Hi ! I’m writing to ask about a “Special Update” that my Updater is asking me to install (see screenshot). I’m currently on 18.02.0. I see no mention of it here on the forum, so I’m hesitant to install. Screenshot of Updater [image] Thanks in advance! kaneda

I was just in the writing of the same topic. Glad I checked again first. :smiley: I’m seeing the same message and couldn’t find any official statement about this, can anyone shed some light on this update? Cheers Max

This is the random reboots fix Douwe mentioned here: [image] FP2 random reboots - see #rebootsguide for help Fairphone 2 Hey all, I wanted to share some information with you that we got this week. As you might have noticed, some owners of newer Fairphone 2 phones are exp…

Hi, thanks for the info. I thought that was already incorporated into the February update. But looking at the dates (6th of february for 18.02 and 8th of february for douwes post) that makes sense. I do remember installing the update after reading that post, though. Is there some source about the cu…

Here are the release notes for the special update: https://code.fairphone.com/contentx/2018-02-20_special_update.html

Thanks for the lightning fast responses! I installed it, it went very fast. No issues to report :slight_smile:

Oh, thanks, that’s what I was looking for. :slight_smile:

I installed the special update. now my battery drains verry quickly. (like 1% per second!)

Smooth intallation, working fine here.

If your battery is still draining so much, then I would advise you to apply the update again. See the app Updater if it is still possible to apply the update.

A higher drain immediately after an update can be normal in my experience.

Special Update post-18.02.0

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paulakreuzer February 20, 2018, 1:17pm 3

This is the random reboots fix Douwe mentioned here: