How To Repair Touch Id In An Iphone Se Repair Guide

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              IPHONE SE - not working touch ID               

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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                    Alex Sander                     

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Mike Moran - Jul 26, 2018

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No explanations at all? What’s the yellow film? Is that a heated surface or a heat gun off camera?

Bonnie Baxter - Aug 12, 2019

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The yellow stuff is presumably Kapton (heat-resistant) tape, and it looks like there’s a heat gun off to the right. I’ve never seen Kapton tape used like this—my guess is that the technician is attempting to blow hot air between the connector and the flex without melting the plastic on either. But if the hot air is correctly applied (which takes practice), the heat will go to the metal and solder and not the plastic, and the plastic won’t melt.

Rahim Araz - Dec 9, 2020

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what is liquid ?

Motti Shneor - Apr 28, 2021

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That’s a lousy clip, or at least, not helpful for anyone who never did microscopic soldering before. At any rate, the “guide” is focusing on just showing the soldering part - but no background whatsoever. Show how the part looks before and after - how that thingy is related to the home-button at all —- something! you can’t expect anyone to use this movie, I think