A new software update is available for Fairphone 4 users.
Software Version: FP4.FP3T.A.0107.20220316
Security Patch Level: 5th of March, 2022
List of changes:
Addressed an issue that was causing, under certain conditions, the microphone to record with a lower volume than normal using third-party apps.
Addressed an issue that was causing pictures taken in 48MP mode to be overexposed, in certain conditions.
The âTCO Certifiedâ logo has been added to the boot-up screen.
Addressed multiple minor issues that were causing, in rare conditions, certain apps/services of the device to crash or to be unresponsive.
The update size is 89.27 MB for those who update from the latest software version.
Please note:
Together with our partners, we test the software before its release, and in some instances where a software update might result in some problems for users on a specific network or in a specific country, we prefer to delay the software release for that specific customer base and fix all the potential issues before making the software available to everyone.
That means that depending on your network provider, some Fairphone 4 users may receive this update later. Once the update is available youâll receive a push notification to automatically update.
@formerFP.Com.Manager Roaming and Wifi-Calling was again disabled after installing this update and the preferred network type was also switched back to the default, like on every update before.
You can try flashing it using âApply update from ADBâ in the Fairphone Recovery.
Iâve tried that before and it didnât work, but itâs been a while and the phone was in a weird messed up state at that point after flashing all those boot.imgs
Maybe youâll have better luck with your fresh stock install
I mostly collect those ota.zips just for fun and to have a look at the content, still waiting for a payload dumper that can actually produce usable partitions from a delta ota thoughâŚ
I just tried that for the sake of experimentation - after restoring non patched boot image ofc - and it failed.
Luckily it didnât prevent me from booting back so thereâs that.
A bit disappointing that you had to rely on the OS update feature knowing how unreliable it can be depending on country/carrier/settings-messed-with.
I wonder if there are full build package somewhere to download in the form of a zip, that I could tried to flash on top of mine ?
Yes it was, but doesnât seem it can be flashedâŚ
I had literally just noticed the low-volume-mike thing in WhatsApp voice calls (I canât use normal voice calling at all because I have no mobile coverage in my study and iD Mobile hasnât enabled WiFi calling for any Fairphones at all ever). The update appeared and fixed it five minutes later.
However youâre doing this psychic precognitive debugging, I wish I could do it too
Unfortunately I havenât received it yet. My network is Medion in Germany, Iâve heard that they block updates sometimes. Any idea why? Can it be fixed?
Hi and welcome to the forum.
You clearly should ask Medion.
However OTA updates are sent from Fairphone to all major providers for testing first, so if a provider is not happy it does not get pushed to the end users.
the first update caused the wifi and the 4g to work poorly, I did different tests with my provider and it had nothing to do with the sim card or with the state of the network on the side of the operator, then there is the fairphone update just before the last update and the problem had been solved, but since the last fairphone update, all the network problems have returned. how can i go back to the previous update?
I think its more that way, but dont have any proof to confirm this
when OEM release an update, they will push it to the carrier first to be approved. once thatâs done, all the phones in that carrier will be notified of an update directly from OEM, not from carrier. so a sim card is not required