Smashed iPhone XS Restoration 

I never had an iPhone and never repaired one but there is something entertaining about your videos. 😁

Apple : we are environment friendly _proceeds to glue glass with permanent adhisive_

Hey Hughes I noticed that u said that the laser printing for the back glass panel was pixilated. It’s because it’s the glass and not the metal back on the metal back the laser has a smoother surface to print out unlike the glass hence the pixilated message. Like so he can see the comment

Here’s a little something you should definitely look into one day. I bought a 64GB iPhone XS for about AU$300 (listed as a X) 3 months ago. The back glass is cracked, and the charging port doesn’t work, as one of the pins in the port is broken (headphones still work though). After it arrived I looked into replacing the port, and found out that Apple put some thermal sensor on the charging port flex for the iPhone X onwards. Most aftermarket ports don’t have this, so if you put one of them on a phone running iOS 13 or later, it’ll restart every 3 minutes. And on iOS 14, the phone will be very laggy as well. Some people online said “premium OEM” replacements worked for them, so I bought one for roughly AU$20, but it had those exact problems. Apparently one aftermarket port that doesn’t work on one phone may work on another. I’m trying to look for a cheap iCloud locked phone, or maybe even a used housing with an OEM port still in it. For now, I’m stuck with wireless charging as the only way to charge it...

Could you please tell us whether the replacement battery you use is good. Apparently its from Crazyparts and a review would be great. Thanks and keep up the good work.

I'm shortly going to purchase a laser machine. I have been running my own repair business for a few years and I want to get into fixing backs more without replacing the whole housing. Also you dont have to get to the bottom strips of the battery just take the top one out then go in from the top its really easy as the stips dont go over the wireless coil so it gives you a lot of leverage. Plus LCD won't damage the phone that originally had OLED

11:35 ZD/A is a French model, this means that it comes from Europe, ZD/A means that the model was purchased in France or in Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Spain , Portugal, Germany, And in some cases Switzerland

Hugh, if you want a slightly easier time getting the back glass off, you can use the laser on the wireless charging coil area as long as it’s like 1 pass at

hugh's calm voice is really satisfying to hear!

You know you used a cheap screen protector when the actual screen cracks in the exact same way.

Battery lasts to 800-1000 cycles… Mine with 1839 cycles still supporting peak power performance

My brother just got an XR, and I've got a sneaking suspicion I'll be doing something like this to it in the future

Great Video Hugh it’s satisfying to see another device restored and it’s amazing to see that device in fully worked order

You probably need vector images (such as SVG or EPS-Files) to not be lasered pixelated. That would explain why the text was clear.

Nice man keep up the work

Hugh Jeffreys: "The hard ones I can do. The impossible ones will take a little longer."

Hello sir I have a question Sir I bought a new iPhone X's and it come with 5 watt charger.can I buy fast charger.plzzz answer

definitely when I will have more subscribers I will also start repairing expensive phones. Keep up the good work

Wow never thought my iphone was this complex inside

My brain : Need to sleep!!! My other half of brain : Only this one , then you can sleep.

pixelated logo looks cool

That 8bit is fire though

Hey man, I need some help. I see that in your every restoration video you have used iPhone batteries from Crazy parts. How is the quality of these batteries? Are they good ? My 5 year old iphone SE is dying. I bought a couple of new batteries from Amazon, one of them got swollen after just 1 month of use and the other one barely gives 2 hours of screen on time. I am searching for a good quality battery that won't swell up and explode.

Does he have an eBay store? Because I would rather buy off of him than some shady dude on eBay

You should open a store to fix things and use ppls phones for your RU-vid channel

You should try replacing just the glass on the display

Then what's the use of the tempered glass if it failed to protect it?

You know i love your work and really learned much from you , tnx man ;))

Such a great job 👏 but where is the screen protector?!?!?!?😭😭😭😭😭 jkjk 😂😂 proud of you brother 👍😁

9:18 You must had the screen unpacked before you program it 🤣

I have the exact same one, just pristine 😂

Smashed. iPhone. XS. Restoration

You should start adding what your Labour costs are . It will wake up a few buyers with some credit card hurt

I have question. Does back tap feature on iphone 8 and above work even on a back glass replacement?

It's funny I can find a fair condition XS for under 300, yet all the for parts ones are going for nearly 200

When are you bringing back the laptop restoration

Bro, Everything is expensive to you o.o. nice video

Talented dude

good job man

I haven’t watched your videos in a while but my hard drive in my 2011 iMac possibly just crashed. I know you are very knowledgeable with apple so I wanted to get your thoughts if I could retrieve pictures still. It wouldn’t make it through start up and would get stuck. I’m trying to reinstall Catalina but I get an error: Target volume is part of incomplete system. Is there anything I can do still?

Hugh Jeffrey buy an original oem battery. Next time you will not be notified by the battery message. I have tried it many times and it worked!

That is not true, I have observed battery packs, usually multi cell go well over 2000 cycles before really showing signs of needing to be replaced. It all depends on charge behavior my friend. Source: The Apple Xchange

The screen and phone looks like crime scene. No really , how the hell could they crack the screen underneath the protector?!

A person: "This phone is really hard to fix" Hugh: "Hold my iFixit Tools" 😏

I want a new battery for iphone 6s.. which third party battery is the best? Or can we buy original one? I dont have apple service center in my country

can you tell us what the part is for holding up the display

Jeez what a f’ing nightmare. I have replaced a few iPhone screens and they have never been satisfactory. I use polarized glasses and they are unusable.

i got a question, is it worth it buying an iphone xs right now or wait for iphone 11 pro prices to drop, well at least I hope they drop, is it worth it getting a XS for the long run?

Ironicalli,i got an Iphone Service Shop ad while watching this,,

Why the hell does Apple have ONE Phillips screw in these? Like, just one... wtf?

The length Apple goes to just to make it as difficult as possible for a person to get their phone repaired by a third party is crazy.

Why changing the battery? Isnt kind of unnecessary?

I want a 10 hours edition of him saying 'spaga' (I don't know the spelling 😅)

question if the battery health is disabled on the iPhone after battery replacement will it affect the iPhone from installing iOS updates?? and or will cause other issues such as face ID wont work etc?? thank u

I can’y even move my phone anymore it turns on but my touch screen no longer works would this fix that issue ? Or dpi need a new phone?

Wait a sec. So iFixit sent you a wacky screen?

iPhone 13 be like: BACK GLASS NOT ORIGINAL

Hey if your based in Australia do you think you could fix my dads phone it’s not apple though and the problem is that it keeps turning off randomly

Is anyone going to point out that he received an LED screen instead of a OLED from IFIXIT?

I wonder when apple going to start pairing glue to phone....

6:37 "Heavy object" An entire box filled with iPhones :D

If you haven't had this pointed out already, your pixellated apple logo was caused by using a bitmap file type (perhaps a PNG). You'll need a vector graphic format to get those clean lines. An Illustrator, AutoCad or SVG (depending on what the laser machine accepts). Good luck!

You’re the best keep posting

With the iPhone 13, watch Apple make the adhesive laser-resistant 😂

It’s wild how tough those back plates are to remove! Seems super dangerous to have so many small pieces of glass around. I miss the ease of the iPhone 4 era replacements.

I don't understand how people are possibly able to damage their phones like this

Hugh, When you remove and reinstall the water/dust resistance seal it goes good? still possible to get ip68 water resistance or we cant trust in the phone waterproofing again?

good video brother

Side note, DONT rub off the screen adhesive with your fingers, the side of the housing is SHARP and I can’t explain how many times I’ve sliced my finger on it.

Woah that lower quality display panel is from ifixit 🙄

Wasn’t expecting that twist in the end! Thought it was from a reputable supplier too.

I thought that the front screen would have been OK because it was an Ifixit display? see at 9:15

iPhone 13: JC1000s Pro-proof by adding a kill chip on the logic board and the connected parts. Attempting to read data using JC1000s Pro will kill device or part. iPhone 14: All parts will pass through Apple online genuineness verification system during power-on. Using any non-genuine parts will kill device.

I literally got into phone repairing and reselling because of hugh. he really is an inspiration

Nothing like a Hugh Jeffrey's video, can't wait for another, keep em coming and salutes from Medellín Colombia

An advice to you, make sure you remove the battery before starting the laser machine because batteries are flammable.

That feeling when you can pick up a mint iPhone XS on Swappa for cheaper than a new XR... lol. I would still choose the XS over the 12, because of it's nice design. Not a really big fan of the newer designs, other than the square body on the 12. The camera layout kinda looks a bit weird to me. I also notice there's less speaker and mic grilles on the newer iPhone's (maybe a water resistant thing)? Not sure, but I kinda feel like the XS speakers and mics sound the same, if not, better imo.

You should use the lazer just on a new glass panel - that way you’d have a frosted black transparent iphone!

Wow Apple really don’t want their phones repaired do they?😕

Hugh you need to work with vectors to get the logo and others not pixelated!

Hey Hugh, I’m a fellow phone repairer and I’ve been having trouble removing the bottom pentalope screws with the Ifixit p2 bit. I have to break the screen around it.

Any of you screen replace an iPhone 8 Plus? I have done it twice with refurbished screens but the true tone on both are still disabled even after reprogramming and I have used iCopy Plus and JC V1S. Other iPhones like 8, X and XS I have screen replaced never had this issue. The original screens, if you put it back on works fine with true tone, even without it you can just use JC repair assistant. I have bought the Ho5 screen recently to see if that works. Everything is original except the replacement screen.

I don't know why, but all my previous phones had no issues with screens cracking as long as I had a proper screen protector. But first my iPhone X got a crack and now my iPhone XS. These new displays have for sure some weak spots which can't get protected by a simple screen protector. I'm doing hard physical work and can't avoid damage to my phones because I need my phone with me all the time. Let's see if the OnePlus 9 Pro will survive this time.

What do you mean that amount of glue on the back panel is excessive? How the heck would Apple otherwise convince people to pay $500 for a shattered back glass replacement? Because that is a fair price for a piece of glass, RIGHT?

Hugh, i have no background in repairs whatsoever. I'm a business course graduate. But seeing how expensive iphone repairs cost, i tried to learn repairing my own devices. Since discovering your channel, i've repaired a 6S, SE 2016 and an X. Batteries, displays as well as camera modules. Thank you so much for all the knowledge you continue to share to everyone.

My screen fr the XS Max does not turn on so I am trying to change the screen. I bought a "pro" set of tools for electronics with over 100 parts. I got the two screws out by the charging port and got the screen off. I tried to take some of the screws out like they exhibit in youtube videos. I do not see what bits will work. Theyl do not fit in the screw head. Does anyone know exactly which bit would would work or maybe I am doing something else wrong. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks

I got my phone as overheating (xs max) for 275 dollarydoos. Best deal of my life. I took off the screen protector and instantly it wasn’t overheating.

The XS, a far better phone than the dogshit XR, that the sheeple fell for the marketing and bought in droves. The 11 is what the XR should have been released as.

I think weird back cover is glass , and i know for what ,if you go to apple service for that you will pay hundred dollar 😅 and apple still rich

Overpriced? You forget that IT'S AN IPHONE??? They are all overpriced.

so people do your research first. Is it really worth you trying to repair? 9/10 no your going to spend more & waste time!!!

The part about removing the cracked screen protector and finding the screen underneath is also cracked, really hit close to home

The print failure looks a lot like what happens when I get sent a bitmap file for my laser engraver, I don’t know what format your file was but if it wasn’t a vector then might be a place to start, if you’ve access to Adobe illustrator or I think Inkscape is an open source alternative then try exporting your design as a .svg file - if that doesn’t work there are other formats, see what the software is compatible with

you dont have to remove the taptic engine and the speaker to remove the battery, i do this all the time, you could just remove the front tape and then pull up the battery and use alcohol to soften it and then pull it, its easy as that, the tape isnt as strong as the iphone 7 is

I rocked my old iPhone 6S Plus for 1,200 cycles on it‘s original battery. After good six years it still lived through my day (even with up to 6h screen time). I then upgraded to my now iPhone 12 Pro Max and gave my old one to my uncle who still uses the 6S up until now. Although I consider this to be an exception, the durability is insane (with right maintenance).

Hugh my xs rear camera and flash doesn’t work and my front camera is fuzzy

I hate the crap Apple do with their ishits, I'll never buy one.

Engineers: How much glue you need? Apple: YES!

about battary you can take the connector part out from the original cell and soldier it back on the new one

Are iFixit displays not actually OLED??? That is really unfortunate, since they aren't cheap...