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Recovering a Mycelium BTC wallet from a dead Android Phone

Published / by Jason / 831 Comments on Recovering a Mycelium BTC wallet from a dead Android Phone

This is an old school LG G3 that was sent in completely dead. The screws on the back of the phone show significant rust indicating that it was dropped into water at some point. Definitely explains why it won’t turn on! I have gone ahead and removed the motherboard from the phone. I will be […]

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Troubleshooting ZXW Errors and Renewing Your Subscription

Published / by Jason / 47 Comments on Troubleshooting ZXW Errors and Renewing Your Subscription

ZXW is a valuable tool for logic board repair, whether you are repairing an iPhone, iPad, or Android device, having to go back to playing “Where’s Waldo” with PDFs when your ZXW tool stops working feels like a return to the stone age. But never fear! We are going to help you minimize your downtime and […]

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Micro Soldering Microscopes: Everything you ever needed to know

Published / by Jason / 25 Comments on Micro Soldering Microscopes: Everything you ever needed to know

Links to everything on this page: Amscope SM-4TZ-144A Professional Trinocular Stereo Zoom Microscope ($529; amazon.com) Amscope EP20X30E Pair of Extreme Widefield 20X Eyepieces (30mm) ($44; amazon.com) Amscope SM07 0.7X Barlow Lens For SM Stereo Microscopes (48mm) ($49; amazon.com) Amscope LED-144B-ZK Black 144 PCS Adjustable LED Ring Light ($24; amazon.com) Amscope SM-4NTP 7X-45X Simul-Focal Stereo Lockable Zoom Microscope ($458; amazon.com) C-mount […]

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What is micro soldering and why should my repair shop offer it?

Published / by Jason / 44 Comments on What is micro soldering and why should my repair shop offer it?

As computers and other electronics become smaller and smaller, the complexity and repairability of device becomes significantly more difficult. Only a couple years ago, charging ports, storage media, GPUs, and CPUs all used to be modular components in most smartphones and laptops, but nowadays they are now all part of the motherboard. For example, all […]