Proprietary B.S.
- Thread starter Ryan Lantzy
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Re: Proprietary B.S.
Pretty lame, but I give it about 2 weeks until the chinese figure out how to make them and flood Ebay with pentalobular screwdriver sets for iphone 4.
Pretty lame, but I give it about 2 weeks until the chinese figure out how to make them and flood Ebay with pentalobular screwdriver sets for iphone 4.
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I do like the word ''pentalobular''
Pentalobular.
Pentalobular.
Pentalobular.
I do like the word ''pentalobular''
Pentalobular.
Pentalobular.
Pentalobular.
Re: Proprietary B.S.
Sounds kind of medical: ''Ryan experienced severe hemorrhaging in the lower pentalobular region due to extreme frustration while trying to disassemble his iPhone''
Sounds kind of medical: ''Ryan experienced severe hemorrhaging in the lower pentalobular region due to extreme frustration while trying to disassemble his iPhone''
Re: Proprietary B.S.
In some ways I don't mind slightly non-standard screws on electronics. It's not a major hurdle to get over (sets of bits are cheap enough to buy) but it stops novices from messing with them.
Most of us will have relatives or friends who come to us with broken items. It's a lot easier if they are asking ''can you open this up'' as opposed to ''I took it apart and can't get it back together again''
In some ways I don't mind slightly non-standard screws on electronics. It's not a major hurdle to get over (sets of bits are cheap enough to buy) but it stops novices from messing with them.
Most of us will have relatives or friends who come to us with broken items. It's a lot easier if they are asking ''can you open this up'' as opposed to ''I took it apart and can't get it back together again''
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Those are not new, at all.
I've seen them used to secure switch plates in a 70 year old building.
Maybe I'll finally be able to get my hands on a bit now.
(I win CU)
Those are not new, at all.
I've seen them used to secure switch plates in a 70 year old building.
Maybe I'll finally be able to get my hands on a bit now.
(I win CU)
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It so is.
First, if you send your iPhone in for repair, they are removing the philips #00 screws (standard, commercially available) with the pentolobular ones. There are no ''legal'' commercially available drivers for these, most people are selling a 5 sided philips to remove them.
I'm pretty sure the screw head is patented and if a company (other than Apple) sells them they are probably doing so illegally.
It so is.
First, if you send your iPhone in for repair, they are removing the philips #00 screws (standard, commercially available) with the pentolobular ones. There are no ''legal'' commercially available drivers for these, most people are selling a 5 sided philips to remove them.
I'm pretty sure the screw head is patented and if a company (other than Apple) sells them they are probably doing so illegally.
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And when you're not working on your iPhone you can use the ''plastic opening pick'' in the kit to play guitar.
And when you're not working on your iPhone you can use the ''plastic opening pick'' in the kit to play guitar.
Craig Hauber
Sophomore
Re: Proprietary B.S.
Still see no reason for it. They don't hold the device together any better than the original screws.
It's also frustrating to start a repair and have to stop-and-hold while something arrives by snail-mail.
I've found if you grind a larger jewellers flat-bladed screwdriver to fit the width between 2 lobes you can easily turn the screw.
Just getting frustrated over the last few years about non-serviceable wasteful electronics design. If you must make things disposable then go all-out, I no longer want to ''own'' an electronic commodity appliance, just sell me a ''subscription'' and send me a new one every update cycle. Please just take the old one back and utilize it's elements as much as possible in a recycling manner and not dumped next to a village in Malaysia or something.
Still see no reason for it. They don't hold the device together any better than the original screws.
It's also frustrating to start a repair and have to stop-and-hold while something arrives by snail-mail.
I've found if you grind a larger jewellers flat-bladed screwdriver to fit the width between 2 lobes you can easily turn the screw.
Just getting frustrated over the last few years about non-serviceable wasteful electronics design. If you must make things disposable then go all-out, I no longer want to ''own'' an electronic commodity appliance, just sell me a ''subscription'' and send me a new one every update cycle. Please just take the old one back and utilize it's elements as much as possible in a recycling manner and not dumped next to a village in Malaysia or something.