FP2 Bottom Module needed in Hamburg/Germany

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Howto repair the microphone inside the bottom module

As fairphone angel (in Berlin) I have a lot of support cases with nonfunctional microphones in the bottom modul. A lot of users have minimum the 2nd, often the 3rd bottom module. Mostly easily changed by Fairphone support in warranty. But there is a lot of waste (I collect old faulty modules and send them back for recycling). So my questions: Did anyone successfully repaired the microphone inside the bottom module by soldering a new smd microphone? What’s the reason for the highly rate of f…

FP2 Bottom Module: Repair broken µUSB port and or mic

Hey, just desoldered my microphone from the bottom module. the (very thin) pcb is glued into the plastic case of the module. But with a heatgun the glue softened and you can pull it out. After that I put my heatgun on 380°C and desoldered the mic. I coverd the surrounding parts with kapton tape. But I ripped one half of one solderpad off the pcd(see picture, top right pad). The trace from that pad seemed to be connected to a via next to it. [image] That was written on my mic: S1263 277…

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FP2 Bottom Module: Repair broken µUSB port and or mic

Hi, I also want to share my experience with repairing the microphone. From one day to the next my microphone didn’t want to work anymore. This was not the first time but now, I can’t buy a new bottom module… I read a few times that the pcb tracks are maybe cracked. So I opend my bottom module, heated it up to soften the glue and the solder and removed the microphone from the pcb. And the result was: All three tracks are broken (now) (see picture below)… The solderpads of the pcb were …