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authorMartin Ashby <martin@ashbysoft.com>2024-12-21 22:18:18 +0000
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Fix a lot of associated breakage Fix broken rss.xml file as highlighted to me by Matthijs van der Wild (thanks!)
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+.title = "Fairphone",
+.author = "Martin Ashby",
+.date = @date("2024-02-05T19:56:17Z"),
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+I bought a [fairphone 4](https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-4) just under 2 years ago. I'm pleased to say last week I repaired it! I had accidentally filled the pocket on my jeans with sand on holiday, and then I put the phone in the pocket. The USB-C on the bottom of the phone got sand in it, and stopped holding a cable correctly. It just about worked for charging still, but the cable would pop out very easily, and this was pretty inconvenient. I tried a few ways to clear it out, with no success.
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+I bought a replacement part, and (after some delivery issues, which were the fault of the local shop doing UPS delivery, not fairphone's fault) I got a new USB-C socket that I fit in 10 minutes with a single crosspoint screwdriver.
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+I really appreciate how repairable this phone seems to be. The battery is replaceable without a screwdriver, and even the display is replaceable. I hope this will allow me to keep the phone for a long time. \ No newline at end of file