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lofaszvanitt on Sept 24, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: iPhone 16 Pro Storage Expansion 128GB to 1TB [vide...

Yet, he uses hot air gun to solder the new chip. There are ways to safely remove that old nand chip, but why would they show the state of the art methods?

rcarmo on Sept 24, 2024 [–]

The epoxy below the original chip would require a lot more heating to remove than soldering in a plain chip.

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