Tom Chai

So I finally got an iPhone 6 Plus, I opened it up to check it out. During the disassembly I found a few QC issues, one...

If you want to do a glass-only screen job for cheap, don’t do it. Buying all the tools will only cost you more than a screen, and you will almost certainly ruin the first few tries. Do screen-only repair only as a business, NOT DIY.

Home button won’t ever work if replaced on iPhone 7 and above. There are 3rd party reprogrammable buttons, but they are just buttons, it is impossible to repair Touch ID feature.

An additional NFC RF cable run along the top edge around the camera, ending on a screw post beneath the logic board. Otherwise it is very similar.

If you treasure the data on the drive, send it to reputable professional data recovery services and pay to have the data recovered. RAW file system is not the problem, it’s the symptom. Rule number one of data recovery: Don’t mess with it if you don’t know what you are doing, you don’t have a second chance. Rule number two: Don’t buy data recovery software. Most of them are either complete scams or only does file system level undelete. What you are dealing with is likely damaged file system data or damaged hardware, none of the software or recovery services costing less than $100 is likely to overcome that.

NOBODY can map Touch ID except Apple.

If it is authorized service partner, there’s about half chance it is no longer water resistant. They have the procedure to reapply water resistant adhesive, but it is unreliable and they don’t have a testing procedure. If it is not AASP, chances are basically zero. You can test it yourself using a barometer app

Only Apple can repair this, don’t bother repairing it yourself.

There is nothing you can do to remove the stain, full top half replacement required.

The disk board is initializing so the model shows, but the drive mechanism isn’t. You did drop it so this is highly likely the cause. There is no point repairing a hard drive if mechanical problems occur. Just buy a new one. If you have precious data that worth spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to save, stop powering on the drive and send it to professional data recovery services. There is nothing you can do without further ruining the data.

Full top clamshell replacement, no questions asked.

Easy, you are supposed to desolder the battery and the dock flex first, remove the logic board then access the battery.

Look at the CPU heat spreader, it is much thicker than previous models, is it possible that this is some kind of mini flat heat pipe?

Yeah it is just a case ventilation fan, it doesn’t blow any heatsinks directly. Although with the very low TDP of the processor, a case fan with radiator type heat sink should do the job.

It is not possible to access the internals from the back, the back is locked to the case with screws from the inside.

It’s the top bezel itself, as always.

You need to show the back side of the battery, the supplier name is on the back.

No. Basically not related at all.

Zero! Way to go!

As you can see they've already ruined a lot of things, so this is not going back together.

Looks like it is soldered, this is going to end up ugly if you manage to break the ports.