iPad Air 4 Tear Down and Charge Port Replacement- Oops! Almost Had to Run a Jumper

In this video I will show you how to disassemble an iPad Air 4th generation and complete a charge port flex cable replacement.
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[@Mike_Dubayou]

I am having so much trouble getting the cable and pins to break free from the board. I have tried leaded solder with the iron at 380 C, and a hot air gun at 430 C. Ive held my iron on the first pins for many seconds while applying force to try to life the cable up, but its not budging. Could you please let me know what temps you used, and if you have any tips, tricks, or things I might be missing? I work for an electronics repair shop, and I've soldered many usb and hdmi ports onto boards, but this is one job that I seemingly cant figure out!

[@GregM]

How much real-time did it take to get the board out of the iPad vs replacing the port?

[@GoCellPhoneRepair]

Four minutes on the blue heating mat, then about another twenty for the board removal. Had I not been taking my time for the video, I'd estimate it still would have been about fifteen for that.

[@sgmarr]

Reminds me of the older game Operation! 😅

[@GoCellPhoneRepair]

Good analogy. Next time someone asks about getting into tablet repairs, I'll ask them if they are/were good at that game.

[@cooper1095]

yikes 😬

[@GoCellPhoneRepair]

😕