I have found out that syncing works on 1.9.
Hello, Since I upgraded from 1.8.? to 1.9.1 (/e/os 1.9.1-s-20230405276851-stable-FP3), the fingerprint reader is unavailable.
I cannot create new fingerprint data, I cannot select it for unlock screen, and nothing happens when I use it.
Thank you for your time 
It has been reported that a reboot can help.
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Provider name: Murena
Device name: Fairphone
Device code name: FP3+
Version of /e/OS or stock that existed before: 1.8
Is the device rooted / not rooted: bought in the Murena shop
When I click 1 in the contacts app (see picture), the browser now opens with google.com. This was not the case in Android 11 (v 1.8) and earlier.
If I click on 2 (see picture), I can select the desired navigation app.
I find that a pity on a “de-googled” phone.
Does anyone know how I can deactivate the link to Google again?
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I can partially reproduce this issue mentioned by @columcille but only with a contact which I created via Maps. The google link appears to me to have been created by Maps to provide location information.
Regression / similar to
- https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/1563
- Address from contact, if opened with Browser, opens Google Maps
A workaround is to ensure that such link is always opened by Magic Earth.
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Usually after one or two reboots it works again
Hello now I could update my Samsung galaxy s10+ with the v1.9 S manually (still don’t know how it works to upgrade the recovery too).
now the only thing that surprised me is the new design of the the OS.
Especially, I find the new design of the taskbar above not that quite smart.
Huge bubbles as buttons (take more place), and should tap much more to activate wifi/internet, the direct access to the bluetooth hw list disappears.
The notification area use the whole display. And for notifications to display is not that logic, done in 2 steps: swish from top to bottom, then bottom to top. More complex and illogical as before. why ?
i’m not so fine about this new ux-experiences.
Would like to have the old taskbar one (with the new os).
Is that possible to have this taskbar or notification panel (don’t know exactly the name of it sorry) like the one in 1.8? which options could it be?
Because Google apparently liked it this way and introduced these changes in the Android 12 (S) base, from which all stock OS vendors and custom ROM communities make their Android 12.
The name is “Quick Settings”, and you would have had the same look already if you would have been on Android 12 (S) with /e/OS 1.8. It’s not the /e/OS version that’s responsible, it’s the underlying Android version.
There are ways to customise this menu in the way you like. I saw mentions of “AOSP Mods” and “Power Shade”, but I have no experience with either.
(I use the Quick Settings menu so rarely that after adding the seperated Wi-Fi and Mobile data toggles back to the menu I decided to not bother any more.)
How can I ensure that such a link is always opened by Magic Earth or another navigation app? It seems to me that I don’t have any choice: the arrow just opens in the browser.
@columcille, in my second screenshot I show the point where I was presented with an option headed “Open maps.google.com links with Magic Earth” and (in light of your post !) I chose always.
Idk … but say you followed the link with Browser, but not “just once” but “always” … I guess you will not see the “Open maps.google.com links with Magic Earth” option again.
You still have another workaround … I think … I tried this with a different example … you can edit the contact from Contacts app, now scrolling down you can see the geolocation field and delete it. Now I believe no “Navigate to” icon will show for this contact.
… where the “Navigate to” icon {1. in your screen shot} is really the subject of your “issue” … I think.
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What is the difference between 1.9 and 1.9.1 when I’m alreads on S stable?
- Vendor Name: Fairphone
- Device name: Fairphone 3+
- Device CodeName: FP3
- Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 1.9
- Device is not Rooted
Update worked to 1.9.1
Help needed: I cannot find the option for mobile data use to “always ask” me when using them NOT via WLAN. This caused that I accidentally used 500MB just because my phone lost WLAN connection and did not inform me that it wants to use mobile data. This is really annoying. Is this a bug or just an useful option that is not offered anymore???
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Apart from the fact that (pending further info) nothing much should be different in 1.9.1 compared to 1.9 …
I’m only aware of an “Always ask” in this context in case there are 2 SIM cards in the phone. In case of only 1 SIM card I’m not aware of an “Always ask” … but if this should exist, I’ll happily learn.
You could simply turn Mobile data on and off in the Quick Settings (see here how to get the separate toggle back in /e/OS Android 12), or perhaps the data warning and data limit settings can do something for you?
@aibd + @columcille … looked up the Contacts behaviour. I described the fix at https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/1563#note_374556 … it uses the agnostic way for address lookup, but not directions. I created a PR. Downside is… you can’t preselect it as destination with the geo: format as you can do with regular http links to google-maps
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Google PIxel 4a 5G, Bramble from /e/ OS 1.8.1 R to 1.9
Result : No new version available.
It seems that the 1.9 S exist but not the 1.9 R version.
- Vendor name: OnePlus
- Device name: Nord
- Device CodeName: avicii
- Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 1.8.1
- The device is not rooted (I suppose)
The Installation worked as expected.
However, since the update the battery usage has gone way up.
It seems as the phone never goes to idle state.
Even when not actively using the phone it’s discharging as if it was beeing actively used.
Before the update I had to recharge once every 24 hours, now its like every 8 hours.
In the following screenshot in the marked time, the phone was never used but discharched at a fairly quick rate:
I had a number of similar issues in the past until I learned of
Settings > System > Advanced > Developer options > Mobile data always active | Switch OFF
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