Galaxy Fold 4 Restoration - Sellers Lies So Obvious I Had To See It For Myself. 

Nice work, Hugh. I officially anoint you a 'licensed technician'. 😁

"Licensed phone technician" LMAO that is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time

Hey hugh, certified samsung tachnician here. I love your videos and your extensive knowledge. I do have a tip for you, that grey/blue frc cable on the main board side that runs from the usb board to the main board is supposed to go over the plastic bracket for the wireless charging but under the coil itself. It's clear the seller opened the phone previously and didnt mount it correctly

I love that companies REFUSE to use screws to hold down the rear cover, but literally cover in the insides with screws and then glue the battery in place, where they use plastic clamps to cover a connector. It is like they know which parts will need to be replaced and have made those parts as hard/dangerous to replace as possible...

There's no limit to some seller's imaginations when writing ebay sales descriptions! 🙄 Nice fix Hugh! 👌👌

The only licensed technician are you Hugh. Great job as always 👏

That licensed technician must be friends with the level 9 technicians at Microsoft 😂

As a Licensed phone plumber,you did a great job repairing it

Seeing this glued down phone makes me even happier for the upcoming user removable battery law! Finally, something that's actually good for the environment and consumers!

When you go to do the Flip 4 note that you may need to transfer the magnets from the original frame to the new one or the inner screen may go dark when turned on. I believe the hall sensor expects a certain magnet strength to function and there is no way to calibrate the preinstalled magnets to the sensor on the logic board.

Reminds me of the Mercedes EQS saying the hood may only be opened by a specialist workshop 😂

When lifting screens you should use a iflex opening tool or a quanli opening tool, that metal pry tool with the handle is far too thick and will increase your screen failure rate when lifting. You should also inject IPA into the edges of the display as these screens are not effected by it and the adhesive with heat and ipa will literally fall off. This is coming from a trained samsung tech that does accredited repairs.

Asurion repair tech here. Im not sure if it exactly applies, but for my job we did have to get Apple and Samsung certified to work on any phones, they've got a whole program and curriculum that 3rd party repair partners have to go by so we can do the job. There's also something called a WISE certification too, depending on what level of equipment/hardware you're required to repair. Hope this helps lol

Thank you! Mine just broke (out of warranty), and I've been looking for repair videos. Everything I've found until this point was a review of getting their phone repaired... not what I was looking for... You saved me time of trying to do it myself. It's now $600 U.S. for the screen or $650 for a refurbished phone.... I'll just go with the new phone😅

Gotta love seeing these repairs. Very satisfying to watch. 😎👍

You are brilliant buddy! Observation, analytical, skillful and educational. Wonderful channel.

I wonder if the seller meant "licensed technician" as in a technician from Samsung or a 3rd party technician that is licensed. Like from a shop that sells Samsung phones as well other phones

beautifully done with the battery removal! I would've been too scared to use a metal prying tool like you did. very impressive!

Lovely work.. nicely done!

It's frustrating to see how obvious so many choices are made to make these phones harder/annoying to repair

Well done. Good repair!!🎉

I absolutely love folding phones, and the Z Fold 3 I'm currently typing on. Such an amazing device and worth every penny imo

My favorite restoring channel 💞💞💞💞

Great repair job. When I begun with my electronic work, first as hobby and then as career, most of the devices I worked on used vacuum tubes. Successive technological transitions were painless though; but when we arrived to smartphone and tablets, the single thing I couldn't wrap my head around was... The use of glue to keep the devices together. Use of glue has been despised for generations of design engineers. If we had our way, all smartphones would have a 3 mm bezel all around, hiding the screws utilised to keep the screen and the back cover attached to the frame. I guarantee that no-one would complain of that bezel. Glue - blah!

Your skill is amazing to watch !

Well done! Great repair! 👌

Nice perfect restoration hugh

Nice one, Hugh! Sweet discount!

What a stunning phone ..great job on fixing it

What a beauty… I can only wish for working on a foldable one day

Very satisfying good work this is an awesome phone

while that phone definitely wasnt touched by a licensed tech, samsung license0s do exist. Asurion, the US largest phone insurance providers paid for mine as well as my apple certification. The different screw behind the screen isnt a screw holding in the plastic cover. it holds the sim tray in place. easy to keep separate if you lay your screws out in order. i usually throw a couple thin strips of double sided tape on the back of the battery to ensure it doesnt loosen in the future with exposure to heat. i would also recommend an AOD jig, makes opening most samsungs a dream. otherwise, excellent video as usual.

Nice work, Hugh.

Good job! It must be great feeling to power up first time after all that.

It's nice to see you have some hands on with this BEAST of a device. I adore mine and it's cool to see the internals. If you are going to sell it I'd recommend daily driving it for a bit since it's an amazing experience.

Yay another one of your videos came up!!

Great job! Congrats.

just like "the cameraman never dies", ever repair video always ends in a successful repair, so good job mate.

its so nice and a lovley video great fix hugh you are a LICENCED TECHNICIAN 😁

Watching this surgery from my Fold 4!

Idk why i didnt subscribed to your channel. I really like your work and your videos helped me to repair my iphone x myself. Hehe now i am happy to keep this phone for a little while more.

Even though the repairability cost of folding phones is really high and it's unnecessarily complicated tech, I just got the Fold4 with a pretty nice discount, since the shop is selling out their stock to stock up on Fold5's, and I gotta say, the multitasking capabilities and just usability alone on that huge screen is just amazing. And then you fold it in half and it fits in any pocket. It's just awesome and well worth the money I paid for it, which is about half it's original launch price.

You did such a good job fixing it I really want to purchase it from you. Not sure how that would work, so good job!

Very nice fix!

While it might have 18 months warranty left on it, Samsung's flip phone warranty (Samsung Flip and Fold are in this category) doesn't cover the screen in any way, so any type of screen damage either accidental or manufacturer's defects have to be paid in full by the customer, unless you take out an extended warranty of sorts which in most cases costs far more than a screen replacement

You sir are a Samsung Surgeon, wow I was amazed.

You need to call these people out by name

I was also going to bid on this phone but decided not to bother at the last minute. Good video.

Always love your videos they have helped me reapair not only my own devices but coworkers friends and familys device what site did u find this screen on looking to repair my zfold 3

Nice job bro!! I hope I don't have to fix mine like this I left the plastic cover over my inside screen and it took a crap. I should have insurance on this phone but if I don't I'm gonna have to take the same road

Well done

very nice fix

gaskets as you mentioned in cars are not glue they are rubber that is squeezed between the head and the block at I think 200 ft pounds

Nice restore

I love your videos 😊

You are amazing! 👍

Another outstanding video you make it look so easy

Awesome repair, a lot of parts this time 😁

good job on the repair, I am surprised you can even get parts and that changing the display doesn't brick the device.

Nice phone Great save

very good job

BRAVO!!

Also, that smirk at 8:41, you silly.

You can use IR ceramic heat plate - it does not need direct contact. One like they use as bottom heater in cheap PCB hot air stations. Just stick the thermocouple on the metal part near battery not to overheat it.

I'm pretty impressed.

Cool video, man.

RU-vid's best licensed phone technician.

There a certified phone repair technicians. The certifications are usually obtained in third world countries where phone repair is more prominent. Instead of having ohone insurance and having the phone be sent back to the factory via your phone operators. You can go to a repair tech and get it fixed locally. Its what they do in Brazil

I find it really funny that a guy who'se gluing the screen together with some stuff he bought at the hardware store projects this much confidence about his professionalism.

This is satisfying

There's tool called a coconut opener / coconut meat remover, long thin plastic slicer, very useful for battery adhesive slicing

love your video

My phone recently got repaired, and now the back cover is slightly loose, as in I can easily put a spudger in between the inside and the back plate. Is this fixable by buying the same adhesive template you bought and heating / applying it myself? Really don't feel like losing my phone again for a week

Great video and keep up the good work, love how easy it is to work on Samsung phones :D The part number for the front screen adhesive is GH82-29454A

Congratulations, you are a "licensed technician"! I also noticed that the sim tray was attached via flex cable, does that mean it's upgradeable?

10:01, is there another way to remove the excess glue after its dried. I have some spillage on the side of the crack. Would alcohol do it? if its not coming out with the hand completely.

3:20 i have noticed that you sometimes cause damage because you use the wrong tools. When folding the copper back, use a soft tool or even your fingers, you wont leave grooves from the pick

Ace job.. 🤟

As a Licensed RU-vid viewer myself l think he is legit.

As someone who has fixed 3 phones, I also claim the title of licensed technician. Even wrote it out myself. 🤣

Great video , licenced phone technician is hilarious , itss like bin men , licenced refuse collection technitians!

The reason I like Samsung is that their replacement parts are at least easy to source - often expensive, but at least genuine. I do find myself wary of them changing that in future with some of the things we've seen them do though.

I love hugh Jefferies!

u are a 'licensed technition' hugh! great job fixing that fold 4!💗

So. There is a "WISE" certification. Which there are 2 levels. Software and hardware. It means nothing. You can be a Samsung, Apple, and Google Certified. With this Fold, I've seen this countless times. The inner screen protector starts to peel, so the customer tries to peel the protector off. Resulting in them digging too deep and destroying the screen. Samsung actually had to change the outer display adhesive as no technician could get it off with their provided display removal tool. Unfortunately my store broke quite a bit of them.

Nice!!

Nice color

And Both the Batteries are glued beyond belief 😃😂😂🤣

Wow that thing is crazy thick 😮😅

How do you check if it’s FRP locked? I’d hate to do all the work to find out it’s locked to the previous owner

Very interesting. I wonder how much they're investing in the search for even stronger adhesives. The trivial saving for doing it yourself is another insult from Samsung, unless their technicians are paid a pittance.

FINALLY back to fixing phones

Just this second happened to mine the screen split down the fold about 5 mins ago! Front still works perfectly can I get a screen for it?

Yea definitely an expensive repair for DIY. I ended up taking the z fold 4 refurb to Cityphones (a samsung authorised repair place in melbourne) and yeah while it felt like paying twice, it still works out cheaper than a brand new z fold! When they do it, new batteries are alao included in the price.

until today you've been very lucky that none of the samsungs you've formatted are active "format lock", I don't know what it's called in the english language system, but i know that you can't format it through the boot loader without the device's password if this option is on. I know this because I played a lot with custom rom when I had samsung and this option always got in my way in stock rom

now i want that one

We're done 😁👌

10:33 YOOOOOOOO IT'S THE YEAR 2023!!!

I am not a fan of the glue because even after you clean it, you can still see the dried glue.. Will it give a cleaner finish if you clean the glue first or it is just inevitable?

Great repair, i find it frustrating that people prefer buying a new phone over a (for the iphone X for example) ~50€ screen replacement... Anyways; dont samsung phones have a factory reset protection? how does one get round that when repairing "used" phones...