First impressions Fairphone 2

[paulakreuzer]

@Ondrej

he parts wiggle and move

That’s not normal! Try to screw them together tighter. This is probably also the reason for the noises you hear. Also check this topic

@Ondrej

fair amount of bugs and glitches.

Most have already been described here in the forum and for some there are workarounds.

@Ondrej

is incompatible with most chargers, the touch screen becomes unresponsive when the phone is connected.

Fairphone 2 unusable while charging

Info: This issue is related to chargers and cables. Test all the chargers and cables you have and if no combination works get a charger from the community list (or the Fairphone shop) and a high quality USB data cable. Once you found a charger/cable-combination that works make sure to treat them well. Don’t play around with the cable if you are bored and don’t rip it out of the phone or the charger, but gently unplug it. Original Post: Hi all, While my previous phone also was hard to use w…

@Ondrej

Random restart occurred twice

FP2 random reboots - see #rebootsguide for help

The Troubleshooting tips moved here. Original Post: Mine has started rebooting on a regular basis as well. I’ve tried a factory reset and it doesn’t seem to help. Its rebooted about 15 times today so far. Last night the touch stopped working so I couldn’t enter my pin after a reboot, it took a lot of attempts before it would respond. Bit dissapointed. Quick question, does anyone have the Peace of Mind thing on theirs? Mine doesn’t apart from once today when it randomly rebooted I could see it…

@Ondrej

When moving icons on the home screen, the icon jumps around randomly.

Could be:

Fairphone 2: Crazy touch inputs (touchscreen issue) - workaround (for some): increase touch & hold delay

Troubleshooting Tips: Increase the touch and hold delay: Rule out screen & battery issues #disassemble your phone, carefully clean the connectors perform a battery reset as described in the #batteryguide Update your Operating System (You can manually update as described here even if your screen doesn’t permit you to update normally). Try to find a pattern. When does this happen? If it only happens during phone calls than it’s probably a proximity sensor issue. Go here for more info an…

@Ondrej

When making a call the phone sometimes displays “Call not sent message”.

https://forum.fairphone.com/t/two-sim-cards-cant-make-receive-calls-when-both-are-turned-on-workaround-wait-5-seconds/12118?u=paulakreuzer

@Ondrej

Had to replace both SIMs multiple times before they even worked with this phone.

Please check this poll:

FP2 kills some SIM cards

In order to get a better picture of how many people are affected, here’s a poll: Providers poll SIM card types poll

@Ondrej

please excuse my overly critical tone

I think your review sounds mostly positive and realistic!