IMPRESSIVE. It happened to me several times. Assuming that something is ok and looking for the failure EVERYWHERE else. And right when you think "it can't be that piece" you suddenly realise it is indeed that piece who's causing you so many problems. I really felt this video. Keep up the good work! ❤️

Finally found a youtuber who is best in soldering ❤️❤️

One of the best straight-up teachers of electronics I have seen yet .....thank you👍 and I have watched thousands of tutorial videos on electronics

Dude .. you are transfering all your secrete skill knowledge to everybody , you're so generous ...

The short was probably from the first bridge you made, 7:57 a big tail is hanging out next to the track or it shorted on the connector pins when you soldered it on top.

I thought no video would come today because every time the notification of the video used to come at 12:00 pm noon , but when Indian time came at 12:00 am tonight, I was very happy and I watched the whole video and liked it. Thank you

One of your jumpers contacted a pin on the connector. It was the wire soldered to D+. When you soldered the connector on, it made contact with ground via the connector pin (I think pin 6).

Very good lessons learned here! Thank you for sharing your experiences. If only KZfaq had been around when I was younger. I could have saved myself a lot of time by watching Alex. :)

pin 4's jumper point which is D+ was right under pin 5 which was ground . so actually when you solder the jack onto it, the solder actually creeps under the pin 4 and 5 and makes a bridge under it which your microscope couldn't see. please check my referrence at 21:38 . I have been doing micro soldering since 2004 and these kind of issues happen when you solder onto jumpers.

Saw the leg crossing over a very fine fresh layer of solder mask left thinking if this doesn't short it would be miracle.

i absolutely love this mans video. i appreciate that it represents real world scenario. assuming the socket is compatible with the board is a natural thing to do however leaving in the video footage of this faulty assumption is NOT normal. in doing so he has given an amateur like me a sense of strength and confidence in my work. i am certainly going to watch more of this teachers content. thank you for your knowledge and straightforward instruction.

Very impressive, great knowledge and experience to determine that the socket was the actuall problem, many wouldn't have figured that out and given up blaming the I.C, BRAVO!

Could be wrong but looked like a missing component on USB leg side on the right...maybe... Please keep up the great work. I'm learning so much from you. Thank you!

This men is a top graded electronic surgeon

As someone who use to work in a repair shop, seeing you solder is like ASMR for my eyes lol

You really know your stuff. I love your videos. I just want to say it's refreshing to watch a video with someone not so negative! U ROCK!!

You’re awesome. You’ve inspired me to start my own business, so I thank you for the advice, excitement, and drive.

That tip about resting the side of your hand on your bench to stop it from shaking while you do precision work is the exact same lesson I teach new tech's when I train them. :)

I think when you placed the usb connector jumpers underneath get shorted although connector should be fine. You should add solder mask and cured it first. My thought.!

This video was a fine show. I am pleased to learn how flash drives work. I switched from digital video discs (DVDs) to a 3.0 flash drive. So far, I have encountered a storage problem with my data.

Thumbs up before I watch, just because I can 😁 keep the good content coming 👌

You’re not just a good tech but a good salesman. You just sold me on the blade kit I will probably get one next time I order more flux.

The excitement 😄 for the blade, cool 😁👍

You are the best. I thought the NY Apple guy was good, but I learn so much more from you because you teach, where the other guy shows off.

I think to myself, "why oh why can't these connections be standardized"? My personal favorite is the "center post Neg" power port. Great vids Alax, I'm learning a lot. Thank you

i'm with you on that "wow it was the connector that the costumer sent to me" wow

Impressive video. Plot twists and ending with a cliffhanger. Can’t ask for better entertainment

Sir, I have seen your all videos and I like the way u works projects. Lots of love from india.

I think the short was coming from jumper wire number 4 that touching pin number 5 of usb port.

It's amazing and hypnotic. It's the first time I saw your videos, of course now I'm subscribed for more. Thanks for making it as satisfying training.

Nice video...love those long videos and repair on stuff like a thumbdrive. That was really tricky, but we all learned something about this. I never knew that there are usb sockets with different pin-outs. Thought they have all the same pinouts like usb3.0 = usb3.0...but now, we all learned something. Perfect video. 👍👌 I have an idea for your video on soldertips, maybe you could explain why your tips always look so clean. Is it cause you are using a copper-wire- leaner? Do you leave a small spot of solder on the tip when you turn off the station?

I strayed on to your site by accident Alex,.... now I can't stop watching...lol It has HIGHS... It has LOWS....It has DRAMA...It has PHILOSOPHY....It has HUMOUR.... It has EDUCATION....It has REAL-WORLD INSIGHTS....It has SKILL...It has ARTISTRY.... but you could have left out the bit about your wife changing nappies... I was eating my dinner... lol

Cool work. I never saw any USB sockets with a different pinout than this board used. Do you think it is possible the rework wire was shorting against the case of the connector?

This knowledge you cannot bey but with people like you we can learn techniques that help us all be better at doing what we do 🙏

That's amazing 😍 video. I gathered lot of knowledge from this video. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge with us.

Socket? Maybe short circ. on pins with New cables-pads. Look 11:46 and later

Very good job 👏 we are waiting for part 2 🤓😊

Where's Part II? Lots of love from Nepal!

Super power is myth but ur super knowledge n experience is real. Thx for all the knowledge n experience shared

I can not reccomend low melt solder enough that stuff is awesome I can't work without it now

Aye! I love that feeling. At 20:50 "There's hope!"/ "Got you!!" It's the best

Nothing wrong with the USB connector, he just shorted the data line to ground with his jumpier wire 🤦‍♂️

My brother ur hardworking (masha-allah)❤️love from india

Just wow ❤️❤️🔥🔥 The only one who shows all the secrets Thank you brother 😊

thank you so much...respect and thumbs up from Sri Lanka. far away from your country sir...this is very useful channel

one thing is he loves his blade.

Awesome ✌️✌️✌️ Excellent knowledge of electronics... Keep it up 👍👍👍

Sir I love Hard Working People like you, Keep it Up, Lots of Respect From Pakistan.

At 13:56 you can see that the transistor component that there is a Solder blob shorting the component closest to the big yellow capacitor. After he removed the usb connector the short was gone and so was the solder blob.

Nice video,Can you make tutorial videos series for example a series on how you can recover Data from all types of device like pc , mac , android and iphone.

My hands shake like Marty McFly and he's stable as a boulder

The true surgeon of the electronics world.

Hi! Just a heads up. When searching for your website on Google, underneath the "SHOP" link, there's a spelling mistake. You put "Lowes" instead of "Lowest". Great video!

Got very usefull tip regarding shake .thanks brother we learn a lot watching your videos

You are amazing and explaining each step. Pls we want to see the multimeter value during testing electronic devices, just want to know how it is short and what's their value shown on multimeter. Thank you

It looks your D+jumper wire shorts to GND on the 5th pad, when the connector is soldered on. The connector on sheets them. 🤔

Salaam ! you are so good at what you do ,you make every thing look so simple just love it ,It would really be nice if you consider TV repair

Hi... based on this experience, what would you do first to not make this a waste of your time.. maybe check for shorts first before soldering?

Im new to soldering and really loving micro electronics. My understanding was that you never add solder direct to the iron tip like you do but heat the part and add the solder to that? Amazing videos and you gained a subscriber! Thanks for the videos! Merry Christmas

Professional i respect your job.. thank you

I think you forgot to cure the UV solder mask.

This guy is a master ,love watching him fixing devices great work what's the brand of the tools WILL be Waiting for reply have a good day

you make it look so easy! NOTHING better than experience!

Whoever sent that in definitely attempted to repair it.. js

The pause before getting up to help the customer

I would suggest for this type of repair you have a USB breakout cable and breadboard. You can just solder wires to the headers and connect them to a breadboard which as a USB header on. You can keep reusing this. After all you never gonna hand the flash drive back and say sure just keep using it. It always as case of grab the files and the client can buy a new flash drive to copy them on to.

It is so satisfying to watch your work...

Thanks for sharing your knowledge , BTW how many years you have been working in repairing?

Excellent advise, Excellent video.

Watched your video again, and i think the terminal legs of the new usb are too long far back touching other circuit underneath the usb making the short..

maybe the port have problem. i think the jumper wire have contact with port shield (ground) i use very thin magnetic wire just to avoid contact

3:13 "i do not have super-powers..." xD

Most satisfying channel of KZfaq

Why do some traces have squiggles and fancy loops? Wouldn't it be more efficient to have a direct path from A to B?

Your works are simply AWESOME

4:15 missing component on the right side ?

Best of luck I hope you fix it!

Nice work. I hope one day to be able to solder like you.

Thank You So Much for sharing your knowledge with us.

NOW i want that blade!!!! :p nice work esplaining and sharing knowledge. are you working throught the camera and screen ? that dont cause some delay? i'm looking for a good microscope stereo w/camera because they say work through camera only ,cause delay and more dificult to work. do you confirm? About the short... normally i just wire the 4 wires from a standart usb cable (from an old mouse or printer cable,cutted) and solder there just for recover data. maybe you short any pad with this wires longer than the tracks itself.... to small thing to know ..

The "Silicon Whisper"... 👍😎 P.S. Now my GF likes "your NEW tool" instead of my "OLD tool". Not happy @all Cheers from SoCalif🇺🇸

Awesome work!! Straight up genius.

Good job , we learn a lot of things from u sir And yes finally i found good KZfaqr👍👍👍

I think that blade is a concave 5192 and it's my favourite blade.

I love my scalpel set also, so much utility.

Thank you brother. Your hard work is a great teacher for me and many others

I was having a walk in backyard while u were cutting wires and I literally stopped when u going to cut wires, nice blade it is BUT not a happy ending thumbs up anyways 👍

Persistance pays. So many people would have given up and and said the controller was the issue and issued a no fix.

I really struggle tinning thin wires in situ, I use flux and plenty of it but I have great difficulty getting the solder to leave the iron. You can buy little practice SMD boards for about £3, you can even get LEDs to light up.

thank you so much for this video... I have some fun for watched that and I like make staff like this all time ...sometimes I work many hours in that ...again thank you so much...this is first time for me watching you 😄🤗🤗

Please make such more videos. Your video is very helpful.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🙏🙏🙏

Bro your work very nice,I like your work,I am working industrial electronics ,

I Like you and your the best reapering i have seen before in youtube so clean and good ♥️♥️👌

Thanks good human,for share experience to us

Hello...good work sir.Yes data recovery may tricky to recover.I ever restore thumb drive brand kingston 8GB and not able recover data cause by memory itself damage...most common fault is memory.except changed memory ic module and reprogram it and thumb drive can use like new one.

Just found your channel. You are an excellent instructor !!

Hi, what is diode mode in multimeter?

I enjoy watching your videos, I'm learning myself and I'm actually doing a laptop A/C jack replacement today. My question is, what are the chances that some components were damaged under that much heat on the flash drive? I guess what I'm really asking is how much heat can these tiny electronics take in general before they die?

ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ❤️😍 amazing and beautiful video ❤️😍🌹🙏

Is there steps to take to test a a usb stick board with a multimeter if it doesn’t get recognized by the PC? My Linux system doesn’t even see it being plugged in. I took the case off and saw a tiny led on the end of the stick that lights up when it gets plugged in so that circuit works. Would love to use this stick as a learning piece to see if I can repair the stick. It’s my brothers and he has photos on it that he wants. It’s an old stick. I don’t see any bad solder joints or pads. No burnt marks on any of the tiny surface mounted resistors or caps.