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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by jimmaswell on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:34PM (#26996598)
I wonder how big the manual would have to be for a smartphone with the equivalent of those old stereo diagrams.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by thereddaikon on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:16PM (#26997991)
Look up board view files. Those are the kinds of schematics people are talking about. Louis Rossman uses them on his Youtube channel to do board level repairs of Macs and iOS devices.

They are not all you need copy a device outright, contrary to what some people in the comments think. But they are sufficient for you to track down faulty components and de-solder them.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by tratax on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:37PM (#26996643)
Maybe not that big, unfortunately a lot of the connections will end up going to that SoC that does most of the work and is probably obsolete by the time you want to repair it.
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