Hey all,

Searched far and wide across the various interwebs for any schematics or boardviews for the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact (G8441). A very niche and somewhat uncommon request, but would greatly help for a BGA repair if anyone has one or knows where to find them. Of course, Sony have manuals and a ROM flashing tool... but no board-level information that can help with actually fixing the phone.

[I]Before you ask[/I], no, BGA repair on a device with a 32GB eMMC worth basically nothing is [B]not economical at all[/B], but the data on the phone seems quite important to a...

Hey guys, joining here on behalf of all at Data Recovery Lab in the United Kingdom! Spending many hours and parts on soldering and BGA, BadCaps has certainly saved our backside many times with resources and board layouts saving us a lot of headache and time.
Myself, I am 21 and responsible for the mobile devices and specialist board repair side of DRL. Just finished university, graduating first class in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics....