Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Y Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: iPhone battery replacement Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 16:04:24 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:04:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e79f7ac043832d1b2aa3558b3a8c0f4f"; logging-data="3166063"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ivscKDUn1fsB5wVRThggI" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:VGQu0D4ZwKP8z60wFDUG0WCTYWQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2864 On 6/1/2024 3:09 PM, piglet wrote: > Don Y wrote: >> The battery in SWMBO's iPhone has swelled. Not surprising as it >> is ANCIENT (6s). >> >> She is asking for it to be replaced: "I *like* that phone!" >> >> Is this actually worth the effort, given that batteries are likely >> knock-offs (dubious quality) and disassembly/assembly is undoubtedly >> a lesson in fumble-fingers? And, what's the likely life expectancy >> of a "new" battery? >> >> I've offered her either of two phones that I use but "they're too big". > > It is not difficult, check ifixit com and countless YouTube videos. Over Yes, I figure there must be a relatively large market and most "customers" are relatively unskilled in this sort of activity. I had hoped, however, that the batteries would be shit or the phones would look cosmetically damaged (to give me an excuse not to undertake the activity :< ) > the years I have had complete successes with iPhone 4s 5 5c 6 6s and 8 - > the cheap eBay knockoff batteries give new lease of life to old phones, > seem to last a couple of years, possibly not quite as long as Apple > original but by then there are other reasons to retire that phone and move > up. We have an iPhone X, as well, but it is a fair bit larger and runs a newer version of iOS. Plus, appears to have made some other changes to the UI (e.g., the home button is replaced by an upward swipe) that she points out. I will undertake the repair as it will likely take less time than shopping for a new phone for her. I would have prefered that effort to move to 5G, though... (it's only a matter of time for the 6S and X to be decommisioned by 4G's retirement) Thanks for sharing your experience!