Buying $117 iPhone Motherboard on AliExpress: My Experience/Story (Scam or a Legit)

Are AliExpress iPhone motherboards legit? Here's my story on three motherboards I purchased and how it went...

...from scams to potential spyware, this story has it all.
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Unboxing & Testing Video:
https://youtu.be/Hf1AzJGtbxU

Link to AliExpress iPhone motherboards:
https://taplink.cc/techoverflow/p/iphone-motherboards/

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00:00:00.160 I bought three iPhone motherboards off
00:00:02.679 AliExpress and well let's just say
00:00:05.000 things didn't go exactly as planned it
00:00:07.560 all started back in January 2023 I was
00:00:10.080 just casually scrolling through
00:00:11.599 AliExpress when boom I stumbl upon an
00:00:14.440 iPhone 12 Pro motherboard not just any
00:00:17.080 motherboard though 256 GB of storage and
00:00:20.680 working face ID all for the insane price
00:00:23.279 of
00:00:24.119 $131 I couldn't believe my eyes but it
00:00:26.920 gets better I stacked a few coupon codes
00:00:28.720 and got the price down to1 $7 before tax
00:00:31.960 and mind you this was only 2 years after
00:00:34.160 the iPhone 12 Pro launched naturally I
00:00:36.440 thought I'm going to build my own iPhone
00:00:38.239 12 Pro from scratch spoiler this is
00:00:40.680 where things start to fall apart the big
00:00:43.079 mistake being the genius that I am or so
00:00:45.719 I thought I didn't buy just one of these
00:00:47.760 motherboards no no I bought two why
00:00:50.680 because you know who can pass up a good
00:00:52.359 deal right I was glued to the tracking
00:00:54.399 info then one day I noticed something
00:00:57.120 odd one of the packages was already in
00:00:59.160 the mainland us and suddenly it made a
00:01:01.199 detour to Hawaii I thought uh maybe USPS
00:01:04.559 just messed up like they've done before
00:01:06.280 it'll bounce back then it showed as
00:01:07.960 delivered in kyua Hawaii in some random
00:01:11.119 parcel Locker the other one delivered to
00:01:13.200 some mailbox in Massachusetts at that
00:01:15.600 point I knew I'd been had thankfully
00:01:17.640 AliExpress customer service came through
00:01:19.920 they quickly confirmed the scam and
00:01:21.560 refunded me fast forward to March I
00:01:23.680 wasn't ready to give up on my dream of
00:01:25.600 building an iPhone this time I found
00:01:27.600 another iPhone 12 Pro motherboard but
00:01:29.600 this one one was pricier $238 with 128
00:01:33.240 gig of storage and working Face Unlock I
00:01:35.560 figured higher prices better odds of
00:01:37.479 actually receiving it right I used
00:01:39.360 another coupon got to love those and
00:01:41.280 knocked $43 off bringing it to
00:01:44.040 $195 I hit buy and the weight began
00:01:46.880 again success kind of this time the
00:01:49.399 package arrived it was well packed in a
00:01:51.119 foam box and the motherboard seemed
00:01:52.960 legit so I put the iPhone together
00:01:54.640 powered it up and everything worked 128
00:01:57.320 GB of space Face Unlock functional it
00:01:59.439 was a awesome but then things started
00:02:01.479 getting weird the weird issues begin
00:02:04.000 first off the battery drained like crazy
00:02:06.560 I'm talking leave it for 3 hours and
00:02:08.318 it's completely dead from 100% to 0% I
00:02:11.520 blamed it on the cheap battery I bought
00:02:13.360 that's on me but then the bigger issue I
00:02:16.120 couldn't update the phone no matter what
00:02:17.760 I did it wouldn't install the latest IOS
00:02:20.440 after weeks of frustration I finally
00:02:22.319 plugged it into iTunes and attempted the
00:02:24.200 update that way it took several tries
00:02:26.680 but eventually it worked here's where my
00:02:28.640 paranoia kicks in after after the update
00:02:30.599 the battery suddenly improved now I'm
00:02:33.000 not saying it's definitive but I suspect
00:02:35.840 there was some sort of malware or
00:02:37.440 spyware on the motherboard that was
00:02:39.159 draining the battery and preventing
00:02:40.760 updates once I wiped it clean with
00:02:42.480 iTunes things seemed normal again so
00:02:44.959 what's the verdict while I finally have
00:02:47.000 a functional iPhone 12 Pro the idea that
00:02:49.800 there might have been malware on it
00:02:51.400 still lingers in the back of my mind can
00:02:53.280 I ever fully trust this phone probably
00:02:55.480 not moral of the story if you're going
00:02:57.360 to build a phone from parts off
00:02:59.040 AliExpress be ready for anything you
00:03:01.319 might save some cash but the risks
00:03:03.519 they're very real that's my AliExpress
00:03:05.319 iPhone Adventure what do you guys think
00:03:07.200 would you ever try building a phone from
00:03:09.280 scratch like this or is it just too
00:03:11.319 risky let me know in the comments
0:00 Intro
0:07 1st & 2nd motherboard (Scam?)
1:21 3rd motherboard (Legit?)
2:00 Problems With 3rd motherboard (Spyware?)
2:55 Moral of the story

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