Picked a hot air station over an iron for a stubborn iPhone flex cable repair.

Went with the hot air after the iron kept lifting pads on the second try, got the flex seated in under 90 seconds and the phone booted perfectly first time - has anyone else found hot air works better for micro-soldering on those thin iPhone cables?

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joseph_adams6625d ago

Hot air is the way to go for those tiny iPhone flex cables. Iron just torches the pads too easy. Learned that the hard way after killing a charge port flex. Hot air lets you work the cable into place without direct contact. Way less chance of lifting pads.

anthonymurray25d ago

Joseph, you might be onto something. I was dead set on using my iron for those tiny flex cables, thought hot air was just for bigger stuff. But after trashing a few pads on a lightning port connector last week, I'm starting to see your point. Getting the cable seated with hot air before it cools sounds way gentler than poking at it with a hot tip. You using any specific temp or just low and slow?