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2022 Should Be a Landmark Year for Right to Repair

This year’s fight for the right to repair your stuff is on, and we are feeling optimistic. In the US, we’re expecting right to repair bills in at least 25…

January 19, 2022

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Fixers

Everyone is a Genius

Apple made a pretty smart choice (dare I say…genius choice?) when it named its in-store repair service the Genius Bar. The name aims to assure customers their broken device is…

January 17, 2022

by Olivia Webb

Repair Guides

New Guide: How to Diagnose and Fix the C6 Error for an Instant Pot

January 11, 2022

by Arthur Shi - iFixit

iFixit

Ladies of iFixit Earn 1 Million in Reputation

The Ladies of iFixit have earned 1 million in reputation! This collective milestone is thanks to a wonderful group of women fixers, each of whom contribute to iFixit’s community by…

January 10, 2022

by Kris Rodriguez - iFixit

Tech News

iOS 15.2 Fixes iPhone 13’s Face ID Repair Trap (and Improves Its Repair Score)

We’ve tested it, and it’s true: iOS 15.2 stops Face ID from malfunctioning after you replace the screen on an iPhone 13, outside their official repair channels. We can’t really…

December 22, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Video

iFixit’s Most Interesting Teardown Finds of 2021

Note: The text below is based on a pre-shooting script for our video, iFixit’s Most Interesting Teardown Finds of 2021. The text may not perfectly match the dialogue in the…

December 15, 2021

by Michael Degnan

Repair Guides

New Guides: iPhone 13

December 14, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

iFixit Works With Microsoft to Manufacture Service Tools for Repair Techs

iFixit Pro independent repairers, Microsoft Authorized Service Providers, Microsoft Experience Centers, and Microsoft Commercial customers can now purchase Microsoft service tools for Surface devices directly from iFixit.com. “Microsoft has taken a…

December 13, 2021

by Kyle Wiens

Wallpapers

See-Through and X-Ray Series 7 Apple Watch Wallpapers: A Look at What’s Still Inside

It seems that Apple Watch perfection is attained not when there are no more components to add, but when there are no more things to remove. On the Series 7,…

December 9, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Did Removing the iPhone’s Headphone Jack Increase Lightning Port Damage?

A little over five years ago, Apple was rumored to be removing the headphone jack (a.k.a. 3.5 mm, or stereo jack) from the iPhone 7. Seeing this ominous change, one…

December 3, 2021

by Kevin Purdy