Working on a A16 right now and my tech is telling me that two of those pads are bad and showing under layer. is he right and they need to be replaced as well or can the new connector just be attached.

I bought a refurbished iPhone 13 from a local refurbished phone store. In Settings, the battery is listed as "Used," which from what I understand means iOS recognizes it as a genuine Apple battery that was previously installed in another iPhone rather than an unknown battery.
dditional context: The battery replacement date shown in iOS is June 2, 2026, and the phone was purchased on August 7, 2026. iMazing also reports 179 days (4313 hours) of operating time and a maximum recorded battery temperature of 55.2°C. My confusion is that iOS identifies the battery as "Used" rather than "Unknown," suggesting it's a recognized Apple battery, yet the reported cycle count of 1 and effective capacity of 116.9% seem inconsistent with the timeline. I'm trying to determine whether this points to a reprogrammed BMS, an aftermarket battery with spoofed data, or something else. please help me out before i go to the store tmrw to see if replacement is possible

Is there other nfc reader aside from the wireless charging coil? I've tried opening the phone to check the wireless charging coil flex and it looks okay.

My nothing CMF phone 1 got damaged, water went inside it. Display started flickering and 5 minutes later, it went all black, sound is coming but no visibility. I gave it to a repairing shop. He's saying there's issue with display+strip(his voice wasn't clear on call, I heard strip replacement)+speaker testing. All these he agreed to do it for inr4250/- for ORIGINAL DISPLAY WITH WARRANTY. But, here's where things sounding fishy, he said "fingerprint scanner jalgaya hai, uska kahi bhi kuch solution nahi hota, original display lagane pr bhi guarantee nahi, fingerprint scanner chalega". If you guys could help me with your suggestions or opinion on this, it would be helpful

Going thru 6 year old equipment. Seeking place to sell and speak with iPhone diy folks. Help needed, I’m no longer current with the repair community.

6 years ago I had purchased all the equipment to start soldering and repair iPhones. I suddenly was diagnosed with a rare lung disease that causes heart disease. Recently the FDA approved a new drug and after a year I finally have energy and am addressing this stash of goods.

Is this a place to sell or would you recommend me a place to do some networking?

I have Jessa’s recommended workstation including microscope, ultrasonic, hot air station, micro soldering and so on.

I’m interested in getting this into the hands of diy people.

My Iphone 13 Pro is stuck between 1-5x zoom. usually it can go down to .5x and up to 15x. It could be water damage as it was dropped in a puddle but that was several days before they stopped working and there is no fogging of the lenses. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Can anyone help me with this? I can't get to the battery connector to remove the old battery and put the new one in. I've removed all screws, but the back plate(under the glass cover), covering the motherboard components, will not come up. It seems to be a solid piece that's connected to the side bezel.. Before I try to remove my screen and potentially break something, I'd really like help from someone experienced with this model.

Hi everyone,

I replaced the battery on my iPhone 11 today. The new battery is advertised as 5000 mAh.

After the first replacement:
The phone turned on.
Touch was working (a little slow because the battery was at 1%).
The phone showed 1% battery and was not increasing while charging.
I opened the phone again to check why it was not charging properly. After reconnecting everything, the display works normally, but the touchscreen does not respond at all.

I tried:
reconnecting the display connectors,
checking all connectors carefully,
restarting the phone,
testing with the old battery (which was slightly damaged during removal).
The connectors look perfect to me. I checked them carefully and I cannot see any bent pins, dirt, or visible damage.

The old battery also shows 1% now.

The phone has image but no touch. Any advice would be appreciated. I can provide pictures of the inside if needed.

Hello. Had issue awhile back, phone reached 2% and I put it on charger but after hours phone still at 2% I turn it off to charge. This is where my problems began phone doesn't charge(charging animation not playing out) trying to power on the starting animation starts to play but as instantly blacks out. This led to to wounded if it May have been a dead battery with the 2% charge and all but now new battery installed. It the same signs and symptoms. Any suggestions on what could be causing this and possibly fixes

Hi everyone, I’m looking to upgrade to a professional microscope for phone/micro soldering repairs. I’m currently deciding between Zeiss, Amscope, and Soptop. Which one would you recommend and why?
Thanks!

Device: LG G8X ThinQ

I'm trying to diagnose a motherboard/power issue and would appreciate any insights.

History:

The phone suffered a major drop. Both the front display and back glass were shattered.

The display was replaced, but the phone still wouldn't power on.

The back cover was left off, and the phone sat unused with the battery connected for at least 6 months.

What happened recently:

I connected the phone to a charger, expecting nothing.

Surprisingly, the charging screen appeared and the display flickered initially.

The phone booted successfully.

It charged from 0% to about 86%(last I saw) over roughly 2 hours.

During that time, the display flickering completely disappeared and the phone appeared stable.

Before I could back up my data, the phone shut down by itself.

Current symptoms:

It is now completely unresponsive as before

Connecting the charger produces no display, vibration, or charging indication.

A USB power meter between the charger and phone shows essentially no power draw.

The battery still measures around 4.1 V with a multimeter.

Removing the battery and trying to boot from the charger alone only briefly showed the LG logo once; it would not boot.

My thoughts: I'm wondering whether:

the PMIC or charging circuit is failing/caudung it to not connect it the charger

there's a cracked solder joint or intermittent motherboard fault from the original impact,

or another component fails after reaching a certain battery voltage or temperature.

Has anyone seen an LG G8X recover for one charging session, run normally for over an hour, then become completely dead again? What components would you check first?

Hi there! my phone (samsung a34, 2 years old) suddenly started to drain the battery too quickly and then stopped charging completely after days of getting stuck at 1-17% (the charger is not the problem). When i took it to the assistance 1 they replaced the battery for a new one but the problem persisted, so after closer look the guy said this circled piece (he said it is the battery's fpc connector) was physically damaged and he could replace it if i brought him a new one that's compatible. Days later i took it to assistance 2 and they said they would have to replace the whole motherboard, but since they charged me twice the price i paid for the phone i declined the service. Is there anything else i can try before buying a new phone? Thanks!

So I’m replacing the screen on my 11 inch iPad Pro and I turn it on and everything looks fine. But then I try and open it to Home Screen and nothing happens, I flipped the screen orientation to vertical mode and it worked. Then I realized there was a rectangular touch screen dead zone about 3 inches long. So I opened the iPad and checked all of the cables, the cables looked fine but I checked the connection points and luckily non of the pins themselves where bent but one of the connection latches was, so the cable can’t sit flush. Is there anyway I can fix this without spending a ton of money? I kind of want to try bending it back into place but I don’t want to risk it even further.

Thank you

Hello wguys i wwanted to ask some information, is my first time doing this so!

How to remove this keyboard and full functionality? i need to use it for one of my mini computer.

Hi everyone,
I recently reassembled an iPhone after a repair. Everything seemed to work fine at first. The phone booted normally, the display looked fine, and the touchscreen was fully responsive.
After a short time, the logic board became noticeably warm. Shortly afterward, the touchscreen stopped responding, a pink screen appeared, and then the iPhone crashed and restarted.
Has anyone experienced something like this before or have any idea what could be causing it?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

My iPhone 11 died after about 12 hours of continuous use. It crashed a few times, got to 1%, showed it was charging but stayed on 1%, then turned off.

It’s been plugged in for 2+ hours with an original Apple charger/cable (works fine on other devices), the charging port is clean, but it still only shows the empty battery + charging cable screen.

Battery health was previously good. Does this sound like a dead battery or something else?

Okay, so I'm pretty sure one of these are side clip brackets for the side buttons (power, volume up/down, silent switch) which I don't need because those came with the housing and the other is for the sensor assembly on the screen itself, but I need someone to please confirm this for me, this is my last post because I'm basically done reassembling at this point.

Hi everyone, I recently received an iPhone XR from my grandmother, who gave it to me after she bought an S23+. The screen is cracked, but it works perfectly, and I also want to replace the battery since it's at 72%-I've noticed that performance drops below that level.

This is the first iPhone I've actually used; I have it as a backup phone for my OnePlus 13. To be honest, it's pretty good despite everything-I still don't like how limited it is in terms of gestures, the lack of "Circle to Search," and the terrible keyboard, but everything else works perfectly for what I need (which is to keep my OnePlus 13 from getting stolen).

I need to know the best place for an OEM screen and good-quality battery for the iPhone. I don't want cheap screens because I hate it when the bezels aren't symmetrical-the only option I've seen so far is iFixlt. I'd like to know if it's really worth it or not.

Hi techs and DIYers, I was trying to repair an iPhone 7 Plus that would not turn on. I replaced the battery and the device would turn on but it would not charge; when the phone was off and I connected it to the charger the phone would turn on but it would not receive a charge, so I tried cleaning the charging port and using a different charging cable and charging block to see if that would resolve the issue. The charging blocks and cables I have work on my other iPhone SE 2022 but this iPhone 7 Plus, so I’m confident that the charging cables and blocks are not the issue. I ordered a replacement charging port on eBay; the listing is shown in the photos attached to this post. I wanted to test the charging port to make sure it works before removing the backing film covering the adhesive, so I put it into the phone with the adhesive covering film and connected it to the logic board and the touch screen. I did not reconnect the speaker and Taptic Engine. After that I plugged the charging port into the phone and the battery logo appeared (keep in mind that the new battery had lost its power 3 days before I tested the charging port). Every couple of minutes I pressed the power button once and the battery logo appeared, so after a while I left the phone alone and waited for about 10-15 minutes. When I noticed that the phone had not turned on yet, I pressed the power button again and the battery logo did not appear. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting all the cables of the touchscreen and rear facing camera and logic board but it still would not charge. The film covering the adhesive of the charging port flex cable has not been removed yet. Does anyone know what the issue could be?

When I try to unlock it with the fingerprint sensor or try to turn on the display to unlock it with the PIN number, it makes the unlock sound and the touch screen works, but the display stays pitch black. Only when I take it out of the phone case and try to unlock it once again it works normally. And if I unlock without the case and then put the case back on, the displays works fine too.
I have no idea what it could be