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   Rizele (rizele@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 08:05:24 JST Rizele
   Two days with the Fairphone now. I was surprised, all the apps I use work on /e/OS. Venmo, my credit union, even Google Maps seem to run fine with microG. I might be a bad example though, as I mostly used open source apps before the switch.
   
   :acomfyangryfire: The bad is Murena, the reseller they partnered with when launching in the US. The calendar app prompts you to add an account for syncing. Ok, syncing the calendar is fine, so I make one.
   
   If you add a Murena account, it uploads all your phone's data, like photos, to their cloud. It does not ask permission to do this. It does not even tell you it will do this. I found out only because of a notification later that I had used 90% of the 1GB storage they allow for free. Immediately deleted the account.
   
   This is horrible behavior for a device marketed as privacy-focused.
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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 08:06:06 JST :blobcathug:

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     @rizele :ablobcatgooglytrash:
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 08:24:58 JST Bricky

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     @rizele Doing it for a friend. They wanted the same Android version as myself but we found some apps refused to work with microG. I was flashing the stock ROM according to Fairphone's instructions as the critical partitions needed to be flashed. Upon locking the bootloader I was unable to boot the phone. I knew what was wrong and what was needed to fix it, but the tool wasn't publicly available. That's where I raised it with them and argued over the pricing when their French repair partner was involved.
     
     All in all, not an experience I would want again. This is my first, and will be my last, Fairphone device.
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 08:24:59 JST Bricky

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     @rizele Also, don't try to lock the bootloader after flashing the stock ROM. They blamed me despite following their instructions and charged me 59€ to fix it, after they quoted me 32€ when I initially queried.
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     Rizele (rizele@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 08:24:59 JST Rizele

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     • Bricky
     @thatbrickster What happened that you had to flash it again?