Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I am facing a critical issue with my Fairphone after updating it to the latest Android 13 release on October 2nd. Unfortunately, I have encountered a persistent black screen problem during the boot process. I have tried several troubleshooting steps, b…

Hi everyone, Thank you for being so active on this topic and helping each other out. I read all your comments and shared a summary with the relevant teams. We’ll look into why after upgrading to Android 13, some Fairphone 4 devices experience a black display during/after boot. It seems there is a …

I can see phone screen on the monitor, but i cannot do anything. Mouse, keyboard and Fairphone touchscreen input don’t work. I tried ORICO 8-in-1 USB C Docking Station Lenovo USB-C 7-in-1 Hub a monitor with USB-C input + keyboard/mouse connected to monitor My phone is protected with pattern inst…

Hi, I guess, that when you say, that you cannot do anything, that you see a log screen? In my case, this screen was a little weird, as the clock wag not fully visible and I could not see anything change until I logged in. And the login is done as follows: Press Space Then enter your Pin Then p…

hi! yes, i see lock screen and the clock with only 3 first digits. i have pattern instead of PIN, and when i press space nothing happens.

Hm, is it really possible not to define a PIN ? If that is the case, i am lost, as i do not have an idea, how to enter a pattern. Maybe someone else has an idea.

Judging by a brief web search, there seems to be no publicly known solution for entering a pattern with external keyboard/mouse if you can’t see the screen. :frowning:

Hey everyone, thanks for all the valuable input so far! I encountered the same problem after the update, so I followed the steps in option 1 and could eventually access my phone again through a USB-C dock. I also unlocked the bootloader successfully but when trying to install a fresh copy of Android…

[image] Jochen17: [[: not found This to my knowledge happens when you execute sh flash_fp4_factory.sh instead of ./flash_fp4_factory.sh or bash flash_fp4_factory.sh on a script file that uses bash-specific syntax. Is that what happened? If not, which linux distribution do you use and how di…

Wow, thanks a lot! That was it, never knew that there was a difference. Guess you never stop learning :wink:

Does someone know if the Update to TP1X.C.079 is safe? I don’t wanna lose all my data again.

It is recommended to make a backup before updating.

Fairphone Community Forum

Black Screen/Booting Issue After FPOS C.073 Android 13 Update

Help Fairphone 4