Fairphone (Gen. 6) (fairphone-fp6)
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| Manufacturer | Fairphone |
|---|---|
| Name | (Gen. 6) |
| Codename | fairphone-fp6 |
| Model | FP6 |
| Released | 2025 |
| Type | handset |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 (SM7635) |
| CPU |
1x2.5GHz Cortex-A720 3x2.4GHz Cortex-A720 4x1.8GHz Cortex-A520 |
| GPU | Adreno 710 |
| Display | 1116 x 2484 OLED |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Memory | 8 GB |
| Architecture | aarch64 |
| Software | |
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with. |
Android 15 |
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer. |
Android 16 |
| Optional software | eOS |
| FOSS bootloader | no |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
Pre-built images Whether pre-built images are available from the postmarketOS Installation page. |
no |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
yes |
pmOS kernel The kernel version that runs on the device's port. |
6.18.5 |
Unixbench score Unixbench Whetstone/Dhrystone score. See Unixbench. |
10095.0 |
| Device package |
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| Kernel package |
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Flashing Whether it is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher. |
Works
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USB Networking After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system). |
Works
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Internal storage eMMC, SD cards, UFS... |
Works
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SD card Also includes other external storage cards. |
Works
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Battery Whether charging and battery level reporting work. |
Works
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Screen Whether the display works; ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Partial
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Touchscreen |
Works
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| Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Broken
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Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Broken
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Camera |
Broken
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Camera Flash |
Works
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| Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works
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Bluetooth |
Works
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GPS |
Broken
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NFC Near Field Communication |
Broken
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| Modem | |
Calls |
Partial
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SMS |
Works
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Mobile data |
Broken
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| Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Works
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USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching. |
Works
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Fingerprint Fingerprint reader. |
Broken
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| Sensors | |
Accelerometer Handles automatic screen rotation in many interfaces. |
Broken
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Magnetometer Sensor to measure the Earth's magnetism |
Broken
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Ambient Light Measures the light level; used for automatic screen dimming in many interfaces. |
Broken
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Proximity |
Broken
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Hall Effect Measures magnetic fields; usually used as a flip cover sensor |
Works
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Haptics |
Works
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Barometer Sensor to measure air pressure |
Broken
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Description
- Beyond Future-Proof: Backed by a 5-year warranty and 8 years of software support.
- Iconically modular: Replaceable modules, integrated accessories and an elevated design that just feels right.
- Simply Powerful: The Fairphone keeps pace with your day—powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor, a silky 120Hz OLED display, and a battery that lasts. Everything just flows.
Boot modes
By holding various button combinations while booting, the device can boot into different modes. Unplug from USB, power off the device and press and hold the below buttons to enter the specific boot mode.
| Boot mode | PWR | Vol+ | Vol- |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastboot | Y | N | Y |
| Recovery | Y | Y | N |
| Download | N | N | N |
Installation
| You should upgrade your phone to the latest official firmware before start tinkering with it. Development is mostly done on the latest firmware. |
Unlock the bootloader according to the official instructions.
Manual install
- You can choose to install postmarketOS on slot B:
fastboot set_active b reboot bootloader - Firstly, flash the boot partition:
fastboot flash boot *boot.img - Secondly, you have a few choices to flash the postmarketOS rootfs:
- userdata partition (209GiB usable space):
fastboot flash userdata *rootfs.img - super partition (9GiB usable space):
fastboot flash super *rootfs.img - SD memory card:
dd if=*rootfs.img of=/dev/$blk_dev bs=8M status=progress
- userdata partition (209GiB usable space):
- Finally, erase the dtbo partition and reboot the device:
fastboot erase dtbo reboot
Return to Android
Follow the instructions on the respective official page of Fairphone-OS or Murena-/e/OS to return to stock Android.
Partition layout
fdisk -lo Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 234.19 GiB, 251456913408 bytes, 61390848 sectors Disk model: MT256GBEAZ4U3139 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 99551845-0054-B5DD-F794-CDC925BCDEEF Device Start End Sectors Size Name /dev/sda1 6 261 256 1M traceability /dev/sda2 262 293 32 128K fpconfig_persist /dev/sda3 294 325 32 128K fpconfig /dev/sda4 326 1349 1024 4M oembin /dev/sda5 1350 1351 2 8K ssd /dev/sda6 1352 9543 8192 32M persist /dev/sda7 9544 9799 256 1M misc /dev/sda8 9800 9927 128 512K keystore /dev/sda9 9928 10055 128 512K frp /dev/sda10 10056 11591 1536 6M study /dev/sda11 11592 11623 32 128K swversion /dev/sda12 11624 2370919 2359296 9G super /dev/sda13 2370920 2370935 16 64K vbmeta_system_a /dev/sda14 2370936 2370951 16 64K vbmeta_system_b /dev/sda15 2370952 2387335 16384 64M metadata /dev/sda16 2387336 6712711 4325376 16.5G rawdump /dev/sda17 6712712 61390842 54678131 208.6G userdata
fdisk -lo Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 20 MiB, 20971520 bytes, 5120 sectors Disk model: MT256GBEAZ4U3139 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 0E939536-4731-4B6E-56B0-837A23CF59D2 Device Start End Sectors Size Name /dev/sdb1 6 901 896 3.5M xbl_a /dev/sdb2 902 1029 128 512K xbl_config_a /dev/sdb3 1030 1037 8 32K multiimgqti_a /dev/sdb4 1038 1045 8 32K multiimgoem_a /dev/sdb5 1046 1109 64 256K apdp /dev/sdb6 1110 5114 4005 15.6M last_parti
fdisk -lo Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 20 MiB, 20971520 bytes, 5120 sectors Disk model: MT256GBEAZ4U3139 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 249C4952-45BD-73D1-4740-48B11F446BC8 Device Start End Sectors Size Name /dev/sdc1 6 901 896 3.5M xbl_b /dev/sdc2 902 1029 128 512K xbl_config_b /dev/sdc3 1030 1037 8 32K multiimgqti_b /dev/sdc4 1038 1045 8 32K multiimgoem_b /dev/sdc5 1046 1109 64 256K apdpb /dev/sdc6 1110 5114 4005 15.6M last_parti
fdisk -lo Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sdd
Disk /dev/sdd: 32 MiB, 33554432 bytes, 8192 sectors Disk model: MT256GBEAZ4U3139 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 647F6426-03EE-08CA-0707-A2D926D0FC17 Device Start End Sectors Size Name /dev/sdd1 6 31 26 104K ALIGN_TO_128K_1 /dev/sdd2 32 63 32 128K cdt /dev/sdd3 64 319 256 1M ddr /dev/sdd4 320 8186 7867 30.7M last_parti
fdisk -lo Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sde
Disk /dev/sde: 4 GiB, 4294967296 bytes, 1048576 sectors Disk model: MT256GBEAZ4U3139 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 1EB2CB8A-4110-D6EA-D48C-DD01D618EDC4 Device Start End Sectors Size Name /dev/sde1 6 1285 1280 5M uefi_a /dev/sde2 1286 1413 128 512K aop_a /dev/sde3 1414 1541 128 512K aop_config_a /dev/sde4 1542 2821 1280 5M tz_a /dev/sde5 2822 4869 2048 8M hyp_a /dev/sde6 4870 94469 89600 350M modem_a /dev/sde7 94470 95493 1024 4M bluetooth_a /dev/sde8 95494 95749 256 1M abl_a /dev/sde9 95750 112133 16384 64M dsp_a /dev/sde10 112134 112261 128 512K keymaster_a /dev/sde11 112262 136837 24576 96M boot_a /dev/sde12 136838 136869 32 128K devcfg_a /dev/sde13 136870 136889 20 80K qupfw_a /dev/sde14 136890 136905 16 64K vbmeta_a /dev/sde15 136906 144585 7680 30M dtbo_a /dev/sde16 144586 145097 512 2M uefisecapp_a /dev/sde17 145098 145609 512 2M imagefv_a /dev/sde18 145610 145673 64 256K shrm_a /dev/sde19 145674 283173 137500 537.1M vm-bootsys_a /dev/sde20 283174 283429 256 1M cpucp_a /dev/sde21 283430 283461 32 128K featenabler_a /dev/sde22 283462 308037 24576 96M vendor_boot_a /dev/sde23 308038 315717 7680 30M qmcs /dev/sde24 315718 315781 64 256K qweslicstore_a /dev/sde25 315782 317317 1536 6M studybk_a /dev/sde26 317318 342917 25600 100M recovery_a /dev/sde27 342918 343429 512 2M xbl_ramdump_a /dev/sde28 343430 345477 2048 8M init_boot_a /dev/sde29 345478 345493 16 64K cpucp_dtb_a /dev/sde30 345494 345749 256 1M pvmfw_a /dev/sde31 345750 347029 1280 5M uefi_b /dev/sde32 347030 347157 128 512K aop_b /dev/sde33 347158 347285 128 512K aop_config_b /dev/sde34 347286 348565 1280 5M tz_b /dev/sde35 348566 350613 2048 8M hyp_b /dev/sde36 350614 440213 89600 350M modem_b /dev/sde37 440214 441237 1024 4M bluetooth_b /dev/sde38 441238 441493 256 1M abl_b /dev/sde39 441494 457877 16384 64M dsp_b /dev/sde40 457878 458005 128 512K keymaster_b /dev/sde41 458006 482581 24576 96M boot_b /dev/sde42 482582 482613 32 128K devcfg_b /dev/sde43 482614 482633 20 80K qupfw_b /dev/sde44 482634 482649 16 64K vbmeta_b /dev/sde45 482650 490329 7680 30M dtbo_b /dev/sde46 490330 490841 512 2M uefisecapp_b /dev/sde47 490842 491353 512 2M imagefv_b /dev/sde48 491354 491417 64 256K shrm_b /dev/sde49 491418 628917 137500 537.1M vm-bootsys_b /dev/sde50 628918 629173 256 1M cpucp_b /dev/sde51 629174 629205 32 128K featenabler_b /dev/sde52 629206 653781 24576 96M vendor_boot_b /dev/sde53 653782 653845 64 256K qweslicstore_b /dev/sde54 653846 655381 1536 6M studybk_b /dev/sde55 655382 680981 25600 100M recovery_b /dev/sde56 680982 681493 512 2M xbl_ramdump_b /dev/sde57 681494 683541 2048 8M init_boot_b /dev/sde58 683542 683557 16 64K cpucp_dtb_b /dev/sde59 683558 683813 256 1M pvmfw_b /dev/sde60 683814 683814 1 4K devinfo /dev/sde61 683815 684070 256 1M toolsfv /dev/sde62 684071 686118 2048 8M logfs /dev/sde63 686119 817190 131072 512M logdump /dev/sde64 817191 817222 32 128K storsec /dev/sde65 817223 817350 128 512K uefivarstore /dev/sde66 817351 817357 7 28K secdata /dev/sde67 817358 848077 30720 120M vm-persist /dev/sde68 848078 853197 5120 20M mdcompress /dev/sde69 853198 853229 32 128K connsec /dev/sde70 853230 853261 32 128K tzsc /dev/sde71 853262 861453 8192 32M spunvm /dev/sde72 861454 861469 16 64K xbl_sc_test_mode /dev/sde73 861470 861501 32 128K xbl_sc_logs /dev/sde74 861502 861503 2 8K dpm /dev/sde75 861504 1048570 187067 730.7M last_parti
fdisk -lo Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sdf
Disk /dev/sdf: 32 MiB, 33554432 bytes, 8192 sectors Disk model: MT256GBEAZ4U3139 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 13F0C0E1-931F-C385-7D34-055E73F4F99A Device Start End Sectors Size Name /dev/sdf1 6 31 26 104K ALIGN_TO_128K_2 /dev/sdf2 32 2591 2560 10M modemst1 /dev/sdf3 2592 5151 2560 10M modemst2 /dev/sdf4 5152 6687 1536 6M fsg /dev/sdf5 6688 6719 32 128K fsc /dev/sdf6 6720 8186 1467 5.7M last_parti
Components
Component table
| Component | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | QLN5020 | |
| eSIM | S3FV9RR | |
| Power button | PMK7635 | |
| Volume down | PMK7635 | |
| Volume up | GPIO | |
| Slide key | GPIO | |
| Display | BJ631JHM-T71-D900 | |
| Touchscreen | EPH8621 | |
| Chipset | SM7635 | |
| GPU | Adreno 810 | |
| SD card | sdhc_2 | |
| Internal storage | UFS 3.1 | |
| Main camera | IMX896 | C-PHY |
| Wide camera | OV13B10 | D-PHY |
| Front camera | S5KKD1 | D-PHY |
| ToF sensor | L53L0CAV0DH | |
| Camera flash | A-SL689W1D-QA5-4T | |
| Audio codec | WCD9378 | |
| Amplifier | AW88261FCR | |
| Earpiece | XHSR121005LY-24-RH | |
| Speaker | XHS151151LN-01-RH | |
| Microphones | SM0103B-RIS421-M02 | |
| Vibration motor | AW86938FCR | |
| WiFi | WCN6755 | |
| Bluetooth | WCN6755 | |
| GNSS/GPS | AW15245DNR | |
| NFC | S3NR4VX | |
| Fingerprint | ? | |
| Sixaxis | ICM-42630+ | |
| Light / Proximity | STK36C61 | |
| Magnetometer | QCM6308 | |
| Barometer | SPL07 | |
| Fuel gauge | PMIV0108 | via pmic-glink |
| Charger | PMIV0108 | via pmic-glink |
Audio
No internal speakers or microphones are currently working. Media sound (not calls) is working if connecting a Bluetooth or USB audio device.
Fairphone 6 shares the same sound amplifier as the previous version, therefore, development might be related to Fairphone 5: Wiki Gitlab.
Audio path:
- CPU via I2S (senary?) to AW88261FCR: speaker
- CPU via SoundWire to WCD9378: microphones (AMIC1, AMIC3)
Camera
No camera is currently working.
| Camera | Purpose | Part number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front camera | Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | |
| EEPROM | Puya P24C128F | ||
| Actuator | Awinic AW86016 | ||
| Main camera | Sensor | Sony IMX896 | |
| EEPROM | Puya P24C128F | ||
| Actuator | Dongwoon DW9784 | ||
| Wide camera | Sensor | OmniVision OV13B10 | |
| EEPROM | Puya P24C128F | ||
| Actuator | Awinic AW86017 | ||
UART

The RX/TX are already exposed by the manufacturer while the ground pin is taken from the blueprint with the respective code:
- RXD = TP4014
- TXD = TP4013
- GND = TP4009
Contributors
Users owning this device
Resources
- Fairphone (Gen. 6): Information on how to repair, dispose of, and recycle - Schematics and other information
See also
device-fairphone-fp6
linux-postmarketos-qcom-sm7635 (close to mainline)
firmware-fairphone-fp6