{"id":264,"date":"2008-07-24T09:55:57","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T09:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/2008\/07\/24\/a-cupertino-tragedy-in-a-canal\/"},"modified":"2008-07-24T09:55:57","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T09:55:57","slug":"a-cupertino-tragedy-in-a-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"A Cupertino tragedy in a canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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In my previous post I valiantly declared that my non-waterproof iphone [ see here<\/a> ] probably just needed a new battery and all would be tickety-boo.  Well, it turned out to be almost the case.  <\/p>\n

Above is the phone with the new battery part way soldered in.  It was with a dry mouth, shaking hands and the warning of "don’t short the li-ion battery to the case or explosions will occur" ringing in my ears that I donned soldering iron and non-lead solder.  I was using Bill’s soldering iron initially but it was a pre-77 iron and really wasn’t up to the job as it lacked the fine point required for modern electronics.  If you’re wondering how I know it’s pre 77 then it’s because I had to wire a plug onto it and the wires were red, black and green.  Verrrr old.<\/p>\n

After I’d almost completely destroyed the iPhone motherboard and solder was spread across all contacts, the heat-sink, the motherboard, my desk and a pile of receipts to the right of my keyboard I decided that the tools just weren’t up to the job.  A quick trip to Maplin secured me a nice new soldering iron, a solder sucker, some de-solder braid and some unleaded solder – one must think of the environment and all that.  Back to work I went and this time it was much more successful.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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When I powered up the handset I noticed that there was considerable water damage in the screen which just made things look crappy.  In a moment of what can only be described as sheer lunacy I decided to take the whole thing apart and "Isopropyl Alcohol" the screen so that it would be a whole new groovy iphone and I would be the toast of Olde Wigan Towne.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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This is the iPhone with the screen disassembled.  People forgot to mention that you need a clean room, sixteen arms and a fucking clue to reassemble this thing.  Not a hope.  I had the screen cleaned up and back together in a thrice.  The handset powered up and there was nothing – the touchscreen had ceased to work.  So apart it came again, only this time I managed to crack the display and also snap the wire connecting the front button to the motherboard.  The new glass was a tenner and I could repair the wire – so I wasn’t massively concerned about this disaster.  I reassembled the screen in a different order [ and yes I do realise I should have taken photos as I was disassembling it \ud83d\ude41 ] but was all for naught.  I decided it was third time lucky.  Disassembled, rearranged and was in mid reassemble when I managed to tear through the connecting strip from the motherboard to the radio circuitry.  Game over.  Bastard!<\/p>\n

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The last resting place of Darren Steele’s first generation iPhone.  <\/p>\n

9th Nov 2007 – 23rd July 2008.  Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my previous post I valiantly declared that my non-waterproof iphone [ see here ] probably just needed a new battery and all would be tickety-boo.  Well, it turned out to be almost the case.  Above is the phone with the new battery part way soldered in.  It was with a dry mouth, shaking hands … <\/p>\n

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