HOWTOs and FAQs for Do-It-YourSelf Mobile (Cellular) Phone Repair

Do you want to repair your mobile (cellular) phone? Here are links to HOWTOs, FAQs, schematics and manuals.

Chipset, Pinout, Connector and Electric Circuit Specifications, Manuals, Form Factors

• AllManuals: Free manuals for computer and peripheral devices in PDF format
• Zytrax: specifications for almost all electronic devices and accessories.
• Electrical Engineering Circuits Archive
• LED-Museum
• Lessons In Electric Circuits A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics.
• The Hardware Book - Internet's largest free collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions.
• Handbook of hardware pinouts, cables schemes, connectors layouts for computers, cell phones and other devices.
• SMD LEDs - form factors for mobile phones (in German)

Surface Mounted Devices - SMD Soldering

• SMD Soldering Tutorial: This tutorial will show you just how to solder crazy things like this connector, leadless ICs, etc. There are a very few tools that are required and a handful that are recommended but you'll be able to solder: * SOT23 * TQFP * QFN * Even BGA! * And all the others!
• Surface mounting with hand-soldering tools
• SMD Hand Soldering Guide: The purpose of this guide is to introduce SMD (Surface Mount Device) hand soldering. The guide is organized into different methods. Each method is used specifically for a group of SMD components. A simplified list is included with each method to identify which types of SMD components are for the appropriate method.
• Surface Mount Technology SMD - A Beginner's Guide (includes soldering instructions).