Hi all,

I’ve had a 3a for some years now, and I like almost everything about the phone (though I sincerely wish they’d used more durable glass, holy canoli). However, the battery has started to fail, and I was wondering if it’s worth replacing? It would cost about 80 USD to have it professionally replaced.

I know the device is no longer supported by Google, but I was thinking of running GrapheneOS instead of Android, anyway.

Any thoughts or insights? I’m far from a genius when it comes to cell phones, so I’d appreciate anything you have to say.

Thanks!

  • EddyBot@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    GrapheneOS doesn’t supoort EOL (End-of-Life) Pixel phones but other custom roms like CalyxOS or LineageOS still support it with monthly updates
    the installer of CalyxOS in particular is really easy to use, not even close as complicated to whatever hops you need to jump for Samsung or Xiaomi phones

    I’m kinda sad what I replaced my Pixel 3 with CalyxOS on it, especially the finger print sensor is just miles ahead of what ever the Pixel 7 is
    using the custom rom without Goolge Play Services also helped with the battery a bit