Events Come Hang Out With Us At ICRS If you have a hankering to see the folks from iFixit discuss the merits of repair, reuse, and refurbishment, we’ll be at a couple of conferences in the coming months.… August 14, 2014 by Julia Bluff
Fixers Fixers in Focus: Bonnie Brownstein’s Story The thousands of stories our members have told us over the years only confirm, to us, just how powerful repair can be. It’s empowering, explorative, and restorative. In an effort… August 11, 2014 by Julia Bluff
iFixit Introducing the Pro Tech Network We want to make it easy for people like you to start their own businesses. The Pro Tech Network empowers repair technicians with free online repair guides, business development wikis,… August 7, 2014 by Jeff Snyder
Legislation Cellphone Unlocking Victory Is Just the Beginning Today, President Obama signed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act into law. This signing comes almost two years after the Internet rose up against the archaic process that… August 1, 2014 by
Gadgets Oculus Rift DK2: Super Cool, Super Repairable When a device like the Oculus Rift DK2 comes through our doors, the folks at iFixit dance around like giddy schoolgirls and schoolboys. We literally have to fight them—sometimes to… July 31, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Teardowns Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Goes Under the Knife It’s like the Galaxy S5, but mini. Quick subtraction shows that the Galaxy S5 Mini shaved off 10.9 mm in height and 7.2 mm in width, but added 1.2 mm… July 30, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Legislation Cellphone Unlocking: Next Stop, the White House It’s been nearly two years since the American people demanded that Congress take steps to re-legalize cell phone unlocking. Today, Congress delivered. Earlier this month, the Senate unanimously approved the… July 25, 2014 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Amazon Fire Phone Teardown We had high hopes that Amazon built a solid, repairable Fire Phone. It began with a similar opening procedure to the current crop of iPhones, but with welcome Torx T3… July 24, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Legislation The Senate Just Unanimously Passed an Cellphone Unlocking Bill Last week, we wrote in Wired about the Unlocking Bill—a bill that the Internet demanded from Congress 17 months ago. A bill that Sina Khanifar, iFixit, the EFF, Public Knowledge,… July 15, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Fixers Why Seniors Are the Heroes of the Fixer Movement My grandfather was typical of a generation haunted by the shadow of the Great Depression. Out of necessity, people like my grandfather eked every bit of usefulness from what little… July 14, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
