Itās not the bricking that other users had, but it did require a hardware change. A factory reset didnāt help and they sent me a new FP4.
Version 15.16.1 just popped up via ja mobil / congstar 
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Yesterday, May 1st, the update appeared when searching for it. Installation went smooth, everything fine so far.
Still no sign of this update on EE UK! Itās available on O2 UK as my sister has it already. Very surprised itās still not available on the UKās leading network, and a previous Fairphone reseller (so, presumably the UK network with most Fairphone customers). I logged a ticket two weeks ago and got the auto-reply but nothing further from Fairphone yet.
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Deactivating O2 and activating Fraenk did not help.
Still the boot loop.
The green Fairphone Logo appears, transforms into a single line and the phone reboots several times. After several failed attempts, it falls back to Android 13.
Now I will try with both SIM cards disabled
I really need the update since my health insurance app stopped being supported on Android 13. And I would prefer having recent security updates.
Did not work with both SIMs deactivated, trying to update via Wifi.
Last successful update was October 25.
P.S.: Iāll try now a single SIM (Fraenk with 02 deactivated), download/install via mobile data and without Wifi (Wifi off)
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Would you kindly stop mixing issues? I guess this happens with the older update?
Sorry, I got confused.
I get only update 15.14.3 offered which always fails.
But I understood it in that way, that 15.16.1 is offered independently from what was running as a fix to be able to update to Android 15?
Iām not sure if 15.14.3 is the prerequisite to 15.16.1?
I thought 15.16.1 would be the patch to make the android 15 update work.
But 15.16.1 is never advertised/offered.
Try again with the O2 card. Put it in, register, reboot and then search manually for an update.
I just deactivated it via software, rebooted, tried it with Fraenk, deactivated Frank and rebooted again.
What I havenāt tried is to physically take the 02 card out.
Fraenk is an esim.
So I will try to take the 02 card out physically
Thanks
O2 is one of the providers which offer updates fast. fraenk uses the network of Telekom or Vodafone, both known to delay updates. Thatās why I suggested O2. It is also known that O2 provides the current update 15.16.1 .
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Yeah, tried it again, taking 02 Sim out, deactivated Fraenk, reboot, tried without Sim.
Search fĆ¼r updates, find only 15.14.3, which fails, put SIM in, Fraenk still deactivated, reboot, still only getting 15.14.3 offered.
Chatted with support, but the bot couldnāt help, will write a mail then to open a ticket.
I finally chose the hard way sacrificing some data, unlocking the bootloader and installed 15.16.1 manually. That seems to have worked. Thank you for your patience 
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Are there still people waiting on this update, or just me?! Iām on EE UK, who I bought my FP4 from in 2022, but they no longer supply them but Iām sure thereās still a good lot of us using our FP4s on their network. I see others are on SPUSU, a MVNO using EE, but itās not available yet via EE itself by the looks of it. Iāve logged a ticket on this over two weeks ago too, but no reply from FP and Iāve tried to contact @Fairphone_CM directly but heard nothing further.
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hi, just to get a full picture - have you managed to reach to EE UK as well?
Hi Meaghan not yet. I was hoping FP would be able to advise me before I contact EE.
Hi
thanks for the reply. I believe the update is put on hold in a tricky coniguration of factors between your provider and FP and the idea would be to put pressure on both of them.
Given that my phone was sent to repair and back while my query on that matter from 27/03 is still open I would not be expecting too much in terms of FP response at the moment, I am afraid.
Edited to add you could try reaching directly to FP via chat, it is said to accelerate things.
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Any updates on this? Iām also with Proximus and still no A15 update unfortunatelyā¦