FP2 bottom module (or FP2 as a whole)

[anon9989719]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

As bottom modules are difficult to come by you may want to consider a repair. You could try yourself or may have a friend that seems capable.

The link below show others on this forum that have successfully repaired/replace the mic and USN port.

The instructions can also be a guide if you can find a shop that with effect the repairs or a fairphoneangel

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 microphone repair (work in progress)

Hi As all the FP2 are beyond warranty and there are no more bottom modules, is it necessary to say it voids the warranty. Nice job by the way For those interested see also and

and there may be this option

FP2 bottom modules repairs by Fairphone - Refurbished modules

From the bottom module page: For all Fairphone 2 users whose device is not covered by the manufacturing warranty anymore, we are also able to offer you a refurbished replacement bottom module via a repair by us, however we don’t cover these costs. I didn’t remember having seen this before, the web archive tells me it wasn’t here on Oct 7th, but Google Webcache tells me it was here 4 days ago. Has anyone contacted Fairphone and actually asked for this repair?