We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iphone. The antenna cover was a bit tricky but eventually it came off. Then we started to open the metal cover (after taking out the 3 screws) and PUFF, up it went in smoke, I think my collegue must have touched something. It literally went up in black smoke. I was so hot that when I tried to pick it up I burnt my fingers. So, this is for shure the most difficult part of the whole process. I don't know what he did, as I had just stepped out of the room to fetch something when I heard a scream...they got such a fright. I will post a photo of the iphone... To everybody out there, be carefull....

OMG! ARE YOU SERIOUS?

does your iphone still works?

First rule of electrics - you need to keep the smoke inside the wires. If the smoke escapes, then you're fecked. :p

Seriously though... any high-power lithium battery powered device can catch fire if shorted out. Remember the burning laptop battery scares - it happens. Lithium ion shouldn't be as susceptible in theory, but there are always reports of exploding / burning Li-ion batteries. The battery in the iPhone isn't protected since the case isn't meant to be user-serviceable, you probably just shorted something out early in the process and it got hot enough to smoke later...

Sounds like the device was on when you tried to disassemble it...was this the case? Maybe you thought it was off but it was just sleeping?

The black smoke comes proberly form the battery you damaged, Li-Po battery, no idea if the incidents might be exoterm in reaction if they are mixed

how do i post a jpeg. I have tried usin g manage attachments but it keeps on failing..

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Blimey! what did you do?!