Our local store won't replace the battery. They will charge a fee to replace the unit instead.
On 5/7/13, Troy Sullivan <troysulliva...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nope think I will just use the apple store, will a verizon store be able to > > replace them too? Again mine isn't needing replacement just started this > topic for my own refference. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Mustill-Rose" <b...@benmr.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: replacing the IPhone's battery? > > > 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. > 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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