Troubleshooting iPhone 7 Won’t Turn On

What should you do if your iPhone 7 won’t turn on after being dropped?

The problem may be caused by a software crash or a complicated hardware issue.

We have published an iPhone 6 won’t turn on and iPhone X won’t turn on guide video, and this time, we received an dropped iPhone 7 Plus which cannot turn on.

The problem was finally detected as CPU being short-circuited. Here we have detailed troubleshooting procedures.

iPhone 7 won’t turn on Diagnosis

Take apart the phone and disconnect the battery, then connect the phone with the DC-Stromversorgung and press the power button to power on.

The current reading of the ammeter jumps to 350mA and then stays still, which is abnormal and indicates that the logic board is short-circuited.

disassemble the phone and detach the battery

Disconnect the power supply and take out the logic board.

Run diode measurements on capacitors around power IC one by one.

All the values are normal except C1823 – It displays 0, which indicates that C1823 is short-circuited.

From the schematics, we can see that C1823 is the filter capacitor of PP1V8-SDRAM, and it is directly connected to CPU SDRAM.

diode measurements on capacitors around power IC Repair

Attach the logic board to the PCB-Halter, and take down the shielding cover by heating with Hot Air Gun, then remove CPU SDRAM with CNC Chip Grinding Machine.

After chip grinding, attach the logic board to the PCB Holder and clean it with PCB Cleaner, then remove the black adhesive around with Sculpture Knife.

After that, apply some BGA Paste Flux to the bonding pad. 

Align the new SDRAM to the right place(Don’t reverse the direction), and then solder with Hot Air Gun. After cooling for 5 minutes, clean thoroughly with PCB Cleaner.

CPU SDRAM chip grinding Testing

Connect the phone with the DC Power Supply, then short Pin 13 of J4504 to the ground with the tweezer to trigger the power on the system.

This time, the current reading on the ammeter is normal.

connect the phone with the DC Power Supply

Get the logic board assembled and buckle the display assembly.

Connect the phone to the computer, then press and hold volume down and power button to get into DFU mode. Restore the phone via iTunes.

Once done, insert the SIM card and activate the phone.

After testing, All the functions work normally.

current reading on the ammeter

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