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Title:

Replacing FPC connector, pins disappeared!

Text:

Hello
I was changing a digitizer that had been changed again and noticed that some pins were almost ripped off. After testing the new digitizer being happy that everything works smoothly (there were more repairs), when I removed the digitizer to reassemble completely 3 pins of the fpc connector followed the digitizer :/ .
After some searching for the appropriate flux and heat protection tape (Greece's market on this parts is extremely low, they had only plumbers flux) I started the repair.
I've been stuck at a point though.
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'''Two pins on the logic board are like they disappeared after moving the soldering iron across the pins.'''
'''See links bellow.'''
+
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[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bznj_EBe4UGNTDJ0cm1CU2drYWlrNHhpQndRa1MzWUotc0Jj|Exhibit A]
[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bznj_EBe4UGNbEFtNXQ0aUc2cWVnSHJLdmJTcTE3VkxMQTQw|Exhibit B]
What's my next move?
Thanks,
Dim

Device:

iPad Mini GSM

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

+483739

Edit by: MDims

Title:

Replacing FPC connector, pins disappeared!

Text:

Hello
I was changing a digitizer that had been changed again and noticed that some pins were almost ripped off. After testing the new digitizer being happy that everything works smoothly (there were more repairs), when I removed the digitizer to reassemble completely 3 pins of the fpc connector followed the digitizer :/ .
After some searching for the appropriate flux and heat protection tape (Greece's market on this parts is extremely low, they had only plumbers flux) I started the repair.
I've been stuck at a point though.
-Two pins on the logic board are like they disappeared after moving the soldering iron across the pins.
+--------------------------------
+'''Two pins on the logic board are like they disappeared after moving the soldering iron across the pins.'''
-See links bellow.
+'''See links bellow.'''
+-------------------------------
[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bznj_EBe4UGNTDJ0cm1CU2drYWlrNHhpQndRa1MzWUotc0Jj|Exhibit A]
[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bznj_EBe4UGNbEFtNXQ0aUc2cWVnSHJLdmJTcTE3VkxMQTQw|Exhibit B]
What's my next move?
Thanks,
Dim

Device:

iPad Mini GSM

Status:

open

Original post by: MDims

Title:

Replacing FPC connector, pins disappeared!

Text:

Hello

I was changing a digitizer that had been changed again and noticed that some pins were almost ripped off. After testing the new digitizer being happy that everything works smoothly (there were more repairs), when I removed the digitizer to reassemble completely 3 pins of the fpc connector followed the digitizer :/ .

After some searching for the appropriate flux and heat protection tape (Greece's market on this parts is extremely low, they had only plumbers flux) I started the repair.

I've been stuck at a point though.

Two pins on the logic board are like they disappeared after moving the soldering iron across the pins.

See links bellow.

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bznj_EBe4UGNTDJ0cm1CU2drYWlrNHhpQndRa1MzWUotc0Jj|Exhibit A]

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bznj_EBe4UGNbEFtNXQ0aUc2cWVnSHJLdmJTcTE3VkxMQTQw|Exhibit B]

What's my next move?

Thanks,

Dim

Device:

iPad Mini GSM

Status:

open