First pill soler job isn't working. What did I do wrong?

The board on my favorite AA-S1 OSRAM came loose and stopped working because the original solder joints broke (wife dropped it). I tried resoldering it but it still isn’t working.

I know my solder joints look terrible, but they look functional to me at least. Can you tell what I have done wrong? The outer ring of circuit board conductor was missing before I started so I assume that is Ok?

I used to turn mine on & toss it to the ground, just to show off. When it finally stopped working, I found those ‘ground-ring-to-pill’ joints (which I had added when I set the config. star) broken as well, but I wanted to do a full autopsy since that was my first chance to see the guts of that particular drop-in.

It turned out, on mine, one of the wires which connect the LED to the driver had broken loose at the driver end.

Apparently when the board moved enough to break those ground joints, that was enough to break the trace the LED wire was soldered to as well. Popped it right off the board. After I rebuilt it (with new Cat6 wires freshly installed), it still works to this day, but that was the last time I dropped it/threw it down on purpose.

If you have an ohmmeter, be sure to check continuity between the pill and ground (not just the solder joints) in case the force that broke your solder joint also ripped the trace it was soldered to…

Not criticizing your work, but it looks like your driver is a bit smaller than your pill. You may want to consider a filler ring or otherwise tightening that fit, since it leaves so much room for movement in case of {a Fall/Showing Off/Lateral Cranial-Impact Enhancement}. A carefully crafted filler ring might actually give you a better soldering area there too, if you pre-tin the ring & bridge to it lightly…