People are telling me that they can’t clearly hear me on the phone. Especially when i set them on speakerphone. My first thought was hey, this is where the fairphone shines! I guess the bottom module is responsible for the mic? If thats the case, then there’s a problem. I cannot find this part an…

Welcome to the Community Forum. Starting with the Fairphone :four:, the microphones are not replaceable by the user anymore (on the FP4, they are part of the Mainboard). Bottom modules were only available for the FP2 and FP3. The FP4 has a total of three microphones (1 mm holes at the top and bott…

All FP4 Users (me included) have this problem. Get another Phone and never come back to FP is my advice. You will get no support from this company

[image] Max666: All FP4 Users several yes and def not all…and when its a hardware fault (what we dont know yet) and its under warranty even if it takes time one can get help. Yes support isnt great, however your statements are exaggerated.

When I dial the code you suggest for troubleshooting nothing happens?

Are you on Android OS? [image] urs_lesse: These hardware tests are only available in Fairphone’s default Android OS, not in custom ROMs like /e/OS.

I’m on Android 15 so no custom

you should be able to access the internal tests through the My Fairphone App

This is an annoying problem that will likely not be solved. There are several related threads on it. Speakerphone sound is not usable on FP4 (on the other size they won’t hear you). When I bought the phone my intention was to used it 8+ years. I am still using it but the annoyance of this BASIC issu…

the problem in my eyes is, that there are issues reported for calls since the beginning, however people have many different issues (some on Loudspeaker others on old-school “ear-calls” and others dont have issues at all. That makes it difficult to fix, when its not hardware related. So what does the…

I never took settings from previous phone. From the existing threads it is clear this is a SW issue that is unlikely to be fixed at all for FP4

Microphone issue / bottom module

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klodo February 11, 2026, 1:39pm 15

I am a bit tired of suggestions related to HW failure. When using speakerphone in apps, there is no problem. So that rules out HW related issues. The drivers are unlikely to ever get fixed, see related thread below