You should also now be able to install iodeos on a Fairphone 6

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Does anyone know how iodé compares to /e/OS?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago

    Never tried iodé, but from what I heard they are a bit faster with android/security updates (but not much), they don't have their own cloud ecosystem, their system level adblocker has some features behind a paywall (custom filters mainly AFAIK) and their default apps are just existing FOSS apps (except the adblocket), not forks and all default apps can be uninstalled

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Anyone know whether the Fairphone 6 supports all of the Canadian/North American wireless bands? If I can get confirmation it works with any Canadian carrier I will pay a third party to ship me one from Europe again because I'm so damn sick of having phones with sealed in batteries.

    My Fairphone 5 had to be relegated to a glorified iPod Touch because it stopped connecting to my network. And it will probably still outlast my new phone. I will get a new battery for it when the time comes, I still use it at home and it's awesome.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I've not heard of iode. does the installation procedure reolck the bootloader?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Neat. appreciate the info. I suppose it's somewhat similar to calyx then?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Yes, they are both privacy friendly OS with microG preinstalled to replace Google services. But they're not based on the same project : IodéOS is based on LineageOS (like /e/OS) while Calyx uses AOSP.

    It's not a huge difference but in my experience after switching from Calyx to Iodé, some applications wouldn't work anymore, mainly banking apps.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Does anyone have experience with both /e/ and iodé? I'm curious to know how they compare. It looks like maybe iodé supports Android Auto, which would be cool since /e/ (which I'm currently daily driving) doesn't. However, it also looks like iodé isn't open-source, which is a deal-breaker for me unless there's some good reason for it that I just don't know.

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