Models A1549, A1586, A1589
Known iPhone 6 Repair Issues
- Screen Replacement
- Battery Replacement
- No Backlight or No Image
- No Touch – Touch disease
- Meson – U2402 – 343S0694
- iPhone 6 – Cumulus Digitizer Controller IC (u2401)
- Touch to Proximity Sensor Chip – U2403
- No Power Not Charging – Is it a charging problem?
- Short on VCC_Main?
- 610A3B Tristar (U2 IC, U1700, U4500)
- No Cameras
- Damaged connector
- Beware of Long Screw Damage!
- Water Damage – Data Recovery Only
- Error 27 – Flash Memory Defective
Touch Disease iPhone 6
Symptoms
- Flickering Bars
- No Touch
- Data Recovery
Apple Repair Alternatives
- Out of warranty phone swap – $339.00
- Apple multitouch recall – $149.00
- Apple screen replacement only – $149.00
- Three Day Turnaround
Touch Chips
- iPhone 6 – Cumulus Digitizer Controller IC (u2401)
- Meson Chip – No visual artifacts. No touch at all. DANGER! Easy to pull pad when removing. More technically challenging than the Cumulus chip to replace.
The problem is caused by oxidation. Reflow won’t fix oxidation.
Touch IC Complications – Symptoms of Too Much Heat
- Grayed WiFi
- Half dim backlight
- No proximity sensor
- Loss of camera function
- Partial Touch
- Full Short
Future Proof Shield does not appear to be a viable upgrade.
Teardown Procedure – By Cell
- Remove Case Screws – Pop screen
- Battery Shield – Disconnect power
- Screen Shield – Disconnect screen – Beware of Long Screw Damage
- Remove SIM
- Rear-Facing Camera – Antena Interconnect Cable
- Upper Cable Bracket
- Contact Bracket
- Grounding Bracket
- Angled Logic Board Bracket
- Logic Board to Case
- Speaker
- Lightning Connector
- Lightning Port
- Microphone Brace
- Lightning Connector Assembly
- Earpiece Speaker
- Sensor Cable
- Home Button Bracket
- Motherboard Shields
Common iPhone 6 Replacement Components
Jackson’s Electronics
- iPhone 6 – Tigris Charging IC (u1401)
- iPhone 6 – Backlight Filter 240ohm- 0-2a-0201
- iPhone 6 – Backlight Capacitors 2-2uf 25v 0402 (c1505), (c1530), (c1531)
- iPhone 6 – Backlight Driver Boost IC (u23), (u1580)
- iPhone 6 – Chestnut Display Driver Boost IC (u3), (u1501)
- iPhone 6 – Backlight Coil (L1503)
- iPhone 6 – Cumulus Digitizer Controller IC (u2401)
- iPhone 6 – Home Button FPC Connector (j2118)
- iPhone 6 – LCD FPC Connector (j2019)
DigiKey
- Backlight Filter – 240-OHM-0.2A 0201 (FL2024, FL2025, Fl2026)
- Backlight Capacitors (C1505, C1530, C1531)
- Backlight Diode (D1501 – 30V)
- Backlight Coil (L1503)
- Backlight IC (U1502)
iFixIt Parts
- Phone 6 U2 1610 IC
- iPhone 6 Digitizer FPC Connector
- iPhone 6 Front Camera and Earpiece Speaker FPC Connector
- iPhone 6 Display Data FPC Connector
- iPhone 6 Rear Camera FPC Connector
- iPhone 6 Power Button Cable FPC Connector
- iPhone 6 Battery Connector
Micro Soldering Supply Parts
- iPhone 6 backlight diode
- J2019 iPhone 6 LCD FPC connector
- J2401 iPhone 6 digitizer/touchscreen FPC connector
- J2118 iPhone 6 home button FPC connector
- FL11 01005 ferrite bead filter
- U23/U1502/U1580 backlight driver/boost IC
- U3/U1501 chestnut display driver/boost IC
- U2402 touchscreen/digitizer controller IC
- U12/U2401/U6600/U6650 touchscreen/digitizer controller IC
- iPhone backlight filter/fuse
Logic Board 820-3486-A
- Red – Apple A8 APL1011 SoC + SK Hynix RAM as denoted by the markings H9CKNNN8KTMRWR-NTH (we presume it is 1 GB LPDDR3 RAM, the same as in the iPhone 6 Plus)
- Orange – Qualcomm MDM9625M LTE Modem
- Yellow – Skyworks 77802-23 Low Band LTE PAD
- Green – Avago A8020 High Band PAD
- Blue – Avago A8010 Ultra High Band PA + FBARs
- Purple – Skyworks 77803-20 Mid Band LTE PAD
- Grey – InvenSense MP67B 6-axis Gyroscope and Accelerometer Combo
- Red – Qualcomm QFE1100 Envelope Tracking IC
- Orange – RF Micro Devices RF5159 Antenna Switch Module
- Yellow – Skyworks 77356-8 Mid-Band PAD
- Red – SanDisk SDMFLBCB2 128 Gb (16 GB) NAND Flash
- Orange – Murata 339S0228 Wi-Fi Module
- Yellow – Apple/Dialog 338S1251-AZ Power Management IC
- Green – Broadcom BCM5976 Touchscreen Controller – Cumulus Chip
- Blue – NXP LPC18B1UK ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontroller (also known as the M8 motion coprocessor)
- Purple – NXP 65V10 NFC module + Secure Element (likely contains an NXP PN544 NFC controller inside)
- Gray – Qualcomm WTR1625L RF Transceiver
- Red – Qualcomm WFR1620 receive-only companion chip. Qualcomm states that the WFR1620 is “required for the implementation of carrier aggregation with WTR1625L.”
- Orange – Qualcomm PM8019 Power Management IC
- Yellow – Texas Instruments 343S0694 Touch Transmitter – Meson Chip
- Green – AMS AS3923 NFC Booster IC designed to “improve performance of existing NFC controllers for challenging environments such as mobile and wearables” and also delivers “less restrictive antenna design requirements”.
- We believe this chip is an NFC frontend to improve performance in noisy environments using ‘active peer to peer bit rates [up to] 212kb/s.’
- Blue – Cirrus Logic 338S1201 Audio Codec
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