I have been reading this thread for a week or so and am a bit nervous about applying this update due to the number of comments about deterioration of battery life. If there is a known problem, could I be notified when it has been fixed. The battery life is really good with 2.8 and I would like to keep it that way. Or if the battery life issue is specific to a particular type of usage, it may not affect me anyway, so that would be useful to know as well.
Check the release notes and if you have nothing in it what you like you could wait. The âbigâ thing I guess is notes synchronization.
You could also install and see how it goes and then later swich back the boot slot (not sure if that is only community build).
Maybe you wonât be affected at all like you write (been there before, having issue on a model no one hadâŚ) but that is a gamble
If the security patch level on the other slot is older, this will force a factory reset for security reasons.
@linux_fangirl Check what AnotherElk wrote.
Thanks wasnât aware of that 
Hello,
Itâs strange, I use a Pixel 5 Redfin, and I found that my battery life was less with V 2.8. I had the Mail app which was often very battery intensive depending on the âbattery usageâ of the phone. Sometimes this would change after switching the phone off and on.
This gave the impression of a poor initialization when the device started up.
With the 2.9, I havenât had this kind of problem for a week now, and the battery life seems normal.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
A minor issue (that did not keep me from calling my current /e/OS experience flawless here 
), but I would appreciate to find out if anyone else is experiencing this or if this is a known issue 
For a while (i.e. this started in an earlier version this or more likely last year) I find that when I wake up the display and try to get to the overview of active apps by swiping from the bottom margin twice (I use gesture navigation), this does not work. The double swipe does not do anything (there is some low-level feedback, but only as far as showing that my touching the screen has been noticed by the touch sensor).
I have quickly noticed there is a workaround: Swipe from the top twice and getting into quick settings, close these again; after his, swiping twice from the bottom is working again and gives the overview of active apps and continues to work.
While I cannot always replicate the issue in 100% of the cases, it does seem to happen more often after the display has been inactive for a while.
Fairphone | FP3+ | FP3 | previously on e-2.8-a14-20250221470208-community-FP3 | not rooted
Hi @AA040371 you say
Device CodeName: not sure where this is reported/found
but from OP we see
There are three supported Moto G7 river, lake, ocean.
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- Vendor Name: Fairphone
- Device name: FP3
- Device CodeName
- Version of /e/OS: 2.8 stable
- Is the device ⌠Not rooted
I suddenly got authentication error messages for my e.email account. Notes does still not sync, they havenât for ages. Shut off email sync in Accounts, that stopped the authentication error notifications. Thatâs not a viable solution, though.
YesâŚmy phone code name is River. Thanks. Still not clear what it is about my phone that stops it from updating, though. I think there is an always on VPN from DuckDuckGo, but that doesnât seem to interfere with anything else ever at all. And something called Intercept X (for mobile devices) from Sophos which provides other from of security functions e.g. such as web filtering, app protection, and a secure QR code scanner. Unclear how redundant it is to DDG VPN, or if it matters.
Still not available v2.9 a-14 for S10
Thanks !
Re your error Post #93 image does include âApp tracking protectionâ.
It might be a good idea to test with all Advanced privacy toggled off. Also clear cache and storage of Updater (System updater) and restart phone.
and / or does Updater work in Safe mode?
Long press Power off button â Long press Power icon, accept explanation about Safe mode. This would help to show if there any effect from third party apps ⌠however I am not certain the Updater will perform correctly in safe mode.
Edit
I looked this up and found:
Sophos Endpoint powered by Intercept X delivers unparalleled protection, stopping advanced attacks before they impact your systems. Powerful endpoint and extended detection and response (EDR/XDR) tools let your organization hunt for, investigate, and respond to suspicious activity and indicators of an attack.
I would guess that download of a Custom ROM might be seen as a âvector for advanced attacksâ, unless /e/ can be whitelisted in some way.
I donât think there will beâŚ
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Vendor Name: Google
Device name: Pixel 5
Device CodeName: Redfin
Previous Version of /e/OS: 2.8-t-official
New version of /e/OS: e-2.9-a14-20250323478433-community-redfin
Device: rooted
- I had to wipe the phone to install Android 14, never managed to upgraded from Android 13.
- This is a clean install.
- Battery seems to drain quite rapidly.
- Unlocking the phone with fingerprint, without first waking it up, shows a âscrambledâ screen background. I have to wait a couple of seconds and then it shows the main screen with apps.
Was your bootloader open with the âofficialâ you had before?
Was your bootloader open with the âofficialâ you had before?
@mihi
His Pixel 5 (redfin) is rooted. The bootloader must therefore remain open!
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Sony Xperia 1 III - from latest stock update (~2023) to /e/OS v2.9.
No issues real issues, but this might be worth noting:
- The bootloader unlocking procedure could be more integrated with the CLI install instructions.
- Had to set up the two extra hardware buttons (thankfully it worked!).
- Install (the correct version [1.6.A.0.27] of) the stock Sony Photography Pro app for the optical zoom main camera.
Unrelated to the hardware:
- Work Profile scheduling not available. Iâd have loved it if it went a step beyond and allowed me to add my schedule calendar feed (WebCal - HTTP/ICS), which I use to automatically set my smart speaker alarm and to vacuum the apartment with my robot vacuum while at work.
- Microsoft Intune (Company Portal) Work Profiles donât work. Canât add my email to Outlook or access OneDrive/SharePoint without a the real Work Profile, so Iâm stuck in a browser, using Shelter for a simulated Work Profile so I can turn everything off (manually).
ThanksâŚthis headed me in the right direction. Confusingly convoluted, but I:
â used hamburger/three dots to somehow export update to correct file system (after trial and error process).
â booted into recovery, where there is an option to apply update from file system there.
â selected update and it installedâŚI believe correctly.
Yes, that is correct.
Vendor Name: Fairphone
Device name: Fairphone 4
Device CodeName: FP4
Is there any reason, why the open camera could not take pictures with full camera resolution (8000 x 6000 px) ?
Try this hidden camera app on Fairphones