Looks like we are getting Android 15 for the FP5 https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/18682800465169-Fairphone-5-Release-Notes FP5.VT28.C.042 Release date: 21 July 2025 Android version: 15 Security patch level: June 2025 Changes: The Fairphone 5 is getting an upgrade to Android 15! …

You can manually put a search bar widget on your home screen to get it back.

[image] sjskrit: You can now remove the search bar from your homescreen to get additional space to place icons This is the one feature I’ve been waiting for for 14 versions. :slight_smile:

Came for a quick word of appreciation. Thanks for the update, the removable search bar in the default launcher and the quick release for my provider are nice, good job.

That’s hard luck. I suggest you try the following: Remove the battery. Wait 5 minutes. Put the battery back in (but don’t replace the back cover right away). Try again to turn the phone on. If necessary repeat “several” times (unfortunately I haven’t found where Android documentation stipulates…

[image] urs_lesse: Day and date are shown now where the search bar was – this disappears after deactivating the Search bar in settings I got rid of the search bar sometime ago by replacing it with the day and date thing. Am I right to assume I can get rid of that as well with A15? I can’t fin…

Yes. Just go to Settings > Display > Search bar and reboot.

@Meaghan @Nabalazs apologies for this. I’ve just double-checked with our department, and it was a mistake in the system that didn’t remove that sentence from the release notes. The release is the correct one for everyone, so you can update safely. We’ve fixed the mention of the incorrect sentence. …

The update went smoothly for me, but despite several attempts I couldn’t get removing the search bar function working. Could someone show me a screen capture on how the end result should look like? I have previously disabled Google and Chrome apps to force remove the search bar, but it gets replace…

Thanks so much! @CyclingEngineer try this solution [Screenshot_20250724-111843]

[image] CyclingEngineer: I tried enabling the apps again and updating them but it didn’t help, after multiple switches back and forth between removing the search bar and getting it back, the search bar didn’t show any signs of disappearing Please read above, my post is only two above yours. …

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