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@z3ntu @postmarketOS
Great progress, Congrats.

I have same set up, but no camera found

@z3ntu @postmarketOS If it's possible to share solution, I can pull and test it.
Thanks

@z3ntu If it's possible could you educate me a bit?
How can I run it?
I am full time web developer I already knows something 😃
I got a link to a PR, but I haven't worked with this type of sources yet.
Thank you.

@z3ntu great, thanks. I'll check it and share results

@Oleksii @z3ntu @postmarketOS Does external display work? Have you tried hooking it up with a usbc dock to hdmi?

@saligari @Oleksii @postmarketOS Yes, Fairphone 5 works fine there.
Fairphone 4 is WIP, it works with a special kernel branch but currently the phone will stop charging with that since it touches some Type-C bits and there's no charger driver, but otherwise also there it works.

@z3ntu @Oleksii @postmarketOS I'm thinking of buying an almost new fp5 for 350€. How easy is it to dualboot the phone? Thinking of using it as a daily driver with android but want to be able to use a proper os plugged in an external monitor.

@saligari @Oleksii @postmarketOS It's possible to dual-boot but it's not particularly simple or elegant. You can have e.g. Android on Slot A, then postmarketOS boot.img on slot B which then boots from SD card for example. To switch you need to connect the phone to a computer and run fastboot --set-active=a (or =b). And OTA updates from Android either won't work or will overwrite the postmarketOS slot.

@saligari @Oleksii @postmarketOS Dual booting on any Android phone will be somewhat similar. I know the SHIFT6mq has added some extra features to the bootloader to be able to switch slots without a computer but still probably OTA updates will use the 2nd slot to apply the updates
There's just no place for an essentially 3rd Installation.

@z3ntu @postmarketOS How well does postmarketos work on the fairphone 5 anyway? Do android apps tend to work fine using waydroid?

I'm actually getting a fairphone 5 soon!

@sashin Quite well, see the Features sidebar on wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fai

But there's still some things missing, so don't expect to daily drive it or be without problems. Also not sure about the battery life yet.

wiki.postmarketos.orgFairphone 5 (fairphone-fp5) - postmarketOS Wiki

@z3ntu hmmm... Maybe I'll daily drive lineageOS or /e/is for now and try it with a microsd or something

Will consider switching when its stable :)

@z3ntu @postmarketOS

Take your time, still can't get a Fairphone in Canada yet. Thank you for the effort regardless.

@z3ntu @postmarketOS already with a fancy instagram-like filter built in! :blobcatblep:

@moehrenfeld This is using mainline kernel and no proprietary blobs, the only way the camera works on the Android stack is with a bunch of proprietary blobs.

@z3ntu @postmarketOS does the fp5 ship to the us yet? I really like what fairphone is doing (repairability, better relationship with mobile linux community, eu company, etc.) but last time I checked they didn't ship to the us :(

@hexaheximal @z3ntu @postmarketOS I just picked one up on a trip to Germany last year. I have been quite liking at, and it has worked without any problems in Google Fi.
I am waiting with all the patience I can muster for pmos to have audio working in it, though.
I hear ubports had the audio working, fwiw.

@hexaheximal @z3ntu @postmarketOS Another option is to use an intermediate shipper. I use one based in Germany which is quite reasonably priced, if you would like the details.

@ulexus @hexaheximal Ubuntu Touch is just using downstream kernel + proprietary user space, so then it's comparatively easy ;)

@z3ntu @hexaheximal Ah, right. I remember seeing that, now. Thanks

@z3ntu @postmarketOS impressive!, this was the first thing i wanted to look when getting my hands on one!

@z3ntu @postmarketOS Wow, that's insane ! If the audio is implemented, I would happily buy a FP5 to daily drive it with pmOS 😁

@dala Yes, audio is the last big functionality missing after this, then it's only smaller things like NFC and haptics.

Daily driveability (i.e. reliability) is another hurdle though :)

@z3ntu I saw that the current battery life may have some issues, but is there anything else ? I mean something that make the phone unreliable for a daily usage.

@dala I know USB has quite some instabilities so very quickly when replugging the connection between laptop and device will stop working. And for the most part I've never attempted to use the phone in a bit more daily driver setting, I was just working on feature bringup

@z3ntu @postmarketOS wow nice! Also shot on that other fairphone :D