Is there anyone else from Northern Ireland / Ireland here? I’ve been using Fairphones for the last 7 years and had some issues with them (especially with FP3 that wouldn’t really stay charged for long), but also getting spare parts to Belfast has been a bit of a challenge.
If there are some local Fairphone users, I still have a working FP3 battery that I’d be happy to give away as I now have a FP4.
In terms of operating system, what are people using? I’ve been using various versions of Lineage on FP2 and FP3 but recently switched back to Fairphone OS.
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Hey ya!
Doesn’t need spare parts, but just want to say ‘Hello’ as well.
I am from Ireland, living in Dublin. I still have two FP3 (one currently not in use, the other one functioning as MP3 player only) with LineageOS on them.
I bought myself a FP5 a few months ago, currently running on stock OS. However, I am planning to switch to /e/OS or iode, not decided yet - but waiting for the next update because I don’t want to end up with a bricked phone 
If anyone needs help with FP stuff around Ireland, let me know 
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hey glad to see there are more of us here
if you wanted to you could sell one of your old FP3 here on the market
They have some solid how-to-guides for flashing custom ROMs here in the fairphone tech docs.
How is the battery life of the FP5 comparing to FP3?
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To be honest: I kinda liked the FP3 and both are still working - so why not keep them as a backup just in case? 
They both are on LOS already.
Regarding FP5 and battery: well, I guess that is pretty subjective and depends heavily on the usage. Standby + a bit of messaging will not drain the battery as much as 4 hrs of watching YT videos.
I can only speak for my personal setup and usage, which is:
I only charge the battery up to 80% via slow charge and wait until battery drops below 20%. I do that with all my devices batteries (laptop, ereader, etc.). I have 2 SIM cards active (one eSIM, one physical SIM) and 256GB storage card installed. I use my phone approx. 2 hrs a day with the screen on for browsing the web, messaging (WhatsApp and Signal), emails and mobile banking. So I wouldn’t consider myself a ‘power user’.
My experience with that is that I have to recharge my phone every two, sometimes even every three days. Compared to other phones, FP3 or other vendors, I am pretty happy with that
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