Yes, I see that
Hi, I would try the following workarounds
- I would save the pictures on internal storage and manually move from time to time to SD
- Install another Galerie instead of Google Fotos, like e.g. Simple Gallery
What SD card are you using and how old is it?
Hello from Los Angeles California USA I am looking for a FP2 main board at minimum. The main board does not need to be functional. If you happen to have a fully functional FP2 phone, I would gladly consider that as an option as well. Payment via PayPal. Thank you.
Thank you, i will explore those options
I am using a new SanDisk card.
Despite @yvmuell 's ideas on using the SD card I would be very reluctant to format it as internal, please read this if you havenāt already done so. All the best.
So far no SanDisk was listed as not compatible in the wikiš
As for getting phones to the US, I would take a look at Clove. If you donāt have a source in Eurpoe who can mail you the device, this would be a decent place to use to get it across the ocean. If you are in the US, I would suggest sticking with T-Mobile for a network. I use it here in the midwest US and itās worked well. Iāve also heard AT&T works, but canāt confirm that myself. Either way, avoid Verizon.
What are folks doing about AT&Tās planned shutdown of their 3G network in February '22 in the USA? Theyāve told me that my FP3 will no longer work on their network (a guy in the store said theyāre actually shutting down some 4G capability?), so they sent me a replacement phone and sent a message this week that theyāll be deactivating my current phone (my FP3) next week. Until now, Iāve had no trouble on AT&T. Iām trying T-Mobile, voice and text work fine but I canāt get data to turn on. Anyone having any luck with either AT&T or T-Mobile going forward?
@andrinor and @strongthany Iāve allowed myself to move your posts here as I think itās a better place to exchange first-hand user experience in the USA.
And welcome to the Fairphone Community Forum
Thanks for all people are sharing, this all seems really important info as Iāve been wanting a Fairphone in the States for probably 7-10 years, whenever I first heard about itā¦
But @Andrinor , Iāll be anxiously awaiting any replies to you, as it seems like if AT&T isnāt allowing it and data isnāt working on T-Mobile, that options are pretty shotā¦
I just sent @Nell a message since she seemed to buy one recently, Nell are you having similar experiences to Andrinor?
To add one more Q here, and feel free to reply here @Nell since I asked you these Qās in a private message, but would love to hear from anyone else too:
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What network are people successfully using right now?
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What type of phone did you have before and do you need to really dial down your expectations of whatās possible when switching to Fairphone (particularly given Fairphone isnāt able to provide technical or other support in the US, if I understand right, though it would help if any particulars could be shared about what exactly they will and wonāt do)? Iāve mostly used iPhones in past and now, but Android a little (so of course that switch from an iPhone would be its own adjustment regardless, so not talking about that really).
Thanks for anything folks can share!
Just to mention, in case you did not read this. We might see the FP4 coming soon, which could have complete different frequencies also due to 5g, so probably its worths to wait a bit
Thanks! Any rough estimate as to when it should be out?
The only thing we all know for sure is that they will announce something in Septemberā¦
Iām more than a little sceptical as there is a new batch of FP3+ being prepared and Iām not sure they would release an FP4 whilst that is/has to be sold.
Unless of course itās supper dooper high flying around the moon and back that costs the earth.
I hope there is an FP4. I was wrong about Trump getting in, I was wrong about the UK leaving the EU, so what more could I get wrong, OH! everything
- Iām using AT&T successfully right now, but as noted above Iāve been told my phone will be deactivated next week. I suspect Iāll be able to argue out of that (they just want me to start using the replacement phone they mailed) but Iām fairly certain my FP3 will no longer work in February '22 when they shut down their 3G network. (I donāt understand why this would impact my FP3 since it works on 4Gā¦)
- My first smartphone was a Fairphone 1 which I used in Africa in 2013-2016. It was all Iād known and it was great. When I came back to the US, my FP1 worked for a few months, until AT&T shut down 2G in December 2016. I used AT&Tās free replacement and a couple other budget smartphones until I got an FP3 in 2020. In my experience Fairphones are by far the fastest and most reliable smartphones out there - but Iāve never used an iPhone or other high-end smartphone. I hate the bloatware that comes with AT&T branded phones.
While weāre here, @strongthany you noted on another thread āI can personally attest to T-mobile working for me.ā - can you share anything about how you got your data to work and what bands you might be running off of in your area? Iāve spent hours on tech support with T-Mobile trying to get my data to work, and theyāre now telling me (this is a verbatim quote) āyour phone uses Bands 2 and 4 and our network uses Bands 2 and 4 in your area, but your phone is still not compatible with our network.ā (This despite the fact that I was speaking with them via that āincompatibleā phoneā¦)
Hey there! Sorry for the slow reply, itās been quite the week for me. I will give you the bad news before I give you the good news.
The bad news is I have done nothing to get T-Mobile to work for me. I just slapped a SIM card in and it started working for me. This is was set up in the midwest United States and the furthest Iāve traveled with it was a flight to AZ, but even then it worked fine.
The good news is I would call myself fairly tech savvy, so I can try to collect some data on the bands my phone connects to! So far I have tried using Tower Collector but that wasnāt providing me the information I was hoping for, so I tried out CellMapper. I recorded some data from that but not sure if the information provided is of any use. Regardless I have shared it below. If you have anything else you need of me, apps you want me to use to record signals, or anything at all I can do to help, feel free to tag me again and Iāll be happy to assist!
Hi, ho,
Just to add quickly that I think that my data is working just fine. Due to the fact that I live in a low-signal area (coverage maps look at the corner where we live and despair), when Iām home, the data network reads Edge but it seems to be working. I live in rural northeastern Connecticut (Woodstock).
Hope that helps!
Some US operators (at least T-Mobile if Iām not mistaken) have marketed HSPA+ (the highest bandwidth 3G standard) as 4G. Maybe some phones sold through these operators display these networks as 4G as a marketing trick, but the FP2 and FP3(+) simply show H+ here.
I think youāre right - when I open up āAbout Phoneā in my FP3 settings and tap on āSIM status (sim slot 1)ā (where I have my AT&T sim card), under āMobile data network typeā it says HSPA+. Meanwhile tapping on ā(sim slot 2)ā (my T-Mobile card) under āMobile data network typeā it says āLTEā. (This despite the fact that I canāt get that data to work.) If my phone is only working on HSPA+ on AT&T and theyāre shutting down 3G that makes sense that it would impact my FP3 too.