Please help. My FP3+ was just sitting on my desk, approximately 60% battery life remaining. I looked at the phone, tuned to my computer, looked back and the phone was black. The phone wasn’t even touched. It won’t turn on and I get a flashing red light when I attach the charging cable. But nothing …

Hi and welcome to the forum Try the following If you still have a warranty, i.e. you bought the phone less than 2 years ago remove the battery and check it’s voltage if you can try cleaning the USB port it may have debris that has short circuited the battery open a support ticket with Fairphone. …

Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate it. So I completely disassembled the phone and cleaned all contacts with contact cleaner. I also disassembled the modules, took apart everything I could. I was particularly thorough when cleaning the USB port/bottom module. I carefully reassembled the pho…

I’m afraid your phone is dead, there seems to be a series that suffers from this sudden death, see for example: [image] FP3 dead from one moment to the next [SOLVED] Fairphone 3 Hi all, half an hour ago my FP3 still worked without issues. Now that I got home I see the sc…

Oh man, that’s devastating to hear. I cannot begin to explain what I have lost because of this. I tried calling Fairphone support, what a bunch of cretins! They’re just reading from a script and repeat the same thing over and over without stopping to think for even a second…I may as well have spoke…

Although I can understand, that you are upset because you forgot to make a backup of your ‘vital information’ on your phone, I can’t understand your very rude behavior. So I’m out of this thread.

I didn’t mean to offend anyone, if I was rude it’s because I’m unbelievably upset as what I’ve lost is of great importance to me. Although admittedly I did write that last comment in the hope that someone at Fairphone reads this as their service is unacceptable for a device so expensive…something n…

FP3+ black screen red indicator flashing while charging

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Incanus January 23, 2023, 10:31am 4

I’m afraid your phone is dead, there seems to be a series that suffers from this sudden death, see for example: