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Hi all, I'd really like my backlit buttons to light up if I have unseen notifications. Am I correct that there is no open source solution for that yet? Can we get funding up for that? I'm happy to pay 5€ for that feature. Maybe others want to join so there is more incentive? Where should I post...

Wait, didn't you build this rom with the kernel that you compiled yourself? You even linked to a github page for that. Which sources are missing then? I'm confused

Would anyone of you like to inform/ make noise at Fairphone about this critical issue that all smartphones have: http://www.replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php

Hello, I have a question, why did you choose the modified-for-Android-kernel as top kernel, instead of the standard GNU+Linux kernel? Doesn't that mean the system runs slower because Android is for battery powered devices?

Hi, yes I thought about this too and spend way too much time looking for a solution like that :) Plase post if you find anything or even manage to do something on your own. This would totally rock, as I don't want to use any proprietary OS but would like to play some Android games on my...

Maybe someone or even fairphone can get a crowdfunding up for developing updates and regarding the issues you mentioned above? edit: i found on the forum though that they are still working on an update https://forum.fairphone.com/t/software-update-v1-8-temporarily-postponed/3474/12

Thanks a lot, I've set it, now let's see how it performs :cool:

I'm still using my DS as a DD with this rom :) It almost never crashes however sometimes it just gues off and stays off until I power up again. I guess it's a battery problem (software problems always make the phone reboot, right?)

Yeah, I'm still using it too!

Hello, looks like a nice tool! Are you planning on releasing the sourcecode?

Hi Kr36, thanks for this browser! I will gladly donate 1$ if you make your app available on www.f-droid.org or if you post a step by step compile tutorial or non-playstore downloads (would be great with autonomous updater). Looking forward!

Hello everyone, the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet 10 seems to have an issue with NFC says my roommate. It's as if there is no nfc hardware. It doesn't even show up in the device managéur. Any ideas? Any LTT10 users? Regards and thanks

Hi people, so with all the development going on seperately for glibc and bionic based applications respectively, would it make sense to try to get everyone to work together? For example extend the bionic libraries because they've been optimized for devices with lower ressources and to be low on...

Hi haiag, I guess yes, because afaik there is no patch for this security hole. Just don't use the AOSP browser (Firefox is a great alterative) and you'll be safe.

I can't tell you if such petitions work, but we have the sourcecode now from mediatek through the Fairphone people :) Check out the development forums

These "developer forums" are usually only for bug reports and the like, so I hope it's ok for me to post this here. Yes, nice observation lm089, I now remember reading that too. Hardware doesn't seem to be able to go 3G with the second SIM card! So this isn't even a bug of this ROM :) In...

Hi Mudar, didn't you plan to release it/ have it released on free software appstore f-droid also? That would be really nice still! Regards

Yes, that's what they are for. Also to have a nice overview over everything and being able to help each other (usually the OP must include everything in their post) use the wiki! :) http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Fairphone_Fairphone

Hello, nice to see your interest. Just search for this, for example https://www.google.com/search?q=begin+ROM+development+android&gws_rd=ssl I'm interested myself, but can't do it as of now. Maybe open up a new thread where you write about what you did and how and what your problems are, etc...

Something I use to wonder about: Is it not forbidden to cooperate with a company that breaks the law? Would that be too complicated?

Just change that, that is the purpose of a wiki! :) I've gone ahead and did it.

Hello, I know what you're talking about as this always annoyed me when flashing new ROMs on my phones. You will find a lot information about this per internet search, like for example how to save your data and restore it and how everything works. However, there is a simple solution for people...

About the random touches issue: I remember people posting about random touches while charging the phone. So maybe not having the phone connected will solve that problem and show that this is a hardware problem. Hope this helps also, maybe it's easier to collaborate on the wiki and collect...

I wonder why they don't develop the new kernel/ Android version publicly. Or do they? It can't be changed that support of MediaTek sucks, but why don't they publish what they do? At least this is under their control.

Everything you said sounds good, but if you want really green on the display, rather check out OmniRom :)

Even though it was said that the Fairphone will be completely open, the sourcecode of the MediaTek chip (MT6589M) is still not available (update: that was true for the time of writing. Luckily as of now, sourcecode is available and a custom ROM is in the making, see Developtment and Original...

Maybe both forums, but usually a ROM for a phone is posted in the development subforum of the device's forum.

Wanna add this to the wiki? :D

You're right, secure is not the right word. What I mean is that most phones might be used as a remote spying device. There is a way to build them so that this is not possible and that's worth working towards as a goal, imo. On security with Android in general there are probably a lot of good...

I probably misread something here... or maybe I didn't realize the provided sourcecode is incomplete. (Also, what are EPO files?)

Hi, the Replicant team made me aware of something. Replicant is an Android fork ROM that emphasizes on security and privacy (e.g. they removed all Google services from Android). This is their article I'm talking about: http://replicant.us/2013/11/fairphone/ I think all the software is free now...

Did I understand correctly that the MediaTek driver code is now available? How about replacing the petitions for that with the link to the code, benkxda? :)

You can probably use software e.g. an app like Tasker. I agree that a nice feature request is a "start time" and "end time" though, as you could also set it up for times more than an hour and recurring times. Like Cyanogenmod's silent hours. Maybe there's a code libraby/ template for stuff like...

Well basically yes, since the xda wiki uses the mediawiki wiki-engine (which is used by wikipedia as well), but a lot of people are involved in a process like that... On the other hand, I also don't understand why they don't make it easier... XDA's version is not the newest one, either. Well but...

Nnnniiice work! So will you get/ put it into the f-droid repository as well? Looking forward to it! :good: (also, please tell me if the people from f-droid put it into their repository or if a developers has to do that. It could be just them, because all the code is available and they build it...

That's a very nice idea, to use the xda-wiki! People, let's use the wiki to collect issues and help and instructions! benkxda do you want to help and copy stuff from your OP to the wiki as well? You're doing a great job and people have been thanking you a lot, so that would be great. I've...

It seems to take a while to get the xda staff to create a fairphone sub forum here on xda. benkxda is on it though.

Yeah, it was hidden (or at least not obvious), many people wouldn't find that feature and didn't know about it. It's also faster if you don't need the long press.

Oh you're right, I forgot the fairphone has hardware capacitive keys! Changing the icons won't be possible hence either...

I wondered that too when the Nexus 4 got announced with the new bar. This is the solution: A menu button appears at the far end of the bar. Also that is pretty useful, because you don't need to check if there is an action if you hit the menu hardware button anymore, because then the menu icon...

+1 Fairphone forum Thanks guys!

Nice to see you working on that! Maybe you'd like to submit it to f-droid? That'd be great! www.f-droid.org

My question is, will you work with the community on the update, e.g. send out alphas for users and developers to test and help with development? I always had the dream that some company would do that haha. At least some have employees who participate in the forums here :)

This has already been cleared up AFAIR:

The correct terms for what you see in your preferences are running services and cached processes (when you click on "show cached processes"). Processes can only do something when they are foreground processes, meaning only when you can see them on your display(*). Services however can do...

Yeah, app terminating doesn't effect how RAM is handled, if it's full then something gets terminated by the system. However terminating can be useful in other circumstances, for example when an app does stuff like checking for something on the internet. It may make sense then to terminate it...

Hi there, I have not heard of that a privacy feature like that is planned and I'm sure they'd have it up front if they were planning it. And now there's not enough time anymore (things like that take a lot of time). Also this work would be kind of wasted since Google is probably doing it...

I think the app/ market F-Droid is what you are looking for https://f-droid.org/ Cheers

If it is not features, then what is it that makes you dislike 4.0 and like 4.1 more? Looks/ theme? Or does 4.1 on the DS run more smoother/ faster?

I don't feel like there's any important feature that I'd need that 4.0 is missing... which one do you want?