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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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...

[@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?

[@DoSomething-]

The fact he sold out and didn’t actually find a good supplier for batteries sucks

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@luckydafu]

Beacuse they do this things ...

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@eIektrinis]

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.

[@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

[@Random_4400]

exactly

[@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.

[@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!

[@dinotheweird]

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

[@simonefritz4687]

🤣

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@Adam Angeles uP

[@VoxHwa]

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

[@vogelvogeltje]

@@VoxHwa 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

[@Industry-insider]

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.

[@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

[@devinckjosh2560]

Will Grabham true

[@minimalistinlife]

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

[@PrajjwalUprety]

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

[@mdfahimulhudarisat31]

😂😂😂😂

[@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.

[@TheRealTimnation]

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?

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!!!!!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@TarmanTheChampion]

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

[@DisappointedBreakthrough]

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

[@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......

[@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.

[@Brandon0083]

Idea for future video upgrade the iPhone 7 with An iPhone 8 processor

[@techbuildspcs]

@MattsNotBanned_ apple is lazy. You never know. Would be interesting to see.

[@Achilleaa]

@@techbuildspcs it's not possible unless you have every soldering tools , a telescope that can make you see it very well and buy the processor with the mother board.

[@techbuildspcs]

its Jackfin I know how it’s done. Wanted to start doing it myself, unfortunately it’s super expensive

[@Achilleaa]

@@techbuildspcs also , forget to point up apple certification stuff

[@honestlyidk2585]

@@Achilleaa and the firmware don’t have the necessary drivers

[@lazarus7808]

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

[@blacksta-r]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@laowai2000]

Just spent $41 dollars in China. Having front and rear glass, also battery replaced on iphone 11. Money very well spent and thoroughly enjoyed watching the young tech do the job. Given my phone another life.

[@kim__jong__un]

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

[@martinwrobl4794]

An ad are you kidding 😂

[@AW-Services]

Welcome back Scotty. Hope you're well mate.

[@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

[@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!

[@connorstair3348]

everyone walking by be thinking this dood crazy

[@kennethshiro9500]

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

[@supernova743]

My favorite part was where the lady behind the counter insisted on pulling out all the parts to show they were present before giving him the box. 1. Makes sure he knows all the parts are there. 2. Makes sure he can't remove parts and return claiming he didn't get all the parts.

[@reaganli1254]

Its quite a common practice in China because there is almost no return policy. Thus consumers want to inspect all parts of their product before receiving them.

[@kusazero]

@@reaganli1254 Agreed, SOP in China.

[@TarmanTheChampion]

Perfect customer service

[@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

[@밤-u8f]

虽然我是韩国人我去深圳想试一试换电池

[@Emmz_808]

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

[@MultiDorifter]

tip: if you dont want the battery adhesive ripping while you pull them out, remove the taptic engine/vibration motor first.

[@MrTuteeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Yup, that almost never fails

[@reallyboringindividual]

I still am genuinely impressed by the Chinese people.

[@xky8124]

How?

[@thanishrao2097]

@@xky8124 How not?

[@user-rk7gv9fs3o]

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

[@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]

😂😂😂

[@ChakshuSharma_CANNOT]

You dont know how to test the battery test them with a proper load constant current load on different ranges of current and monitor them. plot a graph over time and then calculate the actual energy in the battery. IC in the flex of batteries can lie.

[@frozenwintershitty]

why don't you do it?

[@7th_dwarf542]

Gotta love, how Scotty started speaking Chinese. Respect.

[@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😁

[@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.

[@NonsenseSystems]

Put a fingerprint reader in the apple logo on the iPhone 10!

[@moorefilmltd]

Would be cool to see but that would require some high level OS Modification. Also the logo is behind glass and the back is mostly housing the coil for wireless charging so work room is limited.

[@svsravichandra]

@@moorefilmltd its practically impossible because. IOS is not open source and cannot be modified like android.

[@R3CK2]

MXFnGEN housing room is actually non existent without removing at least once cell from the battery and completely removing the wireless censor. Then you’ve gotta use one of the existing connections on the board, and that’s all before making it compatible with the phone.

[@Rectorbis]

It's just impossible. You can't even replace touch id in iphone 7 to new one, only apple can do this and there's no service whole world that make it. Touch id is crypted paired to cpu code.

[@ItsJustMeMusic]

MacMasterRace the hardware is pretty easy, the software is very hard if not impossible because u can’t just modify iOS or load custom firmware into the iPhone

[@timmy3timmy]

Hey Scotty I’m curious as to what Apple says your battery health is in settings after installing the Max battery?

[@OneHitShit1]

Timmy Martinez it says „Service“ and shows nothing. The only bad point of this Nohon Batterys are if your Batter Percentage drops to 1% the iPhone get laggy till its drawn to 0% but having more Capacity is really good…

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

It probably shows the same I think the iOS updates determine battery health

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

iFixit forgot to include the heat-gun you needed to take your phone apart...

[@duducarblog]

you can use hair dryer

[@ky8920]

@@duducarblog 2000watts of heating?

[@rndfixr4145]

Or leave it out in the sun for 10 minutes or so (on a hot day).@@duducarblog

[@sorawisdom6516]

@@rndfixr4145 now everyone lives out in the Sahara desert

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@duducarblog Yes, to some degree, if you have the patience... But Scotty claimed the kit contained everything you need, and said it could be done in 15 mins, if not filming.... Anyway, they get you 90% of the way.. I just feel like he left out one important detail, perhaps because it was sponsored. I support free sponsored content, but it doesn't hurt to tell the whole truth despite that, I really like iFixit, they do a lot of good to the community and still makes money. A few words like "You'll only need a heat source to complete the kit" would have been sufficient... Mostly so a semi-amateur (as he also recommended to DIY) wouldn't just buy the kit and think they're ready to go... I have, and know my way around, a soldering iron, but I do shrink wrap with a regular lighter... should I put my phone above a regular lighter? That's my point. Edit: on another note... a high-power hair dryer would probably be safer if used by a total amateur. You have a good point... but it's still not in the "complete kit", and it'd take a little more time.

[@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.

[@huskygames1519]

I love how everyone looks at you in the intro!

[@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

[@maxh2755]

😂​@@shinozaaakiii11 19 2024

[@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!

[@deyutian2547]

Taptic Engine should be removed first

[@ViciousPikachu]

Why

[@malhotradaksh]

Gamer Buddy it’s a joke about Ifixit

[@izzard]

Yup - it has a sharp edge and forces you to pull the strip up at an angle which makes tearing more likely. Worth removing the Taptic Engine.

[@FlaredXm1m1X]

Especially on iphone 6 and 6s where you only need to remove two screws and lift it. It takes 15 seconds and you save 2 minutes trying to pry the battery.

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

Note 3 , still has same very easily replaceable battery. It's old and still chooching.

[@zoomzabba452]

I'm running AOKP/Lineage Nougat 7.1.2 on mine. You rooted?

[@danyk7879]

I am using note3 and i have sennheiser bluetooth earbuds pretty expensive but the phone is too old for the control app lol

[@zoomzabba452]

@@danyk7879 should root and install a custom rom if you are willing

[@danyk7879]

Zoomzabba yeah then i have to root the phone

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

@@danyk7879 speaking of which , I'm actually thinking about doing that to this phone .

[@sorawisdom6516]

16:45 Gotta replace your screen next. you have a bunch of dead pixels

[@xFucur]

i tought it was just dust and dirt

[@a.p.a.watches1097]

Seth Econ it’s just dust and dirt... please look 1 sec before the schreen turns on, the dots are there, soo it’s dust and dirt

[@50bent7]

Dude just a tip! When removing any phone battery especially iPhone use some isopropyl alcohol to loosen the adhesive strips 👌🏾

[@Verticom10]

Damn

[@TheRealXyzven]

3:58 - AM I weird for thinking this lady is awesome for her knowledge of batteries and how she's teaching Scott, quite well, on each tester?

[@菜菜子-b8y]

First of all, the degree of education of Chinese people is generally high. Secondly, in the environment of Shenzhen, people engaged in the sale of electronic products can learn more professional knowledge through learning. Finally, if you want to make money from customers, Knowing the relevant knowledge is only the most basic

[@i-am-enna645]

80% is the minimum, that equals 500 cycles. you have more than 700, so it was time to change

[@mantapdjiwa9768]

its mean normal phones cant last more than 2 years? assuming we charge daily

[@Angrybutcher]

@@mantapdjiwa9768 Daily charging doesn't necessarily mean a cycle

[@Decent60]

The batteries themselves (Apple originals) are only meant to last about 1000 cycles. However, 80% charge capacity doesn't mean 700 cycles. You can have 80% charge capacity and be under 400 charge cycles. Depending on heat, cold, over-charging, rapid charging, etc...all that can affect the capacity percentage but not the charge cycle. In fact when Apple system does a check, if it's at 85% charge capacity, it'll recommend it be serviced (changed).

[@i-am-enna645]

@@Decent60 the apple laptops can do 1000 cycles, the phones do 500! ;)

[@rossroderickwhitney]

I don't even own a smartphone, but this was so interesting that I watched the whole damn thing. So, Scottie, you must be doing something right. How long did it take for you to master Chinese?

[@someguy1686]

I really don’t mean to offend you with my question, but how come you don’t own a smartphone in this day and age? 🤔

[@MaxMax-wc2ms]

@@someguy1686 Maybe he doesn't want a smartphone to steal his life hours everyday ?

[@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.

[@MarkovichThe1]

1) Remove taptic engine before pulling the white straps out. 2) Please take care, first plug everything EXCEPT battery into the board, make the battery connector the LAST thing you plug into the board.

[@billbird3833]

Lithium batteries can also have a label telling you howmuch recycled material is in the battery. More recycled =shorter life

[@parisedomenico]

I really don’t understand why apple don’t use less powerful stickers I changed my battery, I lost 2 screws and a little metallic plate cover, and still works fine

[@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.

[@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

[@taltigolt]

what i would like to see is building a smartphone with custom casing not an iphone but a custom no brand phone with a mix of parts

[@TheSlimShady87]

not possible

[@alejandroooow]

Marius Baban it’s possible.

[@goranbojic1995]

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

[@blacksta-r]

Bad birthday!BAD

[@goranbojic1995]

Руслан thank you!

[@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.

[@ImVerySour]

Anyone else see the people looking at him on the street?

[@TYNEPUNK]

lol yep everyone.

[@fabiolima943]

No , we are all blind ...

[@pknv3]

Probably they are not used to see a guy filming him self and talking alone while walking on the streets

[@pec1739]

cause most of the time only web celebrity do that, so they wanted to see

[@koukotsukanneo6818]

Anyone who films on the street and talks to nobody in China will attract curious people.

[@shunulu123]

Build a MacBook Pro from zero! Case, battery, motherboard etc.

[@wanderfritzy]

including software

[@hitenghate6325]

Fritzell Dionson nah that’s too much.

[@lucasrem]

Serdar H Mac book, you need some original I/O chips, you need Sun or Apple Firmware to boot the OS. Rest you can build using PC parts....

[@hwinangkoso]

Hiten Ghate there’s hackintosh

[@lucasrem]

@@hwinangkoso Why not use a real mac, old is good enough, any intel apple!

[@roimarcotoriano6586]

Reason why I really want to visit China soon. These markets really attract me

[@kevincamino1095]

Roi Marco Toriano not anymore

[@go_away510]

Aquafina Not in stock. Definitely after this virus though.

[@roimarcotoriano6586]

Aquafina Not in stock. Yup! Not anymore!

[@kevincamino1095]

Roi Marco Toriano lmao

[@ernnestiii]

Do you wanna visit china now?

[@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.

[@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

[@Socratease221]

Hi Strange Parts. I have been google'n for a battery tester like that,but fell short,could you be so kind to let me know what that kind of battery tester is called? Best Regards JZ

[@BioViruss]

ru.aliexpress.com/item/Usb-iPhone-X-8-8-P-7-7/32838268506.html?spm=a2g0v.search0604.3.78.198b2bbfXum80M&transAbTest=ae803_5&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0%2Csearchweb201602_5_10065_10068_319_317_10696_453_10084_454_10083_10618_10307_10301_537_536_10059_10884_10889_10887_321_322_10915_10103_10914_10911_10910%2Csearchweb201603_16%2CppcSwitch_0&algo_pvid=410c86ea-1464-49de-a7f8-1c4fdd09d419&algo_expid=410c86ea-1464-49de-a7f8-1c4fdd09d419-11

[@jeremyshipp4414]

Jacob Zeiner here’s a similar one from eBay that’s almost exact to his. I just pulled up this link which says around $130 but I’ve seen this same one for around $85 just type in iPhone battery tester. www.ebay.com/i/162814183318?chn=ps&ul_ref=https%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F711-117182-37290-0%252F2%253Fmpre%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com%25252Fi%25252F162814183318%25253Fchn%25253Dps%2526itemid%253D162814183318%2526targetid%253D483851301973%2526device%253Dm%2526adtype%253Dpla%2526googleloc%253D9001986%2526poi%253D%2526campaignid%253D1497326549%2526adgroupid%253D60666402907%2526rlsatarget%253Dpla-483851301973%2526abcId%253D1139446%2526merchantid%253D6296724%2526gclid%253DCj0KCQjw1pblBRDSARIsACfUG12UeAecexic9CCMRYJGedxUPtt9LGC_VaBLtG1KDyK83xRauVLAPN8aAtDmEALw_wcB%2526srcrot%253D711-117182-37290-0%2526rvr_id%253D1922313921027%2526rvr_ts%253De972f74d1690ac1cca7168b8ffba0501

[@marz5726]

Jacob Zeiner the closest one I can find is www.getfpv.com/ev-peak-cellmeter-7-battery-capacity-checker.html?adpos=1o23&scid=scplp8036&sc_intid=8036&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4tTC5OzT4QIVF8ZkCh0QjgOvEAQYFyABEgJuUPD_BwE

[@Yves998]

These markets are real life cyberpunk 😂😂😂

[@Baleur]

Dude check videos of Chinese megalopolis cities at nighttime. Its blade runner in real life, today.

[@someguyfromtheinternet5102]

Baleur i watched a livestream of this chick going up on an elevator. All that was missing was the flying vehicles.

[@alxuria]

link?

[@bySylux]

@@Baleur link pls

[@donladt6990]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ama7YYRnmZt9rc0 Shenzhen

[@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..

[@mashP]

Pls Try The Android Phone building it from scratch if it's possible ☺

[@fullfire0]

Yeah, I would love this. I don't think he could do Samsung because they are in Korea, and Shenzhen is like the Apple/iPhone capital

[@Joel-qw4ux]

No broke boi lol green text bubbles ew galaxy pods DISGUSTANG

[@fullfire0]

lmao. I just check your profile and are you 12 years old? You sound like a little girl@@Joel-qw4ux

[@lucasrem]

MATTRONIX old androids are never able to use modern OS on, why replacing the battery? iPhone still gets new OS, so it stays new!

[@fullfire0]

Lol I look like a child predator huh? You realize that is a picture of me when I was 16? @@Joel-qw4ux

[@MarcoMugnatto]

This video gave me Blade Runner feelings, the scene when he examines the snake scale

[@SketchTurnerZero]

or Ghost In the shell 1995

[@NotBorno]

this video inspired me to change my iPhone battery. time to buy an iPhone

[@isaaczunigachevez5509]

Americans be like

[@ashifahmed9536]

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

[@linagee]

I kind of feel you got ripped off on that battery test box. I see the same one on ebay (from China) for $126 (shipped) Edit: I take that back, I was looking at one with fewer options. $199 for the one you paid $150 for.

[@christiankellner787]

Switching an iPhone 7 battery is super easy. You should try to switch an iPhone X battery. Ifixit does not even provide a kit for this

[@condiegov]

Christian Kellner mobilesentrix has kits for iPhone X, XS and XS Max

[@saiyanmaster6423]

KZbin auto English subtitle killed me XDDDDDD 😂😁😂😁😂😁😁😀😂😁😂😂 Edit: 1:25 enable subtitles here.

[@k_s.2691]

Legend -Driver lol

[@richardg2362]

lol

[@XdivineExp]

A bit after that "All tend to die". Yes, yes they do.

[@cyberNinja69477]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@kevinzhi6233]

fixed.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

My battery lasted me 6 years, now mom has that phone now. Still working :) I did take care not to leave it on charger over night, and no fast charging. Batteries like low charging current, quick charge kills them faster but most people want quick charge and usually replace phone in year or two so shortcomings of quick charging doesn't show up yet. My Nexus 4 lasted me 6 years, I have saved over 2500 euro when compared to my friends who often change phones :) Now Mi 9 SE, another great phone for under 300 euro (Nexus 4 costed me that amount 6 years ago).

[@rodrigo4379]

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

[@Coidafish]

You should have used the battery tester in the iphones settings and then use the battery tester you bought to see how accurate it is.

[@StrangeParts]

Yeah, I regret not doing this. I actually hadn't upgraded to ios 11 yet on that phone, which was why I didn't do it.

[@weed_melon]

I like how ppl in the background stare at u

[@menglin7432]

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

[@briancollins6543]

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

[@hobog]

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

[@colravis]

Word of advice, removing the Taptic engine below the battery makes adhesive strip removal much, much easier.

[@ICEMANZIDANE]

I would have liked to see you change the cycle count for example, disconnect the battery and reconnect again to see if the tester actually tests the battery and gets real data or if the tester just "reads" for the values which are saved inside the battery. If the tester cant expose the fake one then its doesnt make much sense to buy the tester. The shops which sold you original, 1:1 copy and fake batteries could easily just use the tester to sell you whatever they want. Thats why i think that this test is so important

[@MaxMax-wc2ms]

Let's be honest, the fake batteries are sometimes less cost killed, than the ones apple puts the manufacturer on its knees with, so China knows how to do a good Li-Ion Li-po battery since about 15 years from now on. So a so called battery might sometimes be much better than what apple offers.