@@Qwerty10254 ok thanks - credit card photos - so they were probably stolen in a "pickpocketing" manner? So they were probably using these cards for buying in internet or rather as he said to sell ID + card for 300 dollars? If he got evidence of fraud he should report it to the police - to help them find these people's fingerprints, own pictures, contacts - NOT RESET FLASH MEMORY ! :)
Double thumbs up for Google making it easy to calibrate the fingerprint sensor, rather than serializing the part and destroying biometric authentication like Apple...
Single thumb because it is not an offline tool, which means that they may shut down their servers at a whim and you can no longer repair these devices.
A middle finger for even having to do it in the first place. It serves no practical or security purpose, like someone's gonna crawl into your phone and solder in some device to clone your fingerprint data. smh
Years ago my dad bought a G4 tower Mac off Ebay and when it arrived, the person hadn't wiped the hard drive, which contained explicit material. My dad worked for the state police, so he ended up handing it over to them. My dad ended up getting buying refunded by ebay and bought another Mac from elsewhere.
@Mactep yeah and also you get a full computer. or just burn the hard drive and leave (joke) serve the drive with some fruits. (joke pls dont take seriously)
Can't believe he degloved himself and cut his arms and legs off while pumping himself full of drugs at the same time. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
@@SpaceSaver2000 he only turned on the online version of it, which helps build the network for tags and the devices that are able to use the offline portions
Ayo that might be my old phone 😂 I sold a same color pixel 6a to a dude that really looked like a criminal, big chains big watches and a big muscle car, the dude didn’t even really look at the phone he just threw me the cash and skedaddled. If this phone came from Canada it might really be it. It was spotless when I sold it though. Probably still have the IMEI of the phone somewhere in my emails to look if they match
I once had a thief steal my car, the tool used to break in was left on the street. Reported it to police, they came and had a look, wouldn't even take the tool as evidence, even after I insisted. I never heard back from the police nor ever saw my car again. Lost about 7 grand that day. Just saw my brother go through a divorce, he followed the law, did everything that was asked of him legally, but his lying wife and dirty lawyer broke a lot of rules and have come out on top much richer people, while my brother got screwed. As I am getting older, I am coming to the belief that being a honest and good citizen can backfire on you when the legal system is lousy and corrupt.
Hi, really sorry for what your brother is going through, I hope he gets justice one day. And this is very common here in India where the legal system is almost always biased to the rich and wealthy :(
@@palma123_jaat THanks, but this result is because of feminism. My brother is relatively poor income wise. So we have one poor person (her) robbing a slightly better off, hard working poor person (him). This was a case of a female welfare cheat (and her whole family) who knew how to abuse the welfare system (because women are seen as victims,) taking from a hard working man, including his child now. The 'poor' but dishonest people won (and robbed us through our gynocentric legal system), and the honest hard working person was screwed over (taken from).
Imagine that even countries like Australia, Canada, the USA all help criminals by not prosecuting them, yet regular citizens are liable to taxes and unpaid civil service and mandated confessions about their honest earned money or lawful use of their own property.
I don't blame You for not giving it to police. We have enough cases where the criminal doesn't get more than just a slap on the wrist. It's not worth putting Yourself and Your family at risk. Stay safe man!
@@BobDevV There is no way to compile all data on a phone, without specialized forensic software and hardware. Also he didn’t knowingly buy a stolen phone. He bought a phone and it turned out to be stolen…big difference. Please stop pretending you know stuff after a minute of google search. You just look like an idiot doing so.
You should of handed it in no matter what. Since information like this will be kept by law enforcement as evidence and even if ones who get caught becomes released or bailed will still be used as a way for law enforcement to track them down easier on how criminals do frauds.
Sometimes you’ll never know what you will find on a used phone especially if it was broken and untested. I’ve stumbled upon numerous phones that have had nudes and sketchy texts or some that were barely used. I always advise to anyone buying a used phone to be very careful on what you find on there.
same goes for thrift store laptops. i've found several that had the previous users data still on the machine, all accounts logged in to the web browser.
If you come across this situation in the future please get someone to make a forensic image of the phone before you wipe it. You can turn that over to law enforcement and even if nothing ever comes of it at least you made some effort. Interesting video!
It's a jolly good job that you managed to get the phone, so that you were able to properly deal with the previous users' data. Good to see that phone get another lease of life! Also, didn't know about the offline tracking - this is why, when you receive a used device, you should always factory reset the device, once you've ensured it is working and that any remaining accounts have been signed out of.
Another great video. One quibble though, you don't borrow money to a person. You lend money to a person if you have it and wish to, and on the other side, you borrow money from a person if you're short of money. 😊
This still links me to the phone. Say the seller knew the owner/is the owner, they know where it was posted to. If they get questioned about material recovered from their old phone they will know where it came from. As I said in the video, I wanted nothing to do with it. They are most likely to get off without any real consequences anyway. They didn't seem like masterminds, so may of been caught by now. I know what your suggesting is the heroic thing to have done but I would also be putting my family and I at risk in doing so.
@@HughJeffreys You bought it for $27! you cannot be that cheap, just hand it in and cut your losses. Could have been missing evidence in a bigger case? Sigh.
I'd still be precautious. Hopefully it was mailed to a PO Box rather than a home addresss. If they were paranoid and motivated enough, it could be an issue.
7:52 "And our weak courts would probably just bail them anyway" Am I missing something? He didn't want to stop identity theft, because the criminal would get bail?
Not sure, must have to do with moisture in the air and the heat from the phone creating the staining. I have seen in on the iPhone 7,8 & SE models where the ear piece flex cable coils around on top of the logic board.
@@HughJeffreys the "sweat' is the "oils' coming out from thermal pads, tend's to happen ALOT of high power GPU's due to them having alot of thermalpads,
I just wanna give you a tips about easy fast glue removing process….just buy glue remover tools…and I being skeptical about it at first…but after using it…it become one of my fav tools 😍 LOL
Great video as always! I had the regular Pixel 6 (not 6A) running GrapheneOS, but a few weeks ago it stopped connecting to wifi, got really hot and then kept bootlooping, so I got a used Pixel 7 to replace it. I've bought 3 used phones, thankfully none of which seemed to belong to criminals.
Google announced that end users are able to use the built in diagnostics found in the pixel software. You can enter the self diagnostics by entering a dialer code. Why didn't you use that for testing the phone?
The biggest data breach in the UK was the 2017-2018 Dixons Carphone breach which affected 14m customers, Dixons got off lightly with a £500,000 fine. Because the breach happened before GDPR came in they narrowly avoided a £17.6m fine. Data protection laws in the UK rank in the top five strictest in the world.
I don't know if this has been asked before, but what do you use to polish the scratches? I have a small scuff on my smart watch and have been looking for a fix.
For the used phone and location tracking, I'd assume it to be good practice to go into the recovery and factory reset the device before opening it up just to be extra sure in case the seller didn't do it and there might be sensitive information in the device.
@HughJeffreys so now you’re going to update the phone to the latest software so It can receive the offline tracking feature right And your going to take it off airplane mode and Connect it to your home Wi-Fi So the owner of the device can track your location, right Lol?
I work on phones all day. My advice for the adhesive on Pixels is to use a flathead bit that's as wide as the adhesive and just run that flat along the frame. The adhesive comes right off easily.
Hi Hugh how do you know prior to buying a phone if you can factory reset it? Since on Samsung you now need to enter your Samsung account password to reset and if you hard reset you still need to log back in with the original google account
But is it really separated from the accounts? When setting up a new AppleID on a used phone people sometimes will get a message that the maximum number of IDs have been created, leaving me to think that old IDs might be cached permanently somewhere.
I have a great video idea , as I’ve been searching the internet I seen that TEMU sells iPhone replacement screens, yes TEMU.. it’s $12 USD for an iPhone XS replacement KIT. And as of now , I can’t really find any videos of people trying them on UA-cam. And as I’ve been a big fan of the channel for almost 5 years now , I’d love to see your review and reaction on some of these screen replacements
1:03 try to stick a tape fully on the display folder before using suction tool and other tools, as it helps avoiding air due to cracks and helps reducing shattered glass to break even more...
Just so you know if you pull the finger print sensor from old screen you won’t need to reprogram it. It’s part paired to the motherboard basically. It will save you time.
I have a pixel 5a that experienced the black screen of death. I can't go back to the US to get a free replace pixel 6 that google was handing out. I also had a repair store put a different display on it and it still didn't boot. What should my next course of action be? I am in canada btw
Hugh, you may be getting a lot of hate/criticism for not giving the phone or the data to the police, but you did the right thing. Sure, the scammer this phone belonged to may not be the brightest bulb, but any risk is risk enough, especially when handing the phone to a family member. Safety first. Glad to see this phone getting a second home (and a new screen).
Hey Hugh Jeffreys. I have an iPhone 5c that i was working on recently, i got it up and running but about 10 mins later it started vibrating non stop but still functional. i was wondering if you would know if this was either a mainboard issue or if i should try and replace the vibration engine. Thanks
So what happens when carriers let location find my phone use cell data without the phone activated like calling emergency services? And with eSim you couldn’t stop that data. Faraday cage for sure, I hope they do not decide to do that. Or use BT for a nearby phone to tram it the location data. Still some phone will auto connect to open WiFi’s so make sure. you dont have any open Wifi in range.
Perfect video for me, bought a Pixel 6A in mint condition for €30 shipping included, it has a hairline crack which has killed the screen, planning on replacing the screen myself.
Hugh i have my pixel 8 pro locked and no way i can get into that phone it contains photos of my late grand father any way we can remove the lock without data loss? also i dont want to get stuck on the FRP on as i no longer have access to the google account but i do have the phone number
As a matter of courtesy (IF I was doing this for my mum), I would have also checked the battery health or just plain swap the battery to ensure Mum had an optimal setup/trouble free experience... After all, the phone's been opened, and it is a 6A and Lord knows what charging cycles it's had especially after a possible 2 years sitting around doing nothing... 😏
bought your app and learned a decent bit I didn't know about my phone, and somehow the corner of my screen is bad and doesn't work with touch, I never knew that!
A couple of years back the Aus and US police busted a lot of criminals who were using a secure communication app that was specifically on Pixel phones. I think it was accessed through the calculator. i wonder if that's why this was a criminal Pixel
What do you mean google has now enabled offline tracking!?.....my Xperia xz2 android 9 does this every time g maps keeps telling me to rate areas I've been to, despite being offline
idk how you could test for it but it would be cool in the Itest app to test for a fake rear camera. my cheap burner phone i bought at a Walmart for work while my main one was getting a screen replacement almost certainly has a second fake camera. its a Moto G stylus (2023)
Fingerprint and face recognition security isn't covered by the first amendment since if the police can unlock your phone without you having to give up your right to remain silent they are allowed to do it and use anything found on it against you in court
All the more reason to have a more complicated pattern. The real reason they didn't is that they are too lazy as is consistent with their lifestyle of wanting success without working for it.
@@earledwards6217 This. Although doing a really weak pattern is pretty stupid on their part. The police would have been able to guess that too. They should have had as long a PIN as possible or even a full on password if they cared about security.
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7:52 "And our weak courts would probably just bail them anyway"
Well, at least the loss of trust and confidence in the legal system is universal.
Might have been able to give them some info to help victims, but yeah.
In a Communist takeover they allow the crimes to run rampant and actively support and encourage them until they are succesful.
True
Bro thought he is judge, jury and executioner but has no faith in the legal system
@@simonwood1260 Legal system is more concerned with people selling stickers than criminals.
That's why it was a criminal's phone.
At least it is not dead now.
It was a "cell" phone
Why? Timestamp?
Like treasonous Trump's burner phone that he was ion contact with his treasonous Republican mob on January 6th, 2021?!!
4:49
@@Qwerty10254 ok thanks - credit card photos - so they were probably stolen in a "pickpocketing" manner? So they were probably using these cards for buying in internet or rather as he said to sell ID + card for 300 dollars? If he got evidence of fraud he should report it to the police - to help them find these people's fingerprints, own pictures, contacts - NOT RESET FLASH MEMORY ! :)
Double thumbs up for Google making it easy to calibrate the fingerprint sensor, rather than serializing the part and destroying biometric authentication like Apple...
Single thumb because it is not an offline tool, which means that they may shut down their servers at a whim and you can no longer repair these devices.
A middle finger for even having to do it in the first place. It serves no practical or security purpose, like someone's gonna crawl into your phone and solder in some device to clone your fingerprint data. smh
@@BillAntactually it does have a purpose
@@windowstips1430 - Yes it does, in some fantasy land. lol
@@BillAnt it's for security reasons, wether you like it or not
That pin code swipe was pure luck 🤣🤣 can't believe it was that easy to guess
Indeed, I would have made Z, M, combo's but never a L
Implying most criminals aren't straight up idiots
pattern unlocks are the most insecure way of authenticating. many times it's just a letter.
@@JessicaFEREM- and if you get 10 chances theoretically you could get through the most common ones before it locked.
@VeedoCapone that is actually a little scarily confronting, given that I know someone who used an L as the lock on their android.
Hugh's Mum on phone to Hugh "Why is the FBI at my door !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
And what authority does US domestic law enforcement have to pursue foreign nationals domiciled in another country?!
@williamharris8367 like its never happened before??
@@williamharris8367Holy shit man it's a joke.
Hi Hugh, I'm calling from my "cell"-phone. :D :D
@@giggygiggy1393exactly
Lol at the thought of Hugh's mum not having seen his videos and innocently asking him "you don't have a spare phone by any chance do you?" 😂😂
Years ago my dad bought a G4 tower Mac off Ebay and when it arrived, the person hadn't wiped the hard drive, which contained explicit material. My dad worked for the state police, so he ended up handing it over to them. My dad ended up getting buying refunded by ebay and bought another Mac from elsewhere.
In those situations you could prob just take out and hand over just the hard drive itself.
@Mactep yeah and also you get a full computer. or just burn the hard drive and leave (joke) serve the drive with some fruits. (joke pls dont take seriously)
I'm assuming that the material was "cheese pizza" so I hope the original owner had it coming.
Pointless story
@@mahrufurrahman9759 Yes! Disgusting that it happened, but eBay was quick to refund. Imagine if someone else got their hands on it.
Can't believe Hugh shot himself five times and jumped off of a bridge just right after uploading this video.
What😂😂
Can't believe he degloved himself and cut his arms and legs off while pumping himself full of drugs at the same time. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
@@Ниггерфиш Funkytown😂😂😂
"Definitely suicide" said Inspector Plodd.
Mans probably had PTSD after seeing the infamous Funkytown video
The offline/powered down part of find my network requires a specific piece of hardware that only the pixel 8/8pro has.
Yup. Stupid for not doing so.
He turned it on tho....
@@SpaceSaver2000 he only turned on the online version of it, which helps build the network for tags and the devices that are able to use the offline portions
It will also say, "Device is able to be tracked offline when powered off" or similar if you power down the device
ya but the phone he was fixing was a pixel 6a so it wouldnt support that anyways
It was terrifying that this phone once belonged to a criminal who scammed people like crazy.
Or this could be all made up to advertise and generate clicks, right? Surely I'm not the only one who sees this?
@@theodorekorehonenu might just be the dumbest person ive ever seen
I doubt Hugh became content farm 😅@@theodorekorehonen
@@theodorekorehonenas is most of UA-cam today
Indian scammers are the very best!❤👍👋
I'd imagine if your mom asks you for an new phone you just go to your drawer with 1000s of phones and ask her to choose one.
I imagine it's something like that Chalice Scene from Indiana Jones and the crusader whatever, "Choose Wisely".
@@elixexo4011 The holy grail, the 18k gold iPhone.
1:47 Yup, phones indeed can "sweat". I've also seen this before, specifically when playing a JerryRigEverything video on my phone.
😂😂
It need some battery juice
LOL at the idea of your phone getting nervous at the burn and bend tests
light straches at level 6 and deep grooves at level 7
I thought you handed in the phone to law officials, wasn't expecting a "our weak courts would probably just bail them" comment lol
That's because this is clickbait
Definitely not something you see everyday, I love that you’re using the iMac G4 from the previous video
Ayo that might be my old phone 😂 I sold a same color pixel 6a to a dude that really looked like a criminal, big chains big watches and a big muscle car, the dude didn’t even really look at the phone he just threw me the cash and skedaddled. If this phone came from Canada it might really be it. It was spotless when I sold it though. Probably still have the IMEI of the phone somewhere in my emails to look if they match
LOL that would be funny
That would be very slim chance tho
Plot twist: His Mom is a master criminal and conned her son into fixing her phone for her.
Your iTest app is phenomenal!!! You’re the king of the repair world.
They're still smarter than the goons who fall for the ArcaneOS, at least.
I forgot about that honeypot thing 😂
I once had a thief steal my car, the tool used to break in was left on the street. Reported it to police, they came and had a look, wouldn't even take the tool as evidence, even after I insisted. I never heard back from the police nor ever saw my car again. Lost about 7 grand that day. Just saw my brother go through a divorce, he followed the law, did everything that was asked of him legally, but his lying wife and dirty lawyer broke a lot of rules and have come out on top much richer people, while my brother got screwed. As I am getting older, I am coming to the belief that being a honest and good citizen can backfire on you when the legal system is lousy and corrupt.
Hi, really sorry for what your brother is going through, I hope he gets justice one day. And this is very common here in India where the legal system is almost always biased to the rich and wealthy :(
@@palma123_jaat THanks, but this result is because of feminism. My brother is relatively poor income wise. So we have one poor person (her) robbing a slightly better off, hard working poor person (him). This was a case of a female welfare cheat (and her whole family) who knew how to abuse the welfare system (because women are seen as victims,) taking from a hard working man, including his child now. The 'poor' but dishonest people won (and robbed us through our gynocentric legal system), and the honest hard working person was screwed over (taken from).
no insurance? your own fault then
@@radry100 Bad joke, everyone knows insurance wouldn't pay jack, if he's lucky $3k for his $7k car.
This guy is going to become the next Batman.
Imagine that even countries like Australia, Canada, the USA all help criminals by not prosecuting them, yet regular citizens are liable to taxes and unpaid civil service and mandated confessions about their honest earned money or lawful use of their own property.
Crime doesn't pay!
@@technoman9000 But insider trading was legal for Congress until recently, in 2012, and even then they say the law doesn't work.
@@gteixeira I don’t have to imagine that, I bloodywell live it!
@@technoman9000wrong. Crime DOES pay.
I don't blame You for not giving it to police. We have enough cases where the criminal doesn't get more than just a slap on the wrist. It's not worth putting Yourself and Your family at risk. Stay safe man!
@@BobDevVhe didn't buy a stolen phone though?
@@BobDevV
There is no way to compile all data on a phone, without specialized forensic software and hardware.
Also he didn’t knowingly buy a stolen phone. He bought a phone and it turned out to be stolen…big difference. Please stop pretending you know stuff after a minute of google search. You just look like an idiot doing so.
@@BobDevVthe phone is not stolen tho, it's just a criminal phone that broke the screen and then sold it on ebay
In shithole anglo countries you're more at risk for reporting that kind of crime than criminals themselves.
@@JackFromMorley How do you know...
You can go 1 step further and reflash the factory firmware, giving the phone a new identity.
i thought he did it
No, you are not giving it new identity, serial number is never changed
@@myky7500 obviously simple ask to chatgpt and internet can show this.
@@myky7500 its illegal to change.
@@mrfoxesite6982 no, not at all. Just borderline impossible because its proprietary software afaik
You should of handed it in no matter what. Since information like this will be kept by law enforcement as evidence and even if ones who get caught becomes released or bailed will still be used as a way for law enforcement to track them down easier on how criminals do frauds.
Sometimes you’ll never know what you will find on a used phone especially if it was broken and untested. I’ve stumbled upon numerous phones that have had nudes and sketchy texts or some that were barely used.
I always advise to anyone buying a used phone to be very careful on what you find on there.
same goes for thrift store laptops. i've found several that had the previous users data still on the machine, all accounts logged in to the web browser.
If you come across this situation in the future please get someone to make a forensic image of the phone before you wipe it. You can turn that over to law enforcement and even if nothing ever comes of it at least you made some effort. Interesting video!
I remember my grandpa got me a bag full of phones back in 2022 and when I looked at the search history on three of them, it showed adult websites
Only 3? The rest were owned by Mormons or grandmas I suppose.
@@kirbyfantheapplefanboy2021 the “back in 2022” made me laugh! A whole eighteen months ago??? Wow, you poor “old” thing!
Three people forgot to delete their history, the rest were smart enough to do so tho
Great video. I picked up a new Pixel 6a last November for $100 on a Black Friday sale here in the US. I really like it.
Would have been more ironic if it was a Note 7. It would have literally been a burner phone. 😂😂😂
With explosive results
Results would be great.
It's a jolly good job that you managed to get the phone, so that you were able to properly deal with the previous users' data. Good to see that phone get another lease of life!
Also, didn't know about the offline tracking - this is why, when you receive a used device, you should always factory reset the device, once you've ensured it is working and that any remaining accounts have been signed out of.
Another great video. One quibble though, you don't borrow money to a person. You lend money to a person if you have it and wish to, and on the other side, you borrow money from a person if you're short of money. 😊
Good pickup.
I love how your videos are fun to watch and interactive. Also helps us who are in the game of phone repairs to improve ourselves. Big fans of you ❤
Why did you wipe the phone? You should’ve handed into the police, it had a lot of evidence, to arrest the scammers
He ain't no snitch
Did you watch the video? He talked about that...
If I were you I would have download/copied all data to a flash card and handed to nearby police department to stop scammers from making more victims.
i would just reset it and use as normal
This still links me to the phone. Say the seller knew the owner/is the owner, they know where it was posted to. If they get questioned about material recovered from their old phone they will know where it came from. As I said in the video, I wanted nothing to do with it. They are most likely to get off without any real consequences anyway. They didn't seem like masterminds, so may of been caught by now. I know what your suggesting is the heroic thing to have done but I would also be putting my family and I at risk in doing so.
@@HughJeffreys You bought it for $27! you cannot be that cheap, just hand it in and cut your losses. Could have been missing evidence in a bigger case? Sigh.
@HughJeffreys completely understandable. Some people are insane, and go to ridiculous lengths over simple things. Just look at road ragers.
@@jiinueleo2211”A bigger case” Is literally a synonym for rat them out your family will come to your house part by part
I'd still be precautious. Hopefully it was mailed to a PO Box rather than a home addresss. If they were paranoid and motivated enough, it could be an issue.
It was sent to a PO Box and wasn't ordered under my real name. That being said PayPal pay give it to them, but not sure.
@@HughJeffreys Time to get a burner credit card as well.
@@HughJeffreys Hope you at least made some attempts to contact the victims and or their banks at least, that attitude not my problem is just wrong.
7:52 "And our weak courts would probably just bail them anyway"
Am I missing something? He didn't want to stop identity theft, because the criminal would get bail?
Can you explain more on how phones sweat? Is it related to the temperature around the phone?
Not sure, must have to do with moisture in the air and the heat from the phone creating the staining. I have seen in on the iPhone 7,8 & SE models where the ear piece flex cable coils around on top of the logic board.
@@HughJeffreys hmmm i see, Perhaps it may relate to the humidity of where the phone might be assembled as well
It's silicone that 'sweats' out of thermal pads
@@HughJeffreys the "sweat' is the "oils' coming out from thermal pads, tend's to happen ALOT of high power GPU's due to them having alot of thermalpads,
Another great video by Hugh
I just wanna give you a tips about easy fast glue removing process….just buy glue remover tools…and I being skeptical about it at first…but after using it…it become one of my fav tools 😍 LOL
No one:
Nobody at all:
Not a single atom in the world:
Hugh Jeffrey’s: I REPAIRED A CRIMINAL’S SMARTPHONE TO WORKING CONDITION
😂
Great video as always! I had the regular Pixel 6 (not 6A) running GrapheneOS, but a few weeks ago it stopped connecting to wifi, got really hot and then kept bootlooping, so I got a used Pixel 7 to replace it. I've bought 3 used phones, thankfully none of which seemed to belong to criminals.
Google announced that end users are able to use the built in diagnostics found in the pixel software. You can enter the self diagnostics by entering a dialer code. Why didn't you use that for testing the phone?
that fingerprint sensor software thing, we had to do it twice at my job in order to pass our post repair tests.
I'm fixing phones myself just like you Hugh. Does someone knows a good program that can remove PIN, Pattern, or FRP ?
The biggest data breach in the UK was the 2017-2018 Dixons Carphone breach which affected 14m customers, Dixons got off lightly with a £500,000 fine. Because the breach happened before GDPR came in they narrowly avoided a £17.6m fine.
Data protection laws in the UK rank in the top five strictest in the world.
Isn't GDPR an EU thing?
@@theodorekorehonen UK left EU in 2020, before that, they had some laws inherited from the EU
I don't know if this has been asked before, but what do you use to polish the scratches? I have a small scuff on my smart watch and have been looking for a fix.
Dear Hugh. You will forever be in our hearts 😢
For the used phone and location tracking, I'd assume it to be good practice to go into the recovery and factory reset the device before opening it up just to be extra sure in case the seller didn't do it and there might be sensitive information in the device.
@HughJeffreys so now you’re going to update the phone to the latest software so It can receive the offline tracking feature right
And your going to take it off airplane mode and Connect it to your home Wi-Fi So the owner of the device can track your location, right Lol?
I work on phones all day. My advice for the adhesive on Pixels is to use a flathead bit that's as wide as the adhesive and just run that flat along the frame. The adhesive comes right off easily.
Hi Hugh how do you know prior to buying a phone if you can factory reset it? Since on Samsung you now need to enter your Samsung account password to reset and if you hard reset you still need to log back in with the original google account
At last a video repair video been missing these, wish you did more like you used to
But is it really separated from the accounts? When setting up a new AppleID on a used phone people sometimes will get a message that the maximum number of IDs have been created, leaving me to think that old IDs might be cached permanently somewhere.
I hope mum likes her new phone!
100% subd once you said that about our pathetic judicial system, you're spot on. Keep to yourself, no one will help you, there is no justice.
Hugh is really trying to solve an investigation just to fix a phone
Did you give any info to the police?
I have a great video idea , as I’ve been searching the internet I seen that TEMU sells iPhone replacement screens, yes TEMU.. it’s $12 USD for an iPhone XS replacement KIT. And as of now , I can’t really find any videos of people trying them on UA-cam. And as I’ve been a big fan of the channel for almost 5 years now , I’d love to see your review and reaction on some of these screen replacements
Did you consider making a video about fixig face id in iphone using tag on flex on dot projector? Ay a108 or quan li icopy plus have this feature.
I just purchased your app for only one main reason support your channel, keep up the good work
Thanks
The iTest app is great! I'd wish the other functions of a phone were also tested, such as 4G LTE and 5G UW/5G sub-6, among others.
I found an alternative to the heat plate. It's my car's dashboard in the middle of the day. I put my broken phone there and it worked like a charm.
1:03 try to stick a tape fully on the display folder before using suction tool and other tools, as it helps avoiding air due to cracks and helps reducing shattered glass to break even more...
Just so you know if you pull the finger print sensor from old screen you won’t need to reprogram it. It’s part paired to the motherboard basically. It will save you time.
@@worthitrepairsbymark that’s an “interesting” piece of information, and confirms a couple of questions I now won’t need to ask.
I have a pixel 5a that experienced the black screen of death. I can't go back to the US to get a free replace pixel 6 that google was handing out. I also had a repair store put a different display on it and it still didn't boot. What should my next course of action be? I am in canada btw
Hugh, Off Topic question, have you tried the OS Graphene on a Pixel ? i'm not sure if it works on other ph's or not.
Good job on helping the criminal by wiping the evidence.
What’s the polish you used here? It’s brilliant
imagine giving your mom an ex criminals phone....... are you ok?
Its a new phone now who cares.
@@mikepxg6406 I hear you, but I'd still be concerned about that IMEI being the same still
8:11 you seriously got the smoothest segues
What is the little USB tester you use?
Well, this is criminally impressive. Button all honesty just reading the title. I'm like oh boy let's go.
Love that custom iMac build. It has inspired me to do the same with an iMac G3 I had lying around!
Hugh, you may be getting a lot of hate/criticism for not giving the phone or the data to the police, but you did the right thing.
Sure, the scammer this phone belonged to may not be the brightest bulb, but any risk is risk enough, especially when handing the phone to a family member.
Safety first.
Glad to see this phone getting a second home (and a new screen).
@@BobDevVhow do you prove the phone was stolen?
Hey Hugh Jeffreys. I have an iPhone 5c that i was working on recently, i got it up and running but about 10 mins later it started vibrating non stop but still functional. i was wondering if you would know if this was either a mainboard issue or if i should try and replace the vibration engine. Thanks
So what happens when carriers let location find my phone use cell data without the phone activated like calling emergency services? And with eSim you couldn’t stop that data. Faraday cage for sure, I hope they do not decide to do that. Or use BT for a nearby phone to tram it the location data. Still some phone will auto connect to open WiFi’s so make sure. you dont have any open Wifi in range.
Perfect video for me, bought a Pixel 6A in mint condition for €30 shipping included, it has a hairline crack which has killed the screen, planning on replacing the screen myself.
Love you vids, always makes my day
So what if the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number is been watched by AFP or ASIO just waiting for the phone to be turned on again?
Hi hugh.. I just bought your itest it's surprisingly very useful to detect any suspicious flash software like camouflage actual software.
Your iTest software is great! Thank you
Does polywatch work on anodized aluminum ?
Any plans to have testing app for iPads
Hugh i have my pixel 8 pro locked and no way i can get into that phone it contains photos of my late grand father any way we can remove the lock without data loss? also i dont want to get stuck on the FRP on as i no longer have access to the google account but i do have the phone number
As a matter of courtesy (IF I was doing this for my mum), I would have also checked the battery health or just plain swap the battery to ensure Mum had an optimal setup/trouble free experience... After all, the phone's been opened, and it is a 6A and Lord knows what charging cycles it's had especially after a possible 2 years sitting around doing nothing... 😏
bought your app and learned a decent bit I didn't know about my phone, and somehow the corner of my screen is bad and doesn't work with touch, I never knew that!
A couple of years back the Aus and US police busted a lot of criminals who were using a secure communication app that was specifically on Pixel phones. I think it was accessed through the calculator. i wonder if that's why this was a criminal Pixel
How did the people that copied personal documents get in contact with the victims ? Air port security ?
Wow! What a nasty surprise to find on a used phone. How many people had their information on this phone?
What do you mean google has now enabled offline tracking!?.....my Xperia xz2 android 9 does this every time g maps keeps telling me to rate areas I've been to, despite being offline
Just bought iTest to test my water damaged iPhone 12 mini, it was awesome! Good to see that it’s working good after that 😮💨
Hello Hugh, have you ever come across a SilentCircle Blackphone 2 repairs? Amazing and insightful content as usual.
Great post, as always. Super informative!
Do you know how to calibrat a samsung a31 fingerprint sensor
idk how you could test for it but it would be cool in the Itest app to test for a fake rear camera. my cheap burner phone i bought at a Walmart for work while my main one was getting a screen replacement almost certainly has a second fake camera. its a Moto G stylus (2023)
So...u gave your mom a criminal's burner phone? Get your mom a brand new phone
Did you report it to the authorities?
The amount of crime proof that was on that device could have helped some people
What do you do if the phone is BLOCKED? how do you reset it?
The criminal might have set an easy pattern due to fingerprint sensors on gen 6 phones being utterly horseshit
Fingerprint and face recognition security isn't covered by the first amendment since if the police can unlock your phone without you having to give up your right to remain silent they are allowed to do it and use anything found on it against you in court
All the more reason to have a more complicated pattern. The real reason they didn't is that they are too lazy as is consistent with their lifestyle of wanting success without working for it.
This is all in Australia, the laws might be different there@@earledwards6217
@@earledwards6217 This. Although doing a really weak pattern is pretty stupid on their part. The police would have been able to guess that too. They should have had as long a PIN as possible or even a full on password if they cared about security.
@@mjc0961 agree
I would have handed that phone into police to prevent further scams
This phone could be evidence in a case.
yeah call the CSI