Where are you from? From United States. United States? Yeah. Great. I am trying to
make my very own iPhone. Great. [MUSIC PLAYING] I remained in a dimly lit
bbq joint right here in China. I was with people
like me, nerds that are interested by the
electronics manufacturing scene. And also someone claimed, you
recognize, see all these cellular phone components in the markets. I ask yourself if you could
develop your very own phone. I maintained coming and also going from
China over the previous nine months, as well as I couldn'' t obtain rid of this burning inquiry. Could I make my very own mobile phone? Would certainly individuals also cell components to a Western guy like me that rarely speaks any type of Chinese? [TALKING CHINESE] apple iphone sixes.6 s. So I did what any geek would certainly do as well as I dove in with both feet. [MUSIC PLAYING] Concerning Shenzhen is like going to the future, yet it'' s this crazy dystopian Blade Jogger esque future. So to make a phone, I.
assume I need four pieces. I require the metal back, the.
covering the phone beings in, I require a display,.
I require a battery, and after that I need the.
reasoning board, which is the circuit card that has.
the processor and the memory as well as things like that on it.So we'' re in a street. behind the [FAINT] markets.
I ' m going to take a look. at what ' s readily available below.
Occasionally there are phone backs. that are readily available for sale. So that was fascinating. I just went back to.
one in the cubicles as well as shopped one.
of'the recycled backs, as well as I was effective, however. it ' s rather dinged up.
Currently allow ' s head inside.
the main markets and also see if I'can get. a back that looks new. I ' m not mosting likely to be able to. film with the huge video camera inside, however I ' ll be able. to use my iPhone. Oh, those behave. This apple iphone 7 [FAINT]
Yeah. Those are wonderful. They don ' t have a logo. You can perhaps obtain.
it for tomorrow. OK, great. [SPEAKING CHINESE] To ensure that was a huge success.
Pretty promptly, I was able. to find a back that looks rather brand-new as well as beautiful to me. It doesn ' t have any of the
. laser markings inside it like the made use of one.
does, and also I require those for lining up some.
wires, and also there ' s a spot where the. antenna sticks. But'I believe that might be a. area that has a laser that can include those
for me. So I ' m mosting likely to go see. if I can find that.
I also found a lot. of really awesome styles and different shades that don ' t. appearance like anything Apple makes.
I took a look around for. a bit and I ultimately discovered this laser etching cubicle. embeded a little cubby hole underneath the stairs. The very same original, like.
whatever they usually do.
So Apple, the criterion. point for USA.USA markings here. [SONGS PLAYING] I'' m outside McDonald ' s. as well as I ' m waiting on Frank.
So Frank ' s a purchaser, acquires a. bunch of different Apple parts in the markets.
He ' s going to help me purchase. the components to develop a display. So what I intend to construct,. I ' m building an apple iphone sixes.
And I intend to make the screen. as much from the ground up as we can, as much from
components. So if we assemble a. screen, what items do we need? We require the glass. Digitizer and also the LCD, the back. Backlight? History? Yeah, backlight. Yeah, uh huh.
OCA. Yeah, that ' s the.
optically clear adhesive.Yeah, yeah. Yeah, OK. Isn'' t there a touch sensing unit.
for the pressure touch? [INAUDIBLE] LCD. [INAUDIBLE] It'' s component of the LCD. This procedure requires to.
be made without dusty? Without dust. Without dust. Yeah, yeah, so it.
has to be extremely tidy. Yet they can do this here.
out there, right? There are individuals.
that can do this? We can most likely to the repair work.
store [FAINT]. So ought to we buy the components.
ourselves first and also bring it to the repair service store.
or should we have the service center offer it? [FAINT] Appears excellent. [SPEAKING CHINESE] Yeah. Can we buy all of the parts? So we buy phone glass, we acquire.
the digitizer, we get the LCD, we buy the backlight. I recognize that what I.
intend to do is weird. OK. Yeah? OK, great. Good. As well as I can film? [SPEAKING CHINESE] We wear'' t need [FAINT] OK? It ' s OK to reveal their face? Yeah. Yeah, OK.
So Frank, they ' re. warming it up currently.
Is that right? Yeah'. And it draws down, it holds.
it down, like suction? That ' s fast.
This is the OCA.Ah, they ' re taking. off the OCA right here. And after that that ' s the front. of the digitizer, right? Front of the display. And also currently what is he taking off? The polarizer. With a hot soldering. iron reduce razor blade. That ' s quite cool down. I'' ve not seen that device prior to. And after that one more.
polarizer on the top. OCA. OCA. [SPEAKING CHINESE] He claims 10? You recognize [INAUDIBLE] I put on'' t.Yeah, what is this machine? I don'' t recognize the name of it.
Press the LCD with. the front glass. Exists warmth also? Is'it hot? Yeah, it ' s hot. It ' s a vacuum cleaner. Wonderful. [FAINT'] So currently we ' re putting it– Bubble. Eliminating the bubbles. Removing the bubble. Bubble remover. This is bubble remover. OK. So it ' ll obtain all the air. Remove the bubble from the OCA. And is it heating too? Yeah. Has heat. Very awesome. Is it complete? That looks nice. See, no bubbles. No bubbles. We completed the front. OK. So currently we'' re going. to do the back. Change this set. OK. The backlight. This set is the backlight.
Therefore currently we ' re going. to put backlight back onto the rear of the.
LCD as well as digitizer.We need to match this specifically. That'' s an extremely amazing. screening phone. Oh, take a look at that. Good. This one is'original. Looks great. Great? Test on your own. I assume it ' s good. Yeah. Looks great to me. OK. Ended up? Yeah. Yeah? Completed screen. Excellent. Do they desire cash? Can I pay them on [INAUDIBLE] Pay on [INAUDIBLE] It utilized to be that you got. everything in the marketplace with cash.
Yet a growing number of,. it ' s been relocating in the direction of WeChat, which is.
this messaging app went across with Facebook and
. Twitter and PayPal.It makes it really simple
. to send out cash to someone just by scanning a QR code. Just how much do I owe them total? [SPEAKING CHINESE] 480. Yeah. OK. [TALKING CHINESE] OK, bye bye. [MUSIC PLAYING] I have the outside.
of the phone. Now I require the digestive tracts. One of the most intricate part.
is the logic board. It'' s truly the. brains of the phone, however it ' s likewise the part that. intimidates me the most.I just picked up this.
made use of, damaged logic board on the market.
for a couple of dollars. It'' s got the. processor right here, and the flash memory.
chip'' s right there. But it ' s also obtained a. bunch of other chips around it that are extremely little. My understanding is that this.
is a panel of 4 reasoning boards that wear'' t have any kind of. elements on them. This panel would certainly be fed.
right into the factory line that does the chip positioning. I initially believed I could.
solder on all the chips myself. That turned out to be.
a huge rabbit hole.I invested weeks mosting likely to.
the marketplace buying tools. Trying to discover to solder. Squeegee on some of this paste. Shopping private chips. So this is six. I was method over my head. So I went up to this cell.
phone repair work institution up in [FAINT] called [FAINT] as well as I consulted with the head.
instructor named [INAUDIBLE]. As I informed you.
earlier, my job is to attempt as well as build my.
own apple iphone from components that I am acquiring in the market.Do you assume that is feasible? This one? Yep. Yeah. I have a board like this. Oh, OK. [TALKING CHINESE] This board, [FAINT] just 2 is good. And also if you take your time to.
[INAUDIBLE] on this board, you maybe work with.
one [FAINT]. It'' s possible. It'' s possible, but.'it ' s really tough. If I get a reasoning board.
from the markets, do you think it'' s. feasible for me to construct my very own.
phone that works? For sure.If you purchase a board that. is alright board and you can acquire some screen or battery. and also you can be a brand-new phone. It ' s OK. It'' s without a doubt. It'' s like just a new computer system.
Make a memory,. make a [INAUDIBLE],, make a battery, and. a display [FAINT].'. Put them all with each other and also. I ' ll have a working phone. OK. So I offered up for now.
However I ' m going to head of the. markets with my friend Helen, and also
she ' s going to try to. assist me locate a working reasoning
board, and also probably. one that'appeared of a used phone that ' s possibly.
been fixed or refurbished.It appears to be really,. I put on ' t know, active. It ' s very active.
For all the sluggish down. of the various other markets, this is not feeling it whatsoever. This market'' s extremely disorderly. There'' s people pressing. as well as shoving anywhere. There'' s stacks of phones.
anywhere you look. And also by the counters,.
there'' s these gigantic safes to save them. I really feel a little.
unpleasant below, primarily even if I protrude,.
however also because I don'' t truly know what I ' m doing yet. I desire to get a sixes 16 job.
He says it ' s just. short of supply right currently as well as most likely.
after spring celebration. And also they suggest.
us go one floor up. Below'' s success. Yeah. The number of pieces? Just one. Oh, nice. She claimed it'' s assured'. It ' s ensured. The top quality is ensured. Yeah, OK.
Has this [FAINT] been fixed too? A little repair work.
I inform you what. Why put on ' t we look.
around some more and simply see what our.
other options are and we ' ll come back.That went Well Yeah, I assume so.
Yeah. I believe that provides. me more self-confidence that this is mosting likely to'work. Let ' s go that way as well as go out. of the main group right below. She doesn'' t have a. phone that we can put this in to evaluate
with,. with a display as well as battery? [TALKING CHINESE] Yeah, she doesn'' t have the. time to do the screening for us. Well, can we do that. testing with her phone'? Yeah, she said no.No, I get it. I ' m not going to get. it without testing it. It ' s enough money that I ' d. instead get one that functions.
All right, I assume we need to go. upstairs and also speak to that girl and also get her to assist us test.
Oh, she might not. roll with us now. She ' s doing a big bargain.
Wow, she ' s taking care of. a great deal of cash money.
Just how a lot do you. price quote that was? I put on ' t know, like,. a minimum of 10,000. I suggest, more than that. Most likely 50,000. [SPEAKING CHINESE] So she can refrain the screening. She claimed it '
s tested guaranteed.'As well as I can bring it back. if it doesn ' t job? Yeah. [TALKING CHINESE] Within 3 days. you obtain the guarantee. All right. Puts a timeline on this. She will certainly place a sticker label. Oh, her sticker label on it.
OK, bye bye. All right. So this is the logic. board that Helen and also I bought out there. Now allow ' s see.
We require a battery. Battery in below somewhere.All right. I ' ve got a battery. It ' s branded Apple. And also'I have my display here.
Allow ' s put them with each other and. see if this young puppy works.
Battery back on. I'hadn ' t actually. bought an on switch yet, so I ' m using the tweezers here. to switch on the reasoning board. Oh, I got it to function. Check that out. [GIGGLES] All right. See if it boot. Oh. But I don ' t have a home button. That ' s troublesome. It transforms out this reasoning. board isn ' t perfect.
Let me show you what I mean. If I go over below to the Compass. application and I transform it about, absolutely nothing happens.
I ' m mosting likely to try and. take it back and also see if she will give me a new one. That was rather fantastic. I took the bad logic board back. to the lady I purchased it from, showed her on my screening configuration.
that the compass didn'' t work.She stated OK, come back at 5:00. I asked her for a.
refund, and we talked, we paid me the.
money using her phone, and afterwards claimed still.
come back at 5:00 and I'' ll give you a brand-new one. So I'' m pretty legit. For no invoices, no agreements.
in a very gray area, individuals are extremely respectable. I went back at 5:00. She had the reasoning board.
fully repaired, prepared to go, as well as I have three even more.
days to bring it back if I discover anymore problems.It ' s very legitimate. [SONGS PLAYING] After a number of.
days of purchasing, I lastly have the significant pieces. The situation, the reasoning.
board, as well as the display. However I still require a.
number of various other components to make a functioning phone. The battery was quite easy. There are a lot of.
booths that market those. However I require a bunch of.
various other smaller sized parts. Braces, screws, cable televisions,.
speakers, and so on. And also so I spent an entire.
early morning making a big shopping listing of whatever I required. Yet I was truly fearing.
going and also discovering each specific cubicle and also trying.
to define what I desired. I require this and.
this set here also. I need the leading cable television as well. I obtained extremely lucky. Essentially the first.
cubicle I mosted likely to. Yeah. I require everything for a phone. So I have display, battery,.
situation, board, and I require every little thing else. So if you assist me. They totally hooked me up. So this is the back cam. This is the front electronic camera. This is the base.
cable television assembly that has the lightning doc.
as well as the earphone jack. Entire number of brackets.They also included.
a little tiny bag of screws that. consists of all the screws that I
need to build one phone. [SONGS PLAYING] So today ' s the day'I'' ve been. awaiting for a very long time. Today is the day I obtain to try.
as well as put the other the phone. I assume I have.
every little thing I require. I'' m not certain. So allow'' s give it a shot. [MUSIC PLAYING] All right. Very first set of screws. I understand how to do this. [MUSIC PLAYING] Exactly how does that work? [SONGS PLAYING] Young boy, those switches look lousy. Not clicky. [MUSIC PLAYING] [GROANS] I could need to go.
back to the markets and also place my mercy on one.
of the booth vendors and see if they can show.
me what I'' m missing out on.
I must be missing out on.
something obvious.I got the cable.
from you the other day. And also if you feel, there'' s no– does not feel right. [SPEAKING CHINESE] You require this. Oh. What is that? What is this? Where does that go? There'' s a little. insert right here. Really feel like little metal shims. You can see now.
they audibly click. [SONGS PLAYING] Hey. That is sweet. That is my finished phone.Pretty incredible. Well, it ' s been a long. time in the production.
I started this, gosh, I don ' t. understand, a pair months ago. I ' ve been in and out'of China. while I ' ve been
functioning'on it. I didn ' t understand whether.
I'' d be able to do this.
Yet I likewise learned. a great deal concerning just how the phone ecological community, the. phone repair service as well as refurbishing ecosystem works.
right here in Shenzhen. I never truly.
believed much about what takes place when I.
eliminate a phone. Reuse it or contribute it. I think a great deal of.
them end up right here. Uncoupled for components or turned.
back right into nice functioning phones.I ' m truly satisfied. by Apple ' s design. It ' s so easy to fix'. as well as recycle these phones. I ' ve reached assume that Apple ' s. truly proud of the'fact that their phones put on ' t. actually wind up in garbage dumps.
However there ' s also credit scores due to. the several countless people below that have actually identified how. to transform garbage like this back into stunning working phones. Prior to I began this, I. wasn ' t a lot of a phone guy.
Sure', I ' m a programmer, as well as. I ' ve messed around in electronics a lot of my life, yet I really. didn ' t understand much about phones. And it turns out also a. novice like me can identify how to place together a phone. It ' s absolutely doable. if'you have accessibility to parts, some fundamental. tools, and some excellent
recommendations or directions on how to do it.In reality, I assume. anybody watching this with enough persistence.
could do it too.
This things absolutely. isn ' t rocket scientific research. It ' s not a whole lot different. than placing together your own desktop. It ' s simply a bit smaller sized. However wait, there ' s. another thing.
I obtained a box to put it in. I mosted likely to the markets. the other day and also I chose up package with all the little bits. Guidebook, headphones,.
battery charger, billing cord. So easily. Like that. Similar to a brand-new phone. There it remains in the box. Done. I owe a huge many thanks.
to everybody that'' s helped me on this project,
. Frank as well as Helen as well as all of my other buddies in China,.
as well as the marketplace sellers.There ' s a
full checklist.
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