hi All,
Any advice on how I can remove this ribbon cable in preparation of installing the new one? So far I have not been able to get the solder hot enough to fully melt and flow. I've tried my hot air station and the metcal iron although my metcal is the smaller unit. I already have replaced the speaker so nominally I know how to do this.
First I peeled up the adhesive-held material that surrounded the pads. I also took a layer of tap off from the top of the pads (looked like Kapton but I don't know what it really is)
I can turn up the temperature on the hot air (hottest I went was 300C setting) or else maybe I have to get a bigger soldering iron. What have I missed? Strangely this is one ipod repair that does not seem to be documented on youtube or elsewhere.
obviously the trick is to remove this without damaging the board and other components. Otherwise I do understand that with enough heat and energy input these parts will come apart.
The old connector: stuck in place
the new part.
This all started when the home button 'broke'. It was missing the little black shim on top of the snap switch that interfaces between the button element in the cover and the dome on the switch. It is about 1.5mm DIA by 1mm tall. The old switch does not have it - it fell off. The new switch of course has this little nub but unfortunately for me the switch is part of this really big assembly (pictured above).
would really love some help - my daughter is going to be super-upset with me if I don't get this fixed : |