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#188

People at the event yesterday agree that Fairphone should release the design files of the slim Covers so people can print their own designs. The actual back-part of the cover is probably easily printable and if done in good quality can work together with the official rim and buttons. ( @Douwe what do you think? )

I’m a big fan of the Idea of printing the back case by our own! I am even willing to pay for the design files (possibly a license fee of 5-10 €), if money is the reason why this idea should not work.

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#189

I am wondering about the print process you have in mind…
Do you know a way to print something that lasts on the current used cases?

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#190

I just had shapeways.com or materialise.com in mind.

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#191

Am I the only one to find 30€ EXTREMELY expensive for a plastic case ? :scream:

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#192

This shouldn’t be a big problem.

Even with typical home-printers (reprap/FDM) the back covers most likely will come out usable with enough support material (or some minor changes in design). I’m still using my self-printed cover made on a very cheap printer but I’d like to try it on the original CAD-files as well. +1 for releasing the files!

BTW: I’m curious for what might actually be the reason for not publishing the CAD-data? FP did it with the FP1 - so why not with the FP2 where it would make much more sense due to it’s “openness”.

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#193

ah yeah. I thought you meant printing a pattern on the existing covers.
But of course you could also print your own.

I’ll ask around and see if I can find this out for you.

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#194

Somewhere in the forum I read that people have problems with charging their Fairphone 2 in the new slim case. Do you guys have the same issues and if so how do you work around that?

#195

I don’t have any problems with charging. the hole is well aligned with the
port and a little groove ensures there is not too much distance for the
plug.

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#196

I have this issue with my charger+slim case. It often disconnects when it does not lay in the exact right position. I have no issues with the regular case.
I also found out that the charger of my boyfriend works (there seems to be a very slight difference), so I mostly just use his cable or leave my phone untouched in the right position while charging.
What also works, is just taking off the cover for charging (what is luckily easy with the new slim cases).

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#197

Oh of course, just taking off the cover sounds like a pretty easy way to get around that. Thanks :slight_smile:

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#198

There are USB plugs that work better with the old Cover and such that work better with the new one. I had one that always fell out with the old cover, but sticks better with the new one. But new good cables have little barbs and therefore work well with any cover.

#199

Well I like my slim case and so far have no problems whatsoever with it…

My only comment would be: it is slimmer compared to the original one but it’s not slim…

It’s better for my small hands but still too big (ohh how much I love my FP1!!!)

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#200

I’m curiuos about the progress :slight_smile: any news about publishing the CAD-Data?

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#201

I actually do have troubles with one specific cable which was from Samsung and seems to be worn out meanwhile. It has those barbs but does not connect well any more. But if I put something (eg. a pencil) underneath the plug it works :wink:

#202

Isn’t this a big deal for anybody else? I mean, nothing says openness and transparency like a … transparent cover.

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#203

If you search for “transparent cover” you will find out that many have criticized that transparent covers aren’t available anymore.

#204

I read in the following comment It is coming (Android 6 launch event), that there is a possibility that fairphone publishes the slim case files, so you can print your own transparent cover :slight_smile:

#205

@Douwe is not talking about the slim case there, but about a DIY case by @keesj.

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#206

Ah sorry, i mixed a littlebit :confused:

#207

The new slim-cover looks nice, but let us not forget that there are some issues related to the slim-cover.

https://forum.fairphone.com/t/slim-case-reboots-and-button-issues?source_topic_id=22949
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