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Hi there, I have an iPhone 5S that’s missing a micro component near the battery connector. It is in the purple circle in the image attached. The phone will not boot now, it gets to apple logo and then after a while flashes blue and restarts (and so on in this loop) I’m thinking it must be this little component as I have changed out just about every part other than the motherboard itself, and i’ve gone over it with my microscope and this is the only thing missing. so my questions are:

  1. can anyone identify this part for me? is it a resistor or a capacitor or what?
  2. once identified, can it be ordered anywhere?
  3. if it can’t be got, is there somewhere that can fix it for me ? thanks

You can order it, but installing it is tricky. If it’s your first time attempting to micro-solder and/or don’t have the needed tools and/or don’t want to risk ruining anything on your phone, I say have someone experienced get it and install it for you. 1/ Capacitor, 56PF 5% 16V NP0-C0G, 01005 package. 2/ digikey.com, mouser.com 3/ Look up jessabethany if you’re in or near the US. Let me know if you’re somewhere else. Good luck!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/163313901/ip… Here’s one i found for the iphone 5, i think there are 5s ones out there. I can tell you I am experiencing the same problem you are, that i also microscoped it and just today my DIGIKEY caps and IF11 inductor arrived. If a spec of dust had a house….and if that house was a dusty one….the spec of dust’s dust would be about the size of one of these things. I wonder if my fat thumb-tipped solder iron will work with these….prolly….cuz i got it at Radio Shock…(a cool store Radio Shack is based on). I’m sure it’ll be fine. Or my hand will set aflame….kinda hurts but my cat Richard gets a kick outta of it.

P.S. Here’s a shot of my stuff – btw, since this is a month old, did you ever get it fixed?

If you are looking to find someone close to you, you can search your location at http://boardrepair.info. Those guys are all trusted worldwide for board level repair I realise this post is a little old, but throwing it out there for future reference :)