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Private OS for Fairphones
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this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2025
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I'm using e/OS on a fairphone 5 and it's OK. You have to put up with some extra work if you don't want to rely on Google stuff. Banking apps can be a pain, I can update some apps I installed via Aurora only of I tell Aurora to pretend it's a pixel instead of a fairphone. Other than that, I got the stuff working I use the most and I've never used a lot of the "convenient" stuff like voice assistant or Google drive or whatever so switching to fully degoogled wasn't as hard as I imagine it would be for someone deeper within Google's grasps.
where there any wiki's or blogs that showed you how to do this?
Hey eldavi
here are the guides to install e/OS on fairphones
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP3/official
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP4/official
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP5/official
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP6/official
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or use the e/OS installer:
Ive not used thos so cannot comment on how good or bad it is.
https://e.foundation/installer/
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or e/OS devices list:
https://doc.e.foundation/devices
I dont use the App Lounge or the e/OS launcher
I remove App Lounge via ADB and install either droid-ify or neostore, then install lawnchair
It a decent custom rom.
OH WOW!!! the murena store gave me the completely wrong impression.
thank you!
glad to be of help