FP3 call/mic issues

Endless problems with the microphone on my Fairphone 3 too. So it seems to be a systemic problem with Fairphones. Callers frequently can’t hear my voice. Problem seems more frequent on apps, especially on Signal. Only solution seems to be to reboot my phone. So it’s software not hardware. I’ve given up on fixing it - going to bin my Fairphone and never buy another.

Does it work with loudspeaker or headset instead of normal phone loudspeaker at the ear?

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Headset makes no difference. Callers can’t hear my voice. Intermittent problem, solved by rebooting. Seems to have got less frequent. Has been very stressful & upsetting though - some important & sensitive moments ruined. I’m disabled and this phone has made my life significantly worse. Can’t wait to replace it. And don’t want to pass it on to anyone else.

So sorry to hear about your trouble, and I can certainly understand the sentiment, but there are FP3 users out there who could really use still working hardware parts.

Do you perhaps happen to have fairphoneangels (community volunteers trying to help users) in your vicinity (see angelsmap) who could take care of it without much fuss for you?

Politically I don’t want to encourage this movement. Capitalism is destroying the biosphere. Green capitalism is human supremacist, allowing privileged white folk to persist in the delusion that their ecocidal lifestyles can be somehow ethically continued sustainably, rather than facing up to the reality that this will all end badly and all you are doing is delaying the inevitable. I was initially inspired by the Fairphone story, and now see it as toxic greenwash. I may smash up my phone rather than let it contribute further to doing harm.

I see. Well, have it your way then as well as a nice day.

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