Stefan
December 23, 2016, 1:55pm
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I think that your Fairphone has completely run out of energy.
What you are describing sounds like a broken USB connector. You could try to move your USB cable slightly into different direction to see if some of them still work for charging. In the long term you’ll need to resolder the USB connector (or have an independent repair shop do it).
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Hi Forum,
I think I broke the connector of my FP. It only charges when I push the cable slightly upwards. It does not at all connect anymore to the PC when I connect to a USB cable. I tried many different cable so that can exclude the possibility of a broken cable. I once roughly pulled the cable from the phone when I was in a hurry to leave.
I want to unsolder the connector and replace it myself. The official support option would be to replace the complete mainboard for a fee of about half th…
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