FP2 Battery Problems (drains quickly, CPU gets hot) - See batteryguide for workarounds

Hi,

I don’t know if it was already mentioned, but it seems that there is an update how to perform the battery reset with FP2:

Borjan (Fairphone Support) sent me these infos on
Feb 5, 14:44

Hello Werner,

We actually updated the battery reset procedure. You should not use the previous procedure as it will make the device report wrong state of charge.
To kickstart the battery:

  • Take out the battery of the phone;
  • Wait for half an hour and put the battery back in the phone;
  • Connect the Fairphone to a charger;
  • If the charging light is blinking, it means that the battery was totally empty, wait for some minutes until the red light becomes fixed;
  • A loading battery icon should appear for a few seconds (a short press on the power button will display it);
  • Please keep on charging for more than an hour because the battery was likely totally drained.
    You might need to do it twice - or at least let it shut down by itself twice - before the report is better.
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