Nice work, Hugh. I officially anoint you a 'licensed technician'. 😁

@LeahDykema

11 ай бұрын

I second this, Hugh Jeffrey should totally be the first to officially get this title 🤣

@rf159a

11 ай бұрын

@@LeahDykema Absolutely !!!

@gi4dtv

11 ай бұрын

If only I had half the skills that you have.

@JJDaMan808

11 ай бұрын

Should be a thing for him being a licensed technician in practice 😂

@lillebrorsanvincent2017

11 ай бұрын

​@@LeahDykemafirst Louis Rossman, then Hugh

"Licensed phone technician" LMAO that is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time

@Roxxofoxxo

11 ай бұрын

Omfgggg I wasn't expecting to see you here, small world lmao

@lachlank

11 ай бұрын

how boring is your life?

@h0rk3d

11 ай бұрын

Maybe he meant "certified", just a thought. By the looks of the "repair" I doubt it though

@mrcyborg9216

11 ай бұрын

Oh

@Techlevel1534.

11 ай бұрын

I’m licensed 😂

I love that companies REFUSE to use screws to hold down the rear cover, but literally cover in the insides with screws and then glue the battery in place, where they use plastic clamps to cover a connector. It is like they know which parts will need to be replaced and have made those parts as hard/dangerous to replace as possible...

@osamu_90

11 ай бұрын

Not trying to defend these practices, but you can't use screws to hold down the rear cover unless you fancy marketing a phone without water resistance (which I don't think is going to sell well at all).

@zetsubou3704

11 ай бұрын

@@osamu_90 Uh almost every electronic appliance that needs proper water resistance is held together with screws and rubber gaskets, there is no need to glue shit shown, it's only done for aesthetics. It's definitely possible to just make a metal+glass back cover with a gasket (something like the iphones) to have screw holes for easier removal.

@milktoast56

11 ай бұрын

​@@osamu_90everyone seems to forget the Samsung Galaxy S5 (removable back, battery, water resistant)

@Zerbey

11 ай бұрын

@@osamu_90 Water resistant devices have existed for years, it's only recently we've started using adhesive instead of screws and rubber gaskets.

@Adierit

11 ай бұрын

@@milktoast56 The S5 has a lesser water resistance rating though of IP67 vs the IP68 rating of the glued phones. This doesn't seem like much, but IP68 can survive three times the depth in water as compared to IP67 for the same duration.

Hey hugh, certified samsung tachnician here. I love your videos and your extensive knowledge. I do have a tip for you, that grey/blue frc cable on the main board side that runs from the usb board to the main board is supposed to go over the plastic bracket for the wireless charging but under the coil itself. It's clear the seller opened the phone previously and didnt mount it correctly

@dimitrisp.4397

11 ай бұрын

Hey I saw that too and I wondered what happened there! Also certified samsung technician!

@thehellkeeper5674

11 ай бұрын

@dimitrisp.4397 right? Putting it under the bracket will damage it and eventually cause network connectivity issues. Also scared the shit out of me when i saw the copper foil peeled on the sub display 🤣

@dimitrisp.4397

11 ай бұрын

@@thehellkeeper5674 I still cannot believe how the sub display survived the teardown!

@ThaexakaMavro

11 ай бұрын

is it true that Samsung change the ies to when you send it to repair?

@thehellkeeper5674

11 ай бұрын

@@ThaexakaMavro the what?

There's no limit to some seller's imaginations when writing ebay sales descriptions! 🙄 Nice fix Hugh! 👌👌

That licensed technician must be friends with the level 9 technicians at Microsoft 😂

Seeing this glued down phone makes me even happier for the upcoming user removable battery law! Finally, something that's actually good for the environment and consumers!

The only licensed technician are you Hugh. Great job as always 👏

@TheFalseShepphard

11 ай бұрын

is you* Learn how to spell

@jul275

11 ай бұрын

He isn't. A licensed technician would never (especially on Samsung Phones) use liquidglue like B7000/B8000.

@techgirl517

11 ай бұрын

@@jul275 Only for this he would not be a licensed technician? This is ridicolous.

@jul275

11 ай бұрын

@@techgirl517 Not just for this one. Also noch ESD for example. And "only for this.." - It is very serious. No waterprotection, heavier opening from the device and more. Using a 1$ / 100ml glue for an expensive phone like this. He will never be licensed.

@techgirl517

11 ай бұрын

@@jul275 🤫

As a Licensed phone plumber,you did a great job repairing it

When you go to do the Flip 4 note that you may need to transfer the magnets from the original frame to the new one or the inner screen may go dark when turned on. I believe the hall sensor expects a certain magnet strength to function and there is no way to calibrate the preinstalled magnets to the sensor on the logic board.

@dimitrisp.4397

11 ай бұрын

It needs a hall ic calibration!

Gotta love seeing these repairs. Very satisfying to watch. 😎👍

beautifully done with the battery removal! I would've been too scared to use a metal prying tool like you did. very impressive!

When lifting screens you should use a iflex opening tool or a quanli opening tool, that metal pry tool with the handle is far too thick and will increase your screen failure rate when lifting. You should also inject IPA into the edges of the display as these screens are not effected by it and the adhesive with heat and ipa will literally fall off. This is coming from a trained samsung tech that does accredited repairs.

@robertcalkjr.8325

11 ай бұрын

I kinda cringed when he used the Jimmy. I also have one and I sanded the blade down good and smooth.

@fabian11235

11 ай бұрын

Really interesting I always thought all screens reacted poorly to ipa, getting blotches. Are samsungs new oleds sealed off or why does this work?

@jeinnerabdel

11 ай бұрын

Assuming you are from the UK (based on your user name). Does Samsung have the free screen change (or at least it's protector) in the first year? My phone has it and I live in a God's forsaken country!

@AJSax0n

11 ай бұрын

@@jeinnerabdel sorry I’m not sure. I don’t work directly for Samsung and that would be a question for them. Reach out to them.

@West-for-Whites_NonWhites-Out

11 ай бұрын

Muh millennial credentials

I absolutely love folding phones, and the Z Fold 3 I'm currently typing on. Such an amazing device and worth every penny imo

Well done. Good repair!!🎉

You are brilliant buddy! Observation, analytical, skillful and educational. Wonderful channel.

It's frustrating to see how obvious so many choices are made to make these phones harder/annoying to repair

@kasiorap

11 ай бұрын

and the majority doesnt care until apple starts doing it 😂

@mikejames6588

11 ай бұрын

It's not that hard if you have the right tools.

@TomGrievee

11 ай бұрын

@@mikejames6588 he seemed to struggle with a few things and the only reason he wouldn't have the correct tool is if they keep changing the tools required. There is no reason the battery, screen, and plastic clip should be any harder than already hard to repair phones.

@mikejames6588

11 ай бұрын

@@TomGrievee it's 2023. It's not that hard to fix these devices

@robertcalkjr.8325

11 ай бұрын

@@mikejames6588 Nope, just take your time and be careful.

My favorite restoring channel 💞💞💞💞

just like "the cameraman never dies", ever repair video always ends in a successful repair, so good job mate.

Asurion repair tech here. Im not sure if it exactly applies, but for my job we did have to get Apple and Samsung certified to work on any phones, they've got a whole program and curriculum that 3rd party repair partners have to go by so we can do the job. There's also something called a WISE certification too, depending on what level of equipment/hardware you're required to repair. Hope this helps lol

Lovely work.. nicely done!

Well done! Great repair! 👌

I wonder if the seller meant "licensed technician" as in a technician from Samsung or a 3rd party technician that is licensed. Like from a shop that sells Samsung phones as well other phones

@ThaexakaMavro

11 ай бұрын

my thoughts too

It's nice to see you have some hands on with this BEAST of a device. I adore mine and it's cool to see the internals. If you are going to sell it I'd recommend daily driving it for a bit since it's an amazing experience.

Thank you! Mine just broke (out of warranty), and I've been looking for repair videos. Everything I've found until this point was a review of getting their phone repaired... not what I was looking for... You saved me time of trying to do it myself. It's now $600 U.S. for the screen or $650 for a refurbished phone.... I'll just go with the new phone😅

Reminds me of the Mercedes EQS saying the hood may only be opened by a specialist workshop 😂

Nice perfect restoration hugh

Your skill is amazing to watch !

What a stunning phone ..great job on fixing it

@HUYI1

11 ай бұрын

It is actually a breeze to use 😊😊 typing with it now with s pen 🖊️ 😎

Yay another one of your videos came up!!

Even though the repairability cost of folding phones is really high and it's unnecessarily complicated tech, I just got the Fold4 with a pretty nice discount, since the shop is selling out their stock to stock up on Fold5's, and I gotta say, the multitasking capabilities and just usability alone on that huge screen is just amazing. And then you fold it in half and it fits in any pocket. It's just awesome and well worth the money I paid for it, which is about half it's original launch price.

Nice one, Hugh! Sweet discount!

Nice work, Hugh.

Very satisfying good work this is an awesome phone

Idk why i didnt subscribed to your channel. I really like your work and your videos helped me to repair my iphone x myself. Hehe now i am happy to keep this phone for a little while more.

You sir are a Samsung Surgeon, wow I was amazed.

Great job! Congrats.

While it might have 18 months warranty left on it, Samsung's flip phone warranty (Samsung Flip and Fold are in this category) doesn't cover the screen in any way, so any type of screen damage either accidental or manufacturer's defects have to be paid in full by the customer, unless you take out an extended warranty of sorts which in most cases costs far more than a screen replacement

Good job! It must be great feeling to power up first time after all that.

Very nice fix!

What a beauty… I can only wish for working on a foldable one day

You did such a good job fixing it I really want to purchase it from you. Not sure how that would work, so good job!

I was also going to bid on this phone but decided not to bother at the last minute. Good video.

Nicely made instructional video! I take it the differences to the fold 3/4 models will be marginal. May give it a shot due to a damaged inner fold display. Thanks for the hard work.

while that phone definitely wasnt touched by a licensed tech, samsung license0s do exist. Asurion, the US largest phone insurance providers paid for mine as well as my apple certification. The different screw behind the screen isnt a screw holding in the plastic cover. it holds the sim tray in place. easy to keep separate if you lay your screws out in order. i usually throw a couple thin strips of double sided tape on the back of the battery to ensure it doesnt loosen in the future with exposure to heat. i would also recommend an AOD jig, makes opening most samsungs a dream. otherwise, excellent video as usual.

I find it really funny that a guy who'se gluing the screen together with some stuff he bought at the hardware store projects this much confidence about his professionalism.

@ram89572

8 ай бұрын

what are you on about? I suppose you expect a glue fairy blessed by the gods of samsung, apple, and the like to come down from on high and bestow someone with some specialty glue that only they are allowed to hand out.

@simon199418

8 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure they optimize the process to a micrometer in order to make sure they can get a very good yield that meets their water resistance spec in production.@@ram89572

You need to call these people out by name

its so nice and a lovley video great fix hugh you are a LICENCED TECHNICIAN 😁

Watching this surgery from my Fold 4!

There a certified phone repair technicians. The certifications are usually obtained in third world countries where phone repair is more prominent. Instead of having ohone insurance and having the phone be sent back to the factory via your phone operators. You can go to a repair tech and get it fixed locally. Its what they do in Brazil

@adinahirschmann3112

8 ай бұрын

Better for the environment! Sure beats having all the parts, some toxic, end up in a landfill.

very nice fix

Well done

BRAVO!!

KZread's best licensed phone technician.

good job on the repair, I am surprised you can even get parts and that changing the display doesn't brick the device.

Another outstanding video you make it look so easy

You are amazing! 👍

I'm pretty impressed.

The reason I like Samsung is that their replacement parts are at least easy to source - often expensive, but at least genuine. I do find myself wary of them changing that in future with some of the things we've seen them do though.

So. There is a "WISE" certification. Which there are 2 levels. Software and hardware. It means nothing. You can be a Samsung, Apple, and Google Certified. With this Fold, I've seen this countless times. The inner screen protector starts to peel, so the customer tries to peel the protector off. Resulting in them digging too deep and destroying the screen. Samsung actually had to change the outer display adhesive as no technician could get it off with their provided display removal tool. Unfortunately my store broke quite a bit of them.

Great repair job. When I begun with my electronic work, first as hobby and then as career, most of the devices I worked on used vacuum tubes. Successive technological transitions were painless though; but when we arrived to smartphone and tablets, the single thing I couldn't wrap my head around was... The use of glue to keep the devices together. Use of glue has been despised for generations of design engineers. If we had our way, all smartphones would have a 3 mm bezel all around, hiding the screws utilised to keep the screen and the back cover attached to the frame. I guarantee that no-one would complain of that bezel. Glue - blah!

@xonor13

11 ай бұрын

Yup, glue is the worst design decision for repairability, but is the cheapest for production. I miss the good old days when iPhones used to have the bezel you mentioned, that were held together by two screws. When the screws were removed you could easily suction cup the screen off popping the retention clips. However, nothing beats the age when you could just pop the back off by hand in less than a second to replace your battery.

@beingdeeply

11 ай бұрын

Or... Screws in the back.

Awesome repair, a lot of parts this time 😁

I love your videos 😊

You can use IR ceramic heat plate - it does not need direct contact. One like they use as bottom heater in cheap PCB hot air stations. Just stick the thermocouple on the metal part near battery not to overheat it.

Nice restore

I'm a licensed KZread commenter.

This is satisfying

There's tool called a coconut opener / coconut meat remover, long thin plastic slicer, very useful for battery adhesive slicing

Nice job bro!! I hope I don't have to fix mine like this I left the plastic cover over my inside screen and it took a crap. I should have insurance on this phone but if I don't I'm gonna have to take the same road

Great video and keep up the good work, love how easy it is to work on Samsung phones :D The part number for the front screen adhesive is GH82-29454A

very good job

Cool video, man.

Nice phone Great save

As someone who has fixed 3 phones, I also claim the title of licensed technician. Even wrote it out myself. 🤣

Always love your videos they have helped me reapair not only my own devices but coworkers friends and familys device what site did u find this screen on looking to repair my zfold 3

gaskets as you mentioned in cars are not glue they are rubber that is squeezed between the head and the block at I think 200 ft pounds

FINALLY back to fixing phones

Also, that smirk at 8:41, you silly.

I use to work for a major US based repair company that is partnered with Samsung, and am certified/licensed to repair their phones, so yes we exist. Also yes, we never remove the inner screen, Samsung does not repair that screen and will usually just replace the phone or it will require a complete body/frame replacement that houses the inner screen.

love your video

As a Licensed KZread viewer myself l think he is legit.

I love hugh Jefferies!

3:20 i have noticed that you sometimes cause damage because you use the wrong tools. When folding the copper back, use a soft tool or even your fingers, you wont leave grooves from the pick

Very interesting. I wonder how much they're investing in the search for even stronger adhesives. The trivial saving for doing it yourself is another insult from Samsung, unless their technicians are paid a pittance.

Wow that thing is crazy thick 😮😅

now i want that one

We're done 😁👌

I am an "un licensed "tech I just got asked to quote one of these your video helped alot thank you

@garydunscombe1762

9 ай бұрын

also if the phone is less than 1 year old Samsung have a ontime price on replacement

$775 for a screen? You can buy a very good phone for that. It's all well and good, being able to repair a phone. But the cost is prohibitive.

There is only one licensed technician: Hugh

And Both the Batteries are glued beyond belief 😃😂😂🤣

until today you've been very lucky that none of the samsungs you've formatted are active "format lock", I don't know what it's called in the english language system, but i know that you can't format it through the boot loader without the device's password if this option is on. I know this because I played a lot with custom rom when I had samsung and this option always got in my way in stock rom

Great video , licenced phone technician is hilarious , itss like bin men , licenced refuse collection technitians!

Yea definitely an expensive repair for DIY. I ended up taking the z fold 4 refurb to Cityphones (a samsung authorised repair place in melbourne) and yeah while it felt like paying twice, it still works out cheaper than a brand new z fold! When they do it, new batteries are alao included in the price.

Great job Hugh! As I watch this on my ZF2

Nice!!

Ace job.. 🤟

Nice color

Samfw is good tool to bypass the FRP on Samsung and on androids

i already heard hugh's internal screaming when i saw the title saying "fold"