New Fairphone 2 Bottom Module with an appropriate case

[anon9989719]

Thanks Have you any experience with nylon and wood/carbon they sound more to my liking.

Will look at the printers you mentioned

Thanks again

[Leo_TheCrafter]

No, wood is not that useful to me, it is really more for the aesthetic, and carbon is quite dangerous (will embedd itself into your fingertips, if you sand it it gives you lung cancer) and only gives you support in XY direction, not Z.
Nylon is very nice, I haven’t used it, but it is not a beginner material, you need a dry box, it is somewhat flexible, quite hot temperatures etc. If you want to try it, go ahead, for certain applications it is the only material durable enough and it is also semi flexible making snap fit and compliant mechanisms easily possible, but it is quite expensive.

[Leo_TheCrafter]

FP2 new USB-C bottom module new batch [SORRY, ordering closed]

I am currently making a list of potential buyers of USB-C bottom modules for the next batch. I have already a quite long list but I want to order as many modules as possible due to shipping costs. If you are interested in buying one, please leave a short post containing the quantity you want to order, both for the module and the case. I want to keep this thread for just orders so if you have any questions you can PM me or ask them in one of the other threads so that others can also learn from…

Here’s a link to a new thread regarding the next batch of bottom modules

[urs_lesse]

You might want to consider giving (in your pre-order topic) at least a vague estimate of how much a module and how much a case might cost (before shipping).

And I’d make sure to include the magic words USB-C over there, too

[Leo_TheCrafter]

Thanks, I somewhat missed it, I have included it in the post

[ingolf]

@Leo_TheCrafter, can you comment on the level of support of this new hardware in stock FPOS for the FP2? What about other typical OSes like FP Open, /e/, Lineage? Would you expect the module to be supported out of the box?

Ingolf

[Leo_TheCrafter]

The module has nothing to do with software, the USB-C port is electrically USB2, however the rest behaves exactly the same as the original module

[ingolf]

Thank you very much for the clarification.

[brab]

I’m potentially interested in this module, but I would like to know what manipulations are needed to install it (I’ve never tweaked my FP2…). Also, do you have pictures of the case? The one I found are from October 2019.

[Leo_TheCrafter]

The main module needs no modifications, but you’ll have to remove the speaker and vibration motor from the old module and move them over to the new one, you’ll also need a new case or carve the old one out with a knife.