Collaborate Disseminate
The home button is no longer swappable, a concerning move for people who think they actually own the electronics they buy. Continue reading The iPhone 7 Has Arbitrary Software Locks That Prevent Repair
Oh Nexus 5X, how could you? I found my beloved device was holding my files hostage having succumbed to the dreaded bootloop. But hey, we’re hackers, right? I’ve got this.
It was a long, quiet Friday afternoon when I noticed my Nexus 5X was asking to install yet another update. Usually I leave these things for a few days before eventually giving in, but at some point I must have accidentally clicked to accept the update. Later that day I found my phone mid-way through the update and figured I’d just wait it out. No dice — an hour later, …read more
Continue reading Fix-a-Brick: Fighting the Nexus 5X Bootloop
Oh Nexus 5X, how could you? I found my beloved device was holding my files hostage having succumbed to the dreaded bootloop. But hey, we’re hackers, right? I’ve got this.
It was a long, quiet Friday afternoon when I noticed my Nexus 5X was asking to install yet another update. Usually I leave these things for a few days before eventually giving in, but at some point I must have accidentally clicked to accept the update. Later that day I found my phone mid-way through the update and figured I’d just wait it out. No dice — an hour later, …read more
Continue reading Fix-a-Brick: Fighting the Nexus 5X Bootloop
Apple’s secret iPhone calibration machine and its Touch ID sensor will allow it to monopolize the repair industry. Continue reading The Next iPhone Could Put 15,000 Repair Companies Out of Business
There’s a fix for the Joy-con’s sync issue, but it’s going to require some soldering know-how. Continue reading How to Fix the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con Sync Issue
With a background in molecular genetics, the head of iPad Rehab leads a team of mostly women who fix severely damaged iPhones and iPads, even without manufacturer support. Continue reading How Microsoldering Expert Jessa Jones Repairs Unfixable iPhones
The year is 2016. Driving home from a day’s work in the engineering office, I am greeted with a sight familiar to any suburban dwelling Australian — hard rubbish. It’s a time when local councils arrange a pickup service for anything large you don’t want anymore — think sofas, old computers, televisions, and the like. It’s a great way to make any residential area temporarily look like a garbage dump, but there are often diamonds in the rough. That day, I found mine: the Ricoh Aficio 2027 photocopier.
It had spent its days in a local primary school, and had …read more
Apple representatives plan to tell Nebraska lawmakers that repairing your phone is dangerous. Continue reading Source: Apple Will Fight ‘Right to Repair’ Legislation
Apple representatives plan to tell Nebraska lawmakers that repairing your phone is dangerous. Continue reading Source: Apple Will Fight ‘Right to Repair’ Legislation
Warranty shmarranty — toss the phone in the oven! There’s apparently a problem with the assembly of the Nexus 5X smartphones, and it looks like it is due to faulty BGA chip soldering. LG USA has had enough problems with the phone that they may not even have enough parts or new units to fix it, so they’re offering a refund. But we all know how it is to get attached to a device, right?
So [Alex] disassembled his beloved phone, pulled out the board in question, and gave it the XBox Red Ring Of Death treatment. He placed the …read more
