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Broken FP2 sim slot

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AnotherElk September 12, 2017, 11:36pm 2

FP2: MicroSIM adapter broke SIM card slot pin Fairphone 2

So I was trying to remove one of my SIM cards from the FP2. Turns out that it was a nanoSIM inside a microSIM adapter. It got a bit loose and took one of the pins with it. You can see it on the picture, the right SIM card slot is missing the rightmost pin. I managed to salvage it, but I don’t think there’s much I can do with it - it’s probably too tiny to be soldered back in place. I’m thinking about buying another SIM card reader from eBay or something, and then soldering it above the broken …

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