Hi,



I am Kees and I have started working for Fairphone at the first of June. As

Embedded software developer and Open Source addict I spent most of my career

doing what I like most: writing software and playing with hardware.



I joined the Fairphone team because I believe that a Fairphone phone deserves

to be running Open Source software. I will do what I can, certainly in the

future, to make this happen.



Currently? Currently I am working on getting the software for the second batch

ready for production. The new phones are to come with an slightly updated

software stack and will be using the new unified partition scheme (Using fuse

to emulate external storage)



At the same time I am looking at the technical possibilities of upgrading the

current phones to the new partition scheme (this is where I hope to get some

technical input form XDA members).



the xrteamer forum has a nice write-up on the layout changes (I might post the

link once I have permission to post links on the forum). and their current solution

(that involves wiping the data). I am currently basing my work on theirs.



One of the biggest (annoying) changes to user is that the phone will no longer

provide mass storage functionality unless an external SD-card is inserted. This

has impact on how a proper backup and recovery can be done (backup using mass

storage and recovery using MTP?). For the typical Fairphone user I estimate

that this will be to much hassle and we need to find an alternative solution.



I was thinking of perhaps requesting the user to temporarily insert an SD-card

for the update. But for now I am still simply looking at the upgrade (not the

backup/restore yet) and this involves changing the partition layout while

upgrading.



I am not used to using forum's much as I tend to prefer using irc and mailing

list but I will try to keep you posted and use your minds as much a possible.