Tearing Down Apple's $1200 Tools! What's So Special!?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- You might have seen our recent review of the Apple Self Service Repair program. We'd used Apple's rental tools for that video but we did order our own set too. We own these ones which can only mean one thing. It's time for a teardown!
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:15 The Display Press Tool
00:40 Opening Battery Compartment
01:15 Removing Battery PCB
01:40 Spring Loaded Pads
01:57 Removing LED Display Column
02:36 Battery Press
03:06 Heated Display Removal Fixture
03:31 Heated Display Removal Fixture Disassembly
03:46 Hot Pocket
03:58 HDO Manual
04:15 iPad Hot Pocket
04:34 Removing Top Plate
04:40 Hot Pocket Heating Mechanism
05:40 Removing RFID Antenna
05:47 Removing Mainboard
06:40 Removing LCD Screen
06:54 Conclusion
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0:54 nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) composition? I think that's wrong. That must be a lithium-thionyl chloride (LiSOCl2) battery.
Seriously. "it's a lithium battery, but it's probably a nickel one".
Who wrote this? NiMH batteries don't use lithium on the anode.
could be NMA batteries
You're absolutely right! It seems our researcher got confused when he looked up NiMH, Lithium, and LNCM compositions. We locked him up in the dungeon as punishment. Thanks for pointing this out!
@@iFixitYourself Glad to hear he’s been adequately punished! 🔒⛓
@@hashoom5102 hopefully! but it seems to me that ifixit is sarcastic about the punishment!
Do we get a repairability score for the tools?
Prob 0 lol
Not until apple starts selling toolkits to repair the phone repair toolkits.
I'm afraid not. We need to be able to compare a device to something similar in its class in order to fairly assess it. We'll certainly revisit this if we start seeing repair tools from other manufacturers.
The devices weren't difficult to get into, they seem to be made for relatively easy access. Access to replaceable parts would be a significant concern, especially with the HDO.
probably 10/10. Capitalists get really pissy when their stuff breaks, so industrial equipment is super easy to fix.
@@iFixitYourself they are easily serviceable, because they are not made by Apple 🤣🤣🤣
Teardowns of the toolkits themselves is kinda hilarious. Kudos.
Yeah so funny cant stop laughing
@@hsvr hahahahahhahahahhahaahahahhahahahaahah
I used tools to tear down these tools.
They start tearing down the cameras as they’re recording. 😄
The linear rail mechanism of the Press is not designed by Apple, its a normal MGN Linear Rail from a company like Hiwin.
they never said it was
@@ashtonwyss9757 They suggested
@@ashtonwyss9757 2:20 they suggest that apple designed the bearing mechanism specifically for this use.
It's not hard to design with linear rails either as they claim. You get the 3D models from the manufacturers website or a good repository and drag and drop it into your 3D assembly.
Yeah, they designed the tool to use the bearing rail. You’re confusing it with manufactured
People who think $1200 is expensive for tools have never worked in the manufacturing industry. Some of the tool costs (relatively small or simple) would blow their minds. You have to understand, cost on tools is about precision, reliability, and them being certified and guaranteed by to perform specific tasks for a certain number of cycles. NOT how special, unique or complicated they are.
these are off the shelf components, they aren't proprietary or about precision. they don't warrant the price
@@doodlecaboodle9298 I’ll put it a different way: They have been tested and verified for the task they are meant to do. The efforts in verification of tools is expensive, in people-hours alone. That’s where the cost comes from. Lots of things are built using existing components, but don’t let that convince you that makes building them inexpensive.
@@doodlecaboodle9298 You sound like a jealous ex-gf who can't stand your ex getting new toys.
You've never custom designed anything have you? Why don't you listen to people who have and learn something.
@Justin Croonenberghs small-scale anything is expensive, especially when it comes to r&d. Tooling for manufacturing electronics enclosures and computer cases can easily run into the tens of millions of dollars
how precisely do you need to roll your battery? It will make zero difference. They market it, cos they know some fools will buy it.
Perhaps I am wrong but I would imagine that while the battery press may look insignificant, what it does offer would be fairly invaluable: a repeatable, accurate, and employee-skill-level-agnostic way of performing a similar task across every one of their store locations. A reproducible step regardless of which apple store you visit or which employee performs it. This is at least this is my take on it
I suppose so. If your in trade that has employees with ZERO experience. It's invaluable but generally after number years of repairs and short time restraints. Most repair techs won't use it.
@@jsegars98 That's phone repair for you! Most places are just churning through whomever they can get for the wage.
@@jsegars98 sounds like a perfect tool for a self-repair kit ... why are you criticizing it with some backhanded comments?
You are not obligated to repair the phone with the tools, but they are avail for you if you want to repair your phone with it. That sounds way better than what the competition offers.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu The point is it's not needed for it's cost. And for self repair? The process is no better due to software limitations that apple refuses to lift. Self repair shouldn't cost you 1200 dollars plus 300 dollars a screen or 500 plus for a rear system. The tools shown aren't any different then what's on market. They're just more expensive lmao
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu lol its just a way to bleed apple users for more money. Apple is notorious for this. Like, use any cylindrical object.
2:18 Those are off-the-self normal Block Bearings for linear rails used in CNC's and such, it's not really much of an "effort to design", but it's still impressive they are used those in a 216$ full metal tool tho.
But is it genuine hiwin? I mean from the color it looks like hiwin rails
@@RYU47376 Nah, two of those would be half the cost of the whole machine. The aliexpress / china blocks often use that color scheme.
FYI The fancy little bearing mechanism is called a linear rail and it's an off the shelf part. In fact, all components in the repair tools are off the shelf parts.
Including the board that with the black daughter board PCB for the RFID. It was also not designed specifically for that machine (that also explains the DIP switches and the USB). The reason the black board pops out is that it's easier to treat the black RFID daughter board as one component in manufacturing, instead of having to source all of its components individually and having to do quality assurance for it. Not because it was an afterthought.
Likewise, the touch screen and the relay board are off the shelf components.
The only non off the shelf parts are the CNCd metal parts. Which are also done that way due to the low volume (expensive, quality
This is enlightening, thank you! We totally agree, the expense and effort that went into the devices made for some interesting moments.
The HDO looks like it could possibly run Doom :D
What a wonderful idea :)
If it has a screen,it can run Doom
@@tezcanaslan2877 and bad apple
STM32F407
168MHz
512-1024K flash
192k RAM
That Processor seems totally up to the job, combined with a USB drive for storage and RAM, I could see it working.
@@tezcanaslan2877 let’s not limit ourselves: if it has an output device, it can run doom
00:46 absolute highlight.
I love tech with removable batteries.
It's better when they don't use uncommon screws to hold the battery cover in place.
ikr
I got a heavy Patrick Bateman vibe from this narration. Very nice!
Same, like a cross between Christian Bale and Tom Scott.
@@F3Ibane I like to clean my screen with a solution containing little or no alcohol because alcohol dries out your phone and makes it look old.
The rails on 2:27 are actually standard off the shelf linear rails, they look like MGN 25 rails, most commonly used for CNC machines and 3D printers
If you service like 30 phones per day you might want the batterie press.
Speeding up your prozess and applying the exact force quick and everytime to this delicate part...
For real
Some people just love to complain
You'd really need to be doing things in an assembly line fashion for that actually to benefit you. The time it takes to put the device in the press and then use it is still going to be more time than pushing down the battery to make sure it's adhered.
The battery sticks in with an adhesive, it's really no more complicated than using some double sided tape.
You have to love the brass blow torch in the background. Just the ticket for softening adhesives, gaskets, circuits etc.
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0:54 um what? It's in the name, lithium battery. I'm not aware of any Ni-MH batteries with a 3.6v rating. And it's literally right there on the label which was read out loud, it's a lithium battery.
I'm guessing they got confused because 3.6V is the same as 3x 1.2V in series?
Vey cool! Thank you for this
The USB port is for firmware updates.
I've performed one of these updates at the request of apple, prior to receiving new hot pockets for the recent iphone models
"It's a lithium battery, likely a NiMH one" Ehhhm what? xD
Nice video, cool teardown!
Of course these tools are repairable. It's commercial grade equipment. Anyone who's worked in any of those environments will know that stuff is sooner repaired then replaced.
Plus, Apple can't rip themselves off! XD
"This lithium ion battery is probably nickel metal hydride"
"we didn't feel right tearing down the rental tools" ... ahahaha, shade has been thrown
happy to see STM32 microcontroller
There are 14500 Li-Ion Cells just like the standard 18650 ones.
The 14500 cells come with up to 900mAh, storing slightly more engergy than NiMH rechargable batteries.
Slightly?
900mAh x 3,6V = 3,24Wh
2500mAh x 1,2V = 3,0Wh
For the cost this stuff it is very very well engineered.
Have you tried new adjustable pocket for teh 15 range I am curious to see fi it will handle older models too so would be one pocket for all
Can we get a repairservice for the repairtools that are used to repair the iphone?
The way you describe a linear bearing is painful 😂
Ifixit be flexing 💪
The model at 5:32 looks extremely similar to one used to activated an arcade joystick.
Hey there! I am pretty knowledgeable with the TJC HMI screens, I can help assist with making custom firmware for the heating pad
2:21 That appears to be an off-the-shelf linear rail carriage hmmmm
Tool for removing lcd display has a lot of similar components to 3d printer
I can’t be the only one who wanted to see what happened when the Heated Display Removal Tool was plugged in to USB?
That is exclusively used for firmware updates If i'm not mistaken
heart-warming stuff. 10/10!
Do you need an apple fix kit to disassemble the apple fix kit?
If you want to "sum something up with one word" - start by saying "Summarize" instead.
@2:28 BREH. No it isn't quite a bit of effort to design that. It's off the shelf linear bearings. NBD.
😂 it looks like an over engineered arbor press that I made when I was an apprentice.
Why, that'd be because it is! Linear rails in a press where a pair of bushings would do the same job just as well, only wouldn't cost nearly as much. The solution to the 14500 cell not fitting in the C-battery holder is even funnier.
someone should port doom to the heated display removal fixture
Where i can buy this tools?
MGN Linear Rails aren't really hard to design around. Just look at all the 3d printers people have made all using these.
i like how the repair tool has an easier to remove battery than the device it's supposed to repair
Huh, using a PIC microcontroller for setting the time delay on the screen press. I would have expected something simpler and cheaper coming from Apple, like a 555 timer. I remember using a PIC chip for highschool projects, cool.
Believe it or not, the microcontroller is cheaper! No seriously, it's an off the shelf board with less components than the 555. Include the logic needed to run the count down, and it's definitely cheaper. All they needed to do is take a part they already sell by the millions* and flash one that has a fixed timing. Remember, a minimal pinout microcontroller (less than this admittedly) costs 3 cents!
* It's likely an egg timer.
@@arthurmoore9488 that's mental. The last time I checked (but then I suppose that's for consumers) a PIC microcontroller costs about £1 each here in the UK. But if you were to scale that, that would cost absolutely loads. When I assumed in comparison, the NE555 costed about £1 for 20 or so. Interesting nonetheless
How do I buy the HDO?
I hope these kinds of machines get somewhat standardized between manufacturers and are made with modules to fit different devices, such as the hot pocket, but do so for the other repair tools. Rather than renting the machines, I could see self-serve repair places existing, where you pay a time fee to use a set of machines. This would make repair for everybody much more consistent and OEM-quality, rather than using guitar picks and bags of heated rice.
Personally, I think it'd be pretty cool, if device-agnosticy existed, to automate the entire process. Literally just load the parts and have the machines go at it themselves. Really the only extra part would be a light-duty arm and a parts tray array. Realistically it could be simplified even further, possibly down to a single machine for all purposes.
I got the screen removal fixture without knowing I'd need the repair sleds to go along with it 🤣🤣🤣. Overall I look at it as an insurance policy, sure, it's a fee hundred for the whole setup to remove screens, even after 1 successful 13 or 14 Pro Max screen removal, it practicality pays for itself, versus having the margin for error and having to get a new screen for a customer if something falls through during the process.
I'm quite surprised that the HDO doesn't give some sort of explanation of the errors. Especially for things like E01, E02, and E05, where it would end up being user-error. They certainly have the screen real-estate to do so. Just move the main error code up a bit (maybe resize it), and put an explanation under. I hope the rest of the UX isn't that unintuitive.
Probably is. That's industrial equipment for you.
Linear Bearings
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4:56 min - Is that black part in the circle a 3D-Printed part? Sure looks like it with all those lines on the surface...
Apple should follow the kind of build used by the Fairphone...
man... I built custom machines for living and... than machines are cheap for what they are. Other thing is that you need them, but just in materials, machining that is pretty cool tools. xD
Can you do teardown of ipad air 5. I got my 5 days ago and it's producing creaking sound.😭😭
Return it…
THANKS :)
Im a stickler for doing things by the books, I for one am glad this stuff exists
We're glad they exist too! The tools are good at what they do and we hope more people will be encouraged to try their hand at repairing their phones.
0:59
LED or LCD
seems to me like 7 segment LCD.
Btw, those are not buttons, they are switches. Nice video btw.
What is the cost of these units compared to Apple's $1200 price tag?
As others have said, it seems Apple left out a zero or two. Which is what those would cost in an industrial setting. Comparing actual material costs, the factory is likely only making a few % profit. Much of it is off the shelf, but there's plenty of custom CNC work to tight tolerances. Plus, that screen press design is extremely impressive.
I can’t get past how the narrator pronounces his t. Emphasized in every single character of each word. Lol
The argument about the battery thingy is weird.
Your hand will never be able to put the perfect and especially EVEN pressure to the battery so it doesn't possibly get damaged.
Remember the Note 7. This thing caught fire simply because some inner components cut into others. And the same could happen when you don't put even pressure on the battery.
Not suggesting to rail on batteries however its surprising how far they will bend back from where I've had to remove stubborn Huawei and samsung batteries and you don't need perfect pressure, decent double sided tape and a firm press will hold it in place fine
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Can the narrator sound anymore salty? 😂
He is a little heavy on the T's as well. As if every letter "t" is spoken as capital "T".
is it legal to repair the repair tools?
Ah yes, opening something that opens something
Is that screen press painted or anodized?
That linear bearing looks like a hi-win mgn-9c looking at the bolt pattern. (I spend too much time on cad with these and could tell instantly heh.) Most genuine taiwanese hi-win blocks have the logo on the seal (the red part), which I'm thinking could be knock-offs. The dust seals are kinda simple but requires very high tolerances, which is why genuine linear rails are freaking expensive. I have THK srs-9's and with end and bottom dust seal: the block could hold its weight in resistance, compared to my cheap $12 hi-win knock-offs.
That rack thats sitting on the rail looks like its even sintered!
I have a feeling this wasn't engineered by apple, probably just bought it from some manufacturer. Regardless, that thing doesn't scream value engineering, there's plenty of manual assembly and careful alignment. The screen remover even has uses serial# metal plate! I mean they coulda just used a sticker instead!
Your iFixit driver tool looks better than the one in my kit. Is iFixIt sandbagging us ????
There are at least three different drivers. The cheapest kits come with plastic handled drivers, the bigger ones come with metal ones, the 128-bit kit has two different sized metal ones.
@@QualityDoggo I have the pro set.
That manual for the screen heater makes me wonder if these are machines that some 3rd party came up with to sell to repair shops and Apple is just buying and then reselling them.
Apple needs to release the laser machine for removing adhesives.
what, only $200 for screen press? this is not apple...
it's PR imho. they still require apple's cryptographic blessing to pair the parts. until that is outlawed independent repair is always at risk of being locked out.
oh,
looks like something MacroReps would make in his garage
(which is not a bad thing)
I had to disassemble all the kits for my job at an engineering lab and let me tell you... THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THESE! The most special thing was the thermocouples we had to find online for the heating....
Metal scrap value is worth more that purchase price.
Just a small matter of time until we get re-made machines for a fraction of the cost
Guys the touchscreen is working if you press the correct point I will show a error log ;)
Pounds per square inch on a phone schematic would suffice lol
At $216 that press is one of the most reasonably priced apple products
Apple: We're releasing parts, and tools for some of their products.
iFixIt: We don't like the parts, and tools Apple released.
Me: Why would Apple release different parts, and tools to satisfy iFixIt, and a small consumer base?
The machines looks Chinesium. Especially the Hot Pocket machine. There are so many things in there that i only see on machines designed and built in China. I've worked at a company who imported Chinese machines.
There's a such thing as too much eee-nunn--see-aayyy-shunnnn
2:20 Why are you acting like Apple created the MGN12 linear rail guide? I have a $100 3D printer that came with three of these.
1:50 the thumb
rectangular ball bearing route. who invented this ?
Search for "linear guides". CNC machines use them all the time.
Then we will have to rent the tools to fix the tools for fixing our phone...
it's mostly for independent repair, your next repair bill just might be *a little* less expensive. Although probably not because apple's replacement parts program is ass. Most of these tools aren't really necessary anyway, like the battery press being a "shiny anti-lawsuit device".
Now that it's fully opened, and exposed, let's look for the improved machines, version 2.0 coming from China at Ali Express at 50% off, lol.
Got it!
Hot pocket
I thought I am watching another channel here
This is uhhh... literally like an average prototype that an intern throws together in a factory? They use linear bearings for two reasons. It was both the cheapest and the fastest to design in. It's a lego tier standard part in the industry.
IFIXIT ... will you let me manufacture these tools for you or can we do a JV ... I supplied you with the first ever Apple Watch LCD's some time ago and Luke came out to us in China...
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How would a lithium battery be NiMH?
Edit: Ok, I should have read the other comments first.
Apple: Wait, you weren't supposed to do that...
Will it run Cyberpunk? :)
Ah yes... NiMH lithium batteries...
Obviously you have never purchased repair equipment from the American Terroist aka Motorola. Pager repair jigs from them were way over priced and you had one for every model of pagers with different LCD displays. Then a jig for testing and aligning the the radio frequency portion of the pager. Now add a Lindgren screen room as well as a service monitor for aligning the radio equipment. A decent Lab for repair of the Big M equipment can easily exceed $20K.
If it's a LITHIUM battery then no it's not a NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE battery
well they're fixable kinda
The subtitles don't correspond to what's being said. At the start of the video, the first sentence or so is missing. At 0:28 it includes a whole sentence that is never actually said ("It's a thing of beauty."). Well that's about all I can say right now.
They didn’t design or invent linear slides