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My first DIY phone fix made me a self-repair believer (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I used to fix phones back in the dumbphone days. Other than needing a special screwdriver, it was extremely straightforward as long as you were careful with the ribbon cables. I guess I don't have anything to add, lol, I was just reminiscing.

I actually still have two of the tiny torx screwdrivers I used to use. They're magic because they seem to fit about every tiny random device I've needed to disassemble and I've had them for 17 years without losing them.

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I stopped giving a fuck after my first glued phone repair attempt. Until that point it was kind of fun and very rewarding, and the glued ones are just pure frustration. Big tech won, I don't repair phones any more.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Framework needs to make a phone lol.

[–] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd rather see Fairphone expand.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I'd they'd bring back the headphone jack and sell them in North America then they might have something.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 1 month ago

That,too.

I've been meaning to try out a Fairphone

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You just need a bit of practice. I also broke the rear glass on my first attempt repairing a glued phone, but it only took until my 3rd attempt to get it done without cracking it.

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Try that with the screen at $300 a pop, I got out of the repair biz a few years after glue and large amounts of underfill in weird fucking places started becoming common place...such a pain in the ass!

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

When I changed out the spicy pillow in my tablet I scraped the silver colored coating off the back glass so you can see the inner guts.