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| 2008/7/18-23 [Science/Battery, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50618 Activity:nil |
7/18 iPhone battery life SUCKS. You'll probably have to spend another
$100 in a year to get it replaced. Here's a cheap way to do it:
http://video.gearlive.com/video/article/q407-replace-iphone-battery-tutorial
http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3036&p=3 (3G sucks,
literally. Sucks up 25% more power)
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| video.gearlive.com/video/article/q407-replace-iphone-battery-tutorial We were checking out the new Xbox Dashboard when who should walk in but Reggie Fils-Am, CEO of Nintendo? Gear Live caught him earlier at the Nintendo Keynote, and we managed to capture a few quick shots of Reggie checking out what's new in Xbox. iPhone battery, which means that once it can't hold a charge, you need to send it in. If you'd rather just buy your own battery and replace it yourself, we've got your hookup. Nate and I got together to film this this tutorial, which shows how to replace your iPhone battery. Heck, even if you have decided that you will never open up your iPhone on your own, we think it's still pretty cool to see the process - so just hit play, okay? Oh, and just to be sure we're all clear, we take absolutely no responsibility if you try and replicate what you see in our video and end up bricking or damaging your phone. Andy Dick Lives Up to His Name Advertisement Comments * Jon Evans By Jon Evans at 11/29/07 You can avoid any problems with shorting out the wires by desoldering the ground wire first. Alternatively, as the new battery seems to be supplied with wires, just snip the old wires from the old battery and then desolder them from the phone. link to this comment * Edge Bleeder By Edge Bleeder at 11/29/07 umm... Correct me if I'm wrong but the iPhone did not work properly after the battery was replaced. link to this comment * mattyohe By mattyohe at 11/30/07 Considering that the iPhone battery lasts longer and holds a longer charge than most every phone on the planet, and that the whole battery "issue" was way overblown, I'm not sure many people will get much from this video. Never mind the fact that your iPhone didn't work properly after installation... Also, I wouldn't take advice from someone who thinks that 100 degrees Celsius is 600 degrees Fahrenheit. link to this comment * passerby By passerby at 11/30/07 For starters, 300 Degrees C is 572 Degrees F, so our friend above is bashing others to make himself feel better without realizing that he is very wrong, himself. Secondly, if you haven't screwed your phone's warranty by unlocking it, just take it to an apple store or mail it off. I got my AppleCare off of ebay for $50, so I'll worry about spending $30 after my battery was replaced a couple of times for me under my 2 year coverage. link to this comment * bounce By bounce at 11/30/07 Just wanted to see if this message board is filtered for offensive lanquage like #### #### ##### DICK CUNT BASTARD AND OF COURSE making love. link to this comment * Neo Politicus By Neo Politicus at 11/30/07 Since you're not re-using the wires, why don't you just cut them before unsoldering? Then you don't have to worry about shorting the battery. link to this comment * Thelonius By Thelonius at 12/1/07 Love the comments guys - as Danny Elfman said, "now is that gratitude?" I hope this video is still around when my battery needs replacing. Just one note to improve the process: Shouldn't he remove the black and white wires first since one of those is ground? Your risk of shorting the battery is greatly reduced if done in this order since you then only have to prevent the wires from touching each other - much less likely than preventing the hot wire from contacting any part of the phone while still grounded. not hell to be honest i couldn't afford one but i was lucky enough to find one! so yep i won't be buying a "backup" one and 2nd it didn't even work after you replaced it wow you can still use it for notes and the notes were comming out even all ragedy when time comes for me to replace it I won't do it myself because not even you guys could do it you'reselves and you're the "experts" STOP BEING CHEAP PEOPLE! YOU WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR IT! link to this comment * philippine apple By philippine apple at 12/24/07 negativity attracts negativity. if you cant say something nice, better not say anything at all. Be careful on what you write because words have the power to hurt other people's feelings and if not counseled properly, hatred can cause many saddening problems to the psyche of those you have offended. i for one is thankful to you Nate for sharing the video. My constructive advise is make a new video with the right soft surface and research a bit on the soldering iron's working temperature. link to this comment * Andre By Andre at 1/16/08 It's good for us people that have bought an iPhone but do not live in the US. I really doubt Apple in Australia are going to replace the battery in an iPhone. link to this comment * Marcel Graham By Marcel Graham at 6/7/08 those 3 little silver things on the motherboard after you remove the battery what if one falls off? link to this comment * Joe Smith By Joe Smith at 7/18/08 Really really great technical video, thanks I learned a lot from it. He asks too many dumb questions and disrupts the otherwise well filmed video. link to this comment * Joe Smith By Joe Smith at 7/18/08 By the way, if you're afraid of the red wire touching the surface of the iPhone (grounded)... In basic auto mechanics for changing batteries, they tell you to always remove the black (ground) wire first so that the body will not be a conductor, THEN remove the red wire. Remove the black first and you'll remove the surface as a conductor, then remove the rest later. Gear Live graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, videos, articles, blogs, forums, scripts and other service names are the trademarks of Gear Live Inc. |
| www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3036&p=3 Anand Lal Shimpi Faster Browsing, but a Quarter Less Battery Life Our web browsing test is slightly different from what we ran in the iPhone review. We used a total of 7 web pages, but of much larger sizes than our first test. Each page was loaded by the browser and was set to forward to the next page (in the above order) after 10 seconds; the screens on the phones were set to remain on constantly, with the Blackjack set to brightness level 3, and the iPhone set to approximately 30%. Web pages loaded a lot faster, but the Blackjack's battery was drained at a faster rate as well. With 3G enabled, the Blackjack lasted 275 hours and with it disabled, over 35 hours. Neither time is particularly great, but the impact of enabling 3G was significant: battery life was reduced by almost 23%. EDGE was completely different, while on Wi-Fi the iPhone lasted longer than on EDGE. The improvement in battery life was just under 25%, giving us an extra 85 minutes of usage on the iPhone. Note that all of these tests were with excellent signal strength, and battery life is negatively impacted by hopping between cell towers or working with weak signals; regardless, the results here should apply regardless of the situation. At least based on these initial results, it would seem that Apple's Wi-Fi implementation is a no-brainer: you get better performance and better battery life. It definitely doesn't have the convenience of 3G, but if you find yourself using your phone in areas where Wi-Fi is prevalent then it makes a lot of sense. by Shintai, 371 days ago Why would anyone, atleast outside the US mobile network, get an iPhone? You get gps, video calls (DVD quality, 30fps), TV, msn, 5Mpixel cam, MMS, 3Mbit internet, longer battery life and so on. The iPhone is like buying a 800Mhz P3 in a fancy design today. by Zaitsev, 371 days ago You mean its feature set is 3-4 years behind, but has a completely novel user interface. It's certainly not "best bang for your buck," but that's not Apple's goal in the first place. by AlexWade, 371 days ago America is 3-4 years behind in all cell technology because our government believes competition on standards is a good thing. Every network has dead spots, a problem we wouldn't have if there was only 1 cell technology like Europe. by halfeatenfish, 371 days ago Just like with every other Apple product, the iPhone is for people that value the experience over the specifications. My phone can do all the iPhone can (feature-wise) and more... As a matter a fact, a great deal of my features go unused b/c its too much an ass-pain to get to them. It reminds me of the difference between a Subaru and an Audi. In one you to holler on the freeway, in the other, you speak. One has you tired after long trips, the other has you wanted to take longer trips. for a whole lot of people, spec's alone are just not enough. by tuteja1986, 371 days ago well if someone would just copy the user interface they could sell craploads of phones. Take the heat for a clone but who cares as you will benefit by alot of sales. Reply User Replaceable Batteries Would Solve This by DaveLessnau, 371 days ago If Apple simply went with a user-replaceable battery, most of this problem (not the space issue) would go away. I'm not in the market for a cell phone, but that one point (the battery) drops the iPhone out of the competition for me. Reply youtube test by BigLan, 371 days ago I wonder if the iphone youtube results are so good because the device buffers the video. It could be that you only download the file once, then play it back from cache. Could you maybe repeat the test with different clips every time to see if this is the case? Also, are you saying that youtube clips on iphone/wifi look better than on a desktop? |