Details
Overview
This course is 5 days of hand on training designed to give students the necessary skills and knowledge to repair the most common devices and common problems in the mobile device repair industry. In addition to learning the most common repairs, student will be taught how to troubleshoot issues and understand how the devices work so they are prepared to solve additional problems them may encounter in the future. Students will learn best practices, most common issues, proper tools, ESD safety and many other topics during this 5 day course. No previous repair experience is required.
Devices
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6s
- iPad 2
- iPad Mini
- iPad Air
- iPod Touch 5th Gen
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Samsung Galaxy S5
- Samsung Galaxy S6
- Samsung Tab 3
- LG G5
Topics Covered
- ESD Safety, Grounding and Static Discharge
- Proper repair tools
- Repair shop best practices
- Manufacturer warranties and repair
- Repair and screw/parts organization and best practices
- Parts selection and quality
- Differences between quality of parts available in the market
- High copy vs copy vs OEM/Original
- Logos and trademark issues
- Device disassemble and assembly
- Device structure and parts – What each part of the phone does
- Lithium battery testing and failure
- Multimeter basics
- Voltage
- Continuity testing
- Most common repairs on each device (Screen replacement, battery replacement, charge port and others)
- Common issues that can occur during repairs
- Damaged backlight
- Pry damage
- Missing components
- Damaged FPC connectors
- Troubleshooting and testing
- Importance of repair history
- Pre and post repair testing
- Types of adhesive and best practices
- Parts testing
- Introduction to soldering & fundamentals
- Flux and why it’s important
- Soldering iron tip size and temperature
- Oxidation
- Introduction to glass only repairs
- Types of LCDs
- In cell vs on cell digitizers
- Backlights
- Techniques to remove and replace glass
- Introduction to water damage cleaning and data recovery
- Common failures
- Why devices fail from water exposure
- Cleaning techniques
- Corrosion
All repairs are backed by a warranty. The warranty varies depending the type of repair, please contact us if you have any questions about warranty length.