Just heard from fairphone about the end of update support for fairphone 3. Would like to continue using the device but need support to switch to open source OS Firstly, have an SD card installed which has some of my photos on it. How do I transfer all over from main phone storage ? How do I check I…

[image] john_evans_jones: Also, after that: Which open source OS to use ? There are many Custom ROMs available for the Fairphone 3: ✏ Operating Systems for Fairphones The most common ones I think are /e/OS, LineageOS and maybe iodéOS. Don’t know if they are all fully Open Source, you’ll need…

Welcome to the community forum. The closest to the Google-certified OS by Fairphone should be the combination of the following: LineageOS … https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#fairphone A community supported Android OS based on AOSP (the Open Source base of all Android OSes) MindTheGapps … h…

@john_evans_jones depending on where you are based you may look for a local Angel for advice [image] john_evans_jones: How do I check I formatted the SD correctly when I set it up ? you may find the forum guide on SD cards useful in this regard [image] pencil2 A littl…

Thanks all. Making progress with moving photos onto SD cards in preparation for the switch to /e/. On the fairphone website instructions for this it says I need a USB data cable. Will the charging cable I received in the box of my fairphone 3 be a data cable too ?

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Meaghan May 26, 2026, 1:33pm 4

@john_evans_jones depending on where you are based you may look for a local Angel for advice

you may find the forum guide on SD cards useful in this regard