Is anyone experience screen tearing sometimes after a reboot (or random) on any version of Fairphone Open?
Any news on the “clock resetting on reboot” bug?
Or some random crashes (=kernel panics)?
It’s running well for me.
I’m really really impressed by the update frequency.
Bugs are being fixed, the latest security fixes supplied, user suggestions considered.
My previous sony and htc phones got 3 to 4 updates in 2 years (and where never 
up-to-date let alone security).
My fairphones instead already got 3 updates in less than 6 months and are constantly being fixed and improved, that’s unbelievable! 
Right on guys, GOOD job! 
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Thanks…I did eventually get the phone working…I overlooked a small thing during fastboot…So, Finally it did work. Restored everything from TB…however, I had to give it a couple of tries…restoring system data from TB was not helpful. Thus after playing with my Fairphone for 5-6 hours, finally have everything up and running as usual. 
Did you mean that?
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Yes, exactly that. Screen tearing in the lower left corner:/
I am. The related thread is here (include a workaround): https://forum.fairphone.com/t/glitching-menus-and-lists-after-boot/13398
Still not possible to deactivate the Sound Recorder. I use a different app, don’t need this one on my home screen.
(the above mentioned E-Mail and Calculator app can be deactivated)
Thanks! I will look if it happens in the near future.
Just curious: is it normal that you have to reinstall GAPPS (and fix a few other things - last time I think I had to re-import my Threema backup, reinstall GravityBox and XPrivacy, etc.) after every update? This is my first smartphone in many years, so I guess I’m comparing it with my computer, where updates don’t generally mean reinstalling but rather just a bit of time and then rebooting and voila, everything is back to normal.
On the one hand, I’m thrilled that Fairphone is so good about providing timely updates. On the other hand, the prospect of having to invest several hours every month to update and then get my phone back to the place I had it before the update seems a bit annoying/daunting…
(Note: I’m going entirely on the experiences with the last Update, Open 16.05. I haven’t actually updated to 16.06 yet, mostly because I haven’t had those few hours I’d need to get my phone working properly again…
If you use the default system (FPOS) you will not have to reinstall anything after an update. Basically you also don’t need to with FPOOS, unless you want to use software that is not part of the distribution.
In this case you decided to have GAPPS on your phone. The FPOOS update file wipes the system partition and reinstalls the system. Since your additions (GAPPS, xposed framework) are also written on the system partition, you need to reinstall them after an update.
So the reason why you have to do this is because you decided to modifiy the system partition.
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Thanks for the quick reply @freibadschwimmer. So, if I understand your answer correctly, GAPPS are different from regular apps (which I haven’t had to reinstall, at least not most of them), because they go “deeper” into the system, i.e. modifying the system partition?
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Yes!
In that regard, that when you install an app, all files (from the app as well as your data) are stored on the /data partition (which remains untouched at an update). The Google framework (incl. play store), or xposed framework however needs to be integrated to the system (thus is stored on the /system partition), and serves as a basis for apps that you then can install on your data partition (all apps from the play store, also xposed modules like gravitybox).
Consequently when we reinstall the /system partition, we need to install these frameworks again.
However, it should not be necessary to reinstall any apps like Threema or GravityBox. For me it works when right after the update I flash the xposed framework and openGAPPS again. When I then boot into the System, everything works as before.
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I may have done things in the wrong order last time - i.e. tried Threema and GravityBox before flashing xposed and OpenGAPPS. Will try again with this update, maybe that’ll do the trick then and require a bit less time. Plus - I get a little more practice with this whole smartphone thing each time, so in general it should be getting a little quicker 
Hello everyone,
I updated today to 16.06. Unfortunately, I have a serious problem with this build: Normally, I have two accounts on the phone. After the installation of 16.06, I could no longer access the second account: logging in just led to a blank screen with a black background. The navigation bar just had the back button. May this be the setup wizard that is not displayed properly?
I did a complete reinstall - including one with fastboot - but the problem still exists. When I create a new secondary user (or a guest user) and I switch to it, I just get the black screen. I can log out by sending the phone into standby (just by pressing the on/out button) and then switch back to the main user. Sometimes, the navigation bar in the main user account has also the back button, but not the home and switch app button afterwards.
Have others also encountered this bug?
For me users still work fine with 16.06.
Have you made a (TWRP) backup before the update?
The only advice I have is reset (cache, data, hard reset) but without a backup your secondary user data will be lost.
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I have tried a reset (cache & data, not sure about hard reset). As for the backup, I have at least a Titanium Backup, but I should have made a TWRP one (my fault that I did not).
What does “hard reset” mean here?
It should be noted that my system was certainly not a typical configuration: Xposed was installed together with SuperSU for both users.
A hard reset erases all user data and apps and should get rid of all software issues.
Titanium is great but restoring data from user 2 will restore them to user 1 right?
Just out of curiosity: What is the benefit of SuperSU if the OS already comes with root access in the developer options?
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You are right, I have only made a backup for one user, and I do not know how to do one for two users with Titanium. Fortunately, I am only interested in restoring the data from the backed up user.
Well, SuperSU has a bit more options than the standard SU app of the FP2: You can grant root access only for a limited period of time. Moreover, you can also give the secondary users root access (I did not figure out how to do this with the standard SU app). However, I have also realized that only one of the users really needs su rights at the moment.