Jake Micks

@jmicks22

Jake Micks

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Member Since 04/04/2016

Micro Soldering specialist with 9 Years experience in mobile device repair!

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Questions

Backlight not working board level values included 08/24/2017
The backlight on a customers Macbook Pro is not working after a small amount of liquid came in contact with the lcd connector...

Answers

Answer to: Device only booting to apple logo. Wont read on PC 08/10/2018
This is likely the Baseband PMU becoming disconnected or the Audio IC. This has been labeled “Loop Disease“ and is very similar to the “Touch Disease“ issue that was on the iPhone 6 & 6+. I am a soldering specialist and I have been seeing this a ton! If you have never micro soldered before I would not start with this one. However, a re-flow may be a temporary solution but you have to be very careful with temperature as the reverse side of the board holds the baseband ic which is under-filled.
Answer to: iPhone won't charge but logic board gets warm 08/10/2018
How do you know all these things are working if you are getting no response from the phone? do you have a power monitor you can hook it up to and see if you are pulling anything at all??
Answer to: Will not power on after changing the charging port 08/10/2018
The iPhone 7 plus is very easily misaligned and either not connected or the connector itself can be damaged due to this misalignment. Step one is to test the phone with a known good battery that has at least enough charge on it to power the phone on. If it doesn’t power on with a good battery, it is likely board level. There are also a few test points on the board you can test with a multimeter to see if you are getting power through the charge port and at least to the connector.
Answer to: home button ring is raised from top 08/10/2018
I would honestly just re-seat the home button as it is possible to get a pressure crack and loose certain functions. If the phone was refurbished and the screen was replaced, there may not have been enough attention to detail when seating the home button.
Answer to: iPhone 6s (model A1633) Bluetooth Not working 08/10/2018
Is WiFi grayed out or is it just not finding anything? I will say I cannot think of a time where the actual antenna itself went bad, its too simple to really fail. WiFi module or boosters on the other hand could absolutely fail.
Answer to: My music won’t play with an internet connection 08/10/2018
It almost sounds like it is attempting to pull the song from apple music rather than the song file on the phone. May want to check out the music settings.
Answer to: Phone crashed while testing new screen (no screws installed) iTunes ok 08/10/2018
First thing would be to take a close look at the connectors and surrounding areas for any physical damage. If you cannot see anything at all even with a clean screen and a flashlight, you may be looking at a display IC. If just the backlight goes out you can still see a faint image, but if just the display driver (u1501) or display boost (u5302_RF) goes out you can usually still see a backlight on with the screen outside of the frame. Hope this helps, but always start with the easy stuff, like looking over the board for physical marks.
Answer to: Original Backlight for iPhones 08/10/2018
Are you asking because you bought a part and the screen has a slightly different hue to it? Almost a blueish tint?
Answer to: Wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Rear Cam, and Flash Disabled - Board Issue - 08/10/2018
Here are the liquid indicators on the mainboard and the frame. You can see the one under the sim card tray without opening the device, simply remove the sim tray and get a light in there and it will be on the frame side. There is also one on the screen if it is an OEM screen.
Answer to: Not able to transfer my phone pictures to my computer. 08/09/2018
The others are likely set up on iCloud and will have to be loaded off iCloud.com.