This scam is as popular as fake/staged restoration videos getting around on the internet....

Finding a guy that always give tips so that we don't imitate the mistakes that he made. Such a selfless guy. Keep doing it!

there are pro scammers that sell iPhones and you can't even tell the difference.

That housing is horrific, they don’t even bother to get decent parts yet charge almost retail. Almost as bad as the MacBook scams on eBay

I will never do any of this, but I love watching it.

Man when did scammers become smarter with their lies.

I fixed my iPhone 7 today, I cracked the screen, and had a massive amount of dead pixels. I got an ifixit screen and replaced the old one! Thanks for you help Hugh!

I hate these scams cuz it makes it harder for people who actually sell real good phone

“Usually what the scammers do is post a picture of a real one and send ya this one” -DankPods

I love that instead of hello eBay says G'day to Australian users.

All them scammers out there disliking the video cause you out here killing their livelihood lol, good on ya!!

Fun Fact: In Turkey, getting scammed from iPhones are more common than getting an honest IPhone.

Its the same with the black listed & bad esn iphone 11’s.

For some reason, this guy’s videos are so relaxing

ChrisFix: uses threadlocker for super important car parts which could kill you if getting loose Hugh Jeffreys: might use some threadlocker for the iphone housing screws

My friend got scammed like this, so I'm happy with your advice

“And we’re done.” The satisfying line of the video.

Oh my God, you're such a good guy, I hope no one encounters with one of this products, keep going with the videos, they are amazing!

Idk why i watch his videos but its a different kind of satisfaction 🤣

I unfortunately got involved with a scam like this. It was an “brand new” iPhone 6 gold. It was full of bad and cheep parts and it broke with in months of me using it. Even the repair shop (not Apple) said they couldn’t fix it

I really love it when 3rd party repairs are done so good as this, as it is really trustable. But the problem is, I have a lot of service centres in my area that do totally unreliable service. Every single one of them use low quality parts, but some of these could be justifiable by their price. The problem is, some of them claim to have really good parts and charge a high price, but the parts used are cheap. I have replaced the battery of my phone 5 times from them, with each one not giving me an SOT even close to my 3 year old OEM battery. And the really sad part is, even OEM authorised service centres here don't use Thermal paste or the water and dust resistant seal. On opening up one phone, I even found some (authorised) service centre use screwdriver (or some sharp tool?) to scrape off the thermal paste. Even the OEM authorised service centre used the B7000 glue to stick the LCD to the frame, even without removing the old glue. This is the reason I've started doing repairs of phones on a small scale, but then again, it is quite difficult to acquire good quality parts here in India, as there are a lot of fake/low quality one. Ordering parts from iFixit, or some reputable international seller would take a lot of time for delivery and would cost a lot more in shipping and other charges. But it is really satisfying to see there are people like you who wouldn't sacrifice on quality no matter what and do true professional 3rd party service. 🙂

I stumbled across you channel here in Liverpool, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 about a week ago.....you Sir are a Magician bringing beaten up Technology to life 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and now I'm a subscriber.....

Hey Hugh, i love your videos, they're great! It's something you need when you need to calm down or are curious how things are built! :)

3:17 When you realize this is a "how to fix" video too

I think you have forgot to repair samsung s8 from the previous lot.

One suggestion for refurbs: Try to remove any pocket lint from the lighting port with something very thin like a needle, it makes the port have that nice click

This guy is definitely playing the role of hero to jerryrigeverything's biopic

Ayyyyy, not a video at midnight! Thanks, Hugh!

Excited for the blackberry video!!

Hugh, do you get your ifixit batteries from AU or USA?

Thank you for informing us. I will keep my eyes open

Hugh is simply amazing at this

That's why I always record it when opening the package Trust me, it really helps a loooot

You are the best!!!! I find your videos very relaxing! :)

Good job getting this back in working order 😃 , great to see you repairing old and new Apple products 👍👍 !

Moral of the story: never trust 'brand new' electronic devices from China.

Love people who do a job correctly and absolutely perfect

Top quality repairs hugh keep it up.

Fantastic job, Hugh!

Too many scams out there :(

Love the iPhone videos! I would love more videos, although I appreciate how hard it can be to find reasonably priced iPhones on eBay at some points. I was inspired to fix phones from this channel, and for that I say thank you! I have been doing them for a year and absolutely love it. Learning how to micro solder now too

Learning something new from Hugh. Thanks dude!!

Sharing your skills and knowledge in this way empowers consumers to not get scammed. Being screwed by Apple is one thing, but by rip-off merchants is even worse. I wish you worked in Perth WA, your skills and pride in your workmanship is rare and commendable.

Kid: "Mom here is your phone" Mom: "You're grounded for 2 weeks"

Moral of the story, just wait for a good deal from an authorized seller or even better from the manufacture website.

This is the best guy that repairs phones that a have seen soo far Keep it up

This video is so helpful for the people who are less tech friendly

I CAN HEAR THAT CRAZY AUSSIE DANKPODS SCREAMING FROM HERE!

Love Your Videos And You Should do a raspberry pi 4 video plz you are such a good person trying to help other people and I thank you for that.

Good job awesome video.. wish we had a repair guy like u in New Zealand.Probably the dislikes to this video are coming from scammers exposed here.

This is such a great information. Thanks bro .

Yeah, those Apple boxes are some of the strongest I've seen. Once or twice I wanted to use the box to store some stuff and battled to get the inside base out.

He Should Take Down The Scams! ❤ Edit:Scammers that lie about the phone means never buy anything from them!

Man every phone can be fixed in his channel, I luv his vids

Found your content a few days ago and now it makes me want to fix the old iPhones I own lol

Hugh Jeffery is the guy that can refurbish a scam iphone

the scammers punch every phone they sell and say that theyre “brand new”

Thanks so much I love it when you do iPhone repairs

People have been selling fake & blistered iPhone since 2016 in my country (France) but I like the fact that you share this to the one who aren’t aware yet 👍

I would never be able to afford to send anything to HJ to have fixed being in the US. But it is good to know there are people left in the world that still have excellent work ethics. And good lord! How he takes these incredibly complicated things apart and knows how to put them back together and not have any parts left.

GOAT

After more than a year Hugh finally made this video!

We need more of those!

Your so good Hugh Jeffreys

This is more entertaining the most of the stuff on netflix

Glad you are bringing awareness to people with this. 90% of time you buy an older phone (iphone 7 and prior) shown as sealed and brand new it is infact refurbished and resealed. I have a colleague that is an iPhone seller and he tells me there really isn't a brand new iPhone if its iP 7 or older. They are all refurbished. If you buy an phone with a weird sticker at the back or bottom it is refurbished. Easiest way to tell

YOUR'E VIDS ARE ALWAYS SATISFYING

I would be very interested in an iPhone 7 Audio IC Repair but it's a bit more complicated than your current repairs.

side note - you have such beautiful hands and a very calming voice.

Enjoy watching these repairs. I would like to see a repair/upgrade on the original click wheel IPOD. I think those are just classic but the mechanic hard drive leaves lots to be desired, so upgrading to an SSD card would be paramount.

Thank you Hugh. Without your video I could have got scammed because I was about to buy a iPhone SE online

Imagine if you changed your channels name to ‘Hugh mungus’ for an April fools thing.

This Man Finds Scams And Tries To Make iPhones completely original. He's deserves a million subscribers. Good content. Spread the word:#StopiPhoneScams Edit:Btw He's Such a Good Guy.

these channel deserved more subscribers and views!

So satisfying to watch!

the easiest repair ever, i do this on a daily basis.

I guess I learned my lesson from this video & I know that both iJustine & EverythingApplePro fell for kind of the same type of scam

It's so satisfying to see these videos 😂

WOWWWWWWW!!! the way how that phone looks so fresh after you've revived it, id say you did more than just to avenge yourself from being ripped off... bravo and more power to you!

Sorry but that charger at the beginning triggered me👀

I got a brand new 6 plus from eBay it did literally look new but was cheap and was convincing. I setup the phone and a few hours later the WiFi stopped working I tried lots of troubleshoots and it seems the WiFi antenna had gone . This made it really difficult to take off the iCloud and nearly cost me all of my money due to icloud

9:31 One thing I would like to note that he isn't mentioning here, most repair shops only have access to poor quality adhesive gaskets which provide little to no additional protection against liquid ingress. Typically if an iPhone did not come with an IP rating (such as the iPhone 6s) and we are not able to salvage the old OEM adhesive then we don't bother. Water resistance of a phone takes ALL openings into account such as the headphone jack, the charging port, the sim tray, any holes on the device that would allow for water to enter must be properly sealed for the phone to have water resistance. Not to mention that compared to Android phones that have water resistance, iPhones have more like "splash resistance" due to how weak and thin Apple's adhesive seals are compared to the likes of Samsung or LG. Not biased, just basing off of how thick and wide the adhesive is. With all of this taken into consideration, some techs just leave the seal off. Sometimes they don't have enough time to install it, sometimes the seal they receive is wrecked during shipping, and sometimes the phone is bent or has broken glass on the back that would render the seal useless. A lot is taken into consideration before installing or not installing seals. I wish he would talk to some technicians in these repair shops before badmouthing their practices. There is always a reason behind these decisions. I would be interested to see if Hugh could get access to some OEM seals and aftermarket seals, compare them by sandwiching them between two slabs of acrylic and do a torture test to see what fails first. My bet would be that the aftermarket seals wouldn't last even 1/3 as long as the OEM seals (if they even provide a seal). By seal, I mean no leaks or ingress of water.

Same for Amazon third party sellers and lots of other sites with third party sellers too!

Lmaoooooooo why he sound like trump. “To no surprise it comes from China” lmaoooooo

Early two minutes agooo!!!

Hi, what program do you use to verify the apple products?

That speck of dirt or whatever when he placed the screen protector bothered me.

I have an IPhone 6s Rose Gold in good condition.

Lmao just don’t buy tech from eBay, unless you’re specifically looking for used stuff

I remember this when the iPhone 4 was still new. I bought it without my knowledge knowing it was a refurbished. It said new and sealed, when it come it was sealed. But I noticed scratches and such. I was kinda upset paying a lot at that time for an iPhone 4s

Nice to hear from you

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And this is why I only order from apple.com Edit: fixed spelling

Soooo clever. Thank you for educating us 💫🌎💫

Always coming with the great content and the need-to-knows about the consumer market - Thank you Hugh Jeffreys and I hope to one day have the skills like you! 🤞 👍🏾

Only OGS Remember the Ariana grande wallpapers 😂

I bet u apple will watch all these vids and grind their teeth. Lol

I fell for a similar scam a few years ago. It seems such scammers are found everywhere. Beware!

I've seen the process of repackaging in a local store in my city, they use apple boxes, perfectly resembling the original ones, and a machine that resembles a small fridge... They assemble the box and parts, put in the used or refurbished phone, and use the machine for a perfect resealing... When buying its always a good idea to check the warranty status on apple's website for that specific device

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