as someone who has worked at a Samsung repair center and a 3rd party repair shop, we like the full assembly as there's less of a risk to damaging the OLED screen, it also tends to make the overall repair a whole lot easier and ends in less warranty work since we don't have to worry about a tech not using enough/too much adhesive for the screen. im not here to sing the songs of Samsung but i will say that it was a selling point in my old shops to tell the user that their device was going to not only look like new but they would have a new battery as well. back glass, id get that from a parts distro or eBay and it will be fine.
if you have a broken display (or any piece of broken glass you need work around), apply packing tape to it. it keeps all the little shards in place and covers all the sharp edges
He is not very good in repair or technical stuff but he is a good presenter and TH-camr, it is at least free to watch, so that is the quality that you get - in the end it is amateur content without any checking or quality control for entertainment.
In other phones (basically not an iPhone since Apple serialized all their batteries now) it kind of makes sense to replace the battery anyways since it’s kind of like doing spark plugs and coils on a Toyota 2GR FE. You’re there, might as well do the other stuff Also at the start, Android doesn’t report battery “life” like iOS does, that 89% is the charge level
It makes sense still to replace it on an iPhone. For me my iPhone batteries usually last around 4-5 years before they drain too fast, but it still have a few years of updates left. A new battery is gonna be a lot cheaper than a new phone at that point. Its no different than getting it repaired on any other phone either, just that the shop has to be Apple certified, which we can all agree is stupid
is the 2GR FE the V6 they mounted transversally so the front 3 plugs and coils are a 10 minute job but the back half takes hours just to see the coil pack 🤣🤣🤣
In Japan, we don't have to deal with this. You can sign up for phone provider insurance. You pay $5 a month, and then if anything happens with your phone, battery, screen, water damage, whatever (as long as it's not just cosmetic damage)...you pay $30 and they will replace your phone with a brand new phone (1st time charge). The charge increases slightly each time you replace it (and the base charge for foldable phones is a bit higher). When you get the new phone you have 2 weeks to transfer your data, and send back the old broken phone.
We have it too in the states, it usually runs anywhere between $5 - $25 USD depending on what major provider you have but if you are buying your phone without monthly payments some companies wont let you insure the phone or its too expensive since you have to pay for it up front (my case, i would have had to pay about $250 USD to insure my phone for two years give or take).
Erm... is this not called "insurance"? Also, it does not really matter whether it is a contract (pay monthly) phone or you own the phone outright, cover can be found cheaply nearly everywhere these days.
As a ubreakifix employee and partner with Samsung. S23-s24 series come with just screen repair but for the longest time Samsung ran with full OCTA repairs which is the full frame and battery and stuff. Is same for all Samsung repair shops
I use to work for Batteries Plus we did phone repair for both Apple and Samsung phones. We would get parts from Samsung with the batteries installed as well, the reason was the customer experience. It was just better for the customer to know that when they were paying for an expensive screen repair the battery was also being replaced as it’s the easiest part to wear down. Also the cost of the batteries were so cheap so it wasn’t a huge deal for Samsung.
3:15 Even Samsung Authorized repair locations are required to also replace the battery because Samsugn ships us the display with the battery already adhered to it.
As a phone repair tech for both major brands, while its usually easy to hate on apple, I'd argue that iPhones are currently more efficiently designed and less wasteful when it comes to repair compared to current samsung models BUT atleast samsung doesn't lock the repair behind proprietary calibration software and serial locking.
Back in the days of the iPhone 3G, I did screen and digitizer replacements. Having done several of these replacements, spending the money on an Otter Box was an easily-justifiable cost. I found it really stressful dealing with those ribbon cables, so I quit doing it. If I wasn't ready to replace the device, I'd so much rather get it repaired -- by someone else. Your demo was great, these phones have gotten a lot more complex as the manufacturers have added more functionality to them. When you mentioned sending in a "perfectly good battery," I gotta say that when most people get a new phone, they're a lot more careful with it than they are a year or so later, and at that point, it's probably not a "perfectly good battery" anymore. But doesn't a "right-to-repair" mean that a lot more independent repair techs should be available? I'd pay for that.
I noticed that with my Samsung Z fold 4 last year. The fold hinge failed and took it to a Samsung store for warranty repair. What i ended up with was a brand new chassis, new battery, new screens. All that remains was the main board and cameras. My data was still there but i had a new IMEI and all the protective coverings all round the chassis.
The hinge is attached to the frame of the phone so if the hinge gets damaged on a flip or a fold you basically get the screen repaired because the screen, the frame, and hinge are all together
@b3stianaga yeah I pieced all that together after I got it back. As they never told me. I only noticed it was a new IMEI after I was checking the phone over.
if you got a new IMEI, you got a new board. Every Main PBA has its own IMEI. You can write the old IMEI to a new one (this is the preferred in-warranty process), but if you have a new IMEI, your board is 100% not the same as the one you went to the store with.
@@SteveODonnell Weird af. It's been a couple years since I worked at a Samsung repair center, maybe they came up with a way to transfer all data and without losing biometrics and stuff. Back when I worked there the best we could do was Smart Switch, which would transfer most data but not all and not biometrics.
I don’t understand why companies just don’t offer the products they use to build the phones since they already have them in stock for people to fix their phones. The population of people who would actually fix theirs phones is a lot smaller than those who just want to outright buy new ones. It would keep customers and happy and brand loyal if you just took care of them
That price you showed for worth is for a used phone. Fixing your phone, with new battery, makes it like new again, and you don't have to set it up, it is already all setup. So that saves a bunch of time, hours even. Time is money too.
The parts cost probably less than 20 bucks. The reason for the high price is high cause they don't want you to repair your phone. This is a PR saying that the isn't a train for right to repair laws because they have this already. Also don't praise apple cause try and replace a screen and you are paying for pretty much a new laptop since you cannot get the screen but di much else. Also they have screwed third party repair since they cannot get a 5 dollar part from apple but 500 dollar assemblies.
So TLDR: It's simple to repair, but the whole thing is mainly for regulatory reason. As long as they don't lock repair behind stupid and bullshit codes and verification and whatever, I'd rather go with Samsung than the fruit company.
@@dragdumpsterApple did lock certain parts to the logic board, so even with genuine parts, if you didn’t have the elusive device to reprogram them, they wouldn’t work to their fullest extent or at all. I only know because I used to repair iPhones, and it was a very annoying quirk.
The software lock is to prevent use of stolen devices, unlike apple, samsung has no security to prevent your device from being used once they remove all the data, apple completely bricks the stolen devices hence the theives will have to settle for selling the parts, but if the parts are software locked then... you guessed it criminals will have less incentive to steal an iphone, it does make self repair more difficult but in 99% sure most users would prefer not being robbed as opposed to not being able to self repair, apple is already planning on making their batteries swappable in the future thanks to EU.
You forgot the most important step there is to the new battery - the "Self repair assistant" app. It "calibrates" the new parts. On Samsung phones, stupidly, battery charge cycles and wear data is stored on the phone itself, in the EFS partition. The self repair app erases the wear data, so the battery can work just as if it was brand new again with no "safety" limitations (there is as far as i know a limit to cut off the lowest 5% and highest 5% of the battery capacity to avoid overcharge/overdischarge and sudden shutdowns if the battery is worn out). So yeah, the repair assistant app is a must have tool to perform the repair properly when you replace the screen module with a battery or the battery itself.
I've done battery replacements on two phones before. One went very well (a Samsung), no issues at all, the other (an LG) the back glass broke so I ended up having to replace that as well. The amount of glue they use on those batteries is so frustrating! It's not like there is any space whatsoever inside the phone for the battery to move around, I've no idea why they need to glue every square millimeter of that thing down. In both cases I used Chinese knockoffs from Amazon. A bit of risk in that (Chinese and batteries are often not a good combo) but the Samsung was an old backup phone, and the LG I immediately ended up trading in because my carrier had a promotion making the trade in value equal to what I paid for it in the first place... they didn't catch that it had a third party battery and back glass.
On the topic of Z Flips, my Z Flip 4 lasted the last 14 months. It failed a little under 2 weeks ago, came back with a note of Repaired/Replaced Battery (Main/Sub) Motherboard It then failed less than 12 hours after being returned to me, so it's due for its second warranty repair and will be going back in in two days time. I would dare to try repairing myself if they fail a second time, if it weren't for the fact I have no idea what might be wrong with it
Just replaced my screen for my galaxy A70 and A73. Both were pretty similar. The A73 you had to pry the screen off from the frame. So I guess it would be the same with the S21.
As someone who has sold Samsung phones in retail, the reason we were given by representatives of why you often have to repair or replace practically all of the phone at once was that you would get a renewed warranty of the phone with the parts. This means that they want you to pay for and replace other parts that are also prone to failure over time, such as the battery, instead of having the same unit shipped in multiple times, and forever extending the same warranty over and over. The fact that they can market this warranty and at the same time filter out cases that wouldn't be worth it, also doesn't hurt.
The worst part about replacing just the screen is trying to glue it to the frame properly. It's much better to do it with the frame aspecially if you have ding on the frame. The battery you can separate with some IPA and replace it alone if you need to. OEM back is never a good idea.
if your gonna revisit apple self repair program please try aftermarket parts to see if they really work like they should. ide be really interested to see that
I had to have the back glass and camera lenses replace on my note 20 ultra 5 times and my screen once. Had I purchased the repair kit it would have saved me money. However I acknowledge that is an extreme case
At work this takes me maybe 20 minutes. It's interesting to see how other people do it. Also those prices are crazy. From our wholesale, we can order genuine Samsung Service backing for about a few dollars. The screen module cost the same though.
At 3:04 Austin says battery level is at 89% . I believe with Samsung it's not battery health like on the iPhone but your actual charge level so if your phone is at 25% battery level will be 25% ..
@3:15 This is incorrect, Anyone with a partnership with Samsung is getting replacement screen parts that have batteries already attached. Unless it's a panel-only (screen adhered to frame) repair, the frame itself comes with the LCD, some small parts (usually have to swap over camera, mid frame, boards, cables, and back housing) but the battery will come adhered to a new LCD assembly (frame). This is true of folding phones as well. Other companies, such as Ubreakifix also have to replace a battery at the time of a screen, or vice versa. Because they are 3rd party independent, they will still offer battery only repairs and utilize other 3rd party supplied parts in their repairs, but they also aren't following Samsung's rules to a T. I can offer some insight if you'd like to reach out. Also, I would love to collab with you on how to correctly open any device. I have seen so many bad takes on device opening. Please reach out before you do any more videos. Let someone with industry experience set the record straight.
They haven't convinced me yet that repairing my phone myself is a good alternative to sending it in for repair. It's good that I have the option, though.
Only pro is that it's maybe cheaper. You do run the risk of damaging the device which would cost more or less than official repairs depending on how badly you damaged it
Reason why they shipped them together is because the batteries on the older Samsung phones are held in with permanent adhesive and pulling on the battery could shift the layers and cause a short and causing the battery to explode
Samsung screen repair comes with battery replacement independently if the battery is good or not. I had to send my S21 Ultra because it was stuck on black screen, I was out of warranty for 4 months and they honored me the warranty, the person who I spoke to, told me that screen replacement always includes battery replacement. That's why I picked Samsung again when I upgraded to the S23 Ultra and will go with Samsung again for the next upgrade.
As a experienced repair technician for forensic purposes, I can assure that the screen and battery aren't one part as they just connected with a ribbon cable :p
The biggest problem with Samsung repairability is cost of the displays. If you have a slightly older phone that still works very well, but you break the screen, 90% of the time repair is just not worth it. I used to have a Galaxy S10 that I bought second hand for 600PLN in mint condition back in December 2022. I broke the screen last month and the original display costs around 700... and by that point a working S10 was worth like 400-450 maybe? And yes, there are third party replacements available, but replacing a curved amoled with an aftermarket screen is a very bad idea. And even the third party screens are mad expensive.
Samsung Galaxy can be found on the official website of the company and on its upcoming release in whatever country and place you want it then you should get it
the battery level part of the settings app is not the battery health like the iphone but just the amount of charge that you have if that is actually the health 1. people wouldn't ever get into samsung members to just check if the battery is bad 2. my 4 year old battery in my s20 would have no battery degradation at all it's kinda fun how he doesn't know that when he used so many z flips and calls himself a "tech" youtuber also have fun trying to allign the display when all you have to kill the display is literally just to slip by a fraction of a millimeter or have a tiny piece of glass or dust under the display and adhere your battery in and finding out that you can't plug it in since it has like a millimeter of splace between the bms and the frame of the thing and your connecter is to short and gouge the battery or it expands while you try to remove it again yeah and trying to file out a frame because it is dented and can't fit the display is also a really big part i'm just saying that because i have literally killed multiple parts doing this yeah there is a benefit for choice and it could be done but i guess it is just literally getting a discount for literally signing off that your thousand dollar phone is now a paperweight thanks to you trying to save 50 dollars by getting the screen with nothing attached to it
I think it might just come down to man power more than anything. Taking the screen off looks to be more annoying that them just giving you the pre-assembled unit
The tools used by Apple are literally the same tools used in the Retail Stores. I would assume it’s just a cost savings thing so they don’t have to create a different set of tools used in self repair.
Considering the module and back cover were brand new, the price you paid sounds really good. That almost sounds like a better way to get a good quality phone rather than buying it from eBay.
Big companies will make it hard to repair because they want you just to get a new phone. But we all remember in the 2000 phones like the Nokia 3310 was bulletproof easily repaired. Now everything has a million screws and glued down with the strongest glue know to man. I know phones are now not phones but computers, still they should be repairable because most front and back are glass these days. Also bring back the headphone jack.
Think if you buy and own the tools, any repairs in the future would be cheaper as you wouldn't need to re-buy the tools each time. This would make it a lot more affordable for future repairs
It's actually better to send it because that way you know its being done right and you get the water resistant back i also don't know why you would want a 3rd party part
when i had to fix my note 10 plus because the adhesive was failing they told me that the display and battery come together. don't think this is just an ifixit issue.
In my opinion, sending it to company own repair service is much better. Since you can get back your phone the same day, and considering not all people have the skill to repair on their own. Yes, the cost is not cheap but it's guaranteed to be fix
Kept my S22 out of a case for 2 years so far. I still really like it. It does get micro scratches which will tank resale value, but I'll probably keep it for a long time anyways for it's DEX (backup laptop) capabilities. Samsunng TV's on the other hand have effin sucked. They're TV's are the same exact cheap plasticky flimsy tvs that TCL or HiSense make. My Samsung TV literally fell apart and broke with lite movement.
Hear me out. What if manufacturers start selling replacement parts at the same time they launch the product. That way, if someone want to, they can buy a replacement battery, screen and whatnot then keep it until the day it need to be replaced. If the owner don't need the part anymore, they can always resell them
I wouldn't even consider an apple or a samsung phone anymore. iOs simply doesn't work for me, personal preference, and samsung is crammed full of bloatware. screw that... I'll rather have an android One device anytime anywhere
Is that implemented now in the Apple self service repair program because my iPhone SE needs a battery replacement it’s a second generation iPhone SE with a battery health of 79%. I’m hesitant to do the repair myself because I don’t want to trigger any errors.
bascially module repair is you get the same exact phone brand new...so maybe go for that even without having the phone so u pay 200 for a phone? idk if theres anything missing
if my S23 is acting up weird again i might switch back to blackberry passport until i get a better phone that can repair easily and not too complicated. Blackberry passport is still solid as of 2024
Not the same device but I've done the custom shells on the Nintendo switch for both mine and my sisters. Hers is just some cute colors mine looks like the original nes I did the controllers too but not the middle bit because I didn't wanna work with ribbons yet one day I'll do it
ok please do a pt 2 of apple and find out which phones are available to repair without havintg to register the parts i have an 11 pro max i love did a screen repair and now its useable but noticeably different
Entering a Samsung from the bottom is not the best. Long edge is best. Also, yes the back is glass. ONLY the s21 standard size is like that. The other ones are noticeably more difficult because of the glass
Edit: ifixit currently has my s20 battery for $20. after my story below i have NEVER attempted to get genuine parts. i actually consider anything ifixit sells to be the best option. maybe that's the car background in me... Stealerships are the enemy. Not really relevant, but back when i tried to buy a samsung galaxy s4? 5? I bought it from Best Buy and out of the box the screen was glitched, it would flicker and do the rainbow lines... somewhat common on phones. So my naive little self contacted Samsung expecting to get a new one haha... HAHAHAHA!!! No, they offered to RMA my phone with a refurbished phone. That's probably industry standard? But i returned it to Best Buy the next day to the same guy and he laughed and apologized for the hassle. Probably not the first time he heard that story. I've replaced charging ports in older phones. and recently replaced my battery and screen in my pixel 3a. $60 phone and it is now brand new. and still has an audio jack.
Even if it costs about the same as buying a newer old phone, remember that you just replaced old parts for new parts. So the phone you repaired is technically better than the used or refurbished phone. Really the only thing you got to worry about after fixing your own phone is that water resistance is now zero.
Ifixit here in Chicago IL have now had to be forced to permanently close their stores for 3 things fixing phones and putting faulty parts , prices and not fixing the devices no wonder why ifixit are permanently closing ij Chicago IL
Requiring repair partners to effectively disable devices by removing 3rd party parts is so ridiculous of Samsung. Hope the EU catches them out one day and hits them with a fine they'll feel. I have little hope for American regulators.
If you don't have a use for the s21 you have just fixed i would not mind to have it as my current phone is is not in the greatest of state that a phone can b. Anyway great video and keep up.
as someone who has worked at a Samsung repair center and a 3rd party repair shop, we like the full assembly as there's less of a risk to damaging the OLED screen, it also tends to make the overall repair a whole lot easier and ends in less warranty work since we don't have to worry about a tech not using enough/too much adhesive for the screen. im not here to sing the songs of Samsung but i will say that it was a selling point in my old shops to tell the user that their device was going to not only look like new but they would have a new battery as well. back glass, id get that from a parts distro or eBay and it will be fine.
if you have a broken display (or any piece of broken glass you need work around), apply packing tape to it. it keeps all the little shards in place and covers all the sharp edges
3:04 Austin, that "battery level" is not the battery life cycle health 😂😂
Me with a s21: 😂😂 you dummy austin
I came to say the same thing, it's just telling him the current charge level.
Omg. Yeeeees! It is clear that he does not own or use an Android phone.
He is not very good in repair or technical stuff but he is a good presenter and TH-camr, it is at least free to watch, so that is the quality that you get - in the end it is amateur content without any checking or quality control for entertainment.
@@scientia-potentia which is odd considering his love for the flip series
In other phones (basically not an iPhone since Apple serialized all their batteries now) it kind of makes sense to replace the battery anyways since it’s kind of like doing spark plugs and coils on a Toyota 2GR FE. You’re there, might as well do the other stuff
Also at the start, Android doesn’t report battery “life” like iOS does, that 89% is the charge level
Android will show battery health in A15, but samsung might not.
The only thing you loose with a 3rd party iPhone battery replacement is battery health monitoring, which a lot of Android phones don’t have anyways
It makes sense still to replace it on an iPhone. For me my iPhone batteries usually last around 4-5 years before they drain too fast, but it still have a few years of updates left. A new battery is gonna be a lot cheaper than a new phone at that point. Its no different than getting it repaired on any other phone either, just that the shop has to be Apple certified, which we can all agree is stupid
@@bigman8994 yeah
is the 2GR FE the V6 they mounted transversally so the front 3 plugs and coils are a 10 minute job but the back half takes hours just to see the coil pack 🤣🤣🤣
3:03 Actually, it is just telling you how much your battery is charged, kind if irritating
😂, I went straight to settings to check, thinking android added the option to check battery status.
@@shahidmirza1138 nah, only for root people as far as i know, only with some weird apps
@@shahidmirza1138 me too on my s9+ lmao
3:02 That isn't the battery health. That's just the current battery level.
The apple fan boy to android Samsung smartphones
No wonder
In Japan, we don't have to deal with this. You can sign up for phone provider insurance. You pay $5 a month, and then if anything happens with your phone, battery, screen, water damage, whatever (as long as it's not just cosmetic damage)...you pay $30 and they will replace your phone with a brand new phone (1st time charge). The charge increases slightly each time you replace it (and the base charge for foldable phones is a bit higher).
When you get the new phone you have 2 weeks to transfer your data, and send back the old broken phone.
We have it too in the states, it usually runs anywhere between $5 - $25 USD depending on what major provider you have but if you are buying your phone without monthly payments some companies wont let you insure the phone or its too expensive since you have to pay for it up front (my case, i would have had to pay about $250 USD to insure my phone for two years give or take).
Erm... is this not called "insurance"? Also, it does not really matter whether it is a contract (pay monthly) phone or you own the phone outright, cover can be found cheaply nearly everywhere these days.
@@MC-emmcee Good that insurance is available more in the States.
Are there any limits or specific terms? Is it done via the provider?
Remember what Japan did with Unit 731
Ya forgot to mention: TAKE PICTURES of everything BEFORE you unscrew anything. You'll thank me for sure.
As a ubreakifix employee and partner with Samsung. S23-s24 series come with just screen repair but for the longest time Samsung ran with full OCTA repairs which is the full frame and battery and stuff. Is same for all Samsung repair shops
Fr them prices were insane for a fat minute till they introduced the battery pull tabs to remove em😂
I use to work for Batteries Plus we did phone repair for both Apple and Samsung phones. We would get parts from Samsung with the batteries installed as well, the reason was the customer experience. It was just better for the customer to know that when they were paying for an expensive screen repair the battery was also being replaced as it’s the easiest part to wear down. Also the cost of the batteries were so cheap so it wasn’t a huge deal for Samsung.
3:15 Even Samsung Authorized repair locations are required to also replace the battery because Samsugn ships us the display with the battery already adhered to it.
As a phone repair tech for both major brands, while its usually easy to hate on apple, I'd argue that iPhones are currently more efficiently designed and less wasteful when it comes to repair compared to current samsung models BUT atleast samsung doesn't lock the repair behind proprietary calibration software and serial locking.
I looked up a single video about the zflip 5 like a week ago after getting one and I've watched maybe 20 of your videos since. Quality stuff 👍
You can tell Austin was extremely proud of himself for repairing this phone. Congratulations sir! You smart lol
The irony in saying "i dont have alot of time" but then saying. "Im gonna tell you everything i can", is ironic. Tell me everything Austin. Please.
Back in the days of the iPhone 3G, I did screen and digitizer replacements. Having done several of these replacements, spending the money on an Otter Box was an easily-justifiable cost. I found it really stressful dealing with those ribbon cables, so I quit doing it. If I wasn't ready to replace the device, I'd so much rather get it repaired -- by someone else. Your demo was great, these phones have gotten a lot more complex as the manufacturers have added more functionality to them. When you mentioned sending in a "perfectly good battery," I gotta say that when most people get a new phone, they're a lot more careful with it than they are a year or so later, and at that point, it's probably not a "perfectly good battery" anymore. But doesn't a "right-to-repair" mean that a lot more independent repair techs should be available? I'd pay for that.
I noticed that with my Samsung Z fold 4 last year. The fold hinge failed and took it to a Samsung store for warranty repair. What i ended up with was a brand new chassis, new battery, new screens. All that remains was the main board and cameras. My data was still there but i had a new IMEI and all the protective coverings all round the chassis.
The hinge is attached to the frame of the phone so if the hinge gets damaged on a flip or a fold you basically get the screen repaired because the screen, the frame, and hinge are all together
@b3stianaga yeah I pieced all that together after I got it back. As they never told me. I only noticed it was a new IMEI after I was checking the phone over.
if you got a new IMEI, you got a new board. Every Main PBA has its own IMEI. You can write the old IMEI to a new one (this is the preferred in-warranty process), but if you have a new IMEI, your board is 100% not the same as the one you went to the store with.
@BladeScraper all my data was still on it though, my wallpaper biometrics, apps etc were all as they were when I gave them my phone.
@@SteveODonnell Weird af. It's been a couple years since I worked at a Samsung repair center, maybe they came up with a way to transfer all data and without losing biometrics and stuff. Back when I worked there the best we could do was Smart Switch, which would transfer most data but not all and not biometrics.
I once tried to repair my phone. Opened up ~80 screws and ended up tightening ~45 screws. 😂 True story.
Louis Rossman is watching this, trying not to scream
I was thinking the exact same thing
That guy is a tool. Complains about Apple yet made a bunch a money with the repairs.
@@bear2507 Yeah he complains about a massive company fighting right to repair and the rights of consumers - what a tool am I right?
(Sarcasm)
@@bear2507so because he made money of it he isn’t allowed to complain or stand up for consumers ? Kinda strange take tbh
Have you seen Louis react to Jayztwocents "solder" something on a graphics card?
He doesn't just scream, he hisses like a cat.
I don’t understand why companies just don’t offer the products they use to build the phones since they already have them in stock for people to fix their phones. The population of people who would actually fix theirs phones is a lot smaller than those who just want to outright buy new ones. It would keep customers and happy and brand loyal if you just took care of them
It’s incredible to see such kindness and love. Thank you all!
cant believe 2019 was already 1 year ago!
Ha ha!! You were damaged and were in a Coma!
It's, 2024, July 5th, 2024
@@Lgwasherfan5623found the time traveler
my s10e is basically a Frankenstein phone now and still my daily driver even though i have other stronger phone, fixing just feels so good
That price you showed for worth is for a used phone. Fixing your phone, with new battery, makes it like new again, and you don't have to set it up, it is already all setup. So that saves a bunch of time, hours even. Time is money too.
3:03 the battery level is the actual charge of the battery, android does not show the battery health
The parts cost probably less than 20 bucks. The reason for the high price is high cause they don't want you to repair your phone. This is a PR saying that the isn't a train for right to repair laws because they have this already.
Also don't praise apple cause try and replace a screen and you are paying for pretty much a new laptop since you cannot get the screen but di much else. Also they have screwed third party repair since they cannot get a 5 dollar part from apple but 500 dollar assemblies.
I’ve replace Samsung backs from off brand ones on Amazon for like $20. And they got the logo. Might not have a good seal for water. But it stays on
Use to work for a 3rd party UBIF and we had to replace both battery and screen on all Samsung devices.
So TLDR: It's simple to repair, but the whole thing is mainly for regulatory reason. As long as they don't lock repair behind stupid and bullshit codes and verification and whatever, I'd rather go with Samsung than the fruit company.
@@dragdumpsterApple did lock certain parts to the logic board, so even with genuine parts, if you didn’t have the elusive device to reprogram them, they wouldn’t work to their fullest extent or at all. I only know because I used to repair iPhones, and it was a very annoying quirk.
The software lock is to prevent use of stolen devices, unlike apple, samsung has no security to prevent your device from being used once they remove all the data, apple completely bricks the stolen devices hence the theives will have to settle for selling the parts, but if the parts are software locked then... you guessed it criminals will have less incentive to steal an iphone, it does make self repair more difficult but in 99% sure most users would prefer not being robbed as opposed to not being able to self repair, apple is already planning on making their batteries swappable in the future thanks to EU.
You forgot the most important step there is to the new battery - the "Self repair assistant" app. It "calibrates" the new parts. On Samsung phones, stupidly, battery charge cycles and wear data is stored on the phone itself, in the EFS partition. The self repair app erases the wear data, so the battery can work just as if it was brand new again with no "safety" limitations (there is as far as i know a limit to cut off the lowest 5% and highest 5% of the battery capacity to avoid overcharge/overdischarge and sudden shutdowns if the battery is worn out).
So yeah, the repair assistant app is a must have tool to perform the repair properly when you replace the screen module with a battery or the battery itself.
samsung doesnt have any repair centers in the uk as far as i know and that sucks.
I've done battery replacements on two phones before. One went very well (a Samsung), no issues at all, the other (an LG) the back glass broke so I ended up having to replace that as well. The amount of glue they use on those batteries is so frustrating! It's not like there is any space whatsoever inside the phone for the battery to move around, I've no idea why they need to glue every square millimeter of that thing down.
In both cases I used Chinese knockoffs from Amazon. A bit of risk in that (Chinese and batteries are often not a good combo) but the Samsung was an old backup phone, and the LG I immediately ended up trading in because my carrier had a promotion making the trade in value equal to what I paid for it in the first place... they didn't catch that it had a third party battery and back glass.
On the topic of Z Flips, my Z Flip 4 lasted the last 14 months.
It failed a little under 2 weeks ago, came back with a note of
Repaired/Replaced
Battery (Main/Sub)
Motherboard
It then failed less than 12 hours after being returned to me, so it's due for its second warranty repair and will be going back in in two days time.
I would dare to try repairing myself if they fail a second time, if it weren't for the fact I have no idea what might be wrong with it
The battery level is not the same thing as battery health. Basically, you told us the charge level of your phone's battery 😂
came here to say that.
Just replaced my screen for my galaxy A70 and A73. Both were pretty similar. The A73 you had to pry the screen off from the frame. So I guess it would be the same with the S21.
As someone who has sold Samsung phones in retail, the reason we were given by representatives of why you often have to repair or replace practically all of the phone at once was that you would get a renewed warranty of the phone with the parts. This means that they want you to pay for and replace other parts that are also prone to failure over time, such as the battery, instead of having the same unit shipped in multiple times, and forever extending the same warranty over and over.
The fact that they can market this warranty and at the same time filter out cases that wouldn't be worth it, also doesn't hurt.
Why are you not wearing a grounding strap?
After years of working with tec, Austin has developed electric immunity, it happens.
The worst part about replacing just the screen is trying to glue it to the frame properly. It's much better to do it with the frame aspecially if you have ding on the frame. The battery you can separate with some IPA and replace it alone if you need to. OEM back is never a good idea.
The music during the reassembly is awesome.
if your gonna revisit apple self repair program please try aftermarket parts to see if they really work like they should. ide be really interested to see that
Apple surprisingly got better with phone repair than Samsung. What a wild timeline we live in...
I had to have the back glass and camera lenses replace on my note 20 ultra 5 times and my screen once. Had I purchased the repair kit it would have saved me money. However I acknowledge that is an extreme case
At work this takes me maybe 20 minutes. It's interesting to see how other people do it.
Also those prices are crazy. From our wholesale, we can order genuine Samsung Service backing for about a few dollars. The screen module cost the same though.
At 3:04 Austin says battery level is at 89% . I believe with Samsung it's not battery health like on the iPhone but your actual charge level so if your phone is at 25% battery level will be 25% ..
@3:15 This is incorrect, Anyone with a partnership with Samsung is getting replacement screen parts that have batteries already attached. Unless it's a panel-only (screen adhered to frame) repair, the frame itself comes with the LCD, some small parts (usually have to swap over camera, mid frame, boards, cables, and back housing) but the battery will come adhered to a new LCD assembly (frame). This is true of folding phones as well. Other companies, such as Ubreakifix also have to replace a battery at the time of a screen, or vice versa.
Because they are 3rd party independent, they will still offer battery only repairs and utilize other 3rd party supplied parts in their repairs, but they also aren't following Samsung's rules to a T. I can offer some insight if you'd like to reach out.
Also, I would love to collab with you on how to correctly open any device. I have seen so many bad takes on device opening. Please reach out before you do any more videos. Let someone with industry experience set the record straight.
Just as a FYI, it's generally not a good idea to connect the battery before connecting all the other components as it might fry those components.
Great Video Austin!!!!!!!🎉
They haven't convinced me yet that repairing my phone myself is a good alternative to sending it in for repair. It's good that I have the option, though.
Only pro is that it's maybe cheaper.
You do run the risk of damaging the device which would cost more or less than official repairs depending on how badly you damaged it
Reason why they shipped them together is because the batteries on the older Samsung phones are held in with permanent adhesive and pulling on the battery could shift the layers and cause a short and causing the battery to explode
13:32 Never seen a Dell that shape before, I kind of want to buy one but don't know the model.
Dell Optiplex full tower from 2004 to 2007
For those prices might as well buy a new or used phone
Samsung screen repair comes with battery replacement independently if the battery is good or not.
I had to send my S21 Ultra because it was stuck on black screen, I was out of warranty for 4 months and they honored me the warranty, the person who I spoke to, told me that screen replacement always includes battery replacement. That's why I picked Samsung again when I upgraded to the S23 Ultra and will go with Samsung again for the next upgrade.
As a experienced repair technician for forensic purposes, I can assure that the screen and battery aren't one part as they just connected with a ribbon cable :p
The biggest problem with Samsung repairability is cost of the displays. If you have a slightly older phone that still works very well, but you break the screen, 90% of the time repair is just not worth it. I used to have a Galaxy S10 that I bought second hand for 600PLN in mint condition back in December 2022. I broke the screen last month and the original display costs around 700... and by that point a working S10 was worth like 400-450 maybe? And yes, there are third party replacements available, but replacing a curved amoled with an aftermarket screen is a very bad idea. And even the third party screens are mad expensive.
Actually, I myself was going to self repair an old samsung phone. Hopefully it goes well.
Austin, if you need a tech savvy person that is good at repairing stuff, I am happy to join the team.
Do a full frame swap on an iPhone and see how difficult it will be with all the small bracket and different size screws
Samsung Galaxy can be found on the official website of the company and on its upcoming release in whatever country and place you want it then you should get it
the battery level part of the settings app is not the battery health like the iphone but just the amount of charge that you have
if that is actually the health
1. people wouldn't ever get into samsung members to just check if the battery is bad
2. my 4 year old battery in my s20 would have no battery degradation at all
it's kinda fun how he doesn't know that when he used so many z flips and calls himself a "tech" youtuber
also have fun trying to allign the display when all you have to kill the display is literally just to slip by a fraction of a millimeter or have a tiny piece of glass or dust under the display and adhere your battery in and finding out that you can't plug it in since it has like a millimeter of splace between the bms and the frame of the thing and your connecter is to short and gouge the battery or it expands while you try to remove it again
yeah and trying to file out a frame because it is dented and can't fit the display is also a really big part
i'm just saying that because i have literally killed multiple parts doing this
yeah there is a benefit for choice and it could be done but i guess it is just literally getting a discount for literally signing off that your thousand dollar phone is now a paperweight thanks to you trying to save 50 dollars by getting the screen with nothing attached to it
I think it might just come down to man power more than anything.
Taking the screen off looks to be more annoying that them just giving you the pre-assembled unit
The tools used by Apple are literally the same tools used in the Retail Stores. I would assume it’s just a cost savings thing so they don’t have to create a different set of tools used in self repair.
The battery tattle thing kinda makes sense. Remember when airlines completely banned the Note? It's probably just carry over from that whole drama.
Considering the module and back cover were brand new, the price you paid sounds really good. That almost sounds like a better way to get a good quality phone rather than buying it from eBay.
How is that a good deal? A brand new phone is $269 only a few more bucks.
Big companies will make it hard to repair because they want you just to get a new phone. But we all remember in the 2000 phones like the Nokia 3310 was bulletproof easily repaired. Now everything has a million screws and glued down with the strongest glue know to man. I know phones are now not phones but computers, still they should be repairable because most front and back are glass these days. Also bring back the headphone jack.
As a phone repair business owner, buy a service pack, screen and frame already attached. Open up the back and move the hardware over.
Austin, awesome as always!
Think if you buy and own the tools, any repairs in the future would be cheaper as you wouldn't need to re-buy the tools each time.
This would make it a lot more affordable for future repairs
It's actually better to send it because that way you know its being done right and you get the water resistant back i also don't know why you would want a 3rd party part
My question...does all of your user data get saved or is it a fresh start when you replace the phone screen?
when i had to fix my note 10 plus because the adhesive was failing they told me that the display and battery come together. don't think this is just an ifixit issue.
3:04 it's not the battery lifecycle health 😂
In my opinion, sending it to company own repair service is much better. Since you can get back your phone the same day, and considering not all people have the skill to repair on their own. Yes, the cost is not cheap but it's guaranteed to be fix
Kept my S22 out of a case for 2 years so far. I still really like it. It does get micro scratches which will tank resale value, but I'll probably keep it for a long time anyways for it's DEX (backup laptop) capabilities.
Samsunng TV's on the other hand have effin sucked. They're TV's are the same exact cheap plasticky flimsy tvs that TCL or HiSense make. My Samsung TV literally fell apart and broke with lite movement.
I gotta say, my TCL tv doesn't feel cheap or plasticky/flimsy at all
I literally hate Samsungs TV OS. It is so laggy and annoying. It makes my $2,000 TV seem like a cheap $200 one.
I have had good luck with ifixit batteries and I have never needed Apple’s tools to get the phones apart.
I Love Austin Evans Videos 💙💛
how do u know what parts to repair on a older phones?
Great Video Austin ☂️👍🏻📱
Hear me out. What if manufacturers start selling replacement parts at the same time they launch the product. That way, if someone want to, they can buy a replacement battery, screen and whatnot then keep it until the day it need to be replaced. If the owner don't need the part anymore, they can always resell them
never let austin FIX your broken phone..
Samsung has been doing that frame+screen+battery approach since the s8
I wouldn't even consider an apple or a samsung phone anymore. iOs simply doesn't work for me, personal preference, and samsung is crammed full of bloatware. screw that... I'll rather have an android One device anytime anywhere
same, always preferred Nexus/Pixel phones for the "pure" Android experience
Is that implemented now in the Apple self service repair program because my iPhone SE needs a battery replacement it’s a second generation iPhone SE with a battery health of 79%. I’m hesitant to do the repair myself because I don’t want to trigger any errors.
bascially module repair is you get the same exact phone brand new...so maybe go for that even without having the phone so u pay 200 for a phone? idk if theres anything missing
The module repair only has the battery and screen. It doesn’t have the motherboard or anything else.
*#0*# for the test menu on every samsung phone
Sensor->Image test shows the same dog since the s1 ;)
That meal kit comment was so relevant to my life right now.
if my S23 is acting up weird again i might switch back to blackberry passport until i get a better phone that can repair easily and not too complicated. Blackberry passport is still solid as of 2024
Not the same device but I've done the custom shells on the Nintendo switch for both mine and my sisters. Hers is just some cute colors mine looks like the original nes I did the controllers too but not the middle bit because I didn't wanna work with ribbons yet one day I'll do it
Hey austin, do something like this with a google pixel phone.
6:00 Damn Austin has 183 million subs great job😂👍
ok please do a pt 2 of apple and find out which phones are available to repair without havintg to register the parts i have an 11 pro max i love did a screen repair and now its useable but noticeably different
Short version, bare minimum for regulatory compliance.
Once you add in the time it costs, it's just not worth it.
I really wish my opinion of "incredibly broken" was the same as yours. Thats a perfectly usable phone.
Entering a Samsung from the bottom is not the best. Long edge is best. Also, yes the back is glass. ONLY the s21 standard size is like that. The other ones are noticeably more difficult because of the glass
Edit: ifixit currently has my s20 battery for $20. after my story below i have NEVER attempted to get genuine parts. i actually consider anything ifixit sells to be the best option. maybe that's the car background in me... Stealerships are the enemy.
Not really relevant, but back when i tried to buy a samsung galaxy s4? 5? I bought it from Best Buy and out of the box the screen was glitched, it would flicker and do the rainbow lines... somewhat common on phones. So my naive little self contacted Samsung expecting to get a new one haha... HAHAHAHA!!! No, they offered to RMA my phone with a refurbished phone. That's probably industry standard? But i returned it to Best Buy the next day to the same guy and he laughed and apologized for the hassle. Probably not the first time he heard that story.
I've replaced charging ports in older phones. and recently replaced my battery and screen in my pixel 3a. $60 phone and it is now brand new. and still has an audio jack.
Even if it costs about the same as buying a newer old phone, remember that you just replaced old parts for new parts. So the phone you repaired is technically better than the used or refurbished phone. Really the only thing you got to worry about after fixing your own phone is that water resistance is now zero.
Except that the main board and cameras are still old. It would be better to just buy a brand new Samsung for $69 more.
"Equally as useful" Thats a damn lie. That microwave is 1000x more useful lol.
Ifixit here in Chicago IL have now had to be forced to permanently close their stores for 3 things fixing phones and putting faulty parts , prices and not fixing the devices no wonder why ifixit are permanently closing ij Chicago IL
Yeah !
Requiring repair partners to effectively disable devices by removing 3rd party parts is so ridiculous of Samsung. Hope the EU catches them out one day and hits them with a fine they'll feel. I have little hope for American regulators.
If you don't have a use for the s21 you have just fixed i would not mind to have it as my current phone is is not in the greatest of state that a phone can b. Anyway great video and keep up.