Some background, I originally removed the chips from the board on the left for a Pocket Color Build. It’s original fault was no power, which turned out to be a dirty power switch and corroded battery contacts.
The new board had signs of corrosion under the solder mask and previous work (bent ram pins and bridges on the cpu). I decided to move the chips on the other instead of trying to restore the traces. Soldering all went well, until my hand slipped while testing if the connections were solid. One of the pins (bottom left) is pretty bent and the pad on the end was partially lifted.
I was able to heat all those back up and confirm no bridges and the pads are connected. Booted up a quick game to test a screen, sounds and all the buttons. Everything is working.
Moral of the story, be careful and don’t put too much pressure on those pins.
I’m amazed that this kind of work can be done at all. Do you just, like, use a magnifying glass and a steady hand, or is there special equipment involved?
So for this job I used:
You can definitely do this type of work with a cheaper iron like a Pinecil or KSGER T12 of alliexpress.