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Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by kmm on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:25PM (#23010776)
When my mother's smartphone wouldn't boot anymore, I took it apart and put the main board in the oven for a while. It worked perfectly fine again for a week or so. I repeated the procedure a few times, until her new one arrived.

No idea why it works though, or why it only lasts a week.

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Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by lostlogin on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:26PM (#23010784)
What made you think of trying this? I think I need to bake more broken things.
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Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by NikolaeVarius on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:06PM (#23014499)
Solder can become brittle/flake and break connections

Putting it the oven softens it and allows it to reflow a bit, which can reconnect broken connectors

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Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by kmm on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:22PM (#23011458)
It came up a few times when I googled it. Since the phone was completely dead, I figured it was worth a shot, nothing to lose.
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