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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • I already tried the Wi-Fi reseating. One unit I bought, that was the only thing that was wrong with it. But not the two ones that I managed to kill more than they were already dead. The Wi-Fi boards are interchangeable between units, aren’t they?

    I will try the battery again but I already hold the battery in place when I’m testing and I highly doubt it’s the issue given that the contacts were working fine prior to the failed repair. I also tried several batteries that I know work. Nothing worked












  • Winner winner chicken dinner. I had to take off the back, but to get a good angle on the button I had to remove the orange stylus retainer and lift up the button PCB. Contact cleaner, working the switch, and then one failed and one successful shot at getting the button assembly perfectly aligned - VERY easy to JUST BARELY misalign it and remove ALL click which is entirely the opposite of what we’re looking for.

    I finally see why people directly blasting contact cleaner into the button area [EDIT: without opening the shell] IS a viable trick, but given the excess you spray to actually get the button means that you’re also risking saturating the screen (which might not be permanent, if you’re using a regular contact cleaner and not fancy shit like deoxit, which would almost certainly ruin the screen). Thanks for the assurance that it’s a solid chance of success, you’re totally right. I just hate flex cables and their connectors.