AirPods' Dirty Secret (and how I'm fighting it!)

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The first and second generations of AirPods made by Apple were given a score of 0 out of 10 by repair specialists at iFixit. AirPods are not designed to be serviced. No hardware components can be accessed without damage to the device, making it a consumable/disposable item. Tens of millions of devices were sold, each one having three sealed-in batteries. This makes it a total electronic waste disaster.
After the success of Ken Pillonel’s previous project, the world’s first USB-C iPhone, he decided to focus on trying to mitigate the AirPods disaster through an engineering project. The goal was to find a solution that gives a second life to the unopenable cases, which all face an inevitable end of life because of their built-in battery.
The solution proposed consists of making available a 3D-printed replacement part that can be downloaded by anyone. The AirPods case can therefore be purposefully damaged while disassembly, then repairs can be made inside, and finally, the 3D-printed replacement part is inserted back in place.
Now that it is possible to open the case, repairs are made possible. A replacement battery can be purchased online, but it is the only replacement part available. If a charging port is broken, there is no way to replace it except by getting a replacement part from another device. The second part of the project consists in creating a replacement part for the Lightning charging port. Because it will soon disappear thanks to a recent EU ruling, the replacement part sports a USB-C connector (bouncing off the previous hack made by Ken) and is also made available online as an open-source project. It is a custom flexible PCB manufactured by PCBWay. This further increases the impact on the possibility of repairing those devices.
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Link to EU studies:
Common charger: bit.ly/3aPuraO
Unbundling of chargers: bit.ly/3IUXVjV
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0:00 Phone Call
1:08 First Attempt - FDM Printing
1:53 Explaining the Problem
2:31 How to Open AirPods Case
2:57 Second Attempt - SLA Printing
4:10 Lack of Replacement Parts
4:36 EU USB-C regulation
5:00 USB-C Mod Intro
5:20 Tricky Connector
6:02 Custom PCB
6:41 Metallic Bracket
8:31 Demo
8:48 Conclusion
9:04 Open Source
9:15 Giveaway
9:22 Sale?

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@ExploringTheSimulation Жыл бұрын

UPDATE: New video is out! I did pretty much for the same for the AirPods Pro, and you can even buy the kit! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eqifhK54x7KaiZc.html shop.kenp.io

@seat7F Жыл бұрын

Hello

@harrison00xXx Жыл бұрын

The issue with your "repair" and replace project.... it was now even more wasteful than buying a new AirPods case :D Apple know at least how to produce it efficient in mass.

@glp.1337 Жыл бұрын

@@harrison00xXx Tell me, when you were inside a classroom, did you voice your opinions? Or did it just start the moment you could do it anonymously on the internet? I'm pretty sure your opinions weren't supposed to leave your headspace because they haven't matured yet. A couple of reasons why I think that: - Mass production doesn't counter waste. Thinking it does gives out the impression you've lost your sanity. - Shipping over/buying a new Airpods case entails: Getting the raw materials (all over the world), manufacturing it in China (slave labor + child labor), packaging it for a long bumpy ride, Sending it over by plains,trucks,boats,... (carbon footprint), ... before it ends up at your door. - You've compared the things I've mentioned above, to creating your own case with materials you already have lying around on a machine you already own. I hope this makes you understand how ridiculous your comment really is. If not, good luck buddy... you're going to need it :)

@harrison00xXx Жыл бұрын

@@glp.1337 seems like you have a hollow, 3d printed brain?

@glp.1337 Жыл бұрын

@@harrison00xXx I am very happy YOU are saying that instead of a sane person. Also, great job on avoiding every single argument given. Shows real character.

@RimWulf Жыл бұрын

"We are committed to reducing waste" paraphrased from Apple when they stopped selling the phones with the charger adding more trash from packaging and while still opting for replacement rather than fixing.

@kobalov1 Жыл бұрын

you know apple recycles this things right? it makes more eco sence to recycle old device and buy new one than to order 10 parts from around the world to make frankenstein device out of your airpods that will work extra 2 months and eventually break all the same, congrats you just created more waste for not much more benefit. Also newer devices have better features etc. apple recycles this things in millions their new devices are literally made from recycled aluminium, plastic etc

@icanbarely Жыл бұрын

🤯

@RimWulf Жыл бұрын

@@Mad_Catter_ iphone owner should be added to the DSM as a mental illness.

@pvc988 Жыл бұрын

I think it should say "We are committed to producing waste"

@GurkenbauerTim Жыл бұрын

"We are committed to reducing waste" Paraphrased from Samsung when they also stopped including chargers into the phone boxes creating more waste

@muugiicj882 Жыл бұрын

Not only he fixed the issue considered impossible, he upgrades it. Gigachad my man.

@mus_xr4653 Жыл бұрын

The type c port isn't an upgrade

@muugiicj882 Жыл бұрын

@@mus_xr4653 yeah2 you're right since we will not be here if you kind of people doesn't exist.

@ItsElior Жыл бұрын

@@mus_xr4653 depand on how you look at it.

@dokomi1578 Жыл бұрын

@@mus_xr4653 Type-C Port is a upgrade in any way. It's way faster than those outdated Lightning ports.

@mus_xr4653 Жыл бұрын

@@dokomi1578 it's not going to charge the air pods faster and you won't need the faster transfer speed and the lightning is much more durable

@CuriouslyContent Жыл бұрын

I wish I was a teenager again. If I had seen this guy when I was 16, I would be learning everything I could from him and make a career of it. What an amazing skillset you have. Truely inspirational.

@jamesrruff Жыл бұрын

You're as young as you'll ever be...

@JLydecka Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is some cool shit he's doing.

@CuriouslyContent Жыл бұрын

@@jamesrruff Indeed I am, problem is free time. When I was a teenager, I had the time needed to learn this stuff... once you get a full-time job, kids, house, car, etc... there is always something that needs attention and leaves you with just enough time to brush your teeth and pass out at the end of the day. As you get older, every new thing you attempt means giving up something you are currently doing :(

@jamesrruff Жыл бұрын

@@CuriouslyContent how true this is. I too have a little one and never imagined the time investment would be as intense as it is.

@critical_always Жыл бұрын

I am 58 and upskilling. Electronics, pcb design, 3d printing, low level coding even. It's fun! But yeah, I don't have to babysit all day. Wasn't that a woman's job? Oh yeah the enlightened young ones did away with that. Ah well, what's left is dreams of what could be.

@Kabonster Жыл бұрын

Amazing work brother, keep it up! Can’t wait to see what you do next!!

@nukercat4938 Жыл бұрын

bro is 3d printing a girlfriend next that cant walk because else it would run away

@odw32 Жыл бұрын

There will be critics saying: "Yeah but I don't have a 3D printer or spot welder -- and Apple is right that all this labor and these materials are more expensive than a new product" This is NOT about forcing every consumer to spend weeks in their garage trying to fix their own broken electronics! This is about allowing enterprising individuals to start repair shops, it's about allowing creative people to refine/automate the process even further so it becomes competitive, it's about eventually refurbishing/modding items in bulk with 3rd party kits. This effort, and fact that the schematics are open, is a giant leap forwards!

@tuesdayevenings Жыл бұрын

THIS 👆🏽

@sungodra999 Жыл бұрын

It’s the vision of a curious mind to create more opportunities for others potential but there’s either not enough people on the same mindset or a lot of us just have no way of connecting with that same goal in mind at the time. A lot of people lose motivation to put this type of effort into what they do so fast I’m assuming, so what they could’ve envisioned becomes clouded. It’s sad to think but it’s all the more reason for people such as him to put out his talent and inspiration to others

@carletonrutherford1799 Жыл бұрын

If the labour and material to repair damaged air pods is too much, how fricking cheap are they to make in the first place? If it takes a repair person who gets paid $40 an hour, 1 hour to fix the airpods, and replacement parts are a few cents, and it's still cheaper to replace the product, how does Apple justify charging $300+ Canadian for airpods? I actually know the truth, marketing and suckers. Right to repair doesn't matter to Apple fanbois, they've been marketed to, and bought in hook line and sinker.

@mallockarcher Жыл бұрын

The depressing thing about this is when Apple see this they won't go hey should we consider making our devices even slightly serviceable by having replicable batteries. No they'll go how can we lock out these repaired AirPod chargers. What extra hardware and thus cost can we add to this device to make it less user friendly. I own only 1 Apple product an 80gig Ipod Video which has Rockbox on so no iTines nonsense and I have zero interest in buying anything else due to this kind of thing. Although it's hardly like Samsung are selling easily repaired devices. I sound like Victor Meldrew.

@joshua43214 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you are better off not supporting Apple? Just a thought....

@yuzzo92 Жыл бұрын

it's impressive how such a tech giant is doing this and not being held accountable in any way. The process of making things reusable and not end up causing waste to pile up should start from the very source and be enforced.

@CaptainRon1913 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the massive dirt cheap, bordering on slave labor in China, making all this apple sht

@justamanofculture12 Жыл бұрын

@@CaptainRon1913 exactly

@factudocs Жыл бұрын

There are options... The real problem is the stupid people that like buying unreparable crap.

@kevinwiens70 Жыл бұрын

People are happy to get that apple symbol and don't think about how the company has always done this with all there products

@doubleatube Жыл бұрын

Because the left, which touts to be the champion for the environment doesn't really give a shit about the environment. Majority of them are braindead zombies regurgitating what the MSM and their hero politicians are spewing at any given moment. One week it's a march for women, the next is for climate change, and the following is the women's right to healthcare. Then they all go back to their own little world and search for what other issue they want to protest about.

@scottnyc6572 Жыл бұрын

Creating an open source strategy is the best way around everyday problems.The fact it’s being done by an ambitious young guy says even more about him.If everyone practiced his ethics we wouldn’t find ourselves in so many dilemmas.Good on you!!

@luigiesio Жыл бұрын

Apple: we will not include chargers due to ecological concerns. Also Apple: let's put extra effort on it so it's basically needlessly disposable, lmao

@jayy5882 Жыл бұрын

they want you to keep spending money they couldn’t care less about ecology

@kobalov1 Жыл бұрын

bro? yeah it's ecological concern, when your airpods break you can take them to apple and they will recycle it for free and you can buy new ones? I don't get it where the problem is, there was no extra effort batteries just naturally die :) it is cheaper to recycle millions of airpods instead of fixing them, this guy is just making money out of no problem -by seling repair kits + making yt video, its good entertainment but I see no logic to your comment. you are wrong in every point 1) no apple doesn't care about natura they don't include chargers cus its cheaper and 2) no they don't do extra efort so its needlessly disposable it is just better to buy new ones that are better, newer,... apple makes money, you get better product and old ones get recycled instead of makign a frankenstein device that will work exstra 2 months

@LineOfThy Жыл бұрын

@@kobalov1 Wtf are you on?

@alexlarex7773 Жыл бұрын

@@LineOfThyThat person is probably smoking recycled apple products.

@biggiecheez6879 Жыл бұрын

@@alexlarex7773 sweet sweet burning plastic

@quadrofolio Жыл бұрын

This is some crazy dedication and technical skill your are showing here Ken. Nice work!

@arnandegans Жыл бұрын

If only Apple had engineers like that 🤣

@Skyflairl2p Жыл бұрын

@@arnandegans They do, they are just paid to intentionally design the products in a way that limits serviceability so users are required to re-purchase if anything goes wrong.

@leonawroth2516 Жыл бұрын

People like you give me hope, that one day we will be able again to repair everything. We only need more open spaces with help to actually do it. When I see your workshop, there is much I don't have at home and would be great for a shared community.

@heyhoe168 Жыл бұрын

Dont worry. Apple works hard to shut down those possibilities.

@drakealex Жыл бұрын

While the end result was USB-C Airpods case, the spark of innovation that came and the right to self repair is the real treasure here. Keep this up, content like this is key to showing that people can figure things out.

@Steelplayer59 Жыл бұрын

I thought I was patient and persistent with such projects and repairs over the past fifty years . However, my hat is off to you, my friend! I have never seen such dogged determination and ultimate excellent quality results. You have inspired me to seek the next level. You may have very well “taught an old dog new tricks”! Thank you!

@likeasparrowinthewildernes8333 Жыл бұрын

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@randalcolucci6833 Жыл бұрын

Yes, he taught an old Dunn a new trick as well! Sorry, I couldn't help myself as I am an old dog myself.

@Steelplayer59 Жыл бұрын

@@randalcolucci6833 LOL!

@lc7507 Жыл бұрын

If there's a will there's a way

@coolchoicebro Жыл бұрын

Best comment from an old head I've ever seen!!!! In the history of all KZfaq comments!!! Finally someone in the upper age supporting someone doing good and not bad!

@Jbrimbelibap Жыл бұрын

That's a very cool way to save these products from landfields ! I love the usb-c upgrade as well

@PySnek Жыл бұрын

"Designing to leave the world better than we found it." "The fight against climate change is a fight for economic equality." "We’re investing in some wild ideas for carbon removal." "Good for you. Good for the planet." "We consider our impact on people and the planet in everything we do. And we continue to ask ourselves how we can make our work an even greater force for good in the world." "The proof is in the products." Straight from Apple's website. - Lies!

@Jbrimbelibap Жыл бұрын

@@PySnek Apple has always been lying and deceiving customers... Plus those airpods have GPS built it, that's next level spying

@rustinpeace770 Жыл бұрын

Lightning is more durable than usb c

@Jbrimbelibap Жыл бұрын

@@rustinpeace770 Doesn't matter if it lasts less time than the battery, plus usb-c allows you to only carry one charger ! Even apple uses it on most products now

@guycha0s380 Жыл бұрын

@@rustinpeace770 f apple, money hungry overrated company

@OGLanzo2 Жыл бұрын

I’m just now seeing this video. From what you’ve shown and done for your case, and future people that need repairs, you’re bringing up this topic the in the most robust yet smart way for how much we need repairable tech. I’m glad you made you’ve made this not only a possibility, but able to hand out this help 👍👍👍

@j.davidsapp6212 Жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome! I love it that you're out there fighting "planned obsolescence." I'm constantly amazed that such an evil corporate practice has such a high level of acceptance (or tolerance). I really do want a phone (or whatever) that will last me ten years...why can't I just get that? ...subscribing.

@markhuntermd Жыл бұрын

Unless the Americans dismantle the Corporate State, the country is doomed. There is no democracy when politicians - Presidents and Congress - are beholden to their corporate masters. These Wall Street Robber Barons spawned the corporate coup and the machinery of State Terror. The Americans will continue to pay - yet more and more - for their complacency: for believing all they need to fix their world is the right vote. The will continue to pay for looking the other way when the government is caught decade after decade managing the international drug trade, running pedophile sex rings, for toppling democratic governments and installing criminal despots & dictators, and for operating as an international criminal cartel. The Americans are Trapped like Rats in a Cage. Voting changes nothing when the system is nourished by corporate monopoly graft and overruled by the National Security State. [Why can’t we see the CIA JFK documents when a law was unanimously created to force their full and unobstructed release?] There are so many corporate parasites that the host is dying fast. In short: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery” Corporate bribery of politicians is legal in the USA What else can we expect? Every Administrations top positions are for sale: Even under Trump, the man that caused insulin pricing to go from $10 to $400 became head of Health and Human Services; the coal industry briber is now the chief of the EPA; etc In the USA, drug pricing is a crime against humanity! For instance: generic Ibrutinib costs $86 in Australia. However, the same drug in the USA costs over $22,000 USD! Imagine the total cost to the patient requiring several rounds of Ibrutinib plus Obinutuzumab! Drug monopolies have (legally) bribed politicians [1] - And now use the powers of “life & death” to extort patients. Former president Jimmy Carter said on the nationally syndicated radio show the Thom Hartmann Program that the United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” has created “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.” Both Democrats and Republicans, Carter said, “look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves.” Carter was responding to a question from Hartmann about recent Supreme Court decisions on campaign financing like Citizens United; and later McCutchen, 569 U.S. 88, 133 S. Ct. 1537, 185 L. Ed. 2d 654, 81 U.S.L.W. 4236 (2013), which greatly expanded political bribery by corporate monopolies & billionaires. [Also Buckley v. Valeo, the landmark case involving the constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA); and, First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978), is a U.S. constitutional law case which defined corporate bribery as a free speech right of corporations!] Transcript: firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/30/jimmy-carter-u-s-oligarchy-unlimited-political-bribery/

@zakil89 Жыл бұрын

My iPhone 6S plus is coming up to 7 years. Maybe get one of those?

@obamacare4262 Жыл бұрын

@@zakil89 Lmao yea. Planned obsolesce my ass, it's just a product not designed to be replaced. 80% of people aren't going to special order a battery, then take apart it, unhook the electrical, then replace the battery, and fix it all up again, they'll just replace it.

@kobalov1 Жыл бұрын

why do you want a phone that lasts 10 years? makes no sense. its much better to just buy new better one and recycle old one. No need for the phone to be fixable. you can enjoy new product, apple makes money. if you are trying to be some sort of a "buda god mastermind ecological genius sure bro you do you, go live in a forest and be naked.

@shavono8402 Жыл бұрын

If you're in Europe, you could get a Fairphone. They're modular, so instead of buying a new one every couple years, you can just upgrade it, if you want to.

@ben_sch Жыл бұрын

I love how to the point you are in your presentation! No time wasted.

@ExploringTheSimulation Жыл бұрын

Life is too short, last thing I want is to waste someone's time!

@adityabaghel1270 Жыл бұрын

@@ExploringTheSimulation damn you're awesome man! 🔥

@stasi0238 Жыл бұрын

@@ExploringTheSimulation not iOS milionere mindset

@stephens1393 Жыл бұрын

You kept it amazingly brief, considering the amount of time you obviously put into the project. Very nice!

@mattlawton4715 Жыл бұрын

@@ExploringTheSimulation you should sell a repair kit

@chiptvchiptv Жыл бұрын

Kid you're brilliant! You would be an asset for any tech company. I pray you make millions and keep helping your fellow man along the way. Love that you kept it open source as 1 last FU to Apple. Your video proves that determination pays off! I wish you best of luck in the future.

@mrantone916 Жыл бұрын

Yup. 😁

@ravishoul1432 Жыл бұрын

And a hero comes along

@zuthix Жыл бұрын

well any company with the exception of apple :P

@pcatful Жыл бұрын

It's not open source. This is copyright infringement.

@HypeBeast764 Жыл бұрын

He wouldn’t be an asset, he’d be a liability for creating sustainable products rather than products that have to replaced every two years which is far more profitable and profits keeps the board and shareholders happy.

@ladylightvybe4138 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I love it when people find solutions that are deemed impossible. You're a champion. Well done.👏👏👏

@madispaced Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible video and what your doing is very important man!!!! Thank you for presenting this information the way you do also. There are a ton of "Iphone Repair " Kiosks where i am in California but i doubt they are doing anything CLOSE to this level of cohesive tech repair and pushing the repair space forward. Keep it up !!!!

@ExploringTheSimulation Жыл бұрын

What should I fix next?!

@rzkrdn8650 Жыл бұрын

Airpods max, naturally

@Mendelyeev Жыл бұрын

Airpods battery, for sure!👍

@mandrews817 Жыл бұрын

Can you please design a solution for the Apple Pencil 1 and 2? There's no way to replace their battery without destroying their case. They're also wonderful devices, with instant response time, and it such a waste discarding them after the battery dies.

@Lantos1618 Жыл бұрын

my life

@veritas.ve.42 Жыл бұрын

This was brilliant. 👍🏻 Hack a Tesla, as your next project, with due permissions from Tesla. 😄

@RoseKindred Жыл бұрын

Amazing work. While these are luxury items, or toys to some, it proves why we need to keep fighting to pass "Right to repair" in as many countries as possible. These are designed as disposable technology, it is wasteful and damaging, not to mention annoying. Keep up the great work.

@WanderingExistence Жыл бұрын

I find it interesting how we're talking about this while Apple, along with other corporations, outsource labor to the CCP that utilizes Chinese Uhyger reeducation through labor camps (often with rape and torture) in order to strip them of their Muslim ethnic background and make them more accepting of Chinese authority. Don't get me wrong 'right to repair' is really important. But Right to... * checks notes * Human Rights is a little bit more fundamental, and I think it's insane how it isn't talked about and railed against more often.

@theotherbart 8 ай бұрын

Amazing the amount of work you put into this!

@laviqhmpl Жыл бұрын

What an amazing work you did with precision. Well done bro. 👏👏

@akshitupadhyay9749 Жыл бұрын

You’re amazing dude…! After all that hardwork, making it an open source 🙌

@nnnnnn3647 Жыл бұрын

amazing? ;)))

@mccvargues7792 Жыл бұрын

I dont think he is allowed to make it closed source

@RahulBhat007 Жыл бұрын

@@mccvargues7792 well, he has personally designed the model and the PCB, so he has no necessity to make it open source.

@mccvargues7792 Жыл бұрын

@@RahulBhat007 He isn't allowed to sell his pcb or models because it infringes apple copyright

@dustvoice Жыл бұрын

@@mccvargues7792 The case maybe. But the PCB, no way in hell. Did Apple design the PCB for the USB-C adapter? Nope they used lightning. Doesn't matter what I plug my shit into. Also open source does not protect from copyright infringement or any other legal bindings my dude.

@est1727ed Жыл бұрын

I'm impressed. Also happy that you made your point. They could be fixable, they are just designed to not be.

@mztwixed Жыл бұрын

People like him give a person hope. Great work. Thank you.

@bruzavich5242 Жыл бұрын

Amazing quality content here. The process, the video, philosophies. The type of stuff we need more of!

@Alexander-ql1rj Жыл бұрын

Amazing work. Excellent way of highlighting how companies still have a design for the dump mentality and that we must change that to be sustainable in our way of living 🙌

@siamanspaps Жыл бұрын

@@bekerashes Hey Russian propagandist, your mom doesn’t love you. Remember that.

@jas_bataille Жыл бұрын

@@bekerashes Oh yes, we can, and we do. Russia didn't went ont to conquer Ukraine, they went on to utterly destroy it from the map so as to not ever give it the possibility of getting accepted into NATO (among other things) since they were refused (duh, NATO was made to essential fight them). BTW when the Red Cross offered to take care of the bodies or Russian soldiers, Putin said no. That's how much he cares about his own people. So yeah we're going to f*** support sending weapons to Ukraine. Is it a perfect country? No, it's been in a civil war since 2014. Is the current President's son involved in corruption there? I'd say without the shadow of a doubt. And? Who are we to let them get massacred because of what essentially is the biggest diplomatic mistake of the 21th century so far? Ukraine got wrecked because we offered them a position in NATO without caring about them enough to fight for them. We f*** up and then we're going to let them die like so many other countries.

@baconwizard Жыл бұрын

@@bekerashes how the fuck is that even remotely relevant?

@The_Situation Жыл бұрын

@@bekerashes the fck you waffling on about? Stupid comment of the month goes to you. idiot.

@thebiggerbyte5991 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work! There is much to love about Apple, but their habit of waffling on about how environmentally friendly they are while simultaneously going out of their way to design products so they cannot be repaired or even have the batteries replaced is unacceptable. Apple has the might that other companies don't have to push the entire industry toward more environmentally responsible production. Projects like this are a great way to dismiss Apple's claims that they are doing their best.

@cottage_pie Жыл бұрын

I went into an apple store about my 12 mini because the battery is crap. Instead of a replacement under warranty they waffled on about ‘habit changes’. I honestly hate this company. I only got it cuz the small screen. Might move back to Samsung…

@johnlexin7748 Жыл бұрын

@@cottage_pie yea man come to Samsung gang

@haledragon1 Жыл бұрын

Apple is evil !!!

@cottage_pie Жыл бұрын

@@johnlexin7748 I love Samsung but the phones are too big. Make them release a galaxy mini and I’ll switch in a heart beat.

@randomuserame Жыл бұрын

They're also fairly easy to hack (hunter biden, anyone?) overpriced to hell and back, and _pretend_ to have data privacy features. Air Tags, more than any other product they gouge you for, are the most antithetical to the very concept of privacy itself. They're literally "always-on" tracking devices

@adamristic2822 Жыл бұрын

The level of your ingenuity is tremendous. Next level.

@chaoticnewrtl Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Always need more ways to fix/reuse things.

@PCBWay Жыл бұрын

This is SO SICK! What a pleasure that we are one part of it 👍👍🍻🍻

@aronrad Жыл бұрын

10 million views for this vid! And I truly hope there will be a big aftermarket community for airpods and similar things. The tech inside these little things is amazing (the chips) and we are forced to throw them away for profits? Heck no.

@stijill Жыл бұрын

Again I posted "Used Airpods 2G case are under $80". What ever aftermarket solution would either cost the same in material and your time or the results would be subpar at best.

@vincencohan3626 Жыл бұрын

10m views? Not even 1 million views

@media6969 Жыл бұрын

This video has < 900k views at this time. What crack are you smoking?

@user-sf9gs2pg1b Жыл бұрын

@@vincencohan3626 Maybe it’s just wishful thinking.

@lupusdei0819 Жыл бұрын

It cost next to nothing to make airpod

@TheoFizylkl Жыл бұрын

Dude your awesome. Props for the iPhone you made with the type c! Really your an inspiration bro

@richardsunday1612 Жыл бұрын

dude, you're gifted at this electronics shizzle, props to you!!!

@reIaxlounge Жыл бұрын

We have to appreciate how he gives us his hard work for free! Thank you for putting your time and effort into this!

@tessiepinkman Жыл бұрын

Instant sub! You're an amazing problem solver, and I love that you have both the environment and the consumer in mind. Keep up your fantastic work! To open source this is the way to go, and you are very thoughtful to share the solution you must have been working on for a while. Peace, love and looooads of respect from a Swede in Norway!

@gilph3 Жыл бұрын

Same!

@rattehalliravishankar1801 Жыл бұрын

You are a genius of genius. Hatsoff to your work. You are the master. Haven't seen this type of complicated work before.

@overpawer2567 Жыл бұрын

Wow. You're the best. I couldn't understand what you were saying but I just followed instructions. Thank you so much

@garishanth Жыл бұрын

"You Wouldn't Download An AirPods Case!" 😂

@iiraiyen Жыл бұрын

And this is why I’ve majored in Mechanical Engineering Technology. It’s videos like these that never fail to open my eyes to possibility, there are so many applications of engineering and design that it boggles me. Great stuff.

@drgood8422 Жыл бұрын

First time seeing this and I love your work

@javierriveros7552 Жыл бұрын

Man such a good video, love the journey to solve the problem 👌🏽

@m.l.5422 Жыл бұрын

You introduced a new business opportunity to Apple for free and an inspiration goldmine to the rest of us. Resin printers usually give the better results so I prefer them versus the PLAs. I now have so many ideas since I have first gen pods and I think they will be discontinued in the next years. I like how compact (pillbox) they are next to the 2nd gen. Good vid!

@pro5p3c7or1 Жыл бұрын

"and how I'm fighting it!" you don't just talk about it, you do something about it, that is amazing #RESPECT

@JakeOGames Жыл бұрын

Ok so idk but this video has been on my front page for days now so I finally decided to give it a chance and I’m glad I did. You got yourself a new subscriber!

@BasedlordYama Жыл бұрын

Bro imma need like your whole music playlist, the stuff you play is fire

@masai07 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ken, hats off! First time watching your content & a new subscriber. Thanks to YT algorithm. Am just fascinated with your excellent work. You are really dedicated to what you do and at best know your craft very well. The amount of time put into is just incredible. Will have to share your content with a friend here in Kenya who also loves excellence.

@quantumoracles Жыл бұрын

Great work! I am really considering a case design for the pro version. That would be a great natural follow on to the standard air pod dirty secret.

@Adamtherealboss Жыл бұрын

You’re amazing! Marvelous work!

@ACWaveform Жыл бұрын

Oh snap!!!! New favorite channel!!

@P3T3R2012 Жыл бұрын

Very high quality project and video as always 👏

@PCBWay Жыл бұрын

Can't agree more ✌

@alexy6012 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the hell out of this and was fascinated watching you work through these hardware issues

@xavierrenteria8672 Жыл бұрын

first video i found by this channel and i love it you got it 💙

@carlstanford7607 Жыл бұрын

You’re doing great work. They’re so expensive and so unrepairable. It’s a disgrace. This is awesome stuff. Thank you

@Rctdcttecededtef Жыл бұрын

Great video. Would love to see a company address this issue by maybe using replaceable batteries for the housing case if possible

@OmegaMikePL Жыл бұрын

I can bet you that will never happen. This also would be entirely solved if the insides of the case wouldn't be glued.

@PySnek Жыл бұрын

@JoshMutia Жыл бұрын

apple sends a cease and desist & poof goes the company

@Mr_Yod Жыл бұрын

@@JoshMutia If said company makes airpods: yes; but if that company makes their own product apple wouldn't have any jurisdiction. But we'll probably never see earbuds with repleacable battery, because that could only happen with a niche company that nobody cares about, meaning that the product will most likely fail (also thanks to the increased price, due to the fact that they are from a small company).

@shayan7579 Жыл бұрын

@@JoshMutia Well you can sell small Batteries for rc models that conveniently fit inside airpods and sell it that way

@dany08011 Жыл бұрын

Amazing job! Yeah those cases are the worse, I usually heat them up until they are soft and slide out the internals but that takes me 2-3 hours so I'm loving your idea!

@lyricaaeva3685 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work, man! Keep it up

@aviyaffe6088 Жыл бұрын

Love this guy! amazing job dude

@onkarkepkar3801 Жыл бұрын

Bro the amount of hardwork done for this video ! Hope your channel blows up someday

@gr00vadelic Жыл бұрын

IKR!? How does he not have more views?

@CorvusHyperion Жыл бұрын

What an absolute legend this guy is. I cannot comprehend his skills!

@newchannelization Жыл бұрын

Awesome man. I wish I was that precise with the hand craft. But I am learning on my own pace. Brago

@que_93 Жыл бұрын

What real engineering should be, and looks like. Brilliant and huge respect!

@caboosemusic123 Жыл бұрын

That's amazing. Have you thought about also doing 3d models for the buds? I think that would be pretty cool, since you could repair everything despite apple trying their hardest to make it non-repairable :)

@FlukasMcDoogle Жыл бұрын

This is incredible! You're doing us all a service by reducing ewaste and showing others how it's done!!

@ahafeezs Жыл бұрын

You earned one more sub bruv, kudos and hats off for your brilliance!

@mweneadolfo6942 Жыл бұрын

Wow I‘m impressed. Well done and keep doing that good work.

@arachnidadvocate2073 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Having only just discovered you/your channel, I am beyond impressed by your skills & your creative approach to finding innovative solutions to these problems (intentionally created by "Big Tech" monopolies of course). You have most definitely earned my admiration & respect, & so of course I have now subscribed & will be sharing your channel with everyone I know. I pray you find continued success & prosperity through your endeavors, while simultaneously inspiring others (hopefully) to follow similarly creative approaches to solving these types of problems. I get a real sense of optimistic competence (sorry, can't think of better ways to phrase it atm lol) from your energy, & find it/you to be immensely encouraging & inspiring. Again, I will be doing my part to ensure that this reaches as many people as possible. Thank you so much for investing your valuable time in sharing your ideas & your talented work with all of us!

@TheBattleRabbit860 Жыл бұрын

Apple's entire 'repair' philosophy is to just replace if under warranty or tell customers they have to buy a new product because 'repair' costs are too high. You, good sir, are a genius and a true gentleman for what you do.

@Potrvlb Жыл бұрын

This is so cool! I do not have a 3d printer or the other tools much let alone THE SKILLS. Incredible that you were able to duplicate! It is strange off the wall moments like this when I stumble upon a video so random and that has nothing to do with anything I ever watch on KZfaq but yet makes so happy and gives me great hope that humanity is going to survive no matter what.

@user-jw6mx6sd3s 10 ай бұрын

Ich wollte nur sagen: Du bist ein (im positiven Sinne) echter Freak! Einfach großartig recherchiert und perfekt umgesetzt!

@ExploringTheSimulation 9 ай бұрын

danke vielmal !

@timschafer2536 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you attempting to upgrade the earbuds themselves, I have tried to replace the battery’s but until now I had no luck, but I don’t want to waste them either.

@dalegreathouse8928 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work my man! I hate when companies try their hardest to have the monopoly on their technology. Like we should be able to use the usb-c connection for all phones and small devices. Excellent job again! Keep it up man, I’m subscribing just because your paving the way to change the game and allow repair shops to work on stuff that’s designed to be monopolized!

@wolfetteplays8894 Жыл бұрын

Nope, forcing companies to homogenize all their ports is a dangerous precedent to set, and companies should have the right to make their product different

@BijanIzadi Жыл бұрын

Love your music choices too!!

@MrProvocer Жыл бұрын

you're a good. I just got new airpods pro a couple of months ago, but will definitely be looking forward to your solutions in the future!

@ReluctantRoboticist Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your innovative efforts to up cycle the Apple AirPod case. Did you cover the main PCB inside the case (as shown at 6:43 in the video) with epoxy or printer resin or was it that way originally? I assume that you might have done this to improve water resistance.

@ExploringTheSimulation Жыл бұрын

It was like this originally, although out of the 3 cases I've cracked open, 1 didn't have it

@ReluctantRoboticist Жыл бұрын

@@ExploringTheSimulation thank you for sharing your experiences.

@empiirik Жыл бұрын

Kudos! Very impressive work! And what a dedication! Apple should be ashamed of how they treat their customers and leave them ashore let alone all the negative environmental aspects they create with their intentionally unrepairable devices.

@pavlaras1gmail Жыл бұрын

@Exploring the Simulation Well Done Mate !!! You are doing Great Job. Keep on the Good Job. We Thank You !!!

@KofiMurphy1 Жыл бұрын

That’s a great job man,.. love from Ghana ✌️

@mikesr3011 Жыл бұрын

It's a must that I give you credit for what you have done. In a word...AMAZING! I would have purchased new AirPods. First off I do not have the know how to do such a fix/upgrade and secondly the equipment you have to accomplish it with is another thing. I would assume you already have had the 3D printer and the rest of the tools and what not to use on this project. Good going and a very interesting video.

@johnprudent3216 Жыл бұрын

You’re awesome for doing this. While companies like Apple make fantastic products, it makes no sense that a user can’t repair (or have someone repair) the product they paid a lot of money for. You also raised a great point about the waste. How can these companies say they’re being environmentally conscious only to force consumers of their products to have throw away ones that could’ve been repaired.

@emptyforrest Жыл бұрын

it makes perfect sense that you cant repair. it means you HAVE to buy a new one. the only reason they say that its more expensive to repair than replace is becaus they made it so intentionally. fuck apple.

@BloPsy__ Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile my first gen Galaxy buds can be easily opened and repaired, Apple does everything in their power for you to not be able to repair your own devices.

@swervsplatt9672 Жыл бұрын

Such a fantastic product!! Your own personal brain tumor grower... You're so hip!! 🙄

@cyan_2169 Жыл бұрын

if their products can't be repaired, they aren't fantastic.

@heroninja1125 Жыл бұрын

@@BloPsy__ I have a question though, are newer galaxy buds repairable or did they change them to be like the airpods, kind of like how Samsung phones became unrepairable just like apple phones

@nyezinahsolomon Жыл бұрын

I love it. You are the real people changing the world

@shadowmanxyz7805 Жыл бұрын

Definitely subbed! You're awesome man! Great work! Incredible documentation!

@funx24X7 Жыл бұрын

And I thought I was cool for soldering a loose wire back together in a drawing tablet. Great work tackling both the lack of right to repair AND proprietary cables.

@B0aws Жыл бұрын

You are doing some great and iven important work her. Take care of yourself, and I hope to see more of this sort of content. We can't let company's get away with non repairable products. (Edit reason: I posted the comment on accident before I was done writing it.)

@tateisaacs1048 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool we need more people like this!

@kevin20809 Жыл бұрын

The world needs more people like you amazing work

@stco2426 Жыл бұрын

Love it! I appreciate the real, hard re-engineering work here, but I don't even dip a small toe into big A's ecosystem, Still there's plenty of poor, closed-areas in many manufacturer's areas. Great work!

@tombuck Жыл бұрын

I would 100% download an AirPods case. Awesome work 👏

@DieserMaBel Жыл бұрын

Amazing work man!

@smexyapman Жыл бұрын

amazing stuff. People like you are actually making a difference

@iuryqueirozmonteiro1159 Жыл бұрын

We need more people with environmental awareness like that. Well done mate. 👍🏽

@bullpaxton2001 Жыл бұрын

Love how you focus on the need to make expensive tech repairable! Many youtubers would just make a cool case for the views but its a real problem that we are mining rare earth minerals to make this stuff we end up throwing in a a landfill.

@Cloverjay555 Жыл бұрын

You sir deserve more than my follow/like on YT! Amazing job!

@unclest1nky Жыл бұрын

People with your skills are priceless!

@ronlevin2339 Жыл бұрын

I think in a year a 2 , Apple will "invent" thier own case with Usb-c , using your design, but all glued together and sterilized.

@Mikkel111 Жыл бұрын

Using his design? ... You mean Apple's own design?

@RA-tp4pr Жыл бұрын

Wdym using his design😭🤣🤣

@leviathan19 Жыл бұрын

I think the new pros will be usb-c already

@BlackCeII Жыл бұрын

This is the first video of yours I have seen, and you are awesome!! Totally subscribed and liked. Sadly and somewhat unsurprisingly, the closer you look at MOST things Apple does, the more shitty their choices truly are. People put them on such a pedestal, and then conveniently ignore the suicide nets on the buildings at apple assembly lines at Foxconn.