Update 1
I see a framerate/refresh rate bug that occasionally locks the framerate at a low value upon unlock. Fixing it requires a lock/unlock cycle.
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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Was the downgrade to USB-C 2.0 noticeable to you so far? As in, with the slower data transfer speed or lack of Display output?
It's the main reason why I ended up going with a Pixel 9 pro instead of Fairphone 6 when getting a new phone a few months ago
I haven't used my phone's USB port for anything but charging for at least over a decade so I hadn't even checked the port speed before or after buying.
Wait wtf. This kills transfer speeds to portable SSDs.
Lame-ass decision, welp, never considering a fairphone untill they start making better decisions.
What is the use-case for fast USB transfer to/from a smart phone?
Are you using your phone as a computing platform / data transfer device? Just honestly curious why this is a showstopper for you.
I back up my important images to an external SSD because I don't want to rely on cloud backup, plus I shuffle around quite a few audiobooks, game roms and ebook collections from time to time. Having faster speeds with that does add up.
I also use Desktop mode quite a lot (my previous phone was a Moto G100 so it had Moto Ready For) and now that a universal Desktop mode is announced for Android 16 I would be quite annoyed if I couldn't use it just due to hardware limitation. The current Desktop mode preview on GrapheneOS isn't 100% functional yet either, but at least I know that I will get it working eventually 😄
I use my phone as my main computer.
In fact, most people don't really have a desktop/laptop computer anymore, its just their one smartphone
Most people? Where do you live? Somewhere in the remote African hinterland? (No disrespect) I’m having a hard time thinking of someone I know who doesn’t have a computer.
How many people transfer files from a phone to a portable SSD? Not that many. That's also probably why the feature was cut in the first place.
Fun Fact: The FP5 (predecessor) has USB3 but it's effectively useless for file transfer as the internal storage has USB2 like speeds.
I do that regularly, with internal storage of 512 GB and higher, write speed to external devices is not unimportant at the very least.
Though with wifi 6 and higher you can get a decent throughput via ftp as well.
Ethernet over USB, too
And even just regular file transfers. I got used to passing files over KDE Connect because fucking WiFi is faster than the USB 2.0 on my phone.
Unfortunately, only works with the "Share" or "Send to" rather than file browser which for some reason caps out at 5MB/s.
I mean, you'll be able to upgrade the usb port later, but I get your issue.
USB 2 ? no way. My camera backups would take weeks on USB 2 speeds. Probably faster over local network
You do data transfer over USB? The only time I've connected the usb cable to transfer data is to mess around with adb.
Try LocalSend, its pretty amazing. There are several alternatives too if it isn't to your liking.
I do use it ! but never tried to benchmark it compared to usb. It just might be faster
The trick is to automate the transfer so that there is never that much to transfer. Transfer speed doesn't matter as much then.
Ah, I don't know how to do that. How would you go about it ?
I was speaking in general terms. Cloud storage is one solution. You photos are usually automatically uploaded. The most convenient solution for Android is probably Google Photos.
I use Syncthing, which can be setup on the Camera folder and only enabled when on wifi and power. Every night, my new photos are uploaded to a file server at home and then spread to all other devices.
Syncthing can also be setup to remove files from any device, just like how Dropbox and other such cloud storage services work. You can use this to keep the phone clean by moving the files out of the synced Camera folder on any other device. In my case, I also have a way larger Photos folder which will only sync to devices with more storage.
When the phone storage is staring to fill, I clean up/edit the new photos in the Camera folder - on a desktop computer - and then move them over.
Don't forget to also backup your files! If you make a mistake on one device, you may wipe the files on all devices 😱
I will look into Syncthing thank you. Yes I have twice-redundant backups for my work already so I will do the same for this. I need to take a weekend at some point to set this up. Cheers !!