Sudden Death (or not?)

[anon9989719]

Hi and welcome to the forum

As KurtF says it could well be a connection.

Contacts get dirty to say the least.

It would seem obvious to me to dismantle and reassemble, are you hesitant to do that?

If you do
a) get some isopropyl alcohol from cleaning
b) ensure enough downward force on each of the 13 screws so as not to burr the head.
when reassembling

• ensure the pogo pins on the main board work.
• clean the contacts on the display that meet with the springs on the steel cover, maybe even check the springs are out enough

Fairphone 3+ does not power on

Yes sadly your problem form the start didn’t seem like a battery issue. Regarding the internal connections have you tried cleaning the earthing contacts between the display and core module. The ‘solder’ contacts outlined in red on the display. [display_module] For more mention of these contacts see, but they are outlined in blue in that topic

You may even want to clean the charging port. As you have no warranty you can disassemble the bottom module for better cleaning.

FP3 Bottom & Top module breakdown

Hi. Images below taken with an FP3+ I have a defunct F3 that I disassembled to see if I could fix it; No luck; but whilst at it I thought I’d take a look at the bottom module as one issue was that it wouldn’t charge. The bottom module can be prised open, it has four small latches, two stainless steel and two plastic, so be careful. I opened the steel one first. Here is the inside of the two halves of the surround. Centre is the slot for the USB C port. The shiny B98CBC is probably the vibrato…

There are lots of posts on this subject, do a search, try something and let us know how you get on.

All the best