I met a buddy at a coffee shop today, and as guys like us are wont to do, we disassembled his ruggedized smartphone (a Blackview BV6000) just to see what the insides looked like. Rather, he disassembled it while I spectated. Of course it's not something anybody would do unless the phone was broken, and indeed it was.
Here's the second SIM and micro SD slot access panel removed. According to him, the phone was fried when he recently entered an area with intense EM radiation going on. There were signs warning about the effects on personal electronics but he didn't make the connection until it was too late.
So he made lemonade from lemons, deciding to have some fun dissecting the phone to see what all went into its construction. The first thing he noted was a lack of epoxy on the PCB. I opined it's likely because the phone's shell is already exhaustively waterproofed. Part of how they do this is with rubber gaskets on the tiny screws holding the case together.
Here's the other half of the case, with the speaker plainly identifiable. It surprised me there was only one before I reflected on how pointless stereo sound on something as small as a smartphone would be. Unsure what the electrical contacts at the bottom are about.
There's a QR code on the back of the battery I can probably glean some information about the battery manufacturer from, though as yet I haven't bothered. The manufacturing date is of interest, not an especially old phone as it's less than two years old at the oldest.
Here's the battery removed, which he offered to me (since I always have need of more lithium batteries for DIY projects). It's a sizable one. Same voltage as any other single lithium cell however, making them easily interchangeable.
Here's the PCBs and camera assembly removed. There's a metal backing my buddy opined is probably magnesium by the texture, color and weight. Shielding perhaps? For all the good it did. It may also simply be there for structural reinforcement.
Anyway, that's all. No great mysteries were solved, though we gained some insight into exactly how manufacturers of ruggedized phones go about insulating their devices against shock and moisture. That's potentially useful information for someone who often builds devices intended for use underwater.
Stay Cozy!
Got to see some tech get dismantled and walked away with a new battery, sounds like a Beyman wet dream.
What kinda sci-fi shit was your friend getting into that fried his phone with emf?
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Probably some kind of secret gov't experiment with mind control rays.
Or maybe he was just a knucklehead and walked into a highly specialized industrial manufacturing area that had abundant large warning signs everywhere, and he just spaced it. Some mysteries we may never unravel.
;-)
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Did you find the microchip in there that is used to spy on people like you and me? Checkout this recent article about the Chinese spying on use using smartphones. http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-drops-huawei-mate-10-pro-amid-china-spying-fears-report-2018-1
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I mean, it's called a microphone and it's in every phone. There's really nothing you can do about it if the government wants to spy on you, other than find a way to block all RF transmissions. What you can do is delete any application made by Facebook, since that scummy company has been proven to use the microphone to spy on what you say and sell you targeted ads, if you have their applications installed. Who needs Facebook anyway when you have Steemit?
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Well ! Thanks for gathering information about inside of the mobile phone. I also have a old phone which is not working and the repair cost is not worth of money so i was thinking to remove it's battery and make some use of it :)
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Hey!!! I've seen this phone somewhere xD
I almost forgot about it haha.
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I was considering getting this exact model, haven't made a decision yet. I was interested in this not because of it's protective advantages, but because the processor in the phone for its price value was almost unbeatable from what I could tell.
I still need to get a new phone, just not sure which yet.
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Lol...pratical sometimes adds to our knowledge. .am sure by now you guys have grab few things..and components that makeup a selfphone
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Damn that's crazy how radiation can fry a phone like that. Of course you gotta take it apart though lol.
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..will take better care of warning signs in the future, too. Luckily no radiation was powerful enough to kill any of my devices yet, but as I can see now, you can never be carefully enough.
It's also funny to see how the battery is only wrapped into some plastic..lol
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Was there a con-formal coating on the PCB? I know that a lot of these devices are designed to be water resistant, to prevent the ingress of water, but I don't think I've seen a manufacturer go the extra step and add a conformal layer to the PCB to ensure that corrosion won't short the tin solder.
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Awesome! Very cool teardown. I'm glad you re-used the battery, since those can be easily swapped out and used with many different lipo chargers. Have any plans for the battery?
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Not as yet, no.
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Two friends met in the cafe to chat and have a nice time... disassembling phones! :d
If I did that I'd probably not understand what the hell is inside of the device anyway lol.
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The waiters in the cafe were intrigued, to say the least. What the actual potatoes and why these two guys were breaking the phones Jajaja :D
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Now, this is an interesting post. Usually, we use this kind of things all the time, and never actually know what we are getting for our money.
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It's seems just like art the way he rightfully dismantled a twenty first century phone, I gotta ask, does he really know about phones? Or study maybe a computer course? Because this is really not something very easily to do without damaging the device
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Try putting everything back to how it was! :P
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it lost all charm..I love smarthphones in one piece.) but this work what you do need a big ability. cong.
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Thanks for sharing wonderful information, work inside the smartphone is very complex, I can not see smartphone from inside before this So i say thanks to you for providing me this opportunity
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very cool work sir.
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Aamazing view so cool tnx for upvote and resteem
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very important information..great job..so thanks for sharing with us
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@alexbeyman Did you said hand warmer, i fuckin need this thing. Most of time in whole day my hands feels so cold, specially my fingers when i go out for play.
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Wow, you really see the end
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Thanks for the helping information.
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Other times the battery might blow up.... One needs to open with care
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