Phone freezes, e.g. with Telegram

Ok, if nobody has a specific idea, then I think your options are …

Getting assistance:

  • contact fairphoneangels in your vicinity, if there are any (they are community voluntaries offering support in their spare time). They could perhaps help to identify a particular module causing the problem by swapping, or they could perhaps assist with other options.
  • contactsupport (official Fairphone support)

Generic do it yourself stuff:

Make sure you have a backup of all your important data, then

  • Disassemble the modules of the phone, you are allowed to do that without losing warranty. Clean the contacts connecting the modules with cleaning alcohol, then reassemble the phone. Here’s a nice video …
  • If that doesn’t help, try a manual re-install of the OS (“The user data will not be erased.”)…

https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/207914363-Manually-install-Fairphone-OS-for-the-Fairphone-2

  • If that doesn’t help, try a factory reset ("which will remove all your personal data.") …

https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001610926-How-to-make-a-Factory-reset-on-Fairphone-2-

  • If all else fails, here’s how to really start from scratch …

If the last three options (all software) don’t help, it’s most probably a hardware problem, and you would be back to getting assistance.

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