5 Things You Need To Know About Repairing iPhones

So, you're thinking about repairing your own iPhone. Well, we have some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that the most common iPhone repairs are pretty easy to do and will only take about an hour. The bad news is, Apple really doesn't want you to fix your own phone, so they've put some annoying roadblocks in your way.

Here are 5 things you need to know before you repair your own iPhone.

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[scottvogel]

And this is why right to repair is so important.

[rushilkisoon]

Apple: We are a green company.
Also Apple: NO REPAIRS.

[habbyhouse]

I honestly believe that ifixit have perfected it's art of repairing to such an extent that they can start their own school at this point. Great work.

[MandoMonge]

A few months ago I decided to replace the battery on my iPhone X and sincerely, it was the best feeling I’ve had in a while (I know it’s a simple repair, but felt daunting at first) you guys do a great job at making you feel confident on what you’re doing and also the tools are of stunning quality.

[ReefMimic]

#6 Every time you repair your phone an angel gets its wings

[ginfonte]

What a great vid. Thanks for all you do!

[JACK-whjl]

BRAVO !!!! AS ALWAYS I-FIX-IT IS THE REAL MC COY !!!!

[AyrisX]

Activation lock bypasses do exist (kind of) for the iPhone 5S to iPhone X, but they're kind of expensive if you want SIM cards to work

[glennbonavente]

I hope iFixit will have authorised repair and parts here in the Philippines. A lot of people here still uses an old iphone since most of us cannot really afford to buy a newer models

[Lucky_The_Slingshot_Guy]

Yo! You guys are about to hit one MILLION

[NightShadow]

Difficult and frustrating even if you do complete the repair successfully... sigh.

[K_cz_PL]

Hey iFixit there is european store but I want to know when iFixit stores open in Poland

[jaycircuits]

For activation lock you dont necessary need the previous owner's password. Just ask them to remove the device from their new iPhone and you will be fine.

[nubie]

Hi.. on a iPhone 8 can you use a official screen after using a fake one?

[teamcatty]

Hello, I am trying to get my iPhone 11 out of recovery mode. My dad dropped it and cracked the screen, when we replaced it we tried to get it out of recovery mode. We tried to update it but there isn’t enough storage left and we also tried to factory reset it but it says “The disk could not be read from or written to”. If you could help me that would be great!

[buixote]

Denatured alcohol works better than isopropyl on adhesive.

[FixIt_]

Hello
I enjoy fixing devices, but none of the listed tricks in this video really help me
My problem is I tend to break something while actually opening it
How do I deal with this problem? It is fine when replacing the screen, since I am getting rid of the old one anyway so it's fine if it cracks more, but what about other problems?

[MiguelY]

Good video. Thanks for showing how Apple makes repair difficult. Special screws and parts programmed to the board.

This is why supporting right to repair is important. There is currently no way to get parts from Apple and even using a genuine screen from another iphone will give you problems. Watch Louis Rossmann.

[lawdrop]

Hello I was wondering if my phone can be fixed?


I have an iPhone X and I bought it from one of my friends for $100 because it was pretty broken. He told me "it works, it just turns off by itself sometimes". When I first bought it nothing really happened until a few weeks later. After 2 months I left it charging and I came back to it being stuck on 0%. We went to a phone repair store and they said it was a "battery problem" obviously we said sure and paid the man $70 for him to change it. After he changed it, it was working for 1 hour until it immediately got back to 0%. Now to my question again. Is there another way of fixing it?

[mfifjso]

Replaced battery screen is on but touch commands don’t respond