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#ifixit

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in_sympathy

A few days ago home internet started acting funny.

At first I blamed my ISP, than #PiHole that runs on my #RaspberryPi, but none turned out to be the reason. The reason was this UPS that powers my main WiFi router base.

When I pulled the plug out of the UPS I found a cable in quite a miserable state as you can see.

Having examined further I found that a small zener diode got shorted.

Replaced it with the one with a higher voltage rating and it's back to work as expected.

repair #ifixit

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iFixit

New tool! Meet the iFixit ESD-Safe Hammer.

We hear you: sometimes you need a little more oomph to finish your fix. So, we engineered the world’s first hammer designed for electronics repair. It's built with a non-conductive handle, ESD-safe head, and just enough heft to "persuade" stubborn components.

Perfect for:
🔋 Glued-in batteries
🪛 Stripped screws
🔌Soldered memory
💥 Stress relief

Now unavailable at iFixit.com.

Hammer with a black handle and blue textured grip. The iFixit logo is printed on the handle, with the graphic portion of the logo embossed near the bottom. The head of the hammer is raw metal with black accents. The text on the image says "NEW! ESD-Safe Hammer" above the hammer, with "IT'S HAMMER TIME" in blue underneath the hammer, and the iFixit logo beneath that.
#iFixit#FixWithForce#AprilFools
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Riquiñez :cine_disney_stich:

Hoy vengo a animaros a que reparéis vuestros teléfonos (o los llevéis a que alguien los repare).

La batería de mi Pixel 6 estaba renqueando mucho tras 3 años y medio de uso. Cuando llegaba al 20% empezaba a caer dígito a dígito cada segundo.

Pues bien, me compré la batería y otras partes (adhesivo y bandas de disipación de calor) en @iFixit. En esa misma web, especializada, tienen guía completa para cambiar la batería y, si lo quieres, el kit entero para hacerlo tú mismo.

Yo no me atrevía a hacerlo por mi cuenta, así que se lo llevé a una tienda de confianza y por menos de 80€ en total (batería y la mano de obra) tengo móvil nuevo como quien dice.

Os dejo la web de #iFixit a mano, que además en el caso de los Pixel vende recambios originales de Google: es.ifixit.com/

iFixitiFixit: El Manual de Reparación GratuitoiFixit es una comunidad global de personas mutuamente ayudándose a reparar cosas. Reparemos el mundo, un dispositivo a la vez. Soluciona problemas con expertos en el foro de Respuestas — y construye tus propios manuales de reparación para compartir con el mundo. Repara tus dispositivos Apple y Android — y compra todas las partes y herramientas necesarias para tus proyectos DIY de reparación.
#RightToRepair#DerechoAReparar#Pixel6
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j4n3z

Trocha sebepropagace:
Dělal jsem si držák na #ifixit Manta kit pod stůl. Teoreticky by to samozřejmě mělo udržet i ostatní kity, ale to nemám jak ověřit 🙂 Případně je k dispozici i zdrojový soubor z #openSCAD pro úpravy (samozřejmě s komentáři, které snad dávají smysl).
printables.com/model/1241517-i

Printables.comifixit Manta underdesk holder by j4n3z | Download free STL model | Printables.comUnderdesk holder with lip to prevent accidental slide out | Download free 3D printable STL models
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J. Steven York RESISTS

How did I not know iFixit was on Mastodon? If you're unfamiliar, iFixit is a company that advocates for Right to Repair and the sale of repairable products. They offer free repair manuals and other information for countless devices, and they sell quality tools and parts to assist in making those repairs and avoiding bad tech. Great outfit, and a font of useful information. Be sure to follow.
ifixit@mastodon.social
#tech #repair #righttorepair #electronics #technology #ifixit #diy

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iFixit

We. Love. Modular. Ports.

Did you know that MacBooks have modular USB-C ports? All that Thunderbolt speed goes straight through a small press connector. Impressive!

Better yet, if you break a port, your expensive logic board's safe and sound.

Why doesn't every laptop do this?!
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#repair #electronics #iFixit

MacBook sitting upside down on a white table with its bottom cover removed. Tweezers are holding the MacBook's two left-side USB-C ports slightly above the laptop. The USB-C ports are a discrete PCB with an integrated ribbon cable that terminates in a wide press connector that connects to the logic board.
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Sheldon

The adult version of the kids’ game, Operation, where you remove “organs” from a patient is the game of smartphone repair.

I just replaced the battery on an old iPhone 7. I probably spent half my time just trying to seat the microscopic screws so I could put them back in.

Also at that size a Y000 screw is almost indistinguishable from a PH000 screw. The Y has a 3-way pattern and the PH is the Philips 4-way pattern. They both look just like dots to the naked eye.

Getting the case open and getting the screws back in was the hardest part of doing my own battery replacement.

#RightToRepair#ifixit#today
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petersuber

Update. "Years of hard work have made it possible for us to celebrate the #RightToRepair movement time and time again. It's a group effort —folks like #iFixit, who provide repair guides and repairability scores; the #RepairAssociation, who’ve helped lead the movement in state legislatures; and of course, people like you who contact local representatives, are the reason this movement has gained so much momentum."
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/righ

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Right to Repair: A Prime Example of Grassroots AdvocacyGood old-fashioned grassroots advocacy is one of the best tools we have right now for making a positive change for our civil liberties online. When we unite toward a shared goal, anything is possible, and the right to repair movement is a prime example of this.In July of last year, EFF and many...
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Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈

Well electric cars, hell, cars in general these days come with proprietary software that totally screws over the buyer's ability to fix their own damn car. It's bullshit, plain and simple.

Right to repair isn't just some fancy slogan, it's a fucking right. Period. I'm all in on open source software and the freedom to dig into the code, learn from it, and yeah, fix it if I need to. That's how it should be, not this locked-down crap they're pushing on us.

Sadly, this is the world most people are forced into with big tech companies owning and operating most of the software we and many companies use today.

I would recommend anyone reading this to give #Linux a try if you haven't already used it. It's open-source, customizable, and gives you the freedom to really make your system your own.

❤ In short: I love the right to repair my own tech!

#RightToRepair#Repair#Fix
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apfeltalk :verified:

iFixit zerlegt das iPhone 16e: Ein Blick auf den C1-Modem-Chip
Das Reparatur-Portal iFixit hat das iPhone 16e in einem Teardown-Video auseinandergenommen, um einen detaillierten Blick auf die internen Komponenten zu werfen. Besond
apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/ifix
#iPhone #News #AppleC1Modem #AppleHardware #AppleModem #BatterieIPhone16e #iFixit #IPhone16E #IPhone16eTeardown #IPhoneReparatur #Reparierbarkeit #USBCIPhone16e

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in_sympathy

But this time I was finally ready - I received this large universal reballing stencil from AliExpress where the first 18x18 option fits the RP1 perfectly.

So instead of reflowing again I just took it off the board, reballed and soldered nicely.

After letting it cool down for 10 minutes next to an open window it works as it should now 👍.

aliexpress.com/item/4001204908

#raspberrypi#raspberrypi5#repair
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