This is really inspiring, i am a civil Engineer and have 10 years experience, decided to leave that and start my own business repairing consoles and will start soon on iphones/ipads. every thing can be done
Pros don't have time for that, they just take a big piece of white eggcrate foam or a pill box lined with magnets and just place the screws in the same pattern into the cells according to their location on the device.
Just found this video series. Huge amounts of respect for this woman. Driven enough to get a PHD, humble enough to leave that and be a stay at home mom, and brave enough to then pursue a completely different career. Cheers, Jessa. You really inspire me.
This is simply incredible. I always had a holistic view of circuit boards and treated them as individual components, if there's damage to a board I'd just replace the entire board. I never viewed tightly populated boards as a collection of individually replaceable parts (except for PSUs and the like, with caps as big as your thumb). It's like magic. Thanks for introducing me to Jessa's channel, I'd subscribe twice if I could.
These are mass produced devices. You can map things out. You could desolder the capacitors one by one, stick them into a component tester, it spits out the specs. You could drop all the components off the board, photograph the solder mask, sand it off, photograph the top layer, sand it off, photograph the next layer, and so on, and reverse engineer it. You can stick a scope into the inputs and outputs and figure what the power circuitry and various simpler control circuitry does, or know what kind of overall behaviour patterns to expect to see when and which ICs need to be replaced. So eh? And if you have a device with an unrelated failure, you can just transplant things over. Not all components are going to be available for purchase, so that's often unavoidable.
Great intro video Jessa - thanks! And a big thanks to the team at iFixit for working to put this together! This should be a great week! For those of you who have not seen Jessa before, her skills are EPIC! I attended a class with her and Louis Rossmann last month and it was seriously a game changer for my business. I encourage those of you who are less patient, to stay tuned and give the series a chance.
I seen the story about Jessa Jones when you first came out with her story last winter. What a great story. I'm a big fan of iFixit. I upgraded my hard drive on my 2010 MacBook Pro to 1TB thanks to iFixit. I'm always checking out your videos just to see how things are repair. Looking forward to see more new ones especially with Jessa Jones. Jessa it was a rockstar.
This is one of the best ways to get good at anything. Have some free time, find something that really interests you, and there is a lot to learn. Start small, and learn, learn, learn. Then you get good, some people like Jessa Jones become awesome experts that inspire. I'm just staring out, took stuff appart, wiggelled things, noticed things. Then slowly moved on to soldering and fixing stuff. That's where I am now. Biggest mistake thus far, buying 150 OHM resistors and not realising some are very big indeed, as I'd assumed all 150 OHM resistors would be the same size, wrong.
Thanks to ifixit team and big big thanks to you Jessa, your explanations are clear, you're talented and it's a pleasure to learn from you, I already understand many many things and wish I could try someday to go to that level !!
Wow, Jessa, that's exactly what happened to my S3 back in the day. Good to know I'm in similar company with regard to that weak charging port. It's also interesting to note that despite Samsung's vehement denials of this flaw, they rectified the situation in the S4 by reinforcing that port with an additional metal clip.
This is where the real meat and potatoes are in Iphone and MOBO repairs anyone can open few screws and replace battery or screen but this is real stuff. I think I read a article about her she is self taught. This is super awesome idea please keep the videos rolling :)
Putting in too long screws happens on a much larger scale too. I've known of a big-bore V-twin that kept leaking oil from the sump when (re)assembled correctly at the propre torque values. Even the brand gurus didn't think to check the bolts used by the factory (!), which turned out to be just a fraction too long so they actually started pushing the components apart when brought up to torque. :)
I should add I worked in IT for several years so I find it easy to relate to these repairs. But to do soldering at that level you need those steady hands and a microscope. Fix it instead of bin it.
My only question is: how do you know which component you need to buy, to change the broken one? If you desolder one micro-component how do you recognize it? There isn't any ID or Information on that tiny thing... hope someone answers...
I am an industrial mechanic with 20 years experience. that has found myself out of work. i enjoy bench-rebuilds the most but have never worked with such tiny things. i am interested in the possibility of turning this into a home business. could this make enough to support a family of 4? today?
carlosedwardos I use Omano 2300S with v7 articulating stand, or the similar simul-focal model from Amscope. I recommend trinocular port for a camera--I use an HDMI video camera by Optix at home, that is a different camera than the one used here. I also recommend the 144 LED light ring. Cost for scope without camera is about $700
I would greatly appreciate if you could give me the model number to that microscope so that I may purchase one and mount it like so to my with bench while changing charge ports. I've been using Digital USB microscopes and I'm not nearly as pleased as I am with analog
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your expertise! I know I can trust you with a microsolder repair, I have sent you an email for a client's iPad. Maybe you will be able to help :)
You can't "just replace a component with another one". You need the value and polarity of the original one. If it's fried, you can't tell what value it was.
She didn't use the soldering iron at all. We looked at a failed component under a scope. Honestly, looking at a failed component is like suggesting to fix a bleeding scab. It's treating the symptom, but it isn't solving the root problem. Did I mention SHE DIDN'T USE THE SOLDERING IRON? I was really hoping to actually garner some suggestions of how best to use an iron to desolder and solder tiny components. BUT NOPE. This video should be renamed "Suggestions for looking at failed components under a microscope". Epic waste of time.
Clinton Swart Nice. This is a video series. I hope you change your tune when you watch Kyle fix this exact mini board by soldering a microjumper to correct a missing pad as his first ever board repair. I know I was impressed.
Just love how relaxed she is. The calm and confidence aura that comes with knowledge and motherhood :)
We need more people like her.
This is really inspiring, i am a civil Engineer and have 10 years experience, decided to leave that and start my own business repairing consoles and will start soon on iphones/ipads. every thing can be done
How's that working for you?
Jessa Jones you are NR 1 ! YOU ARE THE TEACHER OF TEACHERS...! GOD BLESS YOU !
My trick with things with many different screws , i print a photo of the assembly and tape the screws on it so they don't get mixed up.
Pros don't have time for that, they just take a big piece of white eggcrate foam or a pill box lined with magnets and just place the screws in the same pattern into the cells according to their location on the device.
Just found this video series. Huge amounts of respect for this woman. Driven enough to get a PHD, humble enough to leave that and be a stay at home mom, and brave enough to then pursue a completely different career. Cheers, Jessa. You really inspire me.
This is simply incredible. I always had a holistic view of circuit boards and treated them as individual components, if there's damage to a board I'd just replace the entire board. I never viewed tightly populated boards as a collection of individually replaceable parts (except for PSUs and the like, with caps as big as your thumb). It's like magic.
Thanks for introducing me to Jessa's channel, I'd subscribe twice if I could.
Love the city analogy! Such a great way to understand / feel less intimidated by the complexity.
But, without values or specs. it's nearly impossible to do a successful repair.
These are mass produced devices. You can map things out. You could desolder the capacitors one by one, stick them into a component tester, it spits out the specs. You could drop all the components off the board, photograph the solder mask, sand it off, photograph the top layer, sand it off, photograph the next layer, and so on, and reverse engineer it. You can stick a scope into the inputs and outputs and figure what the power circuitry and various simpler control circuitry does, or know what kind of overall behaviour patterns to expect to see when and which ICs need to be replaced. So eh?
And if you have a device with an unrelated failure, you can just transplant things over. Not all components are going to be available for purchase, so that's often unavoidable.
Jessa Jones is one awesome woman! Keep going, spread the knowledge.
this video series is truly great! if you are interested in repairing phones and learning microsoldering, these videos are priceless
Great intro video Jessa - thanks! And a big thanks to the team at iFixit for working to put this together! This should be a great week! For those of you who have not seen Jessa before, her skills are EPIC! I attended a class with her and Louis Rossmann last month and it was seriously a game changer for my business. I encourage those of you who are less patient, to stay tuned and give the series a chance.
I seen the story about Jessa Jones when you first came out with her story last winter. What a great story. I'm a big fan of iFixit. I upgraded my hard drive on my 2010 MacBook Pro to 1TB thanks to iFixit. I'm always checking out your videos just to see how things are repair. Looking forward to see more new ones especially with Jessa Jones. Jessa it was a rockstar.
Such a good video. Very encouraging and a nice break from some of the profanity laden pieces around. Jessa Jones is very comforting. Thanks very much.
bought my brother ifixit tool case last xmas. best gift ever use it all the time.
This is one of the best ways to get good at anything. Have some free time, find something that really interests you, and there is a lot to learn. Start small, and learn, learn, learn. Then you get good, some people like Jessa Jones become awesome experts that inspire. I'm just staring out, took stuff appart, wiggelled things, noticed things. Then slowly moved on to soldering and fixing stuff. That's where I am now. Biggest mistake thus far, buying 150 OHM resistors and not realising some are very big indeed, as I'd assumed all 150 OHM resistors would be the same size, wrong.
What a pleasant woman! And what a great demonstrator.
Thanks to ifixit team and big big thanks to you Jessa, your explanations are clear, you're talented and it's a pleasure to learn from you, I already understand many many things and wish I could try someday to go to that level !!
Jessa Jones You Are The Legend. I would love to be you student LOL
Looking fwd for more videos.
We love you Jessa!!!
Excellent! looking forward to more of her videos.
wow you guys are smart. i love how much i learn on youtube honestly. thank you for sharing
Wow, Jessa, that's exactly what happened to my S3 back in the day. Good to know I'm in similar company with regard to that weak charging port. It's also interesting to note that despite Samsung's vehement denials of this flaw, they rectified the situation in the S4 by reinforcing that port with an additional metal clip.
This is where the real meat and potatoes are in Iphone and MOBO repairs anyone can open few screws and replace battery or screen but this is real stuff. I think I read a article about her she is self taught. This is super awesome idea please keep the videos rolling :)
Putting in too long screws happens on a much larger scale too. I've known of a big-bore V-twin that kept leaking oil from the sump when (re)assembled correctly at the propre torque values. Even the brand gurus didn't think to check the bolts used by the factory (!), which turned out to be just a fraction too long so they actually started pushing the components apart when brought up to torque. :)
Makes sense for stay-at-home Moms to be doing this stuff. Mend and make do for the 21st century!
i admire all you said, you are an inspiration.
It's easy to repair devices, you just need very steady hands and the right tools. I would think getting the components is a bit tough though.
I should add I worked in IT for several years so I find it easy to relate to these repairs. But to do soldering at that level you need those steady hands and a microscope.
Fix it instead of bin it.
You both are AWESOME. What a cool channel! What great content!
Very informative. Thank you. Looking forward to the next videos.
Awesome Jessa Jones!! your the best!!
Holycrap Jessa you are an awesome nerd
placebomessiah thanks!
great video its a request to u to keep on making good video like this and i think this will take ifixit to next level thanks
Do you have a favourite or suggested method of keeping track of what screws go where?
Having a Phd he this is much appreciable
This lady is great !
But this last defect, I would never attempt to fix that...De-solder that small thing and access the traces, that's hardcore.
Wow! What an amazing woman!
+iFixit Video
What a heartwarming video. Well done!
Just one very important question about microscope the lens you use is 3.5x to 90x if I'm wrong what is the right lenses
Hi, very good video
what type of microscope are you use?
My only question is: how do you know which component you need to buy, to change the broken one? If you desolder one micro-component how do you recognize it? There isn't any ID or Information on that tiny thing...
hope someone answers...
+Alexander Wazza You can swap from a donor board without any knowledge of what the component does, or you can read the schematic and it will tell you.
I am an industrial mechanic with 20 years experience. that has found myself out of work. i enjoy bench-rebuilds the most but have never worked with such tiny things. i am interested in the possibility of turning this into a home business. could this make enough to support a family of 4? today?
Microsolder, without soldering ! nice one dudes ...
Can the snark. That's in another video. This is an introduction to the guest.
Miyagik Yes, it's not like this is a series where episode two comes after episode one. Someone has never watched a TV show before.
A pilot episode in which nothing happens would have a really, really hard time getting commissioned though.
What is the model of amscope your using/recommend for repair assuming a budget of under $3k ?
Thanks Apple for starting a livelihood industry.
can you find out the model of her Amscope microscope and her camera?
carlosedwardos I use Omano 2300S with v7 articulating stand, or the similar simul-focal model from Amscope. I recommend trinocular port for a camera--I use an HDMI video camera by Optix at home, that is a different camera than the one used here. I also recommend the 144 LED light ring. Cost for scope without camera is about $700
iPad Rehab and where did you get your microscope?
California based Amscope.com or Virginia based microscope.com selling Omano brand both are very similar to each other
This video is really quiet. I generally have my volume at 20%, cranked this to 100% and still have issues hearing it by comparison.
Josh Olson i had winamp on with the radio playing whilst watching this and had no problem hearing hem speak
Josh Olson Your amp is dying.
Josh Olson Interesting Josh, no issues here with audio output.
+Josh Olson I watched several videos before starting this one, and I didn't notice any low volume problems, using speakers.
"fairy wing hair" d best word XD
I would greatly appreciate if you could give me the model number to that microscope so that I may purchase one and mount it like so to my with bench while changing charge ports. I've been using Digital USB microscopes and I'm not nearly as pleased as I am with analog
well, i work in electronics company, and these kind of repairs are everyday stuff.
did you also noticed that weird forced cut at 6:33 when she started to talk about how she was immediatelly calling iFixit.... :D
thanks ifixit group
can a graphic chip and cpu be upgraded in a laptop?
Hallo good Morning what is The name and the model for The Soldering machine what do u use it plz 😊😊😊😊😊😊 I like ifixit
hello, I need help on sony c6903 no charge, help yourselves
what kind of microscope is that ?
Awesome : thank you
Sei grande jessa
Where is a microsoldering?
muito bom
...hummm....looks like the Apple Headquarters are next to the Hospital in the "Tiny" city....
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your expertise! I know I can trust you with a microsolder repair, I have sent you an email for a client's iPad. Maybe you will be able to help :)
Jacob Nelson will do, thanks!
Put her in charge of everything right now. Why isn’t she on vanity fair instead of Caitlyn Jenner ?
horrible volume control
You can't "just replace a component with another one". You need the value and polarity of the original one. If it's fried, you can't tell what value it was.
"You can't be a modder if you don't know how to solder" Yoshi ZDTV
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well look awesome doing micro soldering ..... but the microscope look like way too expansive of my wallet :(
AKA Apples technicians are useless in the sense trying help you. All they want is you buying a new phone
Hardscope
and that's why you don't buy icraps. get an android.
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She didn't use the soldering iron at all. We looked at a failed component under a scope. Honestly, looking at a failed component is like suggesting to fix a bleeding scab. It's treating the symptom, but it isn't solving the root problem.
Did I mention SHE DIDN'T USE THE SOLDERING IRON? I was really hoping to actually garner some suggestions of how best to use an iron to desolder and solder tiny components. BUT NOPE.
This video should be renamed "Suggestions for looking at failed components under a microscope".
Epic waste of time.
Clinton Swart Nice. This is a video series. I hope you change your tune when you watch Kyle fix this exact mini board by soldering a microjumper to correct a missing pad as his first ever board repair. I know I was impressed.
Never waste your time when you learn something is not important if deep or basic knowledge, thanks Jessa for share your experience
Clinton Swart The title of the first video in the series is Meet Jessa, not Watch Jessa Solder. Have you seen the second video yet?
Clinton Swart Your comment should be titled: "I didn't actually listen to the whole video before shooting off my mouth (and now I look like a dunce)".
Clinton Swart It's too bad your parents also saw birth control as an "epic waste of time" :(