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Installation Guide
iPhone 1st Generation
Difficulty: Very difficult
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Spudger
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Metal Spudger
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Soldering Iron
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Solder
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Desoldering Wick
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Stories
My Problem
The phone would not hold a charge more than a few minutes but worked otherwise.
My Fix
The battery arrived quickly and fit perfectly. The repair was done in 40 min without a major hitch. It's running perfectly now.
My Advice
Only one small hitch. One of the screws on the circuit board is covered with a "Do not remove" label which doesn't appear in your video. Consequently I spent awhile trying to understand why the board wouldn't lift until I peeled away the label and found the 7th screw. It would be a good thing to tell people that in the video but otherwise it went well. The how-to video is a life-saver.
My Problem
Although leaving my iPhone 2g on the lawn to get soaked by the sprinklers was a good excuse to upgrade, I've never had the heart to actually throw the broken thing away. I finally decided I might as well try to crack it open so I ordered tools and a replacement battery.
My Fix
Opening the phone was easier than I expected. All told, I spent about an hour opening the phone, desoldering the old battery, soldering in the new one, and cleaning out some lint with a dental pick and canned air. The phone looks almost as good as new now, although some of the seams aren't quite as tight as they were from factory. Now I want to try repairing all my busted down gadgets.
My Advice
I cut my fingers a few times on the sharp edges of the aluminum iPhone back, so be careful! Also, use some desolder braid to clean up the pads where the battery is soldered in.
My Problem
my battery was going to 0 in 3 hours!
My Fix
Perfectly!
My Advice
just search it well!
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