Fixing an iPhone 7 Plus that wont boot or restore by replacing NAND - Google stopping repair ads

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[@FriPilot]

I'm really enjoying your videos,Jason! Although having been out of the business for 45 years or so, I struggle a little bit to understand everything I hear. You have to understand, I come from an era that knew the motto "dip the plate peak the grid" There, that sure dates me! Thanks for the continuing education!

[@michaelganicz]

I understand your social struggles. I can relate to everything from school, relationships to work.

[@tcifusion4497]

WELL DONE!!!!GREAT TO HAVE U BACK........

[@rodrigomaero]

Thank you Jason, you've encouraged me to keep practicing with underfilled chips. I literally just popped the RAM on a donor 5s that I was trying to pull the wifi chip off and back on. I'll keep working on it tomorrow

[@kyleboyd6132]

Hey Jason! This is Kyle from The Screen Spot ( we franchised out back in sept and became a CPR) we have a new shop an everything in festus. Just wanted to say thank you for all the work you did for us and working with us over the last few years and being a great friend to us all! If your game we have more micro soldering we can send your way. We watch your videos each time you upload.

[@canadavey]

Great to see a new video Jason! Keep up the informative work!

[@Solamar1]

Your chatter is so much fun. Thank you!

[@Solamar1]

Thank you. (Bad spell check)

[@888fiji]

Awesome. Real talk and real skill at work. Best of all is you’re sharing of knowledge through past experiences. Great video.

[@artisanshrew]

*Oh my goodness, I could watch you do this all frickin day - and NOW I am DYING to learn how to do this stuff! I could pick at that kind of stuff all day! LOL!!!* 💜⭐️💜⭐️💜⭐️💜⭐️💜⭐️

[@damolin77]

Awesome Job Jason and don't be so hard on yourself remember we only live once make the most of what you have not what you don't have and smile

[@shutinyanks]

The jokes just kept on flowing i never expect to be in stiches of laughter from a repair video but dayum you got me.

[@xtreme9942]

I love your video’s, i’m really learning a lot from watching your vids. Thanks you so much! Greetings from holland🇳🇱

[@adrianbishop1236]

Always great videos and I love the way you put links up for the tools that you use.

[@tonyholley9838]

I find your channel to be one of the best.

[@aidenryan4097]

Another fantastic video, thank you! In regards to the socializing comment, I feel what's actually made me better in electronic repair is the fact that I struggle socially just like you. Sadly we've had a tremendous amount of turnover at my work and in turn I've been able to meet the tremendous amount of people interested in electronic repair. The best ones seem to have the same personality. A little introverted, have trouble carrying a fluid conversation. Me being one of those people it's easy to talk to them but it became fairly clear early on that the best ones are weird LOL

[@artisanshrew]

*I can TOTALLY relate - especially on the anxiety! Though I spent my whole life performing on stage as a vocalist - singing with different bands, last minute gigs, working on a morning radio show to hospitality, reception, customer service and events for companies like Coca Cola and Indian Motorcycle.* *[THEN] I had kids and became a stay at home mom so - 13 years in and I NOW I dread having to socialize with anyone because I feel so uncomfortable and AWKWARD.* *At least you’re progressing!?! I’m one of the few who think Covid is the best thing to ever happen because I don’t have to go places and talk to people I’m not related to!* 😜

[@ststele]

Still today, my social anxiety is hard to overcome. It prevents me from posting most of what I would be posting if I was more care free. Although I think it likely has contributed to learning more! Very good comments. Thank u! 🙂

[@aidenryan4097]

@@ststele Where I've gone since I've made this comment... wow.. You're a videos literally helped change the direction of my life. I'm still awkward lol But that old job with heavy turnover is long gone. I opened a business doing B2B motherboard repair and was bought out by my local competitor within a year . It enabled me to purchase my 1st house. I owe a ton to this man, if you ever come out to Alberta I have a place for you and your family to stay for a little vacation! The absolute least I could do!!

[@JonathanAnTran251214]

I love how you careful list all the steps that need to be done. Great video, thank you so much

[@cheerioproductions2287]

You are much more gooder than other repairists

[@EASYFIX7700]

Very good to understand how to do the work. Thank you.

[@ProGamusian]

19:30 I feel this way so much all the time. Especially these days with Covid. You’re not alone buddy

[@linakoh4206]

Hi saw your comments on Paul Daniel (Aust) channel ! Just sub and look forward to more from you thank you!

[@carltonmoss8032]

thanks for some of the best knowledge n support in a repair video dude.

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

heya oh nice an nand repair with some of your new tools love it

[@alfox78]

hi there jason. as always great video.... just like you i also own a shop. i do repairs for apple and other brands. since im too shy to do my own video i just imagine that it was me on the video while i watch u do the repair stuff... keep it up bro.;)

[@vitaliy18340]

Джейсон молодец!! Приятно смотреть как он спокойной и умно работает, продолжай дальше радовать своим видео удачи

[@DARK-SKY1337]

Very nice workstation dude, the story about you being distant from the crowd is not that far from mine. The process you follow is much like how I do things of double checking myself just to be sure.

[@georgeodriscollvideos7740]

Nice job Jason

[@mihakozak]

Good job! Good luck to you!

[@ummershareef3490]

nice work bro...

[@PapaGleb]

Jason, big fan of your channel. I am really interested in iPhone repair but don't know how to learn aside from watching youtube vids which a faulty method. I have all the basic needed tools and have repairs lots of console controllers, mod my own controllers, and other small electronic repairs including screen/battery replacements etc. Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated and keep posting vids. The humor and skill are always pleasant to watch.

[@cheerioproductions2287]

You are awesome. Great video thank you

[@highroyds]

Great video as always m8, but was surprised when you said the temperature for the removal of the nand. Most on KZbin same it’s 380c to remove it, just done my 2nd nand removal today too 😉

[@ststele]

Thanks. I never calibrated the station so the actual temperature is likely way different than what I have it set to. I know I had to set this station way higher than my last (very cheap) Aoyue station.

[@computersrepaircotesaint-l7407]

You are amazing man!

[@laynelowry]

the repair gods: "what valuable lesson did you learn here?" me: "that I needed better tweezers"

[@MrVlodato]

jesus you made that look so easy. maybe i just dont have those good blades but underfil is the bane of my existence.

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

I’ve got an iPhone 6 with ‘no service’ issues. I can’t say I’ve seen any decent videos on what that could be. Would be interested to see you do a video on one if it comes in the shop

[@soufiansq]

Dude thank you so much that was very helpful now I’m 100% sure that my iphone is good

[@s_car.]

Man you are a monster!!! New sub💪🏼

[@thesethingswork2227]

Great video with lots of info. I have an iphone 7 which cant get past undaing nand firmware. Can i assume i need a new nand chip?

[@hosseinalinejad21]

thanks for your good videos

[@dormankenneth]

Jason #1 rebeller!🙌🙌🙌

[@electricsnut]

Thanks for the informative structured video 😀 its refreshing to just see repairs rather than constant rants about Apples quality due to user water damage etc

[@arnonabuurs7297]

User water damage to so called IP67 rated iphones LOL

[@electricsnut]

arno nabuurs IP67 is rated at 30min at 1m and it has been proven to exceed that rating. What you don’t know is was the screen replaced which removes the seal most of the time unless done by Apple. It is water resistant not waterproof.

[@Rebel1280]

Holy moly this video has the most freaking ads ever!

[@kikosdrive7137]

hello sir... good job. watching from bisha k.s.a. im filipino

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job

[@Marc-oi3iz]

Hi! The one Audio IC that you have is really nice but I would like if you could upload another video about an iPhone 7 Audio IC repair. I’m about to do this repair myself and would love to see another video of it.

[@KFC66]

Very cool to see you doing a full NAND recovery swap. 😎 Are you in the mobile repair discord by any chance? It would be nice to have your input on the level 3 channel.

[@pikana87]

YOU ARE GOOOD MAN THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEOS KEEP UP THE GOD WORK... PEACE

[@jimalcott760]

Great video

[@darrenstrathdee7425]

Nice work, nand replacement are not easy.

[@marlin3618]

in am in st louis watching your video great repair job also u had me laughing my ass off great job buddy!

[@danieleangelini6238]

Another great video

[@alanhoggard4554]

I love your vids. I also suffer from social anxiety. Where did you learn how to do this?

[@225fabry]

wait a min,if it will become icloud locked,could you just reprogram the nand with the old backup to unlock it? Btw compliments for your awesome videos!!

[@ProGamusian]

I really like the fact that most iPhones you can replace the NAND relatively cheaply in terms of cost. Do you usually upgrade the storage as well to a higher tier if possible or use the same storage config the phone came default with

[@supercrazymario404]

Thanks for this great video! This is the first NAND swap video I’ve found that shows how everything is done. I’m hoping to one day try this out on an iPhone XS Max by upgrading a board from 64GB to 512GB. Unfortunately it does look like those NAND readers for iPhone 8’s and later are really expensive but if anyone knows of one that I could buy for a bit cheaper that would be nice

[@xtreme9942]

Have you looked on alixpress?

[@supercrazymario404]

@@xtreme9942 that’s mainly where I was looking and they still cost hundreds of dollars like $500 or so

[@supercrazymario404]

@@xtreme9942 luckily though that was last year and they have dropped in price quite a lot since the nand bga arrangement has been around for awhile now and is still currently being used in the latest Apple soldered on SSDs in all their macs and also the nands in the newest iphones. But interestingly enough, we now have a bootrom exploit for iPhone X and older that allows us to extract the data necessary to reprogramming right from the phone itself through a lightning cable so that helps with older devices. Though at least with newer ones the reprogrammers are still not nearly as expensive

[@haldalek560]

Jason I understand that PCB holder you use in the video is also supposed to allow you to use it as a preheater dismantling platform by connecting a soldering iron into the socket at the side. In the video you use a hot air wand. Have you tried using the platform's preheat function. If so is it any good or just a waste of time?

[@DARK-SKY1337]

You were talking your head off until that phone started to act right...sign off relief 😂😂😂😂 bout dam time.

[@ArtfulVandal]

Thanks man

[@DevFTW]

What field did you study? How did you learn all of this? Thanks!

[@albertogonzalez6667]

Hello I have a quick question if you don’t mind I wanted to ask that in changing the Nand do I have to program it when installing the new Nand and does that change the ic activation lock?

[@donald8607]

Didn’t feel like 52 minutes. Kept me interested even though the height of my iPhone repair was a 5s screen swap.

[@Apple_Fixer]

Hey Jason !! I love ur videos on KZbin & that also inspire me that how to repair iPhone cause I'm also technician but not that much so .. I have question for that make me troubleshoot the logic board of iPhone 7 Plus so I can fix the phone my question is "Can iphone 7 plus audio ic cause touch issue ???"" Tq in advance hope u understand my problem tq love from Nepal !!!

[@ronaldb.formasidoro6659]

goo job sir.....the best vlog ever

[@chibson9123]

jeez this guy is good

[@liammartin5395]

What do you use to flood the NAND for cleaning? "Leaded" ?

[@pow9606]

I assume you used QianLi 007 around the nand and 008 to scrape off the glue?

[@hycron1234]

40:38 - lol! I sure can relate to that.

[@hernangfragoso610]

Amazing work! I wanna be like you when I grow up! Lol

[@SuperFez87]

I also re ball on a napkin lol Has been very affective. Seems to hold still

[@matthewJamesKendell]

Great Video! Would you say its much easier to use a microscope to remove the black adhesive than to just do it without one?

[@ststele]

Thanks! Yes, for sure. Well it's easier for me anyways! I've seen some Chinese techs who can do full CPU swaps without microscope!

[@kenskeats]

I had to change our adds to "mobile device repairs" then no flags

[@nolanco.8559]

Where can I buy good Logic boards for an iPhone X.. Used 256gb.. Thanks for any recommendations.

[@raudrab465]

You are awesome man. Never seen anyone repair shit iphones so nicely.

[@sunkhemra1863]

Hello From Cambodia idol 😋❤

[@westfield90]

I look forward to your videos

[@ststele]

Hopefully not much longer on the next video. :)

[@HecTechFPV]

10:58 5 to the right that was shithouse , would that have been part cause of the issue ? pulled pads were nc also yea ?

[@alphaclasher3084]

hello jason, please make video on CIC smb box how to use it.

[@binladen4631]

Where do you get the locked nands?

[@ddysign]

Idk if p7 could boot without adaptor, thanks man

[@ItsNotRaphi]

Great Video I must say. I had a similar problem on my iPhone 11 and I sent it in for Repair and they would have charged me 500€. That‘s how much I bought the phone for. And as a kid I don‘t have that kind of money. I said to them send me the phone back. When I got my phone back I tried to restore it again but with a different cable because the other one was not MFI certified. And guess what: The phone worked and I was using the iPhone 11 until I replaced it with an iPhone SE 2. Gen. This hole thing because of an cable. That was 6 months ago.

[@codymingus1356]

Hey Jason, big fan here. I have an iphone 7 (a1778) with audio issues, but I'm not sure the IC is the root cause. The only issue I can find is that people cannot hear me on voice calls. It seems worse when I cover the proximity sensor. This issue appeared with 11.3 but has not gone away with 12.1 or 12.3 upgrades. It's pretty likely it's the audio IC but have you seen a problem present like this? My testing has revealed this: Boots fast. Speaker not greyed out. can record voice memos. siri works. The only other thing of note is that the silent switch is a little 'loose'. Just curious what you thought.

[@iambujar]

spent 15minutes watching a normal itunes software restore but it was worth it

[@aboubacartapsoba3685]

Je vous trouve très cool

[@popfresh100]

im having the same issue with a ipad air 2, do you think NAND Replacement would fix my issue as well?

[@bolon8200]

WERE DID YOU GET THAT BOARD HOLDER AN I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS BY THE WAY. THANKS

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[@Mohd.Faiz.Arz007]

Hello sir good job keep it up If you don’t mind sir I want your Help I have IPhone 7 Charging Problem after diagnoses the device I found u2 Ic Problem so I Replaced Ic And Charging start But after fitting in housing again device not charging

[@ststele]

This is often caused when the metal that partially covers Tristar is cut to do the repair. I have seen a small burr or sharp frayed piece of metal that sticks out just a tiny bit. When the board is tightened into the housing, the USB 5v rail gets shorted to ground because the sharp metal cuts into the dock flex.

[@Ed31003]

going to send you an email maybe tomorrow about the editing idea - Ed

[@MohtawaElMohtawa]

You are the best

[@seblep75]

We have same issues with Google Ads in Europe... It’s really problematic for our business. Google can kill so simply

[@ststele]

Interesting that it is global changes that they are making. I have given Google too much control over my business.

[@michaelluna6240]

please send link to that board holder

[@josuemetayer383]

I have an iPhone 7 and a local repair shop told me that my NAND chip on my iPhone 7 is damaged and that there is no way to repair it, but seeing this video I hope you can fix it

[@fry_me]

Great vid once again. Your're instrucions and technical explaination are what I like about your channel. Your failures also only help to make us understand and learn from what can be a very demanding, complicated and trying occupation with cutting edge technology. As to censorship, you are now on the frontline of a david and goliath battle for TRTR, but this is also happaneng with telco's in Asutralia banning websites, YT banning channnels and Ads. Will this affect any other users who do instructional videos such as mechanic, electrical or computer related content? Probably not. The bean counters at Apple et al are (prob over) estimating how much money they are losing through businesses like yours and have began a war. Most people would just throw away a potentially fixable phone which is sooo much better for the environment, and of course we can all afford a $1.5k new phone every 2/3 years. Good luck to you and your business for the future.

[@ststele]

I'm really not sure how deep this goes but a while back KZbin announced that they would no longer recommend "conspiracy videos". I worry that we as repair techs are starting to be made out as villains and that our "repair" videos could one day wind up in the "conspiracy" video category. It is starting to feel like more of a war indeed since many of us are honest and only trying to do people right while large corporations are using media, government & lies to make us look bad. It's frustrating.

[@graphicscardtech3167]

How about is the motherboard not working and I need to use othe motherboard and transfer the nand info do I need to change baseband to?

[@antonwong3059]

Hi mate, can you help me with unlock the icloud on Ipad? Thanks

[@FAST_VR1]

….at 42:38 I'm going to fetch a beer while you're waiting….:-)

[@BamBizMv]

Hey there i would like to know what if the nand on the phone is damaged not even detecting to JC pro what to do

[@QsTechService1]

See you have revision 2 of 7 programmer are you able to upgrade to 512 storage with that version ? From what I hear it’s not possible with a version 2 have you tried ...

[@ststele]

Ahhhhhh... interesting. I haven't used it on anything over 256GB yet. This is the first I've heard of it but I'll be glad for that to *not* be a surprise when I try 512GB. Thanks :)

[@QsTechService1]

STS Telecom iPad Pro has the 512GB storage I buy the iCloud locked board and strip them off there 👍

[@boletusam2gaming]

hows the phone after the cloud lock?

[@shpresimyoung2824]

I got erorr 9 on iphone 7plus can not update or restore do u think needs to be clean the nand or need new nand ?

[@woolfy02]

I have an iphone 7 that boots to both the apple logo or the dfu /recovery mode (But not into actual IOS) Does that sound like a nand problem or cable issue? (Tried 2 cables far). Error 9 pops up a lot though.