How To Create A Teardown Repair Guide

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Step 1

              How to Create a Teardown

To begin, decide what you want to take apart. Some examples of things not to take apart include:
Your pet poodle.
Grandpa’s pacemaker.
Any device containing plutonium.
Optimus Prime.
Next, make your way to the store to pick up your new device. We prefer eco-friendly leg power, but to each their own.
Enter the store to find what you are looking for. If necessary, camp outside the store to be the first in line.

To begin, decide what you want to take apart. Some examples of things not to take apart include:

Your pet poodle.

Grandpa’s pacemaker.

Any device containing plutonium.

Optimus Prime.

Next, make your way to the store to pick up your new device. We prefer eco-friendly leg power, but to each their own.

Enter the store to find what you are looking for. If necessary, camp outside the store to be the first in line.

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Step 2

Next, find your device of choice in the store. Try not to tackle the 70 year-old woman who just took the last one off the shelf.
Don’t forget to pay for the product. Contrary to popular belief, Jedi mind tricks do not work on security guards.
Politely decline the extended warranty.

Next, find your device of choice in the store. Try not to tackle the 70 year-old woman who just took the last one off the shelf.

Don’t forget to pay for the product. Contrary to popular belief, Jedi mind tricks do not work on security guards.

Politely decline the extended warranty.

Step 3

Now that you’re safely home, unbox your new beauty and bask in its technological superiority. If you watch closely enough, you can witness your device depreciating.
Don’t forget to pretend to read the instruction manual before throwing it away.
With your new device up and running, its time to actually enjoy your new purchase. Remember: water + electronics = shattered dreams.

Now that you’re safely home, unbox your new beauty and bask in its technological superiority. If you watch closely enough, you can witness your device depreciating.

Don’t forget to pretend to read the instruction manual before throwing it away.

With your new device up and running, its time to actually enjoy your new purchase. Remember: water + electronics = shattered dreams.

Step 4

Make sure to keep track of all the appropriate tools.
Use extreme caution when disassembling the device, unless your intention is to show the destruction of a device. In that case, proceed as planned.
Most important of all, make sure to have fun!

Make sure to keep track of all the appropriate tools.

Use extreme caution when disassembling the device, unless your intention is to show the destruction of a device. In that case, proceed as planned.

Most important of all, make sure to have fun!

Step 5

It’s now time to setup the photo room environment.
Lighting is essential for good photographs. Set up lamps and focus the light near your work area.
We recommend attaching a portable lamp to a tripod to aid in precisely focusing light.

It’s now time to setup the photo room environment.

Lighting is essential for good photographs. Set up lamps and focus the light near your work area.

We recommend attaching a portable lamp to a tripod to aid in precisely focusing light.

Step 6

With all the proper equipment set up, you can now move on to the actual disassembly of the device.
During disassembly, document all your steps with notes and pictures to share your knowledge with the iFixit community.
You can place a sheet of white paper beneath your workspace for better pictures.
Included is a teardown shot taken under our professional lighting setup. Actual results may vary.

With all the proper equipment set up, you can now move on to the actual disassembly of the device.

During disassembly, document all your steps with notes and pictures to share your knowledge with the iFixit community.

You can place a sheet of white paper beneath your workspace for better pictures.

Included is a teardown shot taken under our professional lighting setup. Actual results may vary.

Step 7

Now it’s time to share your knowledge with the world by indulging in one of the most honored traditions of all time: writing.
Invoke your imagination and unleash your writing ability upon the iFixit community.

Now it’s time to share your knowledge with the world by indulging in one of the most honored traditions of all time: writing.

Invoke your imagination and unleash your writing ability upon the iFixit community.

Step 8

Now that your work is published on iFixit, it’s time to sit back and relax and enjoy the sweet satisfaction of having created a teardown guide.
This calls for an iPod dance party!

Now that your work is published on iFixit, it’s time to sit back and relax and enjoy the sweet satisfaction of having created a teardown guide.

This calls for an iPod dance party!

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jonasbits - Apr 28, 2013

I will try to make a Teardown Guide of an old Toshiba Satellite 1400, thanks for the inspiration!

borg3371 - Nov 16, 2015

Why do I ALWAYS have one screw that strips and won’t loosen or tighten, one that is obviously lost in a interdimensional black hole, and weird extra parts when I finish. Or the most vital, irreplaceable, Jesus part breaks, shorts out or disappears? LOL

nashi - Aug 12, 2016

Because lots of machines have more parts than they need. It was suggested by Japanese motor cycle designers and manufactures that the British motor bike industry failed because they just put too many parts in their products and when copiers start they take apart the item and try to reduce the total number and reduce the costs increasing the profits

Mark Fort Te Teko NZ

niccotaglia - Feb 25, 2016

Is a teardown of an old, broken device OK? (I have an LG Optimus L7II with a busted LCD)

Sam Goldheart - Feb 26, 2016

Totally! A broken device is a safe pick, you don’t need to worry too much about breaking it more, and you might figure out how to replace the broken components!

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Introduction

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