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Fairphone 4

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Fairphone 4

Phone · Fairphone
Partial Bootloader unlock + custom ROM
Difficulty
Moderate
Brick risk
Medium
Legal risk
Low

Not stock root. Needs an unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.

How-to

How to

Unlock the bootloader (fastboot flashing unlock / vendor unlock) and install a custom OS (LineageOS or CalyxOS).

Follow the specialist sources linked on this page. If this path is a jailbreak, unlock, or flash, the specialist wiki is the how-to — we do not copy those steps here.

Notes

Some TWRP and postmarketOS builds for this device are based on LineageOS device trees.

pmOS uses independent kernel (mainline or sm6350-mainline).

Install with fastboot.

CalyxOS lists FP4 with security updates until Dec 2026.