handyman increased the storage in the iPhone by four times with his own help – SMARTmania.cz

• Is your iPhone low on storage? The following video shows an unusual solution
• In it, the handyman replaced the original NAND memory with another one with the help of professional tools
• The whole process is so complicated that we would not recommend it to anyone

We love mobile device teardowns and do-it-yourself videos, because thanks to them, we get an idea of ​​how manufacturers manage to fit increasingly powerful and sophisticated components into new devices. An even better spectacle is provided by videos in which DIYers perform various modifications and upgrades that are not officially allowed by manufacturers – for example, adding a headphone port to the iPhone 7, or replacing the Lightning port with USB-C in the iPhone X. The following video will also concern the iPhone, this time the last generation.

Replacing a small storage with a larger one

DIYers from the YouTube channel KingSener tried to upgrade the storage in the iPhone 15 Pro, from the basic 128 to 512 GB. The difference between these memory variants in the official Apple Store is 9 thousand crowns, so this venture can pay off. However, due to the tools used, it is definitely not feasible at home.

The published video impresses above all with the care and professionalism of the dissection itself. While other YouTubers do not pay much attention to the quality of their work, the DIYers from KingSener perform all operations with maximum precision – they first provided the iPhone with protective glass and adhesive tapes so that the body would not be scratched during the operation. The creators even taped over the camera lenses to prevent them from getting dusty during the work.

The rest of the disassembly was carried out in a similar spirit, which was quite standard – what could be disassembled, was disassembled, what could be unglued, was unglued, what could be disconnected, was disconnected. The result of the whole event was a prepared motherboard with the main actor of the whole story, which was a NAND memory chip. The original one with a capacity of 128 GB was destroyed, by drilling with the help of a CNC machine down to the pins themselves. After thorough cleaning of the socket, a new chip with a larger memory was installed, fixed in place and the entire phone was reassembled.

The opposite process was also followed with complete care – no gluing just by eye, but a thorough assembly involving a stay under a UV lamp, perfect removal of the original glue, blowing out the insides with compressed air, applying the glue, heating and pressing in a press to maintain waterproofness. The last step in the whole process was the most important – downloading the latest version of iOS and flashing it to the new memory.

The patient has apparently embraced the new storage and, at least according to the video, it’s acting like it just rolled out of a Foxconn factory. However, for logical reasons, we definitely do not recommend doing this procedure yourself (or someone else) – you will get a more reliable result if you sell your iPhone with a small memory and buy a model with more storage.