No info on the release page or the forum, but today the phone ask me to install 6.A.025.0.
I’ll wait for more intel before updating, as we know that sometimes updates can lead to breaking previous improvements of normal behaviour.
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Hi, 6.A.025.0 is just a security update (5 of february). Nothing more. (I’m a beta tester, I received this update a few weeks ago, everything’s fine)
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Thank you, just checked and it was available for Vodafone Germany too. Installation went flawlessly, let’s see what was changed beside the patch level.
Sure that nothing was changed? Looks like the automatic screen brightness adjustment works with a lower changing rate now, it was a little bit erratic how it behaved before.
Release notes are up now.
Fairphone OS version 025.0
Release date: 26th Feb 2024
Android version: 13
Software Version: 6.A.025.0
Security Patch Level: 5th Feb 2023Changes
- Updated security patch level
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I think they fix something with the bluetooth as well, now I can connect to external speakers again (after Android 13 update, I have always had problems). More than once I had the impression that, even when the update is only a security update, they fix some other elements as well.
Thank you @Sideness for your feedback and @urs_lesse for the notes
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Hmmm… I definitely have a battery discharge issue since the update 
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Overnight my phone lost 45% battery and went off, while usually it probably loose 5% max battery overnight.
I noticed the battery drain these days, but now I am sure of it
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Hi there, I still haven’t received this software update on my FP3. I am living in the Netherlands, and I’m on Simyo-NL. Is it usual that the rollout takes that long?
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The same here. My FP3+ is still on build 6.A.023.1. Usually I get these updates right away, but not this time. I’m on KPN-NL.
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Hello @King-brioche. I did not thought that it could be caused by the update, but I feel that my phone is discharching quicker since the update indeed. I cannot verify that. Did you reported your concerns to support?
Nope as I did not know about the support, but I recommend to perform the same actions as I did. At least I can tell it worked for me 
Hello Jan5, I have solved my problem by unlocking the bootloader, which I think basically means that you perform a factory reset. After that, my smartphone found both the most recent updates by itself. Before performing the factory reset, you should make a backup of all your apps, fotos, mails etc. because they get erased when you perform a factory reset.
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Unlocking the bootloader basically means you unlock the bootloader, after which you are able to boot or install alternative software, for better or worse. This has security implications, of course.
The procedure therefore forces a factory reset for security reasons, as will locking the bootloader again if you choose to do so.
A factory reset can be done without unlocking or locking the bootloader …
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That is absolutely right, and that’s why I would advise to do a factory reset without unlocking or locking the bootloader. I unlocked the bootloader because I didn’t know that my Fairphone would find the updates after only performing a factory reset without unlocking the bootloader. I was in contact with Fairphone, but they didn’t give me this advice. Therefore I thought that I had to install the updates manually, which implies that you have to unlock the bootloader. In hindsight I would have gotten a solution much more easy.
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Hi Bertholdowitsch,
Thanks for the tip but my update problem cleared without any action from me.
I finally received an FP3/FP3+ update on May 27. First update 6.A.025.0 directly followed by 6.A.028.1. Apparently they are not cumulative.
So KPN-NL still supports the FP3, but they take there time validating these updates for their network.
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Hi Jan5,
good to hear that no action from your side was required: I have been busy for 2 hours to get there. I have read elsewhere that it happened last year that someone with a Fairphone got two updates on the same day half a year after the last update. I think that that is not acceptable: especially if you use apps which include vulnerable informations. If Fairphone can’t deliver updates on time, they shouldn’t make the promise of keeping the stuff up to date, but say instead: ‘Your Fairphone has reached the end of life: buy a new one.’ I have called with Simyo, and they said that they cannot do anything about it: its up to Fairphone.
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