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I usually fix and repair them and then resell

Most people ship them as is A sealed phone with battery

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I have an iPhone 7 or 8 still...

Granted it's spamming steps for a game I play...

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Here to learn more so I can recycle more
My grades are my own opinion and not an official grade from Boardsort

Correct

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For sealed phones they have the any with battery class
If the battery is consumer removable remove the battery first for cellphones without battery

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By that point, you are better off sending in the individual boards if you’ve gone so far as to remove everything to the battery point

Most modern cell phones have a cell phone board and multiple high peripheral boards.

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For austin86 only
What you are asking is outside of what most people would or should do. I would refer you to boardsort with a phone call to discuss your intention and see what they say.

For the general public
The standard message you will get from most of the experienced technicians here is just let it be. There’s multiple write ups here comparing phone weight and value to look at and the difference is very small for the time and battery concerns.

Replacing your cellphone battery yourself with the right tools (most of us point to iFixIt and Tekton sets) and right guides is an achievement to be proud of and definitely worth it to keep a usable phone going.
For scrap, if it’s not required don’t mess with it.

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That’s a no. The phone needs to be left open enough to be instantly known to not have the battery. Meaning one side of the phone would need to be exposed if they would accept it in the first place.

Sending a sealed phone even with the battery removed will go as a sealed phone with battery.

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No sealed phone with battery is worth taken apart for the upgrade.

No phone at all should be disassembled. Easier and better money than taken them apart.

Sell as Whole.

If you have repaired phones or have some that are in pieces, AS LONG AS ALL*** parts are with that phone, bag it together in a Ziplock; they will be bought as whole.

Removing the batteries gives you more materials that you have to process or recycle properly, as well as taken phones apart. Obsolete

Old Cell phones are the only ones you remove the battery, but that's self-explanatory. End of story.

Quick EDIT* Some of those covers/backs that come off old cell phones can go into Gold connector ends. They have flashing and push points. Labeled G or easy to notice it's plated.

The premise here is the general public.
Not the fixing crowd like myself or the D&E fun (hey I agree they are fun to watch, with proper knowledge and control).

Fact is though most people make out better sending them on whole.

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