My Problem

I spilled coffee all over my MacBook Air.

My Fix

Wonderfully. I used the teardown guide to assist with cleaning the guts of my computer. It was nearly flawless.

My Advice

Don't spill coffee. Take your time with the repair, and be gentle.

My Problem

A family members iPhone 4 decided one day to literally just turn off (or so it appeared anyway) forever and wouldn't respond to any button presses or charging attempts. Nothing physically happened to the phone to produce this problem, it just shut off.

My Fix

I figured I would swap out the battery with one from another 4 and see if it would work... AND IT DID! So after looking at the "dead" battery I decided to put that back into the phone from which I took the working battery from and tried to boot up the good phone and that worked too!?!

My Advice

The only advice I can give here is to try removing and reattaching the battery and try booting the phone before deciding the battery is dead. My assumption of what happened is some small hardware hiccup that caused the buttons to become unresponsive or the battery somehow had a loose connection or something. I'm not totally sure what happened but I am glad that all phones are working without the need for a new battery.

My Problem

Wanted more RAM

My Fix

Unfortunately, the RAM is not replaceable. One solid piece of hardware ಠ_ಠ

My Advice

Buy the 16gb stock if that's what you need....

My Problem

Trackpad on my 13' MacBook Air (late 2010) was getting weird: sensitivity was declining and click and drag wasn't working anymore. The end was near...

My Fix

The repair went smooth and fine. It took me approximately 30 minutes to replace the trackpad and reajust its depth. Tools were really helpful! I just had a bit of an issue with a couple of screws that were holding the trackpad, but iFixit provided spare ones!!

My Advice

My advice: Rely on the guide, it is REALLY well documented, with clear pictures and details on how to avoid mistakes. I will definitely trust iFixit to replace my iPhone 4 battery later!

My Problem

Battery of a 2.5 year old MacBook Air needed replacement.

My Fix

Not yet completed. When following the instructions from iFixit to remove the battery (which by the way are excellent !!), I found that the battery I had ordered from another supplier (iFixit does not have this article available) was the wrong one. I am in the process of getting that fixed, and re-installed the original battery. I will let you know the final outcome (with pictures) as soon as the correct battery has been delivered.

My Advice

Eye-opener to me was that some of the articles from Apple (which I am and will stay an advocate of) are not as rigid (in terms of replacing parts) as they are thought to be. Companies like iFixit help take the life cycle of your equipment to the next level.

Just make sure that when ordering replacement parts, you look for as many references as possible (serial numbers, model numbers, ...) before ordering, in order to avoid getting wrong parts delivered.

The tools from iFixit are great quality/value ratio.

My Problem

Needed the special iPhone and MacBook pro screwdriver and another toolkit.

My Fix

Great

My Advice

Keep up the great work. Soliciting politely and quickly once packages are delivered is good service.

My Problem

It did the job it was made to do. Good price for a good tool...

My Fix

Repair/cleaning went well.

My Advice

Take your time and keep the screws in a very safe place.

My Problem

Failed fan frightened fellow faculty.

My Fix

Flawlessly finished, fifteen flat.

My Advice

!fear

My Problem

The guy at the genius bar didn't put the screws on my Macbook Pro back in the right spots. Also, it was a travesty to not own the tool I needed to open my own computer. So I bought the pentalobe.

My Fix

Swimmingly. Found the short screw. Made the switch.

My Advice

Those tiny screws are different! Make sure you keep them straight and put them back in the right holes!

My Problem

I needed a screwdriver to open my macbook pro retina and could not find anywhere!

My Fix

I open my macbook... now i decided to buy a new hd to my mac. I will buy a new HD in http://macsales.com/

My Advice

iFixit is very good ! I recommend... Sell more itens ! Inclusively Mac screws ! It´s too dificult to buy screws to replace in a Mac.