Fixing an iPhone X that Wont Charge a Battery (and why I am so successful)

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[@Madmid74]

Just love how you're not cutting the "error scenes" :) Keep up the good work Jason! Thanks

[@haniawad3998]

Jason is the GOAT

[@sarahwreisner8718]

Jason, I love that you leave the warts in your repair videos!

[@theduck3072]

The joke about the clamp being exspensive made me laugh harder than it should have

[@georgeodriscollvideos7740]

Great to see you back again Jason hope we see some more vids I know your a busy man keep up the great work and I hope the wife and kids are good

[@NoSkills2660]

I think I did see all your repairs.. I’m already replacing stuff for fun, but that was to easy but didn’t know anything about the logic board now it starts to make sense to me.. and how to find problems.. I’m going to do small training for it.. so I can do those repairs also.. you really did get me interested!! Keep up the good work 👌👌👌 Grtz from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@sharfazhameed6382]

I am one Jason's tech fan n I can watch his hilarious tech video for hours with laughter n gain a knowledge

[@klevrepairs]

Jason my friend good to see you back. Great Video man. Thank You :)

[@oharrellcoins5553]

started my first ever refurb on a iphone se. you make it look so easy, only took me an hour to switch everything from One screen to the other lol. ilol never give up.

[@Richie_308]

I am finding your videos facinating. I have watched them all day today, and boy am I in trouble. Now to come up with my excuse why I've been abscent all day. Thanks....

[@jimalcott760]

Jason.., good to see you again. Keep making videos...

[@mohammeddaas2002]

We are missing you Thanks again for your video Don't go far away Keep in touch Repadatly as possible video a week

[@icare360waterproofnanotech9]

Nice work I love this kind of trouble shooting thanks a lot friend

[@imranosman210]

Welocome back Jason. Missed you hilarious repair vids man.. welcome back made my day ur drum sticks😂😂😂

[@Duddie82]

I really enjoy watching your videos. I have been watching for a long time. I am using my PC right now. I watched lots of your videos from our LED TV. So I had to Subscribe and I chose All. Keep them coming!!

[@TonyHamlyn]

Love your little waffle cut-away/insets, great vid with a few laughs and very nice re-balling demonstration.

[@briantaudahlbrgesenobelix_2019]

Hey Jason. Good to see you

[@AnonymousRepair]

very nice repair , always good to see new video from you :)

[@bairfamilyfarm1336]

Been a long time! Good to see you again!

[@stanleyjoseph876]

Good work 👍 I'm from INDIA and like to watch ur video its really helpful... Keep it up 😇

[@joesipaq]

Omg I love your content and thanks for the heads up on the spacers!!!!

[@bahroz7173]

your videos are perfect good job man never give up

[@qureshibhaighulamrasoolqur909]

Good to see you back bro

[@annafan83]

Just discovered your channel. Great stuff, fun to watch. I like your waffle analogy ^^

[@sahaprashant1]

Hey Jason nice to see you back! A small tip, something I find works for me....when I’ve cleaned the area on the pcb after removing the bad ic, I use a fine colouring brush to brush the area with just a ‘smidgen’ of solder. This, I find, prevents the flux bubbling and allows the ic to immediately settle down on the board and not fly away or move as the flux bubbles out from under. Keep the videos coming. God bless! Also, if you squeeze some solder paste between two folds of tissue, the excess flux is soaked up by the tissue and you have a relatively dry solder paste which you can use with a spatula.

[@ststele]

Hey, I never thought of drying my paste that way. I always wind up letting it sit around and air dry. thanks!

[@JimNichols]

I watch this Chinese chic that repairs iPhones and she is like some cyborg, 0 hand tremor, lightning fast and crazy precise. She uses solder wick to deball the boards and ICs and her newest trick is to (I didn't believe it myself) replace the connector ends on the ribbon cables. She is a phenom, like a savant. You are some normal dude doing this repair work and have the integrity to call yourself out on crazy crap that you do or that happens while you repair your way to a living and that is just great man! Thanks for the videos I know the amount of time and effort that goes into these is phenomenal and I for one appreciate it.

[@rmosier4749]

Been awhile sir! Great video!

[@zerodaydatarecoveryandfore1554]

Hello Jason it's good to see you back. Love the what you have done to the place lol..except nothing seems to have changed...

[@ststele]

We have a big change coming but I can't put a timestamp on it yet. For now I will just keep fixing (or trying to fix) devices all day every day.

[@zerodaydatarecoveryandfore1554]

Very much anxious about the big change coming ...I bet this will be a present to us the viewers of your channel..and last time you moved and changed your work place ....everything almost everything was put back exactly the way the were.

[@mailmesanu]

I like your work I never miss your video but fast time I comment your post

[@unodos1821]

Bro, those waffle experiments were my idea. It's been a while, good to see you.

[@AntonioWengratt]

Man, its, beatifull to see you working. If you allow me, how many devices you can do in one day? Just curious, cause, your work is so detailed! If I'm supossed to do that, I think I'll take one entire day for every single fix (if someday I' would be able to fix something like you do)

[@Vidya1939]

Congretulation , nice job.tks for video

[@anthonytidey2005]

I diagree with the ban on children watching teck things as when I was less than 6 my mom's dad repaired radios ect not 5 or 3.3V but ac 240V and dc 350V approx down right lethal and othe engineering things , in the early 50's. It got me intrested in engineering especially physics and electronics. Love you channel the great degree of technical info and great detail. Thanks keep it up.

[@cormacpyper]

Great video Jason thx !

[@chadthomasphotography9306]

Man, youre not stupid, you rock! You are doing high level repair while making videos. I always enjoy your videos and appreciate you so much as Im learning and making all sorts of terrible nube mistakes lol. But here is the big question... Where the F is your Simul-Focal microscope?? You had finally got one and now i see you are back to the old one eye joe lol

[@ststele]

Lol Thank u! This is still my Simul-Focal microscope head. The other one is in a box waiting patiently for me to hire help. :-)

[@km743524]

hey jason its good to see you big fan fom iraq

[@btelectronic8586]

Hi I like IPhone 7plus and you?

[@MattP79]

*makes mental note to mute the mic on the Google Home before watching the next STS Video*

[@beyonddeath123]

playing one more light by linkin park on youtube music, ok

[@treckie7274]

@@beyonddeath123 Mine played that too haha

[@jessekauffman3336]

I wish I had your job or the ability it’s fascinating

[@danieleangelini6238]

Great Jason!

[@0ctivate]

Hey Jason. I am wondering about the spacers/slugs inbetween the boards allowing you to clamp or put pressure when putting them back together. Do you know how to find these spacers/ what they are called? Ive looked quite a bit and was never able to find them. Most people do not mention them. Could you install new spacers on any iphone you are reballing? DO they still use them in the newer models with the higher temp solder in the sandwich?

[@zx8401ztv]

Smashing repair, one happy owner :-D. Waffles, Tastes much better than an i-phone board. My mum always said that men never grow up, so it's a kids channel. Rather old kids :)

[@mulatiechekol4513]

Thanks a lot!

[@AshrafRogers]

Properly enjoy your videos. I have watched almost all of them, but for the life of me cannot remember if you mentioned your temps overall eg. board seperating tool for the X, hot air for reball, hot air for cleaning, soldering iron etc :D. Agreed with some comments saying dont edit out mistakes. Allows transparency and also telling us what not to do lol. Thanks for all your videos

[@sameralsalman2470]

Thank you man 👍😁

[@dwalther4856]

This time Jason is not as perfect as usual, but I like that he publishes the video as is , without post processing :-)

[@LaszloDemeter]

Glad to see you back! I personally hate reballing new small chips because the damn stencil moves from it's position all the time. I bought the 3D ones, but if I don't have 3D stencils, I let the lead-free balls. How you do make to get the stencils fixed in it's spot

[@ststele]

In most cases, my Chipquik flux holds the IC down to the bench pretty good (right up until it's heated). For larger ICs, I place them on a napkin which seems to hold them in place pretty good. The small humps of solder on the pads help hold the stencil in place for re-balling.

[@electrolatif]

Good job

[@hoaxs1939]

When reballing. Remember, you always take your time the second time.

[@JasonPeng2022]

Hi Jason, could you make a video to teach us how to maintain your iron tip? I always has trouble with oxidation on the iron tip. Thank you.

[@theangelofspace155]

What settings do you use for your hot air machine? Temp and air flow? Thanks.

[@sturflux2387]

That reballing just got me .. 😂😂

[@Robinsonphonerepairs]

You teach me a lot

[@LukeSky74b]

Great video, nice skills, thanks for sharing!. What flux do you use?. CU!

[@babekehmedov6033]

Jason, you're not doing some things right, it might make things a little harder for you, but it's good that you found the problem.

[@sharfazhameed6382]

Hi Jason, would u pls tell how much heat n air pressure do u use wen removing an ic? Also how much heat do u use on soldering gun wen re balling

[@GrimJordhen]

Minute 15:55 im rolling on the floor, the drum sound and the crap ahahahab man i love you

[@ststele]

I couldn't believe I did that while recording. :D

[@Simonj110]

I fell asleep watching to blinded by my lights... thanks man! xD xD

[@artman102]

Technically, if you have leaded solder on the board and place the chip with unleaded solder, the leaded solder will melt first and then instantly transfer lead to the unleaded balls and lower the final temperature to float the chip before any other component gets close to floating. But, your advice to not overheat the board should be followed.

[@sahladeenodeogbola7787]

I need it

[@Wardiabdell]

🎉 Nic work, can i know how much temperature 5:36 to remove ics?

[@MrPnew1]

Giving you a like now but I'll watch after work. Note to self - get popcorn on the way home :)

[@ststele]

Hopefully I don't disappoint. This is one is sort of long and a bit more boring. :-)

[@MrPnew1]

@@ststele never boring Jason, you are a consummate showman, technician and educator. 11:40 good decision on the no to YT kids channel - too many hairy balls 😁 Psssst 8 x 8 = 64 / so easy to do I imagine

[@ststele]

I really should just get out my iPhone X stencils. I'm pretty sure I have them around here somewhere but as long as this keeps working, I just keep doing it.

[@DeneF]

Amazing!

[@randyr.parker2698]

DANG! I thought the dwarfs from Disney had kidnapped you or something. Been missing your vids!

[@benjaminblanchard8824]

Hehh sure that nick won't do any damage to my phone ;) I´ll hopefully receive the phones today! Can't wait!

[@smdsoldering]

Jason,Instead of viewing through ocular microscope I view through a LCD I find it's easier on the neck and eyes what are your thoughts does everybody out there use ocular viewing or to some people use the LCD screen also

[@arie1293]

When that IC blew off after all you just went through I might have cracked like the guy in the movie Real Genius. Maybe you did and edited that part out or calmly hit pause on the recording and then cracked LoL. It's easy to forget just how small this stuff is when watching it magnified in 1080p. The toothpick comparison was really telling.

[@Ed31003]

FANTASTIC STREAM!!!!

[@ZainTT]

I checked your website and broken glass/screen repair wasn’t listed for the iPhone Xs. Unless I’m mistaken, is this accurate? If this is, may I ask why? Thanks ahead of time for your attention.

[@Robinsonphonerepairs]

We all are human so I’m ok with your work bro👍👍👍

[@microsoldergeek]

bloopers on ic reball , nice one

[@cryidis9818]

Hey hey ur back 👋

[@kostasdallis2146]

Hello.From the top there is a nut.If a hole has been opened at the point where the nut is screwed in and the balls with charger chip have been damaged, is it corrected?

[@bokhalomuj6890]

very nice

[@chuckledude1983]

So obsessed with the word "balls" 😂

[@user-ir2kl7cp3r]

hello, thanks for your videos, please tell me the most delicate sting for hakko fx 951

[@carlosvaldovinos275]

MAESTRO!

[@khaledbounar2371]

nice thnxx

[@mdewidt]

So funny ..... and so skillful 😜

[@bumboclat]

curious what the dimensions of these spacers are. or the diameter of these stencil holes.

[@supercrazymario404]

Do you ever replace the thermal paste in between the board layers to help improve performance and decrease thermal throttling since the iPhone X has pretty bad thermal dissipation to begin with having a stacked board, steel midframe and glass back?

[@OnYourSquare]

Most electronics manufactures use Lead-free solder, which is inherently brittle. Coupled with the iPhone's tendency to bend, the larger and more complex the board becomes the more points of failure. Plus most shop use leaded solder, which has a lower melting point than Lead-free but it's also more durable.

[@ststele]

Depending on the repair, I will try to not disturb it. I used to wipe it up for the sake of "floating" the boards back together but now I will actually "fluff" it up so that it will smoosh down again when the boards are pressed together. I usually only have to push lightly with a finger when re-joining the boards. I've never replaced it though.

[@mikevaldezcode]

Any chance you can show how to hook up power supply to use with OBS?

[@rajeshkumarbehera9275]

Plz make videos regularly if possible, at least once a week.

[@rsuryase]

Can you tell me the brand and model of your desk?

[@ambscellmario617]

Good joooob, Brazil!

[@LaptopDisassembly]

About using a screw to lift the board.... In the video about " Separating an iPhone X PCB and putting it back together ;) " from 15.02.2019 i wrote about using one, but did not even got a like. :) ;)

[@MrPnew1]

That's life unfortunately. We most likely have all made good and inciteful comments about various things on various videos and they have not been noticed. Harden up dude, but I gave you a like now :)

[@LaptopDisassembly]

​@@MrPnew1 Well I wrote that in a little sarcastic style :). I don't take it seriously. But thanks for the thumb up. Have a Good day :)

[@ststele]

I think I remember reading this comment but didn't take it seriously enough to realize just how helpful it would be. I'm also using this technique on the Xs, Xs Max & no doubt soon to be the elevens. I wish I would have gave the screw handle idea a try sooner but unfortunately, I had to drop a dozen or so more boards after burning my fingers. I'll pay more attention next time. Thanks for commenting :-)

[@MrPnew1]

@@LaptopDisassembly all good my reply was a tad tongue-in-cheek too :) It's Jason's fault he brings out my funny side 😆

[@yonishicko7042]

How much heat you work to separate the board ?

[@tommyarvidsson8907]

Hi Jason! I have a request, a video that explain that tools and equiplent is not = skills. It's about who use it. Seen so much videos about geting started, and it's always so expensive. From nothing i've bought pretty much everything for a complete shop for about $1000. Inclue a trinocular scope with cam, heatplate for iphone X. So, would be good if u explain more about what makes a good repairman. Good tools is neede ofc, but it's 4x more who use it :) My hotair is hotair as u said. Just to get started there are real cheap ones out there, that works just fine. Many things i have is qianli, so well, it's also about really look around for cheap shops globally. I'm out! Keep vids commin! U been busy? :p

[@knottingleyphonerepair45]

I had the exact same issue with the exact same device yesterday, I damaged a trace on the donor ic from an iPhone 8 as they're underfilled and the customer wouldn't wait for a replacement chip. so I'm expecting a bad review at some point soon.......Life!

[@pranabrock218]

Hello sir wich flex paste you used plz rplly

[@TimonRoelandt]

I have an iphone 7 with a slight bend around the sim card tray. It worked fine until I dropped it. It draws 0.60A from a genuine apple charger. It doesn't boot, doesn't show anything on the display and doesn't get recognized by itunes. What do you think went wrong here? Could it be tristar acting up?

[@OnYourSquare]

.60maH is fairly low. It can be stuck in DFU mode but that normally draws .44maH. It may be caused by a full or partial short along VCC Main. Or a short from a line connected to a chip on the main line. You'd need to open it and take some measurements to narrow it down.

[@justastulpe3265]

hey man, nice video! Maybe you came across with problem on iPhone 7, when connect lightning cable shows battery charging but actually it`s not, also charging percentage jumps alot when lighting connected/disconnected. As well in the main battery menu wear level could not be identified, thought battery is genuine and only few month old. Would really appreciate for an answer. Thanks in advance

[@OnYourSquare]

Sounds like battery data line issues. It can be the battery. If it happened after a hard drop or a screen replacement then it is most likely caused by a faulty or knocked off component near the battery terminal. I'd start by testing the unit with a new battery. It that does not do anything, then you'll most likely need board work.

[@justastulpe3265]

@@OnYourSquare yeah tried new battery and no luck :/ i know it`s something wrong with a board, just no idea where to start.... Thought maybe you came across something like that, was hoping to replace some IC and problem will go away

[@OnYourSquare]

@@justastulpe3265 There is a resistor and a capacitor that on that battery data line. If the problem start after a screen replacement. It's a sure bet you knocked of one or both. Without them the CPU can not read the battery level and temp. and it will not charge it until it has that information.

[@justastulpe3265]

@@OnYourSquare did not change screen but it was taken off to look to the board under microscope. If you mean R2201 and C2201 then both of them are ok and intact. Also connection from central battery connection pin is good and not broken up to Q2102. Can Tigris chip cause this problem? Thanks

[@OnYourSquare]

@@justastulpe3265 Q2102 May appear visually okay it may be damaged internally. 1.) Diode Mode test R2105. It is the resistor right next to Q2102. Red probe on ground, black probe on resistor. One side should read .463-ish the other should be .274-ish. 2.) If the readings are normal, remove Q2102. Then run a jumper from pin 2 to pin 3. That will ensure the battery status indicator line from the battery connector is directly connected to tigris. 3.) Put it back in the housing. Plug it up and retest the battery and charger. 4.) That should work but if not, your last result is to replace tigris. The battery indicator line goes into tigris, out a different line, then straight into the CPU.

[@gphonemedic]

We miss u.. :)

[@ade.awe.]

suggestion .... it's more perfect if you give damage at the beginning of the video. success always greetings Indonesia

[@TariqYasiinProd]

Come on! You can totally mark the channel for kids with so many balls.

[@daaudiome]

Wouldn't be much better to wick the pads using hot air like a brush on top? also you're using heat gun at what temp to help when cleaning the pads?

[@smdsoldering]

I find it holding the wick with hot tweezers is even better learn that one from Alex

[@wingsapplefix3352]

Your setup tour

[@stevetech7335]

Any idea where to find a replacement charging inductor for iphone X in the US?

[@ststele]

I've been harvesting them off of donor boards so far. It seems to be a common fault. One or both of the inductors get blown. I think digikey should sell them in the US though.

[@Alex-hn4we]

What caused the green lines on the display? Was it just a bad display or something after the repair that goes away?

[@ststele]

Just one of my test screens. This one came from a liquid damaged phone but I think the green lines are more likely caused by physical damage? I'm not certain tho.

[@Alex-hn4we]

@@ststele Good to know. I've recently started getting my own board repair business going here in Australia as far as I'm aware not many people can do it here, Paul Daniels being one of the only ones I know of.

[@ImranAli-rp4kd]

Alexander Herberstein yh it’s physical damage bcuz I threw the phone at someone and it had green lines, and luckily no cracks so Apple replaced even though it was out of warranty, replaced under uk consumer law

[@kolo1367]

what microscope to use?

[@markjheantv5530]

Hi sir can ask qstions? When I charge my iPhone.. The bar is not increase. Example 20% later 19 % what do you think the problem? Can' you help me.??

[@OnYourSquare]

If it began do that after you had the screen replaced or it took a head hit or drop then it's most likely the battery data line components near the battery terminal. I'd test a new battery first, if it has the same results, you'll need board work.

[@karthikt2925]

Wow 👌

[@nagoyaboya]

How would I know which IC part is faulty (U3300 or L3340 & L3341)? What should be the respective voltages for both circuits? Thanks!

[@nagoyaboya]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oICbfZJ4fKeqfsU in this video , he replaces the coils - when replacint the chips, would it be a good idea just do change them all at once?

[@ststele]

Yes, I think that’s best. I’ve changed a bit since this video was recorded. I often replace the coils with the IC just to remove any doubts.

[@nagoyaboya]

@@ststele gotcha! Actually, I'm thinking of just mailing it to you bc of your circuitry knowledge 😀