The Essential Tools for Cellphone Repair

If you plan to pursue a career as a mobile repair technician or just plan on doing some DIY repair work for the old phone lying in your drawer, you need a proper set of tools to set you off in proper direction. A dedicated set of equipment and tools will help you not only to fix the phone but make you more technically sound when performing the operation.

Even though it not vital to buy all the tools listed below, it is necessary to buy the relevant tools for the relevant purpose. For example, you will need soldering station only if you plan to perform soldering. Otherwise you can just carry on with the basic tools.

Many of the tools listed below require some advanced knowledge of smartphone infrastructure which can easily be learned by doing a mobile repair course.

The list of tools is as follows:

The Bare Essentials

1. Screw driver:

Get one if you don’t already have one! It is absolutely necessary since you will be dismantling and mantling phones. There is a wide array of screw driver for you to choose from but the most common one is the Philips screw driver with a plus (+) shape. This is especially compatible with iPhones.

The next most used type is torx, or more specifically the T6 size although it is advisable to buy the entire set as you never know which would be used where.

2. Openers:

Openers are used to open the cases or the outside shell. They come in various shapes and sizes depending on the need.

3. Tweezers:

Tweezers will be used to hold apart delicate electronic components.

Cleaning and Servicing

1. IPA:

IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) or circuit cleaner is a recommended cleaning solution for the circuit boards. The use of spirit thinner is also advocated. IPA is primarily used for its property to evaporate immediately.

2. Brush:

Used to further dust and clear the dirt from the circuit board.

3. Ultrasonic Cleaning Machine:

An ultrasonic cleaner is used to deep cleanse the circuit board. It can also be used in case the circuit board has short-circuited.

Soldering Tools

1. Rework Station:

Revamp Station: A revamp station is utilized for warming and replacing ICs (Chips) on the motherboard. It is additionally utilized for uprooting or mounting of fastened parts and segments on the PCB.

1. Soldering Iron: A fastening iron is utilized for binding and de-welding of the parts and segments which are bound on the PCB. It is likewise utilized for making jumpers i.e crossing over of broken tracks.
2. Soldering Flux: It is utilized while warming and evacuation of ICs. It is connected on the edges of the IC when warming and uprooting them.
3. Solder wire: A patch wire is utilized for welding segments. The proportion of tin/lead in most bind wires is 60:40. As lead is perilous to wellbeing, you can likewise utilize sans lead weld wire. Jumper wire: It is a copper wire which is utilized for twisting as a part of engines. It is utilized for making jumpers starting with one point then onto the next if a track is open (broken).

To learn more about repairing smartphones, take an online mobile repairing course and hone your vocational skills.

Paula Edwards is an expert in Iphone Repair Course Training and having own cellular repair school.