Questions before buying Fairphone 5 with e/Os

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Hello!

Had an Fairphone 2 about 10 years ago but the camera was bad and i didnt like the Google stuff... But im thinking about giving it another try with the Fairphone 5 and e/Os by Murena.
I have a few questions before buying it and would really appreciate if anyone could help :slight_smile:

  • Does Android Auto work with e/Os?
  • Did anyone ever try to use Fp5 with an Ethernetcable (in Flightmode)?
  • Any alternative to Apple Pay or Google Pay (that works in Germany)?
  • Anyone using the Murena Cloud with Fp5 and can share his/her experiences?

Thanks so much for helping!

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https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/android-auto

Should work with the right adapter or dock (example).

Corresponding topic in the Fairphone community forum, just as a reference for others here ā€¦ Questions before buying Fairphone 5 e/Os by Murena - Fairphone 5 - Fairphone Community Forum

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A quick internet search will lead you to Wero/the European Payments Initiative, which still is in an initial stage. Only bank transfers are possible, but the goal is a comprehensive digital payment service. So far, only a very small number of European banks have joined the program and its predecessor Giropay didnā€™t make it very far. Letā€™s see how far they get this time. Personally, Iā€™m more of a cash person anyway, it doesnā€™t send any data :melting_face:ā€¦

I had already subscribed to 20 GB of Murena Cloud for my FP3 two years ago or so. At that time, I noticed that synchronization sometimes took a while to start. As the cloud has only recently become (almost) fully functional again, I canā€™t say much specifically about its use with the FP5, which I now own. However, I have noticed that synchronization is now much faster. A photo I had just taken was in the cloud in no time at all, whereas it used to take hours to be uploaded. But this may also be due to better cloud hardware or different default settings for synchronization intervals (which I never manually changed).

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  • Does Android Auto work with e/Os?
    I use Android Auto with Murena FP5.
    I run it on a separate user with all required google apps installed. I had to turn on ā€˜testā€™ mode in Android Auto to enable apps like Spotify.
    Not all apps work as in regular Android but Waze, Spotify, Google Maps, Tunein radio do work.
    I didnā€™t test it since 2.8 upgrade so it might be better now ā€¦
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Thanks for the answers.

I understood, thetlre is no alternative to Google pay.

But does Google pay finally works with Fairphone 5 e/OS?

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/e/os ā€œapp loungeā€ provide google playā€™s apps

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Merci Julien!

But this does not work.

I installed Google wallet but i cant add credit cards. I also prepared a New Google account for Google pay.

Also NFC is running but requires first a payment APP like wallet.

What Iā€™m doing wrong?

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Aurora does a better job than App Lounge with Google Play. Iā€™ve bought apps on Play Store with Aurora. You log into your google account with MicroG/Aurora and with a payment method setup on your Google account, you can pay for apps.

As far as NFC, thatā€™s entirely different. Yes you need to have a ā€œwalletā€ to use it, but installing Google Wallet and and logging into your Google account is going to defeat the point of /e/os privacy. Thatā€™s true of any app where you remain logged into Google. I donā€™t use NFC so I donā€™t know, but there should be alternative app to Google Wallet.

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Iā€™d wait for FP6 that might be released later this year.
Cheers

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That sounds very reasonable.

Especially as my Fairphone freezes after just one day with every app.
I think the thing is broken somehow.
Iā€™ve already rebooted several times today and one
factory reset behind me today, without any success.

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If perhaps a faulty state of the OS is the cause of the issue, a factory reset would not fix this, as it doesnā€™t touch the OS at all (only deletes user-related stuff).