i'm trying to rescue a bricked GP2X, the ext plug gives JTAG pins but there's no way i can solder individual wires on that fine a pitch and none of those test pads seem related... suggestions?
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this is what i bought the 30awg wires for and yes i did a test with my finest soldering iron tip and immediately bridged across two of the pins (shown here already removed)
i can't (easily) find anywhere that's easy to solder which mirrors the jtag pins on the connector and cables that break out for jtag are unobtainium...
there is apparently 1 phone parts shop in EU which has the connector for making a cable but USD30 shipping on a USD3 part...
i think the jtag vias (which would be marginally easier to solder onto) are all underneath the connector, so i would need to remove the board from the front half to access them but so far i haven't been able...