Feedback for v2.6.3

/e/OS Smartphone Operating System Build Feedback
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Try this, for some cases it helped:

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hi mihi, thanks, yes, this seems to be current, and exactly whatā€™s going onā€¦canā€™t access in anonymous mode. Cheers for the update; and hope it gets resolved soon. :slight_smile:

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Ok. Letā€™s enter geek mode together.

Open a browser by following the first three steps of my description.

By using the browser download and install f-droid from here F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

The browser will ask for permission to install unknown sources. Grant it. Folks here will confirm that my given URLs are secure.

Let f-droid update.

Now start f-droid by steps 1-3.

And next install Fossify Launcher (Customize your home screen with a fast, ad-free, open-source launcher)

As alternative install the apk direktly from this URL

https://f-droid.org/repo/org.fossify.home_1.apk

Make sure it is your new default home app

Settings ā†’ default home app

Reboot

Cross fingers

Now you either have a working phone or just a useless app installed.

Good luck.

P.S.: fossify is pure open source. It should be shown in the /e/OS app store even without google access.

Consider to clean the cache and storage of this app store. Maybe this getā€™s it to work. If it shows fossify launcher installl it from there. Then you would not need f-droid.

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Hi again tyxo,
thanks for all the help. I actually had F-Droid installed, so following your lead; I searched for Fossify Launcher and installed. This seemed to go ok, and once launched; it did temporarily improve Note 9.
Some apps like Phone, message, F-Droid and Camera showed up at bottom of Home screen; but nothing else of the couple of dozen apps I had on Home screen previously.

Canā€™t find Fossify Launcher in apps, or anywhere else on phone for some odd reason despite looking hard.
Phone definitely is acting weird since install of E OS V26ā€¦

Might be a lost cause, and redo?

Thanks so much for assistance on this beautiful Xmas Day :slight_smile:

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Did you try the steps to solve the problem?

You only acknowledge that you have that issueā€‹:thinking::thinking:

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Iā€™ve updated my Fairehpone 4 to /e/ OS v2.6-u and everything went well.
But then I decided to change the icon grid in the Appearance Settings. This messed up with the icons that I had on the bottom of the screen (the ones that always stay there). All those icons disapeared from that location to go somewhere else on my differents screens.
But the weird thing is that I had Firefox down there and now it completely disapeared. I canā€™t find the Firefox icon anywhere, I checked inside all folders but I canā€™t find it. I tried restarting the phone but itā€™s still missing. Firefox is still installed but I have no icon to launch it :frowning:

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I had the same issue. Try to clear the ā€˜storage/cacheā€™ from BlissLauncher, then all apps are listed alphabetically, but you should find Firefox. After that, you can sort all your apps back however you want.

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Thanks, I have many apps and I didnā€™t want to have to sort them again so I just unsinstalled the app from the Settings and then installed it again. It worked

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How did you get 2.6.3-u-20241217455358-official-FP5? I donā€™t see it among the released updates.

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Is a ā€œTā€ build, not ā€œUā€

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Vendor Name Xiaomi
Device name M11 lite 5G
Device CodeName renoir
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously 2.5-T community
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted Not rooted

Managed to do an update with a partial dirty flash, all Apps and Data still ok.

For more info see, Xiamomi M11 lite 5G, How to update 2.5-T A13 to 2.6.3-U A14

And everything seemed to work ok.

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You can put them on the home screen. Widgets can also be placed on the home screen.

Other apps are on further pages. Just try swiping up down left ā€¦

Usually, most launchers are not shown as app. Did you search.in settings?

Regarding a reinstall it depends. If it is working at the moment I wouldnā€™t do anything and just wait for the next release. Please keep in mind that many users seem to have the similar issue on Samsung phones.

If you have a backup, you can certainly consider a reinstallation, but Iā€™m not so sure if this will solve the problem. You have a 50/50 chance, so to speak. Itā€™s up to you, of course.

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Vendor Name: Google
Device name: Pixel 5
Device CodeName: Redfin
Previous Version of /e/OS: 2.5-t
Version of /e/OS: 2.6.3-t
Device: Not rooted

As IĀ“m comming from a GS290 device I was surpriesed how long the update took. But this seems to be ok for Pixel 5.
The update was smoothly after changing screen settings to avoid screen lock after a couple of minutes.

HavenĀ“t realized any issues with the phone yet. Phone, camera, mails are ok.

As always, a hearty thank you the everyone involved providing this super duper OS. IĀ“m still very happy with the performance my de-googled phone.

Many thanks and merry christmas & a happy new year

Br.,

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  • Vendor Name: OnePlus
  • Device name: 7 Pro
  • Device CodeName: guacamole
  • Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 2.5
  • Is the device Not rooted

Iā€™m using the 3-button navigation setting, but the Recent Apps button is not working. When I press it, it doesnā€™t show the list of recent applications.

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Hi,
yeah, Iā€™ve had a pretty good look in Settings etc; canā€™t find any trace of Fossify Launcherā€¦but, thanks to you I have a slightly more usable phone :slight_smile:

Yeah, not going to try a re-install at this stage as I have a back up phoneā€¦Pixel 4a running latest version of Grapheneā€¦not my favourite; but will get by until a new version of e OS comes along.

Thanks again for all the info, and help; much appreciated :slight_smile:

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25/12 Music app bug: the app doesnā€™t remember last song, or queue playlist. Everytime I open app, it doesnā€™t remember anything.

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Feedback for v2.7
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Vendor Name: Google
Device Name: Pixel 5
Device CodeName: Redfin
Version of /e/OS which existed previously: 2.5 T Official
Is the device Rooted / Not Root

Hello,
No problem with this update.
Iā€™m still surprised by the time it takes to update on the Pixel 5, about 45 minutes, whereas on my old Samsung S7 it takes less than 10 minutes.
Many thanks to the whole team.

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Vendor Name: Fairphone Murena
Device name: Fairphone 4
Device CodeName: FP 4
Version of /e/OS previously : 2.5-t
Version of /e/OS : 2.6.3-u-20241217455359-official-FP4
Device: Not rooted

Most Functions work well but wireless screencasting to my TV fails since the Android U upgrade.

Thanks to the team nonetheless !

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  • Vendor Name: Samsung
  • Device name: Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Wifi
  • Device CodeName: gta4xlwifi
  • Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 2.5
  • Is the device Not rooted

After a few failed attempts I got the upgrade installed by

heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery-e-2.6.3-u-20241217455391-community-gta4xlwifi.img --no-reboot

factory reset as described in the install manual

adb sideload e-2.6.3-u-20241217455391-community-gta4xlwifi.zip

The sideload complained about signature failed to be verified. I chose to install anyway and it worked afterwards.

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Cannot create account at gitlab (email domains not allowed), therefore I post the bug report here:

DNS broken when wireguard VPN is enabled

  • /e/ version: 2.6.3-u-20241217455359-official-FP4
  • Device model(s): Fairphone 4
  • Developer mode enabled: yes
  • Device rooted: no
  • Trackers blocker enabled: yes

The problem

DNS is not resolving when wireguard VPN is enabled

Steps to reproduce

  • upgrade to 2.6.3
  • enable wireguard VPN
  • try to resolve a non cached domain name, e.g. accessing a previously unaccessed webpace

What is the current behavior?
DNS fails to resolve

What is the expected correct behavior?
DNS should resolve

Solutions

Workaround
disable wireguard to resolve IP, then enable it again

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