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Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste

Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

Srootus , (edited )

I’m writing this on a Fairphone 5 right now, the hardware is great, the only slight issue is the USB C Port is a little looser than I would like, not enough for a problem, alas.

The main issue currently is the software, there’s a few well known bugs that cause annoyances that the Fairphone forum widely know about, one of which requires you to hold the power button down and force restart the phone. I am confident that the developers and customer support are aware of these bugs and are working to fix them.

Overall I’m happy with it, £700 isn’t too bad for a phone that I’m going to try to keep for the whole 8 to 10 years that have promised security patches. Sure its doesn’t have flagship specs, but no day to day tasks for me require that power.

jol ,

I have to say that in terms of software the team is amazing. They seem to listen to the community, and work super hard to keep up with the updates.

ImTryingLemmy ,

USB C Port is a little looser than I would like

Maybe yours is one that barely passed QC. That’s one of the replaceable modules though right? Might be worth contacting CS about.

Srootus ,

I mean I would if the cable kept becoming unplugged, its more it wiggles more than I’d like

Nacktmull ,

I am happy with my FP3, only weaknesses I perceive are the low res camera and the almost never working finger print sensor. Besides that it´s a really good phone. When I got it I completely disassembled it and put it back together -just because- and it still worked!

DacoTaco ,
@DacoTaco@lemmy.world avatar

Couldnt the fp3 camera be replaced with the plus camera? Or is it low res too?

Nacktmull ,

Yes, the camera+ module is compatible and can turn an FP3 into an FP3+

Carobu ,

And yet they straight up ignore one of the biggest cell phone markets by not selling in the US at all.

Gormadt ,
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Technically you can buy one in the US, but spare parts (especially the battery) might pose some issues

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But it’s deGoogled running something called /e/OS, and it’s only compatible with T-Mobile and stuff that uses their network

I’d love a fully featured one here in the states that can be brought to any carrier over here

BearOfaTime ,

/e/ was a fork of Lineage a couple years ago (not sure if it still is).

Their approach is to use their own cloud system instead of Google’s. I think they promote it as more secure (as in they don’t see your data), but I don’t recall for sure.

You can run their OS without using their sync system too. You could flash something like MicroG or even authentic Google Play Services (it’s available from Google as a couple packages).

Don’t trust me on this, my memory is a bit suspect, but I played with /e/ a couple years ago. And they need to change that name - they said they were going to.

KpntAutismus ,

small company, my dude. they only have a few hundred employees, but they have said numerous times that they are planning to bring a full release to the US.

Guadin ,
@Guadin@k.fe.derate.me avatar

Well they don't ignore that market. They decided to not sell there yet. Because going to a new large market far away from all your warehouses and with a potential large demand cause a lot of headaches. Not to mention all the regulations and rules they need to abide by.

Crul ,

!fairphone

tabular ,
@tabular@lemmy.world avatar

Very interested in repair but I also want software freedom, and I’ve not heard anything about avoiding proprietary drivers/software.

localhost443 ,

I run /e/ OS on my FP4, super easy install. Been loving it.

Pyrozo007 ,

I would love to use /e/ but I couldn’t get it to install. It seemed my phone was the wrong version of the phone it was. Like a revision 1.01 kind of situation. They should also change the project name, it’ll be killing their SEO.

localhost443 ,

That’s a shame, are you talking about a fair phone? I was not aware there could be versioning issues, I thought the hardware was unchanged per model.

Pyrozo007 ,

I am not talking about a fair phone

vanveen ,

How do you do if you need for work to use Google products? I would love to use alternative OS, but I cannot because of my job

psud ,

Lineage OS can work with Google services. Probably others too. But beware that unlocking the bootloader to install anything may disable some security

localhost443 ,

You unlock during the e os install but it makes you relock after. Not aware of any additional security issues using this process

localhost443 ,

Google services are not installed by default but you can install the play store and other google apps from the built in app store if you need them. The only thing I am lacking from stock is google pay because I haven’t installed any google services but I’m fine with that trade off.

The built-in anti tracking and privacy features a very nice

EmperorHenry ,
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It won’t even make a dent in the amount of damage that oil companies are doing.

ilmagico ,

While you might be right, does that mean we should all stop trying to be sustainanble because “oil company bad”? At least they’re trying to set the right example.

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I’m saying we should force the people who are actually polluting to change their ways instead of basically doing nothing on our own.

psud ,

Sure, we all agree, you’re getting nowhere though talking about it in a thread about a phone

AceFuzzLord ,

Can’t wait for companies to start, every year, slowly making their phones slightly bigger and make the components unnecessarily slightly bigger to ensure you can’t just use an old phone with upgraded parts. Doesn’t matter if the parts don’t actually contribute to the overall function, just so long as you are trapped into buying a new phone.

LemmyIsFantastic ,

This ain’t going to do shit for the environment. You already could replace most shit it was just harder. It’s just another toy for nerds to tinker with.

4shtonButcher ,

Prices for parts and the actual service being carried out are often more than half the price of a new device so even people that would want to repair end up not doing so. The Fairphone is seriously improving that equation!

KpntAutismus ,

have you tried to repair a regular phone? i have disassembled my fairphone down to the motherboard numerous times just for the fun of it. there are no adhesives to replace in the entire phone. you just need a screwdriver.

iopq ,

I had a guy replace an iphone screen for like $10, it was a 3 minute job. It’s not as bad as I thought

Grass ,

It’s more like 20-45 for someone less practiced. Once you have done a few though it’s pretty easy, unless there’s some bullshit like hardware id locks.

BearOfaTime ,

I have.

For the most part once the screen is removed (heat gun and playing card) everything else isn’t too hard. Some phones are more difficult.

Fairphone is a neat idea, but I think it’s a challenging sell because people who don’t know how to fix a phone will either pay someone of buy another. And those of us willing to do it ourselves quickly learn they’re not hard to repair, usually. So the niche is very small.

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