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Anyone has tried Murena phones? (sh.itjust.works)
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I am toying with the idea of buying the GS6 with Murena e/os, but there is very little information about this phone. I was wondering if somebody had tried it

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[โ€“] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I tried to buy one Fairphone 5 from Murena last year, but the order not only failed to go through due to site errors, but I had nearly $6000 of charges posted to my bank account. Initially Murena's customer service tried to blame this on me and were going to make me pay in full for the charges until I got my bank involved and I made what ended up being a high-traction Reddit post. Two very stressful weeks later, a second customer service person stepped in and I finally got a refund.

Some people have gotten phones from them, but I'm not the first person on the internet who has reported their customer service is awful, so buyer beware. I have no trust for the company myself, as much as I'd love a Fairphone. Add that to the hundreds of reasons why I wish I were born in an EU country lol.

But hey, my decade-old OnePlus with LineageOS is still going strong.

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    [โ€“] 9 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

    I bought at Murena three times so far, currently a FairPhone 5 with /e/OS and I am loving it.

    It's not ideal as you're replacing one cooperation with another and they essentially are saying "trust me bro" but if you are not very tech savvy with phones, like I am, its great!

    AFAIK /e/OS is basically lineageOS with microG and some preinstalled FLOSS apps.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Hey, if you're on e/OS v4.0 could you check if a usbc memory stick or any other USBC device you have on hand is recognised? Since v4.0 that doesn't work here anymore. Would help me in sharing information with Murena. Thanks.

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    • [โ€“] 6 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    I was about to but found out I could get a much better pixel with grapheneOS for cheaper. It's great it exists to develop European operating systems though!

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago

    Sadly the absolutely pitifully small storage space of the pixels to force you to use their cloud services carries over to graphene.

    Currently I have immich not removing any photos or videos from my phone and my entire music library synced via syncthing.

    Even if I got the more expensive "upgraded memory" pixel, I would be out of storage (having 0 games on my phone and minimal apps) in about another year, maybe 2...

    The experience of only "cloud" (even if self-hosted) media services is a compromise at best.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Same story for me: I got a refurbished Pixel for less than $200 and installed GrapheneOS in a few minutes. I wanted a secure OS, but I got something better: the most plain, stable, and dull Android you can have. It's perfect for me.

    My next phone will be either the Motorola/GrapheneOS, or a Sailfish thing on a cheap Sony Xperia.

    /e/ OS looks like a fork of LineageOS, which is not a good selling point because I cannot buy a refurbished phone for that, and the advantage over LineageOS or GrapheneOS is not clear to me.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago

    One of the advantages is that if you have to buy a Pixel to use Graphene then you are basically rewarding Google (even if you are buying secondhand). E/os USP is it comes pre installed option on Fairphone which are the moment is the most ethical way of buying a phone - if that is of concern to you. It is to me so I have bought one. By all accounts they have solved a lot of compatibility issues with banking apps so I might give eos a go myself.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I saw that but you ave to be able to flash graphene, high I can't...

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Why can't you flash graphene? It requires a PC or android phone with a web browser and a cable.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I fear I might brick the phone with a mishap

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago

    I think it's healthy to worry about that but I will say that Graphene's install experience is the best I've ever seen. Visiting a page in a web browser with the phone connected, the page will walk you through every step, explaining each one clearly and then double-checking your work to confirm proper execution before continuing. It is by far the most polished and safest ROM install I've ever done.

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