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Ungoogle Fairphone
Created friday 05 june 2021
Install LineageOS on Fairphone
1.1. Save you Data and Unlock Bootloader (on Your Fairphone)
- Save all relevant data from you smartphone on your computer.
- Find IMEI number (Settings - About phone)
- Find serial number (Settings - About phone - Model and Hardware)
- enter them here and get your unlock code.
- enable Developer mode (press 7 times “Build number” (Settings - About phone))
- enable OEM unlocking with unlock code (Settings - System – Advanced – Developer options)
- enable USB Debugging (Settings - System – Advanced – Developer options)
1.2. Download and install dependencies (on Your Computer)
- install fastboot and adb (sudo apt install adb fastboot)
- Download LineageOS .img and .zip files here
- connect Fairphone via USB with computer
- Reboot bootloader (adb reboot bootloader)
1.2.1. Optional installation of GooglePlay Store
- If you can't abstain from the Play Store there exist a minimum Google installation, (pico) Open GApps.
- Download the favored version from here.
1.3. Prepare Phone (on Your Fairphone)
- start phone in Recovery Mode
- choose Factory Reset - Format Data/Factory Reset
- apply update - Apply from ADB
1.4. Install LineageOS (on Your Computer)
- adb sideload <lineagos.zip>
- optional: adb sideload <gapps.zip>
1.5. Apply LineageOS (on Your Fairphone)
- apply update
1.6. Lock the Bootloader again (on Your Computer)
- adb reboot bootloader
- fastboot flashing lock
Install Apps
2.1. Here you can download Apps which you can install via the computer on your phone (adb install example.apk).
2.2. Download F-Droid Store here.
2.3. Now you can install Apps like DeltaChat, NextCloud, Fennec, Tusky (...) through the F-Droid Store.
2.4. Dont forget to check again the predefined settings (additional install a privacy badger).
Remove Google-dependencies
3.1. enter new DNS: dns2.digitalcourage.de (Settings - Network and Internet - Advanced - Private DNS).
3.2. Check Privacy Settings and GPS (especially browser-settings from Fennec).
3.3. Switch off Print Service (Settings - Connected devices - Connection preferences - Printing).
3.4. Replace Google captive portal check with Kuketz. Therefore, connect your Fairphone with your computer and execute following adb commands:
- adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_http_url "http://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
- adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_https_url "https://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
- adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_fallback_url "http://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
- adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_other_fallback_urls "http://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
In order to test the settings, if they were correctly adopted, you can type in:
- adb shell 'settings get global captive_portal_https_url'
