FP2 with Lineage 18.1. /w MicroG Crashes

Help Fairphone 2
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Hey,

after installing Lineage 18.1 with MicroG at some point my phone was crashing all the time, oftentimes being stuck in bootloops.

I used the lineage recovery to try from anew, after which it functioned better especially, I think, as I turned off any running in the background options for certain apps.

Then however the problem returned. Not exactly as bad, but quite so. Without having a real reason I since use the phone with both SIM cards detached, and more or less it looks to cope much better. The downside of it being, that I can’t do phonecalls or use mobile data anymore.

I wanted to ask if this sounds familiar anyone and if anybody knows the reason or how to fix it-
Is the FP2 just too old for 18.1?

Regards

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Recently I switched off some background messages which seems to also have helped. Currently the phone seems to be a bit less prone to crash. However I only use it occasionally.

Isn’t there anybody with similar experiences with FP2 and Lineage 18.1 with MicroG? I talked to a friend lately who had very much the same problems.

I’m wondering whether this will improve with a new update of 18.1.
That said I think I saw Lineage 19. Could it possibly have less problems like this even if it’s newer and the phone grows older with each new version?

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I’ve installed LineageOS for microG 18.1 for not quite two weeks on my FP2 now and have no problems at all.

You used the official LineageOS installation guide?

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Hi,

I’m not sure, but this time I think I applied the update through the recovery. Whereas when I first installed lineage I did it with adb sideload.

Do you think this can cause the problems?

As the phone is unusable now, I might try this with 19.1.

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