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Heat mats for ipad are completely different beast. Heat oven is exactly that, an oven, and more so used for the following: 1)Drying out board after clean 2)Prewarm board before desolder 3)Slow cool down of board after reflow (thermal equalizing to prevent fractures) 4)Reflow soldering Guess...

Here is the one i use. 8" working distance. Price is better than i paid. However they now have usb 3 cameras which provide a much faster transfer. I have not had an issue with 5mp, but if ur considering 14mp, then i would probably suggest usb3...

Ok. Just got home. Here are my best suppliers for cell phone parts... For quality: etechparts.com For price: wholesalegadgetparts.com (warning a lot of these parts are not as quality as i would like them be, but as a company the are fast and dependable for order fullfilment and offer...

Louis, i was talking to another forum member that bought 99% ipa from ebay and got a saltly like residue left behind after using ipa. Have you ever experienced this? What i found online is that ipa can have water removed via a process called 'salting out'. I would not put it past some ebay...

Louis this scope is more for looking down into the bga for pre and post repair diagnostic to see if there are issues.( If you can get something like this that can take the reflow heat it would be perfect for knowing exactly when its done.) It works by using a right angle prism that functions...

Ill have to look at which model i use again. Im going to do some lens upgrades on scope and eye pieces, but currently get around 8" of play depending on size. Mostly work from onscreen camera 5mp. Its a trinocular amscope model. I beleive i paid around 1000, but it should be cheaper now...

Louis can we get a video request forum section just for request, with some form of voting so that you have a measure to weight importance of video priority. Thos will also help connect youtube videos to membership, so that it hopefully bolsters member sign ups... Which fuels keeping this forum...

Anyone use a BGA scope. This is an item thats been on my radar, but not really sure if its worth its weight. Has anyone used. Also a cheaper alternative is BGA mirror attachment that can attach to some of the cheap usb microscopes. Any input on the real world usefulness of this equipment...

Where do u feel you get the best quality and best prices. I realize this is a sensitive subject for some but were here to learn and share, so if youre comfortable post as you feel necessary. Ill be aggregating a list of some of my tops after the holidays. (right now just setting up post to...

What chemicals does everyone use and for which jobs do they work best.

Decided to split up tools. Its was getting wild. So for ovens drying and reflow preheat what do you use or wish u had. I currently just use a coutertop convection toaster oven. I also previously mentioned the controleo kit for building a more precise rig. Has anyone tried the controleo unit?

theyll never release. You can cross your fingers and hope that one day some brazen pirate attempts to relieve one from apples tyranny. Then the cloners will do what cloners do best. Until then, discovering this level of interaction, without a deep understanding of the boards underlying logic...

Oven baking is really the best for drying out after full submersion. Has anyone on here tried building a Controleo Oven, from kit or purchased an assembled one? Ive heard good things but never made the leap of faith.

I might disagree with this line of thinking. A master tech would do as you say louis, but in larger facilities they dont get devices first. So if the thought is to outline common problems and then train lesser skilled employees to master one or two of these procedures in diagnostic only or...

I dont know of any for testing like ASD, but many phone like samsung have builtin test tools that u can access via # code in dialer. Locked phone Data recovery, forensic analysis and to some degree testing would be jtag. If any of the jtag manufacturers wanted to start developing testing...

Found out some states have specific tax code that makes the entire job 100% taxable if any part is used in the coarse of repair. Regardless of the parts weight on overall price, the taxable amount is 100% of the service price. Florida is such a state and even requires such tax code if part is...

I vote for heman, but with sword in air. That was always the moment heman let the world know. "i have the power"

Also i looked at a spec sheet for techgrade ipa. The usp min standards are 99‰ Tech grade authority (i forget the acronym and too lazy to look back) require 99.5% However, this companies msds specifies that their usual quality output clears purity tolerances of 99.96%. Thats pretty damn...

Yep, i think that would be a high sodium trace contamination through sub-standard purification/separation/distillation. Spend the extra and buy your techgrade from a reputable source and not ebay. Ive been down the ebay road for chemicals and i was never happy with the end result. Too many...

Also went to go and check my answer... Like to make sure what im saying has some merot to it... And found this. http://m.instructables.com/id/How-to-Salt-Out/ Ive seen the residue that i believe you are mentioning and always thought it looled like dried up sea water. Now im wondering if i...