I have had my ZFold 4 going on 3 years now. The battery is degrading significantly and the factory screen protector is peeling off.

Google has been shitting the bed; lately it is much worse and unlikely to get better.

I’m looking to alternatives; it looks like google pixels are the most recommended (GrapheneOS, Lineage, e/OS); I am not happy about supporting Google, so will not buy new.

I wish there was a real alternative; Jolla and fairphone don’t ship to my country, purism is far too US centric.

What to do…

  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I suggest avoiding Samsung as they contain a small fuse that burns out when you root the phone

    Clarification: Samsung doesn’t add a fuse to the motherboard here - this is built into the die.

    Incredibly common in semiconductors for all sorts of uses, most often for one-time programmable ROM chips (not used as an actual fuse, rather to etch specific data that can’t be erased or overwritten). Pretty cool little things.