Bottom module for Fairphone2

[Anne_Olivaux]

I’m looking for a bottom module for my FP2 (the microphone doesn’t work anymore. I’m from France.

[anon9989719]

Hi and welcome to the forum

As they are hard to find you may want to consider a repair.

If not DIY or by a friend you may find a repair shop that would do it.

There are topics/posts on how it has been done.

Howto repair the microphone inside the bottom module

As fairphone angel (in Berlin) I have a lot of support cases with nonfunctional microphones in the bottom modul. A lot of users have minimum the 2nd, often the 3rd bottom module. Mostly easily changed by Fairphone support in warranty. But there is a lot of waste (I collect old faulty modules and send them back for recycling). So my questions: Did anyone successfully repaired the microphone inside the bottom module by soldering a new smd microphone? What’s the reason for the highly rate of f…

FP2 microphone repair (work in progress)

Edit: see following posts for updates - this particular fix doesn’t seem to last, but I’m trying out something different. If it works I’ll hide the text below in a spoiler tag and write a new post. Frustrated as I am at having to wait for parts to fix my Super Nintendo, I thought I’d finally take an in-depth look at some of the broken FP2 bottom modules I have lying around. I’ve never encountered a broken USB port but I have about half a dozen of these things with malfunctioning microphones. Te…

If you search you will find more

[Stephane_Rogue]

Bonjour,
J’ai un module inférieur de Fairphone 2, que j’avais acheté en 2020. Je l’ai utilisé environ 1,5 an sur un Fairphone que j’avais acheté en 2017. Désormais mon téléphone ne fonctionne plus, je crois que c’est la batterie, il a lâché fin 2022. Si vous êtes intéressée n’hésitez pas à me contacter. Je suis aussi en France (à Lyon).