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@iFixit after having replaced the battery twice in my old thinkpad and having stripped (some) of the screws, i can't wait for the mandated user replaceable batteries!
@iFixit I have a Dreamcast that I Know I can fix. Not sure what's wrong (It honestly could be anything) but I Will get it back up & running someday. >.<
@iFixit I refuse to give up on my 10 year old laptop. I keep it running as a server.
@iFixit my latest fix was soldering the power wires back into the board of a charger for an e-bike. The charger had fallen to the floor and detached the wires leading from the charger to the bike itself.
@iFixit I refuse to give up on my old(ish) Dell Inspiron 15 and replaced the battery and the coin cell battery that was deep inside and required dismantling almost everything. I'll be using it with Linux Mint and LibreOffice
@iFixit fixing the joycons, and the switch where they attach. I'm too cheap to replace if I can repair..
@iFixit I just fixed my nintendo dsi, and plan to keep it kicking as long as I can
@iFixit my zojirushi rice cooker had a little “non-replaceable” glued in coin battery powering the clock that died. Without it, I couldn’t pre-set it to have oatmeal hot and ready in the morning.
We almost bought a new one before I decided to take it apart and see what was wrong, but it turned out to be a relatively easy fix.
@iFixit I want to repair a MacBook Pro that stopped accepting electrical charge, and convert it into my first Linux set up to learn more about how to navigate that OS.
@iFixit Not giving up on my ultra-light Asus Zenbook UX331: After battery swap a bunch of falling objects broke the display. Spare parts exceeded current second hand prices and fixing involved more unglueing and reglueing than expected, but it's still an awesome beautiful device die to its lightness and form factor.
@iFixit I was able to replace my phone battery last year (2025) thanks to your great and very complete repair kit and tutorials. I want to repair another phone that needs a screen replacement.
Keep doing what you do 💪😁
@iFixit I changed the screen on my nexus 4 twice
@iFixit
My most satisfying repair win is my clothes dryer. I've had it several years and besides regular maintenance to prevent fire hazards, I've had to repair it a few times. Sometimes it's been the drive belt for the drum, other times it's been the thermal fuse. I get a great sense of accomplishment from making a large machine work again.
@iFixit My first flat panel TV was a 43" Samsung that I fixed for $1.73 replacing 5 leaking capacitors. I would like to replace the lightning port and microphone on my iPhone 13 Pro.
@iFixit I often try to fix things, but I was surprised when I actually managed to replace the switch on a desk lamp once. It was down to the good design rather than my own skills.
@iFixit My thinkpad t480 needs a new battery.
@iFixit My wife dropped her brand new iPhone 6 within a week of getting it and broke the screen. I looked up how to replace the screen (possibly on the iFixit site (?)), bought a new screen and the right tools, and did the repair successfully! Scared the crap out of me, especially since I had to come in from the side opposite the sceen and remove everything to get at the screen connector. And the screws were so tiny!!
Immediate next thing after the repair was a case and screen protector...
@iFixit I once repaired a hifi system with a single lego brick. A loose connection had to be secured.
@iFixit I want to try repairing one of those new macbook neos, it'd also be cool to try fixing an iPad given we have quite a few broken ones at work.
@iFixit I recently repaired an old dell laptop that came into my possesion for free. Now it served me well as good as new. I plan to repair more devieces or made them futureproof like upgrading the hardware of my trusty old mac pro.