In Australia, the iPhone 4 CDMA is basically an iPod Touch.

scratches at a level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7

What did you do with the real Hugh Jeffreys? He would never finish a phone restoration without a screen protector.

That was pretty common here in the states. With Verizon and Sprint both using CDMA.

iPhone 4 with CDMA can't work in Australia. **Strange Parts wants to know your location.**

*Restoring Apple's strangest iPhone Model* The Singapore-only iPhone 4 with no cameras wants to know your location

Next strange part video : how to add sim card on i phone cdma

Calling it weird 😂 I remember my iPhone 4 CDMA on Verizon running iOS 4 🥺 back when KZfaq was built in.

Damn, I remember this iPhone being my very first iPhone. It was a dream come true for 14 year old me

iPhone 4 CDMA is rare to find here in Philippines.

Proud owner of one! Still on my shelf in The Netherlands looking for a signal. It’s a fun iPhone to make people look weird.

Beautiful job. I just finally retired mine last Tuesday after a good almost 10 years of service. Great little phone, only thing I ever replaced was the battery. And the only thing that quit was the power/lock button.

As someone who was on Verizon for quite some time, I’ll let you in on why this iPhone doesn’t have a SIM card tray. Verizon used to not use SIM cards at all, regardless of phone. How they were tied to your phone number/account was an Electronic Serial Number (ESN) that was usually located under the battery or in the phone menus. You’d have to call up Verizon anytime you needed to switch over your phone, rather than just swap the card. Also, if you had got a phone that was flagged as lost or stolen, it wouldn’t be able to use it at all (learned that the hard way from an EBay sale). They then finally started using SIM cards from iPhone 5 onward.

I remember galaxy s3 sprint version also doesnt have any sim card slot only have micro sd card slot

Verizon is killing the CDMA Network this year.

Oh boy this is a long explanation. Here in the US there are 2 types of radio technologies and frequencies still. GSM the well known universaly used and CDMA: Verizon and Sprint. When iPhone first came out it only had a gsm antenna and was exclusive to at&t but then later Verizon "CDMA" also obtained the rights to sell and use iPhones on their Network. Problem was that Verizon only uses the "CDMA" standard so Apple released this device close to the 4s release Wich was the first to use both CDMA and GSM radios in one. Paving the way for Sprint and eventually all carriers to use them.

Dear Hugh, I have been a fan of your channel for a while now. You motivated me to start a iPhone repairing/reselling business. I have a request: Could you make a video about how you pick out the correct iPhones, what websites you use etc. Since ebay is full of iPhone I'd love to see how you pick them out.

This phone is pretty much an iPod touch in the United States now since the cdma 3g network is shutting down lol

Every single video off you is great to look and listen..👏✌️

Great job again like always

In Mexico was sold by Iusacell which only offered CDMA phones and then AT&T bought that carrier

This was really common in the states so that cell phone companies carrier lock their phones. Usually these phones were at a discounted price as well. Fortunately US phone users got way more savvy about this, especially younger users. And also companies like Apple and Samsung became very aware that people were willing to pay $1,000 for a phone that had the ability to take SIM cards.

makes me relieved = perfect vid

Hi just wondering if it don't have a sim card reader does apple have a separate version of ios as on a standard model it requires a sim to activate

These phones were exactly as you described! I had fun repairing the few that i did, and I still own one for the sake of it’s uniqueness!

The pro with this iPhone is you can easily replace the back glass if it shatters but the con is it makes a screen replacement way more difficult

Cool, I never heard of the iPhone 4 CDMA

Literally the hardest phone I’ve ever restored

Great video thank you so much 😊

That's why people send you phones, you're good!!! Nice job!!!

4:59 Hour suddenly chaged

Now that T-mobile merging with Sprint in the USA, Sprint will be changing over to GSM over the next couple years. When T-mobile bought Metro PCS they converted the customers over from CDMA to GSM in 2 years. Only one major carrier will be left that will be able to handle CDMA, Verizon, but I believe they are starting to convert as well. They are kind of a hybrid like Sprint is now.

this was the first Iphone sold by different carriers in the US. CDMA was one of the technologies in the US that is why there is a CDMA Iphone 4. Before that just AT&T used to sell iphones

I still have this iPhone 4 for Verizon. Still in perfect condition. I had some fun with it the other week.

After I watch your video , now i can repair my friend iphone , Thank ! Now you be my idol to repair the iphone .. i hope you can do a tutorial to repair the phone

If you remember the 4 had antenna issues.. wondering if thats why gold was used to keep the sdr down

please do some more videos like this !

I own an iPhone 4 CDMA 8gb black. It still works great without any problems. I bought it broken for a very cheap price. The frame and some other parts was from one phone. I bought a logic board dirt cheap and put it in there and found a good screen from an other phone. I combined these parts to one working phone. I guess I was probably the only one in the Netherlands to have done it like this. In total it was around 80 euros in total spent on the phone years ago.

While Jerry rigs everything... Jeffreys fix everything.. 😁😋

Verizon and sprint use to use the iPhone 4 cdma both had no sim trey. Along time ago sprint and Verizon didn’t have sim cards at all it was all through programming. Metro pcs was like that a long time ago until T-Mobile bought them out and they now use a mixture of programming for your phone calls and text and the SIM card to run your internet data

They made this model because in the US, iPhone was exclusively on AT&T in the states using GSM (Sim cards). This was the first iPhone that was allowed on other carriers. Sprint & Verizon used CDMA and didn't require Sim cards. That's why this model was made. Later Verizon & Sprint adapted to Sim cards.

If I remember it correctly, AT&T was the launch network in the US for the iPhone. I was bummed because I was a Verizon customer back then... So this was my first iPhone model when it finally became available to Verizon.

What exactly is "so weird" about it? 🤔

Hey man where do you get the replacement screens and the housing

Have one in white.. 100% used but perfect condition.. and believe it or not.. still holds a decent charge

Wow! I have this same phone! Nice to see something about it lol

Hello, I was wondering if the Iphone 4 cdma lcd compatible with gsm model?

HOLY SHIT HUGH THATS MY OLD iPhone 4 CDMA !!! I threw it out at school and I went to a tech school and the next day all the other trash was in the bin but the phone wasn’t ! I attempted a screen repair but it didn’t work and I just threw it out ! That’s my old iPhone 4 !! I can’t believe this. They must’ve took it out and threw it in a parts lot... that’s crazy

Wish I would have known about your channel a few years ago- that’s when we got rid of that model phone. It was a good one. Nice video sir! 👍

I have an issue with my iPhone 4 CDMA after I attempted to take it apart. The phone won't turn on or take a charge. What I tried doing then is attempt to remove the plastic tab that is under the battery. I then attempted to unscrew a few other things at the top of the phone but wasn't successful at doing. After that the phone would not turn on. Any suggestions or ideas are appreciated.

Where do you get your refurbished digitizers?

I would love a bigger updated iphone 4

This is an older video now but it's funny how more and more phones and devices are going "SIM free' with the advent of the eSIM. I had forgotten that some networks had been without SIM cards in the past as from what i recall, CDMA was never a thing in the uk.

Hey, can you put the URL of where we can buy your tools in description ?

Where do you get your screens? I replaced the one on my 4s and it’s horrible. I want to get one that better reflects the quality of the origional

Unbelievable small one 🤩

Hey Hug Jerffy I have a iPhone 7 that doesn't change the put a new screen it work they put a new doc connector it still didn't change she side the problem is with motor bored so can you help me

Hey . i need some help regarding these phones , If possible .. I phone 4 cdma got dropped in water .. turns on , course now will not STAY turned on .. so bought another iphone4 cdma and am wanting to transfer the data , cause i have special recording and pics .. is this possible to transfer the memory card to the other working phone , or is there card or disk inside ? Has to be something to store memory .. All helpful information is

2019:repairing a strange iphone 2077:making my own iphone.

The 8GB iPhone 4 CDMA was my dads first smartphone, he used it for 10 full years before finally upgrading to the iPhone 8 Plus

Hey @hughjefferys I've got a iPhone 4s, it's on ios 7, the WiFi and Bluetooth doesn't work, the WiFi is greyed out and the Bluetooth is stuck on the loading circle all the time, would I have to get the WiFi and Bluetooth antenna replaced or would I have to update my iPhone to ios 9 because I read an article by apple saying that something in the ios 7 update caused a fault in the antenna? Thank you 🙂

I remember having one of these on sprint (USA), I currently also have one on Verizon (also USA)

Not understanding that in the US the only carrier for iPhone before the iPhone 4 cdma model came out was AT&T. The other major carriers were cdma only. Apple did it so they could sell more iPhones.

This was my first phone. I broke the screen and at the time I couldn’t find a repair guide. I was about 14 or 15. I wasn’t THAT into repair yet. I had a few left over screws, I had a white spot in the display, and for some reason the phone wouldn’t stay powered on without being constantly plugged in. I wrote that off as a loss since I didn’t know what I was doing. (4-5 years ago)

Oof, that battery looks like it has seen better days. If you plan on keeping the phone, I highly suggest finding a replacement for that battery.

I have one of this but it says activation required! But i cannot activate it even i try to connect it to wifi, what may be the problem of it? Hope for your answer..

How to connect to cellular with cdma iPhones does it use a e-sim like iPhone 11 Pro ?

I have 2 of those iPhone 4 CDMA One black and one Wite one on iOS 7.1.2 and 6.1.3

I’ve had 2 of those before, I replaced those screens way too many times

Where do you get all these iPhone parts from??

I need help, so basically I have this exact model and I wanted to replace the screen as well as the power button, though idk what's causing this problem but the power button won't click, as I've teared down the whole phone apart and the power button won't click at all. I've adjusted the button and cable together but the click isn't there, Is it missing a part there or do I have to buy a replacement part? I don't know what else is wrong with it

Hey is it okay to replaced a duplicate battery on an iPhone. Please help me out.

What happened to all the iPhones u repaired? Just wondering, do you sell them or?

When will you do the iPod restoration

This really just is a fancy iPod touch

This aged like fine wine ( iphone 14 )

When I phone 4 finally came to verizon, it was pretty huge.

Surprised that battery worked. It’ll be best to replace it.

Old CDMA phones didn't use sim cards this phone was released for Verizon wireless because the us government made apple release the iPhone on other us cellphone carriers until then only att wireless had iPhone and Verizon wireless was the second carrier to carry the iPhone when the iPhone 4s came out i think it had GSM and CDMA bands

I've always preferred GSM over CDMA

From Where do you buy iPhone batteries?

What would it Cost me that you repair both of my broken ZTE's? But without a Reset And sending me it After back?

I barely see CDMA phones nowadays, with the exception of carrier exclusives like the S6 active (and a few other "actives")

That was my very 1st iPhone, :D

I bet the reason he restores phones and replaces screens is to feel the satisfaction when he peels of the plastic film

is there a way for it to work in australlia? i have a iphone 4s 8 gig.

We Indonesian used to have one of these. Its was only sold by cdma providers like smartfren or esia but not long after that the cheaper unlocked version from US was sold in online marketplace. sadly now these iPhone 4's are basically a glorified iPod because the providers are either went down or changed to 4g completely.

Suggestion for your next video: how to factory unlock any kind of iphone

I have like 20 units of these things when i got a huge iPhone lot from eBay for a decent price. I’m going to have a rough time trying to get that money back, considering that these things are obsolete

Where do you get your new screens and part from??

Iphone 4 was a legend

I love your vidoes So satisfying yet knowledgeable

"certain ports on their computers" lmao

You should restore a foldable phone if you can yet lol

I have a galaxy s facinate and a free form 3 and both also dont have sim slots

I had one one of those, thought it was a 4s at first time. But then I saw it didn't have SIM card xD. was pretty fun tho because in my country (DR) only one carrier have CDMA :).

Howmany iPhone’s do you have Hugh?

It's funny to the world that it's the strangest. I had a Galaxy S3 from Sprint in US. And it didn't have a Sim card. Though, I only used that phone till it broke for 2-3 months. Then I switched to TMobile with an S5.

Can you suggest a battery 🔋 for my iPhone 6

The gold plating might point to the use of another contract manufacturer, maybe because it was a relatively small series?