[GIVEAWAY] This Earth Day, we are giving away 5 Pro Tech Toolkits so you can…
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[GIVEAWAY] This Earth Day, we are giving away 5 Pro Tech Toolkits so you can stay in control of your hardware. All you have to do to enter is:
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- Comment below with your favorite repair win, what you want to fix next, or what device you refuse to give up on
The giveaway will be open until 11:59pm PST on 4/23. This giveaway is for y’all on Mastodon only, but we’re also running giveaways on our other socials too! Check them out for more chances to win!
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@iFixit biggest fix win so far has to be reviving my childhood GBA SP and giving my wife a replacement for her beloved DS. My next fix is replacing the battery in my gen 1 iPod nano… also installing Linux on my 2017 intel MacBook Pro to get back on a supported OS, but hardware-wise everything is good on that right now
@iFixit By far my biggest repair win was rebuilding a carburetor on an old Honda Prelude back in the 90s. Guided by a Chilton manual, I took the old one apart and placed the pieces on a big piece of cardboard, labeling as a I went. When I was all done, I got in the car and turned the key... and it started! I drove that Prelude for another two years or so before selling it.
@iFixit been doing maintenance on the old family computers. Hard drive failed (rotten latex fittings) so replacing it with a BlueSCSI. Upgrading the memory (feeling luxurious, whole 4mb!)
@iFixit Just replaced the screen of my Fairphone 5. Easy win!
@iFixit repaired my Senheisser MB660 headphones, and my wife's PXC550s, which are near identical. Batteries failed in both units, bought some new ones, watched some videos, did some spudging and soldering, now as good as new. Also replaced the ear pads while i was at it. 8 years old and counting!!!
@iFixit asus tuf gaming a16 mobo swap, fan in my unifi dream machine, and i refuse to give up on an old vita that needs resurrecting
@iFixit repair is also a great way to get things for cheap. I bought a broken Focusrite audio interface, all it needed was a new type-c port and it started working immediately. Cost me less than 20% of its original price.
@iFixit the battery in my Nix Color Sensor Mini 2 failed. Officially it is "not repairable" because the housing is welded or glued shut. That never stopped me... Turns out that inserting a razor blade at the tiny gap between top and bottom shell, then scoring around the circumference breaks the glue... Then it was super easy to desolder the battery.
@iFixit My fav repair win was replacing the display on my Thinkpad T560 laptop
@iFixit @Gargron Dude, I fix things at repair cafe twice a month. But my fav ever was when I fixed Tascam 244 multitrack. Restored it!
@iFixit Refuse to give up on my 15 year old iPod Nano. Not repairable but a great device nevertheless!
@iFixit My most recent repair win was fixing an unexpected mechanical failure on my bike while I was out by jerry rigging a temporary fix to get me to the nearest hardware store and then doing a better repair to get me home.
I love that iFixit helps me save my laptops and other devices and get them back on their feet in the same way!
@iFixit My favorite repair win recently has been buying a broken Gamecube for cheap and fixing it to be good as new, then modding it.
@iFixit My favorite repair was a vintage financial calculator from the 1970s. One with the old tube display. Batteries were left inside, but I managed to disassemble and replace the metal contacts. Worked like new!
@iFixit I’d love to be able to fix my LED tube light. It has 58 LEDs, and I have to take the thing apart…
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Biggest repair win: An old Motorola smartphone that I managed to get LineageOS installed on, despite it not being an 'approved' phone.
The next fix: I have an old desktop that I want to try and turn into a router that blocks all adds and trackers and what not.
Device I refuse to give up on: a couple of old Android phones that I know I can use for some good purposes.
@iFixit I've fixed a PlayStation controller, an iPhone screen, and a Dell laptop screen all in the past two years.
I'm trying to keep my iPhone 11 alive as long as possible, and hoping I can fix stuff so my friends don't send their electronics off to landfills!
@iFixit looking to soon replace the battery in my old late 2011 macbook pro 8,1
generally pretty hard to get me to give up on anything :3 (no seriously, i would fight with it if i had to lol)
@iFixit Rigid shop vac. Motor brushes burned up.
The motor was pressed together. I used a grinder to disassemble it. Replaced the brushes. Then created a way re fasten it (don't remember what I did exactly).
I taped half the repair, and realized it would make a poor video.
8 years of use after it burned up during the first year.
@iFixit keeping my dishwasher in repair turned out to be quite a journey (already had to replace the main pump, the door springs and the top drawe). Luckily it's actually repairable kinda well, including user-facing instructions, and I'd hate to rebuy just because some small piece breaks down.