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Can the iFixit Team Repair Their Own Drifting Joy-Cons?

If you’re a Nintendo Switch owner, there’s a good chance you might have a faulty Joy-Con. The problem everyone is having is called Joy-Con drift—and it’s the reason why Link won’t stop running off the screen even when you aren’t touching anything.

So what’s the deal? Essentially, it’s a factory defect affecting all Switch controllers...and it makes your joystick think it’s receiving an input that isn’t actually there. This problem has become so big that 4/5 Switch owners on our iFixit team had it. Luckily, we all work at iFixit, so we have the replacement part and access to the repair guide, but can we fix it???

If you have a Joy-Con that suffers from drift, fix it yourself! It’s really easy (for most people)

The Most Repairable Midrange Phones of 2020

We spend a lot of time tearing down flagship devices, but this year, there were a number of compelling midrange devices that piqued our interest enough to give them the full teardown-treatment. Even though these devices are less expensive than their flagship siblings, they still cost a decent chunk of change… so you’ll want them to last as long as possible. So with that in mind, we compiled this list of the most repairable mid range devices that we were able to get our hands on that were released in 2020.

Live Streams

iPhone 11 Pro Teardown Live

It’s our favorite day of the year: iPhone Teardown day! Today, we are live-streaming our first disassembly of the iPhone 11 Pro. Join Kay Kay Clapp, iFixit’s Director of Things, and Sam Goldheart, iFixit’s Lead Teardown Engineer, as they dig into Apple’s latest iPhone. What amazing things will they find? Hints of bilateral charging? A weird battery? Secret reverse-engineered alien technology? There’s only one way for you to find out and that’s to watch the stream.

Check out the written version of the iPhone 11 teardown here:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+11+Teardown/126192

And see the full teardown of the iPhone 11 Pro Max here:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+11+Pro+Max+Teardown/126000

Get your own Marlin Screwdriver Set made especially for iPhones.
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iPhone 12 Pro Max Teardown - LIVE!

Join Kay-Kay and Kyle in our video studio right now for their rock, paper, scissors competition—winner gets to open up the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Then stick around for their initial thoughts and impressions about the insides of the phone!

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iPhone XS Max Teardown LIVE with BEER!

Don’t worry the teardown didn’t take us 5 hours, but keep watching when we finish to see an iPhone XS sit in some beer for almost 5 hours!

The Teardown starts at
:46 https://youtu.be/8mhcDOJrBSk?t=46s

This morning we did a teardown of the iPhone XS Max live for everyone to watch!

Apple said they put the iPhone XS's upgraded IP68 waterproof rating to the test with beer. So naturally, we decided to challenge their claim—by immersing the iPhone XS in 2 meters of beer.

Check out the full teardown on iFixit.com
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+XS+and+XS+Max+Teardown/113021?utm_source=XSMaxTeardown&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=YouTube

Today in our teardown we used the Essential Electronics Toolkit
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Essential-Electronics-Toolkit/IF145-348-2?utm_source=XSMaxTeardown&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=YouTube

And our Adhesive Remover
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/iFixit-Adhesive-Remover-for-Battery-Screen-and-Glass-Adhesive/IF145-400-4?utm_source=XSMaxTeardown&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=YouTube

"Fanfare for Space" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost New" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Local Forecast - Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Leopard Print Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Special thanks to Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company for providing the beer for our iPhone XS test!
figmtnbrew.com
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