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That deleted thread about replacing your own phone battery saved me $80 | Deleted Things Archive - Free To Speak

That deleted thread about replacing your own phone battery saved me $80

So last month my iPhone battery started dying by 2 PM no matter what I did. I was about to pay the Apple store $90 to swap it when I found this forum thread that was up for like 3 days before it got taken down. The OP had a whole step-by-step with pictures showing how to do it yourself for $15 from a repair kit on Amazon. I was scared I'd mess up the adhesive or break the screen but I figured what the hell. I followed it exactly and it worked... battery life is back to normal and I saved like $75. But now the thread is gone and I can't find the original anywhere even on archive sites. Has anyone else run into a really useful guide that got deleted right after you used it?

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angelarivera1mo ago

Honestly I'm not convinced the conspiracy angle is that deep. Sometimes people just delete their old posts because they got busy or changed their mind about having that stuff online. Mods probably yank things for all kinds of boring reasons like "no personal info" or "use the weekly thread." The phone companies have way bigger things to worry about than one guy's iPhone battery guide from a burner account. It's more likely the OP just didn't want to deal with follow-up questions or someone being mad if their phone broke and they blamed the guide.

shane_hayes1mo ago

Happen to remember who posted it? I've noticed some of the best repair guides around here get pulled pretty quick, usually because the mods get hit with a copyright complaint or the OP gets spooked about liability. These phone companies sure don't want people fixing their own stuff, and they've got the lawyers to back it up. Would love to know if the poster had a history of sharing guides or if it was a brand new account just dropping knowledge and disappearing.

pat_moore1mo ago

User name was something like techrepair_99 or similar, real generic. I remember because someone linked to their old posts before the account went dark, and they had maybe a dozen guides on older phones that all got nuked within the same week. Probably a burner account someone used to drop a couple of useful things then walked away.