Hi, since this seems to be the big thread for the update, I’d like to add another. I’m in Italy and my German SIM card struggled to log into the correct network for mobile internet, even on Android 12. Prior to the update I could manually pick the network and switch to the correct one. Now on 13 it just tells me there’s no connection possible on either of the available networks. It also used to tell me if the network is either 2G or 4G, nor they are all displayed the same. Look…
I also updated to Android 13 yesterday and everything seems more or less fine except the wifi connection.
It disconnects and reconnects every few seconds.
I use a Fritzbox router with a WPA2+WPA3 2.4 GHz wifi.
Changed between WPA/WPA2/WPA3 but no success.
My two notebooks with MX Linux and one OpenWRT router got the same problem.
I made the wifi on the notebooks more reliable with manual connection settings and some time later fixed it with a kernel update.
I found another bug.
You can’t hear the ‘beep’ tone when you call someone.
Ok the wifi issue is not really a wifi issue…
I got the same problem with my usb-c lan adapter which worked before.
Now the lan connection drops every second.
I also use Wireguard to connect my Fairphone to my home network which provides ad blocking and dns resolving through Adguard Home and Unbound.
This still works.
Yep.
I can use wpa + wpa2 or wpa2 only or wpa2 + wpa3.
I tested all of them.
But like I said, it’s the same with lan.
Doesn’t matter if wifi or wired lan.
I don’t have a lot of the other issues mentioned in the thread but I have found myself with a phone that will mysteriously crash in landscape mode. To fix it I’ve turned off autorotation. Anyone else experience it?
PS - haven’t quite noticed the fingerprint issues but I’ve trained myself to not really depend on the sensor anyway
I got the update yesterday. Mostly, it runs fine, except for a few problems.
As someone else, I can’t cast my screen anymore. It causes the phone to “half reboot”: no shutting down, but the starting animation. I have to unlock the phone with the pass, and can’t use my finger, just like a first login after reboot. But I don’t have to enter my PIN code, the sim stays connected.
The phone takes a long time to ask for the PIN code. I think it’s Android who delays it so that it can start the phone faster. So, the phone starts, I log in. A moment pass, like 5 - 10 seconds, and it asks for the PIN. When I enter it, I get disconnected and must log in again. More problematic, the messages app may start before the sim is connected. There isn’t any problem with SMS/MMS. But for RCS, the app thinks there is no compatible SIM. The only solution is to force stop the app and re-open it, so it will re-detect the SIM card.
And last, and not the most important, I got some issues with the auto-luminosity. Sometimes, it just keep going up and down until I move to someplace else. In these moments, luminosity isn’t changing smoothly, instead it’s going by little steps, which feels a little bit like flickering.
If this is of any importance, I live in France, and using french sim and wifi. My phone operator is Orange, and my internet provider is SFR.
i am consernd about updating my phone. for some reason i am unable to make a backup of my signal chats. i guess because i installed it with f-droid or aptoide, i cant remember. and instead of creating a new topic i may ask here, will my chats will be gone after the update to android 13? i remember that all my pictures where gone after i upgraded to android 11.
so i am asking everyone, was something gone or different after upgrading?
The network issue wasn’t the Fairphones or Fritzboxs fault.
Also WPA3 + WPA2 works flawlessly.
It’s basically a feature.
Google removed the option to stay connected to a network without internet access.
Also Google sends some dns request while ignoring the vpn tunnel.
Now if you, like me, block tcp port 53 for outside connections, Android has no chance to reach 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4.
Doing this prevents Google from collecting data about you and your smartphone.
In Android 13 Google forces this now and I got no idea how to work around this.
Also for those who use a VPN.
Don’t block non VPN connections or better exclude Googles services from it or you also will get a nonstop dropping network connection.