Local repair shop Scotland central belt (Edinburg, Glasgow, Stirling)

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White squares

How “waterproof” is the FP3? IP Rating

They can be checked by dismantling the phone and looking to see if the rather obscure white dots have gone pink or red. Maybe the two little white squares one top left, the other centre right. [n6YBHoWVNpR6taKK.medium]

The bottom module can be further disassembled, but would void any warranty you may still have.

FP3 Bottom & Top module breakdown

Hi. Images below taken with an FP3+ I have a defunct F3 that I disassembled to see if I could fix it; No luck; but whilst at it I thought I’d take a look at the bottom module as one issue was that it wouldn’t charge. The bottom module can be prised open, it has four small latches, two stainless steel and two plastic, so be careful. I opened the steel one first. Here is the inside of the two halves of the surround. Centre is the slot for the USB C port. The shiny B98CBC is probably the vibrato…

You may also want to look at the power button

Boot Fairphone 3 with broken power button

Hi and welcome to the forum. If this is an FP3 and not the FP3+ you may be well out of warranty so if you do not want an official repair, at ## cost then you may want to consider a DIY Can you still charge the phone, does the LED show charging as yellow or green? Try to ensure the battery is charged to rule out that as a problem. It may just need a clean. The power switch is part of a small strip connected to the main board. You will have to start by removing the screen Here is the locat…