Purple, a new iPhone repair tool, is not a jailbreak. It’s not a critical security flaw. When you run it on an iPhone, your screen turns a solid color, maybe. Using it any further requires a Mac and an obscure cable. But Purple has real potential. …
Lees meeriFixit recently posted more than 13,000 service and maintenance manuals for medical devices from hundreds of manufacturers. The effort, CEO Kyle Wiens told Marketplace Tech, took “close to half of my team” off normal work for two months . With no ad…
Lees meerOne decade and one day ago, Samsung released the Galaxy S. The $400 phone was thin, sported a powerful graphics processor, and a bright AMOLED screen (at least until Samsung ran out). It was Samsung’s first real foray into a premium phone, after yea…
Lees meerNote: This post, originally from October 2018, answers a question that a lot of people have been searching for, on iFixit and on the web. We’re republishing it now, with some timely updates, in the hopes it might help folks looking for help while wo…
Lees meerWe’ve taken the time, and the words, to profile inspiring repair heroes. Most often it’s people behind something like The Restart Project, Repair Cafés, or Right to Repair movements. Sometimes it’s our dads, our grandfathers, or our mothers. Today,…
Lees meerHospitals are having trouble getting service information to fix medical equipment—and it’s not just a COVID-19 problem. We’ve heard countless stories from biomedical technicians (biomeds, for short) about how medical device manufacturers make their …
Lees meerThe DFU Mode in iPhones and iPads is an emergency tool that’s not designed for most people to ever see. It’s hard to activate, and the screen stays blank when you finally manage to trigger it. And yet this obscure tool is essential for resurrecting …
Lees meerCoffee, shakes, water, beer—none of them are good for your laptop. But there is something worse: the way most people react to having spilled liquid into their computer. We’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers over the years about liquid damage,…
Lees meerIt may not feel like time is passing, or that anything is on schedule. But Apple is ready to move forward. As it does every year, the hardware maker just added a bunch of laptops (and one iPod Touch) to its list of “Vintage” products. This go-round,…
Lees meerRepair and maintenance aren’t just a great way to save money and lessen your environmental impact. Just the act of fixing things up, however big or small a project, may also be good for your mental wellbeing. We’re attracted by the latest gadgets, a…
Lees meerCarlos’ 10-year-old son Charlie tripped on his headphone cable back in early March, when “things were just starting to unravel,” Carlos said. The sudden force damaged the headphone jack on Charlie’s Nintendo Switch. Headphones still worked if you wi…
Lees meerWe enjoy the luxury of being friends with, and being near, the X-ray geniuses at Creative Electron. Like us, there are very few things they don’t want to X-ray. These scans help us get ahead on opening up devices by seeing what clips, wires, or othe…
Lees meerUsually, household fix-up projects go something like this: Check the internet for a guide Head to the hardware store to trawl the aisles for far too long, trying to work out what you need Go home and try to make sense of it all Return to the hardwa…
Lees meerA loud, clear call rang out in the early days of the novel coronavirus. American manufacturers needed to pivot production to ventilators, the breathing machines crucial to treating COVID-19. As of April 2020, many have stepped up: Dyson, Ford, Tesla…
Lees meerThe reviews are in, and there’s a clear consensus: Apple’s new iPhone SE is a really good deal. We’re not here to disagree. Our tests show you can repair it with a lot of the same readily available parts from the iPhone 8—and thanks to the same A13 …
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