There’s been a lot of buzz here about the Fairphone here lately, especially with it coming to the US.
On paper, it seems rather nice. Ethically sourced, privacy friendly stock ROM.
But the skeptic in me does say, “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.”
What are the drawbacks of Fairphone that seem to be shunned away, or less discussed both by the company and community at large? Why shouldn’t I just buy a Pixel 7a and put GrapheneOS on it instead?
I’m a little too reliant on Android Auto and there really is no alternative other than Apple Car Play which is even more restrictive.
Does the Fairphone not support Android Auto with microg/opengapps/etc?
It doesn’t support it natively. Fairphone uses /e/os and because it uses microg, android auto doesn’t work directly.
From this thread, there would maybe be a solution, one answer directs to an xda developer post with magisk : https://community.e.foundation/t/android-auto-with-magisk/47472
However it needs some tinkering, and it may not be the easiest thing to do.
@Tibert This make sense now to me…! I’m using lineageos, also using microG. I was wondering why Android Auto wasn’t working… but now I get it.
There are nightmare stories:
https://forum.fairphone.com/t/android-auto-not-connecting-anymore/96139/29