FP1(U): USB connector / part number and order information

Congratulations to Nicedears ! You did a perfect solder job.

I tried it myself and left behind a battlefield. I haven’t tested the proximity sensor yet. It got quite a battering.
Farnell offers the correct replacement for the Fairphone USB socket: [Molex 105017-0001][1].

I think I found while trying to remove the old connector a flaw in the layout design of the motherboard. It was really hard to get the surplus solder out of the THT holes for the two back pins of the connector housing. There were no thermal reliefs for these holes, therefore the solder joint wasn’t optimal in the first place, because the planes around the holes sucked the heat out of the joint before the solder melted properly.

I filed these two pins of the new connector a little tinner in order to fit in the not empty holes.
Attached are a few pictures of my little soldering adventure. At least the USB port did work after the replacement, although looking at the pictures one might guess otherwise …

The disjointed housing pins and the lifted SMD pads.

Backside of the disjoind housing pins. Note the hole with the ripped out pin still inside and the lack of thermal reliefs.

The battlefield after the operation …

Good luck to everybody else trying ! :v: :wink:
[1]: http://uk.farnell.com/molex/105017-0001/micro-usb-2-0-type-b-receptacle/dp/2293836

3 Likes