This Is What Happens When Someone Tries To Repair A Smartphone’s Swollen Battery

Apple and some other brands authorize many in-store repairs these days, except for swollen batteries.

If anyone attempts to fix this fault, it is highly likely that the batteries can be punctured during the process, and the video of a man trying to replace a swollen battery is an example of why we should never try it ourselves.

The video was posted on Reddit by a user named tryagainin47seconds, and it featured his coworker dismantling the iPhone when it busted into flame. It seems like the battery is third-party.

The man later stamped on the phone, trying to put out the fire. While it worked, doing this is extremely risky. Lithium-ion battery burns at a high temperature so the fire might penetrate through whatever you are wearing and hurt your foot. A better thing to do is to wait for the fire to stop rather than get anywhere near it.

Even if you can avoid burning yourself, inhaling fumes from the fire is something you should also avoid. So all in all, stay away as far as you can from a swollen battery.

While the chances of lithium-ion battery fire are slim, the vast number of handheld devices that have it means that we may expect to see a few fire cases each year. The latest case was an iPhone 6 busted into flame while an 11-year-old girl was holding it.

This risk is magnified when users opt for batteries, cables, and chargers from lesser-known brands, which do not have safety standards as strict as those of Apple and other reputable manufacturers.