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I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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I want GrapheneOS more than repairability, personally. I hope the Fairphone + GrapheneOS combination is possible some day...
The Graphene devs explicitly only support Pixels. Sticking with Graphene means continuing to give Google the profits from your hardware.
/e/OS is not bad as an alternative. The system wide ad and tracker blocking is nice.
This is a big issue that the fairphone doesn't have its dtb open yet. It's not easy to build ROM for it. Despite their core claim of sustainability, without addressing the blobs, it remains just a tad more convenient for green minded people. We need a full Fairphone.
And besides that, fairphone is just greenwashing when it comes to repairability, good luck finding parts for previous generations.
I just bought a refurbished (as new) Pixel 9 to use Grapheneos.
Saved ~50% and didn't pay Google.
Genius! That is exactly how I buy my slaves