

PhoneBoard has the potential to be industry changing but needs improvement, here are our suggestions. However, again there are some shortcomings, namely we only have a small handful of options, no rightclick menu and no hot keys! PhoneBoard has a much more intuitive user interface compared to ZXW, it feels more modern.

We think this has to do with Apple and their lawyers. Readers may be un-surprised to know that PhoneBoard, unlike ZXW, does not come with schematics. Direct comparisonĪs far as supported models go ZXW is the winner… HOWEVER, seeing as PhoneBoard is backed by UnionRepair and is free (so higher adoption rate), we feel that PhoneBoard will overtake ZXW in a matter of months! The magic Apple schematic shop in Russia the sky. We doubt they are a direct rip, alternatively they are most likely from the same source. As you can see both board files have the same, I guess you could say errors? Both are missing Net Names (so no search functions) and the only other major difference is the ZXW version has the ground tabs for the main RF shielding, whilst the PhoneBoard software has the correct shape ground tabs for the flex covers around the Power switch FPC. We’ve loaded up the iPad Mini 4 board view file that is provided by each respective program. Here we have a side by side shot of both ZXW Tool and PhoneBoard software. brd files or use the ones provided free with the software.
