Skills Microsoldering School, Day Five: Putting It All Together This post is the last of a five part series on microsoldering, where we take the lessons learned over the previous days and apply them to a real world repair. January 24, 2025 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Repairability How to Give Repairable Gifts Originally published November 22, 2023, updated for November 2024. As the end-of-year holidays approach, it’s a good time to reflect on the things that really matter: Enjoying lots of quality… December 1, 2024 by Matt Zieminski - iFixit
Skills Microsoldering School, Day Four: Splitting Logic Boards and Fixing Traces This post is the fourth of a five part series on microsoldering. If you haven’t yet, you probably want to check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 first.… November 23, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Legislation Why Your Laptop Batteries Are Still So Tiny No matter how fast powerful laptops get, and no matter how ridiculously big and beefy a portable gaming rig might be, their batteries will never be any bigger than they… November 18, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
How Tech Works How To Stop Your Devices From Being So Annoying Home appliances and portable devices all contribute to a kind of notification pollution. Our gadgets are too annoying, and it's time to make them stop. November 16, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Repair Guides A Step by Step Guide to Fixing Controller Drift (Using Quantum Physics) We're not joking. This is how you can replace your failure prone potentiometer sticks with drift-proof Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) sticks. November 7, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
How To Mod Kits Can Bring Old Gear Back to Life, Better than Ever Sometimes, it’s possible to go beyond repair, and improve on the original. People have been customizing their gear for years, whether it’s putting new pickups into a guitar, swapping an… October 15, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Skills Microsoldering School, Day Three: BGA Reballing This post is the third of a five part series on microsoldering. If you haven’t yet, you probably want to check out part 1 and part 2 first. I’m iFixit’s… October 5, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
How Tech Works What Is mAh and Why Is It Bad for Measuring Battery Capacity? tl;dr: If you’re comparing smartphone batteries, the mAh values will usually work. Otherwise, look for a battery’s watt-hour (Wh) value to get a more universal capacity rating. This is the… September 19, 2024 by Arthur Shi - iFixit
How To 6 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your iPhone Battery Phone's not holding a charge? Don't replace the whole thing—just change the battery! September 16, 2024 by Arthur Shi - iFixit