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

[aiquez@troet.cafe]

@iFixit

what to fix next:
my old pixel 4a screen (bad battery bcause of crazy goo-update policy)
but anyway .. i wanted to put some other OS onto it .. .. depends what is still supported . maybe /e/os or the linage_OS
. i won't give up no devices *-) .. always using functioning components .

[dnkrupinski@hannover.town]

@iFixit Changed my battery by my own on my Fairphone 4, which has manufacturer Warranty until 2027.

[brotherpsyche@mastodon.social]

@iFixit asus tuf gaming a16 mobo swap, fan in my unifi dream machine, and i refuse to give up on an old vita that needs resurrecting

[dimin@mastodon.social]

@iFixit repair is also a great way to get things for cheap. I bought a broken Focusrite audio interface, all it needed was a new type-c port and it started working immediately. Cost me less than 20% of its original price.

[carstenfranke@mastodon.social]

@iFixit the battery in my Nix Color Sensor Mini 2 failed. Officially it is "not repairable" because the housing is welded or glued shut. That never stopped me... Turns out that inserting a razor blade at the tiny gap between top and bottom shell, then scoring around the circumference breaks the glue... Then it was super easy to desolder the battery.

[wouter@mastodon.simply-life.net]

@iFixit Win: I replaced the HDD in my PlayStation 3 with a bigger SSD. Biggest repair fail was my Logitech mouse, of which I tried replacing a switch and ended up breaking it completely in the process.

[nibsmd@mastodon.social]

@iFixit My fav repair win was replacing the display on my Thinkpad T560 laptop

[takeitev@mastodon.social]

@iFixit @Gargron Dude, I fix things at repair cafe twice a month. But my fav ever was when I fixed Tascam 244 multitrack. Restored it!

[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.