The Effects Of No 3rd Party Repair Are Starting To Show 

This is like if your home door breaks, you have to replace the whole house. LOL

You are 100% correct on that. Then these same companies talk about the e waste problems. They are the biggest contributors causing it. Then they don’t make things to last so you need to get a new phone, etc.

Can't say it better, Companies are just too greedy,love your videos😄👍

Remember, there's *no* security reason to pair a fingerprint sensor to a phone; it's just a sensor, and it's like arguing that replacing the keyboard on a PC locked with a password could somehow let you in; that's not how it works, and if it *does* work then your security wasn't real. Don't let anyone argue any different.

Interesting how the iPhone 7 was one of the first Apple devices to seriously limit third-party repair AND also the generation that doubled in price compared to the last years. The price ramped up quite high and didnt stop going up ever since

We need to fight those tech companies it’s unbelievable.

I whole heartedly believe it’s a problem of greed and control. I too fix iPhones and have had to purchase the JC-V1SE programmer due to apples software pairing. I support right to repair and I am deeply saddened that smartphones in general will eventually be unfixable to 3rd party repair altogether, forcing you to take your damaged phone to the manufacturer where you’ll be forced to pay their rate, or purchase a new one due to it. I’ve been fixing iPhones since I was 17. Now 24.

My favourite fix for a faulty home button (and one that I recommend to you) is jailbreak tweaks. This will work on iPhones 7+8s and can allow you to use iPhone 10-style gestures. Hopefully you can make a video on this topic as it is a good way to give new life to older iPhones.

Wow 🤩 this phone has iOS 10 but it’s shame home button doesn’t work 😢

All I heard is “big company bad, not just apple, all big company bad” and I can’t agree more

Wait until e-waste on this planet becomes unbearably catastrophic. Only then will companies like Apple come to realize the damage they've done. By then it will be too little too late smh. But at the very least thank you for making informative videos like this to spread awareness. Keep up the good work please

This happened to my iPhone 8 plus! I'm desperate to fix it... Thanks to Hugh I've got the knowledge!

I cracked the home button on my old iPhone 8 a few years back (same style as the 7). Went to a 3rd party repair place, got a new one that lacked Touch ID, but still did the trick. The glass part of the new one broke a year or two later by pressing it too hard, but somehow still worked by touching my finger to the metal contacts. At that point, I just said “screw it”, and continued on as is. Eventually got it replaced with a new phone, but the busted remains of my home button still dubiously work.

This is the thing with ‘status symbol’ things, they cost a lot but they last for a short amount of time. This is why I’d look for something cheaper knowing it will last me way longer than the more expensive option

I really like the message you're putting out. It's amazing. I wish tech channels did this or something similar to bring awareness to this issue. I've been watching your stuff for a year or two but never commented on any. Your work is pretty awesome and I wish you the best in life.

I spent 150 dollars on a galaxy A53 and it is able to do everything that needs to be done. I know people want a powerful gpu so they can mobile game but I downloaded warzone mobile and the A53 handled it great and I was impressed. So I don't see myself EVER dropping a grand on a phone. If you have the money spend it,if you don't, don't. You don't need to.

Foldable phones are not viable. It's just cheaper to buy a normal tablet and a normal phone.

I like the way you do your videos, you get right to the point when you talk about stuff like this and the way you explain what the problem the device has then explain what you are going to do to fix it.

As soon as a phone manufacturer stops selling a particular model, it should be required to provide parts at an economical price.

I have an amazing solution to dealing with apple issues: Don't buy apple products

I've noticed if you have a lower end phone it'll be more likely to be repaired as parts are way cheaper, most not too hard to repair and no part locks. But higher end phones especially iPhones are the opposite.

you didn't waste 279$. thats like saying if you NEVER got into a car accident (at fault or otherwise), you wasted all the money on insurance because you paid in and never cashed out or life insurance: if you never claim, you spent all this money putting in and paying for it, but never used or House Insurance. If your house never floods or burned down, you never got paid out for it. The point of some form of insurance isnt so you can cash out within the insurance plan period, but rather, it exists so you have peace of mind that IF something goes wrong, you wont be bankrupted trying to cover the costs of the adverse event. This does not mean I agree with Apple's practices by any stretch, but rather calling you out on a very bad viewpoint with respect to the insurance.

Gosh... this really makes consumers wallet dry without applecare and insurance. But it is not recommended for that as it can be happening like silently without warning.

Apple: Were selling you the charger separately because environment Also Apple: No you cant repair your phone, buy a new one.

I'm pretty sure the title should be "The Effects of ..." instead of "Affects"

And for this e-wastes are increasing day by day. Chinese Nothing Phone has some issues too. I have seen your video about that.

I’ve encountered this issue myself and have been telling people about this issue since the iPhone 7 came out and they never believed me. Thank you for making this video

It’s sad. This and the fact that some apps don’t work with older versions, are forcing a lot of people to get new phones. I would love to see people still walking around with older phones like an iPhone 4 or iPhone 6 but it’s hard to do so when you can’t use apps that you want.

"Security". Its just a part that reads biometric data and communicates to a cryptographic certificate store on the device which contains the actual biometric data known as a "Key Protector". Tldr: the button does not store the data. It's just a "Client" (Touch ID Sensor) which talks to the "Server" (Digital Certificate Store). There is 0 security involved whatsoever.

With regards to the foldable insurance that you mentioned (and it being not that much useful), I'm glad I got it. The total repair estimate for my Z Fold 3 was around $1048 (the phone cost me $1938 for the 256GB model in my country btw) but thanks to SamsungCare+ (purchased for $220), I got it repaired for free. However, yes, the next time it gets damaged, I'd have to pay $1048 or more (so it is gonna be uneconomical to repair). Also, the amount has been roughly converted from my currency to USD - Idk how much it costs to repair a foldable screen in the US.

The insurance thing that you disgust about in the video didn't make sense to me. You bringing up the point "You only saving 225 dollars if you break the phone. If you don't during that two year period of time then you just wasted 279 dollars"(2:40). I feel like you don't understand that well the purpose of the insurance. It's the same thing with the car insurance, you're not guaranteed to have issues with the car while you have the insurance. It's the same thing with the phone, you're not guaranteed to break the phone during that 2 year. I just don't understand the point you're trying to make about getting a protection plan to insure the phone. Through out the point of the video I do agree pretty much on everything else, like I understand the main point of the video to eliminate the e-waste. I just feel like one of the points you made is kind of like suggesting viewers to not get insurance because it's a waste of money, even though it does eliminate e-waste.

This is one of the reasons I won't buy into the apple eco system. I am still rockin a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, yes the back glass got a small crack, and the usb port is not working, but wireless charging is working great on it.

People should just avoid Apple products.

Another ploy Manufactures are riding on is withholding OS upgrades from one series of OS to the next series OS, Long story short more and more App updates over time end up not being supported by the phones OS even though they are fully up to date. Also this is my last Samsung Product ever! As I expect next Gen Products to be better than previous Gens, because gone are the days where I could check my health using just my phone, now opposed by Samsung who now expect you to get is a wrist band accessory, it seems with Samsung they are just as dumb as CrApple where it's hell bent on sending itself broke by driving their customers disappointed by their crappier and crappier offerings.

I had the battery replaced in my iPhone 7 in August of 2020 at our local Batteries + Bulbs. Thankfully no issues occurred. I wonder if such thing will happen for other devices in the near future …

Apple, the KINGS of e-waste! MeBi makes a home button that functions, but no TouchID, but the home button at least works. Now, you can transfer the 25-pin BGA chip on the TouchID flex, which is a HUGE PAIN, but does work, as long as you transfer it to a working home button flex with the same resistor and cap placement (LOW-TEMP SOLDER!!). You need microsoldering experience to make the repair, because if you kill the chip, you're done. The worst is the displays though. The i6S programmer from i2C, as well as DLZ's serialization copy/clone tools are great, but for the 13 Pro Max and 14 Pro Max, the only way to get rid of the original display message AND keep true tone & auto-brightness, even on Apple (Samsung) OLEDS is to transfer all 3 chips to the new panel (the 'glass' chip is especially problematic, as it's EXTREMELY fragile). Mechanic makes an AWESOME stencil kit, but we shouldn't have to do that. I'm very close to just not repairing iPhones anymore. It's getting to be too much trouble.

Apple wants 1500€ for a new iPhone 14 Pro Max with 128GB And you want for the same phone Refurbished 1450€? What the hell😂

Software-paired screens is an ABSURD form of control.

It seems that all the green environmentalists don't care about the tons of this e-waste and do not put pressure on legislators to change this.

they just rolled out the program, they probably had to remake all the items so that why it expensive i bet starting now the price will slowly fall so it doesnt sit in the storage

Companies trying to act like they care about the environment, actually don't give a $hit about it. Look at a 20 year old vehicle; It's probably still running without an issue. But now imagine your new car in 20 years. No way it still runs right w/ out some issue. If they cared about the environment, stuff like this shouldn't be happening with vehicles or phones. (At least with vehicles, non oem parts probably work and are readily available. but, you get the point; it shouldn't break down in 20 years anyway) and planned obsolescence is big factors

To play the devil’s advocate, Hugh implies that e-waste just means these phones go into landfill, which is not necessarily the case and much of the materials they’re constructed from are recycled in the first place. The iPhone 7 used as an example is already nearly 7 years old, doesn’t get the latest software updates and is therefore reaching obsolescence. It’s probably had a battery replacement and has the old LITHIUM battery been recycled? Lastly, considering the latest devices are $1000 plus you’d think people would look after them better. When my daughters went from iPhone 6 (easily repairable for cheap) to iPhone X I insisted on cases and screen protectors from day 1 and those phones survived several years use damage free. A lot of the issue is to do with people’s mindset about disposability and care for their possessions!

There are ways for newer iphones to fix certain things like face-id, screen, backcamera and battery messages. But those are only mainly if you're skilled enough and sometimes the defective part is needed. Its so dumb, samsung is more friendlier in swapping homebuttons etc. There should be no reason why apple locks that capability.

Hey I would like to point out something here in the state .. you know how if a phone is damage you can just get an iCloud lock one and swap the logic board,microphone… with the new iPhone 14 series in USA that has no SIM card slot one you swap it out the e sim stops working … I would like for you to make a video about that

Well… I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple paired the volume buttons to the phone on the iPhone 15

Stupid that i have to spend $300 on a special programmer in order to fix face and touch id, it does work great and it's amazing to me how fast China can adapt and figure out ways around apples bs but still ridiculous I need to spend $300 to replace a $10 part and have it function properly

I want to switch to iphone but not having USB C and apple not allowing self repair is stopping me as I really prefer fixing my phone by myself when it breaks.

Fighting against these criminal practices of the apple is a losing battle as long as the average customer simply doesn't care about the planet or the protection of their consumer rights, preferring to have the latest model at all costs. The problem is us, not Apple.

As much as i hate foldables, i still agree (in part tho).with samsung for these expensive displays: flexing oled technology is expensive to buy,as much to produce, and every year companies are forced to make these panels more resistent to everyday's abuse, which is costly. I still think paying almost 1000 bucks for a screen replacement is way overkill but i can see the reasoning behind. On apple's side tho: thats just being douches to your customers: software locking is the biggest cause of apple's product e-waste, due to causing a phone repair almost impossible (excluding the billion-type screwdrivers they force you to use) and forcing you to fix it from them, and charge you so much just to force you to say: "you know what, i'll just buy a new one". But i still kinda agree to apple for this... The average apple consumer is too dense and brainwashed to reason like a normal human being

I smirk whenever I see someone prominently displaying their iPhone to show it off. I know I'm looking at a "fool and his/her money" or someone whose daddy pays the tab ... and that commands zero respect.

That's what Apple does: Selling overpriced e-waste.

I just picked up a used Galaxy Note10 for $350 and a battery replacement for $27 and I'm good for 2-3 years I don't need that freaking expensive phone and costly repair program tho, I hate the way smartphone companies stealing my money for just an e-waste

Okay, I agree with this all, and I always see this in my repair shop. Apple is a sketchy company, we all know it, and we want to see change. These videos are getting a little repetitive. We get it, Apple is making e-waste. Time might be better spent showing off our repair industry's ways of working around Apple's restrictions. Help us viewers to see that a broken iPhone is not the dead end that it seems to be. 2¢

People need to start buying the phones that really suite them, not the most popular one. If you just can't take care of your phone, get a cheap phone. If you know you can't afford both buying a $1k phone and paying for a broken screen just don't do it. I get the 3rd party repair stuff but let's be honest. We just go to a 3rd party because we can't afford oem repairs. Is all on us really, expect no mayor changes from their end at all.

Absolutely. This very issue has been on my mind for some time now. We are all being punished for climate crimes of which consumption is one such crime . Not only does Apple trickle feed us modest improvements to their phones, they also launch those modest improvement every year with a new phone, making the previous year’s phone effectively redundant. Then they go out of their way to prevent repairs through over complication of assembled components , then they add serial numbers to those components. Very unsatisfactory.

Love your content, Hugh. It’s all so sad and pathetic. Because we have completely corrupt politicians totally beholden to their corporate overlords, there will never be regulatory control over these greedy, out of control monopolies that have managed to just about kill all home repair and just produce ever more e-waste and damage. 😮

Another great video, Hugh 👍🍻 And you are right. Apple should be forced to stop this behaviour.

I'm using iPhone 7 too, and i'm repairing apple devices. I don't know much about Home buttons yet, but i heard there is a way to program a chinese home button from an old one. Like, dump the software from the original one and flash it into a new one. Will it work?

It's actually not fair to compare a 10 dollar bottom witch has over a faced of been developed vs a fairly recent technology with just a couple years of production A guy on RU-vid acople years ago wanted to see how much a screen cost He found out a Chinese folding phone cost 500, and that's a Chinese screen their supposed to be cheep

This is the only reason I don't buy apple products even if they are exceptional... even tho you have to pay that hefty amount of money, you don't own the phone :(

Good report. Im always ready to hear people calling out big tech. I will no longer buy a new phone until i desperately have to. My s10 is really all i need.

I will stand by my opinion on that apple products are for rich fools with very little sense. Sure their products are often industry leading, but I'm willing to live a few months behind the competition to save money and future headaches down the road

basically Apple knows what they're doing. If you don't like it, don't use it. They know their target audience will always buy.

Samsung will definitely follow in apples footsteps soon they already did with the removal of the headphone jack and the charging brick...

Bro you just said that a cracked screen on a foldable could cost more than a replacement and then you say insurance isn't worth it "unless you have cataphoric damage and you want to replace the entire phone" Literally unwatchable.

You should do a little more reader h before doing your videos Folding screens are not cheap to produce by no means I soport the idea of apple been overly greedy for charging 30 times of what they should but a folding screen is a hole nother story because of how ricent it is

No hate, but I would still gladly take that phone because it's on iOS 10 and it's still really rare

I have a benefit to my phone plan since I got insurance which allows me to get Apple OEM parts installed by them. I bought an SE and 7 from this dude without their buttons and were also just boards. I resolved the issue by using my insurance and activating the devices on my line one by one. It really does suck it cannot be fixed easily.

for that reason i allways put android on iphones, all my iphone collection is runing cyanogenmod, and you know something? it works perfect whiz non original components

i have a iphone 14 pro and galaxy S22 Ultra and ill be damned if apples gonna tell me i cant fix them lol i will find a way i will litterlty jailbreak these things and learn the code to do this stuff my self if i have to i bought the thing i own it i can do what i want with it it is mine lmbo

Thanks Hugh for being Honest and not be bought by big tech companies for paid promotion and advertisements. These companies are too greedy and just care about their revenue.

your content is dropping off, maybe show more alternative realistic repairs like fair phone or similar, or fix another door lock 🔐

As a fellow repair tech I hear you. I had a perfectly viable ip8 with a home button issue in my shop just last week and I couldn't do anything about it because of apples unconsumer friendly methods, it pisses me off

Every video you put up about Crapple makes me so glad I'll never use them. Why sheeple keep buying them is beyond me.

I bought my iPhone 8 Plus from Swappa. I use the assistive touch to minimize the home button wearing down. I use the side button to wake the phone.

Your conclusion is spot on. Pure profit seeking. Great concise video Hugh. Thanks for the analysis.

Drove uber with a Samsung Galaxy S6 and Coles mobile. Worked perfect. Because of an Insta 360 I bought an Iphone 6. It had less than half the power, highways turned into 4WD tracks. Now my M1 Macbook is just about useless on youtube. And my A$81 Kospet watch talks as good as the dearest Apple watch.

The sad part with Apple products the best thing to do is not damage them in the first place and if broken just get a new one.

Those people who purchase iphones dont xare about this... For them and apple...this is "innovation"

Apple refused to repair or replace my iPad Pro 12.9” gen 1. I paid $1800 for this new 7 years ago. It had a bad battery, they said they cannot replace the battery, or repair the battery. So I said what do I do with it. They said the only option is trade-in. I said how much, they offered me $10. I couldn’t believe it.

Microspft released windows 11 with the intention to turn any pc without a dumb chip into E-Waste. Luckily there's a lot of workarounds

I went to apple and got my iPhone 8 fixed that I dropped I broke my home button

and you and the people insist consuming apple products, just stop buying and you'll see how things change

And if some of you people actually did care about repairability and not producing more e-waste, we would all be using framework laptops instead of a conventional unrepairable laptops/macbooks. But as Louis Rossman stated, people will truly speak with where their money goes, not with their words. So most of this comment section will be annoyed by the lack of repairability in their life, while doing nothing to change it, just like how a gambling addict complains about their unluckiness as he loses, dice after dice, roll after roll, but will always continue to gamble.

you will own nothing and you will be happy ... that is the end goal ... if you can not get it fixed threw 3rd party then you do not own it

My old iPhone 7 has it's screen shattered (The home button was still working fine). This was a few years ago, when the 13line just released. I went to an Apple-certified reseller and refurbisher, and they charged €190 for the new screen. I told them it's ridiculous, since my job sold 7's at the time for around €160 for the same storage. They told me that, because it's a genuine part it costs that much. I laughed in their face and told them I'd be much better off getting a screen from iFixIt and trying myself, even with no prior experience. That was the moment I switched away from Apple. Tried the Z Flip3 for a while before it broke (had warranty coverage), after which I decided to buy the Nothing Phone (1). I have never looked back

Yea the those charging brick they no longer give really balance out those e waste they created by purposely making all those phones unrepairable, what a green company, such courage

Apple and other phone manufacturers say that they care about the environment, yet they create E-waste.

Couldn’t have said it better 👍

No last for ever soon apple falls down . As u knw everything has fall time 😅❤

Of course you could eliminate most of this problem by simply not buying an Apple phone

This vid was posted 40 mins ago and it already has so many coments

There's a big difference between a high price of the replacement parts, and software lock out from replacing parts.

👉You can replace the home button. I do it every few months on a customers phone. The fingerprint reader won't work BUT the button function works perfectly fine. The button is a $5 USD part.

The. Effects. Of. No. 3rd. Party. Repair. Are. Shorting. To. Show

The saddest part of this is the we don't care problem. Too many people don't care about 3rd party repair and it has lead to apple being able to do what they have so far. And now we are seeing the ramifications of that. I don't think that it is too far gone but we need people to keep speaking out. Right now apples repair program is still not enough because it runs into the issue of it is cheaper to just take it in for repair. And with the pairing problem we will keep falling into this cycle which is just stupid.

non brick phones really haven't advanced, they only got more expensive.. I'm running my SAMSUNG NOTE 9 until I can no longer

My 2019 S10 cost £200 to fix and you can buy one for £180. The support for the phone is dwindling too, so that's why I decided to buy a new one. I actually wanted to keep it, but it doesn't make economic sense.

There are replacement buttons, i got one on my iPhone 8. No Touch ID but I had a button.

Ahh yeah capitalism. We are amidst an ecological crisis but everything just keeps going because we must make shareholders rich.