Dear Community, Tonight, March 30, 2026, we will start to roll out a software update for the Fairphone 4. This will be a staged rollout, so you may not receive it right away. No matter what software version your FP4 is on at the moment, this update should be available for everyone, including Oran…

[image] Fairphone_CM: No matter what software version your FP4 is on at the moment, this update should be available for everyone, including Orange users. So after this update all Fairphone 4 users should be able to update to the same software version again. This means that Orange users can now a…

Hi @Fairphone_CM …except for those who volunteered their time for the beta program and are now left high and dry with an outdated version, apparently.

please clarify this in the beta group, this is nothing Lotte can influence.

After update reboot I had no sim connection. But it returned after next reboot (play services update). No other issues (yet). Background app killing doesn’t seem to be fixed, despite the fix in the recent update for fp5.

[image] voks: Background app killing doesn’t seem to be fixed, It was not included in this update for FP4.

This suggests one should even wait for the next update after this one?

Not sure exactly what you mean but I would say there is a reasonable reason to hope this will be included in future updates for FP4 :slightly_smiling_face:

I just meant that this seems to be a serious issue especially while multitasking. Thus the A13 to A15 shift with this update might then still be even one update too early since background killing has been reported as a severe issue with A15 for FP4 (no issue at all with A13).

I will never suggest not-updating unless someone has a very specific reason not to. For record I have hardly suffered from this apps killed in the background issue on my FP5.

Software Update: FP4.QREL.15.16.1.20260220155828 📲

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Meaghan April 1, 2026, 9:13am 18

It was not included in this update for FP4.

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