Tinkerboy v3 damaged USB trace

[JavaLava]

Help me Sudomod forums, you're my only hope. I've really gone and done it now.

I'm working on what I've been calling a Gameboy 3: a Gameboy Zero except using a RPi 3b+. I also orderd the tinkerboy 3.0.1 for controls and audio. Everything was going swimmingly until I was replacing a wire on the D+ pad. I heated up the solder and tugged on the wire, and the whole trace pulled up from the board. Here is a picture of the damage: https://imgur.com/sNN6LOr

It now appears I have removed my only method of wiring to the board, unless someone here knows something I don't. My first thought is to somehow use the other USB pins, though that's problematic since they are used for providing additional USB ports and not for connecting to the Pi. Is it possible to use these pins instead? Or is there some other method? Please help me not to have just wasted $50 and four weeks of lead time getting it shipped here from the Phillipines.

[HoolyHoo]

Help me Sudomod forums, you're my only hope. I've really gone and done it now.

I'm working on what I've been calling a Gameboy 3: a Gameboy Zero except using a RPi 3b+. I also orderd the tinkerboy 3.0.1 for controls and audio. Everything was going swimmingly until I was replacing a wire on the D+ pad. I heated up the solder and tugged on the wire, and the whole trace pulled up from the board. Here is a picture of the damage: https://imgur.com/sNN6LOr

It now appears I have removed my only method of wiring to the board, unless someone here knows something I don't. My first thought is to somehow use the other USB pins, though that's problematic since they are used for providing additional USB ports and not for connecting to the Pi. Is it possible to use these pins instead? Or is there some other method? Please help me not to have just wasted $50 and four weeks of lead time getting it shipped here from the Phillipines.

All may not be lost. Use a multimeter to find another point to solder the D+. Should be easy to find an alternate solder point. Just looking at the photo it appears that this via goes directly to that ripped trace. You can try to solder there if the via is exposed or follow it to an easier solder location. It may be one of the legs on that ic.

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[JavaLava]

Thank you for replying, this gives me some hope. I am not the most experienced with a soldering iron, it looks pretty difficult to solder to this. Do you have any ideas for how I could solder to such a small point? Should I just find a wire small enough to fit through the hole? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[Cannafix]

1. Find with a multi meter the right Soldering pad/Leg.
2. Find a small wire and a small tip for your soldering station.
3. Put some solder on the pad/leg. Making sure that you dont bridge 2 pads/legs
4. Solder the tip of the wire.
5. Solder the wire to the leg. Have a steady hand.
6. Check the soldering for bridges.

Maybe @TinkerBoy Can tell you where you can solder the wire too.

[JavaLava]

Success! I was able to solder a tiny wire from that via to the regular pad. I just did a test and it worked perfectly. Thank you both so much for the help! If anyone in the future sees this post, I've include an image of the repair.

https://imgur.com/i6tgWWn