# Fairphone users: Hands off updating to IodéOS 7.5! **URL:** \ **Category:** Installation Help\ **Created:** [9 May 2026 08:17 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155 "2026-05-09T08:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andi](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@andi](https://community.iode.tech/u/andi)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 08:17 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/1 "2026-05-09T08:17:54Z")
Updater delivered an update to 7.5 lately. After the update, my Fairphone 4 didin’t start up anymore. After several retries (approx. 5 times) it finally started 7.4 again, see > [@Can't load android system after update from IODE 7.4 to 7.5](https://community.iode.tech/t/cant-load-android-system-after-update-from-iode-7-4-to-7-5/8154): > > Hi, after updating my Fairphone 4 from IODE 7.4 to 7.5 via the updater, Android cannot start anymore. Is there a way to start it again without a factory reset and losing all data? Any help is very appreciated! Thanks Other users had the same issue with FP6 and stock android. Hence it may be an FP issue. For the moment it’s not recommended to update a FP. On the other hand: Did anyone successfully update a FP to 7.5? ---
**Author:** ![mepi0011](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/mepi0011/32/1599_2.png) [@mepi0011](https://community.iode.tech/u/mepi0011)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 09:50 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/2 "2026-05-09T09:50:53Z")
Hi @andi, I had no issues with the update from iodé 7.4 to iodé 7.5 on my Fairphone 4. ---
**Author:** ![Turtle](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Turtle](https://community.iode.tech/u/Turtle)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 11:20 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/3 "2026-05-09T11:20:40Z")
Fairphone 5, No extrem problems. The same like every Update with the deinstalated preinstalled apps. Have to install them again snd then deinstall. ---
**Author:** ![lapor](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@lapor](https://community.iode.tech/u/lapor)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 18:43 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/4 "2026-05-09T18:43:28Z")
I’ve also upgraded from 7.4 to 7.5 on FP4 and it worked as expected. No issues ---
**Author:** ![squidf](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/squidf/32/1856_2.png) [@squidf](https://community.iode.tech/u/squidf)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 18:45 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/5 "2026-05-09T18:45:59Z")
Weird. Preinstalled apps remain installed for me. No issue after upgrading my FP6 to iode 7.5 on 2 phones. ---
**Author:** ![andi](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@andi](https://community.iode.tech/u/andi)\ **Post date:** [10 May 2026 19:04 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/6 "2026-05-10T19:04:29Z")
Ok, thank you all. It seems to be a specific issue then. Nevertheless it’s recommended to backup the phone before an update. ---
**Author:** ![wrongly-poet-cling](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@wrongly-poet-cling](https://community.iode.tech/u/wrongly-poet-cling)\ **Post date:** [11 May 2026 09:55 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/7 "2026-05-11T09:55:36Z")
It is specifique, but not unique. I just had the same issue with FP4 and updating to 7.5. For me it is a pretty serious issue if a regular update means the threat of complete loss of functionality of my phone. Because then I will only update, when I am sure I have enough time for a complete new setup in case anything goes wrong. Which means, I will wait even longer to update my phone. Which again, is a security problem. ---
**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 16:46 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/8 "2026-05-11T16:46:06Z")
Just for others that are still stuck I am linking to a new thread to consolidate the current status and issues: > [@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) ---
**Author:** ![Roland](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/roland/32/482_2.png) [@Roland](https://community.iode.tech/u/Roland)\ **Post date:** [12 May 2026 08:25 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/9 "2026-05-12T08:25:47Z")
No problem here, FP4 7.4 –\> 7.5 ---
**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:** [12 May 2026 17:50 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/10 "2026-05-12T17:50:06Z")
> [@Roland](#): > > FP4 7.4 –\> 7.5 Locked or unlocked bootloader? ---
**Author:** ![Roland](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/roland/32/482_2.png) [@Roland](https://community.iode.tech/u/Roland)\ **Post date:** [13 May 2026 12:04 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/11 "2026-05-13T12:04:31Z")
Locked ---
**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:** [13 May 2026 17:09 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/12 "2026-05-13T17:09:19Z")
Thanks for the report! So it is @wrongly-poet-cling and @andi that had issues. @wrongly-poet-cling did you get [this similar message](https://community.iode.tech/t/cant-load-android-system-after-update-from-iode-7-4-to-7-5/8154) about `init_user0_failed` in recovery like andi? ---
**Author:** ![andi](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@andi](https://community.iode.tech/u/andi)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2026 10:23 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/13 "2026-05-14T10:23:06Z")
@rik I have a question to the following article: > [@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) Upgrade from 6.x to 7.x with a locked boot loader fails. That’s clearly stated in the article. Update from 7.x to 7.y (e.g. 7.4 to 7.5) with a locked boot loader should work. Correct? I didn’t ask in the article above for keeping it clean. But I would appreciate a clarification of my question there. ---
**Author:** ![squidf](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/squidf/32/1856_2.png) [@squidf](https://community.iode.tech/u/squidf)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2026 16:39 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/14 "2026-05-14T16:39:06Z")
I have a locked bootloader on my FP5 and have had no issue to update within the 7.x series. ---
**Author:** ![wrongly-poet-cling](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@wrongly-poet-cling](https://community.iode.tech/u/wrongly-poet-cling)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2026 13:28 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/15 "2026-05-15T13:28:14Z")
Yes, I had exactly the same message. And the bootloader was unlocked. ---
**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:** [18 May 2026 17:58 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-users-hands-off-updating-to-iodeos-7-5/8155/16 "2026-05-18T17:58:06Z")
> [@andi](#): > > Upgrade from 6.x to 7.x with a locked boot loader fails. That’s clearly stated in the article. Clarification: upgrade from 6.x to 7.x fails _if you don’t reset `userdata`_. So it “succeeds” but with a data reset.