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Hi guys, i’ve a phone that had a liquid contact and won’t start. I’ve done a quick wash to take off all the oxide. When i plug the bench power supply absorption is 0. When i try to power on it goes stucked to 0.06mA. I checked principal voltages lines under Nand and cpu/gpu, and it’s all ok, only pp_gpu is 0 but is fine because i have not plugged the screen. I try to change tristar because PP3V3_ACC was 0 but nothing change. I also see that RESET_1V8_L is every time 0 What also can i do? Thanks a lot :)
First of all, a “quick wash” is probably insufficient. Ideally, you want this to go in an ultrasonic bath. However, if you have removed the shields and brushed it with IPA, it’s still better than nothing. When dealing with a “dead” phone, you have to start at the beginning and check PP_BATT_VCC, PP_VCC_MAIN and PP5V0_USB. I would start by checking to see if those rails are shorted to ground. If one of these rails is shorted to ground, then you will need to identify what is causing the short. It could be a bad decoupling capacitor, conductive debris or defective IC that is directly supplied by those rails. If they are not shorted, then you can connect, preferably, a known-good battery (or a current limited DC power supply with the appropriate connector adapter) to see what voltage you measure. If the voltage is low or lower than the battery voltage (which you measured before plugging it in ;>), then there could be a short circuit on secondary subsystem that is causing the battery or DCPS to be current-limited. If you are measuring the proper voltage, then you move onto the PMIC and check the voltage rails it generates. The PMIC generates ~15 voltage rails. They are all important (for obvious reasons) but the ones to check first are as follows: PP_CPU & PP_GPU – These rails supply the CPU & GPU. They are low resistance rails so they may “beep” when you test them on your multimeter in continuity mode. It’s important to look at the reading and not focus just on the beep. You will typically measure something around 20-100 Ohms on these lines.PP1V8_SDRAM & PP1V2_SDRAM – These rails supply the SDRAM (which is sandwiched with the SoC/CPU).PP_VAR_SOC & PP0V95_FIXED_SOC – These rails supply the rest of the System on a Chip. What we commonly refer to as the CPU is actually a SoC.PP3V0_Tristar & PP3V0_NAND – These rails supply Tristar & the NAND chip.PP1V8_ALWAYS – This is an “always-on” voltage rail that is used for the bootstrapping of the devicePP1V0 – Supplies the High Speed Digital Communications via the SoC The PMIC also generates, what I would consider secondary, yet still important voltage rails for the following sub-systems: PP3V0_MESA – Supplies the Home Button TouchID subsystem.PP1V8_VA_L19_L67 – Supplies the Audio Codec and Speaker AmpPP3V0_PROX_ALS – Supplies the Proximity and Ambient Light SensorPP3V0_PROX_IRLED – Supplies the Infrared LED of the Proximity sensorPP3V0_IMU – Supplies the CompassPP3V3_USB – Supplies the USB functionality of the SoCPP3V3_ACC – Supplies power to any accessory connected to the Lightning Port via the Tristar IC (no need to worry about this one for troubleshooting) Once again, you should start with measuring the resistance while unpowered to limit any potential damage of excessive current going through the logic board. If there are shorts, do as above to identify any faulty components. If there is no apparent short or you can’t find the source of a short, you can connect the battery and look for hotspots (you can use the freeze-spray or IPA method). Do this with caution to avoid additional damage to the logic board.
