Apple Made The iPhone MORE Repairable...?

[@JessaJones]

@PhoneRepairGuru I love how you are able to present information in such a concise way, I wish I had that talent! Here's the summary of what we found in our latest Parts Pairing Lab. 1.) FACE ID FIXED by parts pairing. This will work, but ONLY IF: A) It's an iPhone 12 series. B) The FaceID problem is missing/damaged flood illuminator and not true depth cam. C) You replace the flood illuminator TOGETHER WITH the OEM screen to which it is bound. A much smaller win than I thought in my first video. 2.) NO TRUE DEPTH camera pairing or function. It won't work. However, new ones are for sale from Apple on self service. So Apple *could* support this, but chooses not to. This poor practice is decidedly anti-consumer and anti-environment. In the US, this is worth a campaign to complain to the FTC. I'd love to help map out a campaign for that with you if you're interested. Apple does respond to public pressure. 3.) PARTS ARE PART-SETS. Some parts are programatically bound as serialized part sets---flood illuminator flex is tied to display ic. You have to replace the entire set to pair. This means the $15 damaged flood requires a $300 screen to use it 4.) For phone models earlier than iPhone 15--both LOST MODE and ICLOUD LOCK CAN PAIR. 5.) Only iPhone 12 and later are supported. No pairing for older phones with home button/touch ID, no iPad support even on iOS 18. Right to repair legislation does not back date to iPhone 11 even though they are getting iOS 18, so there was no pressure to include them. 6.) NO CHANGE FOR STOLEN PHONE PARTS. THEY STILL WORK. It's a misconception that anything here does anything to prevent stolen phone part selling. That's a mirage. Those parts will still FUNCTION same as they do now--they just can't PAIR. They already can't pair. There is NO CHANGE HERE. Keep up the good work! Jessa

[@jitendradara2502]

This guy is ai

[@MartinPaoloni]

​@@jitendradara2502Jessa Jones is most definitely not AI! She's an extremely reputable technician in the Apple world.

[@brunoais]

Thank you Jessa for the update! Keep up the good work! Right to repair must be a right and we are winning!

[@legithacks7342]

This means, you cant buy a Refurbished per Pulled iPhone Display (without Front flex) and pair it

[@XdekHckr]

"Apple does respond to public pressure." If they would react the they would not exist anymore, you are so naive

[@gayasslily]

4:14 Activation lock is ALWAYS on for any apple device, it works completely independently from lost mode. activation lock blocks other users from just resetting your phone/airpods/etc. and pairing them to their apple account.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Sad part Google is doing this from Android 12 and later.

[@parsaplayz4857]

@WilliamHollinger2019 frp is way easier and cheaper to bypass

[@2tonedripgaming420]

@@parsaplayz4857correct

[@insideyourbed9731]

@@WilliamHollinger2019iOS has been doing this since 2013???? also as the guy above me said frp is way easier to bypass

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

@@gayasslily I don't know ok

[@KOSMOS1701A]

back glass needs to be calibrated............. Edit: I know it’s for the components attached to the glass, I just thought it was funny they just say “Back Glass”

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Yes, unfortunately I’m sure they’ll continue to serialize parts and have them require calibration or lose functionality. This may just be an excuse for them to create more problems for the aftermarket repair industry, but only time will tell. It is still a pretty big win that we can now fix things like face Id.

[@ahmetdenizsezgin]

@@PhoneRepairGuruif back glass mismatches serial numbers it just fells off from the phone automatically 😂

[@ObviouslyMegamind]

Maybe it has something to do with the wireless charging coil

[@someonetooknuggets]

I think this has something to do with the coil

[@genericfpv2464]

​@@someonetooknuggetsno part of a wireless charging coil needs calibration 💀 it is wrapped copper

[@mniakan754]

To give Apple benefit of the doubt iOS 18 is still in beta so the Face ID issue could be a bug they need to figure out but it’s still very weird

[@ytwatcher2021]

True

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Their servers are definitely being overloaded at the moment as many people are having issues.

[@FireFoxDestroyer]

This isn’t a bug this feature was actually rumored

[@mniakan754]

@@FireFoxDestroyer I meant the Face ID not working but this is definitely funnier

[@brandonrhen2553]

Yea, i was thinking the same thing

[@Tamay.]

Activation Lock is not lost or stolen. It simply means that the previous iPhone had Find My iPhone enabled.

[@-JonnyBoy-]

which is like 90% of phones because people just reset them and think that removed the account lol

[@rossmanngroup]

15 steps back, one step forward What we celebrate in 2024 is something else. I am not saying this as critical of you at all, just commenting on the state of the industry

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Agreed. This shouldn't even be an issue in the first place, but I can't deny feeling some relief knowing that mistakes which once required buying the customer a brand new phone can now be fixed without the hefty cost.

[@monstereng43]

reported

[@ryandobal]

@@monstereng43what why?

[@auspiciouslywild]

As a regular user I feel like we’re heading for something that’s unequivocally one huge step forward from the baseline (no restrictions on swapping). We’re close to a situation where an iPhone has almost no value as a stolen item. Even the parts have little to no value. We also get a LOT of confidence for buying of second hand devices, where we can be more certain that none of the parts have been replaced with bad or even dangerous third party components. This is a HUGE benefit for the resale value of phones, which IMO is just as important as repairability for the long term life of a phone. It’s the difference between someone putting their old phone up for sale vs leaving it in the drawer as a backup phone. If we can have decent repairability on top of this it will be the best of both worlds. A huge step forward. All we need is a bit more pressure on Apple to make the swapping/calibration process even easier, and some better regulations requiring availability of all original parts at a fair price for a reasonable length of time. I know you would probably have loved guaranteed access to schematics and such as well.. I would too.. but honestly I feel like that’s not going to make much of a difference in the real world.

[@consti_smb]

When is Eu finally bringing in the replaceable battery

[@ThatIceChampion]

*easily replaceable. like the ones on the CORE Prime, but all batteries have been replacable

[@rikyrossi9518]

I think it will be mandatory from the beginning of this autumn, apple knows it, so they release the phone earlier

[@NikitaCartes]

It won't affect Apple at all since iPhones are waterproof, and the regulations are much looser for waterproof devices.

[@रत्नेश-कुमार]

​@@NikitaCartes 😂😂

[@captainheat2314]

​@@NikitaCartesthey still have to be easier to replace

[@pravdaThePseudoJournalist]

apple doing the bare minimum became the highlight, lol

[@carsstuff9914]

Tell me any other manufacturer goes this deep on tracking individual components.. none

[@N3UTRAL0]

Samsung users shutting up became impossible lol

[@ariyansiddique]

The bare minimum is good as we know how strict apple was on repairablity. It's good see apple is doing something. [ I am both samsung and apple user]

[@lenVallo]

As always.. 😀

[@hitmansatya8483]

​@@N3UTRAL0ahhhh..... isheep

[@1403gavin]

One thing to note is the fact that Apple specifically promised to deserialize Face ID on future iPhones so I think it would be a good idea to try this again after the update on a 16 series to see if anything has changed

[@HarrisonLuiEKYiss]

Maybe iOS 18.1, when most things are stabilised (expect Apple Intelligence maybe). Or you could do with a iOS 18.0.1 update too

[@cat47]

isn't your profile picture the image that's in the c418 minecraft music videos on youtube?

[@1403gavin]

@@cat47based 🗿

[@zakriyati1694]

Wait REALLY?? So we can even use third party parts for Face ID in the future??

[@Panzerpaul92]

This might be the best attempt to combine right to repair and theft protection.

[@fan-yh8dg]

This is so good now people can be less stressed about hard repairs

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Will absolutely make our lives easier in that regard.

[@masteroogway2872]

@@PhoneRepairGuruyes but what about the phones that can’t be upgraded to iOS 18

[@masteroogway2872]

Touch ID will not be able to calibrate

[@ambhaiji]

@@masteroogway2872 The phones that can't upgrade to iOS 18 are 7+ years old now.

[@pharmatma]

Bro literally runs an unofficial Apple R&D Dept.

[@riser.o]

😂😂 lol hope Apple gonna notice this guy

[@jeppewerring]

Activation lock is not the same as reporting an iPhone as lost or stolen. It simply means there is an active AppleID on an iPhone, turning off "Find my iPhone" or turning on repair mode by removing the device from "Find my" or signing out of the AppleID from the phone solves this.

[@nyinyitin9939]

If i do find my device off, It will worked for update ios 18?

[@koulifhaam]

Will this work on older iphones like 12? I have a face ID issue since I changed my display! Can I fix it by this method?

[@_Prode_]

As long as it runs iOS 18 you are good to go+

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Yes

[@koulifhaam]

@@PhoneRepairGuruThank you for the reply ❤

[@filipczorniak7427]

@@PhoneRepairGurudoes it works in europe?

[@oseidwomoh]

That's a good start.

[@rosariodagosto6484]

Fantastic About Time they go back to old days of easy repairs 😊😊😊

[@discordsamo]

i know you, you use bhop script in cs

[@soviut303]

This is promising progress. I like the idea of locking parts to your account; it keeps part harvesting from being possible while still allowing repairing and selling your phone. Now let's hope they come up with a solution for security biometrics like the face ID sensor. That one is trickier since you don't want someone to be able to hack your account and be able to disable or reset face ID.

[@thetechgenie7374]

Definitely a step in the right direction. This meeting in the middle and keeping those that get phone stolen from parts being harvested and have full use of those parts, while allowing us that repair them to buy geniune parts even of direct from Apple, or a good phone that has no icloud and reused those parts as well. Thought I never see the day. Thanks to EU pushing them in right direction.

[@keiraystargaryen9577]

Gotta pay the price tho.. money, money, money is the name of the apple game.

[@bigMilkin]

Quick feedback: Hide password typing with a solid color block instead of a blur. I couldn't decode your inputs, but after Apple Vision Pro keystrokes being guessed with eye movements... Rather safe than sorry? Great vid!

[@MC_VNM]

Don’t forget it’s a new feature it might have bugs but so far (this is where I’m at 4:32) it seems like a step in the right direction.

[@LandonBrainard]

I think there was a misunderstanding in how activation lock works. Before anybody hops on me as a fan boy, I want to say.. Schematics or die. Activation lock is turned on as soon as you log in. You can disable it by turning off FMi (Find My) for that device. I suspect the proper process will be: 1. Disable FMi for the donor device 2. Erase the donor device 3. Install parts in donor device 4. “Finish repair” in settings.

[@MC_VNM]

@@LandonBrainard I see, thanks and don’t let the people who call you Apple fanboys get to you - they’re just upset because they aren’t reading what they want to read.

[@alexanderstreng4265]

Say if I purchase a new battery from ifixit. Will it go through the callibration process successfully ?

[@feefre]

The back glass now is serialized too? Tf youre supossed to calibrate there? The bunch of copper for thea wireless charger?

[@2tonedripgaming420]

That’s correct

[@turphin]

probably something to do with magsafe

[@taherrp481]

@@feefre a Copper coil with a mic and a flashlight You must calibrate the light intensity hehehe To be honest, although it appears silly, i think serializing the back glass is done to ensure that no one will break the glass and damage the internal components And after that replace the glass outside Apple then request a warranty repair for the unit. That is my opinion

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

@@taherrp481 We can still get around that quite easily. All it really does is make repairs harder. I can still do extensive repairs on any device and none of it would show up in the parts and service history.

[@taherrp481]

@@PhoneRepairGuru maybe it is to make people pay more than 200$ for a glass😁

[@luke_webster]

This could give broken phones more value, as now even if the screen or back glass is broken the intact parts could still have value on the after market

[@Rayjacker]

Still depends on the previous owner removing the device from their Apple ID, which not many people remember to do on their broken device (esp if they don't get an iPhone again).

[@thetechgenie7374]

Not really has icloud has to be removed, otherwise parts stay locked. If screen broken and others issues unless you put a temporary screen and have them remove icloud first still going to be the same parts are going to be locked. The plus side is if icloud is removed you can actually repair face ID without having to modify cable and use a 3rd party programmer to get it to work. Battery was the second big win.

[@luke_webster]

@Rayjacker yeah but I’m talking about for us, we know to get rid of the activation lock, if we break our phone than we can get better resale value for it

[@MindBoggle02]

Why would the value of the part go up? You can already do that

[@Bird_Enforcement]

Hey PRG, Ive been watching you for the past 2 years, you have been simplistic and entertaining, you do not yap and get straight to the point, I love u bro, no homo and no diddy. Pls Give me a heart

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Appreciate that a ton thank you 🙏

[@danielc.7088]

Is it really calibrating though? Or is it just pairong/serializing the parts to eachother?

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Drop any questions you guys have and I’ll do my best to answer them!

[@DanielsTechVideos]

Does the iPhone SE 2 support this new repair calibration method?

[@NicVandEmZ]

Since that’s only happened on iOS 18.0 RC what beta testing for 18.1 and is available on iPad and Mac also

[@Bird_Enforcement]

Can you do what linus does with pc's and run a ios on a cardboard bench lmao

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

⁠@@NicVandEmZI’m not quite sure what you’re asking but this isn’t available on the 18.1 beta. Its only available on iOS 18 rc. I don’t think it’s available for the ipad or the mac.

[@WilliamVL-gk4ji]

Compare a fake iPad mini six to the real one pls pls plz bro

[@llukem]

4:11 Activation Lock is not the same thing as reporting a device lost or stolen. All Apple devices that have Find My enabled are automatically Activation Locked because Activation Lock is the feature that prevents stolen devices from being used in whole or now in part (pun in tended). The only reason this would be odd is if the two iPhones were signed into the same Apple Account. If they are, then it would not make sense because the part is locked to the account that its host iPhone is already using. Regardless, signing in to the Apple Account or signing out of the account on the original device is an easy fix, but if neither are possible or work, another way to resolve this is that you can put the part back in the original device (or in your case swap the motherboards back), make sure there are no errors or warnings, and then turn off Find My on both iPhones, repair them, and then sign back in.

[@-coal]

Don't you just love it when you need to pair up your sheet of glass with your iphone

[@siddharth9800]

so is this feature exclusive to iOS 18? i have an iPhone 13 pro with replaced display and battery. I am unsure if the display is locked, but if I update to iOS 18, would my device get locked?

[@tigersusyt]

So when can i use 3rd party parts?

[@devtekve1396]

Silly question. If you take parts from iPhone A and put them on iPhone B and pair them there, report iPhone B as stolen and then you take them out of iPhone B and put them into iPhone A, do they work without any hiccups? (Is the “factory pairing” above the iCloud pair/lock)?

[@avastarb0b]

I used to work on Iphones for insurance companies, If your having issues with the calibration it might have to do with "Find My Phone" turned on. We needed that to be turned off in order to do recalibrations for our customer devices. It really sucked but you might be able to try that. Just login to your account on a computer and remove it from the account or turn it off on the device. I still hate Apple to this day, that's why I prefer Androids. I hope this helped.

[@JayVeTV]

is this only for the iphone 15 and 16? or any phone that's updated to the ios 18? thanks

[@taherrp481]

LiDAR is not a part that you could replace it in Apple Store or AASPs, when you have an issue with LiDAR sensor, a Rear System will be replaced (Which is a whole unit expect the display and the Camera) or Mid system for some models (which had a removable back glass). Which makes the LiDAR until now related to the motherboard and by the way, you can replace the camera only and that will not affect the repair. By the way, if a display was replaced for older model (like 11 Series for example), i believe that you should replaced the display with the Embedded ALS sensor in the upper side of the display. And i really wish if you have the ability to test that on 11 Series

[@Panzertank123]

I have tried it on 11 series - it sadly does not work. It works on 12 series and onwards.. God knows why...

[@taherrp481]

⁠@@Panzertank123Maybe because 11s become outdated And then we will request from him to test that on 12s

[@Panzertank123]

@@taherrp481 yup, but ios 18 is avaiable on iphone XS and onwards.. why they did not enable parts pairing if they are compatible with the newest iOS? It does not really make sense.

[@JessaJones]

@@Panzertank123 because none of the right to repair legislation backdates to the iPhone 11. Self service was started with the 12, so that seems like the min they could get away with.

[@luel_05]

This only works with Apple original replacements parts, right ?

[@donniethesportsguy893]

It's crazy how software can detect unique hardware

[@RhinoRapscallion]

Serialization, each part has an ID that pairs with a motherboard. The IMEI numbers are unique, so I wouldn't be surprised if they used that to track them.

[@donniethesportsguy893]

@@RhinoRapscallion so high tech meanwhile they can't give us a SD card or headphones jack forcing storage and buds down our throats lol

[@cunnyman]

@@donniethesportsguy893idk what you’re talking about. What’s the point of mentioning those??? It’s a business decision. Every company does this with their flagships too.

[@Jorda5s]

This is pretty cool thanks for the extensive research. Wild they make you go through all this just to change parts. Now listings for salvaged screens for phones are going to need to specify if they are activation locked or not which will be impossible to tell most likely unless they install them in a phone every time to test. I would like to see you do this with third party screens and batteries and see what happens. Sucks they still are blocking face ID thats their way of still telling someone parts have been replaced.

[@tiantianshan5181]

Rare footage of apple *actually* doing something better for the phone repair team

[@ipadrehab5362]

I thought that as well at first, but when i learned that you can't pair a replacement True Depth Camera, and you have to replace both the flood illluminator and the entire screen as a set---I realized this is not forward progress at all.

[@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811]

​@@ipadrehab5362 i have an idea, why apple doesn't make a fuse inside the component controller and if apple detect that the component is not legit they can blow the fuse and so the component replacement will never turn on again?

[@arthurl.459]

Pretty impressive ! I have a swapped motherboard iPhone 12, so after your video i just updated to iOS 18 and now only the Face ID module doesn't work. I think an update will fix the face ID issue.

[@margaschneijderberg4538]

For those who are wondering why you have to recalibrate the back glass is because of a feature that lets you run a command by tapping on the back of your phone

[@warriorplutotrent3827]

Alot of people don't know this is possible 😂😂

[@czechvirusS]

nah. you have to calibrate it because apple serializes everything when it isn't needed. this is a tiny step in the right direction. knowing apple they plan on doing something worse soon every time they do anything pro consumer

[@yobama8344]

that doesn't even use the back glass, it's accelerometer based

[@pogodrummer]

that just uses the accelerometer, there's no sensor on the back glass.

[@2tonedripgaming420]

U sound dumb

[@saintkat8983]

are aftermarket or 3rd party batteries/screens affected by IOS 18?

[@n3tronic]

‘Calibrate the back glass’. Yes. Because that’s a thing.

[@User92376]

Is face id work if both front camera and ear speaker and proximity sensor replaced with this new repair feature?

[@josefernandocastanedapadro9222]

Great video, amazing concept

[@Usero1ooo1]

Hey I might be slow but does that mean you can change your battery without having to go to the apple store? As long as it's a genuine apple battery bought from a 3rd party/online it'll present itself as "genuine" Will it also recalibrate the battery health back to 100% by itself? Sorry long read.

[@Gardentips21]

Finally apple did something good

[@BladeCrew]

I feel like this is an apple issue. Took them long to start doing something. Meanwhile in another universe, android never had the issue.🤣

[@ewoudschippers]

@@BladeCrew actually some android phone brands are serializing their componentent but you don't hear it as much as apple

[@gamesfnaf2731]

I’m so happy they are trying to make it easier to replace iPhone parts

[@glennraya]

How can I send my Apple device to you for repair? where is your shop located?

[@MitchPT]

What would happen if you swapped the parts then report as stolen? Is the new part fully assigned to new device or does it lock it?

[@DasJaegar]

I can't wait until Louis Rossman see's this

[@ipadrehab5362]

I don't think we really won much here. All I care about is FUNCTION, which is only battery health, and FaceID. Yes we got battery health back for OEM battery, that's the only win. I thought they had given us FaceID, but it won't work outside of an expensive edge case. In exchange, it's going to increase the tide of screen ic replacements so that FaceID can be repaired without having to buy a new screen.

[@Damariobros]

I have a question - does remotely removing your device from your Apple ID on the web or using another signed in device remove the activation lock on the swapped parts?

[@lixiangfei]

2024 : back glass need to be calibrated 2025 : bottom screw need to be calibrated

[@manuel0689]

Its been a while but I recall the lidar sensor calibration been a bit tricky. I know certain objects had to be in front of the phone when panning side to side, on the training documents it said the calibration was scanning things like the iMac and display calibration machine we had in front of our station. Additionally the motion was unique too, we held the phone at arms length distance from the objects mentioned above and then move with our office chair side to side instead of moving the phone. I know none of this might have anything to do with why its failing but wanted to share.

[@satria4195]

Just hope it was forever, not 1 year

[@parthans]

Does this work on older models also? Like the 12 pro??

[@tennesseemashups6155]

I'd be intrigued to see how it reacts to aftermarket parts and what happens if you were to try and calibrate them, or the phones you built from scratch, great vid PRG!

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

They just don’t calibrate. They’re usable but not able to calibrate as they’re not genuine.

[@tennesseemashups6155]

@@PhoneRepairGuru Was curious about this, thank you!

[@Alex_-hx3kp]

Is this just for the new iPhone or all of them with iOS 18?

[@DaHaiZhu]

7:43 Face ID uses the BACK Camera? I thought it used the FRONT camera...

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

Face ID does not use the back camera. On this phone it only uses the front camera assembly.

[@thechillbruv]

He wasn't talking bout the face I'd but the camera calibration

[@emiliapeabea]

theres a lidar in the front cam too

[@DaHaiZhu]

@@PhoneRepairGuru : But you're messing with the Back Lidar sensor and the error is with Face ID. I don't get it.

[@RealMithunMahesh]

⁠@@emiliapeabeaNo, there is no LiDAR in front camera

[@tristanskylark]

What if iCloud is just on on the phone, but it’s not reported lost or stolen -will parts still pair?

[@NOOBKRISH]

What will happen when you configure other phone parts in your phone and then again use the parts on the other phone. I don't know how to explain this lol😂

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

I thought they were now paired to the new board but honestly I’m not sure. The update isn’t polished enough

[@ipadrehab5362]

They lose the association to the original CPU. A part can only be paired to one device, it doesn't create a string of past associations that follow it. (At least that's what we think from our experiments)

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

​@@ipadrehab5362 That’s been my experience so far too. I reported the new motherboard it was paired with as lost or stolen twice, then performed the swap again. After unlocking the part the first time to pair it, it didn’t ask for any further unlocks. I’m not sure if that means the parts are permanently unlocked, but it certainly seemed that way. Interestingly, I found that the back camera wasn’t locked to any motherboard at all and never required any passwords to unlock.

[@bygregik]

I made an functional iPhone 14PM using an unlocked board and some parts from a locked device, should I risk updating to iOS 18 or 17 is fine?

[@ipadrehab5362]

14 PM is not affected. Even if it was, it doesn't matter. You cannot lose what you don't have. This is about part PAIRING which is not the same as part FUNCTION. You already do not have those parts paired to the board. The function that you could gain (if they are OEM parts) are 1.) Battery health, 2.) True Tone. That's it. FaceID in 14PM requires pairing True Depth Camera to the board and that is not an option with iOS 18 outside of apple self service.

[@bygregik]

@@ipadrehab5362 in this case I put the original front camera with face ID and pretty much everything works except of the lidar sensor, I think I put the wrong one

[@Brianprojas]

lol 4:09 screen was iCloud Locked

[@ronakkatwala6398]

Truetone is now available with 18.1 beta 5, with out calibration of display

[@toppo722]

the tan caused by his watch is pretty noticable lol, i also get those same.🤫

[@jacobnathanielzpayag3885]

This proves that Apple has the ability to improve mobile device repair and reduce e-waste buy they just didn't want to for a very long time. On the flip side, this is something that I think all manufacturers should look into. Having a system to verify and recalibrate parts on the device without needing special tools will allow for a much higher quality repair experience.

[@ThattFunnyKid]

Stop praising Apple for literally the bare minimum that company doesn’t deserve its success, unfortunately too many sheep.

[@Jreaddy]

So does this work with the older phones? Pretty sure I remember it being only for newer model phones, which kinda sucks, older phones are more likely to have broken parts, so hopefully we get more like this, or Apple just makes it easier in general. Good steps, but, I can’t praise them for an issue they created in the first place.

[@callmetito]

This is so stupid. Why serialise everything from begin with? Back glas serialised. that a joke.

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

I completely agree, this should not be an issue to begin with.

[@Guyver02USA]

- FR . It’s the most basic parts unless they designed the wireless charging with a controller on its coil ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@FerWasTaken]

to remove all value from stealing an iPhone...

[@callmetito]

@@FerWasTaken that is a pretty good idéa. Never thought about it in that way 🤔🤔

[@josiahw79]

@@FerWasTakenbut they literally just did what they could’ve did from the beginning this comment is irrelevant 🤣allow people to use fresh and clean parts and block parts from an icloud locked phone

[@connordewit1018]

will this work with an aftermarket battery

[@Big-Chungus21]

They’ve been improving repairability over the past few models. The irony that Android phones have been doing the opposite, especially Nothing.

[@lol-ge9bh]

What have android brand sbeen doing

[@Big-Chungus21]

@@lol-ge9bh Design wise, making the phones harder to get into without breaking components inside of the phone. Some phones have several layered components / boards that are hard to take apart without breaking cables, I think it was ASUS’s ROG phone that took this to the extreme though. Nothings phones particularly are actually pretty hard to open as the lights and additional stuff on the back make it more complex and harder to take apart. I kind of hate Nothings approach to being “transparent” being to… literally make their phones transparent. Generally, Pixels, Samsungs, and Apple phones (maybe some others) are all pretty great though. Its just such a shame that alternatives have gradually fallen behind in quality, or don’t actually do anything different. Foldable phones are a little hard to repair but thats just down to how folding screens work.

[@begemot1899]

Does it work with other older iphones?

[@javiazar]

He pushes the "finish repair" at 3:08 after milking it for almost 2 minutes

[@myappletests4155]

Hello, congratulations, these are the useful videos! could you check if all this works only on the 15 or also on the older devices with ios18 (for example 11 pro)?

[@UT48D]

Just to be 100% clear, activation lock has nothing to do if the device was reported stolen. Activation Lock is when you logged into iPhone with your iCloud account it automatically associate the device with your iCloud, so anyone wants to reset it has to log out that iCloud account first aka deactivate the activation lock. This is the way to prevent thefts from stealing iPhone turn it off and take it apart sell parts.

[@AVEESH-EDITS-AFTEREFFECT]

Apple is finally changing after all these years ❤❤❤ Thanks for the info PRG

[@PhoneRepairGuru]

I wouldn’t get too excited just yet but this is overall good news

[@AVEESH-EDITS-AFTEREFFECT]

​@PhoneRepairGuru Yeah, that true aswell ❤

[@JDMLOVER86]

Only because of the EU; Apple would serialize every single component if they could do whatever they wanted.

[@rolandthsive]

The only company that tracks individual components of the product to this level. Amazing stuff.

[@jscany5106]

I love the effort you put into your work ❤❤

[@imodi1565]

Did you try updating both phones to iOS 18 before trying the test? That could be the issue

[@rushenjames7171]

I have iphone xs max and the screen has been replaced but the true tone is still here. I just want to know if is it okay to update to iOS 18 with a replaced screen or not?

[@misternoobde3768]

Hi I just dropped my phone yesterday after 4 years of using it perfectly now this iPhone 11 screen is glitched(a cracked on the top which causes the whole screen to not work properly but can still do stuff), are non original screens good for the 11 or is the original screen price worth it ? Cause now it’s old

[@ConnorTech01]

I wonder if you could calibrate aftermarket displays, batteries, etc from example Amazon? You should test that out and see what would happen.

[@lvaItix]

I have a question. Until now, I have always bought original Apple replacement parts like displays pulled from eBay, and it has always worked great. The only thing now is that there is no way to verify where the parts comes from and whether it is iCloud locked or not. Do you lose more functions if the replaced part is locked compared to not completing this finish process?

[@tumo07]

i think the motherboard that the parts came with still signed in then it will warn the parts locked to owner. i think when you put phone in lost mode it is treated as loged out

[@MrJr289]

It works excellent for me. I upgraded from the iPhone XR to a iPhone 12 Pro Max upon collecting the iPhone 12 Pro Max. The previous owner said that she changed the camera so was getting a camera not genuine message upon receiving the phone. I updated it to iOS 18 and Run the analyzer Parts genuine it came back as a genuine part and allow me to calibrate the camera. No more messages on the phone I was able even able to break her down on her price because of that problem. A big W 😅

[@ChaydenWalkerSMChair]

Would the camera calibration work with an iPhone without Lidar? (iPhone 16, 15, 14 13... the non pro models). If the camera calibration can be done with the normal iPhones as they don't have Lidar, then that means that they would be much easier to repair.

[@Bfixmx]

So there's any chance to bypass the calibration camera process??

[@emrullahtinkir1556]

Hi There, Could it be that because only One of the Phones Is Updated to IOS 18 some Parts (Like FaceID and the LiDAR sensor) don’t work on the Swapped Motherboard ? If you haven’t tested that yet i think it would be worth a shot. Hope my Idea is not completely useless :)

[@wolfarix]

It dose seem like beta issues. Like the phone wants to calibrate the lidar sensor but it glitches out. I think this deserves a revisit once iOS 18 is fully out and after Apple gets feedback and fixes some of the issues.

[@shanukaakash245]

Hey bro. If we reset a battery in a phone, will it last longer than before? 😮

[@YunWangTso]

Is it work with old devices like XS Max?

[@WnHPhoneRepair]

What if we use crapy aftermarket part,can we still calibrate it? And what will happen to the phone? Can you try change the display,battery,and camera with aftermarket part Will the phone can be used or not Or can qianli icopy plus fix it?? PLEASE ANSWER

[@loose-hotline5026]

But does it work on any 3rd party stuff? Like a battery

[@stevenaybar2293]

If I have an iPhone that has not been paid for in the US and is reported as non-paid, will the iPhone be blocked if I update to iOS 18?

[@matthewwhite8388]

Wonder if it works for older iPhone such as the 11

[@samuelyost3182]

Can you test this on the iPhone 16's? maybe it will be less glitchy with a device that came with iOS 18 preinstalled

[@joseluistovar2739]

Would this change something if making an iPhone from AliExpress like you did in the 13 Pro video?

[@Testimony201]

Pls would this work on aftermarket parts like the Battery, Display and Face ID? Hope the iPhone won’t brick? I’m using an iPhone XS.

[@alexkng0218]

Maybe if you replace the proxymity sensor it will work the face it, since face id is also registered with the motherboard

[@JohnManalansan-p5t]

How about if you install aftermarket parts (not genuine apple parts)... and then update to iOS 18 official release. What will happen?

[@gandalfdergraue8444]

So, this programmer is the only option, to fix function and display messages?

[@rs1001-d3x]

It would be interesting if your previous video on building an iPhone 13 from Aliexpress also covered recalibrating the iPhone parts.