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Repair information and guides for the iPhone 6 that was released on September 19, 2014. Model Numbers: A1549, A1586, and A1589

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all PP_LDO lines missing

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I have an iPhone 6 board which seems to have all the PP_LDO lines missing (all of them). They are not shorted, as the resistance to ground reads in megaohms, but when the board is powered on (screen shows restore with iPhone) the lines are absent.

I want to ask if this is normal when the phone is in the DFU mode? More or less everything is disconnected from the logic board.

Unfortunately I do not have a known good board to check that.

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most of these lines seem to lead to U_PMICRF so i would check around that area

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This is the point. I want to distinguish between faulty baseband and faulty baseband PMIC. On the other hand it might be that these lines are software-activated and it is not that weird that these lines are missing.

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Those lines should be active when you power up the logic board. Have you also checked the VREG_SMPS1 (2/3/4) lines to see if they are generating any output voltages?

I would start by confirming that VBATT_S1 (2/3/4) are present and not shorted (they shouldn't be because they are directly connected to VCC_MAIN). If none or most of the outputs voltages are present, then I would suspect the PMICRF first. Be careful when you replace it because there is a trailer park's worth of caps right next to it and when they start shifting around, they tend to bridge easily and it's hard to separate them.

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Does the DFU mode play a role here?

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I can't say for certain...I'd have to check that condition.

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Anyway VBATT_S1 (2/3/4) shows 4V to ground. VREG SMPS1 (2,3,4) are all missing. so it seems its likely a baseband PMIC ?

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Yeah, that's my thinking.

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I have also checked now that the VREG_SMPS1 (2,3,4) are missing during my attempted restore through iTunes (i soldered jumper test wires to the capacitors and monitored those lines on the oscilloscope - flat zero all the time)

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