How to Unlock Any Network SIM Not Supported iPhone

Recently, a news spread widely among iPhone users, especially whose iPhone bears Carrier Lock. The news claims that the locked iPhone can be easily unlocked by using a sim card sticker and a column of numbers. REWA LAB has tried and made a video on YouTube. Let’s check out if the news is real.
Inset a CUCC sim card into an iPhone with American carrier lock. And activate the phone.

The phone is unable to be activated.

Then insert the SIM card below the CUCC SIM card and try to active the phone. The phone could be activated normally, and the phone can make phone call normally.

After activated iPhone with SIM card sticker, spread the dialer board and enter *5005*7672*00#, and select carrier. Then select your iPhone model, which depends on the carrier.

After that, enter *5005*7672*00# again and input ICCID code: 8901410427780604313 and send. With OK appearing on the screen, click ‘Accept’. The phone will be unlocked successfully.

The unlocked iPhone can do OTA upgrade, and change SIM card without SIM card sticker. However, if the iPhone is Erased all content and settings, the phone will back into locked status.
Soon after REWA YouTube relapsed, Apple has fixed this bug, the Carrier locked iPhone could only be used with SIM card stick then. Also, they released the solution for iPhone X Face ID not working after change screen, I guess you guys are interested to take a look.

iPhone X Face ID not working after change screen repair tutorial

Note: This iPhone X Face ID not working after change screen repair tutorial offer by REWA. You can go to their website blog.rewatechnology.com to watch the video.

Recently we got many messages about face ID not available after screen replacement from our clients, which surprised our technicians greatly. Since the screen replacing would not affect face ID function at all according to our practical verification. However, REWA LAB has done some further researches and will share you the detailed analysis and solution for face ID failure caused by damage of flex cable after repair here.
How does face ID work?
First, let’s understand how face ID works. The whole functional area is dubbed the “TrueDepth camera system”, which is made up of flood illuminator, infrared camera, front camera, dot projector, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, speaker and microphone. Every time you glance at your iPhone X, the flood illuminator detects your face with infrared light and forms an image. Then the dot projector will project out over 30,000 invisible infrared dots over your face to create a 3D map. Last, the infrared camera reads this map and sends the data to neural networks to create a mathematical model of your face. Your iPhone X will check that mathematical model against the one that you’ve set up and stored on your device to see if it’s a match, and if it is, it will unlock your phone.

How do we repair?
According to the description, this iPhone X was dropped once. However, the face ID is in normal status. It fails to work until a replacement of screen assembly. With all the knowledge, we begin our repair.
Power on the phone and it shows “unable to activate Face ID on this iPhone”. So we resort to resetting face ID. Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Reset Face ID. We get the message “Face ID is Not Available, try setting up Face ID later”. Our initial judgment is that the unavailable Face ID might be caused by misoperation in the screen replacing process. Therefore, next thing we do is to check flex cables that are related to Face ID.

Disassemble the phone. And check the Infrared camera and dot projector module under Microscope first. Nothing goes wrong. Then move to the Flood illuminator module on the earpiece speaker assembly. Check the connector and flex cables carefully. Still, nothing goes wrong.

Then remove screws. And detach the earpiece speaker and front sensor assembly from the phone. Be careful not to damage flex cables in the process since the Flood illuminator module is bonded to glass lens with double-sided tape. We can see clearly that the flex cable where locates the Flood illuminator module is fractured at the edge.

Since the Flood illuminator module is an essential part for Face ID circuit, damage of the flex cable can result in not working of it, which can absolutely affect normal working of Face ID. Also, as flex cable repair is difficult, we can solder the Flood illuminator module to a new flex cable. To replace with a new flex cable, we need to separate the earpiece speaker and the ambient light sensor module from the earpiece speaker and front sensor assembly first. Heating with Soldering Iron, the ear speaker was separated successfully. Then, secure the flex cable in the place with High-Temperature Protective Tape for further separating the ambient light sensor module flex cable. Soldering Iron and Hot Air Gun are required to remove this flex cable. Once done, remove excess tins on the flex cable with Soldering Iron and clean with PCB Cleaner.
Now the fractured flex cable is separated completely. Next thing we do is to replace with a new flex cable. Remove the Flood illuminator module on the flex cable first. Prepare a new flex cable. Apply some Paste Flux to the bonding pad. Align the Flood illuminator module in place with the new flex cable. Be careful with the direction. Then solder with Hot Air Gun. Remove residual glue on the module afterward.

The repair part is almost over right the moment. Next thing we need to do is to re-solder the ambient light sensor module and earpiece speaker. However, the soldering of the ambient light sensor is a most difficult part for this repair. Whatever, let’s do it. Apply some Paste Flux to the bonding pad of ambient light sensor module. Then apply tins to the bonding pad with Soldering Iron. Clean with PCB Cleaner. Apply some Paste Flux to the bonding pad again. Get the detached ambient light sensor module flex cable in position. Secure the flex cable with one specific position soldered by Soldering Iron with curved nozzle first. Then use Soldering Iron with cutter nozzle to complete the remaining soldering process. Clean with PCB Cleaner afterwards. Now we need to solder the earpiece speaker back to flex cable.

It’s time to get the earpiece speaker and front sensor assembly assembled to the display assembly. Re-assemble the phone and test. Press power button to power on. Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Set up Face ID. Face ID can be set up successfully. Press the power button to lock the screen. Press the power button again. The screen lights up. Glance at the iPhone X. The screen can be unlocked automatically. Fault cleared.

iPhone 6 Plus Touch Screen Not Working Repair Tutorial

Did you get your iPhone 6 / 6 plus touch screen unresponsive? Many people feel so annoyed when their iPhone touch screen cannot work, especially in the moment of fierce urgency.  In this video we give you the solution to fix the iPhone touch unresponsive problem that only by replacing the touch IC.

iPhone 6 Plus Touch Screen Not Working - Touch IC Replacement

Note: This tutorial offer by REWA Technology, visit blog.rewatechnology.com to learn more repair tips.

iTunes Error Codes of iPhone 6/ 6 Plus

iTunes error codes are very common and it may pop up when you try to restore your phone or update to the new system. Almost every repairman has encountered a variety of error codes during the iPhone repair, and usually a seasoned technician knows what each restore error code stands for, so they can trouble shoot the malfunction of customers’ iPhone accurately and efficiently. REWA LAB has summarized daily repair experiences to share with you the common error codes of iPhone 6 / 6 Plus and how to trouble shoot and solve related problems.

Before seeking for logic board solution, you can rule out some basic causes first.

1. Update iTunes to the latest version.
2. Update your computer to the latest OS.
3. Restart your computer and soft reset your iOS device.
4. Unplug and plug in your iOS device to try again.

If you have done all the above basic operations and the problem remains the same, you can follow the guide to troubleshoot the problem. However, in some cases, there are many reasons may lead to one error, and the error code may have different meanings in different iOS models. Therefore, it is of vital importance to diagnose the problem combining the popping error code with an actual situation. Below is the common error codes of iPhone 6/6 plus for your reference.

Error Code 1

Baseband CPU, Baseband PMU, 19.2MHz Clock signal.

Check if condition of voltage outputted from Baseband PMU, if there is no voltage outputted, please check if the Baseband PMU or Baseband CPU is pseudo soldered or damaged.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Error Code -1

EPROM

Check if the EPROM is pseudo soldered or damaged.

Error Code 56

NFC circuit, the Rear camera circuit

1. Check the condition of rear camera, the malfunction of rear camera and related circuit could cause error code 56.
2. Check if the NFC IC is pseudo soldered or damaged.

Error Code 4013, 4014

CPU

1. Check the condition of CPU power supply or components on power supply rails.
2. Check if the CPU is pseudo soldered or damaged.

Error Code 9, 14, 40, 2009, 4005

NAND flash

1. Check whether the NAND flash chip is pseudo soldered or damaged by measuring related resistance.

2. Replace the NAND flash chip.

Error Code 2005

Battery, Voltage supply

1. Replace with anew battery to exclude the external malfunction factor.

2. Check the circuits related to battery connector.

Error Code 3194

Network, USB cable, Charging port connector

1. Confirm whether your device is connected to internet.

2. Check the condition of USB cable.

3. Check if the charging port connector is pseudo soldered or damaged.

The guide is hard to understand? We have video tutorial for you. Go to REWA Blog or REWA official Youtube channel to watch.

【Giveaway】Win Free $300 MWCA 2018 Ticket

As the CeBIT show has come to an end, REWA is now preparing our next journey to the United States for MWCA 2018. The show will take place in Los Angeles during Sept. 12-14, and will then have thousands of attendees from all over the world, including professionals, CEOs etc..

Our exhibition this year will cover everything related to repair business, from parts and tools sourcing, repair services, repair training to broken screens recycle. Visitors can explore and experience immersive demonstrations of most cutting-edge cell phone logic board repair techniques and repair training. We hope to discuss the new opportunities and develop new cooperation with participants in this mobile ecosystem.
Exactly a year from now, we will bring you another marvelous MWCA show. Mark Your calendars and save the date to meet a brand new REWA. With a larger area and newer techniques, our show this year will undoubtedly be an exciting and encouraging event. Below is the floor plan of MWCA. Don’t miss the chance to meet us at Booth 1542, West Hall. Besides, you can schedule a meeting at: sales@rewatechnology.com or contact your dedicated sales directly.

Moreover, we are excited to offer you the opportunity to win a ticket for MWCA 2018, and now are giving away 2 free exhibition pass to two of our lucky fans. Follow the rules below to enter!
1. Register our official website: www.rewatechnology.com; If you have already registered, please come to the second rule directly;
2. Like our Facebook Page：https://www.facebook.com/rewatechnology/
3. Like the first post on our page.
Just 3 simple steps and you will get the chance to win a $300 pass for free. The winners will be picked randomly and announced on July 26th. Good luck and remember the more entries you have, the more chances you have of winning!
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How can I recover the data from my dead iPhone 6S?

A faulty or dead iPhone is a disaster for many people, however losing all the photos and data of your phone without any backup seems to be an even greater disaster. iPhone data recovery thus becomes very important in cell phone repair industry. We are going to show you how to recover the losing data from a dead phone.

Connect the battery connector with DC Power Supply, and press the power button to power on, there is no response from the screen.

However, current reading on the ammeter is normal, which indicates that the phone is turning on yet with black screen.

Our initial judgment is that the display circuit might have been damaged, and we need to check LCD/Digitizer Connector J4200. Run diode mode measurement of pins relevant to display on J4200. The measured value of Pin 33 is lower than normal value, which is abnormal.

Pin 33 is the reset signal pin for display circuit, the reset signal sent out by Pin J3 on CPU reaches Pin 33 via FL4221, C4221 and C4220. Our next move is to detach FL4221, C4221 and C4220 for further measurement.
First, remove sponge around the connector with tweezers.

Then stick High Temperature Protective Tape on connectors around.

Heat with Hot Air Gun at 330℃, air flow 1, detach FL4221, C4221 and C4220 from the board.

Then tear off the High Temperature Protective Tape and run diode mode measurement of the two pins on FL4221. The measured value of Pin 2 is abnormal.

Since Pin 2 is connected directly to CPU, we can confirm now that CPU has been damaged. As we all know, a damaged CPU can not be replaced separately. And therefore the 1.8V AP_TO_LCM_RESET signal cannot be supplied. To avoid data loss, we can recover data by voltage borrowing.

Choose an 1.8V voltage point nearby, For example, C4118 for our course today, which is the 1.8V voltage point of BUTTON_MENU_KEY_L.
First, remove sponge around with tweezers.

Then heat with Hot Air Gun at 270℃ to remove black adhesive.
Run voltage mode measurement of C4118, the measured value is 1.8V, which is perfect for all operation.

Apply some Paste Flux to FL4221 bonding pad, the remove tins on the pad with Soldering Iron at 350℃, prepare a length of tin applied Enameled Copper Wire of 0.1mm in diameter, heat with Soldering Iron at 350℃. With one end of the wire soldered to C4118, solder the other end to Pin 1 of FL4221. Once done, clean with PCB Cleaner.

Now we can assemble the phone and test, Connect the battery connector with DC Power Supply and press power button to power on.The phone turns on normally.

Connect the phone to computer with a digital cable, launch the iPhone Data Recovery software iTools.

Go to Toolbox>Phone Transfer, choose ’Restore backup’, and click on ’Backup’ to start the Backup process. Once finished, save all the recovered data on the computer.

Tips: make sure that the screen stays on during the data recovery process, otherwise the data recovery might fail. Also, this works for data recovery only, the phone is still not prepared enough for normal use. iPhone 6s data recovery from dead board completed successfully.

It is a special case for the iPhone 6S data recovery, if you use others iPhone devices and want to recover the date what you lost, REWA will be your best choice. More info please go to blog.rewatechnology.com

Maybe you need a new battery for your phone

Have you met this situation that the battery power becomes less after charged one hour? This is something quite a few users complained about. While you may think that have to replace a new battery, that usually isn’t the case. So, what is causing this problem? Maybe the charging port is full of dirt or the cables may be damaged. Also, a software or hardware issue can cause this problem.  Those signs that your iPhone need a new battery.

Sometime it is the hardware issue, you can find a tutorial from iPhone 6 not charging with logic board repair.

The likelihood of your cell phone’s performance will not stay at one hundred percent forever. Your cell phone is likely to give a little more trouble, slow down or lose charge quickly as time goes by. The problems you may be experiencing with your phone may be caused by various things, including the need for a new battery for your phone.

There are various signs that can tell you if your phone needs to get a new battery. You can tell that your battery needs changing if…

1. Your phone is dead: We mean completely and permanently dead. We mean that it just isn’t charging or able to come on. When there are no signs of power or life in the phone, even after it has been charged with a good chargers, you may just need to get a new battery.

2. Your phone only shows power when it’s on the charger or it doesn’t power on after it has been given ample time to charge up: This means that your battery does not hold the energy that it gets from the power source. If this is the case with your battery, you need a new one.

3. Your phone dies quickly: If you’re not playing games, listening to music surfing the web, using Bluetooth or doing something else that may be causing your battery to die. However, a battery that dies very quickly after it has been fully charged, may also be a classic sign that you need a new battery.

4. Your battery or phone starts getting very hot: It is actually quite normal for batteries to generate heat when charging, but their heat is internalized. Batteries that need to be changed, are those that generate or cause the phone to generate external heat.

5. Your battery bulges: The bulge in a battery means that the internal cells have ruptured and that simply means that the battery needs to be changed.

MacBook Pro Troubleshooting

The sleeker design with the thinner bezels, brighter retina screen, impressive audio quality, and fast performance, the new 2016 MacBook Pros prove clear departure from the previous generation. With last year’s 2016 MacBook Pro family proving to be one of the fastest selling laptops of the year, some unpleasant issues also emerged. Today we will introduce some of the most mentioned 2016 MacBook pro common problems. Since problems may be annoying, solutions can be expected. REWA LAB has been working on MacBook these days and we are honored to offer repair solutions appropriately to the situation you may get in.

Keyboard Issues

‘I have had my new MacBook Pro 2016 w. Touch bar for almost 2 weeks. The first week I really loved the 2nd generation butterfly keyboard but the feel has changed. It seems to me some buttons doesn’t feel like the other ones like they aren’t moving deep enough. For instance the Enter button. Cant really tell if its imagination.’

The keyboard of the 2016 MacBook Pros is totally different from previous-generation MacBook Pro models, and the new butterfly mechanism also appeared to be less reliable compared to older construction techniques. A growing number of customers are running into issues with the keyboard. For example, the new MacBook Pros’ butterfly mechanism keys are noisy, and there are also keys that make different higher-pitched sounds than other keys in some cases, etc.

Speakers Popping

When it comes to the question that what an Apple Mac can do when Windows 10 machines can’t do easily and completely legally? The answer should be running both Windows and MacOS. Apple’s Boot Camp makes it easy for MacBooks to run the Windows operating system. However, it appears that Boot Camp might be causing some serious and uncharacteristic audio issues for those who like to dual boot. Reports of loud crackling and popping noises increased day by day and some even reported a permanent physical damage to their speakers by the annoying pop.

Battery Life

Here comes the most frequent complaints leveled at the new MacBook Pros, battery life. Battery life is an important attribute for a laptop, and it represents a significant portion of the overall score. Users of the Touch Bar model, in particular, realize that battery life is falling short of Apple’s 10-hour estimates for Web browsing and movie playback. According to Apple’s data, the new Pros’ battery life will be determined by what you’re using the machine for. That has always been the case. However, things are different for the new MacBook pros this time because of three things: smaller batteries, a more power efficient screen, Intel’s recent CPU stagnation, and the 15-inch models’ mandatory dedicated GPU. Each element can be listed as a reason for short battery life.

Graphics Issues

Since new MacBook Pro models launched last year, a variety of graphics issues have been reported from some buyers of the new MacBook Pro models, ranging from brightly colored flickering, full-screen checkerboard patterns and screen tearing to corrupt textures and tearing. Although it is not entirely clear if the issues are a hardware or software problem, the result can be annoying. The graphics appear to act up most when users are completing intensive tasks and affected systems may subsequently experience unresponsiveness or a kernel panic, sometimes resulting in the MacBook Pro crashing.

What other 2016 MacBook pro common problems you have run into with? Leave a comment below and share your puzzle with us. Trust REWA and solutions will be on the way. We also provide MacBook air ram upgrade, you can have a check!

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