# Booting into recovery after upgrading to v7.x **URL:** \ **Category:** Installation Help\ **Tags:** Fairphone4\ **Created:** [6 May 2026 16:16 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/booting-into-recovery-after-upgrading-to-v7-x/8139 "2026-05-06T16:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![henning1](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@henning1](https://community.iode.tech/u/henning1)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 11:30 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/booting-into-recovery-after-upgrading-to-v7-x/8139/21 "2026-05-09T11:30:44Z")
> [@rik](#): > > With a re-locked bootloader there is no way to upgrade from 6.x to 7.x **without doing a `userdata` reset** I strongly suggest providing this important information in the updater app! ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [11 May 2026 17:11 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/booting-into-recovery-after-upgrading-to-v7-x/8139/22 "2026-05-11T17:11:55Z")
It was an error that the Updater advertised an OTA update for the FP4. It has since been removed. But the Updater app itself also can’t be updated via OTA, since it is the active app performing the update (so it isn’t possible to add a warning message there, etc.) Just for others that are still stuck I am linking to a new thread to consolidate the current status and issues for the FP4: > [@Fairphone 4 iodéOS \`7.5\` update clarification](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-4-iodeos-7-5-update-clarification/8168): > > There are several different threads discussing FP4 issues either going from iodéOS 6.x to 7.x and/or 7.4 to 7.5. I will try to make some baseline / clarification points here that consolidate the issues: then I will link here on the numerous threads and we can go from there depending on the specific case. First, the case still remains that if your FP4 is bootloader locked, you will need to either do a factory reset and update install from Recovery or instead do a clean install again: [Fairphone …](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-4-update-to-iodeos-7-4/8001) [Previous page](https://community.iode.tech/t/booting-into-recovery-after-upgrading-to-v7-x/8139.md?page=1)