Mobile Phone Repairing Tools

Mobile Repairing Tools

Mobile repairing requires a number of tools and you should be familiar with all of them. Then you are able identify frequently that which tool is to be used.The following article introduce the types and uses of most frequently used tools. 

Soldering Iron: A Soldering iron is a hand tool used for general purpose soldering. It is used to solder components like capacitors, transistors, resistors, speaker, voltage regulator  etc.It uses a heating element to produce heat from electricity.A 35- 50 watts Soldering iron is just perfect for general mobile repairs.  A good  soldering iron should be easy to hold and the one that does not burn your hands . Their is a large variety of soldering irons available in the market choose one that suits your needs. And never compromise on quality.

Solder Wire: Solder wire is used to solder electronic components 
like ICs, capacitors, transistors,    etc.It is basically a metal alloy(Tin and Lead). Available in a range of thicknesses usually containing flux in the core. 0.5 mm is best for mobile repairs. Lead free solder is also available to avoid environmental effect.

Soldering Station: It is temperature controlled soldering instrument consisting of two parts A station (Temperature controller) and soldering Iron or soldering head (with temperature sensor at its tip).It is much more useful then a traditional soldering iron in mobile or other electronic repairs.It makes the art of soldering much easier and faster.

PCB Holder: PCB Holder is used to hold printed circuit board strongly while doing repairing specifically soldering.Thus making it easier to control the board while repairing work.

PCB Cleaner: PCB Cleaner is used to clean a printed circuit board.It removes dust and rust.It also removes shortage caused by liquids(water damage).

Jumper Wire: It is a thin coated copper wire most commonly used to apply jumper from one point to another on PCB.Coated with insulating layer to avoid shortage.Jumpers are commonly applied to solve a lot of problems.

Screwdriver: It is a commonly used tool to loosen and tighten screws.And used frequently in mobile repairing job.You should always have a set of screw drivers all time with you when doing repair.An important character of a good screw driver is a hard tip. 

Tweezers: Tweezers are used to grasp electronic components specially ICs when Soldering or Desoldering.A good tweezer should not be very hard that you have to press by a large force it should lose and easy to use.

Long Nose Pliers: It is used for bending and cutting purpose.Their longer nose makes it easier to reach into cavities where cables are stuck.These are not essential tools for mobile.

Point Cutter: These are used for cutting purpose.

Blade Cutter: Blade cutter is used to remove coverings from wires and also from jumper wires.

Brush: A brush is used to clean mobile board removing dust or other materials.A good quality brush is always needed in mobile repair.

Mobile Opener: It is used to open mobile body.Opening a mobile using mobile opener is more safer.Otherwise you may sometimes break the mobile body.

Flux Liquid: Flux liquid is used to clean board after soldering or for cleaning pins of components. Use of flux liquid is important as it enhances the efficiency of soldering.

Paste Flux: Flux paste is used in soldering.It is used for smooth soldering and to spread the solder more easily.

Solder paste: Solder paste is used for attaching pins of ICs to attachment points on printed circuit board.It is a thick viscous paste,The quality of solder paste is very important otherwise a low quality solder paste can cause many problems .

Cleaning Sponge: It is used for cleaning the tip of soldering iron.Basically a wet sponge removes any solder pieces from hot tip.It is very important to keep your soldering iron clean so a cleaning sponge is everything you need for the purpose.

Desoldering wick: Or Desoldering braid is copper wire coated with flux.It is placed over soldered connection which is to be removed when heat is supplied by soldering iron then melted solder is attached to the braid.

Screwdriver Kit: A screwdriver kit contains a number of screwdrivers with a variety of tip shapes used in assembling/disassembling of mobiles.

Desoldering pump: A desoldering pump is basically a solder sucker having a piston pressed and locked in place which is triggered by a button producing vacuum inside the pump and sucks the solder. 

Multimeter: A multimeter is an electronic instrument used to measure quantities like voltage, current , resistance etc.Their are two main types analogue and digital based on display.Analogue displays with a needle on printed scale.While a digital multimeter has a LCD for display. 

SMD Rework Station: SMD Rework Station is an instrument that releases hot air which is used to solder/desolder ICs or for heating ICs.It has a temperature control system which controls temperature of released air.

Ultrasonic Cleaner: It is used to clean mobile board(PCB).It removes shortage caused by fluids.

BGA Kit: It is used for reballing of ICs.

Magnifying Lamp: It is used to see a magnified picture of mobile board.As there are many small components on PCB of mobiles which can not be seen with naked eye a magnifying lamp helps you in this respect.Their are many types of magnifying lamps having different magnification values so choosing one that suite your needs is important.

DC Power Supply: Provides a range of regulated DC voltages and can be set according to the requirement.Usually most repairers use it to turn ON a mobile without battery.

Infrared Workstation: It is used for the same purpose as a SMD rework station But the main difference is that it releases heat in the form of infrared radiation.Thus it precise and targeted in action heats those components only which are needed.And do not heat the neighboring components.

Wrist Strap: It is an anti-static static device used to safely ground a person when working on sensitive electronic component to prevent electrostatic discharge.It consists of a stretchy band of fabric with fine conductive fibers woven into it, attached to a wire with a clip on the end to connect it to a ground conductor.