Tom Chai

So I finally got an iPhone 6 Plus, I opened it up to check it out. During the disassembly I found a few QC issues, one...

If the screen is “too long” the top end may not have been hooked onto the case properly, or the case has a dent preventing the screen to move into place. Screen calibration has always been present, it’s just that the older models had more consistent screen suppliers so their electrical properties usually match, so the calibration data is good enough for a new screen. Starting with iPhone 5 and especially iPhone 7, more suppliers join the party and consistently is all over the place. Apple always have the method to recalibrate the screen after replacement so it is not a problem for them. Average plebeians will have to try and find one more or less matches, or just live with it, just like marriage.

Don’t bother. Major chips like the CPU and the firmware flash chip on the motherboard are encrypted and paired together, it’s not possible to extract anything useful or swap one of the chip and still be able to boot. Consoles have extremely high security compared with most average consumer electronic devices to discourage piracy and cheating, even most people working at Microsoft are not able to decrypt and read out anything from it.

Will not work unless you migrate all the chips on the cable over, or find a way to reprogram the chip with data from the original cable.

Normal inductor whine, iPhone 7 is known for that, ignore.

No, will not fit, connectors are different as well.

I don’t see anyone else complaining, so it is just you then.

In theory yes but realistically no. If you need to ask, the training and tool cost for you to start off definitely costs many times more than $500, so no.

Replace the hard drive, reinstall the system software.

Flashlight is on the power button flex cable unit.

You need to check the models of the drivee before buying one. There can be several OEM vendors supplying Xbox One disc drives and each vendor may have several models. Drives of different models obviously won’t have the same controller board and will not work.

Easy, you are supposed to desolder the battery and the dock flex first, remove the logic board then access the battery.

Look at the CPU heat spreader, it is much thicker than previous models, is it possible that this is some kind of mini flat heat pipe?

Yeah it is just a case ventilation fan, it doesn’t blow any heatsinks directly. Although with the very low TDP of the processor, a case fan with radiator type heat sink should do the job.

It is not possible to access the internals from the back, the back is locked to the case with screws from the inside.

It’s the top bezel itself, as always.

You need to show the back side of the battery, the supplier name is on the back.

No. Basically not related at all.

Zero! Way to go!

As you can see they've already ruined a lot of things, so this is not going back together.

Looks like it is soldered, this is going to end up ugly if you manage to break the ports.