These GALAXY BUDS are FAULTY

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These GALAXY BUDS are FAULTY | Can I FIX It?

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These SAMSUNG Earbuds were kindly sent over to me by Ty. He says that one of them is no longer working after some water damage...
Let's have a look and let's try and fix it!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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@StezStixFix Жыл бұрын

Stupid Galaxy Samsung Earbud Type Things

@gerardoquintero-fu2np Жыл бұрын

I have been learning micro soldering and things stick to iron or tweezers tiny things fly away or get lost so easy.... Soooo annoying

@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez Жыл бұрын

Send them back. You got the content. Gross old ear buds.

@MjC7192 Жыл бұрын

....Dave is Always handy/helpful...Always ....All hail Dave

@Njuregen Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised there no schematics.

@stevecann3394 Жыл бұрын

😀😀

@t.j.stabler9253 Жыл бұрын

I love that you held the repaired earbud up to your ear, found it working and then immediately held it up to your other ear to make sure it would still work on that side of your head. +10 Thoroughness.

@MayaPosch Жыл бұрын

I'm honestly kind of shocked how repairable those earbuds are. Compared to the Apple version that you can only open destructively, these seem positively easy to open and work on. Just a shame about the lack of schematics and other documentation :)

@stephenmanis5258 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing. I'm really surprised at how easy it was to pop those ear buds open, and how semi-friendly they were repair-wise.

@bennyjsand Жыл бұрын

I'm not... Apple love ripping off their customers. Be it phones to cables to ear buds... Is it broke? Yes... BUY A WHOLE NEW ONE FROM US MUWHAHAHAHA!!

@trevor245 Жыл бұрын

I mean being able to open them up without destroying them is kinda the bare minimum

@CircuitFIX Жыл бұрын

Ill send some broken air pods to him. It would make a great video... LMAO

@MayaPosch Жыл бұрын

@@stephenmanis5258 Yeah, just two clips holding the enclosure together? Too easy. Stack of PCBs connected with flatflex and you can actually manipulate individual SMD parts and follow traces? But Apple said it couldn't be done.

@chrisj2848 Жыл бұрын

You have the patience of a saint Steve, I would have chucked that fiddly little thing in the "f__k it bucket" as soon as that connector broke. 👍

@Gummispoiler Жыл бұрын

Saint Steve.... has a nice ring to it.

@MichaelArlt Жыл бұрын

Lol, this is exactly what I am thinking watching some of his videos. And this is exactly what companies want. Also the reason why they don't provide sheets and such because one could repair it easier.

@johnneal7832 3 ай бұрын

Yup me to lol after i adjusted it with a 4lb lump hammer

@kevinchua464 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most impressive fix videos I've ever watched Steve, bloody good effort!

@GameRaveTV Жыл бұрын

Dude - I literally punched the air in victory after you successfully got the connector fixed. This was so good. Love it! I can't believe how small those pieces are.

@raymers Жыл бұрын

Same. Shouted "let's go" at my television.

@fixins Жыл бұрын

I admire your willingness to put the thing all the way back together to test it. Years of needing to take stuff back apart 30 more times, means I usually put it back together only as much I need to to test.

@watchingdanny Жыл бұрын

I think it's awesome how your skills have improved over time. This thing was utterly microscopic and you got it fixed. Outstanding !

@petereldergill2942 Жыл бұрын

His video editing and on screen presence has improved so much as well. Well done!

@dany-ps2my Жыл бұрын

Super impressive, that's the first successful repair I've seen on any kind of ear buds , congrats

@zKaltern Жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're painfully aware, but you got a lot of feedback on your mic at the new place. Awesome repair... your patience is becoming legendary. BTW. Dave needs his own merch! Trust In Dave.

@StezStixFix Жыл бұрын

Ooh, thanks for the feedback on the feedback. 👍 If I'm honest, I didn't notice it too much. I still need to mess around with the placement of my equipment, so hopefully it'll sort out...

@Schrumpelratte Жыл бұрын

@@Ra-zor nah its a nasty hum.

@P5YcHoKiLLa Жыл бұрын

"In Dave We Trust" with Dave, in his dome, in the middle, like Iron Man

@MrTimsvids Жыл бұрын

cant hear it meself, maybe shut the fuck up....mug!

@super10nano1 Жыл бұрын

I didn't notice it, but I have 40 year old ears. Thoroughly enjoyed this video

@ian3314 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I have a pair that doesn't work, and this has made me want to see if it's an easy fix. You were wondering what to do with them. If you use earbuds, samsung buds have been the best I've ever used.

@thephrase22 Жыл бұрын

Wauw! That was magical how you fixed this tiny bud!

@TheDemoniusX Жыл бұрын

yay another stezstix video to curb my hangover. I NEVER understand why people like these damn things. I had a couple like Raycon and some other brand just to see why people like them. I LOATHE ear buds. I like the tried and true over the head ones, ear buds suck.

@spooktasticaparanormal Жыл бұрын

The look on your face at the end was priceless 😂😂😂😂 great fix Steve.

@dayv207 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work as always! I once had to resolder a microscopic coil onto an iphone motherbord, I only had a regular soldering iron tip and no micoscope. Im not sure id ever try it again ;)

@rciancia Жыл бұрын

That was a near impossible miracle, great job, BUD - Stupid Earbuds...

@Jim_M_75 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a top fix Steve. Mega impressed with this one.

@NGNetwork1 Жыл бұрын

Good job Steve! Those things are damn near impossible to fix and you did it!

@typicalthrill Жыл бұрын

Brand new to the channel and I absolutely can not get enough. Man, the entertainment value of your videos is amazing. Add the fact that you're actually repairing stuff? Awesome! Thank you for the great channel!

@wisher21uk Жыл бұрын

Brilliant patience shown Steve well done and thanks for the upload 😊

@evilmissf Жыл бұрын

I admire your patience, I would have yeeted that before I got it open lol 😅

@IX3zero Жыл бұрын

i wasn't expecting this to be fixable. i'm really impressed

@nbaua3454 Жыл бұрын

That plastic like layer on which the component was sitting was fragile like a popcorn I'm having while watching this video... This fix is truly amazing 😍

@georgejohn-ge3ne Жыл бұрын

Not only are you an amazing singer, but also an electronic surgeon. Well done 👍

@AMDJZ Жыл бұрын

My uncle introduced me to your content, and I seriously have to say that the freestyler you did there was an ABSOLUTE BOP! My god Steve, you should have more views than you currently have by now!

@CircuitFIX Жыл бұрын

I wish you would post more repairs. Nothing like bingeing Stez on my weekends. Gonna have to watch them all again. I always seem to cry with laughter. LOVE THE VIDEOS !! Keep them coming please and congrats on the 100K subs.

@paulb4uk Жыл бұрын

Fair play to you for fixing these i would of just binned them being so small makes them a fair bit harder to repair but for the most part they did come apart fairly well for repairs and battery changes .

@Gojirosan Жыл бұрын

Top notch repair! Well done, Dave...er...Steve!

@BloodyIron Жыл бұрын

OH YOU ABSOLUTE BOSS! MAD IMPRESSIVE! I honestly thought this was going to be an impossible mountain to fix. WAY TO GO! Proud of you!

@jamesnoble4212 Жыл бұрын

I love that you have the patience and are inquisitive enough to have a crack at anything.

@DeadKoby Жыл бұрын

2 Take-aways from watching this......... 1. Whomever designed these doesn't hate repair technicians. 2. You've increased my courage to learn and start working with SM stuff.

@blueskin1978 Жыл бұрын

After all these years it still amazes me how small these components are. Just look at that cap you put next to Dave! Amazing job, great vid!

@Stucc0Dude Жыл бұрын

As someone that has tried micro soldering repairs with no experience, I could taste the frustration on moving those tiny parts.

@TheOddParts Жыл бұрын

Wow can’t believe you pulled this one off, amazing fix Steve !!!

@johnhammond3482 Жыл бұрын

i really did not think you will be able to fix them well done and a great video thanks steve

@keironcornell9396 Жыл бұрын

Well done Steve! I was proper chuffed for you when it worked. I loved you genuine reaction of joy and surprise 😂

@hillonwheels8838 Жыл бұрын

Nice job. Each time you touched the broken connector I was saying stop f-ing with it :) If you don't want ear buds you can turn them into stereo speakers for your room. Saw a video of how to do that with broken buds.

@dbaider9467 Жыл бұрын

You could have been a surgeon. But then, we would miss this. Another fantastic save.

@simonlunt353 Жыл бұрын

I am taking my hat off to you Steve l was thinking good luck to repairing them but you did WELL DONE 😮 keep your videos coming mr love them 😊

@MikeK-NIreland Жыл бұрын

Very Well Done Steve. Really enjoy your content you make a grumpy 55 year old veteran laugh. Thanks mate, keep up the good work. Mick.👌👍🍻

@kazumichanproductions Жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading sweetie. U know what I do? U really do sound like my dad 😭😭 I miss him and I just listen to you when I am going to bed. It's like he is still here fixing the radio but a lot less cussing and beer. Thank you Steve

@chris-pike Жыл бұрын

Another great repair video there good to see you fix those Galaxy Buds Steve - Nice 1 👍

@thadofalltrades Жыл бұрын

It's crazy how tiny all of that stuff is. Exceptionally well done

@isitafox Жыл бұрын

When you picked that capacitor up under the microscope then put it down I couldn't believe how small it was 😮 Nice work!

@leesmith6750 Жыл бұрын

I showed my misses the capacitor and she burst out laughing at the shear mammoth size of it. Amazes me how you can possibly work on things this small, even with the microscope. I doff my cap to you and your perseverance in the end goal. 👏

@thisoldproperty Жыл бұрын

Omg! Congratulations. I was totally surprised you got them to work.

@weehappypixie Жыл бұрын

Great job as usual Steve. Could I please make a suggestion to fix your audio. There's been a mains hum sound in the background of the last few videos that's really annoying. Maybe you got a grounding issue somewhere. Thanks

@danielhulan3058 3 ай бұрын

I literally watch these for the raps. The fixing videos are just a plus.

@laurensplompen Жыл бұрын

I didn't appreciate how small these components are until I saw you put the loose capacitor next to Dave. Man that's ridiculously small. Also, I'm fairly certain you popped the capacitor loose when you went under there with your prying tool. Nevermind, you got it fixed, well done!

@hokudadog7637 Жыл бұрын

OMG! When you put that capictor by Dave I appreciated how tiny it was!

@JVerschueren Жыл бұрын

Steve, a tip from experience when working with fiddly SMD components. Use a toothpick instead of tweezers to hold/position components. Works about 10x better and, bonus, especially if you're working with hot air, doesn't conduct heat.

@JonnyFix Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you held the faulty one up to the mic, I was then able to hear nothing very clearly!

@jimmybisk Жыл бұрын

You must have the patience of a saint fixing that! It would have been thrown across the room way before that if I was doing it. Great video!

@mrcrunch8000 11 ай бұрын

I have been putting off replacing the batteries on my pair of these for months now. After watching this it may be many more months before I forget what took place here and rip mine apart. Thanks 😂

@jyesucevitz Жыл бұрын

thank you very much. about a week ago my (r) samsung galaxy bud stopped producing sound. looked for solutions on the web with no real luck. your video just showed up today. when i saw you take it apart i thought I'd try mine. couldn't see anything a miss so i just reassembled it. now it works. all i can assume is something came loose and by fiddling with its innards and snapping back together somehow fixed it. again, thank you.

@danb9388 Жыл бұрын

Absolute cracked up when you held the broken one up to the microphone.. 😂😂😂😂

@Rukyr99 Жыл бұрын

Your patience and damnright resilience against stress is admirable. Hats of to you Sir. I would have ingested those damn buds just to get rid of 'm. Gift or not.

@James-oj6ck Жыл бұрын

Working with those tiny components is insane.😮

@pedromimoso8804 Жыл бұрын

Micro soldering, hey, Steve? Well done! 👍👍👍

@beantown8085 Жыл бұрын

Simply amazing how small the components are nowadays

@UserUser-ww2nj Жыл бұрын

Great fix . I'm surprised they are so relatively easy to get into , a bit of solder mask around that connector would have been good if you intended to use them .well done

@DavidPlass Жыл бұрын

I know other people have said this already so I'll add to the list - you should get some "soldering tweezers" - basically two tiny soldering irons at the end of a pair of tweezers.

@bruwin Жыл бұрын

Good soldering tweezers aren't cheap, and the ones that *are* cheap aren't nearly that small and aren't nearly that good for putting SMD components on. They're good for taking them off. There's literally nothing in this video that would have been a good usecase for hot tweezers.

@DavidPlass Жыл бұрын

@@bruwin thanks, I had no idea they didn't get that small

@Pixel_Fix Жыл бұрын

Great repair and very challenging due to the size of the components.

@mattjohnson1545 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that capacitor was small! Mint effort. Love your channel

@eddylopez3005 Жыл бұрын

I was almost buying another pair, thanks to you I just need to replace the battery to the one I have..yesssss! 😅 Thank you Great Video!!!!!!!!

@viktorwadskog3532 Жыл бұрын

Excellent repair! Those components were tiny! I'm mighty impressed!

@chrisstyles4630 Жыл бұрын

Normally these type of earphones not repaired especially apple Air pods because you can't take them apart but good old Samsung made them to come apart so they can be fixed excellent video & fix 👏👏👏👏

@xsgt_silverx Жыл бұрын

As NorthridgeFix would say - "Better than factory" 😂 Keep up the entertainment Saint Steve - I would throw that thing a mile, especially after that connector went flying.

@watchrepairuk9214 Жыл бұрын

i can't believe you actually fixed those!

@deucekiller022 Жыл бұрын

i see you just like stressing yourself out and once your done you dont care . you love the struggle of trying to get it to work lol i know the feeling .. keep up the good videos

@lightofjahs Жыл бұрын

The music's always "solid" on this KZfaq channel, love the rapping too.

@reinholdachleitner2069 Жыл бұрын

Well done on the repair,I could do with a pair of those.💯👌🏻✌🏻

@daviddaviscrawford3669 Жыл бұрын

You're awesome! Love all your entertaining videos!

@neatt3815 Жыл бұрын

Can't believe how tiny the components are in that thing. That was an impressive repair 👍

@collazofred Жыл бұрын

That was an awesome fix! I didn't think you could work on components that small. You did amazing work Steve!

@JohnSmith-yw3jr 10 ай бұрын

You have certainly come a long way with your soldering skill. Excellent job my friend 👍

@theguards3563 Жыл бұрын

WOW...I'M IMPRESSED!

@BommeI Жыл бұрын

Awesome fix! Once again you surpassed yourself with the patreon song!

@sgalant1 4 ай бұрын

Great job. Very hard. I own a pair of this model in black and they sound great.

@TonyVeart Жыл бұрын

Well done mate that soldering is bloody hard to do.👍

@Triforce1985 Жыл бұрын

Blows my mind they're able to mass produce such small electronics like this

@I_RacooN_I Жыл бұрын

it's amazing to see you work on such a small device... great job Steve.

@Cassandra_Johnson Жыл бұрын

I don't think you broke the capacitors. Looks like the thing got an unholy whack at some point. Might even have been shorted with the 1 half on wonky cap. The connector... YIKES (again, I lean towards that as a sign of high velocity damage)! Amazed it works now! Almost as amazed as I was to find out it wasn't welded shut.

@Diemermakes Жыл бұрын

Incredible.

@thebeerinnandrewmckenna2655 Жыл бұрын

Have you thought about getting a hot plate for smd soldering, and for small Reas, you can get a round or square flat bit that screws onto your soldering iron bit and does small areas of the board

@YorkshireD1 Жыл бұрын

Steve u are a genius. If that was me they would've gone in the bin for sure

@andrewsmith1520 Жыл бұрын

11:00 At this point, I have never been on the side of, "just throw it away" more. lol. Entertaining as always though. Thanks for the video.

@tonyharlotte4839 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 100k subs love your content. many thanks from New Zealand

@kforkrish Жыл бұрын

I fixed mine yesterday (the exact model end exact colour as well). Been using them from 2018 (5 years). Luckily mine only needed a new batteries and i salvaged the batteries from a donor buds which had lying around as spares already having water damage. Your had worse than mine, It would've been a hard repair for me if mine had issues similar as yours. Great work though.👍✌️

@dreamcazman Жыл бұрын

You have more patience that I do, fiddling around with microscopic components drives me nuts, haha.

@danwilliamson1991 11 ай бұрын

I've got a pair of Bose bluetooth speaker sunglasses which cost £200+ but Bose no longer repair them. They charge as normal but switch themselves off when you wear them/open them to put them on! It's a known wiring fault. They've barely been used and looked after/immaculate. Fancy having ago? No worries if you can't fix them - they're nice sunglasses even if they never work again.