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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I only replace mine because the batteries are crapping out. Usually it's 3-4 years.

[–] SupraMario 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just get a the battery replaced. With the new rule for the EU forcing companies to make the phones with user replaceable batteries, it'll be even easier.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought about it last time but the whole thing where I'm not getting OS updates anymore make me anxious. I'm not sure that's actually a problem though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a little more hands on, but when you reach the end of OS updates support, you can switch to a community-supported OS.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Like Linux? I don't know anything about it. I'd definitely try.

[–] EtherWhack 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorta. (Android is technically Linux) What you would want to look into is a custom Android ROM. Something like OmniROM or ArrowOS.

As a side note though, installing can be a bit technical for some people and some apps don't like to work outside of the "security" of a factory version of Android. If you are interested, I would browse around the custom Android communities here (if there are any yet) and check out sites like https://www.xda-developers.com/

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that where you have to root it and sideload the OS? I've read about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Rooting is a slightly separate thing from sideloading a custom rom, rooting gives apps you give permission to access to system files whereas sideloading a rom replaces the system files but doesn't necessarily give you root access. Both involve a similar process of unlocking the bootloader, installing a custom recovery and flashing a file so it is easy to get the two things mixed up.

[–] EtherWhack 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also mention lineage OS, Graphene OS and Calyx OS too

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

No, there are unfortunately no truly workable Linux OSs for phones yet AFAIK. But there are plenty of Android-based OSs that work really well, and are usually maintained for quite a while, depending on the popularity of your device. Look into LineageOS, or Pixel Experience, to name a few.

[–] fubbernuckin 1 points 1 year ago

There's ubuntu touch. I'm not sure how many phones that works on though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When my screen is so broken I can't use it anymore.