tzakrajson Hacker News • Recommends
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Your last sentence reminds me of this recent post link to this video and it gives such a cool sense of Shenzhen as a place to make and modify things.
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How I Upgraded My iPhone Memory 800% - in Shenzhen, China
Strange Parts
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- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2018 to 2021.
- Presented by Scotty Allen, creator of Strange Parts
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
7.1M views8 years ago3 recommendations
Scotty Allen documents his journey in Shenzhen learning to upgrade an iPhone 6s storage from 16GB to 128GB by desoldering and replacing the flash chip.
This is my journey in Shenzhen, China to learn how to upgrade the memory in my iPhone 6s from 16GB to 128GB. I've been hearing for several years that this was something the repair shops here in Huaqiangbei could do, and I'd even seen one do it to a friends phone, so naturally, I had to learn how to do it myself. It was harder than I thought. Share this video: youtu.be/rHP-OPXK2ig Subscribe to the channel here: goo.gl/qeurxc This is part 3 of my custom iPhone series. Part 1: Making a CUSTOM iPhone - in Shenzhen, China youtu.be/aQszF2iKhx0 Part 2: Making a Custom GLOWING iPhone Logo - in Shenzhen, China youtu.be/JQkjAhmvITI The best video I found about how to upgrade iPhone memory: youtu.be/v5WDDZqhn2s Edited by auram - instagram.com/aurxm/ My Gear: Main camera: amzn.to/2BfHqiW Other camera: amzn.to/2B0Snke Main lens: amzn.to/2B0THDI Other lens: amzn.to/2BAysJQ Microphone: amzn.to/2kNCqHg Little tripod: amzn.to/2B12zJF Collaborative editing software: bit.ly/frameio-sp Facebook: facebook.com/strangepartscom Twitter: twitter.com/strangepartscom Instagram: instagram.com/strangeparts_com Music: Elevation by Gravity (licensed through bit.ly/artlist-sp) Trip the Light - Instrumental by Vikings in Tibet (licensed through bit.ly/artlist-sp) Save It (Instrumental Version) - Chris Coral (licensed through bit.ly/epidemic-sp) Soft Glare - Martin Veida (licensed through bit.ly/epidemic-sp) Pink Butterfly by Marco Martini (licensed through bit.ly/artlist-sp) Dramatic Drone 8 - Jon Bjork (licensed through bit.ly/epidemic-sp) #StrangeParts #PhoneAdventures #ChinaWhy it's here
3 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a fascinating look at the electronics markets of Shenzhen and the hands-on process of micro-soldering repair.
GeekyBearon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Chinese engineers cracked Apple's M1 chip and successfully upgrade RAM and SSD”
There's a video of a western guy living in China learning to desolder Flash memory chips from an iPhone and then solder higher capacity chips in their place from back in 2018. link to this video Being in Shenzhen China, he was able to buy the needed tools and many broken boards to practice on, and eventually managed to do it on a live board himself.
G3rn0tion Hacker News • Recommends
On “How I Made My Own iPhone [video]”
Another cool episode is where he upgrades a 16GB iPhone to 128GB by soldering a larger flash chip onto the board: link to this video
samfisher83on Hacker News • Mentions
On “iOS 11.4 to Disable USB Port After 7 Days: What It Means for Mobile Forensics”
You could just pull the flash chip and image it. You would need to figure out how to get the key, but pulling the flash chip and reading it doesn't look too hard if you can use a heat gun. If you lived in Shenzhen you could go the market and buy a flash reader. Strange Parts is youtube channel where the guy does this. link to this video