Charging problems and ugly update

[AnotherElk]

@AbelKeene

I don’t think I can back up on the battery I’ve got and I definitely can’t charge to 80%.

If it helps a bit to just be able to charge the battery in some way … There are universal external smartphone battery chargers.

External universal chargers for Fairphone batteries

Pre-sermon: What for?

Those who have followed Fairphone for a long time know that the charging port of a Fairphone is – very much like in other smartphones – a neuralgic point. When it doesn’t work, the whole device is soon becoming unusable until it is fixed. We have seen the spare part becoming unavailable and available time and again, sometimes after 1-2 weeks, but more than once, it took months. The FP2 bottom module that includes the charging port was the first spare part that Fairphone had …