I have friends in Germany, so if I need to warranty mine, I'll ship it to them first.  It is annoying that they aren't really accessible in Canada without jumping through hoops. 

I'm going the Fairphone 5 gets pmos support soon as I'd love to switch to that. 

The two things that really keep me tied to Android are Android Auto for navigation in my vehicle, and Signal for obvious reasons. I can do without Android auto if I must since I can always just Bluetooth connect and get vocal directions, but it's less convenient. 


On Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 11:49 Michael Hill <mdhillca@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM Jason Shaw <grazer@gmail.com> wrote:

This is all great to know. I had a Sony Xperia that I fiddled with sailfish OS on for a while but again, it never fit as a daily driver.
 
Thanks, that gives me an idea for my two Xperias, one of which just retired yesterday.

I'll have a look at the 6 and 6t. Currently I'm running a Fairphone 5 with Android, so not ideal, but the hardware is great and I absolutely love the company's dedication to longevity of hw and sw. 

 Warning: the TechRadar review repeatedly called the 6 a midrange phone, and I'd say it's clunkier than my 2-year-old (and $300 cheaper) Xperia. I'm still looking for information on the Clove warranty I saw mentioned somewhere since Fairphone won't warranty phones in Canada (and I'm not optimistic about Clove). The postmarketOS wiki says that althouhg the 5 is among its best-supported, the 6 boots, but not much else so far.

On the bright side, the postmarketOS developer who's working on the port in his spare time is employed by Fairphone by day, and has a YouTube channel.

Mike