Clumsy? Maybe better don't disassemble your Fairphone

[yvmuell]

Just a few days ago, same discussion for FP3 reg stripped screws

Sending my FP3 to France for a stripped screw

I recently had similar issues and another/bigger screw driver helped. overall I have the feeling the PH00 is not the best for screws sitting very tight. Do you not have any mobile repair shops or repair Cafés, modeling communities, radio operator community close? I would assume such shops/communities are used to work with such tiny screws and mightt be able to help. And if you then need a replacement screw, I can send you some.

And if you want to order some screws

FP4 Replacement Screws

Just to set the record straight: The FP4 screws are not countersunk. They have a flat pan head Their specs are M1.4x4.5. Please find the technical drawing attached [Screenshot 2022-01-14 at 09.37.56] I will ask our CS team to publish these specs somewhere on the support pages as well. Cheerio

And some further tips…

Help! How Can I Remove Stripped Screws from My FP3!?

I found this thread on iFixIT with quite a few tricks you could try. But choose wisely and maybe take the phone to a repair shop or repair-cafe, if you are feeling uncomfortable with it. Or this trick, that is linked in the above thread: There are two (amazon) links to special tools and a glue solution And here you find a list of repair-cafes https://repaircafe.org/en/ If there isn’t one in your area, you might try looking locally, because I wouldn’t expect all those initiatives to b…