I had an iPhone 14 Pro come in for Data Recovery. It was smashed really bad.
After isolating everything, I found the phone had no shorts and boot sequence looked normal. Unfortunately, I didn't have any iPhone 14 Pro screens in stock to test with.
But I did have an iPhone 14PM screen that I bought on launch day to do the teardown video for my YouTube channel.
I had seen someone else say the 13 Pro and Pro Max were cross compatible, at least for data purposes. So I gave it a try & sure enough, it works!
Sure, the image is distorted and the touch is does not line up with the image, but at least it allowed me to get data off this phone.
Another thing i learned from this case: iPhone 14 Pro (and Pro Max presumably) will require the bottom board connected, otherwise it restarts every 3 min.
I have done extensive testing to see what parts are required to prevent 3 min restarts on my known good 14PM. I found the Prox Flex, Power Button Flex and Charging Port Flex, ALL are required to be plugged in to prevent restarts.
Although I never tested with just top board only.
Until yesterday. I found I couldn't get data off this phone because it was restarting with known good parts.
Not until I connected the bottom board, did it not restart & I was able to get the data.
I wrote the panic log codes on the Repair Wiki, so you guys can take note of them: https://repair.wiki/w/How_To_Fix_an_iPhone_14_Pro_That_Randomly_Restarts
So I hope you guys found this helpful! If you read to the end, make sure to hit that like button!
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It can take us a while to build these out sometimes, so they're sometimes out of stock for a while, but we're working towards always having inventory ready to build more as they sell out.
This stand makes using a thermal cam so easy. So much better than any other thermal solution on the market.
It allows you to get real close up (using my Macro Lens), and easily find where the short is coming from.
Plus it's hard free, so you can have your hands free to try to boot the device from DCPS, while having an image that is in focus & not moving around.
You can even record a video through the app, while you inject voltage into the short, so you can go back & see exactly which component was it that was heating up.
Save yourself lots of time by getting a Seek Cam, Stand & Macro Lens! ...
Anyone who is doing game console repairs, knows how many screws you need to remove to access the motherboard.
Especially the PS5, with the 5,000 screws or so.
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If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to grill a motherboard like a grilled cheese, this is the one to watch 😂
PRG reached out and asked me to tackle a pretty wild board that wouldn’t charge and kept bootlooping. So I did what I do best—threw it on the heat plate, did some micro soldering magic, and brought it back to life 🙌
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🔥 It helps more people find my work and keeps the collabs coming!
Appreciate all the support from this amazing community 💙
More crazy repairs coming soon!
I have an exciting collab I'm working on...
There's a pretty big phone repair channel who I did a collab with, that will be publishing a video we did for an iPhone 15 Pro that was not charging & restarting every 3 minutes.
Panic log read 0xa1
I can't wait to share that video with you guys!
His channel has millions of subscribers 👀👀
I'll give you a hint to the solution... See attached pics
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