{"id":2185,"date":"2020-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.2.19:8666\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-09-20T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:42:42","slug":"iphone-x-restoration-board-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rewa.tech\/de\/iphone-x-restoration-board-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone X Restoration: Step-by-Step Guide for Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">REWA LAB received an iPhone X that had been severely damaged in a car accident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Today we will show you how to restore it\u00a0step by step.\u00a0Let&#8217;s bring it back to life!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/870945a8-81f8-4f82-b8c1-5c4bfe089309-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-01.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone X Restoration - More Than Board Swap\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>Kosmetische Inspektion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/c09a15d4-465c-42da-a94e-b1b72af55be1-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-02.jpg\" alt=\"We can see that the phone has been severely damaged. The screen is shattered and the back glass is broken, the midframe is also deformed. \" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">We can see that\u00a0the phone has been severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">The screen is shattered and the back glass is broken,\u00a0the\u00a0midframe is also deformed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Let&#8217;s\u00a0remove the display assembly,\u00a0the Face ID parts and the rear camera look just fine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">The motherboard also looks fine too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">However,\u00a0The battery is severely deformed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>Test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/a5e3cb56-213a-4924-b1a4-46a4c4dd5555-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-03.jpg\" alt=\"Get a new display assembly installed\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Get a new display assembly installed, and then connect the battery connector with the DC Power Supply.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">The phone turns on normally, but\u00a0the touch screen is unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Observe\u00a0the motherboard carefully,\u00a0we can see there is an obvious gap between the third space PCB and the lower layer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Beside the lower layer is badly deformed.\u00a0Depending on the motherboard&#8217;s condition,\u00a0we need to swap the lower layer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>Jumping Wire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/6b7ed857-0a2b-41e2-9343-6d21291bf0ea-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-04.jpg\" alt=\"jumping wires\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">But let&#8217;s fix the upper layer first,\u00a0clean bonding pads around the edge with Solder Wick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">There are several pads have come off the board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">We need to treat them by jumping wires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Here are the tools we recommend for jumping wires:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/c8393e4c-a1f9-4b13-ab4a-062ff4d76a96-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-09.jpg\" alt=\"1.BGA Flux Paste 2.Solder Wire Kit 3.Desoldering Wick 4.UV Curable Solder Mask 5.USB Ultraviolet Light UV Glue Curing Lamp  \" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/needles-bga-flux-paste-rma-223.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.BGA Flux Paste<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/solder-wire-kit-fx-t9-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2.Solder Wire Kit<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/desoldering-wick-with-stainless-steel-mouth-cp-20y-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.Desoldering Wick<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/uv-curable-solder-mask-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.UV Curable Solder Mask<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/usb-ultraviolet-light-uv-glue-curing-lamp-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.USB Ultraviolet Light UV Glue Curing Lamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Attach a known good lower layer to the test fixture and then\u00a0attach the upper layer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Get the display assembly connected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Running test, we can found that the phone turns on normally and the touch function is also normal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Judging by this, the touch issue is caused by the lower layer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>Board Swap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Since the lower layer is badly deformed,\u00a0we need to transplant baseband CPU, baseband EEPROM and the NFC chip on the original lower layer to a new lower layer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">For more details, please check out the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-pii2c22wVs?showinfo=0\" width=\"810\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-blot-formatter-unclickable-bound=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">After\u00a0board swap, we should running test again by using\u00a0Test Fixture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Connect the battery connector with the DC Power Supply.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Then get the motherboard powered on with tweezers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Here we can find IMEI serial number and modem firmware which indicates that the lower layer swap has been completed successfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>Motherboard Rekombination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/5b8927b5-4105-48fc-b775-7a5bc2decd99-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-10.jpg\" alt=\"Motherboard Rekombination\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/motherboard-repair-tool-kit-entry-level-full-list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/73196332-4c9f-4150-8a67-5ae8fc404e72-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-11.jpg\" alt=\"Reparatur-Werkzeugsatz\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Next thing we do is to solder the two layers together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Here are the following steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Attach the new lower layer to the specialized reballing mold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Cover the new lower layer with the matched reballing stencil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Smear some low-temp Solder Paste on the stencil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">remove the reballing stencil carefully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Continue to place the new lower layer onto the heating platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Waiting for the solder paste melting, solder balls start to shape up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Waiting for the lower layer to cool for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Apply BGA Paste Flux to the third space PCB, get the upper layer in position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Heat for 1 minute on the heating platform at 160\u00a0degrees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">With the upper layer sinking and Paste Flux flowing, the two layers have been soldered together successfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Wait for the double-stacked motherboard to cool for 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>True Tone Restoration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/9df75bc1-9777-4057-96ed-7aab230b5c60-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-05.jpg\" alt=\"True Tone Restoration\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">After we finish repairing the motherboard, it&#8217;s time to transplant parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">REWA has years of experience on providing wholesale services upon an extensive range of electronic related products covering mobile phone spare parts and replacement battery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">We adhere to the principle of &#8221; Quality Above All &#8221; through the whole producing and testing processes. Here are some of our selected products:<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/for-apple-iphone-x-rigid-oled-display-and-touch-screen-digitizer-assembly-with-frame-replacement-black-a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone X Rigid OLED Display<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/for-apple-iphone-x-lcd-display-and-touch-screen-digitizer-assembly-with-frame-replacement-black-a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone X LCD Display\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/for-apple-iphone-x-battery-replacement-s.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone X Batterie-Ersatz<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/for-apple-iphone-x-back-glass-cover-replacement-white-aa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone X Back Glass Cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Next we will fix the True Tone of the new display.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Connect the original screen with the display extended module, read data of the original screen with the <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/light-sensor-and-true-tone-repair-programmer-v11-for-iphone-7-11-pro-max-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>True Tone repair programmer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Once done, connect the new screen with the display extended module.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Write stored data of the original screen to the new screen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"><strong>Wi-Fi Unbinding<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/irepair-p10-dfu-box-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/5044f683-570a-4619-a59e-329e64fc8e53-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-06.jpg\" alt=\"Wi-Fi Unbinding\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/910822e3-caa2-49f5-8f1d-a09c558a4e90-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-07.jpg\" alt=\"Wi-Fi Unbinding\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Beacuse we didn&#8217;t deal with the Wi-Fi\u00a0IC on motherboard,\u00a0the Wi-Fi switch cannot be toggled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Here&#8217;s a tool we recommend which named\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.rewa.tech\/detail\/irepair-p10-dfu-box-oem-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iRepair DFU Box<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Connect it to the computer,\u00a0then connect the phone with the box.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Put the phone into DFU mode, then running the software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Once finished, the WiFi switch is back to normal.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.rewa.tech\/image\/c6267925-847a-4240-9f79-a67685949511-iPhone-X-Restoration-More-Than-Board-Swap-08.jpg\" alt=\"rewa akademie\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">The iPhone X has been restored successfully after our hard work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Repair a mobile phone is just like performing phone surgery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">You need to analyze the problem and then solve the problem step by step.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Der Reparaturprozess erfordert nicht nur professionelle theoretische Kenntnisse, sondern auch handwerkliches Geschick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Start your learning journey with REWA ACADEMY now!Preview this course\uff1a<strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>iPhone Logic Board Reparatur Handarbeitskurs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to restore a severely damaged iPhone X after a car accident. 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