Hi all,

I’ve had a 3a for some years now, and I like almost everything about the phone (though I sincerely wish they’d used more durable glass, holy canoli). However, the battery has started to fail, and I was wondering if it’s worth replacing? It would cost about 80 USD to have it professionally replaced.

I know the device is no longer supported by Google, but I was thinking of running GrapheneOS instead of Android, anyway.

Any thoughts or insights? I’m far from a genius when it comes to cell phones, so I’d appreciate anything you have to say.

Thanks!

  • PrivateOnions@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    GrapheneOS does not support end of life devices, which I believe the Pixel 3 is. I would suggest you get a new Pixel regardless of if you install GrapheneOS or not because of security updates. Luckily the Pixel 7 has a promised 5 years of security updates.