Repairing a Phone Using Only AliExpress Parts - What Can't Go Wrong... (Xiaomi MI A1)
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lmao imagine having access to original parts
Right to repair, no you will own nothing and be happy
what a wild fantasy
We have that here in India, You can enter at any official service center of any company(except Apple and one or two others), be it phones/laptops/vehicles or anything you can imagine and get the exact original spare part.
This is because they already have a set profit on selling those parts and all a consumer can save is on the labour cost which for Xiaomi is like $2 USD here.
They even list the spare part price on the official website of all phones they launch. So yeah.. it's a heaven for DIY people.
If you go through that list, the display for the A1 is for ₹2,199 ~ 39AUD
And the Battery is for ₹1,299 ~ 23AUD
And these all are genuine parts with 6 months warranty even if you install it yourself!
I love how serious people are being with this. He’s clearly making a joke that these parts are origin because they are Chinese.
Hugh should get a job reading bed time stories to kids. I could literally fall asleep listening to his calming voice 😂
I have before😂
Im watching this at 3:35 am almost falling asleep because of is voice
@@rickschurink6824 damn lol it's 9:38 pm here
I have before
@@rickschurink6824 wow it’s 9:57 out here
This phone is the best phone when released. I'm still rocking it with custom rom and battery replaced. Still best as it was in 2017
I feel so good about havin one just like this video but working and clean, the same brand of battery, that I never replaced, the only thing i did was to replace the motherboard, everything original, using custom roms too and everything is fine!
Same, only replaced the battery and the charging port for ~25€ both things (original parts) and still working great after 4 years
Using it for 4 years. No repairs. Butter smooth with latest evo 11 crom
There's 2 factors what made Xiaomi best bargain
1. Superb hardware with cheap price
2. Open for developer and easy to fork custom rom
When you've done that.. you'll never miss samsung again
@@foreveralone4015 sure but not for all xiaomi phones. only flagships, i had poco F1 and i flashed lineageos 2 days after buying it..
Oh, the beauty of fixing an android phone, no useless shieldss and different screws to mess around with.
Tell that to Samsung and huawei
@@james-ch at least Samsung offer parts for their devices
@@james-ch Samsung's phones are still simple on the inside.
Simplicity at it's finest
store link: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002914928939.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_allProduct.8148356.13.49eb64eeOXiSOC
This is a repairing data center for laptop and smartphone in English.
It includes schematic, boardview and maintence cases which are collected from our technicians at the daily real repairing work.
It covers all the models of phones, for example iphone, HuaWei, Vivo,OppO.
I must have gotten lucky. I ordered a motherboard from Aliexpress when my Samsung Note 9 got water infiltrated (used Note 9) and the motherboard I ordered seems to be working here in the U.S. but has a splash screen from AT&T. I just flashed an unlocked firmware. It also came in in 2 weeks instead of 45 days as indicated when I ordered the part.
If you bought from a reputable seller, then you didn't get lucky, you just used common sense!
Nope, you just made a good purchase. Hugh ordered a display for 20$ and was suprised it wasn't good.
@@blackspider4 Yep.
@@blackspider4well, i wouldn't except that I would get a screen like that even if it is that cheap
That was a really good phone from xiaomi. Too bad they discontinued this series after A3 bcz they couldn't get enough profit by making stock androids and trying to kill all the existing ones.
It's because of how terrible they handled Android One devices. This A1 is literally the only completely fine model from their Android One lineup. The A2 had worse camera system and dropped the headphone jack, which was actually quite good on the A1. Then the A3 is surely the worst out of the bunch, with Android 11 update literally bricking the phone and rendering it unusable.
It really seems as if ever new generation is actually worse than the predecessor.
On top of that, their supposed purpose of being Android One devices, which is very fast and stable software updates that's just second to Google's Pixels, is not delivered at all. Heck, even Sony's non-Android One mid range devices during that time were updated much quicker still, which begs the validity of the Mi A series as Android One devices when they don't even comply to the bare minimum standards of Android One program. Nokia just did Android One devices much better overall.
@@troy5568 Mi A2 Lite is great too, aside from lacking NFC
Oh and don't forget how they manage the software update
Badly emergency food Samsung Galaxy J2
They simply can't put ads on every corner of the phone if its running on AndroidOne program. So, they killed the A lineup.
I purchased a new Poco F1 from aliexpress and also purchased the needed replacement screen plus a fresh battery a couple years later because I dropped the phone and it landed on cement face down and cracked the edge. I had no issues doing the repair with the parts from Aliexpress and it worked fine. Perhaps you just got unlucky with the store you purchased from. I didn't buy from the cheapest store either, I looked at the ratings as well.
Same here, almost 6 years I repairing phones with parts only from aliexpress, if you stick with reviews, and not selecting always cheapest one part, you almost get OEM or price corresponding part.
@@Trught Yeah this is why I stopped watching this goon. Buys the cheapest part with no reviews and cries about it. Been using AliExpress for years, I'm a Platinum member, and only had to return or refund 1 or 2 parts.
@@EximiusNovo People don't realize why something is this cheap. They want it cheap and good quality-wise at the same time, don't even want to spend a few cents more for bettee quality. That's the mindset of dumb people
@@backwards9772 It's their decision, I offer them all possible repair variants, original parts, OEM parts, and cheapest parts, with warning them about pros and cons about all variants and 95% people take OEM or cheapest.
@@EximiusNovo and how do you expect people to know about this pitfall of using aliexpress if people don't talk about it? seriously grow up and ditch your fanboism
I got my A1 in August 2017 and passed it on to my wife in October 2019. She's still using it without issues, we just had the earpiece replaced a few days ago (it appears to be a common thing to fail on the A1 after a few years) but otherwise is working great and the battery is solid. Oh, and - of course the Aliexpress earpiece is terrible quality, but it's at least loud and working.
Bought the A1 for my mom almost 4 years ago. Still running like a champ
@@martin1649 same
Random person: drops their iPhone and cracks it
Hugh Jeffreys: hold my isopropyl alcohol
Lol 😂
Hugh Jefferyes : Hold my hot plate
hold my 2000 dollar purpose built laser machine for removing iphone adhesive
I cracked my A1 screen back in the day and just got a new screen "with frame" that was identical to the old one (even had the same hand made markings next to the hardware revision stamp like my orignal, which I note Hugh's phone is lacking, so my replacement was probably a Xiaomi original), and it and also came with the metal tabs already installed. It was super easy to just move the internals over and it was good as new.
Suffice to say, your "premium" repair kit was far from premium, which made this more difficult than needed.
I have a really good supplier for my parts. All my screens support true tone. Funny enough I was actually thinking about making a video exactly like this one lol.
Nice one hugh!
kindly share your parts supplier
that would be really nice of you if you could share with us this information
@@Grzegorz_Grabowski Gonna be doing a Q&A video on it soon :))
Did you repair that phone in your dp?
I thought apple was locking features like true tone for replacement screen...
Honestly, I have fixed multiple phones with aliexpress parts. Never had any issues.
There are better replacement screens for sale, you just have to do some more digging.
Sometimes there are, sometimes there are not. If your model is exotic, you will have a lot less choice.
@@SianaGearz On Ali there's everything for everyone, but this guy probably just bought the cheapest garbage and complains about it.
Dumb people want it crazy cheap and good and the same time
@@backwards9772 you can put in all the effort and still accidentally end up with junk. But you can also get top notch product. That's Ali for you. It would be better if you had a straight up reliable trustworthy supplier where you don't have to think about it and always get a quality product, but many electronics manufacturers plain do not sell replacement parts to distributors, so everything you get is some sort of potentially shady salvage operation. #righttorepair
would i be able to get a good screen for my redmi note 10 pro?
I replaced dozens of those screens. The repair was very straightforward, since after removing the 2 screws, you can remove the backcover with fingers.
Even though i bought many different screens already glued with the frame (which makes the repair a breeze), none were really original and the colors were always washed out. Not that the original screen was super quality, but still.
I've had Xiaomis since 2016 and they were really easy to repair, but getting the parts from aliexpress was a waiting game and quite unreliable just like you pointed out.
For what it's worth, nowadays Xiaomi and Redmi phones are pretty good price/performance devices.
You should check them out, in Europe they are quite common.
Maybe a repair shop that previously repaired this phone installed those iPhone screws because they had no others or broke the original ones.
No,i have this phone and they are original screws
I have a Mi A1 since 2018, is a good phone! I glad that you make a video fixing this smartphone.
Xiaomi phone with samsung battery that looks like iphone
Xiaomi designers: 'Parkour!'
i’ve used aliexpress for parts and usually had a good experience. When i was repairing my iPhone 2G ironically i was able to get a OEM lcd screen and battery from them, they turned out amazing! I guess it really depends who you buy from.
Every time I see the hangnail, the torn skin below the nail, I kept checking on my own nails.
Great video though.
I'm using Xiaomi Mi 9SE, and RedMi Note 5 AI, and gave my 5 year old RedMi Note 3 to my mum.
Still going strong.
Just change the battery.
I'm using this exact phone including colour right now. Super good and pixel experience runs amazing.
@0:20 It is the first Android One smartphone from Xiaomi, even though it did not launch as such. The difference to the budget Redmi Note 4 are, USB-C, aluminium unibody, better cameras and smaller battery. It is more form over function.
Well, I have very different experience. I replaced display, battery and back glass on my galaxy S10 5G using AliExpress parts (those parts are really hard to find in my country) and it works perfectly fine, I'd say it's as good as before. You can't buy cheapest parts and expect them to be perfect, but if you take your time and find some parts with good reviews, then you can repair your phone with AliExpress parts quite successfully.
Repairing phones will be getting more and more important as phones start to last longer. I'm currently using a Poco F1 and it still serves me well. Since the Snapdragon 845, mobile SOCs have not improved that much.
Well, I just got a new battery for this phone, toolkit arrives today. All because of the damn pentalobe screws. Otherwise I would've changed it way back when.
This video really helps a lot, since you go step by step when dismantling the phone.
Love the content
this was a legendary phone. This had fantastic hardware and software at that time for the price it offered
Finally Xiaomi, my fave brand of mobiles. Along with the iPhone XR, my Redmi Note 10 Pro is the best partner I could ever dream of.
Xiomi is good but I don't like chinese
@@yogesh6763 don't buy ALL of electronic stuff then
Everything is good except the miui skin is horrible...
@@vidpetrovic8907 MIUI has some bugs, yeah, but it's prettier than Samsung One UI 3.1 icons that look like a kids cellphone. Not seriously at all, MIUI doesn't even look chinese.
@@MvsG18 idk, I think that one ui is much prettier but thats a personal preference...
Fun fact
This model with android one was not sold in China
It was sold in China as mi 5x running with xiaomi's custom skin miui and
Sold in international market as mi a1 with android one, was very popular phone back then in India
I've repaired a redmi note 4 and redmi note 5, both turned out completely fine. I bought both with cracked screens and replaced them with the aliexpress screens. These were popular models, so I guess the replacements parts were good
>complains about Chinese parts.
Oh I wonder where the parts you get from other websites are manufactured.
Gets it on Amazon, shipped from China
Heres an idea, make an iphone only using online parts. Basically, start from nothing and buy all the device pieces to make your own iPhone!
He should start with a logic board and get all the parts for it
I done that before lololllllo
you mean like Strange Parts but online? Could be nice, but I don't think it would be as cool as Strange Parts did it in Real Life on a market.
Yes parts only from I fix it
is almost impossible to find a working logic board that is not icloud locked
Well done sir and way to go telling it like it is!
Many years ago I built a iPhones 5c out of after market parts from eBay. It lot of fettling to get the parts to fit correctly. It worked well and my friend used it for around 3 years before he lost it.
ayy watching on a MI A1 right now! a decent phone even today, but shows its age.. really need a custom rom on it.. and a new battery..
"Manufactured e-waste"
This perfectly describes the Chinese electrical/electronics industry. It's tragic.
They just don't care about e-waste(maybe some do), they are doing it for the obvious reason,money.
But bro it's a boon for the not so rich people, so consider that too
So the biggest industry in the world is tragic?
You can say the same for Apple
iPhone is made in China too
This man has repaired all the phones that I have had
hi hugh where do you get your custom iPhone housings? I can only find them in places like AliExpress but based on this it sounds like a bad idea
This is the phone your mom buys you when you ask for an iphone but she's really cheap
There are good AliExpress parts you just have to look harder
who the hell is going to order 4 different screens to try and figure out which one is good? this advice sucks for anyone that's not a repair shop.
@@matyiii I sorted by stars and read the reviews, bought a screen and it's 10/10. Did I have order 4 different screens? No. Just look at the reviews
I used to have the 4X got parts on AliExpress was a super pleasant experience 🙏👍, I think it depends which seller like all similar sites
OMG i had one of those like 4 years ago, since then i started to buy just Xiaomi smartphones, best experience for me.
The only thing I think the screen could be used for since it’s cheap is a test screen
I agree, if they advertised it as a test screen, then that would be the screen I use to get files off of a broken Xaomi phone imo
@@NigelMelanisticSmith Heck, that quality is far worse than a Redmi Note 3 Pro one.
This phone was an absolute hit in India! The cameras specifically
Yeah I still have mine redmi 3s prime but.....the touch doesn't work anymore ... 😭
@@snowy4375 rip
Fyi the wrong colour display is not part of AliExpress fault but the Xiaomi itself.
Xiaomi uses chinese manufactured displays(tianma, csot, bsot, shenchao).
Even same device model has different display types and each type requires that particular display to function and display colours properly.
Ex: in case in this video the display maybe of shenchao since it has ghosting issues, nd maybe the previous display was tianma, so if u install other type of display u mess up
I had a very similar experience replacing the screen on an inexpensive Huawei phone using a part from AliExpress. Super dim and washed out barely usable, it is now just a jukebox with my music collection on an SD card in my car. Though it is hard to see in daylight.
Nostalgic Mi A1,this phone is very durable,my friend still used it in 2021 with android 10
Let me guess. Custom ROM
@@FarhanSyafiqFadhillah am still using one with the andriod 9 have it since it came out and havent use any case nor screen protector for about 2 years and it has received many drop and screen is still without a scratch.. its a tank.. best feature is the IR use it has a universal remote for tvs and ac and cable box lol
That's what I've just experienced. Recently my Redmi 4X's screen cracked cause I dropped it on the corner. Tried to get a replacement screen said to be original, only to have the navigation buttons not working from screen off(need to touch the screen once before the navbar is able to work again). Also my Z3 Compact's screen is in condition where touch is broken in some places.
I would love to have those repaired. But with parts circling around are mostly fake with questionable quality being sold as 'original', I would better off buying used phone and have it running till it breaks down, hopefully in a year or two, which is why I'm now running used XZ1 with white spots on the screen and lower capacity battery, otherwise still perfectly functional.
I have a Redmi Note 4X and getting replacement screens are hard...
You'd be better off finding a donor phone with dead internals. The 4X and the Z3 compact are getting rarer.
I just checked 4Xs, locally (Serbia) they're sold for like $40 for a wonky one but with a good, original screen, and a good working one for $60. That's just a tiny bit more than what replacement screens of unknown origin are going for.
@ That was what I was going for my 4X, but couldn't find any donor candidate with justified pricing. So I ended up going for screen replacement only which proved to be a bad decision. It costed me about US$ 34.5(screen, battery, and power/volume flexible cable, all highly questionable quality).
As for Z3 Compact, it was once having temperature and random reboot issues, although it seems to be working fine now. Hence I went for a used XZ1 which I got for about US$ 50(I'm in Indonesia btw). It's the biggest phone I've ever had and obviously not comfortable to use. I'm still tempted for XZ1 Compact but it's really hard to find a good one.
Hi Hugh l love the videos you make have a great day xx
I have done screen replacements for Xiaomi phones with amoled screens from Aliexpress and all without problems.
Good replacement displays are not cheap I found out.
But indeed it can be a gamble.
i didnt expect Hugh Jeffreys including my last phone👌
XD
There's nothing wrong with aliexpress itself - just shop around and check your reviews. I'm guessing the shipping alone must be trash to Australia though. That screen is garbage lmao
You can also lodge a dispute with AliExpress prior to confirming receipt and that you’re happy with the item. I bought some AirPod Pro clones from one of their sellers. The right one only had minimal volume and I was sent a replacement individual right pod all the way to the UK. This sorted the issue although it took some time and communication was a little tricky. On a £30 set of headphones that ended up being pretty good I’d say that’s actually GOOD customer service and that AliExpress is ok if you’re careful
I am still using Mi A1 from 2017. It's awesome
@Hugh Jeffreys Is there going tot be a video of the Michael Fisher phone repair?
The hardest part about Aliexpress is actually getting the delivery. I am still waiting for a bunch of adhesive strips for Apple Watches. And the last batch was junk, they didn't fit properly.
Nice to see the tempered glass screen protectors again
Ah. Well, I’m waiting for an AliExpress replacement screen for my Nexus 6P to arrive. Whoops. At least it didn’t cost that much. Hopefully it works better than that one.
Two years ago Xiaomis display from Aliexpress were as good as the original one but now that´s not the case and now most of them are yellow screen with a noticeable touch latency. This is why i want to buy something to change only the touch in order to keep an original display with a decent image quality.
Wow, never been so early. It looked like a 6s
That would’ve been the goal with the design, to copy the iPhone. The MI 8 is a carbon copy of the iPhone X if you haven’t heard of it
Ayin
1:27 still laughing hard🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
🤣🤣🤣👌🏻👌🏻🤣
First xiaomi phone on your channel
I remember my mother had one when i had a huawei p10. Except the camera...and not all the time the mi a1 was better in all the other domains. Big battery, big screen , slim kinda eye-catching.... Sold it to someone last year .
What an amazing restoration!
It is funny how people pay rock bottom prices for Chinese products and expect them to be the highest quality. If you want quality, even in China, you need to pay the fair price.
True. I bought a screen for one of the broken phones I had from AliExpress. Didn't go with the cheapest, but also stayed within reasonable price. The screen came and looked very good with no issues.
exactly
Next time of suction cup doesn't work try using sticky tape on the screen to make a good seal
Please tell me which adhesive do you use please put a link in the description
The Chinese are a sleeping giant.
The minute they collectively start focusing on quality instead of price we're all gonna be in trouble.
I doubt xiaomi put pentalobe screws on the outside for any other reason than to copy Apple, as with the design
I thought it was a iPod Touch / iPhone 7 for a good minute lol
@@legoshisHusband lul
Okay.
Your kinda inspiring me to make restoration videos
the funny thing is that the adhesive holds better to the frame then it does on the battery
good video brother
Hugh jefferys brother reveal!
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@@user-se8jg5ul7e ok
@@theKongston hhhuuugxdfc😐🥱🥱🥱🥱😡🥱🥱
Ur fake
Aliexpress parts are cheaper than OEM, but they dont last / damage your phone otherwise. Got a charging port assembly for Asus ZB601KL and it destroyed my battery and mic after few months. DONT GO CHEAP !
Some of them (only HQ ones) are rembranded OEM for licencing reasons. But yeah, only go for them as long there is no OEM parts available.
Never go for cheap parts, those are killing your phone.
@@lrc3847 I bought the top of the line part they sold, still it screwed me up 😅
It's odd to see how different in construction this is from the Pixel I just had to do this same work on. It's much easier to replace the display on the Pixel, but much harder to replace the battery, pretty much the opposite amount of effort for each vs this phone. Of course at my age none of this is particularly easy, since my eyes won't focus on anything less than a foot from my face anymore.... Working on desktops is hard enough. Mobile phones are so dang tiny! :)
I need that double side tape that you use, the one I bought is lousy, and have to resort to using some liquid Adhesive.
I repaired my mother's Xiaomi Note 5 using AliExpress parts without much difficulty. The screen was really good and cheap and still works years later. iFixit is too damn expensive. This phone on the other hand seems so difficult to repair.
The water damage indicator is pinkish. Probably what killed the battery
I like how symmetrical that phone is between the chin and the top part (notch, or whatever is it called)
If you have a hotplate, moly string and LOCA glue, you could swap the old LCD to the new glass, be careful with the backlit, LOCA glue can ruin your backlit if you are not careful
I have personally had reasonable experencr from Ali Express but have only ordered a select few After reading huge numbers of comments. Two keyone screens perfect to original. Same for some internal components worked fine.
One xiomi screen was not great colours but was advertised as lower quality LCD. Other aftermakret looked very close to oem.
Xiaomi is odd as a company. Selling from premium flag ships, high spec budgets and visual clones.
I fix all my phones ONLY with Aliexpress parts for years now 😂
Me too.
You just need to know a good seller
@@immanuelhermon can you guys recommend a good seller please? And do you buy single screens or lots?
@@immanuelhermon You just need to use your eyeballs. The screen he got had no chance of being original and that was clear from the listing. There are original screens, they are just more expensive. The deal about aliexpress is that you need a IQ above zero to order on it.
@@basileus9343
This screen he bought.
I got plenty of screens that was original
Talented dude
Hahahhahah😂 😂 In the thumbnail I thought that was a iPhone 7 but when I realised it’s not it’s a android type phone
Random person- “oh I just broke my smartphone I guess I have to throw it”
Hugh Jeffry- “hold my isopropyl alcohol I'll fix it wait”
Next day- “phone ready to use just like new one”
Thank you for your help in fighting e waste and right to repair
e waste* just helping out
@@FrezzyYT thank you so much I didn’t realize the mistake thank you again
I usually buy my spare/repairs parts on Aliexpress since its easier and cheaper than local ones, since they are buying in bulks from these same sellers. I highly recommend Aliexpress if you are not from USA/ Europe countries. For these, you should find maybe better sellers but I highly doubt you would get these same parts on ebay that it would be shipping from China as well.
I really wish I lived in Australia... I have a RedMi with a ghost touch issue which I'm pretty sure is hardware-related and probably needs a replacement screen. But I'm not skilled enough to actually replace it lol. I'd like to pay this guy to repair it.
This is why you always go for genuine, good quality parts, rather than some random parts from AliExpress. But hey, the phone now works nicely.
“what could go wrong” Everything Hugh absolutely everything 🤣
Hello Hugh.
I saw you at the botanical garden. I was the only that walked around with the golden retriever. The 12 ish year old boy.
Thanks so much for new video
I got a Asus Zenfone 5, literally couldn't find and display or battery any ware then AliExpress.
Got good display very great colors had no issues.
It all depends on the seller and there reviews.
I personally never had a issue buying on Ali.
Some pieces just can't find anywhere else.
I ordered two different Displays on AliExpress, both arrived in 2 Weeks and the quality was good, as well as the price.
6:21 Lmao 😂😂
(This adhesive isn't strong enough to hold the battery)
could you show us some repairs on a mid 2014 mac book?
am still using one with the andriod 9 have it since it came out and havent use any case nor screen protector for about 2 years and it has received many drop and screen is still without a scratch.. its a tank.. best feature is the IR use it has a universal remote for tvs and ac and cable box lol
Does anyone else get anxiety when he holds a Shattered glass with zero gloves
Yup 😅
I love your videos
0:43 sure enough it must be coming from your neighboring country, looking from that back doors stating where it's been made/assembled
AliExpress is not the chinese equivalent of eBay, not at all. It would be more similar to Amazon.
Too harsh on AliExpress imo. For many people it's the only channel to get spare parts because they are impossible to find locally. Yes you get a turd once in a while but in my experience that doesn't happen very often.
Last week I repaired my Huawei Y7 2017, because the screen was broken. I bought OEM screen, and the date was really 2017, but the display looks like a 6-7 years old cheap android phone (like sony E4), because the colors are a little bad, the screen is very pixelated, and the multitouch function is not working. I was a little disappointed, but I also happy, as it works again.
you can actually use Mi 5X parts to repair Mi A1