Repair Stories Fixing an Old Film Camera, Part 3: Fixing the Light Seals and Shooting Even if you manage to pick up an old film camera that’s working and mechanically sound, you’ll want to do a little fixing up. You don’t need to strip the… December 29, 2020 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Teardowns Teardown Skills: How to Read a Tech X-Ray You may have noticed we have a fair number of device X-rays on our site lately. Be it wallpapers, teardown photos, or just quick tweets, Creative Electron has been providing… December 10, 2020 by Sam Goldheart - iFixit
How To Ask iFixit: How Do I Stop Stripping Screws? It can feel shameful, embarrassing, or maybe just weird when you strip a screw during a repair. A screwdriver is such a simple tool, they include it in toy tool… December 2, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
How To Finding and Fixing an Old Film Camera, Part 1: The Road to Olympus If you want to take up film photography right now, you’ll almost certainly have to buy a second-hand (or third-hand) camera, or put a hurting on your bank accounts. New… November 25, 2020 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
How To Shucking: Finding Useful, Discounted Disks Inside External Drives I have a secret for you. Come close. Closer. Alright, that’s good. You know those external storage drives, the kind you buy to store your photos and game saves? Inside… November 17, 2020 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How To How to Fix Christmas Lights Sometime in the near future you’ll venture into your dusty attic or musty garage and pull out a miserably tangled set of Christmas lights. Millions will throw out their broken… November 16, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
How To What You Should Know Before You Fix: iPhones If you want to fix an iPhone, we’ve almost certainly got a guide for you at iFixit. You can swap the battery in an iPhone 3GS, the front camera on… November 10, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
How Tech Works Ask iFixit: What Is Stretch Release Adhesive (and Why Do We Love It)? There is a crucial point in every iFixit phone or tablet teardown where the future is about to take a drastic turn. It’s like right before the river card in… October 28, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
How Tech Works How LiDAR Works, and Why It’s in the iPhone 12 Pro How will Apple get people to upgrade to an iPhone 12, now that most of us are home all day and don’t need a portable powerhouse? The world’s most valuable… October 22, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
How To What You Should Know Before You Fix: Non-Samsung, Non-Pixel Android Phones We’ve previously shared our tips on fixing two prominent brands of Android phones, Samsung and Google’s Pixel line. But there are many, many more Android phones out there. The huge… October 19, 2020 by Kevin Purdy