I bought a screwdriver with my FP4 and was surprised and disappointed that it didn’t fit my wife’s FP6. Any ideas why Fairphone switched screw types between the FP4 and the FP6? Not great for sustainability if customers need to keep buying different drivers.
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I don’t have a FP6, but I see that the screwdriver associated with it in the shop is a Torx rather than a Philips. I would assume that this is a result of the ease with which the heads of Philips screws can be stripped if a screwdriver slips and/or is used incorrectly, which is all but impossible to do with Torx… Hopefully, if the decision was made on that basis, it could lead to better longer-term sustainability.
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Philips sukks. Torx is superior. I have computers that had their screws with Philips heads shredded then I had to use a dremel to get the motherboard out, but then I damaged the motherboard. Anyone that had a similar experience would never go for Philips or pozidrive.
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I’ve had old screws on the Fairphone stripped before and it was really hard to remove them to replace a broken screen. I had to break part of the phone enclosure to be able to remove them…
Torx is just vastly superior to prevent screw damage and improve repairability of Fariphones. Having to buy a new screwdriver pales in comparison to having to buy a new phone because you can’t disassemble it anymore due to broken screws.
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Should be the same Torx as for the FP4 mainboard (which uses different screws than the rest of the phone)
Here I am with my screwdriver arrived from fixit thinking I can open my phone today but no. I only saw one type of screwdriver available on fairphone and it wasn’t torx. 00 philips. This is the first I have seen it mentioned. I am really disappointed because the shipping is so expensive to ireland from fixit and fairphone!
Perhaps you can find one in a hardware shop
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For reference:
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https://shop.fairphone.com/shop/ifixit-screwdriver-ph00-21 … explicitly says “Compatible with most Fairphone models and Fairbuds XL. Not compatible with the Fairphone (Gen. 6).”
Perhaps that could be improved?
@Fairphone_CM
But
when filtering the accessories for FP6, you find (only) this one
https://shop.fairphone.com/shop/ifixit-screwdriver-torx-t5-1911?page=2&category=5
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Thanks for noticing that, I didn’t see it. Needs fixing, indeed.
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