Two College Roommates and Some Robots: How Podswap Replaces AirPod Batteries

Like most AirPod owners, Emily Alpert found that, after 18 months, her wireless buds didn’t last, not even for one full run. Unlike most AirPod owners, Alpert, along with her best friend, got a robot to fix her problem. That’s what started Podswap, …

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Teardown & X-Ray Wallpapers, for the Phone that Has It All

Samsung has a distinct approach to its Ultra line of phones: put a lot of things in them. Cameras, memory, 5G, gigantic batteries, a crisp high-refresh-rate screen—if Samsung can source it, it’s likely to end up in an Ultra phone. That makes for a p…

DJI FPV Combo Teardown: Complicated, but Cool!

Xiaomi Mi 11 Teardown

UK Adopting Right to Repair Laws for Appliances This Year – BBC

Advice for Female Fixers from the Women of iFixit

March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day—a day to celebrate the achievements of women all over the world. This year’s theme, #ChoosetoChallenge, is a reminder to challenge the systems that hold back women and marginalize…

Why iFixit’s Repair Scores Are Different than the French Repair Index

The French do things differently. Lately, that includes showing people the real cost of new devices, not just the price. Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, and other companies who sell smartphones, laptops, and a few other devices in France are grading thei…

Apple Is Using France’s New Repairability Scoring—Here’s How It Works

A little wrench can make a big difference. In France, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and other device makers are moving toward transparency and better long-term support for their products. They’re not doing this because they particularly want to, but to …

4 Signs it’s Time to Replace Your MacBook Battery!

New Guides: Fix the Little, Powerful iPhone 12 mini

Watch the First Episode of “Assembly Required” (and Spot the iFixit Toolkits)

New Guides: Fix Your Google Pixel 4a 5G

Here’s Why PS5 Joysticks Drift (and Why They’ll Only Get Worse)

John Deere Promised Farmers It Would Make Tractors Easy to Repair. It Lied. – VICE

Join U.S. PIRG Panel on Why Farmers Need the Right to Repair

Your Smartphone Doesn’t Have to be Glued Shut!

Dear Sony: Please Stop Making Drifting Joysticks Hard to Fix

Joysticks are great. I grew up with 8-bit and 16-bit Nintendo systems, with their four-way directional pads, and I attribute a conservative 800 deaths and losses to their unforgiving, thumb-pinching nature. When I first held my college roommate’s ga…

Meet the 17-Year-Old Fighting for Your Right to Repair – VICE

If You Want to Feel Better About E-Waste, You Have to Sell Stuff

People often ask me how to recycle their old gadgets. “He’ll know what to do with this Bluetooth speaker I’ve had in my closet for five years,” they think, “he works at iFixit.” Sorry, but I don’t want to help you remove a battery and find a drop-of…

Galaxy S21 Teardown: Best of the New Galaxies

Meet the People Keeping BlackBerry Alive in 2021 – Debugger