (b) it is sufficiently in English, besides the Japanese characters that I also saw. Good luck.
[Fairphone 1] owebo61:
The Xposed modul GravityBox can do this

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[Fairphone 1] DozerD:
And/or module NotifyClean too! Take a pick :)
[Fairphone 1] asmaron:
Thanks a lot, but do you mean ...

... this one? *klick*

So does this work with the 6589M Chipset, 'cause it's said there:

But if it works, this should do the trick, 'cause it states:

And there are a lot of mods and tweaks. Thats really cool! Anyone tested it yet? :)

Regards,

Asmaron

EDIT: And what is with this point?
[Fairphone 1] owebo61:
Xposed and GravityBox are running on my FP1.

regards

Owebo

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[Fairphone 1] bwildenhain:
reverse tethering

Yes, works out of the box:

Instellingen -> [Draadloos en netwerken] Meer ... -> USB internet

Should be more or less: Settings -> [Wireless and networks] More ... -> USB Internet

It only displays instructions how to setup a Windows computer to share your internet connection, but it also works if you pretend to have Windows XP and setup your Linux desktop accordingly (your usbX address has to be 192.168.0.1/24, your system has to respond to dns-requests and of course, you should have NAT and routing enabled)

Regards,

Benedikt

(Of course, I could give more detailed instructions, but as I don't know your PCs OS, that might be useless)
[Fairphone 1] joemier:
Fairphone OS Update

Hi all,

Quick update from Fairphone Team - we wanted to send out a software update for Fairphone OS today (Friday, 17 Jan) but the software developers need more time. I'll update when I get more info.

These software updates include:

General stability fixes.

Location-based app compatibility that some users experienced.

Reported picture quality irregularities when operating in some lighting conditions.

Nice weekend!

Joe

FP Community Manager
[Fairphone 1] benkxda:
Very nice review, thanks.

Has anyone seen an issue with the volume slider, which does not disappear on its own? I heard, that sometimes, if you change the volume with the volume rocker, the slider appears (not transparent) and does not disappear unless the display is switched off and on again. Can anyone confirm?
[Fairphone 1] paphko:
Never had any issue with the volume sliders, but I'm using the extended volume sliders from gravity box ;)
[Fairphone 1] Biocmst:
volume rocker

Hi @benkxda, I can confirm this problem. Randomly, when using the volume rocker, the slider stays on the screen. Usually the whole system becomes unresponsive until a pop-up tells me that process system has stopped working and then the phone reboots. Sometimes it reboots without warning after using the rocker, sometimes it recovers by switching off the display. This is one of a few niggles I have with the FP. The team at Fairphone however seem to be aware of the problem.

While I am at it, an odd observation. The battery seems to go down very quickly to 15%. A couple of times I then switched it off in the evening without plugging it in. When I restarted it next morning it was back to around 40%. Leaving it on without charging it did hold up quite well and did not go down straight back to 15%. This makes me think that there is something wrong with the battery meter and it shows an unreasonably low value. I am inclined to think it is a software problem, but am no expert.

Hope this helps, cheers...
[Fairphone 1] hanzano:
The same here...but without the reboot. Unfortunately I was not able to reproduce it reliably. I usually use the stock music player and sometimes it happens when changing the volume with the rocker. But afterwards it does not happen again. Then every other day...it is back again.
[Fairphone 1] drcyber:
My FP always wants to download a new fairphone -version but there is no progress. Now i hide the DL- Arrow from the notification-bar. Because i cant stop this. Any ideas? Except that i like my FP ! I have to do some GPS tests later..

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[Fairphone 1] MoreThanADev:
Lowering the volume.

I agree with you the speaker is too loud by default.

Here is the way to configure it without installing apps.

1) Enter Mediateck EngineerMode by calling *#*#3646633#*#* /!\ you can mess up your conf, be carefull not to randomly click on every button :)

2) Swipe to the right to Hardware Testing

3) Enter submenu Audio

4) Select LoudSpeaker Mode

5) in Type list, change Ring with Media

*Here i try to explain (with my poor english, and my poor explaining skills) how to adjust the sounds setting that best fits you, skip to 6) for a no brain guide*

This is the place of the sound settings for musics, movies and apps.

On the page you have a field Level which enables you to pick levels from 0 to 6

and a field Value where you can put a number.

Levels corresponds to a fillness of the sound bar, so with default configuration, almost empty sound barre correspond to the level 0 and to the lowest sound of your phone.

If you want to change the sound volume for the almost empty sound bar, select Level 0 and change number in the field value (lower number => lower sound)

If you want to change the sound volume for bar filled at 1/6th change the value for Level 1 etc

The value I putted there were:

6)

a)Select Level 0 and put 80 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

b)Select Level 1 and put 110 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

c)Select Level 2 and put 130 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

d)Select Level 3 and put 150 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

e)Select Level 4 and put 170 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

f)Select Level 5 and put 200 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

g)Select Level 6 and put 240 in Value field then press the Set button on the Value field line.

7) Test your sound, if it fits you, go to 8, else read the text you skipped after 5 :p

8) Restart (might not be necessary but, who knows :)), or if you don't restart makes sur to close the EngineerMode so you won't mess up with your conf by accident.

That seemed to work whithout breaking anythings with my phone, and hopefully it will with yours ;)
[Fairphone 1] mexmorris:
+1
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
kernel source is incomplete

Hi all,

the kernel sources currently posted on fairphone download are incomplete and not enough to compile the kernel. Mediatek kernel sources normally contain two folders: kernel + mediatek. A number of links link from kernel/mediatek -> to mediatek. See for example the kernel sources posted by http://www.wikogeek.com/ for mtk6589 based phones.

[MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION] are you aware that the current kernel sources are not usable? Please help.

Thanks,

Chris
[Fairphone 1] bastos77:
please post some guidance, thank you.
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
CWM for fairphone

Hi,

if someone's interested, I made a CWM recovery for the fairphone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49547902

Chris
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
losing login?

Hi,

why do twitter and fb apps lose the login after reboot? Is someone else seeing this, too?

Chris
[Fairphone 1] hanzano:
I had that beginning of this week. Suddenly the FP was trying to download some update. But it did not progress at all. Probably they did some tests and this was a sideeffect ;) But obviously they will update the FP very soon.

---------- Post added at 04:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:38 PM ----------

Obviously you are the first one who tried to build the kernel. Or did anyone else try to build it already? Probably you can be a bit more specific in what is missing. If joemier knows what is missing in detail (he is no developer) he can better ask for these sources at MediaTek.
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
The guys who published the kernel source know exactly what is missing. :)

See e.g. https://github.com/oppo-source/R819-Kernel-Source-4.2

There's a kernel folder and a mediatek folder. The mediatek directory that contains the custom devices and kernel config etc. is missing in the fairphone source. It would also be nice, if the fairphone kernel contained the /proc/config.gz to verify that the config is same as selfcompiled one.

Chris
[Fairphone 1] MoreThanADev:
EDIT : Arf, chrmhoffmann was faster :)

Actually missing files were reported to [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION] 10 days ago in this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49242105&postcount=218

I think the missing folder is pretty clear, plus even if [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION] is not a developer he probably can (and probably did) pass the message to MediaTek.

This bug is really extremly easy to see, identifie and reproduce. A simple 10 minutes check shows any developper it doesn't work. (Actually it's difficult to believe they provided the sources anaware of it but... well...)

Anyway the Fairphone team is still delivering fairphones, i suppose we can wait a bit more for the sources:)
[Fairphone 1] hanzano:
[MENTION=5415412]MoreThanADev[/MENTION], [MENTION=361777]chrmhoffmann[/MENTION]

Good to see some Devs around here who know how the Android stuff works :D I am still learning how all the parts fit together on Android. The platforms I develop for are Windows and MAC....no Linux/Android at all. But I am willing to learn ;)
[Fairphone 1] MoreThanADev:
Well i'm just a wanna be android dev too. But yeah some people in the thread really have huge skills ! :victory:

Speaking of windows and Linux. All the flashing tools I found for the Fairphone were Windows .exe

Did I search badly or is there absolutely no Linux tool for flashing my phone ? :(
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
Well, what do you exactly want to flash?

Chris
[Fairphone 1] MoreThanADev:
At the moment nothing.

But, if, someday, I happen to brick my phone and have no way to have an adb shell on it.

I suppose the only fix would be to use to the sp_flash tool as stated in this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49268926&postcount=230

Of course I don't plan to brick my phone, but i don't plan not using/updating it neither, so i'm thinking ahead in order to feel less shy whenever i want to try something on it :).
[Fairphone 1] MarcoToo:
Recovery only works with signed zips, however you can use dd and use the offsets provided in scatter.txt to flash pretty much whatever you want. Fastboot (and YAFFS!) would have been the way to go, [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION].
[Fairphone 1] chrmhoffmann:
You can flash boot and recovery with dd and /dev/bootimage and /dev/recovery

But I agree that they should add fastboot, please [MENTION=5382171]joemier[/MENTION]

Chris
[Fairphone 1] Vinnl:
Ah I missed that option, thanks! I kept going into Tethering & portable hotspot.

(I'm on Ubuntu, but was mostly wondering whether it would work at all - I've got wifi set up now so it's not really necessary anymore.)
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
Partitioning

I managed to reproduce the partitioning (well, at least with 2.7 GB since I was not sure if I have a 4 GB or 8 GB ROM) and would be willing to write a how-to for it ;) It's quite easy, although I had that "dead Android - no command." screen for a while :P

PS: for people coming over from iOS to Android there is a way to transfer your contacts without iCloud or gmail - could help y'all on that.

PPS: Is there a way to install the xda App without google play? Guess I'd just need a link to the .apk but couldn't find one :/
[Fairphone 1] arghwhymustiregister:
Partitioning - how to

Here is a step-by-step instruction to partition your Fairphone

Two things you should know before doing this:

- you will have to reset your phone completely, so all your data will be lost

- I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone by doing this :P

Install and open this App (just click the link with your phone browser)

[*]Choose any size, confirm

[*]Message "Operation completed succesfully [..]" should appear

[*]Turn off your phone

[*]Turn on your phone while holding the volume up button

[*]Don't worry, the next screen should look like the first attached pic

[*]To activate those options, press your power button once

[*]Press the volume down button until you are on "wipe data/factory reset"

[*]Press the volume up button to select this option

[*]Same goes for the next step, just choose "Yes" when being asked if you really want to do it.

Finished!

Credit goes to mrueegg!