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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by galaxys on Monday September 23, 2024 @07:48AM (#41625064)
Throwing away is a real hassle. You often buy a new phone because the old one is broken. So data is on there but you cant turn it on. Get a drill out? Not sure I want to breath in that dust.
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by meowster on Monday September 23, 2024 @08:41AM (#41625431)
Microwave? Might be easier to avoid the fumes than the dust from drilling. Probably easier to drill outside and wear an N95 mask and goggles though.
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by elzbardico on Monday September 23, 2024 @09:16AM (#41625739)
Just put a soldering iron over the epoxy on the ssd chips, get it really hot to ensure the sillicon gets heated to at least 100C and your data will be gone forever in a completely non-functional chip.
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Re:How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works by acdha on Monday September 23, 2024 @08:00PM (#41631797)
Buy an iPhone and don’t worry about recycling it because storage encryption means it doesn’t matter. You can never plan for when you might lose a device.
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