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Re: Using the Wrong Screw: A Painful Lesson in iPhone Repair

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:25:53 +0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

>    Guess what happens if you install either red or yellow screws into the
>    orange spot, since your eyesight isn't good enough to notice a 0.1mm
>    difference? The screw will cut into the PCB and break several 50 micron
>    traces, as shown in the picture above, causing a blue screen error on
>    the phone.
> 
>    Fun stuff.

Fair enough, but I thought most people used to doing this sort of stuff
(and even the semi-casual hobbyists, not just the pros) put the screws
on a sticky paper or something in the geometrical order of where they
came out of the device, just to keep everything straight.  I'm nowhere
near the caliber of technician who could dissect an iphone and even I
do that opening up my shortwave radios, etc.

I guess making mistakes like this one are how you learn though, the
painful/expensive way!

(just thought: how awesome would it have been if Apple - as a joke - had made the blue screen resemble Windows' BSOD?  Little Steve Jobs humor ...)

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Using the Wrong Screw: A Painful Lesson in iPhone Repair Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-21 12:25 +0000
  Re: Using the Wrong Screw: A Painful Lesson in iPhone Repair RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-21 17:39 +0000

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