Hi all, thanks for reading this post! I’ve been using my Fairphone6 a couple of days now. I love the idea of fairphone in general and besides from a few minor inconveniences I am generally satisfied with it’s performance. Except: I’ve noticed the vibration is exceptionally bad. I put all settings on max for haptics and vibration, and although this provides somewhat adequate haptic feedback whilst typing for example, the level of vibrations are absolutely insufficient to pick up when I’m getting a call whilst the phone is in my pocket. Even when it’s in my back pocket without the case and whilst pressing on it with my hands, I still cannot feel any vibrations on my but whatsoever. I can barely even feel it with the hand I’m pressing it with. Is this normal? I’m working in a shared office space so having a functional vibration mode on my phone is essential, especially since I’m planning to use the phone as long as it will last.
Welcome to the forum!
I don’t know whether it matters if you are on Fairphone stock Android or on e/OS, but perhaps you could check this:
For me it’s weak too unfortunately 
I like a strong feedback while typing but it is just not there.
This is indeed normal, for a Fairphone. Best is to complain to FP support. Then maybe the next FP will have a better vibration motor. Do realize that such an upgrade in the next model will mean a higher price. It does not come for free. And Fairphones are already expensive. They likely made this decision for a cheaper motor to compete better, price wise.
THANK YOU!
That worked for me.
No I feel there is definitely a software bug here and it weirdly seems to apply possibly(?) most of all to the top power setting in the vibration settings
- When still in the settings menu having just set notifications vibration to top power, send myself a test WhatsApp from another phone. Received fairly strong vibration notification.
- Switch to another app, lock and unlock and send the message again (not sure the exact trigger here I think the act of unlocking) and the vibration is now very weak
- Likewise with the Call vibration it’s much stronger when immediately having set it but then powers down after lock and unlock or something trigger
- Using notifications one down from Max is then in practice stronger than maximum I think(?) but still exhibits the dropping power
Submitted a report to Customer Services including a link to this thread
I have no vibration at all, only i feel a bit when typing. I havd FP6 for a week now and before there was an update it works i think….. not very sure.
But for sure its a softwaee fault: when restarting there is “good vibrations”
I have the same issue. Had there been any response from the support team?
Yep. Vibration is definitely more discreet than FP3, my last one.
It helps to go to Settings > Accessibility (all the way down) > Vibration and Haptics, and set the vibration for the thing you want to be higher than it is currently (I think it’s on a scale to 3 and default is 2).
It still not very strong, but it’s better.
Just a first reply to do basic checks and such to which I replied a week ago
@koumilak can yours reproduce mine that turning it to the top one seems better momentarily but if you receive notifications it actually drops down in power once you leave the menu
Me too, i like strong typing feedback. Its there if you contact the phone with a table for resonance. I think the feeback signal is too short !!!
Me too,
I started with a new FP6 and on installation it was updated to 15.148.0, so I have no compare.
Today I set notification only to vibration and wonder that I noted nothing in my pocket. As I looked later on my phone there are notifications.
So I play with the settings. I put all settings to max., giving me a very short and weak response. Then a tried calling to my phone in vibration mode. That is very, very weak.
So I think, is this so by default or a software bug or a hardware defect? Redirection vibration is turned off.
This does seem to work! Although it is still quite weak unfortunately
I have never had any issues with the vibration on a phone before, but the vibration in the Fairphone 6 (my first Fairphone) seems to be low quality. I don’t have any issues with the strength, it’s more the quality of it. The vibration doesn’t give you that nice vibrate-y feedback, instead it just seems to tickle you in the most annoying way possible. I really don’t know how to explain it.
It just sound bad and feel even worse. I really hate the tickling sensation it gives me, to the point where I just don’t use it. I have never had to change the vibration on a phone before.
I turned haptics on after reading this thread:)
I certainly wouldn’t want it any stronger then max, but understand some like it.
I came from an older Android version that had the 3 bottom buttons, triangle, circle and square, on as standard/only option.
Really couldn’t like the fussy swipe to go back and even fussier drag up and sideways to get to swap or clear running apps etc
Very happy to have found the setting to run on the 3 buttons!
I think there is a bug where the Media Vibration setting overrides the other e.g. Notification vibration settings when NOT within that setting menu.
Turn the Media vibration to max in the haptics / vibration settings menu, and the notification to Max too, send yourself some test notifications from another phone both whilst still in that menu then after browsing away. For me it works.
But when I had turned down Media vibration as I didn’t want that too strong, the notification vibration seems initially normal but when moving away from the settings the vibration strength drops to much much less, in line with the Media setting.
I was sent a new phone by customer services and it worked initially then when I changed some settings around it recurred, retracing my steps found this out