How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive works(ifixit.com)

352 points by jamesy0ung 2 years ago | 147 comments

iFixit article by Kyle Wiens examining the iPhone 16's electrically-released battery adhesive and other repairability innovations.

BMW's Newest "Innovation" Is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair(ifixit.com)

47 points by gnabgib 8 months ago | 11 comments

We are retroactively dropping the iPhone’s repairability score(ifixit.com)

385 points by fraXis 3 years ago | 261 comments

iFixit article by Kyle Wiens announcing it is retroactively lowering iPhone repairability scores because Apple's systematic parts pairing undermines design improvements.

We're ending our Samsung collaboration(ifixit.com)

591 points by skilled 2 years ago | 344 comments

iFixit blog post announcing the end of its Samsung Repair Hub collaboration, launched two years earlier to provide Samsung repair parts and guides.

iPhone 15 teardown reveals software lockdown(ifixit.com)

89 points by SerCe 3 years ago | 72 comments

Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird(ifixit.com)

276 points by zdw 2 years ago | 282 comments

ThinkPad I9990303 Error Catch-22(os2museum.com)

33 points by userbinator 6 days ago | 5 comments

OS/2 Museum blog post on fixing a ThinkPad 750C I9990303 error by patching IBM's BIOS flash utility to bypass power management checks and reflash corrupted firmware.

Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)(bobble.tech)

28 points by Mr_Minderbinder 1 month ago | 19 comments

A guide to buying used Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, covering which models to consider, hosted on a personal Google Sites page.

Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering system(hackaday.com)

869 points by kwiens 2 years ago | 376 comments

Hackaday review of iFixit's FixHub, a repairable 100W USB-C soldering iron paired with a smart battery power station.

I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad(pilledtexts.com)

544 points by Fred34 1 year ago | 482 comments

Blog post explaining why the author maintains a 2008 ThinkPad, using Taleb's ideas of fragility, robustness, and the Lindy Effect to compare it with a 2021 laptop.

Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?(ifixit.com)

454 points by DamonHD 2 years ago | 453 comments

iFixit teardown article examining the Fairphone 5 smartphone and whether it maintains a perfect 10/10 repairability score.

Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230(github.com)

976 points by xairy 1 year ago | 501 comments

GitHub repository by xairy with tools and firmware dumps for controlling the webcam LED on a ThinkPad X230, showing it can be disabled while recording.