Restoring The First iPhone - Retro Repair
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- Designed without repair in mind, this retro iPhone is badly damaged and in need of repair.
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2:13 I guess that’s what “cutting-edge technology” means
egs1505 😂🤣
Lol
egs1505 to be honest I didn’t get it at first till I thought about it 😂😂😂
Damn hahaha
😂
Having subscribed to Hugh back when he was obsessed with Ariana Grande and mostly repairing computers (20K subs) the come up has been amazing and I am proud of you. Keep doing you Hugh!
Same lol
I miss those ariana wallpapers on almost every device he gets a hand on 😂
same
Gabriel James Andal ik and the different variations of wallpapers...good times
i want 2 win a phone boy I also been subscribed when he was obsessed with AG and repairing computers
The battery “do NOT disassemble”
HUGH JEFFREYS: yeets out the battery
Anyone know when this insuffererable type of comment is going to go away?
Phil Underhill joe mama
Extract.MJツ
+Extract.MJツ Where did he disassemble the battery?
Evan Blenkinsopp 2:51
Probably one of your best videos. The content, camerawork and the challenging nature of the repair were excellent. It’s a great thing to see a piece of tech history come back to life.
Love seeing old tech restored. So satisfying.
*0:43*
General Grievous: A fine addition to my collection
Lol just said that
I was looking for this
@@extremedoopy9972 time has changed and now the very first smartphone ever is called retro. My galaxy a12, oppo a53, redmi 9 prime and nokia g10 will soon become the grandpa's of smartphone in a few years.
Battery does deplete but I made sure to own a few smartphone, so I wouldn't rely on a single one. Also no Battery hungry apps like pubg or genshin impact. I'm not the type of user that changes smartphone every year anyway
finally! I have been searching for so long to try and find more iPhone 2g restoration videos, and one from the best restoration channel is amazing!
*_this guy really knows how to make thumbnails_*
seem like you are not a usual watcher
@@barackhusseinobamaii3303 lol XD
@@mitsostechtips9047 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙂
@@barackhusseinobamaii3303 im a dj too plz watch my remixes too 😊
@@mitsostechtips9047 im a dj too plz watch my remix also 😕 i need support
Bought one of these 6 years ago as it was my first phone, and still works to this day.
0:42
*A fine addition to my collection.*
Beautiful restore. I still have one of these sitting in my room in its case. A friend gave me one around iphone 5 I believe and I used it for mp3s only, but put hard case around it, clip case and screen protector so its still pretty mint, very minimal scratches. Didn't think they were worth anything though!
You’re the best on TH-cam for Apple repairs!
Louis Rossmann xD
I agree
hello? Louis Rossmann??
I'll be attempting this exact same restoration in a few days time, thanks so much for this guide!
I still remember the first time I laid hands on this device. Some of my friends' family just returned from the us with a simlocked iphone. The only way to unlock that and flash it so it can use any sim was basically to connect two traces together so the phone could be rooted. That was the jankiest stuff I've ever pulled on one of these but it did work in the end, and the person was super happy except for the slightly bent frame. Of which I can see you also are having some trouble with :D
I’ve literally been waiting for this since your 2018 room tour when you showed these in your repair pile
i was literally thinking about one of your iphone restoration lmaoo
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@@sundancekid7891 bruh tf
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"is often referred as first smartphone" while I was using Symbian based smartphone back in 2006.
I'm sure Hugh meant to mention "first modern smartphone"
@@kbhasi Yeah, but still pretty much only difference was lack of touch screen and centralized app store, while these phones had 3G already and were much easier to repair.
Kevin Bhasi absolutely no discussion about it. Apple completely changed the definition of what the smartphone was.
The first iPhone had really limited features when it was released. The App Store didn't exist until a day before the second iPhone (3G) was released so you wasn't able to install any 3rd party apps. You only had the things that the phone came with. It didn't even have video recording, MMS (popular back then), file manager, multitasking, 3G, WiFi hotspot, bluetooth file transfer (popular back then) and many other things.
Nokia already had a some kind of App store on Symbian smartphones and of course you were able to get apps from web sites. There was also some Symbian UIQ smartphones from Sony etc. with touchscreen and of course Windows Mobile smartphones
@@kbhasi There was nothing not modern prior to the iPhone.
i like how people say great video after the video came out 33 seconds ago
BeyondTheSole lmao it soo tru tho
I said great vid 17 minutes after it came out lol
some videos are uploaded on other platforms first, or made available on youtube premium first.
they slowed down time and watched it within 33 seconds
@@mohammed.baig. wouldn’t slowing down time make the video longer?
Wow! Great job. I agree with your point about the iPod Classic because my former colleague has iPod Classic and he had to repair it and I remember how frustrating and difficult it was at the time.
Sounding positive there mate!! Cheering us all up. Interesting seeing these old ones being repaired. The design is just a world away from today's restrictive, tri-winged tricky "can't do anything because otherwise we'll stop your features from working" designs such as any of the newer no home button iPhones or even just iPhone 7 or 8s. That why I enjoy stripping down a four every so often just to keep my hand in it while I have no newer projects.
Love your channel❤ giving so much information about phone's!! Have watched every single video's great work ✌🤗❤
From 2007. It's so crazy to think about it. At that time I believe I had a clambshell and I felt like this was modern.
To be fair, smartphones existed years before the iPhone even came out.
Love the video ones like these are really helping me
Videos keeps me entertained while in this Quarantine
You know its a Hugh Jeffrey's video when the thumbnail is that high quality
Yuca Luca lol is that sarcasm cause the thumbnail is just a picture.....
Yuca Luca some in the past have been kinda fire tho
@@RishabhJain-rw1rq its a very good picture lol
Yuca Luca not rlly it’s pretty simple in framing and execution with minimalistic editing
@@RishabhJain-rw1rq yeah a good picture
I see tons of these in that condition with dead pixels and cracks! And for $80!? Like wow. But it’s something I want to have in my collection at some point.
Well nows the time to get one the prices are going way up on parts and such
Great video❗️if I ever needed an iPhone repaired I would love for you to repair it, your work is outstanding 👍✅👏
Still have my first iPhone the iPhone 3GS, still works great and I'm planning to replace the back panel! Nice vid Hugh👍
Me trying to figure out how to re-apply the screws: “oh... it’s because I’m not happy...”
I dont get it
xioracky he said “re-apply the screws when you’re happy”
Woah I'm early! Keep up the great content Hugh and thank yuo for getting me back into repairs! (:
yuo lol!
> Calls iPhone 2G an iPhone 1
> Claims this to be the first smartphone whilst it wasn't.
Yeh mate, great content...
great video broo watching you from algeria
Love the vids man keep it up 👊
Hey Hugh, big fan! Do you think you could make a series about taking old tech current/making it usable today? I have an old mid 2000s iMac and I’d love to see your take on if I can bring it back to life, or if I should throw it away
Hell yeah.
0:43 - General Grevious
I'm from Brazil and I really enjoy your videos!!!!
Great video thank you so much Hugh
4:45 it looks just like the iPhone 4 without that metal thing
I thought that
It's soooooo cute!
Edit: Thank you 4 the heart!!!!
I have 3 iPhone 2G’s that I purchased about 7 years ago. One of which has the box with all originally accessories!
I love how you stuck the protective film back onto the display after taking it off to put the display in, just so you could take it off at the end
Ashleigh Grace haha I do that it means there’s no fingerprints
5:52 "We have no dead pixels" - Uhm excuse me, what's with the grey spots in the bottom left and top right of the display? Looks like lint.
R.I.P Steve jobs
You revaluationised the whole computer industry and also the telecommunication industry
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Officially, you're one of my favorite TH-camrs out here!
Im happy your posting more
You need to push a screwdriver in those 2 spots to remove the back housing.
@@technologyguy2256 Yeah I know, but this way you just risk damaging other parts.
That" I also managed to cut my finger during this process" part made me wheeeezing!!! Hahahah!!
Love it. I have one with some dead pixels at the bottom but it’s not affecting usability and not noticeable unless you’re looking for it. Based on how difficult this looked, I’m fine with the dead pixels lol
Always thanks for Your videos.
Damn I’ve never clicked so fast 🤯 This was literally the difference between me buying one or not, second hand with a similar dead pixel issue
well, i'd say the first windows mobile phone was the first real smartphone. i always felt like the iphone 2g was pretty barebones
I still have mine which I bought new in late 2007. The screen had the grey blotch and touch wasn't working. I bought a brand new display from China and now it works perfectly. I still have the original box, dock etc too.
Damn, these restoration videos are so satisfying to watch.
0:42:*laughs in grevious*
4:46 "when we are happy"
What if you are doing this repair sad?
That's exactly what I was thinking LOL
i love youre videos man !!!!!!
Thanks for the tutorial as was invaluable to do the screen replacement on mine. That aluminium back is an absolute nightmare to get off and I’ve got a bit of panel beating to do before it goes back on as it got a bit bent up trying to pry it off! Want to keep the original back as sn matches the box as that’s important from a collector point of view.
Just been watching iphone 2g event
You know, I never hear no one talking about the first generation Blu phones. 🤔
No one:
Hugh Jeffreys: A fine addition to my collection
Amazing video, it seems so difficult to disassemble...
just if theres any confusion.
its called an iphone 2G, not iphone 1
that is all
Both of those are unofficial names. Officially, it was only ever called simply "iPhone".
@@nomadben do you know when was it released?
@@moizsiddikio4 June 29, 2007
@@nomadben thank you
@@moizsiddikio4 Happy to help my friend. Have a good day
How is this "the first smartphone"? Amazin' technology knowledge right here.
Ikr, rip Symbian.
Good nice job restoring this very good
The first ever smartphone was the palm’s Treo, starting from the “180º to the last model the “Pro”, (the firs iPhone was a direct competitor of this one). When palm sinked down, apple bought most of it’s product patents, the most famous was the quick silence action switch (the Treo had it at the top instead the side location on the iPhone) and the capacitative two parts touch screen. However nowadays the iPhone become a totally different gadget and it’s awesome, now it’s a referent of how a mobile phone hato be. After owning 6 different treo models, I got ,y first iPhone, my first one was the same of the video, and I loved it from the first moment, i got really amazed for the easy way to “synchronize” it whit my power book just like my iPod, and now I can simply live without apple products, and your videos every Saturday afternoon
This is iPhone 2g where this phone was era of Steve Jobs. I really miss him. He's better CEO although he doesn't like people to repair their device :(
Tim Cook doesn’t like repairs either. Steve Jobs>Tim cook
You miss him? Did you know him personally?
@@ilhantele He definetly means he missed Steve Jobs Era, and who knows perhaps He's related to Mr. Jobs
@@cynixx8737 fortnite is a bad game plz stop i dont want montages nobody cares. On yt and on twitch there are 100000 ppl streaming fortnite rn. Nobody will care about you if they can watch others better than you.
"First ever real smartphone"
Nah mate, not by a longshot. I guess most people didn't even have a smartphone until the iPhone launched, and with how iconic it is that's how it seems.
it is amazing to know people think that the iphone was the first smart phone, and there was other smartphones that could do more than the first iphone years before
I had 2G in 2005 with my nokia 6680 while iPhone was still 2G in 2007
my iphone first gen is almost immaculate, but is having software issues :P great restore glad to see one saved :3
Wow have been waiting for this video for ages also where do you buy Your devices you fix from
i'm pretty sure he can restore my dead grandfather ...
Khalil Subahi YO
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
@@randomcrap9736 ofc its a fortnite fish player he NEEDS to use the 🤣🤣
Khalil Subahi he can’t
"Designed without repair in mind" well, there is nothing impossible for you!
Nice dude love seeing in mint was wondering when u we’re fixing up those
Dude you are the best!!!!!
4:42 the Plastic was Removed
8:27 the plastic was Removed again!?
These videos seem staged now.
You can tell he put it back on and removed it again because it’s curled up at the top of the phone at 8:27 , probably jus to protect the screen because he took it off while still assembling it
I agree with Tatum Amour
God, these are the worst phones to fix. Hard to get into, have soldered on batteries and almost no parts are available
I went a little crazy and bought a ton of these a couple years ago. I still have my best one which has its matching box looks nearly unused however it wouldn’t get past the app logo so I know it needs a new battery but am to scared to damage it due to it being in such good shape
Great vid mate :)
This is not the first smartphone, this is just first iPhone.
I’m gonna be that one guy:
The title is misleading. The iPhone wasn’t the first smart phone it was just the most innovative for the time
@@techied Not true, my first smartphone was i-Mate Jam and it had more "smart" features then original iPhone and it was released 3 years prior to iPhone
@@techied Your point doesn't make sense. You are trying to disprove my thought using evidence that actually proves it? Even if you can't point to something and say "That was the first smart phone," we can agree it diffidently wasn't the iPhone.
@@techied That's just what it looks like, by me saying the iPhone wasn't the first smart phone and you saying you can't define the first smart phone. Just looks like either an iPhone fanboy or Hugh Jeffreys fanboy. But okay if that's what you meant then I feel dumb lol.
Thanks for the great content
I have the iPhone 3G from 2008 which is in Ok condition, has scratches on the screen but doesn’t have a mute switch
For the love of Zeus, throw a cover on that phone.
What an amazing look back in time to Apple's innovation under Jobs. I was always a big fanboy but they lost me after the 6 series. Nothing that new or revolutionary after that imo. But the original iPhone, the 4, and the 6 plus were amazing at their respective times
Very well made video. 👍
You are great mate! Absolutely amazing video! I enjoyed every second. Thank you!
apple really didn't want you to know how they're devices work
the *FIRST SMARTPHONE* ?
what an apple Sheep
4 or 5 years ago my company had a program to dispose of older corporate phones and I remember seeing bins of these phones just sitting in the hallway for days, waiting for a tech disposal company to cart them away. If only I knew that anyone would have wanted them I could have grabbed 50 of them. Who knew?
Cool video, one thing I wouldn't mind seeing is if you can switch out the SSD card or replace damaged Sim card tray components.
Wow, i can still remember this phone being “the modern phone” i feel old now lol.
Especially considering this isn't actually the first smartphone.
Smartphones existed long before the iPhone was invented lol.
Yes, even the Lg Prada was out before that... They did not change the course of mobile devices. iPhone did.
@@disco.lemonade "Change the course of mobile devices." Everyone loves to forget about Blackberry which was so addicting and popular that they were referred to ask Crackberries. And yes, they were smartphones, long before iPhone.
@@basic-decaf They did change it too, lol. But then did iPhone, and so far with a bigger, deeper impact. Has anyone done it again? Nope, we still live in a smartphone era marked by that first iPhone. Got it now?
@@disco.lemonade Far bigger, deeper impact? Lol. BlackBerry literally put e-mail in your hands. BlackBerry literally made companies mobile. You could work from your car and access the internet from.. your pocket. A single AA battery and the device would last for 3 weeks. BlackBerry changed everything, they revolutionized the world. That is what defines a "smartphone." And that's what we're talking about here, smartphones. E-mail, internet, from your pocket. Every smartphone in existence today is built off of that first BlackBerry. The only thing Apple did was put the keyboard in the screen.
@@basic-decaf never said they didn't contribute nor didn't have an impact. but have it your way.
i managed to get a near mint 8gb model (with a non-matching 16gb box), including a power cable (not original), brick, two docks, replacement battery, two replacement antenna covers and chrome bezels, two cases, and a screen protector for $120 shipped to my door. best deal i have ever scored.
Would you consider selling one of those spare antenna covers?
You could probably fix the outer housing with some elbow grease and some sandpaper. You’d end up with a cool brushed metal finish as well.
'Often referred to as the first ever real smartphone' **forgets windows mobile and palm ever existed**
And symbian...
Makes comment talking about Windows Mobile and Palm, fails to mention Blackberry.
im a little upset for this also Windows Mobile was awesome before iphone appears.
It's just not the same thing.
iPhone took the smartphone to a whole different level. That's a fact.
@@alessandrobellia2106 nothing to do with that, apple didn't invent smartphones, far from it.
only insta squad will understand:
what does the first and latest iphone have in common ?
-they're both not designed to be repaired
-Hugh Jeffreys
lol, btw you hugh jeffreys is the one that inspired me to restore alot of apple devices, after alot of giving up and being sad, i one day saw one of hugh's oldest iphone restorations, and noticed how it was easily show that he put effort in editing the video but just couldnt because he didnt know much since then (only og's will know) that one day, i promised to never give up
dont give up people
+any help on my channel will really really be appreciated :)
goal to 100 subs
Apple_Life some comments about your channel: I would suggest trying to improve your audio before anything else. I think there is a lot of potential in your channel, but you need to step up your production quality.
@@TeddyBearGaming999 ok thank you, i have a professional mic, but unfortunately the cable is kinda broken, so im kinda looking into fixing it when the quarantine ends
It’s great that this phone has been saved from ending up in a landfill. Good on you.
I can’t be the only one that has been waiting for this for like 3 years right?
Its officially called the iPhone 2G by the way ;)
BestMovie Productions But it’s also called iPhone 1, since it’s the first iPhone (duh)
No it’s called the iPhone, that’s what they called it at the keynote.
It has no name it's just called "iPhone"
"iPhone 1"
alphaFox well yeah, it’s the first iPhone, it doesn’t matter if it’s called 2g
Boris G True, true, but it's a lot better than calling the 3G an iPhone 3 imo
Nah that Boris guy is wrong, naming *does* matter.
However, as he clarified in the first few seconds, he is referring to the _first generation iPhone_ and not actually calling it the _iPhone 1_.
@Samuel Chertoff in my opinion
A video for the museologists as well as the avid apple collectors.
What really amazed me was that the battery still worked after 13 years, when today one is lucky to get 13 months from them.
Yes this phone changed the world, but not always for the better.
Wow that's a pretty bad broken screen...good job on repairing it.