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I used to think board-level repair was a waste of time for modern phones
A customer brought in a water-damaged Pixel 6 last month and told me I was just swapping parts, not fixing things. He said, 'You're a parts changer, not a technician.' It stung, but he was right. I spent the next two weeks practicing microsoldering with a cheap hot air station. Yesterday, I replaced a single blown capacitor on an iPhone 13 logic board and saved the whole phone. It cost the customer $40 instead of $300 for a full swap. What's one piece of harsh feedback that actually made you better at this job?
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sage28622d ago
My old boss said my soldering looked like a spider took up welding.
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the_julia21d ago
That "spider took up welding" line is perfect. My first soldering job looked like a metal porcupine. I had so many cold joints and blobs of solder, the circuit board was basically a paperweight. The foreman just sighed and told me to watch him do it again.
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