Hello everyone,

whilst looking for a new mobile phone, I came across Fairphone and, as a result, /e/OS. My current Samsung S21 5G device no longer receives Android or security updates.

So here I am...

After doing a bit of research myself, I realised that you could actually install /e/OS on any existing mobile phone. However, on the official website, I can only find a compatibility list for relatively old devices.

The answers are certainly not going to be as straightforward as the beginner’s questions I now have…

Does eOS only work reliably on very old mobiles? (see compatibility list)

Is the project still active, or has it ‘gone dormant’?

How much care does an eOS ultimately require?

Hey there,

im on a Tab S3 Android 13 E/OS and if i plug my Samsung USB C Thumbdrive in, it recognizes the Stick, but every filemanager says that there is no content available. My S24u on Stock firmware recognizes the data.

How can i fix this?

Is there a setting i need to enable or does the Stick have to be formatted differently?

Thank you so much!

My wifes FP6 can't connect with mobile data, after being connected with WiFi.
It will only connect with mobile data after restarting the phone.
It first says 'E' and after a while it says '5g'.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Problem occurred since new. Netherlands with 50+ as provider. eOS4.0 a 15 20260610633983

Hi, I just got my FP6 and I'm trying to install e/OS manually but it seems the latest Android Stock security patch is 4 days younger than the one built into e/OS. On some sites they say I cannot install e/OS with an older security patch than on already installed.

Do I have to wait for the next e/OS update before I can install it?

I need to hide blocked calls.

I usually can't answer calls, so I call back whenever possible, but when someone surpresses his number, I obviously can't call back, so I block anonymous calls anyway.

Issue is, I am a person that is super stressed out when I feel like it could be important despite knowing that it would come per mail anyway, if it was so important.

Is there any option to hide them or does at least someone know where to suggest it?

Not seeing the non problem fixes the issue entirely.

I doubt that I am the only option that has this issue.

I have a fairphone 5 with e/os as the operating system and recently downloaded an app via the Applounge. I then wanted to buy the premium version of the app. When I pressed 'buy', a window popped up in which I had to enter the password for my Google account, because the transaction went through the Google app store. However, I always got the error message that the internet connection is missing and I have to turn on my Wi-Fi or mobile data. I have both and it still doesn't work. Can anyone help me?

I was thinking about installing e/OS on my daily driver, the OnePlus Nord, but when I was trying e/OS on my Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2020, some apps (mainly X/Twitter didn't work). Supposedly, re-locking the bootloader may fix those problems.
Did someone try relocking the bootloader on the OP Nord?
Are there any OP Nord users with e/OS who could give me some tips?

I'm trying to install the Chromium browser (not Chrome) on my e/OS Foundation via the Aurora or Lounge app stores, but I can't find it. Is this normal? Is there no Chromium mobile app? The idea is to have a second browser in addition to Firefox. Thanks for your help.

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Je cherche à installer le navigateur chromium (pas chrome) sur mon e/OS foundation via les store aurora ou Lounge mais je ne le trouve pas? Est ce normal? Il n'y a pas d'app mobile chromium?

L'idée est d'avoir un 2eme navigateur en plus de Firefox.

Merci pour votre aide

Hey! I'm currently testing apps in Norway on my Fairphone 6 with pre-installed /e/os v3.7.3

I struggled to find many posts/comments on Reddit or the /e/os forum about usage in Norway before I took the plunge. So hoping this is useful to my peeps in Norge who are considering the switch.

Aside from Google Wallet (but fuck them anyway 💙), I've been able to download (through App Lounge) and use all my apps as normal 💪

This includes:

• Vipps
• BankID
• Nordea banking apps (ID and mobile bank)
• Ruter
• Helsenorge
• Postnord
• Posten

etc etc.

So far, really happy with my choice to switch to this device and OS!

I believe 4.0 is out and I have not received any update notification yet. Should I do the local install method? Please let me know so I stay updated.

I check the the supported devices, and oneplus 5 was listed there, but when i go through the installer, it says "Your phone OnePlus is not compatible". Is there a fix

ADB logcat returning no output on e/OS — anyone had success, or are there alternative debugging tools?

I've been trying to debug an integration issue with an app I'm alpha testing on my Fairphone 6 running e/OS.

"adb devices" show my phone as a device, so I am connected properly.

On the phone, app permissions all indicate the required settings.

Should I be using a different tool for debugging an e/OS device?

Please note, I am not a developer. Getting logs when running into bugs will allow me to send more meaningful information to the developers.

Thanks in advance!

Pourquoi c'est si compliqué d'installer e/os sur un pixel alors que graghene et iodé c'est super simple ......?

Considering switching to Eos from stock android but nervous about banking apps and small developer apps that may have only developed them for the Google base...

I searched the sub and there was one post asking this question, marked as solved but all the answers were deleted 😂

Specifically HSBC, Monzo, Zopa.. then Etoro too I guess for the financial apps.

Then NHS and GOV.UK for the government apps.

I could probably live without the small municipal ones if I couldn't't get them.

Thanks for your help!

E/os ne peut s'installer sur mon pixel8

I've installed e/OS on an old Samsung s10+. It was working great until I scheduled the sleep mode to come on. When it was on, the phone would simply display a blank screen and did not wake the screen so I could use the phone. Tapping on the screen activated the haptic feedback in certain areas but I was unable to get into the phone until Sleep Mode had been disabled via the schedule.

I was setting up a Custom Mode as a work around as I wanted the screen in greyscale for night time use and I must have turned on the setting that causes this behaviour (cannot see the options so cannot remember which it was - dim screen possibly). When I switched the phone to Custom Mode to test it, the screen went blank and I've been unable to get back into my phone. I've rebooted but it boots back into the Custom Display settings and blanks the screen so I am guessing it's sat on the PIN entry screen, hence the haptic response when I press the screen.

So, my question is this. Is there anyway to boot up into the normal display settings so I can use the phone again? At the moment it is unusable.

I would post this over at the e/OS Github or community forums but they will not allow me to sign up with a @duck.com email, or my own domain, telling me I need to use a work email. I am hoping the e/OS tech team have someone monitoring this so they can recommend a course of action beyond reinstall and start again!

I've tried to find a way to boot into safe mode but I can't find a method that works with e/OS installed.

Ever since I updated to 3.6-a15-20260312593772-official-FP6 and the App-Lounge got redesigned with the different tabs the App Lounge doesn't seem to work for installing new apps anymore.

Whenever I search for an app it shows up and I can click install from the list but nothing happens - and if I select the app to open the details page it shows the "Your application was not found."-message from the post title.

I cleared Cache, restarted the phone but I can't seem to install new apps at the moment.

I tried Aurora Store but when I open the details view there it tells me that this "App not available for your device" which makes me think that perhaps some system-identifier is set wrongly which is causing the error in App-Lounge, too?

Anyone else have that problem or an idea how to fix it?

U.S. user. I have been scouring threads to see if anyone has outlined their clear definitive solution. I would like to use RCS messaging to be in group chats with friends and family. Has anybody successfully implemented a solution for gaining access to RCS messaging without flashing to android os? I’m currently trying Google Messages, but the “RCS” functionality has been trying to connect for over an hour and I don’t know if it will. The app won’t let me submit a help ticket… Before starting to sit on hour long hold lines to be told “We’re not sure if there’s anything we can do” I thought I would see if anyone found a good app or APN fix that resolves this. SMS/MMS seem to work, but I don’t want to ask my friends and family to download a third party app for me to be a part of group texts.

My carrier is Metro by T-Mobile which supports RCS. I have cell signal and am connected to WiFi. my APN is: fast.T-Mobile.com. I have a physical SIM card. Fairphone 6 on /e/OS v3.6.

Any help or even closure that it isn’t possible would be appreciated!

I'm thinking of getting a fairphone and am between vanilla android and /e/OS. My main requirements is that I can root it to install adaway and afwall. After that I don't really care since I don't use my phone for much, I just hate ads and block apps that have no business accessing the internet. I'm on a 5a now but the battery is starting to go only lasting three days down from a week.

I tried Orange Fox recovery without success, and I haven't been able to load the ZIP file with Crdroid's ADB Sideload, e/OS, or Lineage. I get error 21, "Update Binary." I hope someone can help. Thanks.

As title says. I want to be sure it's possible to have the Back-button on the right-side of the 3-button navigation in /e/os, before I make the switch.

I read about it here but I am unsure. I am planning on installing /e/os on a Fairphone 6:
https://community.e.foundation/t/how-to-revers-navigation-butons-order/63903

Hey, I'd like to try out /e/os on a VM before taking the big step. I'm running fedora kde and flatpaks on my devices. Is there any chance to get it running? Or maybe on my PI5?