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| ▲ | metabagel 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Heat gun? This isn't the type of consumer-friendly battery replacement which the EU is looking for. |
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| ▲ | bombcar 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | reminds me of finding an old scout manual that said "go to your neighborhood blacksmith" - different things are "easy" for different people. | |
| ▲ | nearbuy 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You don't need a heat gun. A regular hair dryer is fine. | | |
| ▲ | snet0 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | A fine way to start a house fire, sure. | | |
| ▲ | djhn 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Starting a fire with a hair dryer, without disassemblibg it, seems almost like a challenge. What are you going to ignite with 80-90°C warm, rapidly cooling air? |
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| ▲ | bombcar 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Which is fine - but the law is the law and will look at what Apple (et al) provide and document. (Thought Apple's $99 to do the repair themselves isn't terribly bad all things considered; and likely part of their attempt to forestall complaints and litigations). |
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| ▲ | FridayoLeary 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| And you can do it for much less if you want. I've replaced phone batteries with 6 dollars worth of tools and a hairdryer. You can buy glue or sticky gaskets for next to nothing as well if you care about waterproofing. |
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| ▲ | leptons 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Most people are going to give up in 1 minute trying to open a smartphone. I can't imagine most people I know succeeding to replace the battery by themselves. | | |
| ▲ | bombcar 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Most people I know would come to me to replace the battery in an old Thinkpad, and those were made to be easily removable! |
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