UK phone maker Wileyfox in administration

Browntoa

No more OS updates

Warranty likely to be invalid as believed to be in house , not 3rd party

[Deleted User]

Damn, that's a shame.

pmduk

Bad news indeed. Let's hope the administrators can avoid liquidation and closure.

Exemplar

Seen on the net today - just for information only:

https://www.gsmarena.com/wileyfox_enters_administration-news-29529.php

Looks like everything in the on-line store is 'out of stock'.

Sad really as I liked the build quality.

Jon_01

Posted yesterday; https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5790080

Exemplar

I did look but as it was buried on page 2.....!

pmduk

Actually, it's still on page 1

toshi

As Wileyfox sold Cyanogen OS phones initially, some of Wileyfox phones are well supported by Android Open source developers community.

For instance, Storm and Swift is officiallysupported by LineageOS

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#wileyfox

Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 for Swift 2 is available
https://forum.xda-developers.com/swift-2/development

This is not the first case, Nextbit Robin has been stopped, (now Razer Phone) however, Nextbit Robin is well supported by Android Open Source Developers communities as well.

I hope some Wileyfox users will continue to get software support by Open source communities.

pmduk

I thought most Wileyfox handsets had been moved onto stock android? My original Swift was before I killed it.

DanHam

If I've purchased my phone from Littlewoods (about 3 months ago), would I be able to send the phone back to them should it no longer function?

Atasas

DanHam wrote: »

If I've purchased my phone from Littlewoods (about 3 months ago), would I be able to send the phone back to them should it no longer function?

Hardly, more like clear no, but IF something happens- worth a try contacting whoever is administrator.:j

Shame, as IMHO they had good intentions, not too bad products, but seem to be unable to compete with bigger businesses from far east:(