So a shop sent me a Galaxy S7 for data recovery. I have a pretty high success rate with these.
After looking at the board, I noticed someone had already worked on it.
This whole bottom area was full of flux. I can see some solder joints with really large solder balls.
Also, the shield around the CPU/RAM & UFS was removed.
I decided to remove the IC that looked worked on & sure enough, there was barely any solder on there.
I tried to boot from DT880 and it would only show a small jump t about 150mA and then back to flat zero with nothing else happening.
I then decided to look around the CPU & that's when I found solder balls sticking out of the RAM. So I had to call it quits & offer the customer a CPU Swap for data at a higher price.
Unfortunately, they declined.
Sad when inexperienced techs do a bunch of random things like this when data is at stake. I can understand mistakes happening. But I can tell they had no idea what to do.
Android phones in general are much more difficult to solve, as there are very few known solutions & virtually no documentation for them. So it does require some experience with working with dead phones to know how to handle these.
What disaster phones have you seen at your shop, that was destroyed by another shop?
If you have a Seek Thermal Cam, you're missing out if you don't have a VCC Seek Stand: https://www.vccboardrepairs.com/buy-seek-stand
Injured Gadgets just got these back in stock, so get them while you can!
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.
If you don't already have an electric screwdriver, GET ONE ASAP.
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It's rechargeable through micro USB and allows you to easily swap the tips out. You can also fold it to be straight or L shape.
Let me know below if you are already using an electric screwdriver 👇👇
I was surprised this one was successful...
Hope you guys enjoy all the detail I provide in the videos!
These cloths are amazing. They're soft but don't melt when you heat them.
They're perfect for reballing ICs. Just fold it in half twice & place the IC on top.
While you're reballing, the chip will sink down a bit & allow you to reball much better than if you were to reball on your workmat
Buy them here:
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Let me know what you think!
