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My First Fairphone 6 from Murena (lemmy.ml)

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Peace be with you guys 🌹

This is my first Fairphone with /e/OS and I'm really excited😊. It arrived within 3–4 days even though the estimated time was 2–3 weeks. That suprised me, because I live in Germany.

Everything came intact: headphones, screen protector, and phone case. They also included this little pin to get into the SIM tray slot, which I thought was great. There was no charger in the box but that's intentional on their part. Doesn't matter to me since all modern chargers work anyway.

It's really easy to use and murena has its own browser. The default search engine is Qwant, which I don't use because of Bing. But honestly, my main goal was F-Droid and using apps that reportedly won't work on Google-certified devices starting in September. I've already downloaded my own apps like IronFox and I'm happy 😁.

Now I'd love to hear your opinion: I think Google has shot itself in the foot with this decision. By closing down Android further, more people will switch to de-Googled systems.

That's my take, what do you think?🤔

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[-] WorldTravelerAll7@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

well i'm "degoogling" & de-meta-ing. just an all around de-fascist-ing. & google went to the dark side awhile ago. i hope more people make the move. i just got mine yesterday and am liking it 💙

do you know any resources / tutorials? i've been exploring it, but i can't find any tutorials except for setup and replacing parts. like, i want to add "pages" to my homescreen so i can organize apps and add some widgets. i can't find anything for stuff like that. yet the phones in videos do that, so it's possible. so far things are going well, but i've already almost filled my screen w/ apps & it's too busy

[-] protogen420 2 points 1 day ago

why do they copy iOS icon deisgn? it just makes it look cheap and horrible, applr has horrible taste in icon design

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Very cool. Maybe I'll get one, depending how the partnership between Motorola and Graphene goes. And on the pricing. 599€ for the Fairphone 6 with e/os is a little expensive for me, but I don't know how much a Graphene Motorola would be.

The battery life seems surprisingly good, which could convince me to get it. Can you confirm if the 54 hours mixed use claim on their website is any accurate?

They also included this little pin to get into the SIM tray slot, which I thought was great. There was no charger in the box but that's intentional on their part.

Two small notes. The sim tray pins are included with practically every phone. I'm not aware of any manufacturer that doesn't include them. And the lack of charger is due to EU law. Maybe they wouldn't include it anyway, but at the moment the EU is forbidding including chargers with phones to 'reduce e-waste'.

[-] the_strange@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

The battery life seems surprisingly good, which could convince me to get it. Can you confirm if the 54 hours mixed use claim on their website is any accurate?

Writing this from a FP6 right now, last charged Monday morning and still about a third of battery left. This includes a lengthy video call and some regular mixed use. Usually I charge it every 3-4 days.

[-] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Ah, I didn't even know about that EU law. The Fairphone is the first phone I actually bought myself, so it wasn't obvious to me.

Anyway, the battery life is really good. Though it depends on how many apps you have running in the background. I don't have that many right now.

About the price: With everything included, it was definitely more than 600€. With the headphones, case, and screen protector, the price naturally went up. But I'd been saving since the beginning of this year, so I didn't break a sweat. The news that Google was going to close down Android was basically the kick in the ass I needed to step on it.

Final word: It's expensive. But for me, it was worth it😊 Hope I could help you a little bit with your decision

[-] doopen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Not sure what their mixed use criteria would entail, but my current stats for a charge ~19 hours ago with 2 hours of Lemmy scrolling:

[-] david_bardos@mementomori.social 13 points 3 days ago

@AuroraSine As a Fp5 user, I've always been satisfied with both the hw and the sw of the phone. I wish you the same! Enjoy your new device! 🎉

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[-] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Welcome, friend! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I am enjoying mine!

Might I suggest Lawnchair as your launcher?

[-] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

I saw the link. its really cool. For now, all my apps are on one page, and it works fine for me. But later I can try. Thx😊

[-] uber_chicken@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Happy for you. Could soon be joining the club

[-] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I ve been wanting to do something like this. but one thing I'm not sure off is the Google compatibility 🙃🙄🙄

I can't quit it cold turkey. for instance need Google maps and it's location sharing. i would love it if the Google apps were installed on this phone as second class citizens. is this possible?

[-] VeganCheesecake 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You could just install Google Maps? Like, still gives Google access to your location and movement, but it's a free device, you can put on it whatever you want.

You could also get a Fairphone with the Stock Rom, that should include Google Services. You could install a different Rom later.

There's also self hosted FOSS location sharing services, but for those, you need a server or VPS, and do some legwork to set them up.

[-] Racchio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

You can (although probably the typical buyer of a deGoogled phone wouldn't). There's a lot of open source of more privacy respectful maps/navigation apps available and a Murena Maps is on beta now.

[-] VeganCheesecake 1 points 2 days ago

Well, yes, but they specifically require family location sharing. There isn't any privacy respecting service I know that does that, safe for some self-hosted ones (which might not be easy to set up for the average user).

[-] Racchio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I don't know about Murena Maps (because it's not yet ready for a daily use) but neither CoMaps / Organic Maps / OsmAnd nor the preinstalled Magic Earth seem to require family location sharing. I agree that having a complete selfhosted setup may be requiring too much from the average user. The OSM based solutions are a good compromise to me, aren't they?

[-] VeganCheesecake 2 points 1 day ago

They, as in the user, require that feature.

[-] Racchio@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Oh ok, now I understand better!

[-] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure that if I install Google maps on this, will location sharing still work reliably...

[-] VeganCheesecake 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As I said - the non-murena version of the Fairphone ships with a ROM featuring the usual integrated Google Services.

Another option I could see - buying a new device doesn't brake your old one. You could keep running your current one till you found a way to set up a degoogled device with all the services you need.

[-] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

that's a fair point. I'll switch data over to the new phone. but if I need this one I can run a hot spot

[-] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

Hi, thx for your Comment.

I'm aware that you can't stop all at once. For me it was also step by step until I could boycott everything completely. Anyway, I looked into it for you. There's an "App Lounge" where you can log in with your Gmail account to access Google apps. You can also browse there anonymously. I think it's like the Aurora Store, but I'm not really familiar with that. As for Maps, Murena apparently has its own map app, but I use the one from F-Droid "OpenStreetMap". I hope I could help you.

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[-] Hund@feddit.nu 1 points 2 days ago

Is it possible to use the launcher on other ROMs?

[-] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, sorry. I don't have experience with that myself. Its my first Fairphone with e/OS. Maybe someone else in the community has tried this and can share their experience?

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

Will fdroid stop working on my FF4 in September if I don't switch from the stock Android it came with?

Haven't even signed into the play store. I don't want it. Most apps installed by fdroid, a few from APK.

[-] RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 4 points 3 days ago

By default it will be blocked, but you can enable it by setting a developer option and waiting 24 hours. Or you can install /e/os or similar

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

Guess I will install e/os, that takes less than 24 hours

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