Fairphone

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.

https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/17121765976849-Shipping-Costs

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:

Cyprus Post does not undertake the handling and transportation of items contained in the UPU List of Prohibited Items valid at the time, such as: radioactive materials, infectious substances, sensitive biological substances, explosives, flammable substances, corrosive material, narcotics, compressed gas and any other article whose transportation is prohibited by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Cyprus Post has the right to check the item using any method or means, including the opening of the package in order to prevent the transportation of prohibited goods.

Items containing lithium batteries cannot be accepted for dispatch using the traditional postal services. They can be sent using the Courier service QuickPost which is provided in cooperation with DHL Cyprus Ltd.

You should also note that every destination country has its own rules regarding the importation of goods. If in doubt, please ask the Service Agent at the Post Office.

https://www.cypruspost.post/en/faq-prohibited-items

That in addition to me having ordered mobile phones from abroad into here before, makes me think there is something else going on that is preventing fairphone from shipping to Cyprus.

I must admit I'm quite annoyed, because we are a member of the European Union and it feels a bit exclusionary to not get the same benefits other countries get.

That being said, does anyone know the true reason for this restriction? Is it actually a mistake on FPs side, or some weird legislation in Cyprus?

This post is half rant, half genuinely wanting to find out what the issue is, thanks for reading this far :)

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), @e_mydata pour l'OS dégooglisé, et @commownfr pour la location (...depuis 2021, donc !)

#vignettetech #fairphone #commown #eos

... 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 @e_mydata manuellement (la version préinstallée avec e/os/ n'était plus dispo avec 256Go de ~~ram~~stockage 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.

Spent a couple of days now with my new @fairphone 5 from @murena with @e_mydata and I'm as happy as could be.

5/5, no complaints.

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!

Thanks in advance!

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 :).

Thank you!

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/35061955

...so I found out how to fix it

https://www.fairphone.com/en/2024/09/04/how-much-ram-does-your-smartphone-need/

Couldn't find another decent link in that wasn't written in Dutch, but you'll find it at the bottom of the story.

Besides the storage and RAM, nothing else has changed.

Let me start with saying that i love Fairphone's concept and overall products. But... I really think Fairphone needs better software developers/designers, and most likely more of them too. Android 14 came in late, and did not much good in my opinion (besides giving the option to change the 'recent' and 'back' buttons position and improving notifications and calls volume).

Now they are removing features instead of fixing them. Also, the overall UI seems not to be polished very well (part of screenshot as an example in comments). The default launcher sometimes lags/freezes, framerate sometimes still struggle to be a stable 90fps, you still need to confirm your pincode in lockscreen (minor annoyance) and some, IMO, ugly design choices. Have yet to discover if other issues are (still) there, but will probably flash a custom ROM soon.

What are your thoughts/experiences?

Fairphone gets Android 14

https://www.fairphone.com/en/2024/07/15/android-14-is-here-heres-whats-change

@fairphone @[email protected]

#FairPhone

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?

Has fairphone said anything about trying to get fairphone parity in the US?

With how big the smartphone market is and with how much reparibility is becoming a bigger focus.

I'd love to get fairphone 5

I just got an email from Fairphone that something new is coming on the 09.05 - a whole new category.

My hot take is on a tablet. What do you think?

Edit: so the whole new category is earbuds. Somewhat disappointing, but replaceable batteries for earbuds are nice, I guess.

So I got a crazy #idea for #Fairphone ... Would be fun if some one could proxy this idea to the official folks there. @gael, @WeAreFairphone, @fairphone ?

Fairphones has a replaceable battery. Sometimes I would like to have a spare battery with me, to replace on-the-fly. In some situations, that is more convenient than to have the extra "dongle" known as an external USB battery pack.

The challenge is: How do you charge them? Back in the old phone days, you could have desk chargers for spare batteries. Another challenge: How do you carry external batteries safely?

So I got this crazy idea. Combine those two challenges! With an additional twist!

What if there was a portable "box" which could carry up to two Fairphone batteries, with a USB-C port to charge them. But! Let it also function as a USB-C battery pack which can be used with Fairphones (via cable) or other USB devices.

That gives you a portable battery charger, battery carry case for 2 batteries and a 3905 or 7810mAh OTG battery pack (based on FP4 batteries, depending on if 1 or 2 batteries are present).

If these cases can be designed to support more FP battery generations, you get something which could even be quite sustainable.