What Went Wrong? - Fixed This Watch 3 Years Ago But Its Broken Again

[@CrayCrayslab]

I’ll always respect you because you also publish failed repairs. Not everyone would do that.

[@travisash8180]

He tried but he failed !!!

[@THECAR99]

He can't fix something that wasn't meant to be fixed. Apple's business growth is done like this.

[@IanVerhagen]

Me too!

[@xanfire7331]

Not really a failed repair. The watch simply lived out its expected lifespan.

[@ShoelessJP]

Came here to say the same thing. Transparency is great!

[@rgruenhaus]

A brother worked in a factory where electronic devices were assembled and tested and it's sad that those testing devices aren't on the market for 3rd party repair. Just being able to see a Faulty component is a step toward repair except that not all components are for sale as you know!

[@Grzegorz_Grabowski]

@miguel 6903 thank you, i would have never known what he meant

[@rgruenhaus]

@miguel 6903 I was thinking of Monty Python! Fawlty Towers! LOL

[@Ghost-my1tr]

One of the things I love about right to repair is that it creates a sense of valuing your possessions. A normal person would’ve scrapped this watch as soon as the new one came out and not even bothered to try to get it fixed.

[@meetv7700]

Injecting couple of volts might find the short you're looking for but it is still near impossible repair considering tiny components. I love that you salvaged usable parts before scrapping the remaining watch.

[@Kilohercas]

first, if battery is below 3-2.8V, I think BMS would disconnect it completely. so you would not measure any voltage on connector (but you can directly on battery) Second, you could power it with bench supply and see if it's short. if yes, power it with 3A or more and use finger/IPA to see what part is getting hot. and just de-solder it. As example, my notebook failed, so i checked resistance on each capacitor, and what do you know, GPU power capacitor was dead short.

[@Brianck1971]

Did you not see how small the components were ? His finger tip would have covered the entire motherboard. I think you have been watching too many laptop repair vids. This is on an entirely different scale.

[@Kilohercas]

@@Brianck1971 its 10005 or even 0201. Its tedious but doable

[@Xnoob545]

@@Brianck1971 honestly impressive that these watches work at all

[@pitekargos6880]

Ah yes, the classic. I worked for a moment in a company that repairs electronics, and almost all of those had either dead driver chips or more commonly dead capacitors.

[@mehdimahoui9295]

Hey man ! just a question not related to the apple watch, i have a intel h55 motherboard, its not powering on anymore suddenly also when plugged in the southbridge gets really hot ? what that could mean ?

[@literatelogos]

It's crazy how articulate and how much they can fit into such a small form factor.

[@migueltoledo1884]

At least you attempted to diagnose and repair it. Most 3rd party shops that I've seen won't do anything aside from replace the display or battery, if that. Clearly, Apple sees these watches as disposable, and encourage the user to just buy a new one. Much like the AirPods. It's sad, but.... they are hugely profitable.

[@LordCoeCoe]

Apple watches should be "fixable", but not airpods. Look how "tight" everything is. Trying to remove that bottom cap might destroy the airpod and it will look quite ugly.

[@mjc0961]

Much like every product Apple sells, you mean. They don't intend anything to be repairable.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

it makes sense though tbh, instead of making someone wait days or weeks for a timely repair they just give someone a new (refurbished) one if under warranty. the cost of repairing these, especially airpods isn't worth it.

[@CardboardGuy]

Random guy: my Apple Watch is broken Hugh: hold my plastic pic

[@mrcyborg9216]

Ur first

[@vineethooda1118]

Look at this dude stuck in 2020

[@mrcyborg9216]

@@vineethooda1118 bro I am stuck in 2015 😎

[@mrcyborg9216]

@@vineethooda1118 bro I am stuck in 2015 😎

[@vineethooda1118]

@@mrcyborg9216 the comment was not for you it was for cardboard guy,

[@cesariojpn]

"What Went Wong?" - Did Wong do something wrong with the watch?

[@antador8200]

Lol 😂

[@dimitrischristou]

HAHAHAHABABAB

[@ItsLeeeroy]

Poor Wong

[@abhirupsengupta]

Ah, not poor ol' Wongers.

[@JJDaMan808]

Wong at it again...

[@moe_1886]

Bugga you weren't able to get it working again Hugh, but at least it lasted another 4 or so years after the initial repair. That counts for something at least.

[@rushilkisoon]

Is the replacement display an OLED or LCD like you were comparing to on eBay?

[@SHRModding]

6:35 spot on, never thought about it like that

[@yourlocalbabysitter5174]

I hate seeing technology, breaking for some reason it makes me physically fell pain

[@HearMeLearn]

It’s because we’re nerds lol. It’s almost like watching someone hit a puppy

[@Jayden-lr2mm]

Still have the watch lying in my drawers but rarely use it as I upgraded to the new watch 7

[@kztech1319]

I have my original Samsung Galaxy Gear still working today, but yeah software is definitely long obsolete, but at least it still pairs my phone fine and original functions all work, except for dead microphone. It also opens extremely easily, even easier than the Galaxy Watch, as there are no adhesives, rather its water resistance is done by rubber gasket like the galaxy s5

[@TheRailroad99]

As long as the original features still work I think its fair. This is how it should be. Its still sad that smart watches don't comply with an open standard. If Samsung won't update (or block the watch in new versions of) the companion app anymore, its game over

[@kztech1319]

@@TheRailroad99 Yeah I know, well they did end up dropping support for the newest Samsung smartphones to connect to that watch, but that has to do with the difficulty porting jelly bean era ui and old bluetooth standards I guess. But as for my Galaxy S9+, I can keep using it with the galaxy gear, and there are still the very limited app selection that was available initially so Evernote still works I guess?

[@hanswurst117]

You can inject voltage somewhere to the motherboard and inspect with a thermal camera if there is an heatspot. Maybe there is an short somewhere.

[@rogerparker5962]

Could you use a stove top to remove the back glass on an iPhone X?

[@Point_ofv]

I would suggest 5volts of dc supply and rosin to find short it worked for me hope it helps 👍

[@cfromnowhere]

This is the exact reason I will never use smartwatches. These things go obsolete quickly while traditional watches can last decades with proper care, especially the mechanical ones. I've watched a lot of watch restoration videos that fix watches that are a century old and they still work!

[@Dwivil]

Normal watches and smart watches only really share a name. Their use cases are vastly different. So I don't think its really a good idea to treat them as the same class of possession.

[@kenneth6102]

Mechanical watches are jewellery, they are status goods. Smart watches are smartphones on your wrists. Swatches are good enough to tell time, being very honest with you. Get a Casio G-shock if you really want to be safe and reliable. With proper care, they would run for centuries for a minute fraction of the price of a mechanical watch.

[@allbrix8003]

@@kenneth6102 i think smart watches are better bc they let you monitor your health and help with exercise

[@jco409]

@@allbrix8003 still not a reliable tool to track. A good tool for monitoring but not the best for reliability. Most is amiss.

[@allbrix8003]

@@jco409 you can do a lot of stuff on a smart watch

[@MultiTelan]

I think you should keep the screen, cables, and brackets for spares and keep that motherboard for study.

[@SejLifts]

You are brave, I would be scared to disassemble it THIS far

[@sittingstill3578]

My series 1 is still chugging away though the original one also had an expanding battery caused the screen to crack. At the time it meant a replacement under AppleCare. Turned out there was a recall for this issue but it’s probably too late to get a refund.

[@LGeekMX]

Well, i see a burned component, next to the cable "01295-A" there is a capacitor and a transistor (i believe) that seems a little burned right in the corner.

[@riparaggi]

Maybe you've a mainboard short on one of those caps, you can find it with voltage injection and thermal camera but It's a real pain

[@stormrider01]

Nothing is better than a real mechanic watch

[@marianbadea369]

Send the watch to the Dynamic Island for some rest, maybe it will come back to life! 🤪🤣

[@mealot7613]

If it has a short a thermal camera will show, would be nice to know what died on it.

[@Burn377]

I could just be a bad capacitor, I've fixed quite a few ipads that have suffered a similar death. Do you have a thermal camera?

[@medienmond]

I need the smaller of two connectors for the display (touch function here) of my google pixel 2 xl (soldeted on the main pcb). Can you tell me where to get these? I am able to hotsolder.

[@allolebarilliertaxi4304]

Thank you Hugh

[@billynomates920]

i thought the small black chip near the a on the lead at 5:47-5:51 looked like it might have been melted in one corner. could have been adhesive residue but looks different to that on the apple chip?

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

Nice to watch with none of Louis swearwords!

[@ApplePeak07]

Have you tried the wireless charging pad on the back sometimes those go bad

[@N2tech]

I saw the apple watch screen on your website... There might be an error in the description. It says 33mm, didn't the watch only come in 38 and 40mm?

[@scottodonnell9821]

Sometimes electronics just randomly die. I recently had my Series 7 Apple Watch display stop working. The watch was still functioning just nothing showed up on the display. No signs of physical damage or water damage and since it was less than a year old and still under the manufacturer warranty Apple replaced it for free. After shipping it to a repair facility and determining it could not be repaired they shipped me another device.

[@tullyryan4053]

I find with apple watches finger nails are your best friend when taking the screens off

[@mirkopacchioni4158]

Have you verified that the display is really functional? It could be the problem, nice video as always even if this time the problem hasn’t been solved.

[@aroundtheblockwithbrock4799]

Bruh your only at 800k tf I thought you was at 1mill omg keep up the great work 😃 love the video btw

[@vadnegru]

I "repaired" Amazfit Verge by removing barometer. It was just boot looping. It's common flaw for Amazfits, i did that by video for Pace.

[@hannescampidell]

i think it is onl a shorted capacitor and you only need to remove it and not replace it you could use a thermal camera and a lab bench psu to emulate a battery an if an lettle brown/black component gets hot then simply remove it with hot air and a pair of tweezers

[@sgas]

1:37 Its also possible to split the display layers, I had that happen to me once😢

[@TheDZHEX]

If you have a thermal camera (not quite something people have lying around, though), you might be able to hunt down the short with the battery connected. Or sprinkle isopropanol over it and see which area becomes dry most quickly (idea heard from Louis Rossmann).

[@kenGPT]

True, but the components are so small, it would be near impossible to replace any piece on it. It's not like a laptop that has much more room to work with.

[@mansoortakolia6070]

You could try washing the board with IPA as a last resort...

[@alrxoamg5813]

Hi I see your very talented at fixing technology, would you please fix my iPhone 13 mini it’s really messed up

[@AlexS-bn7en]

I love this keep it up hugh!!!!

[@Carterthielftw_]

The only way watch repairs are viavle is refurbishing. Thats not a great option, but a full refurb setup can be had for under $1,000 plus some skill and can save an ABSURD amount of money as you just buy the digitizer vs the entire display

[@t3zla736]

Well, at least you can frame it like you did with that old iPhone 5 with iCloud activation lock

[@filenotfound__3871]

3.79v is not a fully charged state, 3.7v is a nominal voltage, voltage of a fully charged lithium cell is 4.2v

[@DerLucavK]

I love your videos and professionality! Would it have been able to replace the whole logic board? I don‘t know whether these are available for single purchase tho.

[@lallyji8051]

What cameras and lens do you use to film your videos? They are amazing. Subscribed and liked.

[@rushigandhirahulrajesh-bha4601]

THANK YOU!! ✌

[@george746]

I wonder if Apple did the anti-repair practices on the Apple watches as well?

[@carswithkman]

is it the 38mm or 42mm watch?

[@alisonsmith4436]

Hugh you are brilliant 🤩

[@jozsefizsak]

Nice video. I appreciate the insights.

[@jimmybarragan7689]

Wonder what’s worse or difficult, an iPod Nano 5th gen with inflated battery, older iPhone, a 4s or older or an Apple Watch?

[@merhaba12he]

I tried to repair a series 1 screen but unfortunately I broke it further that became unfixable.

[@TechTou]

nice work

[@DarkGT]

How you can be that the screen didn't brick the watch?

[@ElevatorWasher5000]

I also had an S3 die like 2 months ago. It was a software issue, and it just couldn’t handle WatchOS 8.9 so… GETTING AN SE SOON

[@madmike6942]

i got the huawei gt3 pro... awsome watch.. u should try it... has esim olso...

[@VROOMS-Whitepro]

Thanks

[@MrOrangeman18]

But how do you know the display is ok?

[@Matticitt]

It's just crazy how many screws Apple shoved into such a tiny device. They have a screw fetish.

[@improprietary1]

I don't know whats the worst part, troubleshooting the problem or reassembling it

[@Markus-fw4px]

Send it over to my mate Vince.

[@re-fix9678]

good👍👍

[@inputerase]

Don’t pay too much for this kind of digital “software” based throw away electrics. It’s nice, only for a few years.

[@jantestowy7884]

App** using update background mode made an overclocking setup which fired cpu, you're using too long that watch and they stop it, thats all

[@Ipsissimus]

Would have used gloves for this one mate.

[@samuelhere41]

What went Wong sounds like some sitcom or something..

[@tristanraine]

Here before the title correction

[@rosariodagosto6484]

Good video

[@WesTheHunter]

That chip with 8gb of storage is almost as big as an sd card. Meaning it could have been a lot bigger than 8gb, Although I've never owned one of these watches so i have no idea what they do. All I know is the biggest lie in the tech industry is huge price increases for increased storage (Within reason)

[@IntegraDIY]

Who’s Wong 🤔

[@MisterTwisterWX]

cool!

[@ntag411]

The saying that a luxury watch can be handed down generations is no longer true with brands like Rolex. Rolex is a production watch, once they stop production of a model/movement and inventory is exhausted, repair is not feasible. That's why some secondary dealers will not accept a watch at all. Unique to luxury watches, they must be original, no aftermarket parts or the value will tumble. Some high-end brands will make a part for you but the cost may be prohibitive.

[@AWilson3342]

Wonder if this is something Louis Rossmann could fix lol

[@kimchithatisnicelyfermente4627]

'What Went Wong?' Kid named Wong:

[@vitaminprotin]

We want 14 pro parts replacement or interchange

[@CarlCostelloPlays]

COOL 🙂🔥

[@himynameisryan]

I love my Apple Watch. Other smartwatches don’t even come close

[@s6edge7]

Thats why you use an ipod nano 6

[@sixthousandblankets]

Huge Effrys

[@Dj2006]

Hi

[@madevilgenius7547]

I'd buy the dead circuit for artistic reasons

[@dodgem259]

Well there is one thing for sure, an individual Apple watch is never going to function for 100 years like many mechanical watches do.

[@tirtharanjanchakrabarti5548]

Send it Rewa Technology they can figure it out and make it working

[@betruly7894]

All smart watches are disposable without any exception. A simple 20 dollars Casio watch can last decades if taken care. now which watch is the real smart one 😎

[@wadehiggins1114]

I take my cases off my phones twice per week and clean them with alcohol, also my Galaxy Buds. Some people are just not clean.

[@nazhif1]

whoever owned that watch really needs to reevaluate their personal hygiene

[@kennybacchus1488]

What. Went. Wrong. Fixed. This. Watch 3. Years. Ago. But lts. Broken again

[@louisphilippes.sullivan9050]

Now have you ever wondered why in the pricing of apple devices is cheap because in the assembly they need to pay the worker for their over engineered devices compared to samsung

[@computergenius2121]

It is the charging port problem

[@yuvrajmishra522]

i don’t understand if you have problem with apple simply dont buy those use your most beloved android

[@TheSupertecnology]

Idk why the apple watch seems to be over engineered in comparison to the galaxy watch

[@ramirojhoel1019]

Happy Sundsy hugh Jeffys 😉😉😉😉😁😁😁😄😄😄😎

[@SixSilverStones]

The title appears to be misspelled

[@MK-fd5pc]

Replace the wireless charger, this could work.

[@sumit6600]

Hey huge Can u repair my moto 360 watch?