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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

My fp4 has been very disappointing so far tbh, after a year or so of using it it's slow unresponsive and the mic doesn't work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I have experienced that the microphone is in a weird spot on the left border of the phone, frequently where my fingers are placed when calling. So maybe check if you're covering it too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

That may well be it actually I'll try keep that in mind

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't the point of the FP to be able to change parts easily?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

You can't change the CPU or memory afaik.

I could replace the mic but if it's breaking every year I'd be better off just buying a new second hand phone of better quality every few years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I have no issues like that. Maybe your microphone is damaged. What has been bugging me is the top speaker sounds terrible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 59 minutes ago

It may well be, it's possible I got a drop of water in it after washing my hands or something which might've done it but I'd be pretty disappointed if that's enough to break it

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

It's not supposed to do that. My FP3 got unresponsive after a while as well. The trick was to open it up and gently tighten all screws.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I'll give it a go I can't see how that would help but maybe it's a loose contact to the touchscreen or something

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Im curious, why would that help?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Because in IT, the fix is always to power cycle. If that doesn't work, you take it apart and put it back together and then magic happens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I've taken the battery out a number of times and it's not changed anything, I might try a full disassembly at some point anyway just for the fun of it though