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Cake day: October 24th, 2023
  • Square-Singer@alien.topBtoFairphone•Delay during calls FP5English
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    10 months ago

    Just wanted to check this before continueing.

    I don’t have a FP5, but an FP4.

    Sadly, in my experience, bugs are very common on Fairphones. Even critical bugs (e.g. phone randomly freezes/reboots when you dare to use 5G) go unfixed for very long times.

    For example, the Ghost-Touches-Bug was in the phone from launch (October 2021) until August 2023. And when they “fixed” that, they did so by reducing the touch screen sensitivity, which caused the screen to be unresponsive for many people who didn’t have ghost touches at all.

    Also, the bugs are quite randomly distributed. So any time you post about a bug, there will be some people telling you that they don’t have a bug, and if they are fanboy enough, they’ll tell you that you are dumb for experiencing bugs.

  • Square-Singer@alien.topBtoFairphone•FP4 "random" restarts - not resolved by disabling 5GEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Could be the battery contacts.

    What I’d do if I where you is to disconnect and reconnect all cables in the phone to rule out the simple things first.

    If that doesn’t help, remove the battery and use a wooden toothpick to extremely carefully pull the contacts that connect to the battery maybe 1mm closer in the direction of the battery, so that there is slightly more pressure on the contacts when they touch the battery.

    Also make sure none of the battery contacts (both phone-side and battery-side) don’t have corrosion and the backside cover is clipped on properly.

  • Square-Singer@alien.topBtoFairphone•Why to choose Fairphone instead of Cat?English
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    11 months ago

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    FP5 CAT S75
    No IP ratings (water and dust), no special drop resistance IP68/IP69K (=highest water/dust ratings) and high drop resistance
    Updates until Android 18, security updates until 2031 Updates until Android 14, security updates until 2026
    SoC is ~25% faster, 256GB storage, 8GB RAM, MicroSD 128GB storage, 6GB RAM, MicroSD
    €700, will not get cheaper in the future I found an offer for €430
    Users have reported battery life issues Very long battery life according to tests
    Company is known for very buggy software Couldn’t find an unusual amount of complaints about software quality
    Replaceable battery No replaceable battery
    Cheaper to repair due to DIY repairs Hard to repair, but probably won’t need repairs due to toughness
    They spend <€10 per phone on better working conditions and fair/eco credits according to their impact report They spend nothing on better working conditions/credits
    No claims in what ambient temperature the phone works Usable in ambient temperatures from -25°C to +55°C
    Don’t expect a lot of the camera. It’s ok, but it’s nowhere near a flagship camera. Don’t expect anything of the camera, especially not in low light
    Has no satellite communication Has satellite communication for SOS and texts
    Support is bad Could not find any reports on their support quality