DIY SITES TO CHECK-IN REPAIRING YOUR GADGETS
Would you prefer to spend a fortune buying a new gadget or DIY and save money???
Nothing lasts forever. From our big gadgets to our small gadgets, they will someday get damaged. But there is a high possibility of them functioning properly again if we’re willing to take our time in repairing them.
Today, through the help of technology, the world has evolved to the point where information is at the tip of our fingers. Hipping up your spoilt gadgets and waiting for a miracle moment to go repair them ain’t the best option.
Do you have to need to repair your smartphone, PC, MacBook, or other hardware? Do you know that with information at your fingertips, you can save money, time, and energy by repairing your gadgets with the help of various helpful websites?
If you’re not the type who easily replaces spoilt devices, or doesn’t want to pay the high cost of having an item repaired or replaced, then this post is for you. We have come up with insightful DIY sites that would help you out in repairing your gadgets so as not to spend a fortune replacing or repairing.
- iFixit
iFixit is a global community of people helping each other repair things with the belief that repair reduces e-waste, saves people money, and teaches engineering.
Created in 2003 by the founders, Luke Soules and Kyle Weins, the site promotes the consumers’ right to repair, selling repair parts and publishes free wiki-like online repair guides for consumer electronics and gadgets on its website. An amazing thing is the ability to buy needed parts for your job.
If you’re looking to repair a Chromebook or a PC that came with Windows, iFixit got your back.
- SOSav
SOSav adventure started in 2011 with a simple observation: what if anyone could repair their own High-Tech device? Here is the challenge that the team started so the average man in the street can repair his own smartphone, tablet, video game console, computer… and save money.
Though, not comparable to iFixit but similar as it helps you buy parts and provides a comprehensive guide. Their guides are currently available for Apple computers, mobile phones, tablets, digital music players, game consoles, cameras, smartwatches, and virtual reality headsets.
- PowerbookMedic
Though Powerbook medic came into play before Apple called their laptops MacBook but yet still is rated 4.5 today. This is proof that the site is viable, not filled with junk but has updated information on gadgets repairs.
It remains a valuable tool for fixing current Apple hardware, including iPhones and iPads.
Don’t shrink if you don’t have an Apple product pls. This site is also helpful as it guides Amazon Kindle devices.
For instance, if your Fire tablet or Kindle e-reader is faulty.
PowerbookMedic doesn’t only sells parts—it offers to buy your current PC. The company will repair your machine and then sell it refurbished. If the folks PowerbookMedic can’t make use of a part, they try to recycle what they can.
- wikiHow
wikiHow is an online wiki-style community consisting of an extensive database of how-to guides. Founded in 2005 by Internet entrepreneur Jack Herrick whose goal is to provide step-by-step instructions on how to do seemingly anything.
But a little breakage is that it basically gives general know-how and not a detailed guide. For instance, they don’t tell you how to fix exactly the component that’s broken on your model of computer or mobile device. Still, that doesn’t mean it’s useless for addressing your electronic woes.
- YouTube
Everybody has a thing for YouTube because of its video-graphic advantage, and not text. YouTube is stuck up with tutorials and clips of people personally fixing their PCs. Ironically, most of the listed sites above even upload videos to YouTube.
A good number of tutorials don’t even emerge from a brand but rather from persons who have a good knowledge and experience of ICT. Their guide most times is usually reliable.
Though you should be mindful of authentic content because anyone, can wake up any day and upload any content. This should keep you on track on who to listen to and who not to.
NOTE;
● Fixing a device more or less should be something you’ve decided to take upon yourself. That is, you should be willing to put in your all. Be sure that you can also run the risk of damaging your device. In order to avoid further damages, you should rather take it to Professionals for repairs.
● Some brands make their devices difficult to repair. They may design hardware to require tools that only brand employees have. Sometimes, they may also refuse to create or provide guide manuals to consumers or repair shops. At this point, you have to take your device to the company fir for repairs.
A way out of this is by buying from a different company. This is why people have come together to demand the right to repair.
● Be mindful of scams that present themselves as reliable. Just make sure you avoid repair and tech support scams!
