> I went through a ton of iterations and debugging to get this to work. The hardest parts were the electrical design and getting everything to fit inside the phone.
Crikey! How many iphones did he drill holes in?
> I also ended up having to buy lots, and lots, and lots of spare parts. I went through 3 complete iPhone 7s, a handful of screens, and countless internal components (mostly bottom cable assemblies and taptic engines).
3. Ok, that's dedication.
> I feel like I got extremely lucky about finding space inside the phone. There was inexplicably a lot of extra room in the lower left hand corner, right where I wanted to put the headphone jack.
Suspicious... almost like their engineers left room to change their minds about the jack at the last second if they wanted to :)
Crikey! How many iphones did he drill holes in?
> I also ended up having to buy lots, and lots, and lots of spare parts. I went through 3 complete iPhone 7s, a handful of screens, and countless internal components (mostly bottom cable assemblies and taptic engines).
3. Ok, that's dedication.
> I feel like I got extremely lucky about finding space inside the phone. There was inexplicably a lot of extra room in the lower left hand corner, right where I wanted to put the headphone jack.
Suspicious... almost like their engineers left room to change their minds about the jack at the last second if they wanted to :)