Yesterday my old Fairphone 3 decided to go for a dive on the kitchen sink and I apparently didn’t give it enough time to dry it out. The display now won’t turn on. I went to their website to look for a replacement but they seem to be “out of stock”. So much for repairability…

I’m a bit disappointed with the Fairphone overall (that would be for a separate discussion), and I’m looking for other alternatives.

I don’t really need a powerful device, but I’d really like to have a headphone jack, a SD slot and above all the ability to install alternative ROMs. I was using /e/OS (aka MurenaOS) but I’d be fine with anything that lets me use F-Droid and micro-g instead of Google Play Services.

I know that there are “comparison websites” out there that can filter devices by features and/or price, and I know that Murena and LineageOS sites provide a list of the devices they support, but I haven’t found any suite that can include both. Does such a site exist?

  • @ByteMeEnglish
    3•9 months ago

    I’m someone who has used many custom roms so I’ll share with you my experience.

    • lineage os is one of the best roms out there. Stable, fast, light, good battery life.
    • pixel experience+ is a good ROM too (I only suggest using the + version with all the extra features) but it has many google stuff and many of them can’t easily uninstall so I guess there is that. Battery life is good, not great
    • Dot os was one of my favorite roms, light with ton of customisation, it’s not really alive anymore though, you can check it out though.
    • evolutionx was also a good one, very customisable and a pixel ROM too but the battery wasn’t that great.
    • Crdroid was also very good, light and with a lot of customisability, I liked it a lot.
    • Resurrection remix was okay but I found the available customizations overwhelming