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iFixit (/aɪˈfɪksɪt/ eye-FIX-it) is an American e-commerce and how-to website that publishes free wiki-like online repair guides and tear-downs of consumer electronics and gadgets. It also sells repair parts, tools, and accessories. It is a private company in San Luis Obispo, California, founded in 2003, spurred by Kyle Wiens not being able to locate an Apple iBook G3 repair manual while the company's founders were attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
iFixit has released product tear-downs of new mobile and laptop devices which provide advertising for the company's parts and equipment sales. These tear-downs have been reviewed by PC World, The Mac Observer, NetworkWorld, and other publications.
Co-founder Kyle Wiens has said that he aims to reduce electronic waste by teaching people to repair their own gear, and by offering tools, parts, and a forum to discuss repairs. In 2011, he travelled through Africa with a documentary team to meet a community of electronics technicians who repair and rebuild the world's discarded electronics.
iFixit provides a software as a service platform known as Dozuki to allow others to use iFixit's documentation framework to produce their own documentation. O'Reilly Media's Make and Craft magazines use Dozuki to feature community guides alongside instructions originally written by the staff for the print magazine.
On April 3, 2014, iFixit announced a partnership with Fairphone.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, iFixit and CALPIRG, the California arm of the Public Interest Research Group, worked with hospitals and medical research facilities to gather the largest known database of medical equipment manuals and repair guides to support the healthcare industry during the pandemic.
In 2022, iFixit announced plans to open a new distribution center and office in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In 2014, iFixit gave away 15,000 free liberation kits, created specifically for opening iPhones. Scott Dingle, a staff member at iFixit, wrote an article about the giveaway, explaining how they are fighting against Apple's corrupt practices and regaining their rights to repair. Scott Dingle made an interesting statement about iFixit's relationship with Apple;
IFixit
iFixit (/aɪˈfɪksɪt/ eye-FIX-it) is an American e-commerce and how-to website that publishes free wiki-like online repair guides and tear-downs of consumer electronics and gadgets. It also sells repair parts, tools, and accessories. It is a private company in San Luis Obispo, California, founded in 2003, spurred by Kyle Wiens not being able to locate an Apple iBook G3 repair manual while the company's founders were attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
iFixit has released product tear-downs of new mobile and laptop devices which provide advertising for the company's parts and equipment sales. These tear-downs have been reviewed by PC World, The Mac Observer, NetworkWorld, and other publications.
Co-founder Kyle Wiens has said that he aims to reduce electronic waste by teaching people to repair their own gear, and by offering tools, parts, and a forum to discuss repairs. In 2011, he travelled through Africa with a documentary team to meet a community of electronics technicians who repair and rebuild the world's discarded electronics.
iFixit provides a software as a service platform known as Dozuki to allow others to use iFixit's documentation framework to produce their own documentation. O'Reilly Media's Make and Craft magazines use Dozuki to feature community guides alongside instructions originally written by the staff for the print magazine.
On April 3, 2014, iFixit announced a partnership with Fairphone.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, iFixit and CALPIRG, the California arm of the Public Interest Research Group, worked with hospitals and medical research facilities to gather the largest known database of medical equipment manuals and repair guides to support the healthcare industry during the pandemic.
In 2022, iFixit announced plans to open a new distribution center and office in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In 2014, iFixit gave away 15,000 free liberation kits, created specifically for opening iPhones. Scott Dingle, a staff member at iFixit, wrote an article about the giveaway, explaining how they are fighting against Apple's corrupt practices and regaining their rights to repair. Scott Dingle made an interesting statement about iFixit's relationship with Apple;