iPhone Battery Replacment

Anyone use a third party to get their iPhone battery replaced. Mine's crackerhacked, so I think the Apple option is a no go for me. Unless I'm wrong? My battery is getting pretty bad. I've had it for almost three years. If I take it to work with light usage, it's half done by the time I leave. It used to last five days. It's the 2g so it's soldered. While I'm sure I could do it, I'm not the best solderer. Anyone have any positive or negative experiences? Thanks for any help.

 

just restore your iphone using the latest firmware and hand it to the apple folk.

 

I live in China and was able to get it replaced for about 20 USD, and it only took them a couple minutes. The replacement is almost as good as the original battery.

With that said, it didn't look to complicated to do. I know there a couple sites out there that you can either send the phone to or buy the battery for pretty cheap.

I say go for it and do it your self.

 

Go to an Apple Store first after you restore, and go from there.

 

can't one buy an original apple battery and replace it ?

 

@ZaZ: i would also suggest you restore it and then take it to an apple store. Genuine batteries last longer and do not explode

@mfractal: It's supposed to be soldered on the board. So unless you have a genuine battery and you're a good solderer, it could be done nicely.

 

When I went to an apple store to ask they said they have to send the iphones to the factory because the battery is stuck. My friend bought a fake iphone and his battery is depleted after 1 day, when he opened his iphone and showed the battery (with a big caution triangle) the apple store guy just laughed xD

 

What??

 

I've purchased a battery pack on ebay and replaced it myself. Just need some patience and small screwdrivers, its fairly easy to do.

 

Any hard evidence to back that up?

 

I'd stay away from the aftermarket li-on cells... Especially for phones and laptops.

 

Again, any evidence to back that up?

 

better be safe than sorry bro, but if you have the skills to then go for it,

 

do google searches yourself... there has been tons of stories about Laptops and phones with 3rd party cheap batteries catching on fire or blowing up.

 

This should be over at Brighthand, this forum is for laptops

 

I went with iPodjuice. They've got a 10 rating on resellerratings. If I undo the cracked software to take it back to Apple, it costs more and I've got to redo everything. I'm not so much concerned about the Apple side, but all the other software from the Cydia side I'd have to do. If go with iPodjuice I don't have to re-do everything. iPodjuice has been around a long time and they've got good ratings. Nothing in life is without risk. The Jesus phone went in the mail today. I'm stuck on my Nokia from like six years ago until it comes back. I'm a little emo right now, OK?

 

Glad you came up with a decision. The reason i was telling you not to use chinese 3rd party batteries is that i once read an article where a man had his right ear blown after the battery exploded while he was talking on the phone.

 

While I've reason to doubt your story, I think the odds of something similar happening is very small. No course of action is without risk.

 

Haha, tell us how it goes, ZaZ! And just wondering, by crackerhacked did you mean software changes or physical changes to the iPhone? Because software would've been easy to revert, of course.

I actually went through the Apple iPhone exchange process just a few weeks ago...I dropped my iPhone in a sink full of water (washed hands, then accidental swipe and it drops into the sink) and it was dead and dead, water damage throughout. But its just $200 for a new/refurbished immediate replacement at any Apple Store (I was worried at first I'd have to pay $500 for a new no-contract iPhone).

 

Getting hit by lightning has very small odds too, but it happens.

 

Well, I already sent it off. Hopefully I'll get it back this week. I'll post back when I get a chance to check it out.

 

Evidence being 5 "lemon" batteries from various reputable sellers, each costing ~$70, and 3 iPhone aftermarket batteries that didn't work at all. Anything electronics related that I've bought from reputable sellers in China ended up going bad, i.e. laptop chargers that got so hot my girlfriend's father actually burnt himself on it.

And obviously it's a HUUGE hassle dealing with them because they're so far, and there's no way to contact them directly.

 

I got my phone back on Friday. At first it was exhibiting some odd behavior like I could only get sound from the headphone jack and every time I sent a text, the text recipient got sent to the bottom of my text list, which seemed odd to me. I played around with the settings, but didn't find anything obvious. I sent an email to iPodjuice. I got a reply the next day, but in the meantime, it started to work properly. I'm not sure why it didn't work or why it started working normally as I didn't really do anything to it, but I think sometimes it's just best to accept a gift and not question it.

As for the battery life, it seems about the same as my original when I got it, despite the claims of a higher wattage on the replacement battery. It goes about 2-3 days on medium usage, which is enough for me. If it last three years like the original, in which time I may have moved onto to something else, I'll be happy.

As for the process, it took about two and a half weeks from the day I mailed it off, to the day I received it back. I chose Priority Mail, which is faster, but you don't get a tracking number. The phone seemed to be well packed and looked like it was not damaged during the process/transport. The whole thing cost $45.

iPodjuice says about 5-10 days days for it mailed back. Finally about day nine I sent an email because I was stuck using my Nokia 6030 during the time my iPhone was being fixed. It was like 2001 all over again. They were wrote back they were working on it. I got an email the next day it had shipped. It would have been nice to have some way to track the progress of the repair via the website, but that's not an option right now. Somehow I made it.

Time will tell I guess if it holds up. The battery has a lifetime warranty. All in all I would say it was a positive transaction.

 

hm...like how? dont he feel it before it got to the point "burn" on him?

Anythings?? some of my electronic devices was made from China and still working perfectly well. since 'everything you brought from China end up bad my advice to you is make sure you check "everything" in his/her and your household just to be safe before it burn or end up stop working in the middle of the nite or middle of your showering

 

I've replaced a few batteries in iPhones now, and they are very simple to do. The most important thing to remember is to tin your wires.

Though I am pretty good at soldering (I can remove and replace memory chips), this is only 3 wires, and it's not super tight to get to them.