Dear Fairphone community, Tonight, April 28, 2026, we are starting to roll out a software update for the Fairphone (Gen. 6): Software Version Information: Model: The Fairphone (Gen. 6) / FP6 OS Version: Android 16 Software Version: FP6.QREL.16.61.0.20260401182351 Build ID: FP6.QREL.16.6…

Welcome to the community. Are you using a vpn? I have recently noticed that this may cause blockages during updates.

thanks for the welcome, negative.

Well, it might be a dns problem. See here for example: [image] DNS over TLS/IPv6 issues- Apps don't load data over Wifi Fairphone 6 After the update I have issues with various apps that worked fine before. Is there any way to fix this? Some are totally unusab…

It’s “usable” because we have no other choice. Fairphone needs to understand that for most of us, we bought a (expensive) phone as a one-shot buy for many years. we don’t have the budget to change our phones, and therefore, are trapped with using them despite unbelievably annoying bugs and various…

[image] lamnatheshark: So no, a phone which has a touch screen failing almost ten times a day is not usable. For you its not usable [image] Software Update: FP6.QREL.16.61.0.20260401182351 mobile_phone_with_arrow The Products For me the FP6 is usable, s…

Since this update I haven’t been able to use the switch button. The button doesn’t work at all. When I try to open the app with settings - apps it flickrs and then noting. I already searched the forum, deleted cache and storage, restart in safe mode (didn’t work there either), rebooted after this, …

[image] 1971inge: I use NOVA launcher. That’s useful to know. Problems might be caused because Moments is in itself a sort of launcher. You might do well to read around a bit, for example with this search .

Unfortunately I cannot install update. 16.61.0. It starts but when progress bar is about 60% I get the message “couldn’t update” In red the message Installation problem. Since android 16 my Fairphone 6 is very unstable, several apps work unpredictable. More people facing this issue?

[image] Hns: several apps work unpredictable. What does that mean exactly? Did you try with mobile data instead of wifi to update?

Experimental features not working Linux terminal not getting installed I receive errors when attempting to install Linux environment [Screenshot_20260516-173816] [Screenshot_20260516-173936] [Screenshot_20260516-173839]

Software Update: FP6.QREL.16.61.0.20260401182351 📲

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yvmuell May 16, 2026, 5:48pm 50

As mentioned above thats a known issue with wifi

Do you use anything blocking internet, vpn…