fixing water damaged iPhone 6

That's correct, GotMac. If you're going to help out here, please make an @ name in your profile settings. It's how we communicate. Like this @refectio YOURE FREAKING AWESOME! Now he's gonna see that in his notifications and check this comment. Water damage isn't easy. I've spent over $1k on my water damage station, including all the hazmat chemicals. Totally worth it. Making a profit off it now. You guys are right. That's not a magic fix. Likely the customer added enough electricity to fry a component on the board, and you'll have to do some smd rework. That's a whole other ball game. Also you'll probably want to up your cost in water damage repairs and throw in a "free" battery, as ten times out of ten that will fail with liquid

@theimedic...no I'm not!

Otherwise, great comment :>).

For the OP ... @theimedic and @techwarrior are correct. Water damage repair is not usually easy. After equipping yourself correctly (see my "answer" Best way of dealing with water damage to a similar question), you still have to invest a few hours and probably 0.01$ to -30$ in components before you realize wether the phone is fixable or not. When you charge on a no fix/no fee basis, those hurt a lot.

With time you learn to recognize patterns and focus on devices that have the highest likelihood of success. Sometimes you get an easy one (i.e. C5202) other times you replace the PMIC, Tristar, Tigris and whatnot and still no success.

If you want to do this to learn, that's great but you will need to understand how to read schematics, find boardviews, have decent if not good tools and good troubleshooting flair. Feel free to post follow up (or new) questions as you go through your troubleshooting and we'll help where we can.

@refectio YES YOU ARE!

@theimedic Maybe I don't want to be communicated with. ; ) hashtag forumhermit

That should be your new username...@forumhermit.