Real or Fake? Trying to Replace my iPhone Battery in Shenzhen, China

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My trusty iPhone 7 is dying - so I set off to find a replacement battery in the cell phone repair markets here in Shenzhen, China. And I learned quite a bit about replacement batteries in the process.
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[@StrangeParts]

Short version:It's back! This time with all the right footage:) Long version: I uploaded this video yesterday, but had to remove it and reupload it today, because it was missing a bunch of footage of everything I was doing on my workbench. It's a long story, but I made a mistake when I rendered out the final video, which I didn't catch until some of you guys with sharp eyes noticed I was looking up at an overhead camera but that you weren't seeing any footage from it, and mentioned it in the comments. So thank you for the heads up! It's fixed now, and I watched through the whole thing to make sure this version is what we intended you to see. Thanks for your patience, and sorry if you were in the middle of watching when I took it down yesterday, or got a notification and then couldn't watch it. I just really wanted to make sure you could see the full version we worked so hard on.

[@hawken8212]

Ohh makes sense

[@lifeintaiwan]

Strange Parts thanks for the explanation! Thought youtube had screwed it up!

[@fatrambo73]

good i dont have to watch it again. i dont need to see i would never attempt this.

[@WildsevenMusic]

I was wondering the whole time why you where looking up to the over head cam but not show it xD

[@4nyNoob]

at least wasn't demonetized

[@ragilmalik]

"It's not worth damaging relationship and pissing people off to argue over a dollar" - Strange Parts Best realistic quote of 2019

[@kingcs6273]

Malik In the same time on some other channel '100$? What about 15$.'

[@greg8214]

@@kingcs6273 i was thinking about that x) too

[@WhittleYoon]

Why can't choosing beggars follow this

[@greg8214]

@@KableTac wait he is jew ?

[@England91]

@@greg8214 I don't think he is, it's a joke about Jews

[@daantd9773]

You are the only person who can make a 24 min video about batteries and it being interesting from beginning till the end.

[@uss_04]

Daan ten Doeschot Its the beard, adds all sort of color to the footage.

[@KenzoBronx99]

Didn’t realise was 24 minutes... wooow

[@daantd9773]

@@uss_04 haha might be it yes.

[@minjeakim9332]

True. I ususally skip and skip the videos, but I couldn't when I was watching it lol

[@tardeliesmagic]

I concur! Most enjoyable and explained video i've seen!

[@hassankhan7998]

Then buys another tester to see if the battery tester is original.

[@MrWizardjr9]

battery tester tester

[@amn8772]

Then buys another tester to see if the new tester is original

[@VRWakgood]

@@amn8772 then buys another tester to see if the new battery tester tester tester is original

[@OfficialyMax]

@@VRWakgood if this keeps going you'll create a black hole ohno

[@oasist5969]

hahaha...

[@fmestudio7089]

My brain: Now I learned how to change battery myself. My hands: You learned NOTHING!

[@Ryan-be4qx]

FME Studio I don’t get it

[@fmestudio7089]

X6_ Ryan it’s like I understand what he was doing in the video and I am so confident to do it myself. But when I really try to change the battery, I found that I don’t know what to do. So basically, I thought I can do it, but I can’t.

[@Ryan-be4qx]

FME Studio ohhhh thnx

[@yigitdemir4604]

This is fucking underrated

[@summerhot8278]

You are talking about me.

[@crowbar6468]

Doesn't want to spend $49 because he lives in Shenzhen. Proceeds to spend over $200 on batteries and equipment.

[@yousifaboghareeb1193]

This vid is sponsored, so its kinda covered up.

[@spiderfandom7592]

The point for him isn’t to make it cost effective, it’s to show us how to find it.

[@ear2thestreet]

If he would have spend 49 there would be no video for us;)

[@saswatasarkar7434]

Geeks Life...

[@raf42]

Give a man a battery he can fix his phone once. Teach a man to replace his battery, he can ifixit for life. Or something like that.

[@MatheusRodrigues-ky8ho]

Needs to check if batteries from the Shenzen markets are trustworthy or not. *Buys battery tester from Shenzen market.*

[@Daniel323LA]

My thoughts exactly! 😂

[@JetBen555]

very good point ^^

[@Sanjeet_28]

Matt Rodrigues I saw a tester on Ali Baba which could turn the name of Not original or copy to Original

[@sarowie]

@@jshaw4757 I believe that the battery tester is made by one of the battery assemblers/manufactures/suppliers. Guess what such a thing would do when it detects a battery that it detects as its own brand. Also note that even at the best of times, the battery tester has to believe the battery monitor on/in the battery. If the battery monitor in the battery is faked/hacked, then it can report any fantasy value and this tester can not disprove it without at least one power cycle.

[@hieary]

Beacuse they do this things ...

[@dinotheweird]

Him: Literally holds a camera Everyone around him: looking at him weirdly

[@simonefritz4687]

🤣

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@Adam Angeles uP

[@user-pk3vf6sv6l]

It’s common in China.We Chinese tend to be curious of foreigners.😂I do not know why.

[@vogelvogeltje]

@@user-pk3vf6sv6l it makes you look funny 😅 like every person is breaking their neck turning to see the big white 老外

[@seesikopter]

I swear I noticed this

[@randalltufts3321]

Great seeing you again Scotty. Looks like the Vaca put a spring in your step! Short weekend breaks make burnout less likley. Always take time for YOU! Your the only one you get & there are no extra lives in the game of Life!. Have a great day. Thanks for another great video!

[@Aventine85]

We've missed you man. Hopefully that vacation did ya some good and everything in China has started to fall into place for you. Can't wait to see ya back in action even if it's in a smaller fashion. Don't work yourself to death for our pleasure. We'd much rather see ya happy and enjoying what you do.

[@ExoTony]

your respect for the market prices is amazing

[@toejamr1]

“You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar” relationships with the right people can be more important in the long run as he says.

[@Y.M...]

I only ever haggle if my options are limited and I know I'm being taken advantage of. If the item you seek is within reach and is reasonably priced to the best of your knowledge, you really shouldn't haggle.

[@wobblysauce]

IT is what it is...

[@worldhello1234]

@@toejamr1 Can be but there is no guarantee for loyalty, especially with Chinese people. Knowing when to actually haggle is the key.

[@worldhello1234]

Your disrespect for grammar is horrible. :p It is a market. You don't respect prices because the exchange is voluntary.

[@Emmz_808]

I've been watching your video and I find it hilarious that everyone passing by turns around.

[@TarmanTheChampion]

I love this channel! You make videos about tech while living in the tech capital of the world! Pure genius!

[@MrCopyrightable]

iFixit is possibly the best sponsor for this channel. Congrats!

[@Natinka222]

I was thinking the same

[@spoons27]

Because they hate Apple too?

[@lucasrem]

MrCopyrightable iFixit is not a real brand, they buy them in Hong Kong too. repair guide is good, you use that?

[@dogdog-zg9ng]

Sorry for seeing this vedio just now.. As a chinese, there is 2-brands considered as the best non-original batterys, one is PISEN, other is SCUD. Also it provides replace services for free in most chinese cities , costing no more than $15.

[@kusazero]

I agree these 2 brands for normal rechargeable batteries especially PISEN (there is a similar brand name sold out of China, not sure if they are related), but not sure about their phone batteries.

[@Oscar-lf9xc]

how are u able to use youtube? its blocked

[@dogdog-zg9ng]

​@@Oscar-lf9xc Surely most of chinese can't break the blocked, but there are many software to unblocking, such as VPN/Shadowsocks/V2ray. Government doesn't want you see YT/FB etc but they have no enough capacity to find all you out. SO， as long as you didn't challenge the bottom line，government wouldn't ask your trouble. That's why so many Mainland Chinese use youtube ,besides 3-5 people had went jial for providing VPN that letting bunch of people in China broke the blocked .

[@Orlanzepol123]

OMG! I had no idea China didn’t allow their citizens/residents use YT and FB. That’s just absurd.

[@weevil8663]

Alex Coelho As a Chinese, I would say the block is reasonable in a way.

[@yaki_nachajon]

Scotty you are an Electronic hero !!!!! I found you by change over here...and now I don't miss any. As an Electronic Engineer I find very exciting all your projects....I like to repair a lot of things at home, always. When I was a child I wondered how the things worked out always. Now everything flows so quickly that we can't stop learning. Your videos help us to learn a lot....and most of all that we always can do it !!!! So after reparing my HTC ONE 3 times, HTC M9 once, now I ordered to Ifix the batterry to repair my girlfriend Iphone7 so I've a new challenge ahead. Thanks for your videos they are just simply excelents. Regards from Argentina - SouthAmerica!!!!!!

[@eduardoavila646]

As you can open iphones at any time, why don't you make a removable back/removable battery mod to it? It would be really cool

[@flightworks6874]

Yes especially the fact that he has an ender 3 behind him so he could easily 3D print parts for that mod

[@chiuup]

Yes please!!!!

[@uyhu24]

this is a great idea actually, mayde apply this to the strange parts iphone?

[@eduardoavila646]

@@uyhu24 This would be great!

[@tabletop_nerd733]

That would be sweet. Throwing another vote in on this. Who knows, it could even inspire the local shops.

[@MrAnderson84]

*Everyone looking at you filming like* *乁། ˵ ◕ - ◕ ˵ །ㄏ*

[@wachako4065]

you read my mind

[@StrangeParts]

To be fair, I'm a six foot, blue eyed, blond haired guy with a bushy beard, talking to himself in english into a giant camera walking through a back alley. Not exactly something you see every day in China. So not surprising people are curious:)

[@DontpushtheBbutton]

@@StrangeParts Agreed

[@MrAnderson84]

Totally agree

[@arundhungel01]

You forgot the cigarettes

[@huskygames1519]

I love how everyone looks at you in the intro!

[@yannickfaerber8261]

I love your channel and your're huge inspiration for me, keep up the good work!

[@droknron]

I actually used an iFixit kit recently to replace a battery in my MacBook Pro. It's one of those with the glued in battery. Took about an hour to do it, but it wasn't difficult. In the kit iFixit included an adhesive remover (some solvent in a bottle) and it made quick work of the glue. The battery they provided has been great, works just as good as the original Apple one did before it degraded. This was the first time I'd bought any parts from them and I was pleasantly surprised. I'll probably do more stuff myself in future.

[@PseudoResonance]

Their Pro Tech Toolkit is totally overpriced, as you can find most of the tools at the same or greater quality elsewhere, however I ended up purchasing it anyways, knowing it would definitely be of good quality, plus it was all packaged nicely together, and I have to say, the extra $30 or so was worth it in my opinion. I really like the quality of products iFixit puts out and their work to make everything easy and well documented.

[@circuitdotlt]

To properly test the battery: 1. Do a full discharge test to measyre exact capacity. 2. Do a resistance test by measurig voltage drop with known load. Only then you can get some real data.

[@TehJumpingJawa]

Yeah, voltage drop-off is what determines the useful life of mobile batteries. I bet that old '85% capacity' battery only delivered a sufficient stable voltage for a short period of time.

[@lostunsunghero]

That's why I was confused as to why some of these batteries have a 0 cycle count. If it's legit from the factory then there would be at least 1 test cycle. If it's showing 0 then someone is trying to deceive you.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

lostunsunghero Or factories don't count their initial test cycle when specifying their warranty at some hundreds of cycles.

[@ma0kai85]

i dont wanna act smart(cuz iam not a diehard tech Gaijin ), but when you watch closely again, he knows that, he even talks about multiple discharges and charges to really test those bats.

[@jamieanaya6483]

I don’t know what you said but it sounds smart and I agree with big brain lol no props man I got the concept and I mean my elementary school English served me right I’m getting what I couldn’t in co text of it all just wanted to say thanks for teaching me something new

[@delwynkok2400]

I don't even own or like apple brand but i do enjoy watching you're videos on the tec aspect on the phones and customisation. Keep it up👌🏼👍🏼 Thanks..

[@itzcolm8737]

Love how every Chinese person walking past is like "holy shit it's a white guy"

[@jasonedwin239]

Real Head Turner

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@jasonedwin239 Head Turner

[@VJETRA]

Aint they white too?

[@bollywoodgolden5975]

😂😂😂

[@I_killed_that_beard_guy]

@@VJETRA no dude it means from west

[@PrajjwalUprety]

iFixit: *Sponsors the video* . Scotty Allen: *buys 571625 batteries for an iPhone*

[@mdfahimulhudarisat31]

😂😂😂😂

[@minimalistinlife]

This is the good kind of commercial. I can totally live with this.

[@iamlightfoot]

Thanks for the Share Scotty! PROPS!✌

[@wades_world22]

this is now my favourite channel :)

[@Geeksmithing]

Ifixit as a sponsor?!? Wow, can you ask for a more perfect pairing than that?!? I think not!!

[@mr.shadowman6618]

And the award for the most benign comment of the year goes to... Wow...

[@Darkknight512]

I mean, we are their target audience to advertise to.

[@Geeksmithing]

@@mr.shadowman6618 it's a major award!

[@madman3891]

IFIXIT is probably the most appropriate sponsor for this channel, glad the two of you are working together!

[@ashifahmed9536]

When strange parts came back to chaina again, i miss u buddy, miss your new phone making video

[@carl_ag]

One year and a half ago I changed the battery on my Xiaomi mi9 with a battery from ifixit. After one year it was completely dead, so in august I bought and installed a nohon battery with higher capacity and at the moment is working great!

[@AW-Services]

Welcome back Scotty. Hope you're well mate.

[@dlghwns]

So pumped up to see another Strange Parts video ❤️

[@blank-ms6vu]

I love when someone workes their sponsor into the vid to not make it intrusive.

[@vipulkapoor8922]

This guy does the videos that everyone really wants to see!!!

[@XxXx-hh5fu]

Love the process being shown to understand the battery’s life cycle a lot better! I would highly recommend that if you’re taking off the battery from the devices that you pull the strips to the left and right side, respectively. You’ll notice the bottom black bar of the battery is what causes tension for the strips to break. When you pull to the sides and use that same spaghetti method to pull, then you won’t need to cause any unintended damage to parts, PSA, or cowlings! Love learning from your channel!

[@yaozheng6925]

it's not just about strange gadgets, it's about artistic. every time i watch this guy's shenzhen videos, i feel like watching some kind of backdoor market scene in sci-fi movies.

[@bevinsmeith33]

As someone who replaces a lot of battarys I always remove the taptec engine this helps the pulling on those tabs much better and almost always come out in one go.

[@Konstantynopolitaneczka]

I thought you would check before connecting a new battery, whether resetting the amount of charging cycles will help to extend the time of work on an old battery. That would be interesting.

[@lazarus7808]

HES BACK hello dude good to see your reuploading and I hope things are doing great in China !!! Good video

[@rezz5570]

She be bad she be bad she be bad she be bad she be bad

[@SniperSpy10]

"I can replace it for $45 US" "But here is cheaper" *spends $150 us on a testing tool*

[@kelvincheng00]

the testing tool not worth that price

[@sharkunit]

Thinking same thing. :D

[@volkswagenpologameing9840]

69 likes

[@SoapGuitar]

It's more like 70 USD

[@TheVeyron81]

gets thousands back from youtube revenue

[@flyentity]

Thank you for the video, it was really interesting. Something I would have liked to know would have been how the tester reported your phone's battery when compared with what the Battery Health item of the settings app of the phone before removing it (i.e. the percentage 'maximum capacity'). Conversely, I'd like to know if the new battery was reporting as 100%. Just small points, but I'd have been interested.

[@arunavasinha459]

Man I'm fond of your vlogs .... Like i get to know many of the unknowns

[@Boostiverse]

Hey just a little tip, pull the battery adhesive at an angle side to side and it won’t tear

[@willgrabham]

Sauce Boss 420 best tip is to take out taptic engine which reduces angle you pull it out at and means it won't ever tear

[@brooksman10]

Both of you are wrong, what causes it to tear is if it happens to peel back the wrap on the battery. Using your techniques can help to mitigate that, but neither is foolproof.

[@pedrotski]

Actually no, if you use your fingers to do it and actually stretch it like a normal 3m strip its fine.

[@AppleReviews]

@@willgrabham confirmed after me removed tons of them :) additionally - guide white strip to the edge of the iPhone

[@hotwheels9754]

Alcohol and heat if it has trouble tearing, also you can use a pair of straight tip tweezers to curl and pull the adhesive easier

[@Richard-ni8rv]

rip old appartement background was so nice of the old one :(

[@TechTroppy]

Did he moved already?

[@von6499]

This is the same apartment tho...

[@TechTroppy]

@@von6499 yeah but I think he moved already

[@von6499]

@@TechTroppy Ye 100%

[@MendicantPriest]

we can donate for chromokey, and take a oldschool background :D

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

That's the tester we had at my old workplace. Worked great!

[@griacher8325]

I love watching the people behind you just turn and look at you

[@user-rk7gv9fs3o]

Luv ur videos. You make me proud to be a tech nerd I wanna visit Shenzhen someday...

[@briancollins6543]

Never seen any of your videos but have to say I really enjoyed this. Well done

[@GradyGalbraith]

I wish we could’ve seen resetting the original battery to 0 cycles and seeing what the iPhone battery health reads. That would’ve been really neat. Maybe a future video!

[@animeaddictcocc]

14:21 From watching a lot of fixing videos by Hugh Jeffery, he always remove the haptic engine before removing the adhesives.

[@xRostro]

Ultimate Gamer Makes it easier but for people who don’t know it makes it riskier too

[@CalamityBaird]

As someone who works in a cellphone repair shop and replaces batteries every single day, I see no reason to remove the taptic engine. It's saves me maybe a minute or 2 and that's only if the pull tabs break. If they don't break, I can have a battery repair done in about 3 minutes flat.

[@TheTimader]

Another pro tip. Keep the phone laying flat on its back on the table while pulling the tabs. If the tabs break douse that phone in isopropyl alcohol, and then just pluck that battery right out. Also these things don't explode. The worst that can happen is that you really stab the crab out of it and it spurts flames for about a second, you say "oh shit!" and throw it on the kitchen floor.

[@FernandoDY]

CalamityBaird agreed,

[@travisfrost6508]

@@CalamityBaird what is the fastest way to remove all the extra adhesive from the frame or do you leave it?

[@RandomVideoGuy-qy8fu]

12:50 The battery level of 50% is to reduce wear on the battery as it wears faster when kept near 100% or 0%

[@MrMarukas86]

That's correct 😉 and dont let your phone battery to drop below 20% it will last longer

[@cogginsnuff]

Kind of surprised someone with as much knowledge about these sorts of things as he, didn't already know that. That's information that I've had phone manuals tell me.

[@mongohands]

The "battery level" is different from how much it's charged. You can see the actual charge percent inside the battery icon on the right of the screen.

[@RandomVideoGuy-qy8fu]

@@mongohands Ah ok, I see now. What could battery level indicate though?

[@mongohands]

@@RandomVideoGuy-qy8fu Not sure the technical terminology but it basically shows battery health. You can find the number in ios settings. Anything below 80% is bad and below 70 is almost useless. Not sure why some batteries had 50%. Prob something to do with off brand batteries not being read correctly.

[@phgodts]

Unfortunately any information can be written in the control board. Only a charging cycle can tell the real number

[@deeeeeds]

Agreed. The battery needs to be entirely discharged and then slowly recharged using a bench power supply or something. Only then will we really know the capacitance of the actual cells.

[@peakhead7087]

@@deeeeeds This kind of comment is what I really what to read. Thank you.

[@oOToMeROo]

So essentially does this mean the NOHON 2265mah battery, or even a 3100mah battery that I found on Aliexpress are fake, although the battery tester showed the NOHON battery is 2265mAh? What will be their real mAh capacity then? Here is the 3100 mAh battery that I found - www.aliexpress.com/item/100-Original-LOSONCOER-High-Quality-Battery-Full-New-3100mAh-Use-for-Apple-Iphone-7-Battery-7G/32879037207.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_7_10065_10068_319_10059_10884_317_10887_10696_321_322_10084_453_10083_454_10103_10618_10307_537_536_10902,searchweb201603_57,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=aa5aad0b-7322-4fe7-8957-33747532380a-24&algo_pvid=aa5aad0b-7322-4fe7-8957-33747532380a&transAbTest=ae803_4

[@Richard_Productions]

I’ve been rewatching your videos lately, so entertaining, you should redo these things with the new technology we have today haha, think you can?

[@vinealves]

I changed myself an original iPhone 6s plus battery for a nohon model with a higher capacity. That was the best DIY I ever did.

[@connorstair3348]

everyone walking by be thinking this dood crazy

[@kennethshiro9500]

yeah they're like "WHAT YOU DOING WIDE-EYE?!"

[@JKubascik]

Ahhh extend cut :D better than yesterday's theatrical cut

[@Photoshopuzr]

At first I thought this was not so good but turned out to be very educational. Love your content man, you are the James Bond of tools and gears in this department for sure. Thanks for this and keep up the good work over there. Just what I was looking for and better. Ignore all the negative comments the money you spent was well worth it to find out what your getting for your money and was it worth it. Now you can see what your getting and for allot less. Another way to show people that apple is full of it. Charging people many times over besides its china that makes everything techy that we all have in our pockets one way or another. thumbs up new sub.

[@CreativeBrainsOrganization]

We know videos like this is not possible during this pandemic, but actually we are missing "this" Strange Parts😢😢.....Expecting to come back soon☺

[@bukancalonpns]

Your video always satisfying, hope next year i can visit you in Shenzhen :p

[@RimWulf]

The part doesn't need to be genuine, just high quality. Sometimes genuine parts are cheaper sometimes the high-quality knock-off is cheaper. Just so that it works. 50% is the ”storage charge” for lithium batteries.

[@sarowie]

I prefer a "store brand battery" anytime over an "original battery" with dubious origin. Apple does not sell loose batteries, so at best, you got a stolen good. At worst, it is counter fit and no one knows where they cut corners.

[@aw9389]

@@sarowie If the price is right, who cares if a phone battery is stolen? Get out of here lol

[@0c00l]

@@aw9389 what he's saying is getting a stolen completely legitimate battery is the best case, but the worst case you get a really shit made replica the ends up exploding in your phone, and you wont know which it is unless you buy one of these battery testers.

[@thestranger1293]

Love the videos man!

[@GoodHydration]

the adhesive is easier to get out if you carefully use a plastic ifixit spudger to wrap the adhesive around it once before pulling at a low angle. also try removing the taptic engine first. if all else fails, disconnect the battery from the board and soak around the battery with isopropyl, then scoop under it with a plastic card, no heat needed.

[@kim__jong__un]

21:58 the best part of the video... I'm dying !!!

[@martinwrobl4794]

An ad are you kidding 😂

[@kevinzhi6233]

@Strange Parts, English and Chinese subtitles posted, don't forget to approve it :-） 中文字幕传了哦，需要审核，不过大家可以先点添加字幕，就可以直接看到没审核的版本，帮忙点个没有问题，可以更快让大家看到

[@enmnmn4823]

手机端还是没中文字幕😭

[@kevinzhi6233]

EnXy 还没过社区审核，电脑端你点添加字幕可以暂时以审核的方式看见，你可以帮忙点一下没有问题

[@enmnmn4823]

Kevin Zhi 好嘞，回家试试看😁

[@user-jk8xp6di5p]

외국 유튜버 중에 한국어 번역 지원하는 유튜버는 처음본다..친절해..

[@zachward6441]

What I've learned from pulling on the battery tabs if you don't want to stretch them, you want to roll them. They don't like to be pulled super far, so if you keep them closer to the battery and you roll them around your tweezers they won't break.

[@dongurudebro4579]

Thats how easy and cheap a battery replacment could be! But it would be even better if we could just hot swap them as we used to! EDIT Yes you could & still can *hot* swap them even if "cold swapping" was more common; that said i would take both over a 1mm thinner phone!

[@coldogno7]

no because battery are dangerous,its was meant for expert to handle it not user...thats why they make it harder to change,also for safety factor...modern battery has bigger capacity thus more dangerous

[@justalilbitnerdy]

You are supposed to keep lithium batteries away from heat so I don't think a hot swap would work, maybe a moderate or cold swap would be better.

[@kennyj7627]

Hot swapping is impossible on a phone. You can't replace it whilst keeping the phone online. You're using that term wrong.

[@UnsweetIceTea]

@@kennyj7627 you could have some kind of secondary small battery inside that just powers it for a minute or so, so you could hotswap the full size battery.

[@naheeduddin1672]

@@justalilbitnerdy that's not what hot swapping means......

[@harrymattocks]

How come you don't use your modified, headphone jack equipped iPhone?

[@xFucur]

yeah i was thinking the same

[@raulmets8247]

Didn't he give it away?

[@kushi4364]

Maybe he doesnt want to break it and keep it as it is idk

[@Otzkar]

I think it’s his project phone he does all his mods on using it as a daily phone just isn’t practical if you plan on modifying it but don’t know what mod comes next..

[@zNoah]

I think he doesn't want to damage (Probably) the only iphone 7 with a headphone jack in the world.

[@SapamKrishnachandra]

Thank you brother it's really helpful

[@Giveitaresssstt]

Bruhhhh I died when she scrubbed the Apple logo off 😆 that's such a big brain move

[@letssaylalala]

Scotty if you can, could you make a video on how to choose a safe third party/no-name USB type-C cable that won’t fry your devices? Great video by the way!

[@MyRhythmDivine]

Don't know about fake/original batteries for iPhone, I'm an Android guy myself but first I'd like to thank you for a very informative video. I can see a lot of hard work going into it. Second could you please post a link to the battery tester you bought? It seems like a gadget I would like to have in my tool box. Thank you again, you have a new subscriber here

[@toma3valentin]

I like your videos bro! Keep this up! Thanks

[@jeffersonbroady]

Thanks for the video some fantastic information.

[@vinny61389]

This was fun to watch! I worked in phone repair for about 4 years and batteries were always a big struggle to source. In this ex-repair tech's opinion after replacing thousands of batteries, here's my rule of thumb: Only get the absolute best you can find. Everything else is a waste of your time and money. Aftermarket batteries have two main points of failure: aftermarket gas gauges and aftermarket cells. The cells can be of varying quality when not original and so their performance may be inconsistent. But the gas gauges is where it really falls apart. The OEM batteries Apple uses have electronics made by Texas instruments and they are very high quality. They manage all sorts of stuff from how fast is the battery allowed to charge based on its cells temperature, to what its current charge state is, and even relaying to the phones SOC what it's health is to know how much power can be drawn reliably at any given time. Aftermarket electronics likely do not do this or "fake" various statistics and as such you see things like inflated batteries or short life prematurely. If you want, it can be a fun experiment to remove the tape covering the electronics on the battery and examine them under a microscope to see who's truly original and who's a copy. I cannot emphasize how important those electronics are for longevity and consistent performance of batteries. Lastly, what I saw time and time again from all sorts of vendors (domestic and international) was that on phones more than one generation old a sizeable amount of batteries were pulled from old phones, had their manufacture dates scrubbed, and their gas gauge smart stats reset.

[@bastimeyer2840]

Thanks for the good information.

[@Ginko735]

Tip for getting out the battery: Get the haptic engine out, it's sharp edges can cut the strips. Then use some alcohol around the edges of the battery, wait a sec and they will come loose really smooth!

[@michaelmirams9297]

I really enjoy your shows you are one bright person who knows his way around China. You bought a laptop from a store that looked like a Apple store. May I ask what was the store name and how good are there computers etc.

[@menglin7432]

Wow. I'm actually impressed with your Chinese speaking skills. It's actually understandable, even with the strong accent.

[@c0ldw1nd27]

I installed a Nohon battery (with bigger capacity) in my iPhone 5S a couple months ago, so far it is working perfectly. It also lasts more than when the phone was new. It would be nice if you did a review of the battery you installed in half a year or so.

[@Champagnepipa]

how many months ago to be exact? in the philippines we have a counterpart of nohon, which is called "Remax" and im skeptic of the side effects of the higher capacity to the phone itself, will it short some components or break some power related components in the motherboard?

[@bluegod1695]

No. It's a higher capacity not a higher voltage. The amount of power drawn doesn't increase, the amount of time that power can be drawn does. The only danger is if it expands leaks or explodes lol

[@c0ldw1nd27]

@@Champagnepipa Like 2 months, the first thing I noticed is that it lasts a lot more at 0% and 100%. The other percentages behave similar like with the old one.

[@markbennett6658]

I would have liked to hear how the Nohon battery actually performed IN the phone over the first week in terms of both standby and screen on time?

[@c0ldw1nd27]

@@markbennett6658 Yes, that would be nice also, I could do a test when I have time. The cycle count of my battery is still only 15 and coconutbattery says it still has more than 100% of its designed capacity (1707mAh/1700mAh). I doubt the difference would be very big.

[@jasoneyes01]

Thumbs up for Scotty! Watch the video all the way to the end! Show your support! Ring the bell!

[@ylcard]

3:00 "If not, I will rub one for you" Well that escalated quickly..

[@shinozaaakiii]

Hol up

[@KwanLowe]

I don't have any iPhones (or plans to buy one), but I really enjoy these informative videos.

[@n24913n]

Cool field trip - every time I watch one of these "going to the market" videos, I'm super happy I can watch these from home - I admire Scotty learning the language, braving the haggling and lies at every interaction, but I have zero interest in ever doing this myself. Two things Scotty said he wanted to know at the beginning of the video: 1. How do I know if a battery is any good? 2. How do I know if it's genuine. The answer to both those questions is not something Scotty will ever be able to find out in Shenzhen - and I think in the end, when he recommended the iFixit battery, that was he was trying to say. Unfortunately a test of a battery with a single data point is not going to tell you anything that will compare the batteries. Without some full charge discharge cycles under a load that simulates the phone being connected, it also doesn't tell you anything about the cell's performance or longevity. Moreover, not even a battery test will tell you if you bought a substandard battery that is going to explode on you one day because its a piece of garbage. This last point is something I would especially warn people looking at batteries that are the same size but have a substantially higher advertised capacity. I do agree - buy from a reputable seller, who has some skin in the game if the battery dies prematurely, melts your phone or starts your house on fire. Apple or iFixit are companies who you could go after and hold liable and carry a real warranty, and thus even if their products might not be any better, your total investment will probably be less. A weird store on AliExpress doesn't give you that security. (Also consider you may have to replace a knock off battery more often, and the wear and tear and risk of opening these stupid phone and destroying them is high for the layperson. ) Finally - the black hole of time spent hunting down a battery on AliExpress, praying it will arrive, hoping it isn't DOA, trying to get a refund, or worse having to send it back - even if you are saving $10 initially - it isn't worth it, especially when you consider you spent $1000 on the stupid phone in the first place.

[@goranbojic642]

Great video on my birthday! Im a huge fan of yours

[@rezz5570]

Bad birthday!BAD

[@goranbojic642]

Руслан thank you!

[@BB-yh1dw]

I can learn English and tech in your video. So great

[@yuenyuen2971]

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[@qnovalegion-old9338]

Wut

[@Arek_R.]

Your battery tests are flawed, as you depend on whatever is flashed onto the battery management IC inside the battery. You probably just purchased a scammer's tool of choice which allows you to reset the battery count or write whatever you want, when you connect it to the PC I would guess you can even write whatever capacity you want which won't be corrected by that IC until you will take measurements during full charge/discharge cycle. So to do it correctly you probably have to let it fully charge and then discharge few times and then see what the discharge capacity is. You can do that pretty much with a much cheaper tools like some of the universal Li-xx chargers for RC models(imax b6) or those 18650 cell liitokala chargers but then you need to make some kind of adapter.

[@pierreuntel1970]

"scammer's choice of tool"

[@dragondgold]

Yes please, do a proper capacity testing by charging/discharging each battery multiple times!

[@mrlithium69]

yea we need to see charge/discharge cycle results

[@danielmoraes9637]

i agree with you,and monitore the temperature during the charge, to see the resistence

[@MJuicy]

He mentioned that you could overwrite IC values on the battery in the video when he first plugged a battery in the tester around the 8:30 mark. So he was kind of letting the viewers know buying batteries like this was at their own risk since you could make an aging battery seem brand new. It would be nice to get an update on actual tested capacity, but I'm not holding my breath.

[@person4149]

你买电池的时候我看到你了 i saw you buying battery

[@null3827]

哈哈哈哈

[@kingdocratrs1902]

吃鸡高手 你太秀了，还带双语

[@Alex-wh1ru]

吃鸡高手 太有趣了

[@Alex-wh1ru]

吃鸡高手 如果我是你，我会去找他拍照

[@user-mc5jk4sn7k]

虽然我是韩国人我去深圳想试一试换电池

[@sigmaponsel5182]

thank you for the valuable lesson

[@rogertam3425]

You are a handy man,. Good work.

[@7th_dwarf542]

Gotta love, how Scotty started speaking Chinese. Respect.

[@hobog]

omg an expat's Shenzhen electronics experience on youtube :D :D :D 3:20 what stabilisation software is used?

[@Peytoncannon1023]

Does anybody else notice how literally everyone stars at him walking by😂

[@beautifulreality4103]

yeah china is crazy

[@Lanurus]

@@beautifulreality4103 no...he's literally walking around with a camera at face height, he'd get looks anywhere

[@97marqedman]

He’s got a camera in his face and is 13 feet taller than everyone else - of course they look

[@xe2bio64]

Obviously because he’s white

[@markalvarez9826]

its the camera.. that takes the attention

[@viconginh4428]

Could you give for me link to shop you bought tool test baterry in taobao? i want to buy it ! thank you !

[@rodrigo4379]

you should saw the percentage that apple said on battery health, use this battery for a bit to see how it ages

[@itsmenoname2247]

Damn! I lol so hard when the lady scrubbed of the apple logo. oh..you want no logo? wait I have oner with no logo. (scrubbs of the logo)

[@vassell86]

I bought those Nohon high capacity batteries for my 7 and 7 plus, not really good, both of them started degrading pretty fast after 20+ charges. i ended up buying Pisen batteries, which is a better battery brand in China, they claim the same capacity as the original, and have overall better battery life, really happy so far.

[@woodant1981]

"Jugga wuang juang" -my current understanding of Chinese thanks to this man