Settings > Search Recents leads to RECENTS BUTTON and Short and Long press actions.
It is quite possible to switch off Recents action; sounds a bit like what you are saying? @irrlicht
So I used that delete button and it disappeared. Everything worked fine.
Sounds like an interesting approach. But the search expression âRecentsâ doesnât lead to any result in my case (FP3), not a single one. Note: Iâm still on S. Also the other device which works well (FP3+) doesnât show results.
I wouldnât say itâs switched off. I some very rare cases I see the list. But only once in two weeks or so. Also the behavior on the home screen is different. When I donât have an app running and I press the square button on the home screen it should show the notifications screen and a message that thereâs nothing to do. I never see this. Instead I see a mini picture of my home screen, like any other app. But I canât then close this. I have not only a missing function, I have a different function on this button. But using this option could âreinitializeâ the button.
BTW: also controlling the device over two buttons is disturbed and does not work as expected.
Meanwhile I think about a complete reinstall. I have two other things which do tenaciously not work on my device but on the other one. The other device is a year younger than mine and has half as many updates.
My Recents button choices are on the same page as Navigation bar. Android Q.
Ha, today I used the easy-installer to do a complete reinstall of /e/ on my device. The easy-installer installed (without letting me any choice) 1.19 - yeah, damned, I had already 1.20 before.
But this 1.19 was interesting. All my issues havenât been there. Especially the square button behaved absolutely as expected.
Then I did the OTA update to 1.20 which was suggested by the /e/ internal updater. But in the result I have now immediately the issues, all exactly as I had them before, relevant is:
- the square button doesnât work properly
- creating a new SMS in the Messages app doesnât work
Note: I have currently no other software on the phone, not a single app, all is plain /e/.
Argh, what to do now?
Sounds ominous indeed.
Is 3-button navigation set in Settings - System - Gestures - System navigation?
Yes, it is. But also the 2-button navigation is disturbed, when I select this. I also get almost never a list of running apps there and changing from one app to the other is always an adventure.
I made a step forward. I recapitulated all the things I did after updating from 1.19 to 1.20 OTA. Indeed I changed some minor settings, also developer settings.
My problems seem to be caused by a developer setting named âDonât keep activitiesâ (in the Apps section) which is on by default. I switched this off. That was not good because several system functions are probably based on that âactivitiesâ knowledge. After I switched it on again I have now immediately also a proper square button behavior. And creating a new SMS in the Messages app works also good again. (Donât ask, how these two things belong together âŚ) Thatâs it.
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Direct download link changed in the course of the general overhaul of the Builds page: https://ota.ecloud.global/dev/FP3/e-1.19.1-t-20240113373116-dev-FP3.zip
Vendor Name: Fairphone
Device name: Fairphone 3+
Device CodeName: FP3
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: [dev version]
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: Not rooted
1.19.1 completely installed in 1:24, though it had multiple break-offs in spite of keeping the display on.
It ran smoothly with a slightly increased battery usage.