since I don’t want to mess up a technical discussion in the other thread again, here is a summary for everyone waiting for an update about TWRP and other custom mods. Some quotes of the other topic: [image] FP3 custom rom development based on released source code tl;dr: We have the kernel, but …

There is no E2EE for Android backups in Google Drive either. Android has FDE, as does iOS.

[image] BertG: Please enlighten me, what new phone is has a google-free alternative available on entering the market. Developing such an OS always takes some time, if I am not mistaken. The evil multinational company named Sony does it: https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/

Do you happen to know if Sony has the stuff up on their page as soon as a new model is released? And unfortunately the links to the open source archive and software binaries just give a network violation on my firefox. Without deeper knowledge it looks “just” like developer information, not flasha…

True, on select Sony devices you are able to run SFOS (Sailfish OS). Which is heavily based on Maemo (and standard Linux desktop) but not completely FOSS.

This discussion about Apple privacy is interesting but is going a bit off topic. If I can summarize and add my opinion to what’s going here: Some people are disappointed because they want a phone respecting their privacy and the Fairphone 3 doesn’t allow that yet, as no version of Android without…

[image] Flaburgan: To be able to run those OSes is a very important selling point for many power-users out there. If the Fairphone 3 never allows that, that phone would definitely be a regression compared to the FP2 TWRP is here as an important step, it’s not as if there is no progress :wink: …

[image] AnotherElk: TWRP is here as an important step, it’s not as if there is no progress :wink: . Yep, but that’s a community effort achieved with a lot of hacking. It doesn’t send any good signal from Fairphone unfortunately.

[image] Flaburgan: It doesn’t send any good signal from Fairphone unfortunately. Not any? They made the bootloader unlockable :wink: .

Based on the FAQ I’d say it’s just a matter of patience.

[image] Linn: Based on the FAQ I’d say it’s just a matter of patience. If you’re looking at the respective topics here … what is this “patience”? Is this even English :smiley: ?

Don't buy a FP3 yet if you don't like stock android or Google!

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AnotherElk January 25, 2020, 5:32pm 71

TWRP is here as an important step, it’s not as if there is no progress .

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