A Flash Light With A Broken Charging Port Repaired. Model: XLM-P70
A customer brought this flash light for repair and told me that it is not powering on any more. He tried to open it with a screw driver but instead he damaged the charging port on the device.
There are a lot of scratches on the body of the flash light.
It seems like he used a screw driver to pull up the board inside
and end up damaging the port.
I unscrewed the top piece off and I was able to see the LED light and the positive and negative spots on board.
Once these two wires were soldered off board I was able to take the main heat sink off and test the main board inside.
I could see broken solder spots where the two boards join together and that explains why the flash light was not powering on.
The flash light was powering on now but one problem remained which is the damaged charging port. To get to the charging port I need to take that screw holding the board in place. I unscrewed that off and I was able to get to the board.
I de soldered the damaged charging port off using flux and a heating station; in no time I was able to replace that port.
That is the finishing product that looked nice and clean.
The hole on the top of the charging port is for the charging light.
Mission Accomplished.
This article was prepared for you by Waleed Rishmawi, one of our ‘Master Authors’ and currently working in the Bethlehem area of Palestine repairing electrical and electronic equipment.
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Parasuraman S
October 24, 2024 at 9:08 pm
That was a good clearance of the mess up done by the customer! Good job there and thanks for sharing, dear friend!
Waleed Rishmawi
October 26, 2024 at 2:31 pm
Parasuraman: that is what we do best clearing the mess of customers and get paid for it, LOL. have a blessed day my dear friend.
YogeshPanchal
October 25, 2024 at 12:10 am
Good Job! Waleed,
Micro USB is worst design of the connectors.
Waleed Rishmawi
October 26, 2024 at 2:32 pm
Yogesh: totally agree with you but on the other side it brings income to feed my family. have a blessed day
Albert van Bemmelen
October 25, 2024 at 1:35 am
A lot of work was necessary to replace another broken off usb charging port. Good job!
These led/flash lights are great but probably all have the same issue, that they start blinking fast and very annoying when the on button is pushed instead of showing a steady not flickering lit led.
Waleed Rishmawi
October 26, 2024 at 2:35 pm
Albert: thanks man. yes I agree but this blinking of a flash is made for emergency situations. in the user manual usually mentions this depending on the clicking of the power button can give you different patterns of lights for your use. thanks for you comments and have a blessed day
Mark J
October 25, 2024 at 2:44 am
Waleed good work thank you for sharing.
Waleed Rishmawi
October 26, 2024 at 2:35 pm
Mark: you are most welcome and have a blessed day
Imoudu.O
October 25, 2024 at 11:01 pm
He wanted to diy,to save money, but ended up damaging it, hope u charge ur cost,stay cool!
Waleed Rishmawi
October 26, 2024 at 2:39 pm
Imoudu: in the war situaton we are experiencing alot of customers want to get things fixed their way and end up destroying what they are trying to repair. they either buy a new device or pay extra money to get it fixed. have a blessed day