PMI8996 000 Charging iC

When a phone comes into your shop with a charging issue and the charging port checks out fine, your next stop on the board is the power management section — and that's exactly where the PMI8996/000 lives. This is Qualcomm's companion PMIC for the Snapdragon 820/821 platform, working alongside the main PM8996 chip to manage input power, battery charging, and general housekeeping tasks across the motherboard.You'll run into this IC constantly if you handle Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S8, S8+, or Note 8 boards. It shows up just as often on Xiaomi Mi 5 and Mi 5s boards, Xiaomi Mi MIX units, Google Pixel and Pixel XL boards, OnePlus 3T boards, and Motorola Moto Z / Z XT devices built on the same Qualcomm platform. If you're running a multi-brand repair shop in Pakistan, this single IC covers a wide chunk of your Snapdragon 820/821 workload.The failure pattern is fairly consistent across these boards. A phone that won't charge, drops out mid-charge, gets warm near the charging IC, or shows a dead after flash symptom after a bad firmware attempt often points straight to this chip. Before you commit to an IC change, always confirm the charging port pins, battery connector, and any jumper points are clean — many "dead" boards turn out to be a lifted pad or a shorted line rather than a genuinely faulty IC. Once you've ruled that out, hardware fault at the PMI8996 level is the next logical step, and swapping the chip resolves it in most cases where the IC itself has degraded.Reballing this IC needs a proper hot air station with accurate temperature control, since the WLNSP BGA package is compact and sits close to other components on a crowded board. Get your preheat right, use flux generously, and avoid overheating the surrounding area — a scorched pad next to a power IC creates a second problem on top of the one you're already fixing. Match the ball pattern exactly before reflow; a mismatched paste job on a power IC leads straight back to a dead board.Genuine Qualcomm-sourced stock matters here more than with most ICs, because a counterfeit or recycled part on a power rail can damage other components downstream if it fails again after installation. This listing is sourced as a genuine PMI8996/000 unit, tested for board-level compatibility before it ships out.Keep this IC in your regular stock rotation alongside your PM8996, PMI8994, and PM8004 chips — Snapdragon 820/821 boards frequently need more than one power IC checked when a charging fault shows up, and having the full set on your bench saves you a second diagnostic pass. Pair it with a decent hot air rework station and a BGA reballing stencil matched to the WLNSP footprint, and this becomes a straightforward bench job rather than a guessing game.For technicians running ISP or box-based diagnostics on these boards first, confirming the IC is genuinely at fault before ordering a replacement saves both time and stock — jumper testing on the charging line can often narrow it down before you ever touch the iron.