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    MacBook Air M1 (A2337 / 820-02016) dead - no power, DFU restore fails after iBSS send, good voltages - NAND dead?

    Hi everyone, first post here – long-time reader though. I have a dead MacBook Air M1 (2020) that won't charge or power on.

    Device info:
    MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
    Model j313ap (A2337, logic board 820-02016)

    Symptom:
    No charging, no power on at all.

    Restore attempts:
    Apple Configurator finds the MacBook in DFU mode, as Linux with lsusb: Bus 001 Device 021: ID 05ac:1227 Apple, Inc. Mobile Device (DFU Mode).

    It looks like the MacBookAir is in firmware boot loop. I have tried to restore 14.x version and 26.2 (latest) version firmware, but just after iBSS send I see at Dmesg: apple-mfi-fastcharge 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 29

    Device restore shows this:
    Command: idevicerestore -e UniversalMac_26.2_25C56_Restore.ipsw
    Found device in DFU mode
    ECID: 7055480287406366
    Identified device as j313ap, MacBookAir10,1
    Device Product Version: N/A
    Device Product Build: N/A
    Extracting BuildManifest from IPSW
    IPSW Product Version: 26.2
    IPSW Product Build: 25C56 Major: 25
    Device supports Image4: true
    Variant: Customer Erase Install (IPSW)
    This restore will erase all device data.
    Performing macOS restore
    ##################################[ WARNING ]#################################
    # You are about to perform an *ERASE* restore. ALL DATA on the target device #
    # will be IRREVERSIBLY DESTROYED. If you want to update your device without #
    # erasing the user data, cancel now and restart without -e or --erase #
    # command line switch. #
    # Type YES and press ENTER to continue, or hit CTRL+C to cancel. #
    ##############################################################################
    > YES
    Checking IPSW for required components...
    All required components found in IPSW
    Getting ApNonce in DFU mode... 7e a0 3f 15 bd 03 bd 5b 79 cd c6 21 7b 76 39 d7 fa f4 e8 88 a3 ac 0a 19 12 c6 b7 d3 be cb 61 56
    Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
    Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... b2 86 47 9d fc b7 b7 96 ab 7f 80 9f a7 a3 60 eb 2a e3 ec 75
    Received SHSH blobs
    Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... b2 86 47 9d fc b7 b7 96 ab 7f 80 9f a7 a3 60 eb 2a e3 ec 75
    Received SHSH blobs
    Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... b2 86 47 9d fc b7 b7 96 ab 7f 80 9f a7 a3 60 eb 2a e3 ec 75
    Received SHSH blobs
    Extracting iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p (Firmware/dfu/iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p)...
    Personalizing IMG4 component iBSS...
    Sending iBSS (770863 bytes)...
    Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
    Device did not reconnect in DFU or recovery mode. Possibly invalid iBSS. Reset device and try again.
    Unable to place device into recovery mode from DFU mode

    Voltage measurements:

    LOGIC BOARD DETACHED (NO CONNECTORS EXCEPT USB BOARD):

    PPBUS_AON: 11.96V (C5804)
    PP3V8_AON_VDDMAIN: 3.79V (C5895)
    PP5V_S2: 5.18V (CP717)
    PP3V3_S2_UPC: 3.29V(CF751)
    PP3V3_UPC0_LDO: 3.27V (RF242)
    PP3V3_UPC1_LDO: 3.29V (CF508)
    PP1V5_UPC0_LDO_CORE: 1.59V (CF405)
    PP1V5_UPC1_LDO_CORE: 1.585V (CF505)
    PP1V8_AON: 1.801V (CR851)


    LOGIC BOARD IN PLACE AND ALL CONNECTORS:

    PP1V8_S2: 1.796V (JR850)
    PP1V25_S2: 1.223V (JF202 PIN 12)

    Other tests:

    Multiple USB cables/ports tried.

    Question:

    Voltages look good. Is this almost certainly dead NAND/SSD or are there other common things to check on 820-02016 boards (e.g. PMIC, SoC ROM, etc.)? Worth trying NAND reball/reflow or is the board scrap?

    Thank you in advance for your kind answers.
  • mon2
    Badcaps Legend
    • Dec 2019
    • 16656
    • Canada

    #2
    Locate the NAND flash power rail. Remove all power. Measure the resistance to ground of this power rail. What is the exact resistance in ohms?

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    • Guest

      #3
      Originally posted by mon2
      Locate the NAND flash power rail. Remove all power. Measure the resistance to ground of this power rail. What is the exact resistance in ohms?
      Thank you for prompt answer. Here are measurements:

      PP0V88_AWAKE_NAND: 216.0 (FLN001)
      PP1V25_AWAKE_NAND: 215.5 (CN03A)
      PP2V5_AWAKE_NAND: 588 kOhm (RN522, varies)

      I found just now that diode D5270 seems to be missing, but that seems to be related to SAVE_BAT_G ....

      D5270

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      • mon2
        Badcaps Legend
        • Dec 2019
        • 16656
        • Canada

        #4
        These rails are ok and no shorts here.

        Use a USB-c meter to note the voltage and current draw of this board. Are you at 20v on the power adapter?

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        • Guest

          #5
          Originally posted by mon2
          These rails are ok and no shorts here.

          Use a USB-c meter to note the voltage and current draw of this board. Are you at 20v on the power adapter?
          I lack a USB-C power meter at the moment, so I'll have to get one. My power adapter is a 65W PD supply (20V/3.25A). I’ve already ruled out the power supply by trying several others.

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          • mon2
            Badcaps Legend
            • Dec 2019
            • 16656
            • Canada

            #6
            Ok. Amazon should be ok but be sure it is bidirectional. If available to you, consider the Qianli tail tester sold through Mobile Sentrix (UK) and others on Aliexpress.

            Qianli iBridge A3

            https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...xoCwb0QAvD_BwE

            Want to test if the PD adapter is being configured to offer 20v otherwise there is a fault in the pd controllers on the logic board which are stand alone components.

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            • Guest

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              Today I tried to solder a missing 0201-sized D5270 Zener diode (Zener X3-DFN06) onto the PCB, but the hot-air nozzle on my rework station is too large to melt the Sn63Pb37 solder without causing collateral damage (although I did protect the surrounding components with Kapton tape).

              Attached are two graphs from a USB power meter (I wrote a Python script that reads data from the USB meter via Bluetooth and saves it as a graph). In the first one, the meter is on the power supply side, and as can be seen, when the USB connector is plugged in, the current consumption briefly increases and then drops back to around the 100 mA range. At no point does 20 V appear. The same behavior is observed when the meter is on the MacBook side. I also tried pressing the power button, etc., at the same time.

              It appears that the PD handshake is indeed not working at all. I am not sure whether the missing diode ultimately affects this, as it seems to be related to battery charging.

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              • Guest

                #8
                Today I was able to solder the diode. Power button do nothing, but restoring firmware kicks 20V up and then drops back to 5V. It seems that now resotre fails to "Unable to place device into recovery mode from DFU mode".

                sudo idevicerestore UniversalMac_26.2_25C56_Restore.ipsw
                idevicerestore 1.0.0-268-g74e3bd9 (libirecovery 1.3.1, libtatsu 1.0.5-3-g60a39f3)
                Found device in DFU mode
                ECID: 7055480287406366
                Identified device as j313ap, MacBookAir10,1
                Device Product Version: N/A
                Device Product Build: N/A
                Extracting BuildManifest from IPSW
                IPSW Product Version: 26.2
                IPSW Product Build: 25C56 Major: 25
                Device supports Image4: true
                Variant: Customer Upgrade Install (IPSW)
                This restore will update the device without erasing user data.
                Performing macOS restore
                Checking IPSW for required components...
                All required components found in IPSW
                Getting ApNonce in DFU mode... 52 d9 34 47 c0 b9 16 df 7d b1 8c 24 56 8a 9c e7 6a 57 ed a5 89 10 d5 26 0b 84 60 6b 61 d5 24 a0
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Extracting iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p (Firmware/dfu/iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component iBSS...
                Sending iBSS (770863 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                Nonce: 3b 0b 28 af 29 92 d5 49 07 b1 77 7f 30 fb df aa 21 3c ca fa 77 9e df 9a 7e 47 98 18 20 db b0 26
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... fe 5a 2b ca ee 21 e5 6b 50 0e ac 13 e7 b6 e6 08 96 05 e2 37
                Received SHSH blobs
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,LocalPolicy...
                Sending Ap,LocalPolicy (3041 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                INFO: executing command: lpolrestore
                Extracting t8103ciofw.im4p (Firmware/t8103ciofw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreCIO...
                Sending Ap,RestoreCIO (179054 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreCIO' to device.sudo idevicerestore UniversalMac_26.2_25C56_Restore.ipsw
                idevicerestore 1.0.0-268-g74e3bd9 (libirecovery 1.3.1, libtatsu 1.0.5-3-g60a39f3)
                Found device in DFU mode
                ECID: 7055480287406366
                Identified device as j313ap, MacBookAir10,1
                Device Product Version: N/A
                Device Product Build: N/A
                Extracting BuildManifest from IPSW
                IPSW Product Version: 26.2
                IPSW Product Build: 25C56 Major: 25
                Device supports Image4: true
                Variant: Customer Upgrade Install (IPSW)
                This restore will update the device without erasing user data.
                Performing macOS restore
                Checking IPSW for required components...
                All required components found in IPSW
                Getting ApNonce in DFU mode... 52 d9 34 47 c0 b9 16 df 7d b1 8c 24 56 8a 9c e7 6a 57 ed a5 89 10 d5 26 0b 84 60 6b 61 d5 24 a0
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Extracting iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p (Firmware/dfu/iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component iBSS...
                Sending iBSS (770863 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                Nonce: 3b 0b 28 af 29 92 d5 49 07 b1 77 7f 30 fb df aa 21 3c ca fa 77 9e df 9a 7e 47 98 18 20 db b0 26
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... fe 5a 2b ca ee 21 e5 6b 50 0e ac 13 e7 b6 e6 08 96 05 e2 37
                Received SHSH blobs
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,LocalPolicy...
                Sending Ap,LocalPolicy (3041 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                INFO: executing command: lpolrestore
                Extracting t8103ciofw.im4p (Firmware/t8103ciofw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreCIO...
                Sending Ap,RestoreCIO (179054 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreCIO' to device.
                Extracting t8103tmufw.im4p (Firmware/t8103tmufw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreTMU...
                Sending Ap,RestoreTMU (21751 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreTMU' to device.
                Extracting rans.t8103.release.im4p (Firmware/rans.t8103.release.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreANS...
                Sending RestoreANS (976255 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreANS component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreANS to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreANS' to device.
                Extracting ipad13dcp_restore.im4p (Firmware/dcp/ipad13dcp_restore.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreDCP...
                Sending RestoreDCP (3893460 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreDCP component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreDCP to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreDCP' to device.
                Unable to send iBoot stage 1 components to device
                Unable to place device into recovery mode from DFU mode
                Extracting t8103tmufw.im4p (Firmware/t8103tmufw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreTMU...
                Sending Ap,RestoreTMU (21751 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreTMU' to device.
                Extracting rans.t8103.release.im4p (Firmware/rans.t8103.release.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreANS...
                Sending RestoreANS (976255 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreANS component: Unable to upload data to devicesudo idevicerestore UniversalMac_26.2_25C56_Restore.ipsw
                idevicerestore 1.0.0-268-g74e3bd9 (libirecovery 1.3.1, libtatsu 1.0.5-3-g60a39f3)
                Found device in DFU mode
                ECID: 7055480287406366
                Identified device as j313ap, MacBookAir10,1
                Device Product Version: N/A
                Device Product Build: N/A
                Extracting BuildManifest from IPSW
                IPSW Product Version: 26.2
                IPSW Product Build: 25C56 Major: 25
                Device supports Image4: true
                Variant: Customer Upgrade Install (IPSW)
                This restore will update the device without erasing user data.
                Performing macOS restore
                Checking IPSW for required components...
                All required components found in IPSW
                Getting ApNonce in DFU mode... 52 d9 34 47 c0 b9 16 df 7d b1 8c 24 56 8a 9c e7 6a 57 ed a5 89 10 d5 26 0b 84 60 6b 61 d5 24 a0
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Extracting iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p (Firmware/dfu/iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component iBSS...
                Sending iBSS (770863 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                Nonce: 3b 0b 28 af 29 92 d5 49 07 b1 77 7f 30 fb df aa 21 3c ca fa 77 9e df 9a 7e 47 98 18 20 db b0 26
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... fe 5a 2b ca ee 21 e5 6b 50 0e ac 13 e7 b6 e6 08 96 05 e2 37
                Received SHSH blobs
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,LocalPolicy...
                Sending Ap,LocalPolicy (3041 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                INFO: executing command: lpolrestore
                Extracting t8103ciofw.im4p (Firmware/t8103ciofw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreCIO...
                Sending Ap,RestoreCIO (179054 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreCIO' to device.sudo idevicerestore UniversalMac_26.2_25C56_Restore.ipsw
                idevicerestore 1.0.0-268-g74e3bd9 (libirecovery 1.3.1, libtatsu 1.0.5-3-g60a39f3)
                Found device in DFU mode
                ECID: 7055480287406366
                Identified device as j313ap, MacBookAir10,1
                Device Product Version: N/A
                Device Product Build: N/A
                Extracting BuildManifest from IPSW
                IPSW Product Version: 26.2
                IPSW Product Build: 25C56 Major: 25
                Device supports Image4: true
                Variant: Customer Upgrade Install (IPSW)
                This restore will update the device without erasing user data.
                Performing macOS restore
                Checking IPSW for required components...
                All required components found in IPSW
                Getting ApNonce in DFU mode... 52 d9 34 47 c0 b9 16 df 7d b1 8c 24 56 8a 9c e7 6a 57 ed a5 89 10 d5 26 0b 84 60 6b 61 d5 24 a0
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... dc 30 9a e3 f8 e9 99 16 0b c1 43 24 2a 62 11 54 05 36 30 29
                Received SHSH blobs
                Extracting iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p (Firmware/dfu/iBSS.j313.RELEASE.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component iBSS...
                Sending iBSS (770863 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                Nonce: 3b 0b 28 af 29 92 d5 49 07 b1 77 7f 30 fb df aa 21 3c ca fa 77 9e df 9a 7e 47 98 18 20 db b0 26
                Trying to fetch new SHSH blob
                Getting SepNonce in dfu mode... fe 5a 2b ca ee 21 e5 6b 50 0e ac 13 e7 b6 e6 08 96 05 e2 37
                Received SHSH blobs
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,LocalPolicy...
                Sending Ap,LocalPolicy (3041 bytes)...
                Uploading [==================================================] 100.0%
                INFO: executing command: lpolrestore
                Extracting t8103ciofw.im4p (Firmware/t8103ciofw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreCIO...
                Sending Ap,RestoreCIO (179054 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreCIO to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreCIO' to device.
                Extracting t8103tmufw.im4p (Firmware/t8103tmufw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreTMU...
                Sending Ap,RestoreTMU (21751 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreTMU' to device.
                Extracting rans.t8103.release.im4p (Firmware/rans.t8103.release.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreANS...
                Sending RestoreANS (976255 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreANS component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreANS to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreANS' to device.
                Extracting ipad13dcp_restore.im4p (Firmware/dcp/ipad13dcp_restore.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreDCP...
                Sending RestoreDCP (3893460 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreDCP component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreDCP to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreDCP' to device.
                Unable to send iBoot stage 1 components to device
                Unable to place device into recovery mode from DFU mode
                Extracting t8103tmufw.im4p (Firmware/t8103tmufw.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component Ap,RestoreTMU...
                Sending Ap,RestoreTMU (21751 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send Ap,RestoreTMU to device.
                Unable to send component 'Ap,RestoreTMU' to device.
                Extracting rans.t8103.release.im4p (Firmware/rans.t8103.release.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreANS...
                Sending RestoreANS (976255 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreANS component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreANS to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreANS' to device.
                Extracting ipad13dcp_restore.im4p (Firmware/dcp/ipad13dcp_restore.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreDCP...
                Sending RestoreDCP (3893460 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreDCP component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreDCP to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreDCP' to device.
                Unable to send iBoot stage 1 components to device
                Unable to place device into recovery mode from DFU mode
                Unable to send RestoreANS to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreANS' to device.
                Extracting ipad13dcp_restore.im4p (Firmware/dcp/ipad13dcp_restore.im4p)...
                Personalizing IMG4 component RestoreDCP...
                Sending RestoreDCP (3893460 bytes)...
                Uploading [ ] 0.0% Unable to send RestoreDCP component: Unable to upload data to device
                Unable to send RestoreDCP to device.
                Unable to send component 'RestoreDCP' to device.
                Unable to send iBoot stage 1 components to device
                Unable to place device into recovery mode from DFU mode




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                  I found some clues that it might be the NAND on the internet. All the AWAKE NAND voltages (0.88, 1.25 and 2.5) are good.
                  I've got a fully working (locked) spare board, but wasnẗ able to find any...
                  03-09-2026, 04:14 AM
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