iPhone 16 Dimming Brightness On 3rd Party Displays? - Teardown And Repair Assessment

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[@panagiotispappas1001]

It’s funny how Apple is trying to seem like they are now repair friendly while also being as strict as ever. The new battery removal method is cool though!

[@nitrogenio]

I agree. Apple saw that it might be good for business to be repair friendly, as long as it has control over the repairs.

[@defnotatroll]

this is a good step in the right direction, at least genuine parts work, and if you report an iPhone as stolen, parts from stolen iPhones won't work which to me is a good thing. As for 3rd party parts well there are loads of poor quality 3rd party items, apple blocking these isn't a bad thing IMO

[@Tjoeb123]

Craig: "Plus, our new iPhones this year are easier to repair than ever before. (....so long as you do them with us and not anyone else)"

[@spartanretro]

Nah, the battery removal method is going to suuuuuuuuck It’s already annoying trying to get the little buggers out as it is, but imagine having to almost risk shorting out your phone in the process

[@keijijohnson9754]

It's exactly why I never took their BS seriously when they brought up repairability in that recent Event Stream a few weeks ago. At this point I'm more than aware of their BS nowadays.

[@hur88]

That new battery removal method is pretty cool

[@GreggyMcfly]

One more hurdle towards repairing such device. Fuck Apple.

[@juri2001]

Baterry removal is overcomplicated and sucks...

[@Hysterva]

2020: no charger and earphones 2024: no stickers

[@nitrogenio]

2025: no cable?

[@Hysterva]

i wouldn’t be surprised

[@Calm_Game]

​@@nitrogenioyou said it.

[@DatSun.]

totally for the environment btw

[@Kenchinito2207]

2030: no phone

[@ygxrx_x]

Basically every new iPhone generation comes with a new caveat to reduce 3rd party replacements (or even 1st party ones). I think Apple will still do this until legal actions kicks into place.

[@randomnobody8770]

They're def waiting to be forced. Legislators are a) bought b) tech illiterate. Imagine if your car was hardware locked to only get oil changes at the dealership, or gas locked to only Chevron in a co-branding deal. They'd never allow such monopolistic behavior.

[@operator8014]

This seems to me like a good safety feature. I would be PISSED if I spent the money on a used iPhone and laterfound out it had been rebuilt from cheap trash parts and then sold for full price. Of course, I wouldn't buy an iPhone of any kind, ever, but the point stands that it's a reasonable measure to ensure the value of a refurbished device.

[@crazystupidgamer]

Can't wait for them to make handing your old phone to a family member for free or switching away from apple against ToS.

[@eloncyborg]

​​@@operator8014If they can hardcode parts, I'm pretty sure they can verify whether the parts are genuine without disabling third-party spare parts to use their full functions eg: brightness of display and light/proximity sensor.

[@eloncyborg]

​@@operator8014 If they can hard-code parts and identify whether they are original, I am pretty sure they can allow third-party spare parts without restriction while still indicating whether they are original (for example display auto brightness and truetone)

[@Derpy1969]

You should check if ios18 fixes swapping parts on iphone15s or older.

[@genericyoutubechannel3591]

It did it on my iphone 12's camera, didnt work for my refurbished screen because the earpiece had been replaced with an aftermarket one

[@KoopaKid660]

It makes me feel like I'm going bananas when I go online and see people defend Activation Lock on parts.

[@Karan-Aujla]

What arguments do these people present for activation locks?

[@suddenlyacat]

@@Karan-Aujlatheft, pretty sure it only works if it’s marked as lost/stolen

[@rosaria8384]

​@@Karan-Aujla Theft.

[@operator8014]

Anti-theft and to make sure the repair shop didn't use some garbage parts to do a trashy repair before flipping the phone as if it were new.

[@mos6581com]

If my phone is stolen, I want all of its components to be completely useless to anybody.

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

I jokingly said a few videos ago that apple would start pairing the back glass not saying I didn’t expect it, it was only a matter of time

[@Fear-pk2hu]

Don't give them ideas next time😂

[@WillowTechOfficial]

Hey Hugh! Loved the video. I really agree that Apple needs to improve to making repairs simple. This stuff with the activation locks, the repair downsides.. they need to fix that one day.. anyways love the video and keep up the good work.

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

First, they took the headphone jack. Then they came for the charger. Now they took our god damn Apple Stickers. It's truly a dark day.

[@randomnobody8770]

I literally stopped using the headphone jack and thew all accessory things in the junk draw, then eventually the trash.

[@abz7800]

i just wanted to also give a heads up to something i doubt most people know about that i havent heard anyone speak about myself . on apple products if you replace parts such as the camera with another apple original you will not be allowed to factory reset it will just fail and then give you an error that requires plug into computer when i done this it failed from my computer aswell then i decided to take out the new camera and replace it with my old camera that was original with the phone then it succeeded . i found this out when i tried to reset my iPhone 13pm for sale after replacing the camera

[@SkynetCyb]

Pretty sure that's because of the LiDAR sensor, if you break yours or replace it you can't pair your back camera again, which seems like an oversight

[@ahmednadim2105]

I just wanna say how much i appreciate your work hugh! I started watching your channel 4 years ago. This month i fixed my first phone ever. And now by the middle of the month, i have successfully fixed 5 mobile phones, granted all android, but still something I’m proud of. Between cracked displays or backs or faulty batteries, i have revived 5 devices that their owners have given up on. It’s all thanks to you. Thank you so much. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re positively impacting people!

[@Djoki1]

While technically easier, the battery "adhesive" requiring a damn 9V battery is insane to me when all they could do was make the battery pull tabs smaller and less sticky. Im still not sure why the battery is glued in ANY phone in the first place. We as humans were making removable batteries less than 10 years ago and afaik no one had any issues with that, though manufacturers seem to suffer from some sort of amnesia that targets only their knowledge of removable batteries. The only reason why removable batteries were an issue was because the back covers were also removable. If the back cover wasnt made with the strongest clips, then everything would remove itself from the main frame in case of a drop. Idk man, none of these manufacturing decisions make sense to me, especially when it comes to production of excessive waste.

[@peporgan]

Back covers stopped being easily removable to improve water resistance, actually. Go and watch the interviews with John Ternus where he explains why what they do actually makes a lot of sense.

[@Arkadiusz-l9j]

Water resistant improvement but why they glued battery so hard? To make repair a nightmare for service.

[@sterkriger2572]

@@Arkadiusz-l9j because if the battery rattles inside de phone it would be annoying and if by some chance it can get damaged inside the phone because it was rattling if would blow up like lithium usually does and no, you can't make it a tight fit since the battery needs a little bit of space to expand during degradation. Samsung forgot that in the Galaxy Note 7 and we all remember what happened

[@DimaKirivel]

​@@peporganIt's just bullshit. Galaxy S5 had a removable cover and water resistance. There are a lot of ways to make back cover easily removable while retaining water resistance

[@Arkadiusz-l9j]

@@sterkriger2572 I remember some smartphones from ASUS around 2016-2017. They had internal battery in special cradle mounted with simple Philips screws to the phone midframe. That was better solution. Nowdays if battery pull tabs brake than you have a big problem how to remove battery without damage.

[@keijijohnson9754]

13:36 - AGAIN with these forced updates of theirs...🤦🏾‍♂️ See, this kind of stuff was exactly why I got burnt out by Apple's BS to begin with throughout the previous year and a half and now they're making it mandatory for repairs now?! Screw that noise even more! 😤

[@crestofhonor2349]

I’m glad there are improvements but it’s not enough. That battery removal is cool though. I’d love to see that become more common

[@exrope]

A upload a week is amazing

[@Jorda5s]

I seen in other videos that if the phone itself is icloud locked all the replacement parts will be as well. Thats probably why they added this feature most likely only parts that will calibrate is parts from apple or take a gamble with pulled parts on ebay in a few months. Most pulled parts are from icloud locked phones so I dont see it being worth it now. Just like apple wants.

[@ahmtatlgn20]

New iPhone new Hugh Jeffreys video

[@TheMoukis]

Needing a battery to remove the battery. Oh Apple...you truly innovate, don't you?

[@Red_Genie]

There’s a difference between “innovation” and “gimmicks”. A lot of companies including apple have missed that class.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

Not gonna lie, that battery adhesive is really cool.

[@rhkendall]

Why can't you just take the battery out? A simple spring clip or something?

[@_Midori]

Lovely! I was surprised to see the new internal design for this years model.

[@kylesmitsdorff]

Some interesting changes! That battery popout was so cool and I like the fact that the front and back panels are removable....and we're done!

[@paullewis6410]

Thanks Hugh, you're a real champion for the people.

[@sk1trillion]

Anyone who buys iPhone thinking that they own it are in for a spin They are just renting the iPhone and their rent is due when the device needs repair I wonder why a company needs to make money from repairs and parts

[@Felipe_9999]

Because forcing you to give them money makes line go up

[@LennonsRetroTech]

Something that would be cool is to pair each screw to each hole and have a page In settings to see if they are in the right spot, so if you miss place a screw you will know and easily be able to correct it.

[@cnvrtbl5]

Wow! You are genius! Feel sad that smartphone repairs for leading products remain daunting for the do it yourself crowd.

[@Protobeans69]

Every new iphone model is another chance to reduce consumer right to repair 🥰 Edit: wait actually a nice change 5:55

[@ObviouslyMegamind]

the battery is crazy with the adhesive

[@daniel_wilkinson]

Extra points if you leave the star stickers inside the phones.

[@JustRobertCZE]

Hey hugh, could you please test if this "replacement and finish repair" is also occuring on the iPhone 12 on iOS 18? i just wanna make sure its notlocked to iPhone 16 because i need to change my camera and dont want the non-genuine part error

[@asiano3385]

It is nice to be talking about such things. The better thing would be a link to a petition to stop this madness.

[@ceydrek]

Try enabling activation lock on the first phone and swap its parts to the second phone to see if activation lock blocks it.

[@SageVidz]

ive been waiting for you to drop since i heard about this feature. Im glad most* features seem to have replacemant funtionality. 3rd party support would be nice but i will take what i can get

[@rowen5702]

Is this new repair pairing feature only available on the 16 series?

[@Monkeyking-bt5pr]

This is actually game changing. Now no one can steal an iPhone and use it even for the parts 😂.

[@rickyiow]

Did you have different Apple ID logged to each phone to pair parts to a different owner

[@zsueitam8470]

So is this new method available on older iPhones or only the 16 models

[@D0Mlas360]

Use a battery to remove the battery? Is this for real?

[@weirdstuffandthattogames6736]

On my iPhone XR on iOS 17 I replaced the battery with a “non genuine one” and the battery health was disabled with the message. When I updated my iPhone XR to iOS 18.1 beta 4, I could now see my battery health but the non genuine message is still there.

[@Sithhy]

The things that Apple does to lock down the iPhones as much as possible is just disgusting

[@Neopumper666]

I was waiting for your assessment Other sources are an apple glazefest and I hate it We need to make people aware of Apple's hipocresy and warn of their practices

[@rohitaswal2464]

You should put theft option on and see what happened change screen

[@silbaums]

If you have iphone older iphones with ios18 would this now work ? Like iphone 11 or 12 ?

[@MrCube17]

This video was interesting AF

[@LouisianaBurns]

the fact the back can be opened like the front mean no more laser for broken glass...right?

[@GetQuantified]

luckily yes

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

Finally, the video we've been waiting for!

[@michaelfl122]

So every Part can be replaced if the Donorphone is not locked in Find my ?

[@PWingert1966]

Your next tear down is installing a direct neural engine interface using open cranial surgery! It's certainly less complicated than Phone repair.

[@weeraanmelden]

Thee intro is 👏

[@tomaswolsink7620]

Both look great from the screen of my amazing s24 ultra:) how ever [ my english meh, i'm dutch( apple phones are an engeneering marvel to :) like always good video :)

[@Dan-oj4iq]

I'm curious if the total savings to Apple by not including stickers would come to what number: $100,000 ......less.......what?

[@IanGamer20034]

Dude, I Just Woke Up RN In Philippines

[@Garythefireman66]

Thanks for holding Apple's feet to the fire on repair 🍎📱

[@feelmai3322]

What 😂 How long have we been waiting for this 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@yyoussef4331]

Been waiting for this upload since the phone came out Update: Finished watching, another banger as always

[@Martins_art]

Does the heat plate cause screen burns ?

[@sam.217v]

good video

[@ArtyI]

Its really frustrating that Apple puts this much effort into locking down their devices instead of actually providing useful features to their customers

[@yzrip]

Was waiting for your video!

[@ampere-mam]

Apple's Engineers are getting BIG money... of course they're not going to blow the whistle

[@stefangherman8408]

It was about the time

[@yotoprules9361]

I still don't understand why people buy Apple products, it's a mystery...

[@joep1984]

Wait, how does that battery removal work? What kind of adhesive is that? I am so confused.

[@Calm_Game]

Maybe it heats u shaped metal piece and cause adhesive warm?

[@asiano3385]

Someone really has to reverse engineer these pairing chips to overcome this intentional BUG. (Whether to use a electron microscope or just some binary reader so people can copy the IDs between spare parts.)

[@finntjomstol9364]

Incredible video once again for the new iPhones. This new parts pairing feature must be tested with an activation locked phone no? Next video? Keep up the great work!

[@finntjomstol9364]

Ps. The new way to remove the battery is insane and I love it.

[@GH3PC]

they’ve really pushed it now by removing the apple stickers from the boxes...

[@rosaria8384]

Called it before even watching the video. There's no hope at this point...

[@BlindMansRevenge2002]

Just the same old, Apple Fuckery with a different set of spices used

[@tigersusyt]

We need a test of 3rd part parts now

[@mikepxg6406]

There aren't any....

[@randomnobody8770]

@@mikepxg6406 Hugh could install iOS18 on a 15, 14, 13 etc. Parts are available.

[@Sithhy]

5:55

[@tigersusyt]

@@mikepxg6406 i know, we need to wait foe for them to come out

[@elmanodedios1984]

You showed that there were some pretty significant improvements to repairability; replacement parts-pairing being enabled & the drastically simplified battery removal method being amongst the most notable. I was surprised that you had such a negative conclusion at the end of the video despite these pretty huge repair wins for the most locked-down phone in the industry.

[@skullcrusher_1]

buT SuStaInabIlITy!!!!!!! Keep your pld phones. Its seems across the board every year this phones get less and less repairable

[@Odd-Bike]

whats next? apple removing the iphone? or the box?

[@zekethefreak4]

Was waiting for this one

[@PC.gamer.madness]

Oh boy, more anti repair bs from apple

[@mandogrogu9039]

Bro try login different apple id

[@Starsailor7]

Can’t wait for EU easily replaceable battery laws and rules to pass fully and Apple and others start following it iPhone 18 maybe?

[@MilesProwerTailsFox]

Just a heads up I left the battery plugged in too long and the battery exploded

[@MatthewGoat91515]

Google Pixel 9?

[@Indentifier]

26 min from upload

[@KawashiVR]

love ur videos!!

[@Zcr233]

interesting

[@orion_cinema]

Here we go again!

[@GymofRock]

It’s not letting me watch the video!

[@xmlthegreat]

None of this is "nice" or good. Apple isn't doing this to help customers out with 'genuine parts' else they would have no trouble recognising their own original parts as genuine, but they used to not be the case right up until this update. Even now it's up to them whether they want allow you to have a fully working phone or not, even if you bought parts from them. This is unacceptable. I should have a right to repair my device with whatever parts I want. Even if I never buy apple, all other phone manufacturers ape their ideas and practices so I will keep harping on apple to get out of my property.

[@jadensouzanice]

He forget try samsung charger usbc too?

[@MrGarryGrey]

It's cool to see iPhone keep taking inspirations from my Galaxy S10e. First programmable button, now touch-sensitive button. What's next, a headphone jack? I'm joking of course, because Samsung never made them as customizable as Apple did. Still, it's nice to have fingerprint sensor on a power button and scroll on it to show/hide notifications.

[@stephenarkless9444]

Weirdest way to remove a battery ever!

[@Lakshay70]

That's a goofy ass technique to remove battery

[@mrbobkat272]

Hopefully androids don't do that too.

[@ObviouslyMegamind]

I feel like the iPhone is genuinely more repairable and everyone is still grilling apple for no reason.

[@NotoriousRawDogger]

Planned obsolescence

[@321bytor]

You don't say? Capitalism's point since the industriali revolution

[@randomnobody8770]

people keep iphones longer than any other phone model

[@9852323]

@@randomnobody8770 see most people only keeping them maximum 3/4 years which isn’t long enough. With software Updates almost reaching 8/10 years that’s silly to upgrade every 3/4 years. People really have something against replacing their battery and would rather throw out the entire phone over a battery. Bout as much logic as throwing away a Ferrari because it needed gas...or some small repair.

[@andljoy]

Baby steps. Still shit but better than nothing.

[@MichlBinI]

Surprise!

[@mohammadalileghari9468]

Hi

[@stealthfighter9911]

been waiting for this 🤗

[@farzamashhar692]

Tech of yesterday with prices of tomorrow.

[@billymania11]

Pretty soon this KZbinr won't have anything to complain about.

[@ArturCazacu]

Hii

[@sharukhmuhammed-fq3ny]

First of all to use social media and phone calls why I need this expensive phones it's a headache product .. what is this battery health system seeing battery health decreasing will make you negative and force to buy new one totally waste of money on this stupid products