It's. Time. For. Nerdgasm!
Hey! What's up guys? Jerry here; aka Barnacules, and in today's episode of: JERRY RIGGED
I'm gonna show you how to convert that plain old iPhone 6 or iPhone 6+
into the prestigious Unicorn teared drinking forumla that is the iPhone 7!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Stay tuned!
Alright guys, before we get started with this project, let's talk a little bit about how innovative the iPhone 7 is.
Now I for one have noticed that since Steve Jobs has passed away, Apple has become an absolute juggernaut in the smart phone business.
I mean the iPhone 7 has some amazing new features, such as no headphone jack...
Because who listens to music on their cellphone, I mean seriously?
and if you do you've always got wireless because, more batteries, more charging... I mean, makes sense.
Seriously Tim Cook?
But, it has one awesome feature, that today we're going to upgrade our iPhone 6 to have, and that is optical zoom.
Optical zoom is amazing because it saves precious calories because you don't have to walk back and forth to the subject.
You can actually just stand completely stationary, or hell, not even get up and sit on your ass eating a bag of Doritos.
It's fine, but that optical zoom will let you reach out and touch that world.
Without making ya sweaty.
Also, today's video is sponsored by AMD Red team and they sent me this mouse mat as glorious payment.
Because they really couldn't afford anything else.
All right, to start this Jerry Rigged we're gonna need a phone. And specifically you're gonna need the iPhone 6 or the iPhone 6+.
This will not work with an iPhone 5, this will not work with an iPhone 4, or an iPhone 3 or and iPhone 2 or an iPhone 1.
You got that?
Okay, so the first thing we're gonna need to do is remove the case.
Because the case is actually gonna cause us some problems with this mod.
And don't worry when the mod is complete, you'll be able to put the case back on.
I honestly don't know how to get this case off the phone.
Ahaaaa! I got it!
Yes!
All right, so once the case is off you're gonna want to clean the screen really, really good.
I suggest using a microfibre cloth, or your sweaty t-shirt.
Yeaaaahhhhh, get in there!
Son a bitch is like a mirror
Okay, now you're gonna need two items to complete this upgrade.
You're gonna need a roll of duct tape, that's always a must.
All right, you're also gonna want to raid your kids toy box and get one of these. It is a magnifying glass, it magnifies things.
Trust me, it's gonna become brutally apparent here in a sec' what I'm using it for.
All right so the first thing we need to do is get rid of that damn headphone jack.
Nobody needs it, it's just getting in the way, it's just another hole in your phone for water to get into.
So let's go ahead and take care of that
We're gonna use Duct tape, and the reason why we're using Duct tape is because you can see the case is a nice space grey.
Unless you got one of the rose Gold ones or something like that and then you're totally screwed.
But anyway, if you got the space grey, the Duct tape will blend perfectly.
So what you wanna do is take yourself a strip of Duct tape, like so, tear it off.
All right that looks like about the right size.
And then what you're gonna do on the bottom of the phone is make sure you don't cover the, the lighting port here. You're gonna have a bad day.
So what you wanna do, is get it over here on the side and just cover the headphone port. Just like that.
And can you also, you can also customise it, you can like put your little thumb down and do a little tear, and get it a custom size.
Like so, make it look really clean.
Rub it on there really good too guys,
REALLY GOOD!
All right guys, you can clearly see we have the first feature complete, and you can see it blends perfectly with the phone, you don't even know it's there.
Duct tape is perfect for this job!
So now I dont' have to worry about that headphone jack anymore. It's not gonna get in my way, it's not gonna tempt me to listen to decent quality music
It's gonna force me to go to some Bluetooth headphones that sound like shit.
All right now the second mod is a little bit harder and that involves the magnifying glass.
Now we all know that the iPhone 7 has glorious optical zoom, all right. Optical, meaning you can take pictures of stuff far away without getting off your ass.
And I personally like that feature, and I want it. So what I'm gonna do, is I'm gonna carry this magnifying glass around with me, and I'm gonna show you why.
Okay let's say I want to take a picture of this Duct tape right here, but I don't want to get much closer to it.
What I can do is I can take the magnifying glass here and I can put it up in front of it and I can change the level of zoom.
Just like so, you see that?
You see how I can get further away, I can bring it in, I can make it bigger, make it a little smaller, you see that?
You see how, you see how big that roll, roll is there? I'm gonna take a picture.
And watch when I remove it.
See?
It's a little bit smaller.
Now this magnifying glass right here is obviously a toy so it only gives you about a .5 zoom.
So if you want a better optical zoom, just get yourself a better magnifying glass. It's that simple, c'mon guys, it ain't rocket science... Jesh! Serious?
Now if you prefer the hands free option we can go ahead and attach this. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna put the magnifying glass over the lens like this.
Then what we're gonna do is we're get some more Duct tape, I do recommend Duct tape.
Just get yourself a strip, make sure you measure it perfectly because you don't want a lot of excess.
And then what you're going to do, is you're gonna put the magnifying glass right where you want it centred over that lens.
Make sure it's centred that's critically important. And then what you're gonna do is you're gonna wrap it around the sides. Like this.
Make sure it's nice and tight...
LADIES!
Now obviously you don't wanna cover the screen, so what we're gonna do is we're gonna pinch it along the edge here and we're just gonna tear off that excess.
Because ya, you don't need it, you don't need it guys, it's Duct tape, it'll hold.
Tear off that excess, just like that pull it right around the side, and you'll see nothing's covering the screen.
You can see that it's beautiful, it's firmly attached it also gives you a better grip on the phone.
For like when you're making phone calls and stuff. It definitely makes the phone feel more substantial in your hands.
Samsung-ish if you will.
And now you can see the lens is integrated with the camera.
So let's go ahead and put that back over there. Now you don't have to manage two things.
Now you might get a little flare here and there on the screen. Some reflection, refraction, but guys, that's just the J.J. Abrams filter.
Think of it like a feature. But that is a beautiful piece of kit!
All right guys, well there you have it. My iPhone 6+ is now an iPhone 7+. You can see it's very, very comfortable to hold.
Though I'm not gonna lie, I couldn't get the case back on it because of my optical zoom upgrade.
But that's okay, I can always design a case that's gonna fit this and 3D print it and it'll be just fine.
But you guys can see right now the ergonomics on the phone are much improved.
We no longer have another point of ingress for water and other bodily fluids... headphone jack.
You know I'm talkin' about, you know what I'm talkin' about.
All right so I really hope that some of you guys do this upgrade to your phone and send me your pictures over on Twitter. I am @Barnacules.
I would love to see the clever ways that you guys come up with to upgrade your iPhone 6 or 6+ to an iPhone 7.
Now if you happen to have an older phone like an iPhone 5 or something like that. You can still do the upgrade, you're just not gonna be foolin' anybody.
This one however, nobody would dispute from 10 feet away that that's not an iPhone 7.
I mean it's, it, it's a dead ringer. I mean they're gonna look for a headphone jack, it's not there.
And they're just gonna be like, done, done, that's an iPhone 7, that guys a wrencher
All right well I hope you guys enjoyed today's episode of "Jerry Rigged".
I am now getting ready to head down to Oregon to attend "OMSI Maker Fair" for the weekend and I just wanted to create a video for you guys to enjoy while I was gone.
So guys, I got a call coming in, I gotta take this. Until next time!
So my warranty is void? Really? So putting some Duct tape on the phone voided my warranty?
God, next thing it's like you guys are gonna tell me if I drop it in the toilet you're not gonna replace it?
Like what the hell? Seriously?
Urghhhhhh!
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