3:04 Austin, that "battery level" is not the battery life cycle health 😂😂

if you have a broken display (or any piece of broken glass you need work around), apply packing tape to it. it keeps all the little shards in place and covers all the sharp edges

as someone who has worked at a Samsung repair center and a 3rd party repair shop, we like the full assembly as there's less of a risk to damaging the OLED screen, it also tends to make the overall repair a whole lot easier and ends in less warranty work since we don't have to worry about a tech not using enough/too much adhesive for the screen. im not here to sing the songs of Samsung but i will say that it was a selling point in my old shops to tell the user that their device was going to not only look like new but they would have a new battery as well. back glass, id get that from a parts distro or eBay and it will be fine.

As a repairer, there's zero point in buying a genuine battery cover (back glass, plastic back). Prices for an s21 rear plastic back start from $3 for a bad one, to around $9 for a 99% OEM quality one. As for the screen, it's always best to get the OEM one. Similar story with the battery, unless you want to save money, in which case, I'd recommend going with a reputable brand on amazon for the $25 price range. Overall, the self repair support that companies offer are ass. Just do 5 minutes of research on components and you'd save a fortune, especially if you're a business.

3:02 That isn't the battery health. That's just the current battery level.

In other phones (basically not an iPhone since Apple serialized all their batteries now) it kind of makes sense to replace the battery anyways since it’s kind of like doing spark plugs and coils on a Toyota 2GR FE. You’re there, might as well do the other stuff Also at the start, Android doesn’t report battery “life” like iOS does, that 89% is the charge level

3:03 Actually, it is just telling you how much your battery is charged, kind if irritating

In Japan, we don't have to deal with this. You can sign up for phone provider insurance. You pay $5 a month, and then if anything happens with your phone, battery, screen, water damage, whatever (as long as it's not just cosmetic damage)...you pay $30 and they will replace your phone with a brand new phone (1st time charge). The charge increases slightly each time you replace it (and the base charge for foldable phones is a bit higher). When you get the new phone you have 2 weeks to transfer your data, and send back the old broken phone.

Ya forgot to mention: TAKE PICTURES of everything BEFORE you unscrew anything. You'll thank me for sure.

As a ubreakifix employee and partner with Samsung. S23-s24 series come with just screen repair but for the longest time Samsung ran with full OCTA repairs which is the full frame and battery and stuff. Is same for all Samsung repair shops

I looked up a single video about the zflip 5 like a week ago after getting one and I've watched maybe 20 of your videos since. Quality stuff 👍

cant believe 2019 was already 1 year ago!

The irony in saying "i dont have alot of time" but then saying. "Im gonna tell you everything i can", is ironic. Tell me everything Austin. Please.

Louis Rossman is watching this, trying not to scream

You can tell Austin was extremely proud of himself for repairing this phone. Congratulations sir! You smart lol

I use to work for Batteries Plus we did phone repair for both Apple and Samsung phones. We would get parts from Samsung with the batteries installed as well, the reason was the customer experience. It was just better for the customer to know that when they were paying for an expensive screen repair the battery was also being replaced as it’s the easiest part to wear down. Also the cost of the batteries were so cheap so it wasn’t a huge deal for Samsung.

The music during the reassembly is awesome.

As a phone repair tech for both major brands, while its usually easy to hate on apple, I'd argue that iPhones are currently more efficiently designed and less wasteful when it comes to repair compared to current samsung models BUT atleast samsung doesn't lock the repair behind proprietary calibration software and serial locking.

3:15 Even Samsung Authorized repair locations are required to also replace the battery because Samsugn ships us the display with the battery already adhered to it.

Back in the days of the iPhone 3G, I did screen and digitizer replacements. Having done several of these replacements, spending the money on an Otter Box was an easily-justifiable cost. I found it really stressful dealing with those ribbon cables, so I quit doing it. If I wasn't ready to replace the device, I'd so much rather get it repaired -- by someone else. Your demo was great, these phones have gotten a lot more complex as the manufacturers have added more functionality to them. When you mentioned sending in a "perfectly good battery," I gotta say that when most people get a new phone, they're a lot more careful with it than they are a year or so later, and at that point, it's probably not a "perfectly good battery" anymore. But doesn't a "right-to-repair" mean that a lot more independent repair techs should be available? I'd pay for that.

So TLDR: It's simple to repair, but the whole thing is mainly for regulatory reason. As long as they don't lock repair behind stupid and bullshit codes and verification and whatever, I'd rather go with Samsung than the fruit company.

That price you showed for worth is for a used phone. Fixing your phone, with new battery, makes it like new again, and you don't have to set it up, it is already all setup. So that saves a bunch of time, hours even. Time is money too.

I don’t understand why companies just don’t offer the products they use to build the phones since they already have them in stock for people to fix their phones. The population of people who would actually fix theirs phones is a lot smaller than those who just want to outright buy new ones. It would keep customers and happy and brand loyal if you just took care of them

I once tried to repair my phone. Opened up ~80 screws and ended up tightening ~45 screws. 😂 True story.

I’ve replace Samsung backs from off brand ones on Amazon for like $20. And they got the logo. Might not have a good seal for water. But it stays on

It’s incredible to see such kindness and love. Thank you all!

Use to work for a 3rd party UBIF and we had to replace both battery and screen on all Samsung devices.

The battery level is not the same thing as battery health. Basically, you told us the charge level of your phone's battery 😂

3:03 the battery level is the actual charge of the battery, android does not show the battery health

I noticed that with my Samsung Z fold 4 last year. The fold hinge failed and took it to a Samsung store for warranty repair. What i ended up with was a brand new chassis, new battery, new screens. All that remains was the main board and cameras. My data was still there but i had a new IMEI and all the protective coverings all round the chassis.

You forgot the most important step there is to the new battery - the "Self repair assistant" app. It "calibrates" the new parts. On Samsung phones, stupidly, battery charge cycles and wear data is stored on the phone itself, in the EFS partition. The self repair app erases the wear data, so the battery can work just as if it was brand new again with no "safety" limitations (there is as far as i know a limit to cut off the lowest 5% and highest 5% of the battery capacity to avoid overcharge/overdischarge and sudden shutdowns if the battery is worn out). So yeah, the repair assistant app is a must have tool to perform the repair properly when you replace the screen module with a battery or the battery itself.

Great Video Austin!!!!!!!🎉

my s10e is basically a Frankenstein phone now and still my daily driver even though i have other stronger phone, fixing just feels so good

Austin, awesome as always!

if your gonna revisit apple self repair program please try aftermarket parts to see if they really work like they should. ide be really interested to see that

samsung doesnt have any repair centers in the uk as far as i know and that sucks.

At work this takes me maybe 20 minutes. It's interesting to see how other people do it. Also those prices are crazy. From our wholesale, we can order genuine Samsung Service backing for about a few dollars. The screen module cost the same though.

3:04 it's not the battery lifecycle health 😂

On the topic of Z Flips, my Z Flip 4 lasted the last 14 months. It failed a little under 2 weeks ago, came back with a note of Repaired/Replaced Battery (Main/Sub) Motherboard It then failed less than 12 hours after being returned to me, so it's due for its second warranty repair and will be going back in in two days time. I would dare to try repairing myself if they fail a second time, if it weren't for the fact I have no idea what might be wrong with it

Reason why they shipped them together is because the batteries on the older Samsung phones are held in with permanent adhesive and pulling on the battery could shift the layers and cause a short and causing the battery to explode

Just replaced my screen for my galaxy A70 and A73. Both were pretty similar. The A73 you had to pry the screen off from the frame. So I guess it would be the same with the S21.

I had to have the back glass and camera lenses replace on my note 20 ultra 5 times and my screen once. Had I purchased the repair kit it would have saved me money. However I acknowledge that is an extreme case

Austin, if you need a tech savvy person that is good at repairing stuff, I am happy to join the team.

The tools used by Apple are literally the same tools used in the Retail Stores. I would assume it’s just a cost savings thing so they don’t have to create a different set of tools used in self repair.

The worst part about replacing just the screen is trying to glue it to the frame properly. It's much better to do it with the frame aspecially if you have ding on the frame. The battery you can separate with some IPA and replace it alone if you need to. OEM back is never a good idea.

They haven't convinced me yet that repairing my phone myself is a good alternative to sending it in for repair. It's good that I have the option, though.

The biggest problem with Samsung repairability is cost of the displays. If you have a slightly older phone that still works very well, but you break the screen, 90% of the time repair is just not worth it. I used to have a Galaxy S10 that I bought second hand for 600PLN in mint condition back in December 2022. I broke the screen last month and the original display costs around 700... and by that point a working S10 was worth like 400-450 maybe? And yes, there are third party replacements available, but replacing a curved amoled with an aftermarket screen is a very bad idea. And even the third party screens are mad expensive.

Is that implemented now in the Apple self service repair program because my iPhone SE needs a battery replacement it’s a second generation iPhone SE with a battery health of 79%. I’m hesitant to do the repair myself because I don’t want to trigger any errors.

Do a full frame swap on an iPhone and see how difficult it will be with all the small bracket and different size screws

*#0*# for the test menu on every samsung phone Sensor->Image test shows the same dog since the s1 ;)

Great Video Austin ☂️👍🏻📱

Just as a FYI, it's generally not a good idea to connect the battery before connecting all the other components as it might fry those components.

As a experienced repair technician for forensic purposes, I can assure that the screen and battery aren't one part as they just connected with a ribbon cable :p

Why are you not wearing a grounding strap?

Hey austin, do something like this with a google pixel phone.

Think if you buy and own the tools, any repairs in the future would be cheaper as you wouldn't need to re-buy the tools each time. This would make it a lot more affordable for future repairs

I think it might just come down to man power more than anything. Taking the screen off looks to be more annoying that them just giving you the pre-assembled unit

As someone who has sold Samsung phones in retail, the reason we were given by representatives of why you often have to repair or replace practically all of the phone at once was that you would get a renewed warranty of the phone with the parts. This means that they want you to pay for and replace other parts that are also prone to failure over time, such as the battery, instead of having the same unit shipped in multiple times, and forever extending the same warranty over and over. The fact that they can market this warranty and at the same time filter out cases that wouldn't be worth it, also doesn't hurt.

ok please do a pt 2 of apple and find out which phones are available to repair without havintg to register the parts i have an 11 pro max i love did a screen repair and now its useable but noticeably different

Considering the module and back cover were brand new, the price you paid sounds really good. That almost sounds like a better way to get a good quality phone rather than buying it from eBay.

That meal kit comment was so relevant to my life right now.

In my opinion, sending it to company own repair service is much better. Since you can get back your phone the same day, and considering not all people have the skill to repair on their own. Yes, the cost is not cheap but it's guaranteed to be fix

Samsung Galaxy can be found on the official website of the company and on its upcoming release in whatever country and place you want it then you should get it

Apple surprisingly got better with phone repair than Samsung. What a wild timeline we live in...

Yeah !

Big companies will make it hard to repair because they want you just to get a new phone. But we all remember in the 2000 phones like the Nokia 3310 was bulletproof easily repaired. Now everything has a million screws and glued down with the strongest glue know to man. I know phones are now not phones but computers, still they should be repairable because most front and back are glass these days. Also bring back the headphone jack.

I heard you made an appearance at the new Microcenter! Thank you

At 3:04 Austin says battery level is at 89% . I believe with Samsung it's not battery health like on the iPhone but your actual charge level so if your phone is at 25% battery level will be 25% ..

The battery tattle thing kinda makes sense. Remember when airlines completely banned the Note? It's probably just carry over from that whole drama.

Samsung has been doing that frame+screen+battery approach since the s8

As a phone repair business owner, buy a service pack, screen and frame already attached. Open up the back and move the hardware over.

Nice to know

austin man the battery level is the charge of the battery, android doesnt show battery life span

Do more phone repair vids …seriously do it Austin 😂

Actually, I myself was going to self repair an old samsung phone. Hopefully it goes well.

I really wish my opinion of "incredibly broken" was the same as yours. Thats a perfectly usable phone.

6:00 Damn Austin has 183 million subs great job😂👍

If you don't have a use for the s21 you have just fixed i would not mind to have it as my current phone is is not in the greatest of state that a phone can b. Anyway great video and keep up.

For those prices might as well buy a new or used phone

never let austin FIX your broken phone..

I Love Austin Evans Videos 💙💛

It's actually better to send it because that way you know its being done right and you get the water resistant back i also don't know why you would want a 3rd party part

My question...does all of your user data get saved or is it a fresh start when you replace the phone screen?

I have had good luck with ifixit batteries and I have never needed Apple’s tools to get the phones apart.

ya i can totaly realte austin keep up the good work

The parts cost probably less than 20 bucks. The reason for the high price is high cause they don't want you to repair your phone. This is a PR saying that the isn't a train for right to repair laws because they have this already. Also don't praise apple cause try and replace a screen and you are paying for pretty much a new laptop since you cannot get the screen but di much else. Also they have screwed third party repair since they cannot get a 5 dollar part from apple but 500 dollar assemblies.

"Equally as useful" Thats a damn lie. That microwave is 1000x more useful lol.

Samsung screen repair comes with battery replacement independently if the battery is good or not. I had to send my S21 Ultra because it was stuck on black screen, I was out of warranty for 4 months and they honored me the warranty, the person who I spoke to, told me that screen replacement always includes battery replacement. That's why I picked Samsung again when I upgraded to the S23 Ultra and will go with Samsung again for the next upgrade.

@3:15 This is incorrect, Anyone with a partnership with Samsung is getting replacement screen parts that have batteries already attached. Unless it's a panel-only (screen adhered to frame) repair, the frame itself comes with the LCD, some small parts (usually have to swap over camera, mid frame, boards, cables, and back housing) but the battery will come adhered to a new LCD assembly (frame). This is true of folding phones as well. Other companies, such as Ubreakifix also have to replace a battery at the time of a screen, or vice versa. Because they are 3rd party independent, they will still offer battery only repairs and utilize other 3rd party supplied parts in their repairs, but they also aren't following Samsung's rules to a T. I can offer some insight if you'd like to reach out. Also, I would love to collab with you on how to correctly open any device. I have seen so many bad takes on device opening. Please reach out before you do any more videos. Let someone with industry experience set the record straight.

If Apple made it easier to get parts I think they are better to repair. It’s a lot easier to replace the screen since you don’t have to go in from the back and gut the whole phone out. You also don’t waist an entire frame and battery either.

S21 had Polycarbonate Backdoor, S21+ and Ultra had Glass Backdoor

Great watch

Entering a Samsung from the bottom is not the best. Long edge is best. Also, yes the back is glass. ONLY the s21 standard size is like that. The other ones are noticeably more difficult because of the glass

if my S23 is acting up weird again i might switch back to blackberry passport until i get a better phone that can repair easily and not too complicated. Blackberry passport is still solid as of 2024

I bought a Samsung Neo G8 240hz 4k monitor. It had paint streaks on the screen when I got it. I fixed the issue but how did Samsung miss it in the first place? It's a great piece of tech, but I will never buy a Samsung monitor again.

how do u know what parts to repair on a older phones?

Not the authentic barn find microwave! 🤣🤣🤣

Hear me out. What if manufacturers start selling replacement parts at the same time they launch the product. That way, if someone want to, they can buy a replacement battery, screen and whatnot then keep it until the day it need to be replaced. If the owner don't need the part anymore, they can always resell them

Even if it costs about the same as buying a newer old phone, remember that you just replaced old parts for new parts. So the phone you repaired is technically better than the used or refurbished phone. Really the only thing you got to worry about after fixing your own phone is that water resistance is now zero.

Now try to see if they can fix one of their fridges 😅 that's been fun for customers for years, so they got sued. Also, shout out to Hurricane Beryl for not letting me sleep...