Good evening, I have a Fairphone 4 and did the update with Android 15 but I have a big problem with Quick step which us unstable. My screen does not stop to be on and off…Do you know how to solve this problem ? I can not use my phone anymore. Of course, I tried to restart many times…

After the requested latest update on Fairphone 4, the phone is not longer useable. After entering the screen password, it remains black, with short blinkings of the surface. It ask always to close Quickstep. The Fairphone support Chat made an advice, that was not useful. Please help.

Hello Fabian3, The same for me; no answer from Fairphone…The only new thing is that my phone proposes a new update since few days FP4.SREL.15.14.4 Release date: 06 January 2026 Android version: 15 ….But I won’t do it immediately. I am waiting to see if other French users (who are or have been o…

hello @sofba could you please specify on which build are you currently on?

Hello @Meaghan , I am on : FP4.QREL.15.14.3 . I did not change since October 2025, period when I encountered big problems with Quickstep launcher.

Thanks for clarifying. My assumption is you were not identified as an Orange user cause you used the Lebara network and that is why the Android 15 update was offered to you. Other Orange users were offered this update FP4.TP32.C.0144 and stayed on Android 13. To be honest I don’t know what to adv…

[image] sofba: my phone proposes a new update since few days FP4.SREL.15.14.4 The “OMG an Orange user!” detection is spotty, I was initially offered the A15 update too, and only my mistrust saved me (or rather my phone). I’d suggest to avoid installing it, since apparently (AFAIK, judging f…

[image] KurtF: Better stay safe and on A13… The OP is already on A15…

It’s not only about being on Orange network. It’s about phones that have been on it, even if they aren’t today. My wife’s phone was inialy used on Orange Network, mine wasn’t. We are now both on another network. Hers is touched by the bug, not mine.

[image] Meaghan: The OP is already on A15… I stand corrected. :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

FP4 Quickstep keeps stopping after A15 upgrade

Help Fairphone 4

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Just a reminder in particular for Orange subscribers to keep an eye on these two threads:

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