FallenWalnutMar 7

Fairphone posted 83% year-on-year growth in Q4 2025 - A journey away from Big Tech to a more sustainable alternative

https://lemmy.world/post/43965569

Fairphone posted 83% year-on-year growth in Q4 2025 - A journey away from Big Tech to a more sustainable alternative - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43965516 [https://lemmy.world/post/43965516] > It is worth noting that both the hardware and software of Fairphone is heavily dependent on a Chinese company T2Mobile. > > For those looking to avoid both US and Chinese companies, then the Jolla phone is the way to go.

Show threadLemmyEntertainYou
Let’s hope the growth means the software improves. I’ve never owned such a buggy phone. I would never be able to recommend anyone I know actually buy one and it’s pretty difficult to keep using it myself. I’m really hoping the upcoming Android 16 release fixes a lot of bugs but if past Fairphones are anything to go by I’m not expecting much.
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Show threadkrashmoMar 7
I’ve been using a FP6 for over a month and I have no idea what you could be referring to
Show threadWolfmanEightySixMar 7
I keep reading comments like this though. Are people just expecting too much?
Show threadLemmyEntertainYouMar 7
I don’t think it’s expecting a phone to not crash constantly and actually save the photos I’m taking.
Show thread18107Mar 8
It sounds like a faulty device to me. I recommend reaching out to customer support at a minimum.
Show threadWolfmanEightySixMar 8
I agree with you on that. But I’m either reading that the phone is shit or it’s perfect. Makes it very hard to decide if I should be spending 600 quid on one.
Show threadLemmyEntertainYouMar 7

Sometimes after using the camera, the taken photos will just disappear.

Often my screen will freeze up and the ohone becomes entirely unresponsive until I turn the screen off and on again.

Sometimes the screen won’t even turn on at all and will then suddenly unlock and register every single swipe and tap I made on the off screen registers at once.

Then sometimes when idle the phone will just randomly crash and reboot.

A genuinely awful experience I have to say.

Show threadkrashmoMar 7
Weird. Which model and OS is this happening on?
Show threadLemmyEntertainYouMar 7
Fairphone 6, stock Android 15.
Show threadkrashmoMar 8
Could be a hardware issue. I am running the same and haven’t seen any of that stuff. Sucks that you have though
Show threadWhyJiffieMar 8
I think you should send it in for warranty, if you still have it.
Show threadLemmyEntertainYouMar 8
I don’t think it’s worth it. A lot of these issues are well known on the Fairphone forums so they’re clearly not specific to my phone. The second I find a suitable replacement I think I’m done. I like the idea of a Fairphone but they’re on their sixth device now and still can’t manage stable software.
Show threadWhyJiffieMar 8
tbh this seems to be a hardware issue. the software is supposed to be the same for each phone of the model, and there are a lot of them where it just works.
Show threadWhyJiffieMar 8
I think you should send it in for warranty, if you still have it.
Show threadGamechangerMar 7
Fairphone 5 for ~ 1 1/2 years. Not a single bug encountered…
Show threadExLisperMar 7
You can install iode on a Fairphone. I was using iode for years without issues. I would be surprised if it had many bugs specific to Fairphone.
Show threadLemmyEntertainYouMar 7
I might have to give it a try. I used CalyxOS on my old Pixel 7 and loved it so I’m hoping that will be an option once they’re back up and running.
Show threadSir_KevinMar 7
That’s awesome to hear! I’m currently running iode on a OnePlus11 and the built-in firewall and metwork monitoring is awesome! I don’t even use the paid version. Maybe I’ll give fairphone a try next.