Becky Stern: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today’s post features Becky Stern, an all-around, multi-purpose maker, explainer, tinkerer, instructor. She’ll show you how to make…

Don’t bother with Joy-Con drift “hacks”, just fix it

You might have heard of the “one simple trick” to fix Joy-Con drift going around. Turns out, it’s almost as clickbait-ish as it sounds. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but there’s rarely one simple solution to a complex electro-mechanical iss…

FTC Unanimously Approves Policy of Fighting Repair Restrictions

Earlier this year, iFixit, U.S. PIRG, and the Repair Association delivered over 15,000 signatures to the Federal Trade Commission, calling on the agency to take action to protect our right to fix our devices. Today the FTC took an important step tow…

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Battery Replacement!

Transcript This transcript comes from a pre-written script; it may not perfectly represent the finished video. For detailed repair instructions, consult our Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra battery replacement guide. If the battery in your Galaxy S20 Ultra …

Homeboy Electronics Turns Junk into Jobs. Right to Repair Could Help.

Most electronics recyclers just put devices through a shredder, but at Homeboy Electronics Recyclers in Los Angeles, recycling isn’t enough: They’re on track to fix and refurbish more than 15,000 devices this year. Their team of repair gurus, mostly…

The Biden Administration Thinks You Should Be Allowed to Fix the Things You Buy | Washington Post

Erica Griffin: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today we’re featuring Erica Griffin, a self-described “technology nerd who likes to film stuff.” Griffin records deep device review…

Landmark Biden Order Will Urge Action Against Repair Restrictions, Including by Phone Makers

As part of a sweeping executive order to fix unfair markets, President Joe Biden today will tell the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules against “anticompetitive restrictions on using independent repair shops or doing DIY repairs.” It’s a landma…

What It’s Like to Fix: Postage Meters

This is What It’s Like to Fix, an occasional series detailing the different kinds of work, and people, needed to fix the world. There is the mail you get from people you know. There is the bulk-printed mail you get from companies, like brochures and…

New Guides: Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2

Destroying Unsold Products Isn’t a Scandal, It’s How Amazon Works

You might see hundreds of thousands of unused or returned products being destroyed and think, “What a waste.” But not everyone sees it that way. It’s wasteful to us, regular people who pay for and use things. It’s wasteful for the planet, which prov…

What It’s Like to Fix: Surfboards

This is What It’s Like to Fix, an occasional series detailing the different kinds of work, and people, needed to fix the world. Surfboards, despite their friendly shape and easy-going owners, have a surprising number of sworn enemies. There are rock…

iFixit’s Marlin Screwdriver Set!

The Right to Repair Fight Comes to Congress

Hot on the heels of last week’s victory in the New York state senate, the fight for Right to Repair comes to the US Congress. Today, Congressman Joe Morelle (D-NY) introduced the first broad federal Right to Repair bill: the Fair Repair Act. “As ele…

Lina Khan Is the New FTC Chair, and That’s Great for Repair

News leaked on Tuesday that antitrust expert Lina Khan won’t just be joining the Federal Trade Commission as a new commissioner, she’ll also be appointed as the FTC’s new Chair. With Khan leading the FTC, the Right to Repair movement gains a powerfu…

TronicsFix: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today we’re featuring Steve Porter, host of the TronicsFix channel on YouTube, where he tears down devices, buys batches of “broken…

iFixit Dads, What Have You Fixed with Your Kids?

Warning: Father’s Day is June 17. That’s coming up fast, folks. And this year, we’re honoring the dads, grandpas, uncles, friends, and mentors who taught us how to fix. In addition to providing much-needed support and guidance during our formative y…

Victory! New York Senate Passes Landmark Right to Repair Bill

Today we moved the needle. A Right to Repair bill that would give everyone the information, parts, and tools they need to fix their electronic devices passed in the New York State Senate, the first such bill to pass in the country. At a virtual sess…

New Guides: Apple Watch SE Battery and Screen

Apple, Insurance, and Stolen Photos: The “Authorized Service” Scandal

This post was written by Paul F Roberts, founder of Securepairs.org and author of the Fight to Repair Newsletter. It is republished here with his permission. A dispute over insurance led to the revelation that Apple agreed to pay a multi-million set…

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