Fairphone 3: Open Source Hardware

[ae7h0k]

I was wondering whether the interface and the physical dimensions of the components are available anywhere?

Has the company considered making them available, so that people can hack up their own components?

[teezeh]

Fairphone is a fair phone, not an Open Hardware project. So the answer is probably no (I cannot speak for the vendor, though, since this is just a community forum). Also, how could you hack up your own components w/o software support?

[AnotherElk]

@teezeh

Also, how could you hack up your own components w/o software support?

You could work with the support that’s already there, not everything the SoC can do is in the phone, not everything Android generically supports is in the phone.

Nice example from the Fairphone 2 …

New Fairphone 2 Bottom Module with an appropriate case

Hello, I’ve designed a new bottom module/PCB for the Fairphone 2. The new bottom module supports an USB type-C connector. Be aware that it doesn’t make your phone charge faster, because it doesn’t support USB-C power delivery. Also the transfer speeds will be the same, but USB-C is stronger and more durable than Micro USB. And it’s also reversable, so what do you think. Do you like my project. This time I don’t need help from Fairphone. The First picture is the original motherboard and the sec…

[Leznew]

I use magnetic charging cables with different tips => microUSB or USB-C works very well for me

[ae7h0k]

@teezeh

Also, how could you hack up your own components w/o software support?

If there was support it wouldn’t be a hack

@AnotherElk

Nice example from the Fairphone 2 …

Thanks! That’s the kind of think I’m thinging of!

So nothing about the Fairphone 3?

[sozialpr]

Just wondering: Did you ask Fairphone support about this?