Looking for a Fairphone 2 Bottom Module / Fairphone 2 Mikrofon-Modul gesucht

[jpp]

I am looking for a new bottom module for a Fairphone 2. If you have one, please let me know.

Ich suche das Mikrofon-Modul für das Fairphone 2. Wenn Sie eins haben, bitte geben Sie mir Bescheid.

[anon9989719]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

You don’t say what is wrong with the module and maybe you could repair it personally or via a shop. The common issue are a failed USB port or the microphone each of which is addressed in some detail in the following posts.

FP2 Bottom Module: Repair broken µUSB port and or mic

@JohnHughes (thanks again) send me two broken bottom Modules some days ago. This one has a defekt µUSB port. After disassembling I took a picture with a microscope camera and found some solder cracks. Barely to see without magnification. Two cracks at the shield contacts that I am not too worry about, but also one at contact 5. I am sure that was a slack joint. Some serious force must be acted to the Port. I will try to resolder the joints and hope the bottom module will be able to do its work…

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…

[jpp]

I actually have two bottom modules. One with a broken microphone and one with a broken USB port.

As soon as I have time, I am going to open up the modules and try and solder the connection(s) as described in the links you posted.

However, from experience I know that something could go wrong when taking it apart (e.g. breaking the housing or messing up the soldering) and so still am looking for a new bottom module as a backup/spare.