[CANCELLED] Fairphone 3 - in parts -repaired with core module heat treatment

[Volker]

@Paul_Brouwer

Unfortunately my Fairphone recently went black. Given the costs of getting hold of a new core module, I decided to save up for a new fp5 instead.

You might consider to give your core module away to someone who might be willing to try to “bake” it like in

Fairphone 3+, Dead in 3 years

Hey @Vange I can totally understand your frustration. The same happend to the motherboard of my FP3 two weeks ago. I already had an Idea why this happened (which I will elaborate on below) and tried to reflow the motherboard as explained here for the FP2 and tadaaa - after I put the motherboard in my oven at approx. 200°C for 10-15 min. it worked again But here comes the sad part of the story: A week later my beloved FP3 fell out of my pocket from ~10cm to the ground, and was …

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@Paul_Brouwer

As I am a new user I could not add more than one image unfortunately. So I added the one of the screen tilted.

You’re now a “basic user” and should be able to add more pictures in case you want that.