I just asked an AI about phones that arrive by default with an open source Android and it told me about Fairphones. I had never heard of them before (only about Pinephones). Everything sounds too good to be true, so I have a few questions. I’m leaning towards buying a Fairphone anyway but I’m still …

Yes, fairphone os is not open source. /e/ os is a fully de-googled OS for android phones. If Google board does then yes, you will be able to type in Cyrillic. It will work just fine, but do not format it as internal storage. The fairphone only supports 1 physical sim + 1 sd card. Yes, 1 (…

ad 1: Fairphone delivers the FP5 with their fully Google-certified “Android OS” by default. You cannot remove Google apps from it (unless you are a really well-versed IT guy). /e/OS is a degoogled Android by default which can never guarantee 100% compatibility with all Android apps, but spends a lot…

Welcome to the forum. The OS is mainly open source (see e.g. Fairphone 5 Android 13 and 14 source code build ) but contains blobs (mainly SoC vendors drivers). FPOS is with Google apps (can be disabled; uninstallable (for advanced users), but “fully”… - don’t know) /e/OS is without Google data l…

[image] urs_lesse: You cannot remove Google apps from it (unless you are a really well-versed IT guy). I wouldn’t go that far. It involves the command line, yes, but it is doable and has been done by many non-really-well-versed-IT-people :wink: . [image] Uninstall default apps …

Hi and welcome. Just a note on the battery. What really counts for most users is how long the phone will run on a single charge. Obviously battery capacity is a factor but so are all the hardware components, apps, radio environment and usage habits. If you read around the forum I think you’ll find…

[image] AnotherElk: wouldn’t go that far. It involves the command line, yes, but it is doable and has been done by many non-really-well-versed-IT-people To really delete you need root. Else they are just deleted for the user, otherwise you could not reinstall using the command line …

By “fully uninstallable apps” I meant for them to be removed as if they were never installed. Bc Google’s version of “uninstall a Google app” means removing all updates for the app but still have it - like with Chrome, you can’t remove it, you can just remove all updates for it and it updates back w…

I have a few questions about Fairphones

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yvmuell May 17, 2025, 3:55pm 7

To really delete you need root. Else they are just deleted for the user, otherwise you could not reinstall using the command line