Hi,
at the moment it is not possible to install Firefox OS on fairphone since that it is not supported by mozilla. Do you know if there is a project that is able to do it?
Thank
My understanding is that to do anything related to custom OSes or custom ROMs will require source code or custom drivers for the hardware that is used in the phone. There may be projects out there that are attempting to this for the MTK SoC that is used in the fairphone, but as the hardware in each model will likely be slightly different, there will be no guarantee that all the functions of the phone will actually work. There is a whole discussion about source code availability in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636257, as well as a number of mentions of (limited) progress in building a working kernel in order threads. In short: the chances of an alternative OS for the fairphone appearing within a useful time frame appear to be quite slim.
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Ok, so what I want (and this may be a fairly common refrain at this point) is just a typical Android install, none of the Samsung custom stuff.
Does such a thing exist? I have read, basically, no.
I don't have the handset yet. Haven't had an Android handset since G1 so am in a learning phase, have learned lots from forums in recent days re ROMs etc. But please bear in mind that I'm still trying to understand.
So, what is the reason there is no "master" stock/vanilla Android I can just download and put on the phone? Is it because each has to be customised for different hardware?
Can someone lay out the steps necessary to make the Galaxy S as close to original-2.2 as possible?
The reason you don't have a vanilla Android distro for most phones is due to the specific phone drivers. You can very well download the android source code, but without the drivers, there is no point! I know samsung has open sourced the code for Android 2.1, but I'm not sure if they have done the same for the drivers. For now the best alternative is to install a regular firmware, then work backwards from there, removing the bloat. Of course, this is just my understanding! If there is indeed a way to instal vanilla Android on the Galaxy S, would love to hear that
Hi guys,
I just tried to install Firefox OS on my Fairphone. I followed the instructions at:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_build_prerequisites
When it comes to "Configuring the B2G build for a mobile device" (see developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Preparing_for_your_first_B2G_build), I don't know what to do.
The fairphone doesn't appear in the list of the supported devices.
Can anyone help me? Has anyone further information about the Fairphone being supported by Mozilla?
Thanks in advance!
Check this, the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51272776&postcount=556
MediaTek driver sourcecode (want custom ROMs? read this!): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636257
alnico87 said:
Has anyone further information about the Fairphone being supported by Mozilla?
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The Fairphone is definitely NOT a supported device by Mozilla and doubt it will ever receive official support by mozilla. They are focusing on a small set of devices and sometimes it even seems hard for Geeksphone to even get support for their official, Mozilla endorsed "Developer Preview" Phones (see the Geeksphone forums and B2G bug reports).
That said, the Fairphone people seem quite engaged and Firefox OS is making great progress in some areas. The might someday be an unofficial version of Firefox OS you might be able to compile and install on the Fairphone. The issues mentioned by the poster above will have to be sorted out for that to happen.
Okay, thank you guys so much!
It's a pitty that it isn't clear whether, when and how the fairphone may run Firefox OS.
But I see,
the Fairphone people seem quite engaged and Firefox OS is making great progress in some areas
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Dear Jiayu S3 hardware/software development department,
First of all, thanks for making the marvelous Jiayu S3 device and
providing software updates.
There is an enthusiastic XDA community dedicated to the Jiayu S3 with
'tag' jiayu-s3 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/t/jiayu-s3
This thread named 'petition for jiayu to publish repositories' is
created to ask you if you can make an agreement with Jiayu
management to make source code repository for kernel source available,
and, to ask you if you can also make the necessary vendor and device
repositories available for building firmware (especially custom
firmware such as e.g. cyanogenmod and aosp).
Please, if these repositories can be made available, also include
necessary patches and instructions to build kernel and firmware
e.g. cyanogenmod and aosp.
Other vendors have contributed to better linux kernel and android
firmware that way and we would be proud if we can say Jiayu does the
same. Especially for the new 64 bit architecture starting with
Lollipop.
Looking forward to positive response.
It seems this thread has outlived its usefulness, as I just deleted 25 garbage posts by forum users that should know better than to spam a thread. Be glad I don't have the time or patience to dole out infractions to every person that posted here. On that note........
Thread closed
With the release of Xiaomi's Windows 10 rom, is there a possibility that this could be ported over to phones such as the LG G3 with the same chipsets, chips and ram??
Would definitely breath new life into the device and something i would be willing to donate for.
It would definitely be a possibility, but devs would have to be willing to put a lot of time and work into learning the structure of the new os and adapting it to the dissimilar hardware between the g3 and the mi4
I was guessing the same thing but the first emerging problem is the following (please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm here to learn):
when you extract this specific rom, you find out about 20 partitions (unlike other lumias)..and it's almost the same number of partitions that an android rom for xiaomi has.
So my guessing is: xiaomi's bootloader hasn't changed, it's the same for windows 10 mobile and for android. They build a rom (probably working on the NT kernel of windows) suitable for this specific device. Of course lg's devices manage the memory with a different partition scheme..so, if I haven't written wrong things (otherwise correct me), to make a port is necessary to have an in dept knowledge of window's kernel (a not so simple task since it's closed source) in order to change *at least* the partition scheme and to make it suitable with lg's bootloader. People who can manage with this task, as far as I know, are not too much..
Hi there,
I read the forum rules, I am still not entirely sure if this post belongs here, sorry about that if not.
I own a Nokia 6.1; it is an android one device, I am looking to remove android from it.
I looked at the websites from /e/, ubuntu touch, sailfish; none of these has official support for this phone,
so I would attempt to do it by myself, and my techinal knowlege about phones is zero, hence the hesitation.
I want to ask if anyone here has managed to ditch android from this model, either /e/, ubuntu touch, sailfish,
graphene, lineage would be fine by me.
Cheers.
There is a halium port for this device that uses a generic halium system image. It works pretty well, check it out.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no.../gsi-ubuntu-touch-ubports-erfanoabdi-t4167587
Also, there is an Official LineageOS port for this device.
There is also an \e\ GSI. I haven't tried it, so I don't know how it is.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development/e-rom-t3960376
Ubuntu ! yay
I did not set my notifications and I just read your reply,
I have been interested in ubuntu touch for a while, I will check that out,
Thank man