Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Who could have guessed this scam is even a thing? 😩
There's something everyone should be aware of if you ever go to get your phone battery replaced in the future. There's a type of device called a "tag-on flex cable" which ostensibly has legitimate purposes, but repair shops may not fully inform you about them. They basically allow the use of non-genuine battery cells with your phone, while not triggering Apple's "non-genuine" warning on iPhones. In the past, independent repair shops may have had to use these even when using purely genuine batteries, but these days there's not really a reason they should be using them. And they can be used by less-then-honest repairers to install inferior batteries.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - The Supposed “Legitimate” Purpose
2:02 - How The “Tag-On” Cable Works
3:20 - Worse if it Happens Today
4:01 - iPhone 15 and Later Differences
5:16 - When It Becomes A Scam
6:25 - Worst Case
6:49 - How Could You Tell?
8:13 - What About Android Phones?
8:46 - What If You Found One?
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Who could have guessed this scam is even a thing? 😩
There's something everyone should be aware of if you ever go to get your phone battery replaced in the future. There's a type of device called a "tag-on flex cable" which ostensibly has legitimate purposes, but repair shops may not fully inform you about them. They basically allow the use of non-genuine battery cells with your phone, while not triggering Apple's "non-genuine" warning on iPhones. In the past, independent repair shops may have had to use these even when using purely genuine batteries, but these days there's not really a reason they should be using them. And they can be used by less-then-honest repairers to install inferior batteries.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - The Supposed “Legitimate” Purpose
2:02 - How The “Tag-On” Cable Works
3:20 - Worse if it Happens Today
4:01 - iPhone 15 and Later Differences
5:16 - When It Becomes A Scam
6:25 - Worst Case
6:49 - How Could You Tell?
8:13 - What About Android Phones?
8:46 - What If You Found One?
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• My Desktop Wallpapers ⇨ https://thiojoe.art/
⇨ Instagram.com/ThioJoe
⇨ Twitter.com/ThioJoe
⇨ Facebook.com/ThioJoeTV
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