Hitting the Jackpot at an E-Waste Centre - It's Amazing What People Throw Out! 

iPhone 4 wasn't iCloud locked. Reset and it works fine.

I can’t believe Hugh is lucky enough to obtain the S21 Ultra in an e waste center. Those phones that sell refurbished costs $350 to $450 dollars. Good job Hugh!

Imagine the amount of money consumers could save if companies agreed for 3rd party repairs.

The other day a care organization that I'm a client for gave me a bunch of devices that they were going to throw away. I got a ThinkPad Yoga 370, two Galaxy A32 phones and a Galaxy A20. ALL of them were fully functional with small marks from general use and wear & tear. They even factory reset the devices for me. I can agree, its crazy what people throw away

Some people see trash, Hugh sees potential! It’s such an amazing thing to breath life in things that are old and unwanted, talk about fulfilling!

Ah yes, 3AM. The perfect time to watch Hugh look at smashed iPhone 5's

All e-waste centers should be run like this. I mean, reuse comes before recycle!

Apple hates E-Waste so much that they make it all useless. 😂

That pixel and S21 Ultra was the best find in this entire lot imo!

Man that S21 Ultra is a gem, more than pays for the whole lot.

Very enjoyable watching you bring these back to life. It never ceases to amaze me when people throw away perfectly working devices though! 😉

That Google Pixel may have had the "microphone issue," which is an issue with the logic board cracking that results in several issues, initially the microphone not working but later developing into further issues. I would recommend testing the microphone to ensure it actually works.

crazy this happens to be one of the biggest jackpots of e-waste i seen and bingo is massive 🤯

In my country (Quebec, Canada), E-Waste is managed by our province which means most recyclers are government run. This is nice since the service is easy to access and free, but because they have refurbishing tresholds and contracted companies, individuals are restricted and often forbidden to pick up anything. Quite unfortunate when you see the things getting thrown out.

i LOVE searching trough e-waste bins, the ammount of things that just need a cleanup or that they just straight up work is insane!!!

Your fascination and dedication is just contagious! Thx for regularly filming and posting and enjoy your talent!

Hugh, as long as the quality is okay, don't ever make an apologise for it! The handheld, phone cam view is very authentic and adds more to the video!

Absolutely love this. What would have been otherwise landfill has been fixed up and restored, given a new lease on life. Mad respect honestly

I work as a service tech for a restaurant group A number of years ago all our stores got a number of Amazon fire tablets that the stores were "supposed" to use as mobile training items. Many stores "misplaced" or hid them and eventually over time we switched to chromebooks. I've found a number of these tablets due to new store managers and such and have worked to turn them into document tablets. They contain the operation/troubleshooting manuals, cleaning and PM guides, and other key/core info including model/serial numbers on all the equipment the specific store. I've produced 4 of them and the stores that have been using them quite a lot now. It also helps us techs out as the stores now can give us better information on machines that aren't working right

Your dedication and commitment and your sense of humour it’s contagious it makes me upset the amount of things thrown away some items are to far gone but other things deserved to be saved imagine the story’s they have to tell thank you for fixing what you could

This is oddly satisfying… rescuing perfectly working devices and or just restore them. Just beautiful

I think it is fantastic that you repair and bring back to life products that are discarded. One of my hobbies to buy broken laptops and to fix them up to give away to others who need a computer. To me broken laptops are like puzzles and it is challenging and beneficial in the end to someone less fortunate. Keep up the great work!

Please do more of these videos! I am also very interested in saving e-waste devices.

I am so happy. I think it is because of the luck in getting most of the devices working. Merry Christmas to you, and Happy New Year in advance. ❤

I have a bunch of iPhones personally that I’ve deemed as not worth fixing, along with unsold inventory of refurbished devices. I figured I would take this opportunity and reconfigure them as artwork in a custom frame with a custom print, that shows how they changed by each model each year

Thank youu Hugh!! Living in Brisbane I'm gonna be visiting this place all the time now! 😉

Hey Hugh, I have been following the channel for some years now, love the tech lot and restoration videos and saving stuff from going to ewaste. Thanks for doing this.

I'm definitely a fan of going to my local e-waste drop off and seeing what's been left 'OUTSIDE OF THE DEPOSIT BIN.' I put that in quotes because if it's inside the bin, then it's theft, but if it's outside of the bin, it's fair game. So many corporate folks, mainly enterprise and data center folks, will drop of boxes and boxes of servers blades with CPUs & registered ECC DDR4 since they have to upgrade the entire platform (minus PSUs, I/O, etc of course) in order to upgrade their CPUs. If it's on the curb then it's fair game. As someone who also repairs devices, Ive saved A LOT of money finding iPhones that are either activation locked, or have one problem or another, but their display assemblies are usually fine. Mostly OLEDs, but sometimes there's an iPhone 11 or two, so a FEW LCDs sneak in there. The panels are usually A/B grade, and 100% intact. So I'm kinda in it for the display assembly harvesting, but . . the OnePlus 9 Pro I'm using right now, I found her new in the box on one of those runs. Well, I say 'new', but I'm not 100% sure, but she didn't have any signs of wear, AND the factory screen protector hadn't been removed yet. I'm glad people take their stuff to e-waste places, and not just because it's good for me, but it's also good for the environment. I'm also a huge fan of devices getting second lives. Speaking of second lives, lately I've been harvesting the LCDs out of dead laptops (although I have been able to fix a few of them, but most of them are toast). Usually they're FHD or QHD, and then I'll snag an LVDS driver control board, and build fun little project monitors. They're also perfect for Raspberry Pi projects. They're great. The control boards only run $15 or so, and since most of them are actually repurposed prototyping units, it's full circle ewaste prevention. Great video brother!!

Apple kicking the air at every new Hugh Jeffreys video. Thank for restoring fate in humanity every time you can. You a good lad

Thank you for caring about the environment and for understanding.🌱

That’s literally heaven. Id kill to go to a place like that one day.

"One man's trash is another man treasure" fits perfectly for this video .

It's fun to visit e-waste center! I do it for 2 years and have picked up several nice phones (Pixel 2, HTC U11, U11+, Xiaomi MIX2S, Sony Z1~Z5, Nokia 9 etc.) and even prototypes. Just look for e-waste centers with map apps, tel them or ask employees politely on site, get the permission to let you pick things up for pretty low cost. That iPad 1 might need battery replacement too - I once picked 2 from my local e-waste center, one being dead and one flickering with 3~5 second interval when plugged. Exchange batteries and the flickering one worked.

Nice! There is an e-waste place about a quarter mile from my work, I pass it everyday. Haven't stopped there in a few years, going to stop by there this week. Last time I was there they had hundreds of oscilloscopes, Tektronix has a huge campus down the street, and there's also a huge Intel campus less than a minute from my work also. It's time to go score some e-waste. Thanks for the inspiration Hugh!

It’s good to see this series back😊

if there is one thing i always take away from a hugh jeffreys video, its to remove my apple ID from my Apple stuff before i recycle it. Especially if someone like Hugh is going to find it.

This video proves that "one man's trash is another man's treasure"

Oh hey, eWaste Connections in Kenmore! I volunteer at the eWaste Connections in North Booval, about 30-40 minutes from kenmore, there's 3 sites in total, with the other being in Yeronga. Glad to see the appreciation for recycling, wish more of that gear would me transferred over to the booval location so it can actually get tested faster, we occasionally get stuff like computers and laptops from school donations, but our ewaste is more out of the way so we don't get the same influx of items as Kenmore and Yeronga does. Edit: ill also note, we dont sell a portion of devices, everything that is untested or works is usually for sale, the broken things on the pull apart racks are there because they're worthless to anyone else, and we have participants pull them apart for work experience! We run workshops for special needs kids, special needs schools and special needs participants where they all can get work experience pulling apart old tech, its a great experience and ive been able to help so many with volunteering at ewaste, and ive fixed so many things too.

0:16 I would love to have that Stereo lol

That scanner case is awesome!

always pleased to see you restoring old days iphone and samsungs😊

The google pixel 1 is surely the gem you unveiled there. Unlimited google photos capacity, just automate the photo transfer from your main device while it is sitting on the charger every night.

I fix phones and computers and I am going dumpster diving at a similar type of place tomorow and you juat made my excitment 10x more.

A lot of common people don't realise that even smashed phone has a value and can be sold on ebay for like $100 They want to good and recycle their damaged tech properly but it's actually less ecological to give your possibly repairable tech to e-waste centre, it's much greener to sell it on ebay, even if you don't care about money you just sell it for $1.

Having an e-waste center in your country must be a paradise. Finding hidden gems in the stuffs people thinks as garbage is something i would love to experience.

Btw love those little editing details like 6:09 with the screws suddenly in place 👍!

Preach Hugh! This must be e-waste week! I just made a video of a gaming laptop that I got FOR FREE from my local e-waste center. It was at the bottom of the bin being crushed. All it needed was some new thermal paste and a battery. Thank you for helping spread the word and helping people save some money and the planet!

It's crazy what people will throw out, i still own my very first and second smartphone even though the second one is badly water damaged and been torn apart I still have every part of it.

Can’t waiiiiit to watch 🤩 Edit: finally got time to watch it. It is crazy what people throw away and doesn’t even bother to try to get it fixed. But that’s a great score for us repairers 😁😁

As a phone repairer itself in the Philippines, this is a steal deal. And there are no ewaste facilities here in our location.

It IS amazing what they throw out Hugh! I hope you reach 1M subs. You are really close!

This is what i need to do here in the states. Good job Hugh.

Great video! Only some of the e-waste in New Zealand makes it out & is sold to the public. On the other hand, most authorities here have become paranoid about 'privacy' & it heads straight to the crusher...such a waste.

Wow what considered e waste in Australia sells for hundreds dollars each in third world counties , In fact most of the second hand electronic devices and components we use are e waste imported from developed countries.

These are my most favorite High Jeffries videos. When he tests out random old Apple electronics.

I work at a tech repair store, and we do free e waste recycling. Employees get to take whatever they want (although I’m the only one who really takes all that much) I have gotten countless phones, iPads, pc’s, laptops and other random tech, all for free, it’s amazing! My entire pc setup is all from the free waste recycling we do.

Awesome video and great repairs as always Hugh!

I work at a recycling company (accounting but get to see what's been processed too) and we have an ewaste plant. The insane amount of devices we get sent on a weekly basis.... You'd think we import them but it's all local. Tablets, phones, laptops everything. It's bizarre.

Awesome effort man

The ipad 1 is actually ok except for the battery. I had one that only flashed the screen and all it needed was a battery replacement and it works fine. It would be interesting to see it repaired. great video

Wow thanks for your video. Living in the biggest but let's be honest not the richest country. I'm just amazed by the quantity and quality of electronics on this Ewaste. In our similar landfills, it's really possible to find some old boards from the early 00s and pot-bellied televisions.

Awesome video, Hugh! 👍👍

I got inspired by trying to attempt this at my local e-waste shops and they said they couldn't. It sucks because its such a waste when you could fix it, and resell it for more usage to come. Amazing jackpot by the way! What is the music that is used in the background? I've heard it somewhere before at 6:15.

I would have trouble picking my own phone out of a job lot, so the fact Hugh can identify these random phones immediately is impressive.

As the saying goes: *One mans' trash, is another ones' treasure!*

Man i love videos like this

I' really amazed on whats thrown away. We use every device either as long as it can be used or when it's so far gone we can't repair them. Invested in some more repair tools so I can even repair phones now at work.

Hugh we want this kinds of videos.

Good job 👍🏼 Thanks for producing video

I just started working for a store that buys old/nonfunctioning hardware, then refurbishes it, so it can be resold to people who either wants to buy refurbed, or simply can't afford new. I got a brand new Lenovo Legion with 8 gigs of RAM and a GTX1650 for 350 dollars, simply because the keyboard happened to be in Spanish.

that google pixel was a nice find. enjoy your unlimited full res photos by synching to it :)

*Great score mate. This video reminds of some of my own awesome banknote lot's purchases on eBay when a single banknote paid for the whole lot. :)*

I see that Blackberry 9000 series!! Torch I think? Awesome.

Great video, Hugh! I did some searching and it seems like the "Unknown Oppo phone" is an Oppo R11s Plus.

iPod classics can get the black spot too… although it’s less severe than on the Nanos.

Great work! You really got lucky there with the 21 Ultra! Just wanted to say that the passcodes of the 4, 5c and iPod 5 can be bruteforced.

I rescued a HP Envy 17 laptop from a skip. It had a broken screen hinge and a few missing key caps which I repaired easily. I purchased a replacement power supply from eBay for £8.00 including postage and the laptop powered up with no problems. Not only did it have a quad core, 8 thread i7 CPU and Nvidia GPU, It also still had a 1 Terabyte hard drive and 16 Gigs of RAM, as well as a working copy of Windows and all the user data still on the drive. After reformatting and re-installing Windows, my wife claimed the laptop for her Facebook gaming, and has been using it for over two years now. One of many great finds I have rescued from skips over the years. It just shows what a "throw away" society we are becoming!

When I bought my first gen iPad it seemed dead on the charger. All I needed to do is replace its battery and it works well to this day. Hope this helps you get that iPad working again

*never ceases to amaze That being said, I agree with you. At least the owners disposed of their devices responsibly.

i love this type of content

@HughJeffreys awesome work its so good seeing Tech saved from Landfill. Are you able to share the name of the centre as I am visiting brother next week & Id like to know if this place is shutting down over December

That Pixel is a score.... only legends know the value it will provide with Google Photos ;)

The last time I went to an ewaste center, I asked an employee if I could take some stuff. They seemed more than happy since it meant they didnt have to deal with it themselves. Then the manager saw me walking out with it and kicked me out.

You are valuable to the environment. Keep repairing by so doing giving second life to these gadgets

iPad 1 usually does that when the battery voltage drops under 2 volts/ cell, slow charging the cells usually brings them back to life, no need for replacement unless it is bloated

Very nice!

6:52 "all it needs now is a reset" FRP : 🤵🏿‍♂️🥰

more of this pls idk why its so satisfying. Giving life back to devices. poor kids in 3rd world countrieswouldlove those for their studies

If only there was a place like that in the UK, boy I'd love to go there.

You found a good vacation spot there!

With those Samsungs I often use an external monitor through a usb-c dock w/ pd charging to test if it's more than the screen. It would've been tricky with those ones since they're locked though. On the lock screen you just see a lock icon on the monitor as it waits for you to unlock the phone. Ideally with a customer device you can just keyboard in a passcode or password. Patterns are way harder to do since you're using a mouse or touch screen blind usually. With all that said, having that tool as an option gives you more information and a really easy way to recovery data without a full screen assembly.

That was an awesome find, I'm amazed at how many devices you managed to pick up, and how many you managed to get working! As you say, you have to be careful as to what to pick up and what not to, since a lot of the devices at an E-Waste center probably belong there as they are too far gone. That said, given what they were selling, I'd have had an absolute field day if I was there. I'd purposely take a "holiday" over there just to see what I could salvage and repair. :)

After watching this I really want to go to one of those places!

Good job 👏

TINY CASSETTE!!!! IT'S SO CUTE

That Blackberry is the Torch 9800, the first of the 9800 series, IF memory serves, it was quite a 'Lackluster specced phone', I had the 9810 which had better processor and memory, and, I REALLY liked it during the time I had it. the ONLY downside I found was my big ass thumbs had troubles with the small keys on the keyboard lol. It's a shame Blackberry never continued and thus went on to make a new version of the 9810 (I know they did a slide up phone, but it wasn't the same), or other manufacturers (like Unihertz) didn't make a version of this particular model. My other FAVOURITE design of hardware QWERTY keyboard is the Nokia E7 and the 'E7 like' Planet Computers Astro Slide 5G (takes me back to when I had a Psion 3C organiser! hahaha) 😏 😎🇬🇧

Samsung Phones can be used after their screens have been broken, just connect a Type C to HDMI adapter to use Samsung DeX.

This place is heaven on earth

Please do more videos like this one!!!

It’s pretty common for 1st gen iPads, especially the cellular models to appear dead like that one! I’ve fixed about 10 of them for free and even made a tutorial on my channel if you’re up to trying that!