 Every year, manufacturers produce 1.5 billion smartphones worldwide and probably just as many are thrown away after what's usually a far too short hardware lifespan. Mining the raw materials happens under inhumane conditions, the energy required to produce the individual parts is extremely high and the manufacturing and supply chain spans the globe several times. This has devastating consequences for our world. One of the main reasons for these short hardware life spans is that the operating system running on a phone receives updates continuously, but after a while many manufacturers stop providing these updates. This makes installing current apps more difficult and creates security problems, so you only get new software if you buy a new phone. This is true despite the fact that your current phone still works, but instead of replacing your device you can update the software yourself by installing a free software operating system. This brings your valuable hardware which can often last for many years up to date in terms of security. Then you can install the latest apps again and uninstall all the ones you don't want. If only one and three of us would use their device just one year longer we could save the resources of producing hundreds of millions of smartphones annually. Get active, help the environment, save money and use free software as a tool for self-determination and against waste and obsolescence. On UpscyclingAndroid.org you'll find background information on how to extend the life of your Android smartphone with free software, there you'll also find important political demands, information on how you can get involved, help for self-help and other ideas. UpscyclingAndroid.org