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[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Isn’t android 15 about to become stable? As someone who would be interested in getting a fair phone, I that kind of makes me want to reconsider. I like getting up to date software because I hate being a year late on features

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty normal for Android manufacturers to be well behind on updates. There are really only a handful that are actually reliable, the rest are pretty bad. Feature updates seem to matter less and less these days, though. You can go back several versions and not really notice any difference.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also most of the "new features" are just useless or annoying.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Which features do you find annoying?

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

For example, If I copied something in the clipboard, every time I opened any app, a window popped up to ask if I allow the app to access Clipboard.

An annoying "-1" screen when I swiped the home screen to the left (mostly accidentally). It shows all kind of shit I didn't care for like news, stock, weather, pictures. I have separate app for that when I needed it.

That's just a few.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

If I copied something in the clipboard, every time I opened any app, a notification popped up to ask if I allow the app to access Clipboard.

That sounds like a great security feature!

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm on android 14 (realmeUI) and do not get any noification asking for confirmation before allowing the app to read or paste clipboard data.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago

They have it set where you have to grant permissions to any new app requesting said permission. This is literally something the user has done to themselves that (most) others are actually thankful to have such a feature lol.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s pretty normal for Android manufacturers to be well behind on updates.

Samsung managed to get a workflow rolling where the lag is relatively short. Basically Pixel owners are treated as beta testers and three or so months later Samsung owners get the upgrade.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah Samsung is pretty good, one of the "handful" I was referring to. They are consistent and fulfil their promises.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

The great thing about Fairphone is their first-Class support for custom ROMs

Written on my Fairphone 5 using CalyxOS

[–] SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

It's a bit annoying (I know I'm still not getting it on mine despite the announcements), but their handling it of major updates (performance wise) have been decent on my end. I do love my FP5, but it's a bit hit and miss according to experience I read about online. I know my experience of their headphones (the most recent ones, the wireless buds) has been horrendous but I would recommend the FairPhone personally.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

Just put Arch on your phone then /s

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn't it come out a while back? I though it was released almost a year ago

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 6 points 4 months ago

This is the android 14 push for fairphone

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I get that that article is supposed to be a bunch of good things that they did about the device, but it makes me really uneasy as someone who was curious about fairphone learning that when they had an obstacle in their path they chose to just remove the feature instead of provide workarounds.

I don't personally use aod myself but it's never a good thing to add a feature to a phone and then remove the feature cold cut for better battery performance. A simple on/off toggle would have sufficed greatly like what every other phone with AOD has

[–] SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Still not getting it on mine πŸ˜–

[–] nope@jlai.lu 2 points 4 months ago

Get a custom ROM for your device !