I've been waiting patiently for the FP5 with /e/os to get back in stock (the one with more RAM and storage) and I just got the notification email a couple hours ago that it finally is! However when I tried to check out my cart and enter my address, for some reason my country (Cyprus) was not on the list of available countries. I looked into it a bit further and on the fairphone site they have this:
Lithium-Ion batteries are bound to shipping restrictions as they are regarded as dangerous goods, so we are unable to transport them via air freight. This limits us from certain island destinations. We also avoid air freight entirely for our European deliveries to reduce our carbon impact.
Ok, it might be the case and their hands are tied and they cant do anything about it. But looking on Cyprus' postal service site they have a section dedicated to prohibited items which is as follows:
I consider to switch to Fairphone from iPhone, what should I need to know? Is it possible to get it work without Google account? Or is it better to switch to another operating system as well?
I've been checking the page linked above every day hoping the bigger spec version of the FP5 (more ram+storage) with /e/os preinstalled will be back in stock, but for the past month or month and a half its remained out of stock.
I would like to make the switch as soon as possible, but I'm not sure when it will be back in stock. Just so I have a complete and well-informed picture of my options, would it be possible to have a tl;dr of the comparison between the preinstalled version and the stock version where I put /e/os on it myself? I'm talking about stuff like warranty voiding, issues with the install process, etc...
Thanks in advance!
p.s. Anyone have any idea when it will be back in stock? :p
J'ai bien reçu mes vignettes Tech, merci Machin Bidule pour l'idée, @fairphone pour le téléphone (Fairphone 3), @emydata pour l'OS dégooglisé, et @commownfr pour la location (...depuis 2021, donc !)
... anything I should be prepared to miss? I think there's pretty much just two things that are risky that I've gotten used to just working: NFC payments and streaming audio to my Tidal Connect -enabled network streamer. Should I be prepared for those not working?
J'ai reçu mon nouveau @fairphone 5. Je vais pour installer @emydata manuellement (la version préinstallée avec e/os/ n'était plus dispo avec 256Go de ramstockage donc j'ai pris sans).
Je vois un outil d'installation, je clique, et là le système champion de la vie privée vers lequel je me dirigeais refuse mon @firefox :'(
Un peu refroidi, je dois dire.
Update: ce serait dû au manque de support du webusb dans Firefox. Devrait être dit sur la page, et chromium proposé pour les libristes.
Hey everyone, glad I found a Fairphone community on here!
My current device's screen is broken (not unusable, but does cause problems and I was planning on switching anyway) and I want to get the FP5 with /e/os preinstalled (dont want to bother with doing it myself, I know thats an option). Im just wondering how long I can expect to wait for it to be back in stock. Its been listed as unavailable on their store for a while now.
If anyone knows from past experience generally how often they restock them that would be amazing to let me know!
Hi all! I have a Fairphone 4 that is serving me very well, but it occasionally reacts as if someone had touched the screen, such as scrolling randomly, zooming in in the camera, pulling down the settings menu, etc. I assume that there's something on the display that occasionally activates something.
I have cleaned the display several times, but still have the issue. Before I buy a new display to swap it out, which costs 70€, I'd like to know if anyone else has had this issue, and if you found a good way to fix it other than swapping out the display :).
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After an update, my #Fairphone appeared to slow down, but it wasn't overloaded. Apps all performed their jobs quickly, but the *animations* were sluggish. Digging into the "Developer Options", I noted that the drawing animations were all set to `2x`, and bumping them down to `1`...
Hi all, I've had my FP5 for a few months now. I usually have my notifications on vibrate only, simply because I think even the lowest volume level for notifications is too loud.
So I'm wondering, is there a way to go below the lowest possible volume for notifications somehow, and preferably without rooting.
Or should I try my luck making a feature request at Fairphone?