MacBook Pro 13 A1708 2017 (flexgate repair) no backlight at 90 degree angle 

This is the first time I've seen someone do this repair professionally. Well done.

Thank you very much for this video! It's been one the most difficult repairs I have ever done, but I succeeded thanks to this video. It's very important to have a good quality microscope, patience and skills to do this repair.

Thank you so much youve been so helpfull, nobody wanted to take the risk to fix my laptop, you explained it very well im gonna fix it myself

This is a GREAT repair video. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us

It is an insane level of repair.

Really nice work not meny repair shops can do this they just put a new display on. 😍😍

Nice work iTouch! This is the exact problem i have on Mac 13 Pro

Excellent presentation. Thank you so much

Thank you so much! I so happy that it is possible to fix it without $600 stupid replacement.

Merci beaucoup pour ce tuto qui m'a été d'une grande aide pour réparer mon flexgate sur mon macbook pro 13" 👍

You’ve earned my respect. The super glue had never come to my mind before. #salute

Very nice work I want learn work like this I am from India thanks sir for this video 👍

From Morocco, Excellent Work 🎉

very enjoyed the video nice job too well done 👍

This are common problem with Macbook Pro’s 2016, 2017,2018 and even up to 2019. Apple only covers free repair program on 2016 only, yet even the 2017-2019 have exact symptoms they won’t fix it under their repair program. I wish you live nearby as I have at least 3 macbooks with this issue. Excellent job on the repair!

great job bro

Друг, это превосходно, ты мастер!

Nice job.

Mucha excelencia en el trabajo, el uso de las herramientas, la forma de empleo de los materiales, un placer ver el vídeo 10 puntos 👍

Very impressed

MacBook owners who have this issue should all bring their laptops to the Apple store and demand that they repair them under warranty.

Wonderfull video, wish you can explain little bit more of the gluing and the materials of covering the necked cable. over all great

Great video, great repair. I definitely don't have the skill or confidence to try it on my own tho 😂 Might just buy a new MacBook air and call it a day

Hello i have also this problem on MacBook and i want ask what tools you use to fix your MacBook. You can write me what tools i need to buy for fixing my MacBook? Thanks!!!

@13:00 Wow what type of reinforced tape is that? Oh, right, it's Polytetrafluoroethylene. In the description. Thanks!

Good brother.i do it

Great fix! Do you think I could do that myself with some magnifier glasses? Or is it a MUST to have some microscope? What did you use to see what you were doing and record at the same time? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Hey @iTouch, thank you for making all these great videos. Did you ever fix the LCD ribbon cable on a A1706? Mine is broken and I can't find someone who is willing to repair it for me 😭

Nice and detail tutorial. I am a newbie on this things. I still don't understand why don't you just replace the broken flex cable with the new one since you have it.

con que le hechaste el estaño?? no vi bien

I have the same issue with my Macbook and I really need to fix it too.

what is the size of the jumper wires you using?

hello!! Is posible to replace under repair?¿

Can you send me what type of wire can I use? Thanks

What's the name of that tape you use at the end?

Where are you located? I have 2020 M1 Macbook pro with same issue. Flex cable is dented.

Hang on a sec i didn't realise that half way through you need the smallest screwdriver in the world. In 5 more years i'll need a microscope just to find the screwdriver! So. i could only do what i could without that screwdriver. I found a fold / crease in one of the cables but i couldn't actually see a break even with the microscope. I tinned across this area with solder but no jumpers, it was one of the wider of the 4 cables. I think the other side also needs doing but i wanted to get the display off to take a better look. I only had a Stanly blade (box cutter blade). After trying this one cable i put a strip of sellotape over the area and put it all back together. I usually use an external monitor, i bought the 15" touchbar this way to save money. Problem is doing osx updates. When you get to the next step you can not use external monitor! Anyway. It's stopped flickering and now only one big strip centre left not working but before i couldn't read the screen at all, sometimes i could see a bit of it between the flickering but not really and not often. Now i can read most of it. I'll have to get the tiniest screwdriver in the world and try again to fix the last part of the screen / cables. I was surprised how strong the flex cable was considering i only had an old box cutter blade! Nice!

Great job, very professional quick question, did you use a stripper to remove the plastic protection? THANKS :)

Very nice work. Have to ask, how come you choose this method over replacing full cable?

Great video, congrats! Just a question, did you make the contact points here with pieces of solder wire? 10:57

How much would it cost in total to do this if I don't have any equipment?

Great video, I might give it a go ! But just one question, why don't you just replace the cables instead of soldering ? Thanks

There is only 1 FlexCable for Backlight. the other flexcable is for camera and light sensor

What product do you apply just before soldering? Thanks for sharing this!

Hi, what kind of jumper wire do you use? and which solder iron you have? That is very tiny.. i used 0,1mm wire, but looks 3times thicker. Middle 8 wires are straight forward... the ones on the side i dont understand. Looks like there are two more lines on the left and two on the right, where you connected the middle line... what is that, ground?

What is the green thing you applied after soldering? Thanks

Good afternoon. Please tell me what kind of wire you make jumpers to connect the contacts of the loop. Thank you.

Could you tell me what gauge wire tinned copper for the 6 small and other power and ground. Also what type solder and tip and temp. Thank you thanks again. Steve

Hi there, nice work, but what about the other cable? I was given a Macbook with both flex cables damaged. The wires are different and much finer, and more densely packed; hence more difficult to solder jumper wires. After much thought, I am thinking to bridge the 2 pieces with another piece face down on top. However, after market cables are not a perfect match.

bro, what super glue to use? Do I need any other tools than the screws and replacement parts? Thanks alot!

where do I find someone near me who can do this? While it looks straightforward, I do not have the tools , equipment, or experience to attempt this on my own. Would the guys at the mall be able to fix this? like at a ubreakifix store?

Can i replace the cables without cutting half and gluing onto old one? Is it possible to just replace the entire piece?

hi what material you put on to cover wires the name of it, and what gauge of wire you use? please reply

hello sorry if someone already asked, but what soldering tip do u use... mine is way much bigger :/

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Does this problem also happen with the 15-inch version of 2017?

Where did you get the new cable and plug from, or do you have a part number for it.? Great video too , cheers.👍

Oi! What type of wire is used for the jumper? 0.1mm coated or uncoated

Nice video! What gauge wire did you use to repair?

For camera issue, do you think its also the display flex cable?

Can't we just solder both side on their edges so we use only short wire or no wire at all (the solder tin connects them all)?

Hi i have Same issue with my macbook pro a1707 I am confused between replacing the whole display or just repair the flex cable. One guy told me that repair has 50 50 chances . But iam thinking if display is replaced then the cable length would be same and this issue can most probably come again after some time. Which will be the most relaible and best among both of them so that it cant be seen in future? Please reply asap.

Where do you get the new cable to purchase?

I have a A1708 macbook pro 2017 but its flickering and goes blank with back light still on when it gets hot , is that the same problem or something else?

Very bravo sir! I’ve just bought the blacklight cable, gonna have a go tonight in the help with your video! Can I ask where you put 9:40, 10:44 and 10:50?

are vertical bars on the screen also caused by flexgate?

What is the minimum cost of repair

Hey boss, what's that cable called 11:09 , can I find that on amazon?

Great job,, i have some questions.. ❓❔⁉ 11:23 what thickness are both jumper cables? 13:02 What tape is it?

I didn't get why you had to cut the cable. Was it un-attachable from the other end?

Hi. Is only the backlight ribbon damaged or the camera one too? what glue do you use to connect the tapes? how much do you extend the tape compared to the original length?

would some proper sized heat-shrink tubing work instead of the tape?

Hi, which tape you use to prevent damaging?

Can you please tell me the thickness of the cables you use? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

07:27 Maybe a stupid question, but I really do not understand, so PLEASE help me. Why do you soldering wires instead of replacing whole cable? Why go super hard (and not very reliable as soldered cable will not be as much resistant as original) instead of super easy way just replacing whole cable?

which size jumper wire to repair flex gate? 0.1mm? or 0.05mm?

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Question (respectfully asking): Why not just replace the flexcable?

I have questions sir, I think the rail is yellow ,why don't you put wire jumper in yellow rail ? Please I have same problem

Do you provide this repair in US?

I wish you were here to repair mine, a slightly used Macbook and this happened, I went to apple store and they wants me to pay and change the whole screen while we know it is only this small piece to be repaired :(

This is exactly the issue on my macbook pro 2017, just went to apple tl fond out it will cost about 428$ to get it repaired

My 2017 MacBook Pro is getting footlights or stage lights. I'm wondering if the apple people will need to wipe my computer to fix it? It seems all the repairs I've needed so far they always have to wipe everything 😅

I thought he was gonna take apart the display and solder it from there but interesting approach nonetheless. At the very least apple should've made the damn ribbon cable detachable like to old models.

What type of cables do you use and what size? I'm a beginner.

do i replace both or just one?

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If people could just know how hard technically this is 😅

Why would you not just replace the entire cable with the new one, which you had in your possession? This does not seem like the way Apple would repair it if you brought it in shop. While it seems that you are very skilled and have professional tools, this is a ridiculous amount of difficult work, it seems the new joint be a weak point for future failure.

Hmm. Bad design Apple. Now, to bodge or not to bodge, that is the question...

Apple are refusing to fix this for me.. they want to charge me £450 for a bew screen 😡

why do all these DYI videos have annoying, distracting music in the background????? Plus, you're not saying much of anything as you go and we have NO clue WTF you're doing most of the time.

I disagree with your opening statement that this is caused by open and closing the lid way to much. I have a 2010 MacBook that I can assure you has been opened and closed way more that a 2017 and it has no backlight issues. This is clearly a design issue from Apple for making the backlight flex cable a few mm’s to short. This is not because the user opens and closes his MacBook.