FAIRPHONE · Fairphone 1

Fairphone 1 Software Update Policy and Support

Phone · Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified) record · Release date not documented

Status unknown

Fairphone 1 (Fairphone 1) is recorded here for Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified). No final security-update date is verified for this record. Grade A evidence from 1 cited source (Fairphone).

Still getting security updates? Not confirmed

No confirmed security-support end date for Fairphone 1.

What to do: Read the historical maintenance notice and check the actual installed software. Do not infer an exact last security patch or a current safety verdict from this general service announcement.

Grade A: manufacturer-backed facts for the stated model and scope; this grade does not establish a final security-update date. How grades work →

Support at a glance · Status unknown

Final date unknown

Fairphone 1: the manufacturer announced general maintenance cessation in July 2017, including spare-parts sales and software upgrades beyond Android 4.2. The exact security-update cutoff and installed software version are not established.

Security-support horizon: Not verified in reviewed evidence
Model and scope: Exact hardware code not verified · Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified)
Evidence classification: A · Historical general maintenance notice; final security date unknownDevLifeCheck's evidence classification; not a safety rating.

A support date is not a safety certificate or proof of the last patch. Check installed software separately; an unknown date does not establish that support has ended.

Historical general maintenance cessation

July 2017

Fairphone announced that general maintenance had stopped in this month. The notice covers spare-parts sales and software upgrades beyond Android 4.2.

This announcement month is not an exact last security-patch date. Android 4.2 is a historical upgrade limit, not the installed version. The final security-support date remains unknown.

Marketed Fairphone 1 family; exact hardware code and regional scope are unverified. Fairphone 1U is held separately.

Based on the manufacturer FAQ updated in August 2025, retrieved earlier on 30 September 2026. The later browser access block does not establish a new source check.

Manufacturer FAQ

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Fairphone 1 · protective case

Model: Fairphone 1
Record scope: Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified)

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What this status means for Fairphone 1

What this Fairphone 1 record covers

Listed model identifiers: Fairphone 1. Listing an identifier does not establish shared lifecycle coverage.

Recorded model and region: Fairphone 1; Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified). Apply each support date, firmware release or repair fact only to the identifiers and regions named in its cited source.

The marketed identity is recorded separately from any verified regional hardware code; missing fields are not evidence that a similar model shares the same support. The release-to-support interval is not calculated because one or both required dates are not documented.

No exact EPREL registration is approved for this record, so DevLifeCheck does not borrow an EU repairability score or battery result from a related model.

Support timeline

Release dateNot documented

OS supportNot documentedNot yet reviewed

Security supportNot documentedFuture security-support end date is unknown

Latest documented firmwareNot documented

Sale and cloud-service evidence

End of sale: Not documented · Not yet reviewed
Cloud-service end: Not documented · No reviewed date

“Not documented” means DevLifeCheck has no approved value for this field. A lifecycle-policy review never authorizes copying or inferring a firmware version or another lifecycle date.

Identity and regional scope

Marketed name: Fairphone 1
Primary model identifier: Fairphone 1The FAQ identifies the marketed Fairphone 1 family. An exact regulatory hardware code is not verified; Fairphone 1U is not merged or added by inference.
Evidence scope: Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified)

Marketed family; exact hardware code unverifiedFairphone 1 · Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified)

Covered by this recordAliases: Fairphone 1

This record is not a universal “global variant.” Match the model number, sales market and carrier before applying a date to your phone. A materially different variant must receive its own reviewed lifecycle evidence.

How the support date was determined

Evidence class: A · Historical general maintenance notice; final security date unknown
Date precision: Announcement month; final security date unknown
Jurisdiction/scope: Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified)

Latest firmware or patch

No exact model-and-region firmware or patch version has been independently verified for this record. DevLifeCheck will not infer it from a lifecycle-policy page.

Recall and safety screening

DevLifeCheck monitors CPSC, Safety Gate, UK OPSS, Health Canada. A monitored feed is not itself a “no recall” finding; dated device-specific results are listed separately below.

CPSCUnited StatesOpen official source ↗Safety GateEuropean UnionOpen official source ↗UK OPSSUnited KingdomOpen official source ↗Health CanadaCanadaOpen official source ↗

Device-specific regulator screening is still being completed

No claim of “no recall” is made for this model. Check the linked regulator for your market using the marketed name and exact model identifier shown above.

Repairability and battery

No model-specific repairability score or official battery-service cutoff has been reviewed for this record yet. Check the manufacturer's regional repair channel before buying parts or assuming service availability.

Each card shows only the facts published by its cited source. Do not compare iFixit scores, manufacturer playback estimates and EU-label measurements as if they used the same test.

Update cadence

Cadence not documented — not inferred from end date.

Known limitations and conflicts

Policy dates can conflict with carrier schedules, regional product-security statements and the exact hardware variant. No additional conflict has been approved for this record; that means “not documented,” not “none exist.”

Repair or replace factors

Recommended next action

Read the historical maintenance notice and check the actual installed software. Do not infer an exact last security patch or a current safety verdict from this general service announcement.

Support horizon: No final security-support date is verified in this record. Check its documented policy and exact model scope.
Evidence certainty: this is a historical general maintenance notice; final security date unknown record with announcement month; final security date unknown.
Software visibility: the latest model/region-specific firmware is not yet documented, so it is not used as a positive signal.
Repair data: no comparable model-specific repairability record is approved yet, so repair cost and parts availability must be checked separately.

Longer-supported catalog records

No later-supported alternative has been approved in the current catalog. Use the compare tool and verify the exact regional record.

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Fairphone 1: common questions

How long will Fairphone 1 get security updates?

No confirmed security-support end date for Fairphone 1. DevLifeCheck does not infer a date without an official source.

Does this date apply to every Fairphone 1 model and region?

This record covers the marketed model in the Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified) scope. Carrier and regional variants can receive updates at different times, so match your exact model number before relying on it.

Evidence

Fairphone 1 Frequently Asked Questions

Fairphone · Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified) · Checked Sep 2026 · unknown precision

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Related guidance

Identify your exact model and regionAvoid applying a lifecycle date to the wrong variant.Official, policy-derived and estimated datesUnderstand evidence grades, dates and conflicts.Repair or replace?Use support horizon alongside repair and safety facts.

Claim-to-evidence provenance

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General maintenance end announcement2017-07 · month precision

Fairphone · Manufacturer FAQ (regional scope not specified) · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

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Fairphone 1: the manufacturer announced in July 2017 that support had stopped, including spare-parts sales and software upgrades beyond Android 4.2. The FAQ repeats maintenance/spares cessation and says parts are sold out with no new production. This is a general maintenance announcement, not an exact security last-patch date.