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Catcrafts builds of the postmarketos image for the fairphone 6
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Jorijn van der Graaf 27f923a817 kernel: build for the cores the phone has, pkgrel 102 
The FP6 is 4x Cortex-A520 + 4x Cortex-A720 and this image boots nothing
else, so pass the compiler KCFLAGS="-march=armv8.6-a+fp16fml+aes+sha3+sm4
-mtune=cortex-a720". The stock arm64 build gives the compiler no arch flag
at all (so one image can boot any Armv8 board).

The string is what `gcc -march=native` derives on the phone, re-based on
armv8.6-a so clang can express the same set (clang has no flagm2/rcpc2/
frintts tokens; it reaches them through the architecture level). 8.6 is the
highest level whose mandatory set the phone exposes: 8.7 would assume WFxT
and 9.x SVE2, and neither is in its hwcaps or ID registers. clang emits
identical code for this and for -mcpu=cortex-a720+nosve+nomemtag; the
difference is only which system features (SPE, ETE, TRBE, FPAC) it knows
about, none of which generate code.

Verified on eef717f978f1 with the aport config: builds with zero warnings,
same module set as r100 (417), compat vDSO untouched, boots the dev phone
with a clean dmesg and a GREEN selftest. Record:
fp6 journal/base/captures/2026-09-05-mcpu-a720-verification.md.
2026-09-08 20:24:15 +02:00
.forgejo/workflows Install fingerprintd from the registry, so the image unlocks with a finger 2026-09-05 20:31:37 +02:00
aports kernel: build for the cores the phone has, pkgrel 102 2026-09-08 20:24:15 +02:00
.gitignore gitignore dist/; fix empty then-branch (sh syntax) in the NV verdict 2026-08-09 02:44:39 +02:00
apk-resign.py imsd: sign from a readable copy of the abuild key 2026-09-02 17:21:30 +02:00
build.sh imsd 0.3.3-r0: landline callers ring 2026-09-08 20:24:07 +02:00
check-aports.sh fp6-vendor-blobs: the checksum the extractor change forgot, and a check that finds the next one in a second 2026-09-05 22:26:33 +02:00
install.sh debian fix 2026-08-29 00:40:38 +02:00
README.md Update README.md 2026-09-06 14:00:13 +00:00

README.md

fp6-img

Flashable postmarketOS images for the Fairphone 6/6+, built nightly from the Catcrafts milos-linux combined-stable kernel branch, with imsd (userspace VoLTE) preinstalled.

Maintained by Jorijn van der Graaf (TheMightyCat) at Catcrafts.

What works

Everything on the combined-stable branch: display, touch, wifi, cellular data, NFC (reader), speaker audio, microphone, IMU, magnetometer, barometer, ambient light/proximity, fingerprint unlock through fingerprintd, plus VoLTE calls (both directions) through imsd.

Flashing

Download fp6-img.tar.xz from the latest release and unlock the bootloader (Fairphone's official process).

Install: with the phone in fastboot mode,

tar xf fp6-img.tar.xz
cd fp6-img
./install.sh

install.sh erases dtbo, flashes the rootfs, RAM-boots the kernel, writes the boot partition from inside Linux where the bootloader's NV-wipe cannot see it, then reads the modem NV back and reports the result. The bootloader never writes boot.

Default login: user / 147147 (same as official postmarketOS images). Never re-lock the bootloader with a custom image installed.

VoLTE configuration

imsd is installed but needs your carrier's P-CSCF address:

# /etc/imsd.env
PCSCF=<your carrier's P-CSCF IPv6 address>

Find it via android adb using adb shell dumpsys telephony.registry, then systemctl restart imsd (the service is enabled at boot and waits for this file to exist). See the imsd README for the full variable reference and carrier assumptions.