Feedback for v1.21

Nom du fournisseur : Fairphone
Nom de l'appareil : FairPhone 3
Nom du code de l'appareil : FP3
Version de /e/OS ou Stock qui existait auparavant : 1.20 ->1.21-t Stable
L'appareil est-il rooté/non rooté : ?

MAJ proposed yesterday for the first time.
The update seems to work well in principle.
Worry: the result is mixed:

  • logo not very useful (4G phone)
  • the battery seems to drain very quickly, I don’t understand why.
  • the media playback notification is completely modified: small, isolated buttons that no longer allow you to manage playback properly (especially if you’re driving), useless moving bar (which must be draining the battery) → no options found to change this.
  • I can no longer use smiley faces in my sms, the button no longer exists.
  • the “settings” button has disappeared from the notification menu.

MAJ proposé hier pour la première fois.
La mise à jour semble fonctionner correctement sur le fond.
Souci : le résultat est mitigé :

  • apparition de logo pas très utile (téléphone 4G)
  • la batterie a l’air de se vider très vite, je ne comprends pas pourquoi.
  • la notification de lecture média est complètement modifié : bouton petit et isolé qui ne permettent plus de gérer correctement la lecture (surtout si vous êtes au volant), barre mobile inutile (et qui doit pomper sur la batterie) → aucune option trouvée pour changer cela.
  • je ne peux plus utiliser de smiley dans mes sms, le bouton n’existe plus.
  • bouton “paramètre” disparut du menu notification.

Thanks a lot! With aibd’s tip I was able to do a clean install.
At least I have the phone working again. Not ideal of course, as I now have to reinstall all my apps etc. Luckily the Teracube was not yet my main phone. Now I will have to think if I am willing to risk coming across an issue like this again, if I make e/os my principal choice, or if I stick with iPhone (currently iPhone SE 2016, which never gave me any issues). I know, Apple is also big tech which one should avoid, even if it is better on privacy than Google Android. Better, but not perfect: Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected.

Vendor Name: Fairphone
Device name: Fairphone 3 and Fairphone 4
Device CodeName: FP3 + FP4
Previous Version of /e/OS: 1.20-s (stable)
Rooted: No
OTA Version: Upgrade to v1.21.1-t (FP3) Upgrade to v1.21.1-s (FP4)

AppLounge still not working (since v1.20.) with USB-C-LAN-Connector (up to v1.19. it worked flawlessly). Now a black screen says: “Connection not possible. Please check the Internet-Connection and try again”. Updates still work in the background, but there is no possibility to search for Apps or access any menue.

Thanks for help or fixing (pleeeease)
Cheers Liquid

Vendor name: Murena
Device Name: Fairphone 4
Device Codename: FP4
Rooted: no

VoWiFi
Since the udpate to 1.21 today, I cant call over Wifi when the Device is in WiFi but Aeroplane mode is on. This is supposed to be working.
VoLTE is working fine when connected to >=4G.
Operator = 26201 Telekom.de

5G NR Indicator
Altough the phone status (##INFO##) reports EN-DC and NR available, there is no more 5G Icon as used to be before.

Also the 4G and the phone icon is uncool. Can that be turned off?

That phone icon is call strength. You can disable it in

Settings - System - Status Bar - System Icons and disable call strength

No 1.21 build available for this device.

  • Vendor Name: Sony
  • Device name: Xperia XZ2 Compact
  • Device CodeName: xz2c
  • Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 1.20
  • Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: not

e-1.21-t-dev-bardockpro

Vendor Name: BQ
Device name: Aquaris X pro
Device Code Name: Bardock pro
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: Lineage 20
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: not rooted

No issues so far… It’s grrrrrreat :+1::sunglasses:

Ce sont des modifications de l’interface dues à Android 13, il me semble que c’est lié au paradigme de l’interface Material You (source ). Plus d’explication sur le lecteur multimédia sur la page offciel d’Android 13 ( Votre musique n’a jamais été aussi stylée)
Pour les smileys, il faut faire un appuis long sur la virgule à gauche → Paramètres du Clavier → Préférences → Afficher la touche Émoji

Vendor Name: Fairphone
Device name: Fairphone 3
Device CodeName: FP3
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: /e/ OS 1.20-s (stable)
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: Unknown

Still problem with double SIM

[Bug] System profile automatically chooses secondary SIM for cellular data

Vendor Name: Murena
Device Name: MurenaOne
Previous Version of /e/OS: 1.20-s
Rooted: No

update to 1.21.2-s with no problems, everything works fine (bluetooth, NFC, wlan, …)

thx :grinning: :+1:

Vendor Name: Samsung
Device name: Galaxy S10+
Device CodeName: beyond2lte
Previous Version of /e/OS: 1.20-T

Works as well as 1.20-T

I still have problem with 1440p video playback. This issue is absolutely surprising. The moment I would try to play 1440p video screen will go completely blank - blank and nothing is shown, not even buttons on bottom of screen or status bar - just nothing. This happens only when Night Light is off. Turn on Night Light and 1440p video playback is normal.

Disappearing settings are quite annoying. Is it that I always have to avoid reboots/restarts or powering off device? Before GPS was going into week rollover, which is fixed with assisted GPS*. Now I am loosing some settings. I am loosing Tasks (Tasks.org) DavX5 synchronisation, some sound settings and alarms refuse to go off, until I cycle them off and back on. There is more, which I described elsewhere on this forum.

Generally I am very happy with /e/OS. Installing it was third best decision ever made with regards to phone. 2nd best decision was buying Nokia N900 and 1st was enabling community repository. It is shame nothing like this exists now. I am closest to Nokia N900 with community repository I ever have been.

Long live to /e/OS

If the device still works, you can install Linux on it :
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https://postmarketos.org/
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https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_N900_(nokia-n900)
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https://postmarketos.org/download/

I was hit by the same exact bug for VLC. Thanks for the explanation, because I first tried to go to App > VLC > Permissions, but I didn’t see the permissions for Files.

Vendor Name: Samsung
Device name: Galaxy Tab S5e (Wi-Fi) SM-T720
Device CodeName: gts4lvwifi
Version of Stock which existed previously: T720XXS3DWA1
The device is Not rooted

Unproblematic initial installation using e-Recovery V1.21

I am already looking forward to the new release V2.0 with BlissLauncher 3.0

Hi!
Vendor Name: Xiaomi
Device name: Mi 10T Lite 5G
Device CodeName: gauguin
Previous Version of /e/OS: 1.20-t
Rooted: No

OTA update OK.

e-drive does not work properly: it does not synchronize files, especially photos, even if I force the refresh.
However, synchronization is instantaneous with nextcloud clients on my Samsung A52s (iode) or laptop (MandrivaLinux).
Mail, calendar, notes, tasks,… correct (with some specific exceptions).

Vendor Name: Fairphone
Device name: Fairphone 3+
Device CodeName: FP3+
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 1.20-s stable
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: Not rooted

OTA upgrade to 1.21-t stable went flawlessly (despite an error message about dialer crashing during the update). Many thanks for the great work!

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Same here. Great! Thank you very much!

Vendor Name : Xiaomi
Device name : Poco F2 Pro
Device CodeName : lmi
Version of /e/OS which existed previously : 1.20-t
Last version installed : 1.21-t-20240325389105-dev-lmi (Android 13)
Is the device rooted : yes

OTA upgrade went well. The haptic feedback for the keyboard is now functional (the feature was lost with 1.20-t version).
Unhappily the “Hello Bank!” app does not accept anymore the “digital key” to be installed : I can’t do internet payments (this was possible with the 1.20-t version).

Thank you very much for all the work you do.

I wanted to disable that icon as well, and that’s the first place I looked at. But there is no ‘call strength’ to disable in that list for me (FP3+)

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Ok, merci pour ces précieuses infos.

Quelqu’un connait-il une alternative pour restaurer le lecteur multimédia à un état plus compact ?

PS : Je confirme malheureusement que ma batterie se vide en une journée, avant la MAJ, elle tenait 2 jours en conditions similaires.