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iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by miles »

grishka wrote: post #10

Me, watching video: so now they're going to desolder the original flash chip, put it into a chip programmer and copy data to the new one, resizing the file system as needed. They: casually proceed to turn the original chip into fine dust

I had the same thought. Got a chuckle out of @challenger2205's comment[1]:

> Apple: our NAND flash is so integrated, that it's impossible to replace unless you literally machine it off the board. Surely no repair shop would do that!

> The repair shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSDdU8bJI0&t=324s

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSDdU8bJI0&lc=Ugxs-u-AdfmJn...

Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by necovek »

usui wrote: post #7

The video omits crucial details aside from the physical act of removing the original and soldering the new NAND. I know for a fact failing to copy original details results in failure to restore iOS with specific error codes, so I wonder what this video did. I've successfully done this many times back in the iPhone 6S days where the original chip was desoldered, read by a Chinese-made reader, and finally the identifie…

They show it getting restored to factory image.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by usui »

necovek wrote: post #12
usui wrote: post #7

The video omits crucial details aside from the physical act of removing the original and soldering the new NAND. I know for a fact failing to copy original details results in failure to restore iOS with specific error codes, so I wonder what this video did. I've successfully done this many times back in the iPhone 6S days where the original chip was desoldered, read by a Chinese-made reader, and finally the identifie…

They show it getting restored to factory image.

... As I said... it's not enough to just plop on a new chip from somewhere else and do the standard iOS factory image restore process without extracting info from the original and putting it in the new before soldering. This information prior to the milling is omitted from the video.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by acd »

GPU, Phones and Laptops are going to get chip modded. Chip modding was the process of making game consoles run any copied game. So modders would chip modify them to bypasss console manufacturers copy protection. Since other manufacturers are now selling memory expansion at highers margin rate there are going to be chip soldering possibilities.

Wikipedia modchip https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modchip

Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by justinclift »

tempodox wrote: post #8

This is a joy to watch. And this person had better stay anonymous. If Apple knew their identity, they'd be excommunicated on the spot.

The end of the video seems to show the hardware mac address for the phone, so it probably wouldn't take too much effort for Apple to figure out.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by usui »

bshada wrote: post #14

Why did he mill the NAND rather than removing it using his hot air station?

If you have high confidence the CNC is well-calibrated and safe to use, then milling is the better choice. There is a significant amount of resin gluing the original NAND which could rip pads when pulled, and hot air risks damaging nearby components.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by usui »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #6

This is cool, no doubt about that. And fascinating due to the sheer complexity and amount of fine detail work required. But. Uh. For all that work, Why not upgrade it to an amount of storage you couldn’t otherwise get? Or at least max it out?

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Re: iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]

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Post by mrb »

usui wrote: post #18
ShakataGaNai wrote: post #6

This is cool, no doubt about that. And fascinating due to the sheer complexity and amount of fine detail work required. But. Uh. For all that work, Why not upgrade it to an amount of storage you couldn’t otherwise get? Or at least max it out?

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But Apple sells a 1TB version of the iPhone 15 Pro. Are you saying the 1TB version uses a different motherboard?
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