Installing e/OS on Fairphone 4

Or ungoogling your daily tool…

I’m not here to introduce Fairphone, explain their mission, or discuss why I chose e/OS. Instead, I want to address the lack of comprehensive documentation when it comes to installing an alternative operating system on your mobile device. It’s important to note that attempting to install another OS can be risky, and if you overlook certain steps, you could potentially brick your phone. To help you navigate this process successfully, I will share the steps that have worked for me.

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The first step you should take is to carefully read this guide in order to prevent bricking your phone due to the new anti-rollback feature implemented in Android.

And for the FP4 below this warning you got the actual version:

You can do the switch manually or with the murena software “easy installer”, in this guide we’ll go threw the installer, you can find it in your ubuntu software app.

Once installed, launch it and follow all the steps, here we’ll take care of some important point:

• If your phone isn’t detected by the software, you have to select ‘transfer file’ mode after you plugged it…