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I'm thinking of getting a fairphone in the future. I like that they are modular and last a while. Are they easily customizable to where I can flash a different ROM? Is the default configuration private?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As others said, it's pretty stock android so... Bad. But you can buy it from Murena pre-flashed with e/os and then have a stock phone with a locked bootloader running a decently private OS. The bootloader is unlockable if you so wish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is the bootloader relockable with my own keys?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

The CalyxOS installer does that AFAIK, so it should be supported

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, it's relockable. You are welcome to Google for more, I had done some research a while ago.

I plan to brush up and switch my own FP4 to e/os during the holidays.

Edit: Google it on any search engine you like ;-)