What It Takes To Repair The iPhone 14 Pro Will Anger You - iPhone 14 Pro Max Restoration

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[@nameofthegame9664]

The amount of engineering thats gone into making the phone as none repairable as possible is quite impressive.

[@fabricliver]

Apple's customers deserve Apple products

[@w3lcom39]

@@fabricliverthis phone definitely belonged to a teenager who didn’t appreciate what they had.

[@purplefishy8164]

​@@w3lcom39 there's no way of knowing that. How presumptuous

[@User-NES69P4Pi]

​@@w3lcom39aren't they all that? Everyone that buys an apple product has no clue.

[@editname6868]

iPhones mostly suck at repair, if you take care of the device it can last for years.​@@User-NES69P4Pi

[@9an13l]

We're past "planned obsolescence" , and entering "forced obsolescence" , and as customers we're partly responsible because we feel "perceived obsolescence" when we replace our 2 year old phone even if it could go for 3 years more.

[@eomoran]

No, were not responsible at all. Us wanting a new phone is completely unrelated to them making it impossible to repair. Planned and forced obsolescence are for the situation sin which you are made tonupgrade even if you didn’t want to. This is a really dumb comment

[@Kalvinjj]

Every so often I look at my (proportionally) many years old stuff, and think it's time to finally upgrade. Then I watch these videos, and look at the stuff I have proudly. Kind of a mix of rebellious and just plain being cheap, but I don't think I'll be changing my ways the more I see how stuff is heading towards. I might be one in a million, probably not but even if, there's at least 8 thousand alike out there. Might not send the message to the manufacturers, but it does send the message to my own wallet.

[@traviswalker8933]

Wanting to upgrade a device shouldn't be equated to how companies are behaving. They behave that way because the consumers feel the need to show off with the latest and greatest, it's different than wanting to upgrade to something because you want better performance.

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

@@Kalvinjj I’m keeping my iPhone 11 after watching this. Every manufacturer makes this impossible to repair junk.

[@Pea-G]

@@charlesrodriguez7984 well what do you want them to do? If companies didn’t try to over complicate things we wouldn’t have 3 cameras, we wouldn’t have so many sensors on our phones… Cars are safer than ever because companies overcomplicate them with technology that is useful..

[@Dhendo7]

Geek Squad agent here, I can confirm. If there is more than one part of the phone broken, Apple will only do a whole unit replacement. Other than that we have like 5 different tools to recalibrate the new iPhone parts for it to work.

[@charlesanderson1321]

you mean the qr code programmer?

[@furrball8252]

This is the most insanely complicated repair I’ve ever seen you do! Apple really doesn’t want us repairing our own devices. Amazing job fixing this one very impressive skills as always 👍

[@canuckinsk]

As a phone repair tech this angers me a lot. We need some laws to tone this down. Easy access to internals and replacement parts should be part of every products line.

[@deleqtronica8733]

People vote with their wallets and unfortunately they said they're perfectly fine with paying the highest price for this. If we all cared about repairabilty as much we was clamor online we'd all be using a Fair Phone, but I'm not using that and I'm pretty sure you aren't either.

[@Twiddle_things]

​@@deleqtronica8733 sadly it's hard to find phones other than Apple and Samsung. They have a monopoly, biopoly? And it's a headache to order phones online. I had my mint condition Alpha Sapphire bent to hell and back by Posti. Don't want to imagine how they'd handle something like a phone

[@neverdieproer4657]

@@deleqtronica8733 its no surprise how repairability is a low priority.since many components have to be stored extremely tight together to increase the display size and repairability is very hard to increase on a phone without increasing the thickness we all are used to.and even if we accept how this is gonna work,its gonna be more expensive

[@tomtube1012]

At least now you know why their phones are so expensive. They have to pay for the R&D cost of making the phone as difficult to repair as possible.

[@milktoast56]

​​@@deleqtronica8733I would consider a fairphone if it wouldn't have: a subpar cpu, camera that are both beaten by 2020 flagships like and especially for 700€, 2020 flagships are like 400$ max

[@FriendlyCourier]

I’ve been repairing phones for years now and seeing you use the battery adhesive strip to pick up glass blew my mind. I’m never forgetting that.

[@invisibl3kil649]

When did he use??

[@adamc91]

@@invisibl3kil649 14:10

[@fverdugoavila]

♾️ IQ

[@lawrence.porter]

If you didn’t know this, just how good are you at repairing phones?

[@FriendlyCourier]

@@lawrence.porter damn bro, am I supposed to prove myself to you or something?

[@angelosartore2179]

As a professional repairer of equipment (not intense electronics like this) I tip my hat to you sir! A stunning feat indeed.

[@dyingknightbynight]

Redditor

[@emperorfaiz]

@@dyingknightbynight Why you declare yourself like that?

[@dyingknightbynight]

@@emperorfaiz i'd rather burn myself alive than be a redditor. Just because I recognized somebody being in a specific group doesn't mean I am part of that group.

[@Endaretainer]

designated shitting streets

[@chrism2279]

Remember being at a party in the early 2000s and borrowing someone's Nokia 8310 battery for a few minutes to make a call ... Simpler times ...

[@Dan-oj4iq]

Imagine the "brainpower" it took for the engineers and designers at Apple to deliberately take the time and effort and money to create a device specifically made not to be repaired. Of course, they don't bother with, or care too much about, the few Hugh Jefferys of the world. P.S. Apple knows by its volume of sales that their costs to discourage repairability is well worth their design configuration. There is nothing about this that was done as a "prank " to beffudle their customers. They live by the algorithm. And they have been successful going this way.

[@Replyingtoclowns]

Sounds like a you issue I love my iPhone you don’t like it go build your own damn phone clown

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

Apple is such an absolutely shitty company, it's both anti-consumer and anti-environment because it creates such a huge amount of waste.

[@joshbacon8241]

They only care about making money…

[@whyso0erious]

well, to be honest - they made phone not to be repaired.... by anyone else but Apple. Yes, complicated and hard, but possible until you reach software point. All that unlike Microsoft with their Surface pro tablets, which are unrepairable BY DESIGN

[@TheRailroad99]

I don't think the hardware crew designed it to be unrepairable. Only the software / firmware engineers. It definitely was not meant be be easily repairable. What surprises me is that so many parts are very expensive to assemble. And usually mass-market devices like iPhones are designed to make assembly easier to save time and money+get them produced as fast as possible.

[@f-bodygarage]

I remember how unbelievably easy it was to repair my iPhone 7+ myself and I rebuilt that phone 5 or 6 times in the time I owned it, good to see that since then Apple has only recomplicated it once again and made it harder to keep their devices up and running

[@Psi-Storm]

Over 4 hours for a professional is mad. Transplanting everything to a new case when i dropped my Redmi 5, years ago, took maybe 40 minutes and i never had opened a phone before.

[@editname6868]

This is why im glad have the iphone 12 mini. Because the newer the iphone the worse it gets

[@drncsddmk8798]

I used to repair my 4S myself, it took a very long time to disassemble and assemble and ended up with the new screen flex cable being too short 😢

[@honaldjason]

@@Psi-Stormmy iPad took an hour to repair, it’s an old model tho

[@BillAnt]

​@@drncsddmk8798 - The iphone 4 series had a really bad design for repairing the screen, requiring a complete disassembly of the entire phone including the main board. Newer iPhone screens are easier to replace, but Apple f*cked it up with a bunch of software checks/errors and crippling certain functions. smh

[@siringc]

It still gets me that the cost to repair the phone being higher than just getting a new one ($1,150 vs $1000) isn't even an exaggeration

[@mathismuller6033]

I once tried to repair an old Iphone with a bendgate issue. My puls was around the 100 bpm mark the entire time, because there were so many screws to keep track of and even though I had a magnetic sheet to put them on, it was the most nerve wracking repair I have ever done. I must say however that Apple designed the inside pretty neatly. I feel your pain! I didn`t even need to take apart the whole phone, just the bits to get me to the processor, but even that took me over an hour.

[@madern7]

This deserves nothing but absolute respect.

[@safwanislam9328]

Sj

[@PWingert1966]

Hugh is planning to open a Celebrity Cosmetic Microsurgery Clinic, Part time now that he has developed his microsurgical skills! Nip and Tuck your Roo, Mrs. Swift?

[@zUltraXO]

Hugh yes, Apple no

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

I hope you don't mean Apple.

[@UJustGotGamed]

i understand what you mean, but how so? he just repaired a phone

[@thelightbrigadef4172]

I can imagine how many hours for 3rd party repair takes times for disassemble and reassemble components and there's a chance that it can get confusing.

[@HughJeffreys]

They probably skip steps, which causes an unprofessional repair. But you cannot really blame them...

[@Kalvinjj]

@@HughJeffreys My bet is they just stick with pre-assembled modules. Back module including all the magnets installed, buttons, meshes and so on, and you just drop the boards, battery and such in place. Hence the price: you'll be paying for man-hours or part price, it's gonna be expensive regardless, so trade man-hours for parts, and the technician moves on quicker.

[@SlyCooperRN]

Easy solution: Never use 3rd party repair 😊

[@IdeasAreBulletproof]

@@SlyCooperRN That's what Apple wants you to do. They want you to just buy a new Iphone

[@SlyCooperRN]

@@IdeasAreBulletproof If that were the case then they wouldn’t offer AppleCare+ 😁

[@ginopumadera4265]

Amazing skills Hugh !!! This is most definitely one of the most difficult reassemblies I’ve ever seen!!! Your steady hand and skill is off the charts !!!

[@LateralThinking94]

It is nice that the iphone throws warning messages if the part is not genuine making it safer for people buying used phones or refurbished phones as they can get to know right away if any of the part is not genuine.

[@profmoustache5217]

So you managed to do all of this in just 4.5hrs?? Well hands down to you Hugh, you truly are a smartphone repair Master!! It is despicable to see the amount of efforts Apple is pushing in order to deter their customers from getting their $1K+ phone repaired.. even detering skilled repair professionals (as very well shown in this video)... Thank you for all the efforts that went into the making of this video - this is AMAZING content!!

[@JPSimen]

He is a mechanic of the smartphone world. There is a guy who will swap chips in the display to remove that error message both for cameras and display error message. Reballs the chips and swaps them out. A micro tech savant.

[@der_dude1425]

Wait I thought it took him 19:10?

[@thl3]

@@der_dude1425 🤦

[@Rokmononov]

The best part was when he butchered the phone and destroyed a ton of components.

[@nadstengco2591]

​@@Rokmononov yeah, he butchered a phone that's already butchered from the very beginning.. lmao

[@chalion8399]

You, Sir, are an artist. I can believe how tough it was and how long it took to restore that phone. I used to harvest various phones at work and can say, that looked to be more difficult than previous apple products. Myself, that was a lot of hassle and stress and I'm glad I don't do that type of work anymore. If I ever was offered a job placement to repair iPhones, I'd use many adjectives to not get involved.

[@KoopaKid660]

stop saying the word sir because it is gross and has no place in modern vocabulary

[@bentheman69]

​@@KoopaKid660 are you ok sir? You seem a little lost

[@rellz5783]

@@KoopaKid660 ok sir

[@Kizarat]

I wonder if the people who work in the factories assembling iPhones feel the same way about these devices.

[@brandon_kig5785]

​@@KoopaKid660 I'm afraid I cannot, sir.

[@tubegor]

It's really fun to see such a brilliant craftsman at work. The camera also shows all the little things very well. The question remains why do people buy cell phones like this when the manufacturer is trying to fool the customer.🤔

[@Jarektv2]

To buy confidence and ego which they don't have have themselves. (for some reason you are cool and have status if you have an Apple product)

[@TheSkypetube]

you got the plebs who have to work harder and the patricians who have to work smarter

[@RosmallIzaguirre]

This video is pure art! You have really impressive skills

[@lecorbeaucassecouilles7365]

Everything is crazy about this phone. The price, the complexity of the design, the engineering behind every part, and how everything has been thought to prevent a repair from a non-authorised technician. Software locks, paired parts, tricky screws... they know exactly what they have want to be able to fix while making you unable to fix it. That's as brilliant as it's frightening.

[@brajeshkumarnaik1]

I think software locks and complex repairs are a good thing at least for the second hand market as people can buy a used iPhone without worrying much that it has replaced or third party replacement parts.

[@symbianz1078]

@@brajeshkumarnaik1 lmao

[@lecorbeaucassecouilles7365]

@@brajeshkumarnaik1 true, being able to tell the history of the phone is great. The issue is when there is no way to buy an official part, or that you lose features for no apparent reason. A simple notification would be enough

[@czarkowskipawelyt]

​@@brajeshkumarnaik1 Hot take

[@brajeshkumarnaik1]

@@lecorbeaucassecouilles7365 I agree, a robust repairing service should be provided by Apple considering the price of their devices

[@sparklingbra]

Just watching how troublesome it is disassembling this device was excruciating, let alone having to reassemble all the pieces afterwards. You sir have godly patience.

[@reanimationxp]

another thing he and a surgeon have in common (get it?) ;)

[@KellySimonsson]

Phone looks amazing! :) What we usually do is use a screen programmer to transfer over the serials and numbers from the original screen over to the new screen. This will repair the True tone but the settings message will still scream its not a genuine screen even if it would be taken from another phone. thankies for a wonderful video :)

[@KingCornWallis]

These programmers are getting cheaper, more available, and easier to use. No serious repair shop should be without them. I think it’s probably outside of the realm of most shops to also transfer the screen and back glass plate (14 only) IC’s, but battery BMS boards are very doable.

[@dennis-br6vr]

​@@KingCornWallis battery bms indeed doable. Screen ic always brings a risk of damaging the new screen also. And they are expensivd.

[@DankMemes-ne7qt]

Hi! Someone knows why my brightness is so pretty low on my 14PM after changing the screen for another original Apple screen? (didn’t transferred the IC or ambient light sensor)

[@DankMemes-ne7qt]

@@KingCornWallis Hi! Someone knows why my brightness is so pretty low on my 14PM after changing the screen for another original Apple screen? (didn’t transferred the IC or ambient light sensor)

[@DankMemes-ne7qt]

@@dennis-br6vr Hi! Someone knows why my brightness is so pretty low on my 14PM after changing the screen for another original Apple screen? (didn’t transferred the IC or ambient light sensor)

[@Sweet_Dae]

The harder it will be fix the more chance it will end up as e-waste. Great work Hugh.

[@pruthvikarigiri]

The fact that you’re putting these tiny parts while filming it is crazy. Hats off 👏

[@rafaeltavares6928]

He's not holding the camera with his mouth yk....

[@perfecttroubler1767]

@@rafaeltavares6928 lmao

[@matts7335]

After seeing you put those speaker meshes back in the new frame, I'd definitely trust you to do brain surgery on me

[@gillgrunt32]

what a stupid comment

[@itsphoenixingtime]

What is surgery but really just repairing a human?

[@c.w.k.n.5117]

Yeah I'm sure it's exactly the same. Who needs med school and surgical residency when you can just watch KZbin phone repair. Exactly the same.

[@torfinnsrnes6232]

Brain surgery is not exactly rocket science. 😀

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

@@itsphoenixingtime Proceeds to rewire memories to make nightmares feel like they actually happened and worst fears come true.........

[@dweeder1453]

THe amount of effort you put in is soo impressive. You are a genius

[@austingrace1]

Hello Hugh, thank you for the videos. While I personally enjoy the iPhone, this is one thing that drives me up a wall about Apple. It seems with each generation, the engineers figure out ways to make it harder to repair your own phone if you need to.

[@toxicturkeyy]

Supporting them is encouraging it.

[@secularargument]

Don’t blame engineers, blame the decision makers.

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

Regulators need to do something against serializing parts, this is unacceptable. Would love it if you could cover the recent Framework Laptop event, it's Apple's worst nightmare, thanks for your amazing content!

[@TwoThreeFour]

The regulators (congress men?) are more interested in banning TikTok because it uses their Wi-Fi

[@watema3381]

Apple isn't too worried about Framework due to them being so niche. If they (Framework) had the marketing power, Apple would do everything in their power to subvert them, or buy them outright

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@watema3381 here is the thing, their products aren't niche it's just a currently niche company. They have the potential to take over the entire laptop market. The only reason they are niche is because they are still a smaller company that isn't as well known. But it's the only growing laptop company in existence. All they have to do is keep making good products and not screw up and they will sell like hotcakes.

[@DavidStrchld]

The US doesn't have the stones to do that, however the EU might.

[@datachu]

They seriously do. But if you try to make practical right to repair legislation including things like that, you'll just get what happened to Louis time and again, the two faced lobbyists pretend to work with you right up until the moment they have an opportunity to go behind your back and F you over

[@Induratize2]

I always appreciate the mesh grills being transferred. Something that you will rarely see in repair shops but is important. Great video

[@alphyzqrw7222]

Most of technicians don't return the mesh grill after replacing the screen

[@slimsqde7397]

@@alphyzqrw7222that is litterally what he said

[@myriadtechrepair1191]

You think the mesh grills are bad? I've seen too many phones coming from other shops with the brackets and screws that hold the cables in place just completely missing.

[@LethargicSquirrel]

All of that effort to stop consumers from repairing their own devices that they paid an insanely over-inflated price for is nothing short of asinine, and borders on evil. All of the work you have to go through to do such a repair, and the moment you turn the device back on, it's says "F*** you, pay us"... I honestly do not understand why people would willing buy from a company so publicly devoted to saying "You're an idiot, pay our obscene prices, and f*** off if you try to repair it". Hugh, you made an amazing video. The technical aspects of the video itself are wonderful-lighting, audio, focus, close-ups, background, the whole nine yards. You're a saint for going through all of that and documenting it so well so that others may try to repair their own devices, despite Apple's wishes. I've given it a Like solely because you did so well with it. I owned one Apple device fifteen years ago, and I can say with certainty, as long as Apple's practices continue as they are, I will never own another Apple device in my life.

[@lockl00p27]

Android devices are definitely better in many ways, but I prefer iOS cause of the GUI

[@someguy3276]

Apple made ios but kept it to itself (probably in an attempt to have monopoly over the market) so google made android then sold it to everyone and that's where the problem starts, smartphones grew way past apple's expectations which became a problem since apple realised that their initial plan of sort of creating a "premium phone" in a niche market for people sort of like what VR is simply won't work but they realised it too late and are now forced to squeeze every last penny off the user using brand loyalty while also making sure that users don't switch to an android because they know that once that brand loyalty is gone then they aren't coming back. And hence the reason apple have all that "cool kids" things like apple ecosystem, it's not that android phones can't have that or it's just that for people who use android premium means shoving as much power and battery as possible in a phone and it lasting for 10 years, so niche things like an ecosystem comes second (like they will get down to doing that eventually) for apple users premium means that ecosystem and other "cool kids" stuff that other phones don't have while actual hardware like camera and stuff comes 2nd.

[@sleazyeezy9452]

And this is why the 6 plus model was my favorite version as it was so cheap and easy to repair yourself. I legit changed the housing to a red one and the screen broke maybe 5 times but I’d order a new one for around $10 no issues. I still use a 6 plus in my car for music mainly but still runs fast on ios 12.5.7.

[@jaxhax1181]

The X and XS are the easiest

[@electronicsrepairschool]

Well, when you think this comes from a 'environmentally friendly company' , you realise the world goes crazy where all what is matter are the numbers of the annual profit. Good job with the phone!

[@damara2268]

Apple's whole "environmental friendliness" is just a load of marketing bullshit

[@CoffeeMug2828]

Apple was never environmentally friendly. It's all just a marketing ploy. The fact that their phones are so hard and expensive to repair makes it look like their phones are the most disposable tech on the market. Sure they are durable and you can buy a fully working iPhone 6 even until now but if you look at how hard it is to repair you also realize it's not worth it.

[@jkthegreat5687]

Just like… any other phone company Samsung is honestly just as if not more predatory to their customers

[@goxy287]

LMAO so environmentally friendly they create the most sophisticated ewaste

[@slapshotjack9806]

It’s funny because a cracked screen isn’t the end of the world if you’re so OCD over a crack on a phone screen you shouldn’t own a smartphone at all

[@fredscratchet1355]

You've got some guts doing that Hugh. I wouldn't even bother, I went off Apple and all their nasty little tricks years ago and stick firmly to Android repairs now. Kudos to you for even attempting this.

[@fuefme9332]

Reasons why apple sucks 1. Preventing software downgrades for iphones when older ipsws/ios are no longer signed in on Itunes 2. Remotely disabling and bootlooping iphones on older ios forcing them to update and erase their phones. 3. Preventing newer backups from being restored on previous macos/ios versions. 4. Making Photos Libraries incompatible on different macos to force people to buy icloud to transfer their photos libraries to different macos. 5. Disabling older working versions of applications that use internet, then make newer versions only be compatible with latest versions of macos/ios to force users to update.

[@YourNotTrustySouthernNeighbour]

​@@fuefme9332 Very good reasons for Android users when they get an iPhone!

[@csl02]

Unfortunately other manufacturers like apple's practices and only see their revenue growth. Like the headphone jack, expandable storage (which apple never had on iPhones), unlockable bootloaders and more before, other features will disappear from devices not because consumers aren't interested in them anymore but because apple not only got away with removing features and repairability, but grew while doing so. Other manufacturers have no reason not to follow them, if the only thing they'll get is more money and no public backlash.

[@fuefme9332]

@@YourNotTrustySouthernNeighbour lol yeah!

[@vanhuvanhuvese2738]

@@YourNotTrustySouthernNeighbour No way thank you I will buy same cost Samsung 10 times before an apple because of thew above

[@Internationalmanofmysteries]

Bro has some seriously impressive talent. I'm familiar with fixing android devices and for me even they are starting to get beyond my wobbly hands. Things have to change, for us and the environment!!

[@carlribeiro.90]

Hugh, I take my hat off to your patience and care in fixing this iPhone, I would have given up already 😂😂😂

[@wahababdul4529]

Amazing repair by yourself. It’s horrendous what apple has done, I was half expecting some sort of case sensor (aside from the front display chip) preventing you from using the transplanted phone

[@Yippeee5959]

People still buys that trash

[@BritishEngineer]

Coming soon!

[@kelvinpatalinghug149]

Your Comment: Case sensor Apple: Checked! People: \__(-__-)__/

[@LegoWormNoah101]

What about just checking to see if the screws or excess heat has occurred and bricking the iPhone then? It also allows Apple to brick devices in normally hot conditions

[@Paronak]

i do believe only a handful of people on this planet are able to achieve a feat such as this. you are one of those brave hearts. good job

[@RolandKoller90]

Bro thousands of people can do this 😂 practice makes perfect. It’s not rocket science.

[@alfyer5]

I do this type of work for a living

[@cunt5413]

It's not that hard, dude. It just takes time to not fuck it up.

[@masterace9543]

​@@RolandKoller90 It can look overwhelming in hindsight to the avg consumer

[@christiankoch7181]

Great work, always worth saving things...

[@jesedmoga1]

I wake up everyday thankful of never buying an Apple product.

[@Lufu2]

Hello from the USA. I found your channel a few weeks ago and I've been watching your videos. This is another terrific reveal. Thank you for the work you do in presenting the reality of what is it called? Right to Repair? Also, by showing out right the practices these companies use, by holding hostage the items we have purchased and 'WE OWN' and not allowing reasonable reapairs to be easily done. Thanks again!

[@Thanos0001]

You have a lot more patience than I could ever have. I stopped refurbishing phones around the time the iPhone 7 came out.

[@euclideanspace2573]

How does it even turn on? That's actually impressive. The sheer amount of work they've done to make this thing impossible to fix.

[@jeroeniemans]

Bro this is hoorendous repair! Nice job!!

[@lars2k1]

This device took being overengineered to a whole new level - seeing the almost never ending stream of small parts and screws in there is just mind blowing, and not in a good way. I at least hope some form of repair legislation law will be set in place worldwide, so no one can go out of their way stimulating being wasteful and tossing out working devices. Sad that people can still do this because all they're focused on is money. And then pretend to be green - greenwashing is happening right in front of us but we apparently don't want to see it.

[@reanimationxp]

Wow, that was excruciating. What a departure from the iPhone 14. Insane that it's so different. Never again will I complain about having to transfer the FaceID / TouchID modules, lol.

[@N1c0T1n3__]

Speaking of "excruciating", I won't be surprised if Apple starts to ship a lump of C4 inside of the phone with a tripwire.

[@cuvro1353]

@@N1c0T1n3__ A Bag of Thermite and a strip of Magnesium.

[@mhd230289]

Amazing repair job. Very challenging

[@Optimiser113]

Wow great job!

[@TheBillzilla]

I've never bought anything Apple, and with videos like this that's never going to change. Great work in fixing it, I'm very impressed!

[@asadfarraj]

Seriously. Sometimes I think their design and software look good, but after getting reminded that breaking it will cost me as much as a new phone, I'd rather side with my trusty Androids.

[@omichromium]

@@asadfarraj Yeah same, when my camera stopped working on my camera i took it to a random chinese repair store and they fixed it in a hour for 30 dollars, nothing like that would ever happen for apple products

[@livestrongforever]

dito!

[@dawsondowling3068]

with apple care a full replacment is $150

[@brad9529]

​@Dawson that's not free, it's expensive and most never need it.

[@Svenpa]

I "love" the fact that apples solution to fixing anything related to the frame are "rear system" replacements which includes a new motherboard and every little removable part plus rear glass (except the rear cameras). Costs just as much as you think it does. Stocking them costs several hundred dollars extra per piece which obviously will be pushed onto the customer. So the offer to the customer usually is pay, order, wait a week for part to arrive, backup old phone, replace, restore a backup and then they hand you their first born as payment.

[@DVF_98]

Shout out to the amount of work you put in this phone. It’s ridiculous the level of complexity that apple put together this time.

[@nickj12]

How you had the patience to do this is beyond me. I was frustrated for you. It’s insane how difficult apple makes these phones to repair.

[@jakreu]

Right To Repair must become a thing. This is ridiculous. Thanks for the video

[@guslarscheid3606]

@jakreu Why?

[@WezzRail]

@@guslarscheid3606 You own the device, you should be allowed to repair it without having to send it off to a company that will charge slightly less than it'd cost to buy a whole new phone, e-waste is a major issue and getting completely new phones when you could repair it doesn't help.

[@guslarscheid3606]

@@WezzRail Who's stopping you from repairing it?

[@oaedeoi]

I’ve replaced my last two iPhones solely because their battery wouldn’t last for a whole day and i didn’t wanted to bother bringing it to a repair shop to replace it with a third party battery

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

@@guslarscheid3606 Apple and other large companies appear to intentionally make Smartphones (and many other devices) very difficult to repair and/or hard to source reasonably priced parts for. On top of that they make systems which won't allow perfectly viable parts to even function. Look at Hugh's teardown and repair assessment video for the iPhone 14 for just one example of this.

[@OriginalStachuJones]

As a very impatient person I can imagine i would just throw a temper tantrum right in the very beginning seeing so many screws. You sir are a legend

[@Blind_Hawk]

I am literally breathing nervously at the number of parts, screws, and components that needed to be taken out. I also like your profile picture. But Ukraine is the pig! In a positive way! I show you the meme! I love it :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpeYdGlqacunr7s And I also love this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mni7qHqhopiXhMU This is by far my favourite: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKCbepl9eK94bZY Slava Ukraini my friend

[@Greggozzo]

This phone is impossible to repair. What you did is true mastership.

[@McCov1]

Putting the phone back together without ending up with extra screws or parts is just a miracle! 😳

[@SamArcsVibe]

Wow! I applaud your patience with this repair. This was amazing to watch. Hats off to an amazing job !

[@foxyfoxfilms]

Ever since I started with my intensive iPhone 6s Plus repair involving micro-soldering, I have been obsessed with your videos.

[@coaty79]

Having repaied phones up 2 the iphone 6 im so glad now at 42 i dont do it anymore. Watching you getting the speaker covers in with the tweezers made me shiver, and the cost of that screen is crazy and just to be told your a naughty boy for repairing it just takes the piss. I will stick to repairing consoles and computer parts now thanks anyway great video.

[@superman60201]

I consider myself a pretty competent tinkerer. This is obviously next level and your expertise is worth the price you ask.

[@mark_u]

Really admire your dexterity, Hugh! Great work!

[@MolokaneSebata]

All the way from South Africa here , there is something about your videos which I just find very interesting hey. You never get to hear the music when the teardown begins , but somehow when the videos are getting much more interesting , there is this song that plays. Keep up the good work lad , actually considering purchasing a refurbished device from you soon!!! Again , a big shout out from South Africa

[@igordasunddas3377]

Awesome repair. I know one thing is for sure: I'm definitely not going to buy iPhones and iPads. Couldn't get around a MacBook (M1), because it's simply better than nearly every other laptop in terms of power efficiency. My daughter has an iPhone and an iPad and I told her to treat both very very tenderly, because if it breaks, repairs are usually prohibitedly expensive if possible at all.

[@joshrush3378]

Great work

[@stevejoseph1664]

DAMN!!! That was a hell of a repair. You Sir, have great phone repair skills.

[@dogbog99]

Very impressive work, I changed a battery on an iPhone 7 Plus back in the day and that was enough for me… no way I’m ever attempting to repair an iPhone ever again myself.

[@GameN3rdz]

😆

[@jo9732]

That’s apples goal. They succeeded. Keep buying their crap.

[@kevinbimariga3895]

Attempting not to buy any Apple product again is more better

[@OnlineGirlfd]

​@@jo9732better than Huawei tho😅

[@rosaria8384]

It should be your last Apple product. Hopefully you ditch it when you buy something new

[@myriadtechrepair1191]

This is why I buy the frames with most of this tiny stuff installed, as you mentioned. In fact I just checked with my supplier, it's the only option they offer on this phone.

[@myriadtechrepair1191]

Also... The magnets are $3 to just replace instead which is much easier than manually harvesting and transferring them. Tiny magnets are pretty easy to break.

[@michaelm7]

You have some mad skills very impressive.

[@awogbob]

Could you micro solder and desolder and swap the screen chips for authentication? Would be an insane video for no reason

[@sharonheisler1557]

It is almost impossible because they use glue like plastic that is hard to remove with heat without damaging the chip.

[@app0the]

And once he spent a week of no sleep or food doing this and turns the phone on, a new message pops up: "The screen has been swapped AND the ID chip has been swapped, contact apple for assistance"

[@BozQ]

That is so unbelievably complicated to repair. You sir, are a mad genius. And this video only reinforces my decision to never get an iPhone. Not only do I not trust myself in handling the phone without damage, the thought of paying to repair or replace the phone is terrifying. Still, mad respect to you.

[@Replyingtoclowns]

Who cares, apple can an should be able to do what ever they want with the phone they make, you bought it you can figure out how to fix it yourself and if it’s impossible because Apple made it impenetrable and you complain well you should have thought about that before you bought it or make you own phone Im going to keep buying a iPhone, so now apples back to 0 as you -1 and I +1. Your money means nothing to them

[@petesmitt]

@@Replyingtoclowns you are truly a clown..

[@kiwihib]

@@Replyingtoclowns This from a major clown, stop playing with yourself.

[@jemagif78]

@@Replyingtoclowns I do care

[@purpleneons]

@@Replyingtoclowns so do i

[@salamatpo7326]

Quality work sir

[@legitbeans9078]

Wow that was impressive bro. 👏

[@WIZ850]

I used to repair phones as a full time job. The last iphone I worked on was iphone 7, I don't miss it. It was fun to learn something new, but replacing screens on a production level was exhausting.

[@OMNITEK]

wow you definitely deserve billions of views just for the patience alone, i do small tech stuff too...but when it come to this level of patience...not sure if i can say "i do"...cheers brother.

[@DrCalvinTeach]

I discovered your channel because I'm trying to repair my old iphone 8. That led me down a rabbit hole and now I am a staunch right to repair advocate. This right was infuriating. Mad respect to you.

[@habbyhouse]

Man's patience and determination needs appreciation.

[@yairperez9074]

Hugh ! I never had the chance to say it; I have been subscribed to your channel many many years ago, and now I didn't even realize that you almost hit 1M subs ! That's awesome dude !!! Keep it up, I always thought that this channel used to be a little bit underrated but now it's nothing close to that, greeting from México Hugh 🤙

[@Versole]

Hats off to you for providing such a video and giving us such a thorough understanding about the repair ability of iPhone 14 Pro Max. Thanks for your effort. I wonder how long did it took you for making of this video. Sad what companies will go through from 18:58 stop consumers from repairing their own phone.

[@kellzugor]

Great and perfect job

[@hamada3ido125]

Thank you for proving to us that we can repair stuff, no matter how difficult it may come.

[@gunzforarmz]

I doubt you can repair it yourself

[@Spongebob_100]

@@gunzforarmzRussian Dad has entered the chat:

[@aleksakitanovic]

Sir, you are amazing!!! I watched this for 20 minutes straight, not knowing what was going on, but I still went through it! 😂 Wow your dedication and practice skills are amazing! Good job 💪🏻

[@justinpope5388]

The fact it still worked after an impact like that is impressive

[@robertwong2218]

What a show. Bravo.

[@aaZhan]

I really enjoy watching your videos and admire your skills!

[@ivito514]

You have a lots of patience Hugh, great job with this repair 🙂

[@ChrisCJ1969]

Wow! That's crazy man. 😳

[@billg7813]

This reminds me of a Rolex repair video I watched. Great video imaging on this 👍 It really sux how Apple fights right to repair

[@GerryF-jc1ob]

Hi Hugh, great content as usual, don't the magsafe magnets need to go back in the same way up they came out, or are they not pole specific in that orientation? If so wouldn't running line of permanent marker around them before disassembly help reassembly?

[@archechme]

all i can say about this device's "repairability" is, it is almost non-existent. I've dabbled with phone repair for friends and family before and with every generation of iPhone, it just gets harder and harder to the point where I say I can't help. Such a shame. My next device is going to be a Fairphone.

[@DigiDriftZone]

It's difficult to make a repairable thin IP68 phone. If you are happy with something that's not waterproof and quite bulky for the performance/battery, that's fine - personally I am in the same camp as you but also I am very invested in the Apple ecosystem. I do wish there was a Fairphone running iOS.

[@archechme]

@@DigiDriftZone Yeah there are certain compromises. However the repairability of a device is not only hardware but also software. They are making it extremely difficult to repair a phone properly with the amount of software barriers there are.

[@DigiDriftZone]

@@archechmeYes but you are also far less likely to be robbed with an iPhone because of the inability to resell or repurpose the device/parts, as well as the risk of being found through Find My. That's a compromise too, and something I actually rather appreciate in my Apple devices. But I do wish there was a process to prove ownership and allow pairing or unlocking a component like we can the devices themselves. Maybe it will come in the future.

[@archechme]

@@DigiDriftZone I doubt they'll allow that to happen but we can hope, I suppose. Apple want their stuff on lockdown and despite EU laws they will try their hardest. As for your devices being stolen, that is true.

[@AlkaVirus]

@@DigiDriftZone lies. Load of crap. Go check the thinness of old phones compared to modern iphones. They have only gotten thicker and bulkier. Old phones weren't even water resistant either. Samsung currently has IP68 phones available in some markets with replaceable batteries and it does not compromise on thinness nor any features. Crapple fanboy.

[@bruceinraleigh9999]

Amazing talent. I used to do TV repair ... decades ago. Parts were BIG. No eyestrain. I can't imagine doing this sort of repair. Side note: Given the high cost of repair, I think I'll never buy an expensive phone. Mine is a 6s from five-ish years ago. I think it cost $300 from Verizon. I thought that was ridiculously high. My wife's is a 12, purchased last year for $350 from Verizon. I thought that was ridiculously high, too. If either one those breaks, it's off to the dumpster. No repair. I can deal with the price of replacing a $300-ish phone. But to spend $1800 (like our friend did for her Samsung folding phone) is insane ... both for the initial cost and for the potential high-cost of repair or replacement.

[@AngelicTigerKing]

I don’t know how you can fix these phones i’m support people like you who fix phones and love your vids

[@royprime6635]

Awesome Video. Seeing you do this makes me realise why I'm so glad I'm no longer in the repair business, I stopped with the iphone x. My customers just couldn't understand why it takes so long to repair iphones and why genuine Apple parts were either stupidly expensive or near impossible to get.

[@IzanaKunigiri]

And even further then that, If you try and explain it to them, they just look like you're speaking Alien. Luckily I don't work on Phones, But I DO do in-Warranty Hardware repair (replacements) on Laptops, Desktops, and Servers so I know the drill.

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

Great video, Hugh! Certainly shows shows that the recent and much vaunted 14 Pro Fruit-phone can quickly become a money pit and an absolute nightmare to repair.. Thanks again.

[@dominic7012]

Like everyone else?

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

@@dominic7012 No. Just you.

[@kenhaley4]

Knowing you couldn't restore the phone 100%, I'm surprised you spent the time and money doing this. Except that watching you go through the process was fascinating, if not amazing. Thanks for the video. Has there been any progress on the right-to-repair legislation?

[@MrEscobar.]

This repair should coast like a car repair. It’s INSANE!!!!!

[@jreen58]

Something that I find fascinating about apple is the older apple devices. If you daily drive an older iPhone you will know what I am talking about, every few months the camera quality will degrade and degrade over time. But these cameras dont truly just break over time like this, its all software thats implemented by apple so you think you need a new phone. Not only camera quality will degrade but the overall performance of the phone is just rediculous, I know for a fact that its software based slow-downs because if you bought the old phone new on launch day, the experience was great, extremely responsive and snappy. I never update my phone because I understand that apple does slow your phone down with these updates, but even on stock versions of the phone, the version you got it when you bought it will still see these slow-downs. These corporations cant be allowed to get away with this, these older phones just go straight into a landfill and apple is a big contributor to the contaminations in our oceans, it all comes down to one thing money.

[@shanepatrick641]

Yet they keep going on about how "green" they are 🙄

[@54CFC]

@@shanepatrick641 That’s them being green with consumers money!🙀😔

[@shanepatrick641]

@@54CFC haha, sad but true man.

[@Jun.Suzuki]

bro ur phones just old

[@3ffrige]

There are tools that allow you to copy the displays NVRAM data from the broken screen to the new screen so you can still retain True Tone and auto brightness feature.

[@subhnafas5296]

Doesn't work for the iPhone 13 and 14 series. Apple is doing more to prevent that.

[@akashp01]

Ofcourse he will do it before selling it, he's not showing it for reasons ;)

[@Brian-jv8iy]

@@subhnafas5296 it does work, there are lots for sale on ali for 13 and 14

[@GameN3rdz]

​@@akashp01 😆

[@MissionControlTet]

@@akashp01 Read the reply above you

[@jozsiolah1435]

I fixed one!! It is continuously getting better. The trick is the power bank charging. It uses DV charging, and the battery starts its refresh. Only works, if you plugged out the battery for few seconds. To disassemble the Apple, you need a killer knife. The outer plastic and dirt sticks together, and other blades are not strong enough, or bend. Killer knives are strong enough to pull out the display.

[@johannesterl9083]

Impressive Work

[@gilbertsbiogasexpertske1120]

first comment All the love from Kenya East Africa its high time we all support user repair capabilities huge fan Hugh Jeffreys