Android 16 for The Fairphone (Gen. 6) 📲 🎉

[PhotoPhil]

@diogurt

I think this updated look for the status bar icons comes directly from Android and not from Fairphone.

That’s how A16 looks on a Moto G86.

[Zaier]

Hi Fra, I’m using Fastweb/Vodafone, and unfortunately VoLTE is not working, as they are still whitelisting phones instead of allowing all like TIM or other carriers.

[diogurt]

Thanks for sharing @PhotoPhil! I thought Fairphone followed a very stock-like look (where the battery is horizontal with the percentage number inside) and that making big visual changes was not possible/easy. But, like @Kalibri mentioned, this issue came up in beta testing, and it seems like it will be adjusted at some point.

[rewa]

ok, then let’s hope that the update will come soon

[PickleRick]

I have exactly the same problem, but in my case the orientation is irrelevant, both horizontal and vertical photos are “double” cropped.

[Hendrik55]

Yes, confirmed. It worked in Android 15 and now in Android 16 It doesn’t.

Hope someone has a solution, of Fairphone fixes it.

[hornedfiend]

Is missing manual updates packages a usual occurrence with Fairphone? i gotta be honest: it’s not a good look for them.

i picked this phone over a new Pixel 10 with Graphene, because of bootloader locking and support for alternative OSes,but having to wait for newer security updates to switch between them is very annoying.

[StePay]

“how something like this could come through quality control “

Being a Fairphone 6 owner since August 2025, I am asking myself this question at many topics. Including the latest update.

I was using a Jolla 1 phone as a daily driver for more than 6 years and I have experienced quite some bugs, but the general experience with Fairphone is on a different level and much worse.

Unfortunately the non-transparent communication of Fairphone is not supporting to build trust in their product.

[amicocatoblepa]

Same problem here. I had opened another post https://forum.fairphone.com/t/android-16-cropped-picture-with-2x-zoom/

[Benny1]

Hello, just flagging this reported issue with VPN connections after update to A16. I know it’s an Android problem, not coming from FP OS: Google Issue Tracker . Google doesn’t seem interested in fixing it.

[Kalibri]

Hi @Fairphone_CM, could you please upload the update to the website? I know you said, this is not synchronous, but it’s now more than a week where we can’t see the update.
And maybe can can reply @hornedfiend what we should normally expect as the delay for uploading the update.

[miketorcy]

Bonjour à tous, mise à jour proposée et installée hier sans soucis. Pour l’instant tout semble fonctionner, je n’ai pas vu de grandes différence si ce n’est quelques changements esthétiques.

[yvmuell]

Kindly translate into English for this topic.

[miketorcy]

Hello everyone, the update was offered and installed yesterday without any problems. For now, everything seems to be working; I haven’t noticed any major differences apart from a few cosmetic changes.

[miketorcy]

Many messages on this forum are not in English, particularly in German or Dutch.

[AnotherElk]

Yes, and French as well, but mostly in topics started in the respective language by the topic opener, and then respectfully adhered to … Topics tagged 🇫🇷 … Topics tagged 🇩🇪 … Topics tagged 🇳🇱

This is not being strictly enforced, but kindly asked, although we know there are translation tools, of course.
It’s much easier to follow conversations this way for everybody.

[miketorcy]

OK no problem. I’ll write in english next time.

[Hund]

This is my first Fairphone, and it’s most likely my last one as well. Their software stack is a joke. I’ve never experienced so many bugs before. It’s crazy!

I knew I would do a downgrade in multiple regards, but it felt good, thinking that Fairphone was a fair company. I didn’t expect them to consistently push out alpha grade software though. And the saddest part is that they don’t seem to care at all. There’s nothing “fair” about that.