Fp4 – multiple issues following update to android 15.14.3

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this started as a journey along/through issues i’d sought assistance with but might now be better in a different section? but also can’t seem to delete the post itself

device: fairphone 4
previous os: android 13
current build: android 15.14.3
keyboard: florisboard 0.5.1

summary

after updating from android 13 to 15.14.3, several system-level malfunctions appeared involving navigation controls, audio output, keyboard input, and the sound-settings overlay.

issues observed

  1. recents button (bottom navigation)

button press registers (vibration + colour shift) but performs no action.

neither tapping nor holding opens the app overview or contextual commands.

resolved itself after numerous restarts.

  1. audio output failure

complete loss of audio through both main and earpiece speakers immediately after update.

microphone continued to function normally (callers could hear clearly).

all volume levels verified high.

sound returned after numerous restarts.

  1. swipe typing malfunction

swipe input stopped responding shortly after other functions recovered.

started once previous issues resolved

resolved without clear cause (restarting did not influence it).

possibly related to florisboard 0.5.1.

  1. volume-menu overlay behaviour

while investigating the no-sound issue, noticed the volume-menu anomaly:

pressing the side volume buttons and then the three dots (bottom of the mini overlay) brings up the full volume menu.

instead of displaying all five adjustable volume levels, only the most recently changed level is shown with an arrow to expand.

tapping to expand briefly shows all five levels, then instantly collapses back to one.

captured a screen recording demonstrating the issue, though the file format isn’t supported for upload here, the supported formats i recognize are not for video

that recording did capture the music audio track that was otherwise inaudible through speakers, suggesting the problem may occur after the software audio processing stage (e.g., at speaker or output)

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Same with my Phone, Especialy the frozen keyboard is realy annoying. Wonder if that was not testet before ? Anyhow hoping for a quick fix on this issue.

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thank you for posting

been meaning top update this, thankfully it’s all been almost entirely without issue since those problems.

there was a few short bursts of the recents button no longer working; a restart would always fix it but during those bursts it’d happen every 30m or so, got a bit frustrating. but that hasn’t happened for awhile

only other barely noticeable thing is that there’s a small ‘spot’ in the notification bar that won’t go away. always directly between first and second notification, regardless of what those are. disappears when notifications disappear, but overall is almost always there.

only a very mild thing but very persistent

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This has already been reported during beta. No fix yet.

This behavior is app-dependent. Maybe some A15 compatibility issue. If you stop playback, the menu expands properly. Playback via PocketCasts doesn’t have this problem. Playback with Audioteka is affected.

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Also reported during beta. No fix yet.

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Do you use the default launcher (Quickstep)?

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(can’t figure out how to ‘quote’ people’s comments like that; and also so far every time i’ve pressed the curving arrow which gives the impression of a ‘reply to this comment specifically’ purpose, but i can see scarce indication that it’s anything but a generic comment in the thread that doesn’t actually refer to anything,

but for the sake of this thread i’m responding to penci1’s remarks chronologically)

many things have happened in life between now and that experience so i’m not certain but 90% sure at the time it would also happen without any playback at all, and slightly less confident that i’d also tried without any app active.

never used either of those programs so no issues/non issues to speak of with them specifically.

i do clearly recall it happened during use of firefox nightly

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nova is the default launcher here

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obrazek

Just select text and tap Quote.

Ok, you might also reach out to Nova launch developers to try figuring out if their implementation for A15 is correct. The default launcher doesn’t have this problem. But I’ve seen other people reporting the same issue you saw.

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just fyi, it seems that Nova is no longer dev supported

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all of this is very valuable info. thank you both, fam

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I read that, too, Anyway, I received several beta updates in the past weeks.

And I do not have any issues with Nova on A15, BTW.

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never had any issues with your ‘recent apps’ button? (to switch apps or for other contextual commands)

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No, I use the gesture navigation. That works fine for me for years, now

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