Bern, Switzerland - Broken Micro USB & No spare parts

[TheJuanPercent]

Hi!

My Micro-USB part broke and I there are no spare parts.

Is there somebody around Bern with experience to repair it?

Thank you very much!

(PS: i was sent here from here)

[novski]

Sälü, im in Aarau. Not so far…
Do you have a sparepart MicroUSB connector to solder instead of the old or do you need help to find one?
A swiss supplyer of a probably matching spare part:

Buchse horizontal micro-USB B 5P, Würth Elektronik, 629105136821 kaufen |...

and this one has lashes on the side that cold fit to some the Through-Hole connections i see on the Motherboard…

Buchse micro-USB B 5P SMD, Würth Elektronik, 629105150521 kaufen | Distrelec...

[TheJuanPercent]

Hey novski,

Excuse me for being a little bit green in regards to cellphone reparis =D.

Are these MicroUSB compatible with the Fairphone motherboard?

I have no idea what I should do. What do you think is my best move? Buy the parts and go to a repairshop (Mediamarkt/Handydoktor.ch)? Or is it easy enough to give it a go and try it on my own?

Thx for the reply!

[Irina_Spitznagel]

This USB connector is known to work well with FP1
http://ch.farnell.com/molex/105017-0001/micro-usb-2-0-buchse-typ-b-smd/dp/2293836

More info here:

FP1(U): USB connector / part number and order information

Hi Joelle. I just used a local shop in Bradford around the corner from my work. I just chose that one because it was convenient and because I couldn’t find any bad reviews of it in the Web. The guy who fixed the USB port said that it was trickier to fix than most phones because there was very little space for him to work with. If Bradford’s any use to you, I’ll find out the shop’s details and let you know. How that helps, Martin.

[novski]

@TheJuanPercent

Or is it easy enough to give it a go and try it on my own?

Devinitive not. I wold not try to solder it yourself if you don’t have good experience.
The problem is that a repair house in switzerland has to give you 6 Months Garantie on a repair. So it will be dificult to find repairhouses that will take a not in there store selled device and repair it for you. All you can do is search for a smal local Radio/TV Store or a Friend that wold try to do that for you. But in each case its a damn hard thing to desolder a Through-Hole shelded Micro-USB connector. And the plastic sensor sitting right behind the SMD pins makes it realy a nightmare.

[Stefan]

Our repair shop in Vienna does it in 3 days and they even give 1 year of warranty. I just got my FP1 back from the repair. So you should plan a journey to Vienna, maybe.

[TheJuanPercent]

Can I send it in?

And how much would it cost?

Edit: I just stumbled across this post of yours, Stefan.

[Stefan]

I just called them. They say that shipping would be about 12€ extra. So in total it would be about 56 CHF.

[TheJuanPercent]

Thank you very much Stefan! Finally I know what to do! =D

Edit: Just do be sure… you are talking about handy-werk.at in Vienna, right?

[Stefan]

Yes, exactly. They take about 1-2 days for the repair. I had the impression that they know what they are doing and was confident that they’ll fix it. Now my USB connector is fully functional again!
http://www.handy-werk.at/