Fairphone 3 and 3+

Description

The Fairphone 3/3+ in combination with Ubuntu Touch is currently the best option, if you value sustainability, fair trade materials, repairability and independency from Google and the Android operating systems. With its Snapdragon octa-core chip it delivers a solid performance all around. The 18:9 IPS display with a pixel-density of 427ppi has great viewing angles and shows no color shifts regardless of the viewing angle. Additionaly Ubuntu Touch for the Fairphone 3 is already prepared to run the new Waydroid container, which lets you run the Android applications, which you otherwise can't live without.

Features & Usability

20.04 - focal 16.04 - xenial

Essential Feature Support State: Community maintained

Automated Usability (beta)

Boots and runs well, essential features work correctly. It can be used as a mobile device running Ubuntu Touch OS. Recommended for advanced users.

Community strength (beta)

Actors:
Manual brightness
Notification LED
Torchlight
Vibration

Camera:
Flashlight
Photo
Video
Switching between cameras

Cellular:
Carrier info, signal strength
Data connection
Dual SIM functionality
Incoming, outgoing calls
MMS in, out
PIN unlock
SMS in, out
Change audio routings
Voice in calls
Volume control in calls

Endurance:
24+ hours battery lifetime
7+ days stability

GPU:
Boot into UI
Hardware video playback

Misc:
AppArmor patches
Battery percentage
Offline charging
Online charging
Recovery image
Reset to factory defaults
SD card storage
RTC time
Shutdown / Reboot
Wireless External monitor
Waydroid

Network:
Bluetooth
Flight mode
Hotspot
NFC
WiFi

Sensors:
Automatic brightness
Fingerprint reader
GPS
Proximity
Rotation
Touchscreen

Sound:
Earphones
Loudspeaker
Microphone
Volume control

USB:
MTP access
ADB access

Working

Confirmed, depending on the maintenance

Not Working

If there is a link here, follow it to learn more' '

Partial

Working to some extent but with issues

Global Issue

Issue is not specific to this device

Global issues

The issues listed below are present in most or all of the devices depending on the technology they are built on.

Dual SIM functionality
Cellular data is not available on SIM 2 when two are inserted.
All devices on Focal
Incoming, outgoing calls
Calling over VoLTE is not supported, please check that this is not a requirement in your country.
Halium and Legacy ports
GPS
Devices may take longer than usual to get the first GPS fix because of missing Assisted GPS support.
All devices

Unsupported features

The device hardware does not support these features, if you need them, please consider a different device.

Wireless charging
FM radio
Double touch to wake
Wired External monitor

Support with casual testing

Some things are just so important that they need to be tested every day, every week, every month. Just hang around in QA group and try out the stuff that gets flagged. Without your help the developers may sit there for days more, trying to figure out the puzzle.

Join and introduce yourself “Hi, my name is X, and I own Z. How can I help?” that will do fine ;)

Unless you want to step up to become our Test Manager, but that is a whole different story.

Release channels

This device gets updates through these channels, learn more about OTA updates

Ubuntu Release	Channel	Version	Release Date	Description
20.04 - focal	stable	OTA-3	10/30/2023	Stability over newer features (recommended)
20.04 - focal	rc	2023-W44	10/30/2023	Testing before the next stable release
20.04 - focal	devel	2023-11-22	11/22/2023	Daily built development releases

Fairphone 3 and 3+

Specifications

CPU	Octa-Core Kryo 250 1.8GHz
Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 632
GPU	Adreno 506 650MHz
Storage	64 GB
Memory	4 GB
Android Version	9.0 (Pie)
Battery	3040 mAh
Display	143 mm (5.65 in) : 2160x1080 (427 PPI) - LCD IPS Touchscreen
Rear Camera	12 MP (FP3) \| 48 MP/12 MP (FP3+), LED flash
Front Camera	8 MP (FP3) \| 16 MP (FP3+), No flash
Architecture	arm64
Dimensions	158 mm (6.22 in) (h), 71.8 mm (2.83 in) (w), 9.89 mm (0.39 in) (d)
Weight	187,4 g
Release date	03.09.2019

Attention

For new features to work, you maybe need to update your device, using the ubports-installer with the “bootstrap”-option. That is, because the bootimage does not get updated, during an OTA update.

Port Resources

→ Need help? Ask the community

Contributors

Luksus

Maintainer

How to install Ubuntu Touch OS

You can install Ubuntu Touch on this device using the UBports Installer on your computer.

Make sure your device is unlocked and the required Android version is installed, follow the device-specific instructions below:

Please check that your device is a Fairphone 3 (FP3) or Fairphone 3+ (FP3+).
Your device must be running the Fairphone OS version of Android 10 before installing Ubuntu Touch. With a previously installed /e/ OS, it won't work! Only if it is already running the previous Halium 9 version of Ubuntu Touch and you want to upgrade to the Halium 10 (recommended), you can download and flash the Android 10 stock rom from the link below (More...), which leaves your userdata partition untouched. Afterwards run this installer again.

Linux

Snap

x64

Debian

deb x64

AppImage

x64

Windows & Mac

Windows

exe x64

Mac

dmg x64

Failed to install?

The world hasn't come to its end yet. Try our troubleshooting channel on Telegram or read the troubleshooting documentation if the problem persists. Finally, you can discuss the problem with our support team. Good luck!