[GIVEAWAY] This Earth Day, we are giving away 5 Pro Tech Toolkits so you can stay in control of your hardware.

[gracjan@mastodon.online]

@ni @iFixit I suspect that they meant Fediverse, but forgot that not only Mastodon users can reply to this post.

[bricks@det.social]

@iFixit My Deebot robot vacuum is due to a repair. As long as I will be able to source spare parts, I want to keep it running.

[qgustavor@urusai.social]

@iFixit My favorite repair win? I made a massaging gun work again replacing its dead battery with a DC input
What do I want to fix next? My Casio keyboard. I will add an ESP32 to it and turn it into a MIDI controller. It was sounding really bad.
What device do I refuse to give up on? My phone. I like it so much anything else seems like a downgrade.

[calibanscreations@app.wafrn.net]

@iFixit@mastodon.social

Can you give away the plush too?

[dfyx@social.helios42.de]

@iFixit some time last year I upcycled an old joystick. It’s nothing fancy but it has served me since the 90s. Of course, these days nothing supports game port anymore so I took out the original pcb and replaced it with an arduino and now it speaks USB.

[naamval@mastodon.social]

@iFixit Refuse to give up on my 15 year old iPod Nano. Not repairable but a great device nevertheless!

[fae2535@mstdn.social]

@iFixit

Refuse to give up on my 2012 MacBook Pro and the outdated iPhone(s) I am still using.

They all need some TLC.

The Singer Sewing machine is from the 50s. It needed work when I got it during the early pandemic, but is now tops.

There is always something to fix ...

[zmyaro@mastodon.social]

@iFixit My most recent repair win was fixing an unexpected mechanical failure on my bike while I was out by jerry rigging a temporary fix to get me to the nearest hardware store and then doing a better repair to get me home.

I love that iFixit helps me save my laptops and other devices and get them back on their feet in the same way!

[murenius@chaos.social]

@iFixit My best repair win was creating a working Nintendo 64 from two defective ones. Next up I want to repair an old Commodore 1084 CRT screen, which is also what I refuse to give up on.

[fiveelementninja@mastodon.social]

@iFixit My favorite repair win recently has been buying a broken Gamecube for cheap and fixing it to be good as new, then modding it.

[doublythumbs@mastodon.social]

@iFixit My favorite repair was a vintage financial calculator from the 1970s. One with the old tube display. Batteries were left inside, but I managed to disassemble and replace the metal contacts. Worked like new!

[mjibrower@social.vivaldi.net]

@iFixit My favorite repair win wasn’t mine. Once I walked in to a women’s restroom in the engineering building at the University at Buffalo and a student was dismantling the soap dispenser that had been broken the whole time I worked there. She said she was just tired of it not working, so she fixed it. I hope she’s working for NASA or something now.

[shammers@mastodon.coffee]

@iFixit I have an old Late 2013 15" Macbook Pro that I'm still keeping alive thanks to tools and parts from iFixit. Battery replacement, keyboard/top case, etc. all swapped out and soon it'll be running Linux so it can continue having a happy life.

[3d_schorsch@mastodon.social]

@iFixit I’d love to be able to fix my LED tube light. It has 58 LEDs, and I have to take the thing apart…

[cookiemonster@chaos.social]

@iFixit
From our recent Repair Café last weekend: replaced a phone screen that had some minor wear

[beaiouns@is.nota.live]

@iFixit So I had a "new to me" refurbished mini PC that had an m.2 slot for a WiFi card, but no WiFi card in the slot. I also had a dead laptop that had a WiFi card, but the antennas were *inside* the computer (wrapped around the outside of the display in the top half of the laptop). Fortunately, there was a teardown guide for that specific laptop on your website, and I had both a screwdriver and a spudger handy. After following the guide, I was able to disassemble enough of the laptop to remove the antennas without damaging them, and was able to stick them in the new mini PC to get it up on the WiFi network. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon!

[ak_33@mastodon.berlin]

@iFixit
I repaired my dyson vacuum cleaner with your help- thanks!

[baralheia@dragonchat.org]

@iFixit I'm slightly intimidated by all the steps required to do it, but I'm looking forward to replacing the battery on my Moto Edge+ 2022 to give it a new lease on life. I've got the service manual thanks to y'all's partnership with Motorola, and the battery and adhesive seals just came in, but I could definitely use a good set of tools to help me get the job done! And an iOpener too!

[ditsch42@troet.cafe]

@iFixit I was very glad to learn that the Nintendo Switch JoyCons are actually really easy to repair - I just needed the right screwdrivers and replacement joysticks, and it was super straight forward! Made a friend happy by repairing her Pikachu JoyCons which she did not want to send in for repair!

[olivernoble@mastodon.world]

@dnkrupinski @iFixit
"Changed the battery on my phone", is really impressive as long as you *dont* mention its a fairphone :
But much credit for selecting such a repairable phone in the first place