Help help help Problem description/epicrisis: I rode my (street) bike up a mountain today. The Fairphone 3+ was in the handlebar mount for the entire ride. It must have shaken the phone too much on the descent that it stopped working at some point. First the display froze, then I saw a horizontal …

Perhaps the battery isn’t making enough contact. Check if it is a bit loose. Sometimes a small piece of paper between the battery and the case can do the trick.

Thank’s for your reply. No, it’s not the battery. Also a FP3 would work without Battery if plugged into a charger.

[image] laerchi: Also a FP3 would work without Battery if plugged into a charger. Source? [image] To be able to use a phone without a battery (FP3) For some phones it is possible but not available on the FP3 range in fact hardly any phones have a simple plug in to use option.

I’ve changed the battery on my running FP3 plugged to a power source via USB-c several times Try it! You can remove the battery and replace it and the phone won’t power off as long as it is plugged to a power source …but yeah. Maybe booting on external power supply without battery is a different s…

I have the same problem and have not yet been able to solve it. I tried a new battery, but it didn’t help. have you found a solution in the meantime?

Display issue or Mainboard broken?

Help Fairphone 3

AnotherElk November 9, 2023, 7:07pm 4

Source?