Hi, I have a new murena Fairphone 6 with /e/OS 3.1.4 (latest official).
I have an SD card, and I’m using an app, Resilio Sync, to deploy/sync data onto the SD card. After a new minutes it appears this app is capable of breaking the wifi driver. The phone is left in a state where the wifi is completely broken until reboot. Unable to change/join any network.
The app works fine and reliably with a usb-c ethernet adapter.
Did you install eOS yourself, or purchase the phone with eOS already on it?
It arrived with /e/OS installed
I have the same issue, but the phone just hangs and crashes afterwards. First WiFi stops working and i cannot connect to any SSID. Then the whole phone freezes and i have to force reboot it. I just received the Fairphone 6 with /e/os yesterday and it is up to date. I might just return it if these major bugs persist.
That shouldn’t make much of a difference. Installing the OS is almost only scripted. And I would say Murena uses the same way (I assume it).
I am using the community build on FP6 and I don’t have such issues. Worth a try before returning could be to put it back to factory settings. You have to backup data anyway before giving it back
A similar thing started happening to my Fairphone 6 using Android (at some point no SSIDs can even be found, until restarted), so I would not be surprised if this is a bug in a piece of code shared by /e/OS and Android. Firmware issue perhaps?
I suppose it COULD be a recurring hardware issue, but it started happening after an update from Fairphone, so that’s why I’m guessing it’s software/firmware based.
So, today I am unable to reproduce this problem. It was very persistent before, but now apparently has vanished. AFAIK I haven’t updated /e/OS. Still on 3.14 9/15 build.
Very strange.
Hi, I have the same issue.
I’ve been using my Fairphone 6 since August, I purchased it with /e/ OS installed.
Currently, I’m on /e/ OS 3.2.
I have not yet seen a clear pattern behind the problem. WiFi disconnects and the phone cannot see any SSID until after a reboot.
Sometimes, it freezes shortly after the disconnect and I have to press the power button for a long time for it to restart.
I’m not sure if this is related to the issue, but I have replaced my router with a new model that supports WiFi 6 a bit more than a month ago. It might line up with that, but I’m not 100% sure and need to test it further.
Could it be possible that the firmware has trouble with WiFi 6?
Two updates from me: I found out why my subsequent test worked: I signed up for cellular data, and that works great. The original issue persists when disabling mobile data.
Also, my original testing on this was all WiFi 5 802.11ac class hardware.
I haven’t tested yet on /e/OS 3.2 yet, but will try to do so this week.
Hello, FP6, phone arrived with e/OS installed. On 3.2. In UK, on Wifi6 - it loses wifi connection overnight. Sometimes after I’ve left the house and come back (like taking dog out for a walk) it doesn’t reconnect to wifi. I’m discovering this appears to be a wider issue, so not sure it’s e/OS related but figured after reading your post I’d mention that I’m having similar issue.
I have noticed the same behaviour regarding mobile data - that works flawlessly.
If the issue occurs even when using WiFi 5, then I don’t think there is any relation to the WiFi hardware used.
I will reset my phone today and test if that makes any difference. However, seeing that multiple people are reporting the same issue, I feel that this could be a problem with either /e/OS or the Fairphone 6.