Hello, it looks like Fairphone is aware of these bluetooth connectivity issues and is investigating the problem.
This information was found here : https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9831446296849-Fairphone-4-Public-Issue-Tracker
Bluetooth connectivity : After the A13 upgrade, bluetooth devices of some brands struggle to connect. → Under investigation
The Android 14 update seems to solve the problem, mine is synching now!
Thanks, I was also able to connect my Whoop band to my FP5 after upgrading to Android 14.
I got a reply from the Fairphone team. The gist of it:
Tks for the update, does anyone know an alternative gadget ? I think the problem is due to Whoop who doesn’t respect standards so I prefer find a more serious band, and if possible with an open source app available to avoid this kind of issue in the future.
I don’t understand Whoop, they have so much money but they don’t want to use a little bit of this to solve the issue they created…
I think they are interested in not working too hard for a device used by a small selection of people like FP.
I believe that whoop is the best product on the market without a doubt. I await the release of Android 14 on FP4 to restart with the subscription.
thank you all
Is it possible to get Android 14 on FP 4 yet? Some messages above say it is possible,but I can’t see it as an option on mine and I also cannot connect to my whoop.
Android 14 for FP4 will release in the middle of September
Hi, I don’t think 14 has been released yet has it? I haven’t seen it and I miss my whoop!
Any updates on this? I am now paying several hundred dollars for a whoop subscription that I can’t use! Whoop gave me a break in the subscription but it’s now finished.
I leaved my WHOOP subscription over a year ago. I immediately lost hope for serious technical advice from both of them. I’m waiting for Android 14 on FP4 but the times are getting very long. At this rate I might be forced to sell the phone for a newer version, not exactly in Fairphone’s corporate philosophy.
It would be nice to know if anyone has managed to use Whoop on Android 13.
That is a very good point. Because Fairphone have failed on the update I have a defunct piece of tech sitting in a drawer unused - completely against the Fairphone philosophy! It’s very frustrating and now costing my several hundred dollars in an unused subscription that I can’t cancel.
You can let in “pause” your subscrition. Have you a montly or annual subscrition? If Is a Montly you can stop It and restart when you want.
I bought an annual and I’ve already maxed out my 3 month pause allowance and whoop gave me an extra two months to the subscription (after I pushed to speak to a manager because the first person I was messaging said there was nothing they could do). Overall very disappointing service from both companies. But they have my money so what do they care…
Hi, despite what WHOOP says perhaps its their fault anyway? Its not like it HAS to be the phone when BT goes wrong 
I have a Garmin watch for 2 years which works flawlessly with A13 on my FP4.
Other blootooth devices I use are a JBL speaker and a Sony WH-1000XM4. I know the latter is using some kind of fancy high definition bluetooth protocol to stream audio.
They work great too. I had them before since FP4 came out, so I used them with A11, A12, A13.
At one of the android updates they initially broke something so my Sony wouldnt work. But they fixed that within a few months.
So far I never had any other problem with BT devices.
Apart from a few odd cases where it was that other devices fault.