Plenty of people here, me included, desire a developers’ blog, while a handful of users seem to see this as a waste of resources.
We’ll see if Fairphone decides to have fair communication with their consumers, or if they will keep on mostly ignoring any and all posts on this forum. Some of the issues affecting the FP4 has been around since it launched and it’s unclear if they know/care about them.
An idea is to install CalyxOS. That way you get Android 13, and it actually works really well.
There is s workaround for the BT codec bug
Else going back would mean a factory reset, manual installation and afterwards an unlocked bootloader andmaybe other obstacles. Therefore normally old versions are not available to download
I’m going to google that then.
Holy headphones, Batman, that actually fixed the problem! Thank you yvmuell and whoever came up with the fix. Sweet. The rest of the issues are relatively minor in my use. 
I’ve since reverted back to FP OS from LOS20 now 12 is here. Can’t lock yet as get unlock says 0. I was wondering if I can trip it back to 1 using ADB shell. In dev options unlock is greyed out and now set to off.
Are there any plans to include the monet theme engine, which enables a dynamic system & icon color palette based on the wallpaper, in a later update, or can we expect that only in Android 13?
First post here, but can we please please please get rid of the bloody google be search bar on the home screen? It was ugly, unwanted and unpractical before, and now that it is stupidly stuck at the top of the home screen since A12, it’s ugly, unwanted and unusable…
Hi and welcome, that will not be possible as mandatory by Google. You can use another Launcher to ge rid.
Argh. Ok, thanks. I guess it’s the same for clocks etc? If I add a widget for time so it’s bigger, then I have twice the date in two languages and twice the time displayed. But I lost the “time in other cities” display unless I have yet another widget. The UI is really, really crappy. Coming from a OnePlus Pro it’s quite a disappointment. 
Anyway, thanks for your help.
Please see here as well because yes something is broken, not sure if what explain is normal or a bug. I disabled the Google App and curre tly neither have the search bar nor any other issues as the weather widged is diasabled as well. Only ugly I see is the too big clock on the lock screen
I did some tests by creating a test hidden SSID on my home router. In all cases, it worked without any issues. The tested scenarios were:
Just be sure to check “hidden network->yes” in “Advanced settings” when adding the network on the phone. Without this switch, it will not find the network.
Just try the Lawnchair launcher, you have way more options with it, and if you are not happy then you can go back to the stock launcher in a few clicks. So nothing to loose…
Out of curiosity, is anyone in The Netherlands with KPN who received the update? I haven’t gotten it yet, but I am also not getting the latest security update that was released four days ago…
The combination makes me think something is going wrong with my phone.
Access point not working at all (wifi, usb…). Just displays “error” and switch off.
Worked before Android 12.
There are still a couple of partners that are testing and verifying the full compatibility of the software with their networks.
We will release either the Android 12 upgrade or the security patch update as soon as possible for those partners’ customers.
Same here, did not receive it. Both of those are out while I am just sitting here with my 3 months old security patch…
I assume they would “soon” give us either. I guess they are not compatible somehow so one can’t have the A11 security patch then the A12 update.
But the emphasis is on “soon”. Which is a magical term that does not say anything really.
Material You will be in the Android 13 update, don’t worry, just a few more months 
