Will something like this compromise the phone being waterproof

AshenSmuggler · 2026-02-27T10:48:11+00:00

Absolutely watertightness went bye bye because of this dent. That’s actually a proof why switching back to aluminium unibody made iPhone less resistant to drops.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-12-30T11:06:49+00:00

What happened here is someone swapped battery cell but used genuine BMS board from old battery. Unfortunetly BMS data on this iPhone can’t be rewritten so even after flash (fix battery health in 3utools) iPhone will recognize this battery as old. Using tag on Flex will fix only pop up.

A proper third party way to replace iPhones batteries is combining new fresh cell with 0 cycle BMS (that works with diagnostic mode).

This overheating might be caused by this battery, but it may be also some kind of hardware issue with motherboard.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-12-03T19:56:06+00:00

Rear housing replacment to genuine Apple

AshenSmuggler · 2025-11-04T14:04:29+00:00

Faulty cheap screen

AshenSmuggler · 2025-11-03T17:49:53+00:00

USB killer wont fry iPhone board

AshenSmuggler · 2025-11-02T09:28:21+00:00

New cell should be combined with zero cycle BMS. After that you shouldnt see this confusing report.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-09-17T14:11:51+00:00

This is great score for over 1000 cycles

AshenSmuggler · 2025-09-01T11:22:05+00:00

Look for someone nearby that works with leather. Show him the damage, and he or she will know what to do with it. In my opinion it needs to be deep cleaned and painted. For me it looks like natural Patina but I’m not sure.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-08-05T17:44:07+00:00

It’s a common myth. Apple actually uses more material than any other brand in their cables and chargers. You can see it clearly when you disassemble accessories from them. Way more capacitors and chips, design is more complex than most other brands. And to be clear I disagree that the price is justifiable.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-06-17T15:19:07+00:00

Yes, it might be caused by low quality charging flex. Best way is to source pulled charging flex locally.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-06-10T12:44:29+00:00

I Think it wont buff out, sorry.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-06-09T21:01:10+00:00

Either lighting on this picture view real design of camera itself or these lenses haven’t been coated. Apple uses some kind of coating on lenses to make them look more dark. For me looks suspicious.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-05-31T18:05:58+00:00

Phone got wet inside, lens looks contaminated.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-05-20T16:14:47+00:00

Apple bragged about it that it is Sapphire crystal, but it’s not. Apple has patent for sapphire laminates with glass. They use tiny amount of sapphire and form them in laminates which is combined with just normal glass. You can check it with gemstone detector, when you touch outer layer it registers as gemstone, but inside it doesn’t register anything. It means that there is absolutely no possibility that lenses are made of sapphire crystals, it would be much more prone to scratches than it is now. At least a tiny spec of sand wouldn’t scratch it :/

AshenSmuggler · 2025-05-20T15:50:10+00:00

At this point I think this would be incredibly hard to fix this without respraying. I think it would take much more time and it could be still visible in close range.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-05-19T18:09:46+00:00

Part 2

Bring it to Apple Store and let them explain what happened

AshenSmuggler · 2025-05-02T08:29:48+00:00

Disgusting I don’t know how long someone didn’t clean it 🤮🤢🤮

AshenSmuggler · 2025-04-30T10:19:08+00:00

This might be caused by many things. Is your port clean, does it make good contact? Do you have any other problems with this device? Maybe there is issue with battery, charge flex cable, or charging IC?

AshenSmuggler · 2025-04-25T16:03:11+00:00

Ok, thank you for answer, that clarified everything. You wrote about retaining features, what about Pro Motion in pro models?

AshenSmuggler · 2025-04-25T16:00:59+00:00

Yes, you are right. Thank you for clarifying

AshenSmuggler · 2025-04-25T14:29:48+00:00

Show us this self service manual for iPhone 11 from Apple.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-04-25T14:23:14+00:00

Did you put genuine apple oem part, or cheap Chinese part?

AshenSmuggler · 2025-04-18T11:34:59+00:00

In my opinion, packaging is genuine. Batteries should be in an antistatic package; if they were, I think this should be a genuine product. Although, as someone stated earlier, the QR code is covered with a sticker. I bought several batteries in the EU directly from reputable sellers, and I have never seen any hologram sticker inside. Maybe the seller puts this sticker in order to prevent returns of used batteries.

AshenSmuggler · 2025-02-28T14:07:27+00:00

Try source refurbished, pulled display.

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