FP2 after update open source OS - no browser any more

[AMayer]

Update went easy and everything is fine, only the browser (Firefox klar) has disappeared.
Has anyone an advice, which browser to use?
Thanks!

[Incanus]

Is the browser really gone or just the shortcut disappeared from the screen?
Can you still find it in the app drawer? The symbol in the middle of the status line.

[Germo]

Bij mijn update waren alle programma iconen verdwenen.
Mijn Brave-browser & Firefox waren allebei onwerkbaar: 2 x scrollen en dan liep het vast.
DuckDuckgo browser bleef het bij mij wel goed doen

[Ingo]

The official open os update page says

Drop Firefox Klar, because it is no longer updated by F-Droid. Use the preloaded F-Droid store to install a browser of your choice.

https://code.fairphone.com/contentx/2021-05-03_fairphone-open-21.03.0_release.html

As Firefox is not on F-Droid, the equivalent would be Fennec I think: Fennec F-Droid | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Some background: Why is the normal Firefox not available in F-Droid? - F-Droid Forum

[DeepSea]

You may user Firefox for Android

Get the mobile browser built for you, not advertisers | Firefox

and download FFUpdater from F-Droid

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.marmaro.krt.ffupdater/

It works well on LineageOS, too…

[irobrh]

I have managed, with some difficulty, to install Open OS on a Fairphone 2, and also F-Droid. But lacking any technical competence, I cannot see how to install a browser. Advice please!

[AnotherElk]

Welcome to the community forum.

F-Droid is an App store for Open Source software. Just search “browser” there .

Ok, that doesn’t find everything there is … If you want to have something like Firefox, there’s Fennec F-Droid (which I use myself) … https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/

[Ingo]

Hi and welcome to the forum @irobrh

I’ve moved your post here, just have a look at the previous answers for some recommendations.

[irobrh]

Many thanks – but I can’t see how to access the internet at all from the phone, and I can’t see a search function on F-Droid

[irobrh]

… or can I install it via my computer?

[TheLastProject]

The search button is the green button in the bottom right with the white magnifying glass in it.

[irobrh]

Many thanks Sylvia, that worked! I had to scroll through a couple of hundred apps, but eventually found Fennec. They might make things a little easier…