Hello, I totally agree. I would truly only recommend such a task to those who are fully confident in their abilities to work on small electronic devices. Keep in mind, many of these people who do these videos tare down devices for a living.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 6, 2013, at 7:39 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose <b...@benmr.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I feel like I should jump in here and make a strong recommendation > that whilst ifixit guides and Youtube videos correctly describe the 4S > battery replacement process as being easy, you should really spend > some time thinking if it's worth the small amount of money you'll save > by attempting the repair yourself instead of getting a shop (Who will > have processed hundreds of iPhones) to do the replacement instead. > > My iPhone fixing experience started in 2011. I'd spent the previous > 4.5 years building computers and around 2.5 years doing fairly low > level laptop work such as motherboard replacements, so I wasn't a > complete stranger to a screw driver. That iPhone never turned on > again. Admitidly it was a screen replacement on a 3G which is much > harder than a battery replacement on a 4S, but working on small > electronic devices is especially hard for blind people because of how > touchy feely we have to get. > Considder attempting to hold a screw driver in one hand, but with that > hand also trying to feel your away around a very cluttered PCB looking > for a very small screw and once you've found it, attempting to move > the screw driver into place, still with the one hand. The reason why > we're not using 2 hands is because there simply isn't enough give on > some of the ribbons in these devices to allow room for feeling with > multiple hands - in some situations even feeling with your little > finger is not possible. Breaking a connector off a logic board by > inadvertantly knocking a ribbon is a real concern on devices like > this; once that happens, your cheap £4.99 replace your 4S battery kit > on eBay type repair has just turned into a £100/150 replace your logic > board fix which is going to be a tad more complicated than a battery > replacement. Anyone who thinks I'm exadurating should attempt to > rebuild a laptop then if you sucseed (Which you won't do if its your > first time), give the iPhone a go. > > Its also worth remembering that a lot of the people who write guides > or make videos for this sort of thing have a vested interest in making > it look easy, because they're trying to sell you the parts you'll need > to perform the repair. You'll never see the raw, unedited video in > these cases and even if you did, the people at ifixit for example > tairdown electronics all the time, so they'll be much more successful > than the average member of public. > > Ultimately, it really depends on how much you have to loos. If you > have a dead phone that you're not planning to fix then by all means, > take it apart - its a very fun hobbie and you can make semi decent > money if you're good with hardware. If you're thinking of working on > your main phone however, you have more guts / less sense than I do and > I wish you good luck. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > On 5/6/13, Kevin Barry <krba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unless you have a 5 you can tackle this job if you have some >> mechanical aptitude. >> Just by the tools and get the instructions from ifixit. >> >> At 04:19 PM 5/4/2013, you wrote: >>> The battery in your iPhone is not a user replaceable battery. It >>> needs to be a shop job. I've known a few people to have batteries >>> replaced. Apple recommends you charge your battery fully and then >>> let it run down and repeat the cycle several times. This usually >>> gets your battery status to sort of reset it's self. Many batteries >>> do not need to be replaced only reset. >>> HTH >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <mailto:troysulliva...@gmail.com>Troy Sullivan >>> To: <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 1:12 PM >>> Subject: replacing the IPhone's battery? >>> >>> Hi, >>> Just for refference to myself, if my IPhone battery would ever need >>> to be replaced can I do it myself? or should I take it somewhere and >>> have it done. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>> "VIPhone" Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/>http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en>http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit >>> <https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>> "VIPhone" Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/>http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en>http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit >>> <https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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