Dear Fairphone community, Tonight, March 16, we are officially beginning the phased rollout of Android 16 on The Fairphone (Gen. 6)! This update brings a set of new features and small quality of life improvements. Read along to find out. Software Version Information: Model: The Fairphone (Gen. …

Hi All, new fp6 here, didn’t manage to stop the auto update to android 16 as I was setting the phone up. Any way (preferably simple) to roll back to android 15? I’m just not a fan of 16s UI and a couple of the other changes.

Even if there is a way, you wouldn’t want to do that because Android 15 for the FP6 won’t receive security updates going forward.

You could only do that while keeping the bootloader unlocked and you would certainly loose all your data. Unfortunately, a rollback is not really possible on Android.

I forgot mention, but i also really like the new quick tiles management. A nice hybrid between pre-android 12 and the new 2 wide button layout from android 12- [Screenshot_20260402-163616_1]

Just installed the update. I also have the issue of not being able to swap the three button navigation, which is super frustrating. But also, I am a new fairphone user and initially really fell in love with the UI design, especially the colors… am I the only one who doesn’t like the new look of the …

Had you figured out how to lock the auto brightness? In A15 you were able to lock it in the settings when pulling down from the top. I think it was a button at the right side of the slider. Sadly in A16 it has been gone.

I don’t know what is the intended way now in android 16 but i switch it on/off inside settings - > display - > adaptive brightness

Don’t know if it’s normal because of staggered rollout, but I’m still waiting on the update after 3 weeks. (Mobile Vikings, Proximus netwerk Belgium)

I can recommend the open-source app “Auto Brightness Tile”, available on the Play Store and on GitHub . It adds a tile to the Quick Settings panel, allowing you to quickly toggle auto brightness and essentially restoring the functionality from A15.

You know more about it’s generally removed in A16 or it’s a FP-thingy? Usually i’m ok with auto/adaptive brightness but sometimes it’s fading crazy while watching a video under RGB-led stripes. I was used to fast switch it off during such scenes. Going through the settings are too much taps.

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