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Hi, I’m kind of new to Soldering, and I’m trying to replace my iPod Battery.The P+ and TH pads came off okay, but the third one didn’t.Some of the ribbon/pad stuck to the pad on the iPod and it won’t come off. Will it still work once I put the new battery in?
It will come off. Add plenty of flux. Get a nice big blob of a low melt quick alloy desoldering solder. Heat your tip, apply a blob of solder to the tip and rub it on top of the pad. whatever is stuck on there will come off. Should take maybe 5-10 seconds max. Let it cool down and if you’re using low melting temp quick alloy, you can just pick up the excess solder with tweezers. Alternatively, press a little copper braid into the excess solder to pick it up. Use the copper braid and plenty of flux to go over your cleaned pads. pre-tin the pads with fresh solder clean with alcohol apply more flux and press the new battery onto the pad and touch it briefly with your hot iron. clean with alcohol jessa
Trayton, looks like you have enough solder pad left to solder the battery to it. A better close up might help, but with the posted images, I’d say you are okay. Watch the heat when you solder it on. No reason to overheat the pads and melting them off :-) Hope this helps, good luck
