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hmm, I was told I need to snip all off the steel covers on the cell boards to send them in. that takes a lot more time then the 30 second to a minutes or 2 to remove the battery and TBH its at a lower payout do to the lost in weight.

Also what counts as the high peripheral boards? I almost never see more then one board in a phone.

For austin86 only
What you are asking is outside of what most people would or should do. I would refer you to boardsort with a phone call to discuss your intention and see what they say.

For the general public
The standard message you will get from most of the experienced technicians here is just let it be. There’s multiple write ups here comparing phone weight and value to look at and the difference is very small for the time and battery concerns.

Replacing your cellphone battery yourself with the right tools (most of us point to iFixIt and Tekton sets) and right guides is an achievement to be proud of and definitely worth it to keep a usable phone going.
For scrap, if it’s not required don’t mess with it.

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Replacing a phone battery is hardly an achievement... Same for the screen. Back when iPhone screens where supper fragile I was replacing 25 to 50 screens an hr.

TBH the weights/prices are rather significant and time needed to pull a battery is less then a minute per phone. For iPhone 6-8s I weighted the difference from removing the battery at about 1oz at the most, the phones are about 4-5oz. the boards are about 1/2oz. so at 3.75$ for phone with battery and 5.50$ for phone without a battery and 22.50$ for Cell Phone Boards at the time of posting this I would have about .70$ a board, 1.33$ for a phone without battery if I can put the screen back on, and 1.14$ for a full phone. It takes around 30 seconds to a minute for me to remove a battery. around 10 minute to prep the boards. Now 1.33 and 1.14 per phone is not a big difference. but scaled up to the number of phones I have it is. that's almost 20$ per 100 phones.

Now If I can't just remove the battery and put the screen back on then the point is moot as the weight of the screen+the loss from the battery ends up netting less.

Hopefully that gives you a better idea of what I'm thinking.

That’s a no. The phone needs to be left open enough to be instantly known to not have the battery. Meaning one side of the phone would need to be exposed if they would accept it in the first place.

Sending a sealed phone even with the battery removed will go as a sealed phone with battery.

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well dang then. guess I'll be better off to send them in sealed with the bat, I had so many I was trying to get the best rate I could

No sealed phone with battery is worth taken apart for the upgrade.

No phone at all should be disassembled. Easier and better money than taken them apart.

Sell as Whole.

If you have repaired phones or have some that are in pieces, AS LONG AS ALL*** parts are with that phone, bag it together in a Ziplock; they will be bought as whole.

Removing the batteries gives you more materials that you have to process or recycle properly, as well as taken phones apart. Obsolete

Old Cell phones are the only ones you remove the battery, but that's self-explanatory. End of story.

Quick EDIT* Some of those covers/backs that come off old cell phones can go into Gold connector ends. They have flashing and push points. Labeled G or easy to notice it's plated.

I took one fully apart and weighted out everything, I'll make a little more taking them apart, not going to waste my time recycle the batteries properly, they go in a bucket and get used for fireworks or at the range. Took about 25 apart over the course of an half hr last night. later tonight I'll strip the rest and net around an extra 25$ vs just sending them in whole.

The premise here is the general public.
Not the fixing crowd like myself or the D&E fun (hey I agree they are fun to watch, with proper knowledge and control).

Fact is though most people make out better sending them on whole.

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