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Is it possible to change the internal memory chip with soldering?

How possible is it to change out the internal flash memory on a iPhone 5s motherboard from 16 gig to a 32 gig? In short, is it like replacing a hard drive with soldering?

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Ed Dugan, not even close. It's a BGA that needs to be reballed. For that you need special equipment, good skills and plenty of practice. take a look on here for more info.

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I'm not totally sure about that. I remember seeing somewhere that it isn't like that.

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http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot... the location on where the memory chip would be doesn't look that bad IMO. I just want to know if it could work if I can pull off the transfer.

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Hardware is not the problem, how do you reprogram the new chip?

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My thoughts are, if I do the transfer and plug it into iTunes and reinstall ios 8.4, in theory it should work, as it would probably detect a problem, and ask me to restore.

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The IC has to be programmed so that it "talks" with your phone. This is not an iPhone firmware programming, this is programming to make the IC function.

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