$75 Destroyed iPhone 11 Pro Max Restoration

hi guys welcome back to another huge jefferies video in this video i'm going to be trying to resurrect this iphone 11 pro max that i purchased for 100 australian dollars or around 75 usd which is an amazing price for last year's iphone model however this one has been completely destroyed by its previous owner the back glass is completely obliterated and the entire frame is bent resulting in the screen popping out of its frame how did it end up like this well apparently it got wedged into a bed frame and someone jumped on the bed destroying the phone while the screen appears to be intact i was told the phone no longer lights up buying a bent phone is quite a gamble as it could have major board issues or the phone could be completely dead before ordering any parts for this phone i'm going to test whether the phone even charges plugging this iphone 11 pro max into the charger nothing appears on display so i'll use an amp meter to verify it's drawing about an amp of current which should indicate it's charging don't plug the phone into a computer as recent ios updates block connections with usb devices after a restart so it could be easily misdiagnosed as dead as my phone appears to be working i've gone ahead and ordered a new rear housing and frame as well as a new display getting a closer look at the housing you can see it's completely empty so we'll need to transfer all of the phone's internals into this new housing getting started i'll remove the two pentalobe screws from the bottom of the iphone since there is a huge hole in the side of this phone inserting a plastic pick to start lifting up that front display is a lot easier than it usually is i didn't need any heat or even a suction cup i will use this pick to cut through the adhesive holding in the display it's also clipped into place on the sides and top so i'll need to unlatch the clips to be able to lift up the display to the side getting our first look inside i will start by removing the display and battery connections to do this i'll be removing three brackets and five cables the brackets are secured with tri-wing screws so you'll require a specific screwdriver to remove them i will leave a link to a page on my website where you can get a list of all the tools i use so you can get the right tool to perform a repair just like this with both battery cables disconnected i will unplug the display and remove it from our phone i will immediately connect a replacement display so we can test the phone before we dive any deeper with our repair connecting up the two display cables and the two battery connections we can power on the phone plugging it in you can see it's flat after letting it charge it booted right up to a lock screen i will need to reset this phone but it seems to be working so it's time to dive deeper with this repair i'll disconnect our two battery connections and take off our new display we'll be needing it later but we need to fix the back of the phone first before we can seat our new screen in i'll start by removing the rear cameras by unscrewing one bracket and several flex cables carefully lifting it out of place we can put it aside for later i'll also disconnect our face id module and remove it from the phone this is a paired component so we need to ensure that we don't damage it in the removal process so we can reuse it later after disconnecting the flex cable going to the lower portion of the iphone i'll remove the three screws and sim card tray holding in place our logic board pulling that out we can get a closer look at it as this logic board is composed of two boards soldered together it's common to experience issues when a phone becomes bent such as no touch no network or activation issues this one looks perfect and has no bend so fingers crossed it's fully working with the logic board removed i'll proceed by removing the charging port speaker and taptic engine there are a massive amount of screws to keep track of for this part so i highly recommend using a magnetic mat to put screws and parts on to avoid losing them making things more tedious apple has also chosen to use four types of screw heads in this phone so you'll need to keep changing bits throughout the repair the charging port uses phillips tri-wing and a standoff screw time i'm unsure on why they'll use tri-wing screws but i believe it may be to deter repair early iphones were entirely held together with just phillips screws after removing the charging port it's time to detach the battery it's held in with three adhesive strips in previous iphone models these were very easy to break off leaving you with a lot of work to try and remove the battery it appears these newer tabs are stronger and will likely break less than the old ones however i still think this battery is held down with too much adhesive a trick to removing the battery tabs in one piece is to keep them as flat and straight as possible and pull them as close as possible to the battery if removed successfully the battery will literally fall out of the phone it's now time to start working on the real tiny pieces inside this iphone housing starting with all of this antenna assembly up the top it is screwed and adhered into place in several parts of the phone whilst i'm at it i'll also unscrew the power button rear-facing microphone and flash with the microphone being adhered into place i'll need to apply some isopropyl alcohol and carefully lift it out of place i can also use this alcohol to remove any of the sticky residue holding in place any of the flex cables and other antennas i'll unscrew the power button and remove the flex cable this will give me access to be able to remove the antenna assembly i was working on earlier using more alcohol i can soften the adhesive on the antenna pads and remove them from the housing while the phone is now looking quite empty there is still more that needs to come out at the top i'll remove two gold contacts the mesh for the rear microphone and the sim eject pin at the bottom of the phone i'll remove a display retaining bracket and proceed in removing the mesh and plastic spacers in the speaker and microphone ports this is some really fine work that requires a lot of precision it's a shame the new housing comes with absolutely nothing as if it even just had a few of these smaller components it would make the repair so much easier regardless i'll need to move to the left hand side of the phone where i can unscrew more display retaining brackets and the volume and mute switch all that's left to do now is to remove the wireless charging coil and this can prove quite challenging i used some alcohol to try and soften the adhesive underneath i found the best place to pry was at the bottom underneath the cable as you can see when removing it it kind of looks like i've separated the two halves however what remains is just a piece of foil which has been adhered to the back of the glass i couldn't get this out in one piece but it's not necessary anyway we now finally have everything removed i needed two ifixit magnetic mats to fit all the parts on while i haven't counted there has to be close to 100 screws holding this phone together in comparison most android phones come apart with about 10 to 15 screws it's now time to crack open our replacement iphone 11 pro max rear housing this one comes with all the buttons sim tray and the little clips that hold the buttons on the buttons even come with the rubber gasket already installed i could use the old buttons as well if i chose to but i'm going to be using these nice new ones which have no scratches on them at all after pressing them into place i will fasten the retaining clip to the back of each button one thing not included with my new housing was this little spring that attaches to the back of the retaining clip so i'll need to transfer my old ones from the old housing to the new one simply attaching them with tweezers our buttons are ready to go i'll need to install the wireless charging coil first i'll clean off any remaining glass that came up when i remove the coil i'll then apply some new adhesive and adhere it back into position cleaning off any excess glue afterwards with it glued back in i can fasten the screws for the mute switch and volume controls i'll then reinstall all of the metal clips on the side of the frame which hold in place the display panel after reinstalling the sim eject pin i can reapply this plastic piece going over the screws i can reposition this antenna flex cable and the power button assembly after installing the mesh grille and microphone i noticed that one of the standoffs was slightly bent so using the end of my tweezers i was able to bend it back into position so i could correctly install the bracket on top afterwards there's a massive amount of tri-wing screws that i'll need to reinstall which secure the rest of the antenna and flex cables in place for the upper portion of this iphone it's now time to turn our attention to the lower portion of our iphone housing where i can install the mesh grilles for the speaker and microphone arrays these were quite difficult to line up but using a pair of tweezers i was able to get them installed i could then refasten our charging port into position apple uses adhesive around the speaker and microphone holes in my case those adhesive gaskets disintegrated when i remove the charging port as i don't have any to replace them with water could possibly enter the device if it were submerged although this could happen anyway as the device was never fully waterproof after installing the taptic engine and speaker back into our iphone 11 pro max it's time to turn our attention to the battery the battery that came out of here has a slight bend to it nothing alarming so i'll just simply bend it back into a straight position i'll also apply some adhesive strips in a similar fashion to the original configuration as i didn't have the specific battery tabs for this iphone i used some from an iphone 10 and cut them to my needs applying them into position i can press them down with a spudger and we're good to go proceeding i can install the device's logic board back into position and fasten its three screws after reconnecting a flex cable i'll get the three rear-facing cameras installed and reconnect a few other cables after installing the gold tabs that sit underneath the face id sensor i can install the sensor itself and reconnect it to the device's logic board before i install any more screws i'm going to test out our iphone to ensure it's still working after our housing replacement connecting up the display and battery we can see that it still lights up with the apple logo and boots up successfully so we'll continue on with our repair disconnecting that battery and display once again we can continue reassembling our phone i'll give the internals a good clean as we go to ensure there's no fingerprints or dust left inside i'll remove the protective plastic film from the back of the battery and install it into position i can then fasten the bracket holding in the charging port cable turning our tension to the top of the phone i noticed that i installed a screw into the wrong position so swapping that around i can install the bracket for the camera and face id cable proceeding we can start working on the new display for every iphone model starting with the iphone 8 you need to reprogram the display with the old display serial numbers in order to retain apple's true tone feature using a device like this jc programmer allows us to read the old screen's data and write it to our new display panel afterwards on the old screen i can unscrew the old earpiece flex cable applying some heat using a heat mat or heat gun can assist in removing the sensors that are glued in at the top these are paired to each iphone and breaking them will break face id after carefully removing it from our old display i can transfer it to our new one positioning everything into place i can press it down and fold across our earpiece screwing it back into position removing the protective film from the display this completes our display assembly the last thing we'll need to do is to connect the two halves together i will apply a new water resistant seal which will go in between our frame and new display panel after attaching that i can connect the three display cables the two battery connections and the three brackets which hold everything down into place [Music] after fastening the 12 tri-wing screws i can now remove the protective film on the adhesive and seat the display panel to the frame carefully lining up the top portion of the screen first i can then press everything firmly down into position i'll now need to remove the protective film going around the edges of our new housing which will reveal the bottom screw holes installing the two pentalobe screws the phone is sealed up i'll reinstall the sim card tray and remove the protective film on both the back and front of the display i'll also install a tempered glass screen protector and we're almost done the last thing i'll need to do is restore this phone to factory settings it currently has the previous owner's data and passcode still on the device after restoring the phone i was able to successfully set it up with no troubles i was able to successfully set up face id and truetone is still working thanks to us reprogramming the display prior to installing it with the phone set up we're done so this is it a once destroyed iphone 11 pro max is now fully functional and in perfect condition but you're probably wondering how much did this all cost the phone plus the repair cost totaled 412 australian or around 313 usd used on ebay here in australia these phones sell for around 950 to 1 100 so that's a minimum saving of 538 dollars that's a massive profit for just a few hours work fixing up a broken one this particular phone is a gig unit running ios 14.3 unlike my other iphone 11 pro max on ios 13 i didn't receive a non-genuine display warning message i'm unsure whether this is because the device is out of warranty or restoring the phone immediately after replacing the display stops the message or maybe even apple has removed these messages in ios 14.3 but i'm surprised nevertheless and on that note this has been a huge jefferies video if you like what you saw hit that subscribe button and consider checking out the restoration playlist for more videos just like this one and if you're looking for any tips or what tools i use to repair devices be sure to check out my website link for which is down the description that's all for this video and i'll catch you guys next time

Channel: Hugh Jeffreys

Views: 1,247,751

Rating: 4.9417515 out of 5

Keywords: Hugh, Jeffreys, Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod, technology, repair, restore, restoration, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 pro, pro max, iPhone 12, cheap

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Length: 16min 26sec (986 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 19 2020