Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

I Fix It Repair Manifesto

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Shout-out @iFixit for their wonderful #pixel6a battery replacement kit and instructions. (social.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 week ago by lgsp@social.tchncs.de to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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Shout-out @iFixit for their wonderful #pixel6a battery replacement kit and instructions.

My wife's phone was one of those that google throttled down because of problematic batteries.

I bought the kit from #ifixit, and, following their step by step instructions, I was able to open the phone, remove the battery, stick in the new battery, and put everything together (the shaped glue tape is fantastic). It took 2-3 hours, not easy, I have to say.

And it works, which I doubted until the end (because of low trust in my abilities, not quality of stuff)

My phone instead is a Fairphone 4... Battery replacement is... 1 minute. I can probably do it with 1 hand, blindfolded 😁

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[–] gramesy@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@lgsp @iFixit @right2repair I might have to go this route because Ubreakifix put me on a waiting list for the alleged free battery replacement and I never heard back. I usually have to charge 2-3x/day depending on usage, which is very annoying. There's literally nothing else wrong with this phone and I could see myself using it for a couple more years at least but not with the battery crippled.

[–] EdvinYazbekinstein@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

I bought the ifixit kit, worked great! First time repairing a glued phone, so I was a bit nervous, but with their guide and the kit it went smoothly. Took about an evening, and now by battery is better then when I first bought my phone.