I’m thinking of getting a fairphone in the future. I like that they are modular and last a while. Are they easily customizable to where I can flash a different ROM? Is the default configuration private?

  • dingdongitsabear
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    11 hours ago

    not to rain on your parade, but F5 is a downgrade from 7a in practically every aspect.

    I’m aware of the glued shut aspect and there are solutions for that nowadays. getting a SDM870 and better SoC for under $100 with tons of RAM and storage, for me is more than a worthwhile trade off.

    on the other hand, it’s perfectly understandable if you don’t want to dick around with all that and/or want to support Fairphone’s mission.

    • skarn@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 hours ago

      Hopefully his 7a doesn’t die tomorrow, and by then Fairphone has managed to put out Something that’s at least reasonably better than 7a.

      When I bought my Fairphone, I was simply too fed up with working around the intentional shittiness of the other companies.

      I prefer to deal with some technical limitations, than have to deal with intentional ones.

      I use Arch BTW.