Save Broken iPhone – Turn A NAND Flash Chip Into A USB Flash Drive

[phryne]

E-waste is most commonly seen in repair shops. Repair technicians might leave a stack of dead logic boards behind after their handwork practice. What you usually do with these logic boards? Throw it away? Wait a minute! You can also turn waste to wealth.

Now let's show you how to turn a NAND flash chip into a USB flash drive.


Step 1
We need an iPhone logic board with the NAND flash chip on.

Attach the logic board to the PCB Holder. Remove black adhesive around the NAND first. Then remove the NAND flash chip and clean it carefully.


Step 2
Now we need a bare USB flash drive PCB.


Step 3
Attach the bare USB flash drive PCB to the PCB Holder. The PCB has been tinned with solder so we can skip the NAND flash chip reballing process.

Apply some paste flux to the PCB and solder the NAND flash chip onto the right position.


Step 4

Plug the USB Flash Drive into the computer. Open the software matched with the bare USB flash drive PCB. Click ‘Start’. Once finished, locate the USB flash drive on the computer. Select Format on the USB flash drive and choose NTFS in the File System dropdown box. Click Start button and wait until finished.



Step 5

Try to copy files from the computer to the USB flash drive. The USB flash drive works normally. Assemble the USB flash drive.
We can also get the USB flash drive imprinted with a customized logo with our laser machine.


Credit: REWA
You can also visit REWA Youtube Channel to check out the video.