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Fairphone 5 app switcher fix

tl;dr: Turn of Desktop mode in Settings -> Display -> Desktop mode

Putting this here in case the forum gets cleaned or closes or who knows what. Quick one here for you Fairphone 5 users.

A while ago I wrote about my experience with the Fairphone 5 and that it was “Meh” at best due to some pretty annoying software issues.

Here is a link to that previous post.

Updates did not fix the issue since then, but an observant user on the Fairphone forum noticed when his phone started acting up. It has something to do with the “Desktop mode” that can be enabled via Settings -> Display -> Desktop mode.

6 Months with the Fairphone 5

Somewhere in December of 2023 I got my Fairphone 5 delivered. I was using an iPhone 12 mini at the time that was suffering from a pretty degraded battery and was in need of something else. That iPhone was my first one and also my last, the lack of customization on iOS was also getting a bit of an annoyance so the choice for Android was not a difficult one.