Tech News Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works This morning, Apple apologized and admitted that Error 53 was a mistake as opposed to a deliberate security feature: “this was designed to be a factory test and was not… February 18, 2016 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Repair Stories Fixing Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Valentine’s Day Kindle Repair My boyfriend Andy and I are hiking, camping, and backpacking enthusiasts. But if there's one thing we love as much as outdoor adventures—it’s literary ones. We both own Kindle Paperwhites… February 18, 2016 by Cait Emma Smith
Wallpapers iPhone 6s and 6s Plus X-Ray Wallpapers With the craziness of teardown season behind us, our technical writing crew has settled into writing guides for the latest crop of gizmos. And that means even more awesome photos… February 15, 2016 by Evan Noronha
Product Design Error 53 Investigation: We Bricked an iPhone 6s So You Don’t Have To We took a fully functional, space gray iPhone 6s and removed its original home button. In its place, we dropped in the stock home button from a different, rose gold… February 10, 2016 by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit
Product Design Repair Expert Responds to Error 53 The Internet exploded over the weekend with news about the iPhone-killing error. As we previously detailed, Error 53 mostly affects iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users who have replaced their… February 9, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Scandal What’s Up With Error 53? There’s been a lot of chatter lately—both on iFixit’s forums and on the wider web—about Error 53, a problem that’s been bricking a whole lot of iPhones recently. In fact,… February 5, 2016 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Right to Repair Recyclers Assert Their Right to Repair and Reuse We’re not the only ones who get riled up about repair. Recyclers are also banding together for their right to reuse and repair equipment. Late last month, the Institute of… February 3, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Right to Repair Announcing The Repair Association Following a successful campaign to legalize cellphone unlocking, winning key exemptions from the Copyright Office for repair, and strong support for repair-friendly state legislation, we are excited to launch The… February 2, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Swagway Teardown: What Makes a Safe Hoverboard? You may have seen those super cool kids, effortlessly gliding around the supermarket while you're stuck walking the produce section—like a chump. You may have thought to yourself, "Should I… January 27, 2016 by Andrew Goldheart
Repair Stories Tinkering Teen Repairs SWAT Robot for Police Meet Dallas-area teen Adrian Mayberry. Until recently, he was just a regular kid who liked to tinker with robots. Now, he's the Duncanville Police Department's personal repair whiz kid—after he… January 25, 2016 by Julia Bluff
