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
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
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
Skills Microsoldering School, Day Two: To Fix the Problem, You First Have to Find the Problem This post is the second of a five part series on microsoldering. Part one can be found here. I’m iFixit’s Lead Teardown Technician, and I decided recently that it was… August 21, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
How To Microsoldering Beginner’s Guide: It’s Easier Than You Think Of all the things I’ve learned over the years, soldering has been one of the most useful for maintaining my ever growing inventory of electronics. Though intimidating at first, it… July 31, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
How To Soldering Simplified: A Newbie’s Guide to Through-Hole Soldering Perhaps you’re at the same point in your repair journey as me: I know my way around a screwdriver and spudger, have popped many a cable and swapped my share… July 25, 2024 by Connor Bassolino - iFixit
How To Ask iFixit: How Do I Fix Sticky Plastics? Last month, I pulled my old K-Mix USB audio mixer out of the bottom drawer, and it was covered with dust and sticky goo. The reason? Its soft-touch coating, which… April 5, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
How To What is ESD? Silent Killer or Mythical Boogeyman? The world of tech is chock-full of strong opinions: iPhone vs Android; AMD vs Intel; Xbox vs PlayStation. These squabbles are nothing compared to the fiery debates about the impact… September 2, 2022 by Connor Bassolino - iFixit
Skills Here Are the Three Repairs You’ll Need to Know in College You’re off to school, and maybe you’re leaving home for the first time. If you’re lucky, your parents have loaded you up with the tech you’ll need to get through… August 25, 2022 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Product Design Apple can upgrade individual iPhone SE parts, can you? Apple is upgrading specs without wasting money on a whole new phone, why should you? Cameras get better, batteries get more efficient, and processors get speedier, and the only way… May 4, 2022 by Sam Goldheart - iFixit