iPhone self-repair experience for US users
Apple first froze $1,200 on Sean Hollister’s credit card as a deposit for repair tools, along with an additional $49 for tool rental and $69 for a brand new battery. Then Apple sent two large suitcases, weighing a total of 36kg, containing all the equipment for repairing iPhone components, including an industrial-grade heat station and spring-loaded press.

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For users with maintenance experience, the complete equipment may be very easy to use, but if you lack relevant experience and have poor hands-on ability, trouble in the middle may be inevitable. In fact, Apple also included a maintenance manual, but in actual operation, Sean Hollister still encountered some problems, such as failure to remove the screen, the heater having an error code without knowing the cause, and the screen doesn’t fit the frame completely when installed, the system doesn’t correctly identify the battery, etc.It seems that even with a full set of professional equipment and basic hands-on ability, users are still not enough to do simple iPhone repair work by themselves.