4.2 rc update completely broke my internet connection on the phone

updated to the rc release and now nothing will connect to the internet? my vpn says theres a connection, but be it my browser or any other app that requires internet theres nothing

its the 4.2 rc a16 -20260812661569-officialfp6 build

Looks Like you are talking about e/OS. Did you ask at Murena too?

Does it work without the VPN?

It’s fine to ask here in the Fairphone community forum, but if you perhaps intend to head over to the /e/OS forum, too, please be aware that talking about release candidate beta versions is discouraged there to not confuse the not so tech-savvy target group with versions they can’t get (yet). You can join the /e/OS testing team and share feedback then, as per the /e/OS forum FAQ.
Just as a heads-up :wink: .

doesnt work with or without sadly, but thanks for the idea to ask there as well

Well they are the makers and maintainers of the software, not Fairphone anyway.

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