Android 12 has come to the FP4

[yvmuell]

Hi and welcome, thats (currently) not possible.

Android 12 has come to the FP4

Should be under Display → Lock screen → Double-line clock, but well, it isn’t. Seems like Google added that option in Android 12 after the general release, but only for Pixels, and from what I can tell it’s supported on other devices starting with Android 13. I believe I’ve had this option on 12 on the FP4 as well, so there might still be hope that it’s going to get backported before Android 13 ships Oh and welcome to the community BTW

[Lidwien]

@jdbf

The quality tests have detected an issue that can lead to silent voice calls in some situations (VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling). A fix is being worked on by FairPhone, a coming software version will allow to unlock the Android 12 upgrade

Can you tell how you got this information?

[Tomomar]

Same still waiting for both. I have Simyo

[jdbf]

@Lidwien

Can you tell how you got this information?

Through Orange customer support

[Dropjeslover]

I installed it as well, nothing much new. More rounded buttons and stuff.

What I really do not like is that the “at a glance” widget on the primary screen seems broken. It does display day and date, but not the local weather anymore. When I insert the widget again on another screen, it works fine, and responds to the same preferences as the one on the primary screen.
But as you cannot move or delete the primary screen “at a glance” widget, there is no way to like delete and re-insert it.
A reboot did not help.

And I don’t like the new available clock widgets, the clearest one also displays (small) day and date, but that’s already in the non-recoverable “at a glance” widget…
I’d say that from my user experience points of view this far (like the unlock fade-out and the above), the A11 version fitted me better.

Anyone has the same?

[yvmuell]

The At a Glance widget shows only date and is randomly replaced by the Google search bar

This happened after the Android 12 update and I think the title is pretty self-explanatory. This is how it used to look on Android 11 (the widget is partially hidden by an open folder, I unfortunately don’t have a better screenshot): [image] Now it more or less randomly oscilates between the At a Glance widget which shows only date (weather info, event reminders, etc. are missing) and the Google search bar. After reboot it usually shows the Google search bar but the moment you somehow mess up…

[Zinzin]

Hello!
I’m very disappointed with this Android version. The main theme is ugly and not user friendly; the clock on the lock screen is too huge, the default screen (menu) is too bright (every parameters had different colours before), and buttons like “Wifi”, “Hotspot”, “Plane mode”,… are not just icons anymore with tabs a loooot too huge.
Please, make it reversible or at least customizable. How do we switch back to previous Android version?
Please help.

[yvmuell]

Thats mainly how Android is now, so there are a few things that might change, however not the main look, we will have to get used to it.

[AnotherElk]

@hirnsushi

Seems like Google added that option in Android 12 after the general release, but only for Pixels, and from what I can tell it’s supported on other devices starting with Android 13.

/e/OS has this option to turn off the double-line clock on the lock screen in Android 12, at least on the Fairphone 3, but I don’t know whether this means it should be present in AOSP now, which everything else is based on, or whether some merciful developer soul added this somewhere down the Custom ROM line. But for sure it’s nice to have.

[Magnus_Sandstrom]

Ha anyone else experienced performance issues after upgrading to 12? My FP4 is sluggish at best, the animations laggy and I am experiencing issues with hotspot not working at all. If this wasn’t my work phone I would try a factory resett but I have to many different software tokens running to do this just as a test.

[Casukarut]

As an alternative to one handed mode I can highly recommend the Quick Cursor (setting the sensitivity to high and cover the entire screen).

play.google.com

Quick Cursor: One-Handed mode

Makes it easier to use large smartphones with one hand by using a cursor...

Free

[hirnsushi]

Good point, I wasn’t really sure myself.

I found 4 commits for CalyxOS that mention the option (nothing for /e/OS or LineageOS).
The author seems to work at Google and those commits show up in AOSP as well.

From the looks of it they seem to target Android 13, so you are right, someone on the custom ROM side probably pulled them in for Android 12.

I don’t think we’ll see Fairphone backporting this feature, this might take till the Android 13 release to get resolved.

[mikeNG]

These commits are part of Android 12L (released March 7, 2022, which fairphone OS isn’t using) that also includes Material You’s dynamic theme generator

[hirnsushi]

Thank you for the clarification

So since FP are working on supporting Material You on A12 (presumably by updating to 12L), there’s still hope this might get pulled in after all

[Carighan]

Has anyone found out whether the accent color can be changed from the off-blue we currently have? It clashes badly with my lockscreen background image, and it’s the color always used for the lock clock.

[Lars_Hennig]

I guess you need a rooted phone for that. Then Repainter works fine, at least for me

[Pezi]

I was very pleasured to receive an update to Android 12, but after this I had more issues, that I wish I have a functional working Android 11 back.

So the issues I recognized (at the moment), are:

• screen is sometimes always on. Does not lock the mobile anymore.
• Hotspot does not work (mentioned in the forum).

[UPPERCASE]

@Pezi

screen is sometimes always on. Does not lock the mobile anymore.

I had this issue also on Android 11, it made me miss an LED screen It didn’t happen often though.

[OldRoutard]

@Pezi

Hotspot does not work (mentioned in the forum)

Many users are reporting that the hotspot will function if you select 2.4 GHz and not 5 GHz in the hotspot options. Follow the link for more discussion on this.

Rolling back to A11 is complex and not recommended, though I understand your wish

[Casukarut]

My phone definitely feels snappier on A12