I am toying with the idea of buying the GS6 with Murena e/os, but there is very little information about this phone. I was wondering if somebody had tried it
I had the same problem with lack of information before I bought a phone with /e/OS.
I bought a Fairphone Gen.6 a few months ago and love it! My bank and government apps work on it, which surprised me, but the OS was pre-installed and had the bootloader locked which probably helped.
Battery life is very good (I can leave it on standby for up to four days) and it had some solid choices for pre-installed apps. The one thing I didn't like was the launcher / home screen so I switched it out for one with more features.
Basically /e/OS looks and behaves like stock Android except for the privacy invasive stuff. There is an app on the phone that blocks and shows you all the trackers in other apps on your phone. Ironically Murena's own apps seem to be some of the worst offenders, but their privacy app blocks them.
I tried to buy one Fairphone 5 from Murena last year, but the order not only failed to go through due to site errors, but I had nearly $6000 of charges posted to my bank account. Initially Murena's customer service tried to blame this on me and were going to make me pay in full for the charges until I got my bank involved and I made what ended up being a high-traction Reddit post. Two very stressful weeks later, a second customer service person stepped in and I finally got a refund.
Some people have gotten phones from them, but I'm not the first person on the internet who has reported their customer service is awful, so buyer beware. I have no trust for the company myself, as much as I'd love a Fairphone. Add that to the hundreds of reasons why I wish I were born in an EU country lol.
But hey, my decade-old OnePlus with LineageOS is still going strong.
I bought at Murena three times so far, currently a FairPhone 5 with /e/OS and I am loving it.
It's not ideal as you're replacing one cooperation with another and they essentially are saying "trust me bro" but if you are not very tech savvy with phones, like I am, its great!
AFAIK /e/OS is basically lineageOS with microG and some preinstalled FLOSS apps.
Hey, if you're on e/OS v4.0 could you check if a usbc memory stick or any other USBC device you have on hand is recognised? Since v4.0 that doesn't work here anymore. Would help me in sharing information with Murena. Thanks.
I was about to but found out I could get a much better pixel with grapheneOS for cheaper.
It's great it exists to develop European operating systems though!
Sadly the absolutely pitifully small storage space of the pixels to force you to use their cloud services carries over to graphene.
Currently I have immich not removing any photos or videos from my phone and my entire music library synced via syncthing.
Even if I got the more expensive "upgraded memory" pixel, I would be out of storage (having 0 games on my phone and minimal apps) in about another year, maybe 2...
The experience of only "cloud" (even if self-hosted) media services is a compromise at best.
Same story for me: I got a refurbished Pixel for less than $200 and installed GrapheneOS in a few minutes. I wanted a secure OS, but I got something better: the most plain, stable, and dull Android you can have. It's perfect for me.
My next phone will be either the Motorola/GrapheneOS, or a Sailfish thing on a cheap Sony Xperia.
/e/ OS looks like a fork of LineageOS, which is not a good selling point because I cannot buy a refurbished phone for that, and the advantage over LineageOS or GrapheneOS is not clear to me.
One of the advantages is that if you have to buy a Pixel to use Graphene then you are basically rewarding Google (even if you are buying secondhand).
E/os USP is it comes pre installed option on Fairphone which are the moment is the most ethical way of buying a phone - if that is of concern to you. It is to me so I have bought one. By all accounts they have solved a lot of compatibility issues with banking apps so I might give eos a go myself.
Super ridiculously easy, even before they had their installer. I got pixel 1 years ago, second hand, just for fiddling with it. It was the shortest fiddling in history and the phone was ready to be used in minutes.
Nothing like the experience I had in Samsung for example.
Another veteran, I see! I concur, messing about on Samsung phones with Odin and TWRP was an entirely different business. I switched to CalyxOS after that, and their install process / command line installer was already leagues better (partly probably also due to the Pixel line's greater openness).
I think it's healthy to worry about that but I will say that Graphene's install experience is the best I've ever seen. Visiting a page in a web browser with the phone connected, the page will walk you through every step, explaining each one clearly and then double-checking your work to confirm proper execution before continuing. It is by far the most polished and safest ROM install I've ever done.
I had the same problem with lack of information before I bought a phone with /e/OS.
I bought a Fairphone Gen.6 a few months ago and love it! My bank and government apps work on it, which surprised me, but the OS was pre-installed and had the bootloader locked which probably helped.
Battery life is very good (I can leave it on standby for up to four days) and it had some solid choices for pre-installed apps. The one thing I didn't like was the launcher / home screen so I switched it out for one with more features.
Basically /e/OS looks and behaves like stock Android except for the privacy invasive stuff. There is an app on the phone that blocks and shows you all the trackers in other apps on your phone. Ironically Murena's own apps seem to be some of the worst offenders, but their privacy app blocks them.
I tried to buy one Fairphone 5 from Murena last year, but the order not only failed to go through due to site errors, but I had nearly $6000 of charges posted to my bank account. Initially Murena's customer service tried to blame this on me and were going to make me pay in full for the charges until I got my bank involved and I made what ended up being a high-traction Reddit post. Two very stressful weeks later, a second customer service person stepped in and I finally got a refund.
Some people have gotten phones from them, but I'm not the first person on the internet who has reported their customer service is awful, so buyer beware. I have no trust for the company myself, as much as I'd love a Fairphone. Add that to the hundreds of reasons why I wish I were born in an EU country lol.
But hey, my decade-old OnePlus with LineageOS is still going strong.
I bought at Murena three times so far, currently a FairPhone 5 with /e/OS and I am loving it.
It's not ideal as you're replacing one cooperation with another and they essentially are saying "trust me bro" but if you are not very tech savvy with phones, like I am, its great!
AFAIK /e/OS is basically lineageOS with microG and some preinstalled FLOSS apps.
There are also a few extra features, like "Advanced Privacy" which is mainly a domain based blocker, blocking connections to undesirable servers.
But mostly yes, LineageOS+microG.
Hey, if you're on e/OS v4.0 could you check if a usbc memory stick or any other USBC device you have on hand is recognised? Since v4.0 that doesn't work here anymore. Would help me in sharing information with Murena. Thanks.
Sorry, I am still on 3.7.x and do not have an extra usb c device to try.
Thank you for having a peek and for replying.
Thanks, the fairphone 5 seems great but I was going for the newer gigaset gs6 which has close to zero review...
I was about to but found out I could get a much better pixel with grapheneOS for cheaper. It's great it exists to develop European operating systems though!
Sadly the absolutely pitifully small storage space of the pixels to force you to use their cloud services carries over to graphene.
Currently I have immich not removing any photos or videos from my phone and my entire music library synced via syncthing.
Even if I got the more expensive "upgraded memory" pixel, I would be out of storage (having 0 games on my phone and minimal apps) in about another year, maybe 2...
The experience of only "cloud" (even if self-hosted) media services is a compromise at best.
Same story for me: I got a refurbished Pixel for less than $200 and installed GrapheneOS in a few minutes. I wanted a secure OS, but I got something better: the most plain, stable, and dull Android you can have. It's perfect for me.
My next phone will be either the Motorola/GrapheneOS, or a Sailfish thing on a cheap Sony Xperia.
/e/ OS looks like a fork of LineageOS, which is not a good selling point because I cannot buy a refurbished phone for that, and the advantage over LineageOS or GrapheneOS is not clear to me.
One of the advantages is that if you have to buy a Pixel to use Graphene then you are basically rewarding Google (even if you are buying secondhand). E/os USP is it comes pre installed option on Fairphone which are the moment is the most ethical way of buying a phone - if that is of concern to you. It is to me so I have bought one. By all accounts they have solved a lot of compatibility issues with banking apps so I might give eos a go myself.
I saw that but you ave to be able to flash graphene, high I can't...
It's ridiculously easy through their web installer.
Super ridiculously easy, even before they had their installer. I got pixel 1 years ago, second hand, just for fiddling with it. It was the shortest fiddling in history and the phone was ready to be used in minutes.
Nothing like the experience I had in Samsung for example.
Another veteran, I see! I concur, messing about on Samsung phones with Odin and TWRP was an entirely different business. I switched to CalyxOS after that, and their install process / command line installer was already leagues better (partly probably also due to the Pixel line's greater openness).
Oh, OK
Why can't you flash graphene? It requires a PC or android phone with a web browser and a cable.
I fear I might brick the phone with a mishap
I think it's healthy to worry about that but I will say that Graphene's install experience is the best I've ever seen. Visiting a page in a web browser with the phone connected, the page will walk you through every step, explaining each one clearly and then double-checking your work to confirm proper execution before continuing. It is by far the most polished and safest ROM install I've ever done.