Fairphone 2 Bottom Module

[rudlberger]

I am urgently looking for a Fairphone 2 Bottom Module

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Where would it/they need to be shipped (country or city)? Austria

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[anon9989719]

Hi @rudlberger and welcome to the forum. I note you have been reading the forum for 5min, so I hope you are aware that a) the demand is now largely on a user who manufactures new ones and b) on the option of repair.

What is wrong with the bottom module, you do not say why yopu think you need a new one? Maybe you have a #fairphoneangel near you that could help swap the module to ensure that is the problem, if it’s not obvious.

[rudlberger]

The Microphone makes weird noises. I can only be understood, if I switch to speakers mode during a phone call

[anon9989719]

Thanks for the update.

It could be the actual mic failing or the connections may be cracking up. You can remove the module and check to see if the mic is a bit wobbly.
There are some instances of repairs when it’s the poor connections etc. You may not want to try yourself but may find someone you will do a repair if that’s all it is. Replacing the mic is possible but finding a suitable one may be difficult.

The following link is to the last post in the topic, there are other posts in the topic that deal with the mic

FP2 Bottom Module: Repair broken µUSB port and or mic

Hi, I also want to share my experience with repairing the microphone. From one day to the next my microphone didn’t want to work anymore. This was not the first time but now, I can’t buy a new bottom module… I read a few times that the pcb tracks are maybe cracked. So I opend my bottom module, heated it up to soften the glue and the solder and removed the microphone from the pcb. And the result was: All three tracks are broken (now) (see picture below)… The solderpads of the pcb were …

Howto repair the microphone inside the bottom module

As fairphone angel (in Berlin) I have a lot of support cases with nonfunctional microphones in the bottom modul. A lot of users have minimum the 2nd, often the 3rd bottom module. Mostly easily changed by Fairphone support in warranty. But there is a lot of waste (I collect old faulty modules and send them back for recycling). So my questions: Did anyone successfully repaired the microphone inside the bottom module by soldering a new smd microphone? What’s the reason for the highly rate of f…

[rudlberger]

I know, that’s why I removed the module and reassembled it: still the strange noises unfortunately.

[Marie56]

Hi everyone, I am looking for a bottom module for the FairPhone2 too ! I have exactly the same problem than you !
thanks

[anon9989719]

Hi Marie56. Welcome to the forum
I hope you have read up on the posts linked to above though I note from your profile you have only been reading the forum for 3 minutes

So do you have an intermittent problem with the mic and have you dismantled the phone to check the module and see if the phone is a bit loose.

You will see from posts, linked, that repairs to microphone circuitry can be accomplished and given the lack of bottom modules this may be the only option.