Update: The IOS 9 iPhone 6s is now unlocked.

When he says “Australian dollars” all I hear in my head is dank pods saying “Dollarydoos”

5:37 I can feel the rage while removing the screen protector

“And this here is my iPhone 12.” “Oh, so you got the new iPhone?” “No, this is 12 of 197 iPhones that I currently own.”

If a company can just "deactivate your device" with an update, you know that you are not really the owner.

The only reason to stay up till 1 in the morning.

I loved how his voice changes when talking about adhesives lol Good video btw hugh

The amount of times activation lock has caused an issue for me is ridiculous. Only upside is cheap parts devices, but I do like Hugh’s solution.

Man the last part about employees turning in bricks is so true in my situation. My sis gave me an Mini 4 from her old company but couldn’t get pass the set up since it’s iCloud lock or whatever with an email that they don’t use anymore, oh well

I share the same sentiments as you, a lot of devices are becoming like use and throw pens these days and that's a serious concern and wastage of resources

You are a talented guy and I am glad that people like you have the ability to give life to broken/unwanted tech. Carry on the great work.

Hugh apart from entertaining with his videos, we learn with him to repair phones, PCs and other technology things

4:38 to ensure our new seal will be seated incorrectly

“Welcome to another Hugh Jeffreys video.” I love this channel!

Catching a Hugh Jeffreys video a "day early" because I love in North America.

I actually wait for videos to be uploaded to watch, man I like your work!

"Ew ur so poor you have android" Their phone: 7:00

I just wanted to say thanks for all the tutorials. I've watched these videos for 4 years and you have helped me perfect many kinds of repairs. I'm actually working on opening my own shop. Thanks again! I wish you the best of luck! You sure have given me a lot. I can't thank you enough.

13:03 has to be a first bruh moment i have seen on this channel 😔

Another enjoyable video, keep it going Hugh!

Hugh's videos never disappoints!

Apple's iCloud locking, repair barriers and forced redundancy make it the corporate equivalent of Scientology.

Hugh's back with another great video 😍

6:00 "It took a lot of alcohol and 30 minutes of prying, but i got it off" That's what he said

I find tiny objects like a blade to work effectively when removing such glass protection. great video man 👍🏽

Awesome content as always ❤️

Last 30 seconds., For almost all channels we tend to skip but not in Hugh Jeffrys! 'And on that note..!' Absolutely love it❤️

I love these eBay tech lot videos. Please do more 🙏🏽 😊😊

I'd recommend using heat instead of alcohol or adhesive remover, leave the device with the magmount down on the heatplate at 80C for 5 minutes and usually you can take it right of.

I was literally looking for new videos in the channel and then suddenly he uploads...

Most repair shops will miss this step. The home button was originally adhered into place. If it’s loose, it can rotate, and this rotating force can snap the cable.

These video's are always so satisfying to watch :)

"You should be able to drive without looking at your phone" yeah, but how am I supposed to look at my GPS now?

5:36 That shift in tone.

Bro your videos are really amazing and we learn lot's of things from you

Another job well done sir!

Nice restorations - you got a good deal there. Shame about the iCloud activation locks though. I wonder if there is anything that could be done to bypass the Apple iCloud locks? it would certainly help make all those locked devices you have, semi-functional (even if not fully functional).

Haven’t seen one of these types of videos from you in a while

Hugh, loved the video and tips. Your Apple solution was stellar. Brilliant.

Red Screen on the iPhone 5s (at least) can not only be caused by a corrupted NAND chip, it can also be caused by bad data lines for the front camera.

I think that the best this apple could do about icloud locks is to make a button to show the owner's contact info.

Hugh you have a lot of patience man what can I say. If I fully restored a phone and then the screen got ruined by the adhesive running into it, I think I would’ve smashed the phone into pieces out of frustration 🤣

Yeah! Thank-you Sir Jeffreys. Very fine work sir!

Your vids are super entertaining Absolutely love it Calming too haha

If Apple really cared for the environment, they would allow TouchID and FaceID replacement (with full functionality again) for independent repair providers. Same thing for the replacement and repair of batteries, displays and cameras, repairs that return full functionality without those pesky warning messages or crippling them.

Hey Hugh I’m sure you can agree with me the iPhone 6s is one of the most repairable iPhone unlike the 11/12

Finding out that Hugh "used" to use iPhones is a bit like finding out Santa isn't real ngl lmao

2:21 It is actually because in 2018 Apple accidentally resigned every single version of iOS, but only for a few minutes. So many people were downgrading to iOS 9 that the activation servers became overloaded, causing errors when activating iPhones on iOS 9. Apple has not fixed this issue since then to try and force people to upgrade to a newer version of iOS.

I love to see you repair stuff. On the whole I prefer Android phones. Thanks!

I totally understand your point of view regarding the activation lock, but take into account that the current activation lock essentially kills the stolen phone market. This is specially important for countries with really high crime rates. Still they can salvage the parts but not the phone as a whole, and this essentially helps to keep your information safe and your phone from ever being sold again after being stolen. The only thing I would change is to add easily accesible contact info so that the owner could potentially unlock the device for the purposes you propose while still keeping the phones away from the stolen market.

bro, your doing the right thing dude, keep going.

The adhesive tape under the battery should only be pulled slowly and gradually, because if it breaks, it's difficult to remove the battery, you have to use a separate tool to pull it under the battery, but just be careful not to bend the battery because it can explode, it's a bit difficult and complicated, but only with enough knowledge and experience, anything is possible, all praises for the video, I learned a lot of things👍🏻

Hi Hugh why don’t you try the new checkrain jailbreak method to remove activation lock and some methods have paid FMI OFF function to remove old Apple ID from the device so you can fully unlock the iPhone until iPhone X.

15:05 ah that's why thanks i didn't know that, thank a LOT

Love the 6s Still owned a 6s silver 64gb (a use one) bought on 2019 Jan.. And a 1st gen SE..

Great video Hugh, I agree with your thoughts on Apple activation locks. If only...

It's currently 2pm I was scared you forgot to post

The lot videos are always super interesting ngl

13:01 I was expecting this to happen as soon as you put this adhesive remover on a fully assembled iPhone.

I have an iPhone 6 that's having problems charging - the problem is likely the charge port since the cable works in other devices - and these videos help illustrate how relatively easy it is to repair. I want to fix it to use as a backup (if something happens to my newer phone or I want one I can travel with and worry slightly less if it's damaged).

14:03 did Hugh just find a way to get past activation lock

Great video, I noticed a few days ago that my 6s on iOS 9.3.5 suddenly asked for reactivation, I was wondering why this happened but thankfully it did successfully reactivate without forcing me to update. It's crazy to what extent Apple goes to force people to update.

After installing LCD Screen, make sure that the case is cleaned, no sign of adhesive residue to prevent problems with display being contaminated by adhesive remover.

Hugh taught me how to fix iPhones. Thanks Hugh.

The iPhone 6/6+ backlight seems to be quite fragile. I broke mine while cleaning the mute switch with some IPA...

Yes, Apples activation locking system makes me angry too. It's like they are the only ones who must be the ones to resell. 😡

That video of the dogs was surprisingly wholesome.

Enjoy watching the videos. Fun to watch. That iPhone 5s battery may be dead. I’d suggest trying another battery on it and see what happens it may boot up.

'It took a lot of alcohol' 😜... so how many gin & tonics Hugh? Another superb video!

It took a lot of alcohol and 30 minutes of prying but I got it off. 🤔

That 5s looks like it may have a problem with the front facing camera. Some years ago I got an iPhone SE that was boot looping and showed a red screen. I installed the screen from a 5s and it worked perfectly, so I just changed the front facing camera assembly and it started working perfectly

wonderful upload Hugh Jeffreys. I smashed that thumbs up on your video. Continue to keep up the good work.

Hearing that Apple intentionally puts blocks on repairs of their phones makes me wonder why anyone is still buying their products?

Damn that alcohol accident was really unfortunate. Btw, what about trying out tools like Sliver for iCloud unlocking?

3:50 I got one of those random shutdowns just last night as of me writing this, and the battery health on my iPhone XR is at 90% (I've had it since April 2020). Didn't know what happened to it until watching this and hearing you say that.

I miss tech logs, thank you 🙏 again for this good video

Every time you bring up the iCloud Lock story, I always feel down. I wish it could be reworked to be better, as not to create more e-waste as it is, but the incentive for more profit always will be there, which sucks. It means we'll lead to a future that might not be as bright as we can hope to be.

the luck here is amazing

Hugh, brother I seriously feel you're the only one who can remove those batterry adhesive strips so smoothly 🥺💕✨🌝

I like how you rescue old iphones and give them a second chance❤❤

Excellent video Hugh as ever, love your channel. However this is a rare time I’m going to disagree with you about activation lock. It is a complete pain if someone genuinely did intend to sell their phone and forgot to unlock it, but otherwise the beauty is it takes a massive incentive away from anyone hoping to steal a phone. I’m not saying it would stop them entirely, but it does provide a huge disincentive because by design it cannot be removed without the owners consent. Even a 90 day grace period would make the phone hugely more valuable to thieves willing to bide their time. So for me, it has to stay, as annoying it can be for the wrong reasons. A better solution might be better software integration, for example a UI prompt if someone tries to reset their phone asking them what they’re planning to do and suggesting they may wish to disable activation lock and better still provide some suggestions for avoiding the phone becoming e waste.

First gang

hey man i have seen all your video, you do a quiet good job ,had a question what you do with these all repaired ones?

Please do more of these!

13:30 That was such a noobish mistake, and thats the reason you clean first and repair later.

loved the video :D do more like this one

Hi great video as usual. Could you point me in the right direction for the alcohol spray you use. I’ve used some in the past and i just don’t trust what i used. Thanks.

You are right about the rotating home button

Hugh, sometimes the RSoD on the iPhone 5s is caused by the front camera or battery. One time I had a 5s that had the RSoD but the cable on the battery was damaged and when I put in a new battery and unplugged the front camera it turned on. So keep in mind that some RSoD iPhone 5s is caused by the front camera, not the NAND Flash Storage on the board.

Nice video watching from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

Hi Hugh I love your videos you are are an inspiration. I try to tinker myself. Could you do a video on where you get your parts? Screens, batteries etc. Also what site you used to check iCloud lock status? Thanks

4:37 "to ensure our new seal will be seated in correctly" sounded a lot like "seated incorrectly" for a moment. Gave me a good laugh!

I really love watching your videos. And wishful to receive one of those refurbished phones you did with your channel engrave at the back.

i am a huge fan of Hugh Jeffrey. a simple good guy indeed.

That definitely was fun to watch.

The same thing has happened to me where the adhesive remover goes into the phones screen, you can just put something heavy on top and leave it for a day or 2 and it it will be back to normal (probably, it worked on a nexus 5)

Always a great video👍❗️✅

Hugh, The red screen flash is a screen problem (at least, most of the time it is) This can be caused by low quality screens

My favourite KZfaqr Hugh Jass!

Of your phones had some sort of mounting sticker on the back of it. I have a friend of mine he uses something very similar to that. It’s not because he wants to sit there and read his text messages and all that’s while he’s driving. He uses his phone for the GPS. So by using the mounting it allows him to be able to use a GPS and keep it at I level if he needs to glance at it.