iFixit
TL;DR The iFixit app is making its grand return on both Android and iOS this week.
The app offers easy access to the site’s guides, help with repair tools, and even battery diagnostics.
FixBot can look at pictures of your problem hardware and guide you through repairs of supported devices.
For as satisfying as it can be to repair your own gear, going the DIY route can absolutely be an anxiety-inducing experience. How many times have you wanted to undertake a project but just lacked the confidence to get started, not even knowing where to start? If you’ve come to appreciate the utility of AI systems in helping bootstrap solutions to problems like that, you’re definitely going to want to check out iFixit’s new app, introducing its AI-powered FixBot helper.
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Let’s start with the app itself, because even FixBot notwithstanding, there’s still a lot of interesting stuff going on here. This launch represents a return to form for iFixit, which hasn’t had a “regular” Android app in years (instead retiring it to GitHub —although there’s still a dedicated app for the FixHub soldering station). Not only does this Play Store release give you access to the site’s compendium of repair guide materials, but also makes it easy to order the parts and tools you’ll need, as well as learn how to use them.
The app’s also got its eye on your phone’s biggest consumable component, keeping an eye on battery health, and helping you decide when it might finally be time for a battery replacement.
That’s all great, but we had to see just how FixBot might be able to take the experience to the next level, and fired up the iFixit app to see what it had to suggest for a couple repair projects.
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