How to maximise your iPhone battery life and lifespan?

If you would like to lengthen your iPhone battery life and lifespan, here are the general tips from Apple:

1. Always update your Apple software to the latest version. Latest iOS 9.3.1 include advanced energy saving technology. When your battery charge drops below 20%, iPhone will prompt the user to switch to battery saving mode.
2. Avoid extreme ambient temperatures. Device performs the best in temperature range from 16° to 22°C). Exposing your phone on temperate above 35°C will damage your battery capacity. Also, charging the device in high temperature can further damage it. Using the device under a very cold environment will get a obvious decrease in battery life.
3. If you plan to store your device for longer than 6 months, charge it to 50% every 6 months
4. Adjust your screen brightness or dim the screen to extend the battery life.
5. Use Wi-Fi whenever possible since it consumes less power than a cellular network.
6. To improve your iPhone battery life, monitor your background activity and increase the fetch interval if your Mail or Calendar app is running in the background.
7. Turn off location services in Settings > Privacy > Location Services in order to save iPhone battery life
8. Turn off push notification in order to minimise the phone display being wake up when lock screen is displayed
9. Turn on the aeroplane mode when you are under a poor cell coverage

iPhone SE Teardown, Possible Revelation of the Truth Behind on iPhone SE Pricing

iPhone SE finally released at the end of March 2016 and everybody will get surprise why the new family member is such bargaining, although it equips similar iPhone 6S features. According to the teardown from Chipworks, we may get the answer. From the teardown, we discover some known iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 chipsets. 

According to the teardown pictures from Chipworks, we can find that both iPhone SE and iPhone 6S adopt A9 processor with serial number APL1022 and date code 1604 hinted that it is come out from January. About the DRAM, both phone models use SK Hynix 2GB LPDDR4 RAM but the date code 1535 hinted that they come out from last year August and September 2015. iPhone SE adopts older 19nm memory, although both are Toshiba 16GB and we suspect this is one of the clearance components.

Regarding to the iPhone SE LCD Screen Assembly, the digitiser control component we observed from the teardown is Broadcom BCM5976 and Texas Instrument 343S0645, which is same as iPhone 5S. SE adopts Qualcomm MDM9625M and WTR1625L Modem and RF receiver. Components which are same as iPhone 6S are 338S00105 and SS8S1285 (Sound control), NXP 66V10 (NFC). The only new component is 338S00170 which is a power management IC.

As a result, we can deduce that the come out of iPhone SE is to clear the overstocks of partial old components and that is why the price is such bargaining. 

Photos from: Chipworks

iPhone SE Touch Screen LCD Digitiser Price

iPhone SE just released on 21 March 2016 and the design and size is identical to iPhone 5S. Overall body design is more biased squared instead of rounded shape. 3.5 mm headphone jack is kept. A9+M9 chip is used and Apply Pay is supported. If you would to like get a replaced iPhone SE touch screen digitiser, you can source here.

A In-depth Look of China Made iPhone 6 LCD Screen Assembly

After Chinese New Year, China made iPhone 6 LCD screen digitiser replacement is overwhelming the repair market. Cost lowers which give more options for those who are earning a very thin margin on phone repairing. At this moment, there are three companies manufacturing the iPhone 6 LCD screens. One is LT, one is JDF, the third one is SC. Below are some comparison after our tests:

First of all, when you take a closer look, both LT, JDF, and SC iPhone 6 LCD screens can spot horizontal textures lines clearly under the light, while the line textures had been hidden by a special painted layer.

Secondly, screens from these 3 manufacturers are thicker than original one because they are manufactured under G+G technology instead of In-Cell technology. Screws to hold the metal plate under the backlight can’t be fastened well. Glass lens, however, are too thin which make the home button stands out. A plastic layer has been added to make JDF made screen thicker.

Regarding to the compatibility with the rear housing, you can distinguish the quality by touching with your fingers. LT made screens are far worse than original while JDF made screen is much better.

The display quality of the SC made iPhone 6 screens is closest to OEM but the visible angle is still smaller. For LT and JDF made screens, clear color differences can be observed.

Regarding to iOS 9.3 compatibility, both JDF, LT and SC iPhone screens passed the test with iOS 9.3 beta 7. We will test again after iOS 9.3 final release few days later and let readers know again.

Apple launching screen protector installation programs

Selected Apple Stores will start offering plastic screen protector installations on iPhone in coming weeks. Apple has partnered with Belkin to bring dedicated screen protector installation machines to the stores. If the installation with the new machines results in any error, Apple will offer a free new screen protector without any hassle. Check the video below which shows the machines similar to the ones that Apple will begin using in stores.

If you busted your iPhone screen already, why consider to replace by yourselves.

iPhone 5 LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

iPhone 5S LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

iPhone 5C LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

iPhone 6 LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

iPhone 6 Plus LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

iPhone 6S LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

iPhone 6S Plus LCD Screen Replacement Assembly

Beware of iPhone bricking when you replace the phone parts

Error 53 denotes a hardware issue that suspends the software update or restore from completion. Your iPhone device is bricked if anybody try to replace their Touch ID modules or Home buttons with authorised parts.

This is because every Home button is uniquely paired with a Touch ID sensor based on encoded serial numbers based on hardware. This check ensures your iPhone and iOS features remain secure and prevent any malicious Touch ID sensor can gaining access to any secure information. According to Apple, this security measure is necessary to protect your device and prevent any fraudulent sensor from being used.

However, law firm from Seattle may bring a class action suit against Apple over “Error 53”, said the British paper. “A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged should be guilty of an offence,” states the law.

Next time, when your iPhone is busted and you are going to change the LCD screen assembly, please pay attention not to replace your Home button or touch ID with any unauthorised components. For more information on iPhone 6 LCD screen assembly, click here. For information on iPhone 6 Plus screen assembly, click here.

If you are looking for any iPhone 6S LCD screen: click here

If you are looking for any iPhone 6S Plus LCD screen: click here

What is Openbox V8S actually?

Openbox V8S, Skybox or Zgemma Star 2S are free to air (FTA) full HD satellite receiver which is very popular in United Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia. Easy to setup and simply connect the Openbox satellite receiver to your satellite dish. How many FTA channels can be received depends on how many satellites you can receive at your location. You can get all the FTA channels what are available for free in your areas with the receivers. However, if you want to watch paid channels, you have to buy the gift cards from the web, such as eBay. Many expertise offer 12 months free gift cards which can allow you to view decrypted channels.

Why everybody will buy the gift cards?

To answer this question, firstly, you have to understand what is “Cardsharing” or “CCcam”. CCcam is a kind of cardsharing protocol which share the digital packages by connecting the client to a CCcam cardsharing server via the Internet. The main function of the server is to transfer the encrypted channel codes over a network to clients. The cardsharing server shares the decrypted information obtained through yours or anybody else’s satellite subscription card with other users who are connected to it.

Openbox V8S or Zgemma Star 2S are so popular because they not simply a FTA satellite receivers. What’s more, they are a powerful linux based satellite receiver which runs the CCcam protocol software which is able to communicate with a card sharing server in order to watch any paid satellite TV channels without any interruption. Each couple of seconds, any encrypted signal being sent to the TV and CCcam decrypts it so you can keep on watching TV without lagging.

To get a genuine and stable supply of Openbox V8S, you can go here:  http://www.cellphoneage.com/v8s-openbox-dual-core-satellite-receiver.html