My sister has broke her iPhone screen, and she hired me to repair as cheap as I can. I have bought a failed iPhone in second hand marker for about half the prize as new LCD module. Later, I tear it down and I had to realized, than it has a lot so called "liquid damage". This means somehow water get inside the phone and not properly cleaned it, or not even noticed. When water get inside some kind of electronic device and not immediately turned off and cleaned, corrosion developing and start eating the solder joints just like the rust in cars body. After I checked the screen connector, I noticed some damage on it too. I decided to replace these connectors so I desoldered from the broken one. Next I desoldered the connectors from the good one and luckily it is turned out that the problem is not as big as I first think. Only one pad needed a repair and I quicky ran a jumper wire on the display flex cable. It can be a good example for everyone, what the liquid does if get insid...
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