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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43965516

It is worth noting that both the hardware and software of Fairphone is heavily dependent on a Chinese company T2Mobile.

For those looking to avoid both US and Chinese companies, then the Jolla phone is the way to go.

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[-] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

Let's hope the growth means the software improves. I've never owned such a buggy phone. I would never be able to recommend anyone I know actually buy one and it's pretty difficult to keep using it myself. I'm really hoping the upcoming Android 16 release fixes a lot of bugs but if past Fairphones are anything to go by I'm not expecting much.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I've been using a FP6 for over a month and I have no idea what you could be referring to

[-] aproposnix@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, same here. If I had to highlight a negative, its the poor placement of the volume keys, esp, because I'm left handed.. But the positives far outweigh the one annoyance. I love this thing. I fwwl like it's actually mine, and not just locked down.

[-] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Sometimes after using the camera, the taken photos will just disappear.

Often my screen will freeze up and the ohone becomes entirely unresponsive until I turn the screen off and on again.

Sometimes the screen won't even turn on at all and will then suddenly unlock and register every single swipe and tap I made on the off screen registers at once.

Then sometimes when idle the phone will just randomly crash and reboot.

A genuinely awful experience I have to say.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 1 month ago

You can install iode on a Fairphone. I was using iode for years without issues. I would be surprised if it had many bugs specific to Fairphone.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

That's awesome to hear! I'm currently running iode on a OnePlus11 and the built-in firewall and metwork monitoring is awesome! I don't even use the paid version. Maybe I'll give fairphone a try next.

[-] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social -1 points 1 month ago

I might have to give it a try. I used CalyxOS on my old Pixel 7 and loved it so I'm hoping that will be an option once they're back up and running.

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