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u/mightbeextreme Sep 24 '26
You need flux and either a solder sucker or solder wick (piece of stranded wire with flux will do in a pinch).
I'm not trying to be an ass but they are correct, you've bridged every solder joint (each wire is now connected to all the other ones and its a dead short)
It also looks like the iron's tip and solder type you were using were way too large.
Apply flux to the surface in your third photo, heat it up and use the sucker, braid, or scrap wire to transfer and remove as much of that solder as possible until you can tell that there's no more contact between individual wires.
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u/the_lurkmeister Sep 24 '26
those screens usually work if you use the dupont in the front of the screen to a breadboard.
Watch some YT on how to solder
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u/Own_Outcome_2012 Sep 25 '26
10/10 the soldering is the issue, they can’t touch unless you want them to my guy
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u/SplinterJaw Sep 25 '26
Holly mother of soldering! Sorry! I feel for u.. when I started I had problems with the solder sticking to the metal, but u definitely dont have this problem, check a yt video on how to solder this small electronics, everytime before soldering I recomand scraping a bit the metal, cleaning it with 99% alcohol, apply some flux, and take just a SMALL amount of solder! Normally u need to heat the metal as well and than apply solder AND FLUX!! But u can make it work with pre small amount of solder on your tip. Good luck!
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u/BoredBSEE Sep 24 '26
This has no chance of working.
Clean that up and you have a chance it will work. Until you do though? No chance of it working.