Building an iPhone

[Guest]

What are your thoughts on building an iphone 6 from ebay scrap parts?

 

Also can I get some verification on if this will work together?

 

Logic board/back shell

LCD and Digitizer

 

Thanks for the help!

[aeroencychris]

Fitting video I saw on reddit frontpage earlier

 

[Guest]

Just now, cdsboy2000 said:

Fitting video I saw on reddit frontpage earlier

 

Yeah I was inspired by this to do some research, and it seems pretty easy after choosing the right parts. 

[doomsriker]

Just don't buy from anybody who does not have good ratings and at least a thousand reviews total. Lots of scams on EBAY.

[alexhelvetica]

Really, don't. 

Just because you saw a video of a guy in Shenzhen make a phone from parts, doesn't mean you can do that, especially since you aren't in the Shenzhen markets.

Also don't expect it to be a reasonable cost buying the main parts off ebay or aliexpress, those sellers are selling to completely different people to the Shenzhen markets, so prices will be a lot more. 

[alexhelvetica]

That main assembly is useless and quite overpriced in your case, it is an icloud locked main board, so it is useless to you and you cannot use it. 

 

That screen will certainly be a peice of shit, certainly not original and certainly not good quality (I can tell that by the price) 

[ThatsNoMoon]

Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

That main assembly is useless and quite overpriced in your case, it is an icloud locked main board, so it is useless to you and you cannot use it. 

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How do you know it's an iCloud locked board? I'm not saying it can't be, or that you should definitely trust the seller when they say it's unlocked, I'm just curious.
 

 

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:icloud locked main board, so it is useless to you and you cannot use it. 

That screen will certainly be a peice of shit, certainly not original and certainly not good quality (I can tell that by the price) 

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And just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it will certainly be a piece of shit, unless you're an expert on buying individual iPhone parts off of eBay.

[alexhelvetica]

2 minutes ago, ThatsNoMoon said:

How do you know it's an iCloud locked board? I'm not saying it can't be, or that you should definitely trust the seller when they say it's unlocked, I'm just curious.

It says on the listing.... 

2 minutes ago, ThatsNoMoon said:

And just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it will certainly be a piece of shit, unless you're an expert on buying individual iPhone parts off of eBay.

I can assure, I have bought $25 phone screens off ebay before, they are made of the cheapest glass that just snaps and not cracks, and the LCD was not very good, and ran extremely hot and overheated the device. 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, ThatsNoMoon said:

How do you know it's an iCloud locked board? I'm not saying it can't be, or that you should definitely trust the seller when they say it's unlocked, I'm just curious.
 

 

And just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it will certainly be a piece of shit, unless you're an expert on buying individual iPhone parts off of eBay.

Bro my droid turbo screen assembly costs like 80 bucks OEM, trust me it's cheap.

[ThatsNoMoon]

Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

It says on the listing.... 

 

Ah, didn't scroll down that far. My bad.
What does it mean if it has an iCloud account on it? Will it only work with that iCloud account?

Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I can assure, I have bought $25 phone screens off ebay before, they are made of the cheapest glass that just snaps and not cracks, and the LCD was not very good, and ran extremely hot and overheated the device. 

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Still seems pretty anecdotal. I would steer away from $20 screens as well, I'm just saying it's not certainly a waste of money, op's probably not trying to make an original iPhone here.

2 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

Bro my droid turbo screen assembly costs like 80 bucks OEM, trust me it's cheap.

Oh I know it's cheap, I'm just not convinced that automatically makes it a worthless piece of shit.

[alexhelvetica]

7 minutes ago, ThatsNoMoon said:

Ah, didn't scroll down that far. My bad.
What does it mean if it has an iCloud account on it? Will it only work with that iCloud account?

It is only able to be used with that particular iCloud account. 

7 minutes ago, ThatsNoMoon said:

Still seems pretty anecdotal. I would steer away from $20 screens as well, I'm just saying it's not certainly a waste of money, op's probably not trying to make an original iPhone here.

Oh I know it's cheap, I'm just not convinced that automatically makes it a worthless piece of shit.

Expensive doesn't mean good for phone screens, but cheap does mean bad. I cannot explain it any more than that. 

[Guest]

hm ok.

 

well guess im going back to finding something to do

[Wano97]

The comments will probably shed some light on the cost etc.