Customer damaged motherboard - Botched DIY Rescue (iPhone SE3 2022 Edition)

[@jasonfenimore4420]

Owner here. Fantastic work. Really impressed with your abilities. You are correct that we were trying to blind unlock the screen to get a backup. Almost worked but couldn’t get the trust prompt button right. Happy Holidays!

[@ststele]

Thank you! It looks like you should be receiving this phone on Tuesday. I’m really happy to help.

[@sodderbridge]

50 years from now, you are in a nursing home, nurse comes in and asks you questions like "Did you wet your diapers last night?" etc. and all you can remember is "APPLE LOGO!!!". Merry Christmas!!

[@ststele]

Lol!! This mental image almost made me question what I’m doing with my life. 😂 Merry Christmas to you too!

[@1080p_gamer_]

Your doing what other repair shops can’t, keep fixing!

[@ElevatorWasher5000]

*Apple Logoooo!*

[@johnh1192]

Ok,,,,,,,,your skills AND patience are mind-blowingly good. I must be a nerd because I love all of your videos! I never learned any of this at DeVry.

[@ststele]

Thanks. On days when my patience is lacking, there are some jobs that have to wait!

[@zerocool278]

Another quality repair, Good to see you Jason, Hope you and your family have a great Christmas.

[@TheAmazingAhmed]

I've been watching your videos for at least 7 years now, and man, you have taught me a lot! Your ethics and consideration for every detail are uncanny! If I may, I would say that you are 9.5 out of 10 when it comes to diagnosis, but for a master such as yourself, I would rate your soldering skills 6 out of 10. You're still the myth, the man a legend, though! 😄

[@yungrichbloodyrb1793]

"You guys taught you were watching a soldering videos, now its a tailoring video". That crancked me up

[@UserUser-ww2nj]

That was a delicate repair but you got there in the end , well done . Merry Christmas to the whole family

[@absurdengineering]

Your vids are my little guilty pleasure. I've been doing board repairs at work, and over the years I've figured out various thermal-camera-less tricks to track down shorts on multilayer boards. But a thermal camera - thanks to your various thermal vids - turns out to make life 5x easier. The air temperature and flow manipulation was also what I lacked skill with, so you've helped me a lot just by narrating how you set your air pencil. I have a crusty Hakko 851 but it does the job and is very dependable. It has different scales and whatnot, but your approach gave me a general idea what to steer towards.

[@RoderickMatt69]

Love watch all your videos, can’t believe how small some of those parts are.

[@AM-pl2pt]

Way beyond. My ability. Wondering if routing between components is a potential issue.

[@FakeNews953]

Merry Christmas , keep up the good work. Also enjoy watching people know what they’re doing just using skills and experience to get a repair done. May not always be the easiest or perfect way, but you find a way to make it happen

[@vuanhtv776]

have a good day

[@rey_card]

Learn a lot from your videos and enjoy your sense of humor.

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, oh yeah watching every vlog till the end, love to see so small components and working on it even do I'm not doing it much my self lol

[@ststele]

Hey, thank you! I have more to post but Christmas week will be difficult. Posting again asap! 😀

[@labibleatarilesitedesatari6724]

"Apple logooooo"! You are an ingenior! I love your work, 'cause you are simply a génious!

[@ststele]

Thanks :-) 🙏

[@YeahNoTellTheTruth]

Was hoping someone suggested something thinner. I came across a bent pin on a flex and ever since looking for something capable of picking at it.

[@TokyoChanSan]

watch was fun! what a mess it was! good great work!

[@sharfazhameed6382]

Love your videos man, you don't only pass your knowledge also keep a entertaining session. Keep up the good bro

[@ststele]

Thank you! 🙏

[@Vo0d0o2009]

14:33 allready subscribed , probably why im so far in this video :D have nice hollydays man !!!

[@ststele]

Thank you!! Merry Christmas.

[@thedark5454]

Hi man, im watching you from Russia and i really love your videos 🔥, can you make a video about your equipment that you use for fixing phones and make the process much easy for a tech guy, merry Christmas 🎄

[@roybrown4944]

Beautiful, I still wondering why you never check for continuity before everything.

[@Ed31003]

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a GREAT 2024!!!!

[@ststele]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too. I hope you have a good one!

[@randyr.parker2698]

DON'T jitter because everyone is watching, you're doing GREAT!!!! 😉😊

[@mirceaalicu]

Ow dear, You have soooo much overcomplicated this repair All the love, Jason! 😊

[@jimmythecricket25]

Loving the regular posts, a joy to watch

[@youtubasoarus]

Because it's hard to appreciate how tiny that actually is, what is the magnification you are using here? This is insane. The connector by comparison looks giant and it's tiny. 😮 This is nothing short of wizardry.

[@ststele]

Thanks. The magnification here is around 40x.

[@youtubasoarus]

@@ststele Thanks for the reply and also keep up the amazing work. Truly inspiring.

[@3v1Bunny]

A joy to watch. I couldn't look away on command though.

[@alleycat300669]

Happy New year to yourself and your family. As always keep the amazing content coming .

[@richtorgerson253]

Merry Christmas Jason. Keep your spirits high and keep the videos comin'. Great works! Cheers from Idaho

[@Shandleyman]

Merry Christmas!! Man, nice work. I think I see the break @11:25

[@shiftctrlhack]

Great Video thank you !

[@deuspax]

my friend, your videos are pure entertainment and equally educational, keep up the good work!

[@MicroMageRepair]

I cannot lie, every time you start nit picking my blood pressure rises 🤣

[@dave7010]

Another very entertaining video Jason, Thanks for giving us your time. Perfect repair. Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday. 👍👍

[@ststele]

Thank you! I hope your Christmas~New years is going good. 🙏

[@haakmeer]

nice repair again, happy Hollidays

[@SCL_ELETRONICS]

Nice Win... Great Video.....Jason Have a great Xmas!!

[@PetersPlace-z8y]

Wishing you and your family have a great Christmas and a Fab New Year 2024. Looking forward to more awesome vids and stop stressing about the work, its great!

[@ststele]

I thought I was over the stage fright. Lol I guess not. Merry Christmas to you. Thanks!

[@tomjones8345]

Tiptop gemacht! So entspannend ;-)

[@ststele]

Hey, vielen dank! 🙏

[@dennispowell7719]

Great repair Jason as always have great Christmas and a happy new year

[@sparky19925]

How could he solder straight to the other capacitor? How did that work?

[@yavuzakbina5835]

coated jumper wire! any links ?

[@mohamedtawfic713]

Hi my friend plz tell me how you start in mobile repair

[@kabal22able]

Nicely done. Couldn't you have left it on overnight and finished testing the screen tomorrow after the disabled timed out so you know it's going back fully functional?

[@AnthonyRBlacker]

Every time I'm sure I've seen it all, you post another video and I'm amazed. Nice work! Merry Christmas to you and your family Jason. Thanks for all the great videos this past year. Have a Happy and prosperous New Year as well!! Looking forward to a positively charged 2024!!

[@ststele]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too.

[@P.M.88]

nice work, i do this on samsungs sometimes too. i repair in the uk. happy christmas

[@ststele]

Thank you! 🙏

[@youssefahalhal489]

Can you explain to beginner why did you connect wire in the back of motherboard

[@bryzztortello]

Its probably the next point on line is

[@APSuk2]

Anyone laughing because you did not get the component on exactly right the first time has clearly never micro soldered before and is not worth the time. I have said it before Jason but you make this look to easy, I would have screwed up that little jumper wire so many times trying to make it look perfect and in turn making it look worse 😄 Heck even scraping out around that tiny little via was extremely skilful, so easy to scrape to deep into another layer or trace. Do you think at 11:19 maybe the wire broke off the via at that point? Just a guess from the way it moved but I have never worked with this thin of wire before.

[@ststele]

Lol! Ok that was a good trick comment. Read the first part first and was all ready to be offended 😂 I think I may have broke the wire inside of its enamel coating but it could have came loose from the via. Also, since I never actually checked it, it could have been broken further in the board. Likely just my wire broken or came loose tho. :-). Thank you for the good comment and kind words! 🙂

[@Alex-kp3hr]

Nice job. Love your videos.

[@yavuzakbina5835]

good job =) jason

[@ZylonGaming]

Nice repair

[@ststele]

Hey, thanks!

[@deanc486]

Nice job 👍

[@GadgetReviewVideos]

Good work on that small wire jump. But I do have to ask why you didn’t check that test point next to the UV masking you did. Visually it looked like the trace went directly to that same wire jumper point you soldered. If it did, wouldn’t that have been easier to solder a jumper wire to that test pad?

[@ststele]

Thanks. I'll have to go back and check the video or look at the next SE that comes in. The board view shows that test point is for a different line though. That's why I didn't check it. :-) board views can be wrong tho.

[@MrPnew1]

Bloody stubby nubs, you just cant trust them. I really thought that you had a nice big nub there at the beginning too.Good job and Happy Festivus Jason . 😂

[@ststele]

This year when our Christmas tree stand decided it was no longer going to support a Christmas tree, we came dang close to having a festivus pole instead! Lol 🤣 thanks 👍

[@Pest789]

4:44 This man knows how to rub a nub.

[@Sequkol]

Have you done iPhone 11 Pro Max audio IC replacement? Or any iPhone that has audio related issue due to IC chip?

[@rolls_8798]

haven't watched the video yet, but what is up with these iPhone names istg and having two entirely different 'magsafe' charging technologies at the same time, what was the point?

[@MatthewSuffidy]

Is that wire thick enough for the current though?

[@clausanders2886]

What is this 'conductor'? An inductor?

[@ststele]

Yes, it's a ferrite bead filter. A very tiny coil with a ferrous core.

[@clausanders2886]

@@ststele OK. Understood.

[@Swenser]

Whenever I try to do some fine soldering there seems to be some kind of ghost in my room that makes things not want to melt or stick. Very frustrating. Any tips for avoiding hack job soldering. I'm using chip quik flux from reputable seller and good brand solder. New tips. But somehow some evil spirit hates me.

[@TY-ob7fz]

Almost bought uv mask a couple months ago inspired by... yours truly. But then remembered, I don't do board repairs, rather the grand destroyer. I'd be sending you stuff I would mangled up.

[@TY-ob7fz]

Btw happy holidays Jason and family and whole community here.

[@shanesstuff1321]

merry Christmas mate from Brisbane Queensland Australia, can i ask what is the software you use to view the motherboards on the screen

[@ststele]

Hey thank you! This is ZXW tool in this video.

[@shanesstuff1321]

@@ststele thankyou very much where are you from as i heard you say NZ in one of your videos , i live in Australian Brisbane Queensland, i love your channel, fantastic work and great to learn from, as im new to electronics i wish you had more on how to find shorts and stuff but love your work

[@kingsolomon4392]

A1 content!

[@ronlevin2339]

what would happened if you just used this wire instead of a coil ?

[@ststele]

It would be completely ok. If that 5v7 line got shorted and there was enough supply current, instead of blowing the FL it would just melt the wire. I think the wire is rated for around the same current as that FL (although I’ve never checked!)

[@ronlevin2339]

@@ststele I seen only several places on PS5 that double FL have to be replaced with the same one, in other places FL is act like a fuse and can be replaced with a wire

[@mielaslave]

I have a question. I bought an iPhone 7. there I went to replace the dock connector. I have done this twice before. success. now my third time. I opened it and it turned out to be an iPhone 8. ??? the question is how can an iphone 8 work on an iphone 7 software. I can even charge it wirelessly???🤨

[@bryzztortello]

Now im confused was this an iPhone 7 or an SE3? I ask cuz you kept referring to your screem as an iPhone 7 and those arent cross compatible with the SE series.

[@ststele]

I use iPhone 7 screens to test iPhone 8 all the time (but don’t connect home button!!) and since 8 will cross with se (I think) I just assumed the 7 should get image. I know the frames are different though.

[@Andreas_Straub]

I assume you meant an inductor - not a conductor....

[@john.84]

Unfortunately, this happens to me when I try to do something fancy

[@Julian-vs1tl]

My experience: SE 2022 displays are downward compatible (SE 2020, iPhone 8). But the SE 2022 is picky about its display: It has to be one that is explicitly compatible.

[@Foxx_69]

Lol. Love the video!

[@joelkist6493]

And you where worried about your shaking, you should see me at 70 years old...🤣😂😇

[@miftosaurus]

... i think someone really need to register the "Brand Spanking New" trademark! :D

[@BaxromXudoyberdiyiv]

👍👍👍👍

[@ElevatorWasher5000]

Can I mail my phone to you I need a 7 Plus no power fixed (I have all the parts I took off neatly in bags with the proper screws)

[@SidneyCritic]

Oh well, at least it's working now.

[@Polivchuk]

Hi, Jason. Merry Christmas to start with. Some cool things you do on your channel. I enjoy watching your contents. I recently pulled my drone apart, and on the camera connector, there is a component with markings LB5. I cannot find any info/seller on that component. If you ever come across anything like this, or could help in any way, I will subscribe to your channel. Thank you PS- I understand you are busy and don't have time, but if you can share any info I would appreciate it. PSS- if you can give me info, I will break every cellphone in my company and have them sent to you for repair 😂

[@ststele]

Lol! Thank you. I’m sorry but I don’t have much (or any) drone info.

[@craigvenard2507]

You got me hissing “Apple logo” like I’m Lord Voldemort!! Lol

[@brinohosey7498]

imagine the size of that wire to a naked eye if its that small under a microscope

[@CiderPang27]

All this time I've been watching a damned sewing channel. 😂

[@sunflowers6612]

😁😁👍👍🛠🛠

[@resonantenergy5238]

you had test point there but ....?Just to ad coment ☺

[@ststele]

Ok you almost gave me a panic attack. I had to stop wrapping presents and run into the shop to check the board view. Whew, that test point is for something else. 😅

[@CATech1138]

i would think being that close there ought to a surface trace between the test point and the missing pad

[@microsoldergeek]

2024 i start making videos like you..please wish me luck sir

[@ststele]

Awesome! Good luck 🍀💪👍

[@oblioi]

:o)❤

[@daddygez]

Ever tried the point of a sewing needle glued to a toothpick. Love your videos btw

[@curiousviews2279]

ഡാ മരമണ്ടാ... അത് short ചെയ്താൽപ്പോരേ 😂🤣🤣