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Yeah I want to use it 1-2 years more, I’m not a power user and it’s still a perfectly fine phone, runs really fast and gets updates, so why throw it out? Also

Yeah I want to use it 1-2 years more, I’m not a power user and it’s still a perfectly fine phone, runs really fast and gets updates, so why throw it out? Also as I said below if you replace the battery yourself TouchID will stop working as the security chip thinks the phone has been tampered with, so if you wanna keep using that there’s only the official route I think. Not sure about FaceID but it might have the same problem.

kasey_junk 7y ago
I’ve replaced batteries on 3 different TouchId iPhones and never had that problem.
- ThePhysicist 7y ago
  Interesting. Maybe it’s just Apple propaganda then. Still I wouldn’t want to do it myself I think, though I’m sure it’s doable.
  - jdeibele 7y ago
    My 13-year-old did it on his iPhone SE with a little help from me. Hardest part was getting the old battery free of the adhesive gluing it to the case. He wouldn't use the hair dryer long enough to make the adhesive more pliant and ended up twisting and yanking the battery free. I put the old battery in a bucket on concrete overnight because he thought he might have punctured the envelope and I was worried about it catching on fire. No problem recycling it. It was about $20 for an Amazon battery kit that came complete with tools. Had 20% more charging capacity than the original (when it was new) and my son is very happy with the result. Earphones worked fine, screen worked fine, etc.
    - frosted-flakes 7y ago
      I bet that was a learning experience for him. The first time I ever opened an electronic device, I broke the digitiser cable on my friend's 3DS after it got dunked in the river. But since then I've opened up stuff loads of times to repair it, without issue. Sometimes because I'm just curious.
hinkley 7y ago
What I’m saying is that you’ll probably only get one year, because at some point before you’re done, you’ll get a new battery, that gives you two more years, but then the battery will just go away in the interim. If you’re anything like me, your battery starts getting janky you’ll look half heartedly because you have time, and by the time to you really have to have it you can’t find them. So then you’ll limp along for a little while on the old one and give up. And batteries don’t have a good shelf life like say your favorite discontinued keyboard so you can’t just stockpile. (Which is a whole other story that lead me to now own three of them even though I can only use one at present.)

kasey_junk 7y ago

I’ve replaced batteries on 3 different TouchId iPhones and never had that problem.

ThePhysicist 7y ago
Interesting. Maybe it’s just Apple propaganda then. Still I wouldn’t want to do it myself I think, though I’m sure it’s doable.
- jdeibele 7y ago
  My 13-year-old did it on his iPhone SE with a little help from me. Hardest part was getting the old battery free of the adhesive gluing it to the case. He wouldn't use the hair dryer long enough to make the adhesive more pliant and ended up twisting and yanking the battery free. I put the old battery in a bucket on concrete overnight because he thought he might have punctured the envelope and I was worried about it catching on fire. No problem recycling it. It was about $20 for an Amazon battery kit that came complete with tools. Had 20% more charging capacity than the original (when it was new) and my son is very happy with the result. Earphones worked fine, screen worked fine, etc.
  - frosted-flakes 7y ago
    I bet that was a learning experience for him. The first time I ever opened an electronic device, I broke the digitiser cable on my friend's 3DS after it got dunked in the river. But since then I've opened up stuff loads of times to repair it, without issue. Sometimes because I'm just curious.

hinkley 7y ago

What I’m saying is that you’ll probably only get one year, because at some point before you’re done, you’ll get a new battery, that gives you two more years, but then the battery will just go away in the interim. If you’re anything like me, your battery starts getting janky you’ll look half heartedly because you have time, and by the time to you really have to have it you can’t find them. So then you’ll limp along for a little while on the old one and give up. And batteries don’t have a good shelf life like say your favorite discontinued keyboard so you can’t just stockpile. (Which is a whole other story that lead me to now own three of them even though I can only use one at present.)