How Tech Works Does Dark Mode Really Save Battery on Your Phone? At WWDC today, iOS 13 was shown with a system-wide “Dark Mode.” About one month earlier, at Google I/O, Android version Q showed off its own Dark Mode. This shift… June 3, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How To Seven Car Maintenance Tasks You Can Totally Handle Yourself Car repair and maintenance can seem like something you have to leave to a professional—an untouchable good that you feel like you aren’t able to open up. It’s how a… May 6, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How To What to Do When Your iPhone Screen Breaks When you drop your phone, time tends to slow down. It slips out of your hand and makes a beeline for the concrete, your heart dropping into your stomach as… April 8, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How Tech Works Smartphone Data Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than You Might Think This blog post was originally published in March 2019 and updated in May 2024. As the experts on the insides of devices, we talk a lot about how repair and… March 22, 2019 by Dorothea Kessler
How Tech Works How Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensors Work There’s no doubt that the Galaxy S10 is a sexy phone, and while the new hole-punched display has everyone talking, the in-display fingerprint sensor is also something to marvel at.… March 14, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Repair Guides It’s the 12 Days of Fixmas! We’re firm believers that new doesn’t necessarily mean better. And this holiday season, we plan on celebrating the stuff we already own by making it last longer. We hope you’ll… December 10, 2018 by Kay Kay Clapp
How Tech Works iPhones Are Allergic to Helium This is the kind of tale that you don’t hear every day. During the installation of a new MRI machine, a technician started getting calls that iPhones weren’t working—but Androids… October 30, 2018 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
How To 3 Ways to Replace Your Bad iPhone Battery Bad iPhone battery getting you down? Learn about all the ways to test and replace your iPhone battery at iFixit.org/blog. September 7, 2018 by Elise Barsch - iFixit
Fixers Your Smartphone Battery, Explained When it’s your job to take devices apart and figure out how they work, you start to think about them differently. I like to think about the complex circuitry of… September 3, 2018 by Arthur Shi - iFixit
Repair Guides Up Your Back-to-School Game by Upgrading Your Laptop I used to love back-to-school shopping. I have very fond memories of my annual trip to Office Max with my mother to pick up new school supplies. But, boy, has back-to-school… August 8, 2018 by Kay Kay Clapp