GENERAL Materials Needed for RGH

[Amnrulz]

Hi, I have searched a lot and to be honest I'm bit confused at the moment.

I offer RGh services at my retail store and get everything done from a different guy, who now is throwing tantrums and telling customers that I get my work done from him. I am good with computers and stuff. I wanna do stuff on my own and right now I'm visiting family in Australia, my reason for mentioning this is because I want to purchase the necessary tools as these are not shipped easily in India. I get all kind of consoles, mostly slim consoles. I will very much appreciate if someone can tell me what should I purchase from here so when I get back I can start it myself. I know I'll have to read a lot of tutorials and watch videos but till the time I'm here, I want to collect the hardware.

Thanks in advance.

 

[carendell]

First thing someone who wants to RGH should do is buy a decent soldering station with variable temperature, it lets you find out how you like to solder, either hot and quick or low and slow. After you have gotten a soldering station, if you didn't have one, get some high quality flux. I use Amtech (blue canister), I love it. After that, you will need a TX Glitch Product (CR Rev C/Proto/RJTAG), QSB's if you like using them, and a JR Programmer (I suggest a v2 so you can have rater as an option). This will get the job done if you are good at soldering, be prepared to make mistakes because everyone does.

There are hundreds of combinations of different products from TX, different combos, kinds of wire you like using, dual nand setups.

Hope this sort of helps

 

[jdoe91011]

Some items that I find to be indispensable are:

-Desoldering Braid
-A GOOD pair of tweezers
-A multimeter, for troubleshooting and checking your work. This is essential really, as there is no substitute for it; it will tell you things you can't find out any other way.
-Scotch Tape (to hold items down while soldering)
-Electrical tape, to hold down wires and protect against conductivity
-An Exacto Knife or Razor Blade
-Flux isn't even a question
-A Fiberglass Scratch Pen
-I don't like QSB's, but some people do, so get some applicable ones to your project and see what you like
-Lots of soldering tips.
-A soldering iron you are comfortable with, if you need a soldering pencil because it is easier to manage, go with that, just make sure it gets hot enough for you to "get in and get out".
-Something to clean your tips with between solder points, (tip tinner/clearner), wire mesh.
-Q-TIPS!!! Lots of them!!!!
-91% Rubbing Alcohol.
-Extra wire so you don't have to stop an install because you need one wire. (30 AWG).
-Wire cutters/strippers.
-Fingernail clippers, to strip the insulation off really small wire.
-The internet!! so you can do proper research, and find answers to your questions. Everything is on the internet....the answers are always out there.
-TIME.
-CONFIDENCE.

-As far as TX products go:

-If you are doing a Phats, get the RJTAG Ultimate Kit, this will afford you the JR Programmer V2, which is a great multipurpose tool, and extra QSB's for getting your NAND read.

-If you are doing Slims, get the Proto V2 kit.

These are the two most recent products from TX for each console type, and they are basically perfect. You can get instant boots with very little effort.

 

[Amnrulz]

Thanks for the help guys, I will buy some TX products and start watching videos to be sure that I don't miss something.