My usbc port stopped working and while I wait for a new one, I did some googling and worked out that you can charge the battery directly outside of the phone if you can find a charger with similar pins. I tired to search for one to buy, but ended up finding a camera charger that I took out of the casing and pushed the pins a bit closer togetherā¦ it has worked for my FP4 battery. Not ideal or a long term solution but possible option if you just need to charge once to download everything!
Has anyone managed to import a new fairphone battery to Aust? Chasing a FP4 battery if anyone knows of one locally that might be the same size thatād be amazing!
Iāve justed to send a request to reichelt elektronik so weāll see if that works!
VoLTE is short for Voice over LTE. I donāt know if LTE is a hardware or software layer but the Voice part will be software.
The FP5 with the stock Android or /e/OS has the software and LTE.
If your service has LTE, you can use VoLTE. You need to make sure your provider has āprovisionedā it.
I have received that message, probably because my previous phone didnāt have the capability or maybe because the service provider (Optus) does not recognise FP or the operating system.
Has anyone found a cover (wallet style), in Australia that suits the FP5?
I got a cover at a kiosk that fits but it covers the on/off switch. I have to press in ājust the right spotā with a finger nail to turn it on or off.
I have considered cutting a hole but donāt know if that would work.
Has anybody had any luck getting VoLTE enabled on aldi mobile? Every time I reach out to support I go around in circles until they just say that VoLTE is enabled by default.
Guess itāll be easier to switch to another provider.
Sorry, team, Iām sure itās somewhere but iām having cognitive difficulty these days and Iām failing to find it. Where can I order a fairphone 5 battery to have it shipped to Melbourne? I just got my fairphone 5 today and Iām loving it. I just want a second battery as big olā middle finger to google who wouldnāt even let me take the battery out without smashing the screen on my pixel, lol.
Yes I searched far and wide from a way to post a battery. reichelt elektronik accepted my order, but after a few weeks I contacted them and they chased up the postage to find it was stuck at the german border and was unable to be shipped. I asked if there was anything that they could do but they advised it was not possible to ship. However, about a month later I received a package with the battery! Perhaps it slipped through. I think your best option to ask someone travelling back from Europe to bring a battery with them, if thatās an option.
Since Fairphone mention them as shipping worldwide, an email to Vireo.de to ask them canāt hurt, I guess (address is info@vireo.de).
Itās not an option via airplane, at least. Fairphone say (see link above) ā¦
āSince standalone lithium-ion batteries are dangerous goods and are subject to transport restrictions, your European address contact can not simply ship a battery to you, or bring it on an airplane.ā
But your package coming through in the end might mean more hope for the reseller path.
hey friends!
clove uk has stopped getting in new stock for fp4, so as they were previously the best option for getting anything fp4 with Australia delivery, iām hunting for fp4 parts from somewhere else, that isnāt super expensive
donāt suppose anyone has any suggestions for where to get parts from?
iām intending to get a replacement for each part type all at once, thus not needing to go through this hunt each time a new part becomes not so functional. iāve ordered a small few from clove that they still had in their dwindling fp4 stock, but still needing all other parts.
if there are no suggestions, is anyone able to share with me, what part SKUās are so i know iām getting the right part? (not quite as important for internal parts, but still helpful)
needing SKU for:
protective case (speckled green)
display screen
battery
rear camera
usb port
earpiece
screen protector
