some users reported that devices with malfunctioning or disconnected fingerprint sensors became stuck on the boot animation and could not complete startup.
Some context. Also this happened last year.
Fairphone 5 bricked by faulty Android 15 update
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Fairphone_5_bricked_by_faulty_Android_15_update
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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
cenzorrll@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
This is the event that happened last year.
flandish@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
when will we get a linux based phone that is not android?
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
librem 5? pi phone?
XLE@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Considering the Pine Phone’s price, poor performance is an understandable trade-off.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Provably never, as it’s the chicken-and-egg app availability problem that killed Nokia and Windows phone. Everything is developed for Android, at this point if you launch a new phone OS it’s just going to sit at 0.01% marketshare of weird nerds buying it until you go bankrupt because you can’t buy the hardware anymore.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Should be possible to make a compatibility layer. You can run android apps on PC now, according to constant banners on Play Store.
The biggest issue is hardware support. Mobile hardware still uses custom drivers for everything, so you wouldn’t be able to ramp up a new OS on existing hardware. You’d need to invest in making both a phone and an OS, and that’s a big risk considering only a small amount of turbo nerds will care.
Jordan117@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even if there was a Proton-like way to reliably emulate Android software, you’ve still got the device attestation problem that means most major banking and security apps won’t work. And hardly anyone is going to either want to give up those apps or have to carry around a separate dedicated phone just for them.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The idea is that there is already a bunch of shit developed for Linux so you aren’t really starting from zero. But yeah, I agree with your overall assessment. No one is going to be making hardware for this.
solrize@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Nokia N900 from 2009. Question is when we’ll get a new one.
pirate2377@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Technically we have one. It’s called the Google Pixel 3 XL (literally everything runs on it somehow)
Vipsu@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe Jolla phone? Dont know if its good enough for daily driving but seems like it has some potential.
rushmonke@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
I’d like to see a free phone OS that isn’t limited to specific devices.
Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
Brax3
XLE@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Cross your fingers for https://mecha.so/comet
Konstant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fairphone has a linux based os option, /e/ OS
Delascas@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
/e/ OS is not a Linux based OS. It is a fork of LineageOS, which is a fork of AOSP. I run /e/ on a FairPhone 3+.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This happened last year. It isn’t new news.
rushmonke@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
This file is not publicly distributed and is available only to Fairphone’s authorized repair partner.
Yikes. I always call bullshit when there’s some “super ethical” product that has shitty specs and an insane pricetag.
Stop getting scammed, ya’ll.
blueberry_793@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
To be fair, it is official supported hardware for Mobian and PostMarketOS
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s a big oof for a product like Fairphone. They dropped the ball hard too by not standing behind their fuckup and left the consumer hanging. Fairphone just got off my list of potential new purchases.
JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
It depends on their response I think. They can own up to the problem, make their products more resilient or theh can do nothing in that case the repair washing is obvious.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
IDK if I’m understanding their response correctly in the article but it really sounds like the people affected are left to pay for the repair themselves
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
are there any options left in that list?