Hi,
I have called the support for advice, they assume that it is a hardware failure. Now I will send it back. It seems that they are a little bit overworked at the moment.
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Hello,
Thanks Christoph.
My problem is getting worse and worse, and I literally can not use my FP2 for writing any text at all.
State of my touchscreen in attachment
Lots of programs I can not use any more.
I remain without any reply from support after 9 days.
Iāll also send it back I guessā¦
Boris
Hi Boris,
try to call the support. I also had no luck with the online support ticket.
Christoph
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Thanks @Christoph_Weis, good input!
Yes @Borisfer, call the support. Once you tell them that the whole part of the display does not work anymore, they will start the process of replacing your phone. Itās a production mistake and cannot be solved otherwise.
So this is what I propose everybody with this problem does.
They said the exchange should be done in 5 working done, maximum 2 weeks.
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Hi,
just to give a short feedback:
I also contacted support just five minutes before by phone (online ticket wasn`t answered since two weeks)
and they will sent me instructions for exchanging my Fairphone 2.
cu,
Volker
Hey everyone,
same problĆØme here but on the left side of the screen, initially I get aware of the problem while texting and couldnāt type : a, q, the arrow up and ?123 (Iām in azerty) then it came back to normal after installing a ratp app (bus and metro app in Paris), but donāt know if itās related. After two days I wasnāt able to type a and q anymore but style able to tap the arrow up and ?123. Then it was again all the left side that turn back insensitive. Investigating the keyboard I realize that I canāt type
the letters v, h or y : it activate for v : the c and b, for h : g and h, and for y itās t and y. And last piece of discovery, every time I hit the space bar it put a dot after my word. (I manage to use my phone with multiples rotation when itās possible and itās quite ok for 80% of my use but I would love to get back to this smooth phone I had unboxed 3 weeks ago). Then, I try to look for a way to calibrate my screen but didnāt find something effective yet. I hope those observations can help to find another solution than exchange with SAV. Let me know.
Have a great day everyone.
R.
Hello,
I have also contacted support by phone, which allowed them to give feedback on the ticket I had opened.
I have now started the return procedure, as my FP2 is not usable at all (or with a lot of difficulties).
Greetings,
Boris
Hey @borisfer and @vordprefect ,
Did it work out with the return process. Is that the solution?
All the best
Rey
Hi Rey_B,
it was just sent to Netherlands the last days (arrived in Eindhoven at Friday), so I think it needs some days more, until I get a Fairphone2 back. I will report when I got it and installed all the apps again ;).
lg,
volker
They should pick mine up today if everything runs normally.
I believe I have the same issue. Added a request on the support a few days ago (90641, I donāt know whether itās public), and tried to call but no answer yet. Any feedback ? I just seem to have one column down (left side), turning the phone still allows me to type.
Hello,
Little update on my situation:
- There were some contact issues between DHL and Fairphone, and therefore DHL failed to pick up my FP2.
- I had to arrange eveyrthing myself, and finally allowing me to fix a new pickup date
- DHL did pick it up on Monday
- It arrived at Fairphone in Netherlands,
- Support just told me they could check the state of the phone, and that I was right in the analysis of my touchscreen issue
- Therefore they will replace my FP2
- They just opened a new order for me, for which I have to pay 0 EUR
- They told me my delivery is a priority
So, I will have a new FP2 for free, but I donāt know yet when it will arrive.
As soon as I get it, Iāll let you know.
Boris
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Since about a week my digitizer (screen) is giving issues, even unrelated to previously reported freeze and ghosting issues. The horizontal resolution is failing to the point where input is reduced to a few lines. Please observe my test-drawings in the added screenshot (Screen Touch Test app). Say I try to type an āeā on the keyboard, I get the combination of a āwā and ārā instead. The issue presents itself on all screens, even on the lock-screen.
I just reassembled the screen on the phone, but the issue persists.
Does anybody know of other tests/fixes I can try to clarify or resolve this issue? Otherwise Iāll upgrade this issue to a support ticket.
Iāve moved your topic to this one, because I think itās the same problem.
when I am writing text on the phone keyboard (SMS or mail for ex.) my FP2 does not allow me to use the bottom-left part of the screen. so i can not digit A - Z - Q - S - shift key and numeric key.
this happens only in writing mode, the rest of the time the screenās sensitivity is fine.
to notice that when the keybord phone is in orizontal way, it works fine on texting SMS and has problems only in mail mode for the two lignes on the bottom : shift - Z - X - C - V - B - N - M - delete - numeric - comma - space - dot - enter.
any issue??
Iāve moved your topic to this one, because I think itās the same problem. You could try a drawing test, like other users did in this thread.
Hello everyone, after my distress call on February 24, I got good news. I contact fair phone support by phone, they where very much into understanding my problem and fast to react, as soon as they understood that it was a screen (hardware) problems, they send me the spare part. Three days after I had it personally delivered at my door and now my phone is working perfectly. So Iām very happy and I can show it again to my friends to make them want to be part of the movement.
Best regards to everyone and bravo to the Fairphone support, in my experience I only encounter professionals and caring peoples.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Robin
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Hey @vordprefect , @borisfer , @Reitho ,
any news on your approaches? My right side of the screen is now almost dysfunctional. Iām waiting for your results to see which path to take.
thanks
rey
Hi Rey,
this weekend I just received my fairphone 2 back from repair. Ive tested not so much because I hadnt time to install all the apps I used - but now I have no problems to use the touchscreen in all areas.
Now I need some time to install all the apps and import my data again ;).
cu,
vordprefect
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