[Keoki]

I removed the solder that the fellow put on the pads, and underneath, the two pads still don't have any continuity. As when I left the unit with him. (Except then the LCD worked.)

So the fellow did not trace the line why there's no continuity, apparently. He slapped a gob of solder on the pads, put the chip back wrong and charged a twenty. And that's "the" recommended place... :-)