iPhone repair - digitizer, lcd, motherboard, etc...

[jorgemarr]

Hi i have an iphone 4 that i bought on ebay that has water damage . I usually clean them up with alcohol and i've gotten lucky. This time the phone had coffe on it and it dried up. I took it, cleaned it and it responds to itunes but when i plug in the lcd it gets very hot. Would you know why? thanks i appreciated.

[fuckingsob]

Hi guys! The purpose of this video is to show you what a tech would do to start fixing a bad phone, but it's not a guide nor an invitation to try to do the same thing. Just an FYI video. Every phone is different. Since this video was made around the time the first gen iPhone was out a lot has changed, I suggest these days with the single motherboards instead of the dual that if it is anything but digitizer failure or speaker issue, sell it and cut your losses. Newer phones usually die for good.

[finneykris]

theres no such thing as a 4GB iphone WHAT THE HOLY FUCK

[fuckingsob]

@finneykris Hi you must be new here. The world has been around longer than 2 years. Maybe look back just a TAD further say..... 4 years and find all the 4gb iphones, millions that were sold, that you are not seemingly intelligent enough to find though they can be found anywhere with a google search.

[dragonking700]

@T1nn3r

Maybe this video is for the 1% of viewers who actually know what the heck is going on, and maybe 99% of viewers shouldn't bother watching or commenting on this video because it's just so far beyond them :P

[swensev]

clearly you know a lot fsob. the thread looks like you're dead. could you go into a little more depth about the probing and what the oscilloscope is telling you? is there a quick way to tell if the motherboard is ruined (i.e. from water damage). Also, what would the repair process be if you found a problem while probing, re-soldering? please educate us more for the beginner.

[GODLOVEEESYOU]

Hi,

I have an iPhone 3G that blew up because I bought a cheap crappy iPhone charger on eBay. :@ I want to sue the seller sooo bad ! :@ There were sparks flying when I plugged in the wall charger & my iPhone blew up & now is dead. I bought a new OEM charging port but it didn't work. New battery didn't work. I'm assuming it's the motherboard that's been blown up too & is dead now. Is there any way I can fix it ? Or is it damaged beyond repair ? Thanks ! :)

[TheElite805]

Can you make a video on how to remove the motherboard on iPhone 2G???

[yhyhytyfr]

i have a question could you repair a broken lcd connector on the mother board that is missing pins and is labeled number one i am going to buy the part but need some to install

[DarkDevil1251]

could you use a multimeter and if so what setting would I put it on?

[Billy18bm]

do you do repairs? such as replacing the digitzer connection on the motherboard. I have the part, but i don't have the skills to solder it in.

[hipflbof]

hello

do you know how i can repair an iphone 2g which is not loading if i plug in the cable? it seems to load but as i plug off the cable the display disappears. i cant open up the iphone to the main screen. and it wont power on without a cable. i have already soldered a new battery but it didnt help. i think theres a fuse blown on the comboard. but which one?

[saudikid]

ok i got 1 problem, my iphone LCD screen works but its dark as fuck...like i can hear the sound of my apps etc, but the only way i can see the screen is if im under bright sunlight....whats wrong with it? it was in the washer by accident.

[BrendeneoTV]

Hey dude is the brightness all the way up?

[saudikid]

@BrendeneoTV yup allllll the way man.

[shlooky1]

PCB working without power supply or battery? man, wasn't that just the noise scope showed you? ;)

[otisrhw]

I was wondering if you sell parts and if i unplugged the little wires in the wrong order, like they all unplugged at once. did that ruin my phone .

i'am talking about the numbered wires on 3gs.

thank you ahead of time

[noahspurrier]

So, did you have any luck? Did you find the line to the dead band? Was there a way to fix it? I suspected a corroded line that was shorted or a contact that separated from the glass on the touch screen sensor. I didn't have much luck cleaning or testing the connector contacts.

I've read all sorts of stuff about possible software fixes, but most of them did not make sense to me and I suspected it was just coincidence and luck.

[HardKore5250]

what happened to the iphone and what caused it?

[Usolid]

how many mhz is your oscilliscope?

[fuckingsob]

It's a Techtronix 442. Fortunately when probing you don't need much. If I needed to know the frequency output of the comm board I'd need to use a bigger scope such as the one I keep at the office. I leave this one laying around because it traces very good and can be found for cheap anywhere. A very expendable scope. If you blow it up probing, you're not out much of anything.

[ilyabou]

So what do you next? After you found the bad plug?

[Xmn32]

My iphones water damage dot was set off some how...scenario: Go to work phone works, hit the gym, phone works, when I left the gym it was dead. I put it in my gym back, thats it! Now they tell me I have to buy a new phone. Not! Any solutions?

[joshhg93]

damn where can i get thet machine lol