At least for the adblocker: Blokada seems to work really fine for now (there is a small notification all the time), and does not require root. I think it even works better than “MinMinGuard” and “Adblocker Reborn” (?) I’ve used before that on my old phone (which requires Root AND Xposed).
If there was a hardware problem, I would still claim my warranty even if it is rooted (you can backup your data and un-root it then). I assume “no warranty for software related issues then, because it is not officially supported”.
I also use Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin, like in the desktop version. There is also an add-on for keeping youtube playing (in the browser) when the screen is off).
Dial *#*#66#*#* in the same way you are entering a phone number to make a phone call. Once the last character is introduced, the Service Menu appears showing you three sub-menus.
Select Service tests > Test Single > FlashLED Test
Test the LED lights.
You can see that the leds are blinking in all kind of colours. So there is nothing “broken”, in my opinion.
the test passes … as the status-led can show different colors (red/green/blue/off).
BUT it is still broken - because when a message comes in, the status-led ignores that…
its no HW-failure, but a Software-bug/failure…
Correct - it’s not a hardware issue. It is a software issue. The issue however is whether this is a ‘bug’ or whether it is a feature that has not been implemented. There are conflicting reports as seen above from support on this. The hope (my hope) is that the software team will implement this functionality in a future update. That said, I am rather enjoying my phone not blinking at me all the time!
Today I saw a short conversation that sounded as if it becoming normal that smartphone don’t indicate notifications with a blinking LED (German only, sorry).
[…] LED notification for Fairphone 3 is only dedicated to charging statuses. It is unfortunately not a feature to assign LED colors to notifications or other statuses. […]
This is so frustrating.
Could anyone who is concerned about this issue please make sure to let FP know?
I just noticed the problem too and it’s pretty annoying. Got my phone just a few days ago and miss this feature a lot.
And honestly I wonder what kind of business decision lead to this. All previous Fairphones had that feature and if user don’t want it it’s easy to build in the option to disable it. But why do that for all users? So I really hope the next update brings us this feature.
I find it silly that manufacuters don’t at least optionally allow rooting. It so limiting for everyone who wants to improve their own device or who has not yet given up on privacy.
Indeed. And I can’t believe the LED for notifications is missing on purpose. That would be insane. The LEDs are important for people who can’t hear, or don’t like, or don’t want to make sounds.
My guess is that they simply did not have the resources to develop that feature (yet). You don’t need root if it’s implemented correctly. We just need it if we want to develop our own solution until Fairphone gets it done.
and they fixed it.
So in its preferences I’ve activated LED notifications. I even changed the color from blue to red, as you can see on the 2 screenshots on Flickr.