I am currently traveling in Scotland and the other night my tent got flooded, and thus my FP3 got quite wet. I disassembled it and let it to dry for 3 days, but it still will not boot. The behaviour is strange: with the battery in, if I plug the phone onto a socket, nothing happens; but if I do the …

Welcome to our Community. :wave: Have a look at this, there’s at least one Fairphone Angel in Edinburgh (but I don’t know which Fairphone he has): [image] angel The Fairphone Angels Program and Map (Local support by community members) Local The discussion and questions a…

Hi and welcome to the forum [image] el_srabo: The behaviour is strange: with the battery in, if I plug the phone onto a socket, nothing happens; but if I do the same without the battery inserted I get the blinking red LED next to the front camera. That is odd I’ve never seen a blinking re…

Thanks, I didn’t know about the Fairphone Angels!

Thanks for the many interesting links! I didn’t know about the earthing contacts, and it might be the cause of my problem cause they are quite dirty. I’m attaching here a picture of the phone right after I dismantled it and before I cleaned anything (careful, it’s nasty). As you can see, there are …

[image] el_srabo: is it any more efficient than ethanol or are they similar? They are very similar in the ability to adhere to oil deposits. Iso is usually cheaper than Ethanol Ethanol is less toxic if you have children around. So is the ethanol >90% ? You may want to try using a tooth br…

Sorry I didn’t answer your question about the blinking LED: I was talking about this one. I’ll see if I can get my hands on a multimeter to test the battery’s voltage.

Yes that’s the only one I was aware of :slight_smile:

So is the ethanol >90% ? You may want to try using a tooth brush to ‘scrub’ Also you can dilute 90 down to 70 and the water may help with salt residue. The ethanol I used was actually already diluted to 70%, but I’ll try again with a toothbrush! Check the pogo pins move. I tested every pin …

First use a toothbrush to gently remove the debris. In a second stage use a copper brush gently.

I’m not a Fairphone Angel, but I am in Edinburgh and own a FP3 although I already made contact via Reddit… I hope the cleanup attempts go well, but otherwise I should be on hand to help test it when you’re here in August. Probably best to use Reddit to message me then since it actively notifies me!

Someone with a FP3 in Scotland? [Water damage]

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urs_lesse July 8, 2023, 10:15am 2

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