Picked up a fairly cheap sp that had lots of corrosion on metal parts (power switch, charge port, and volume slider). After cleaning it all up and replacing the volume slider and audio cap, it still had low volume.Turns out there was a broken trace between the volume pad and the U6 (There should be continuity from the via I solder to, over to the via right next to the s in SW11). Adding the bodge fix the issue.

  • chickenf622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Thanks for the response! This was what I expected the answer to be, but I’m very new to the hardware world coming from software. Would be interested to see your fix for this charging issue as well. It’s nice to see the process to better understand how to troubleshoot issues like this.

    • v1605@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      9 months ago

      No problem, we all have to start somewhere (I’m also more of a software guy). A tip for trace repair, get a cheap D2 grinding/engraving pen off Alliexpress. It’s a lot easier to use one of these than using a knife to scratch off the solder mask.