Hardware Repairability

Discussions focus on the ease or difficulty of repairing consumer electronics like smartphones, including DIY fixes with tools, glue, tape, or replacements, and complaints about glued or soldered components.

📉 Falling 0.4x Hardware
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Sample Comments

snypher Mar 7, 2021 View on HN

Because someone manipulating parts couldn't glue it back together?

exe34 Sep 25, 2025 View on HN

was this a UI option or did you have to fix it with wire cutters? mine is mildly irritating.

tbarbugli Dec 19, 2015 View on HN

good news, it's already like this. you can buy parts and replace them yourself :O

simonlc Apr 5, 2020 View on HN

Wow I've had this issue for a year now, and just yesterday was thinking about taking it apart to fix it. This just made the task much easiser!

ape4 Oct 21, 2014 View on HN

I assume they unscrewed it (joke attempt)

Retric Mar 22, 2010 View on HN

This seems like the type of thing you would have some sort of replacable card for. Assuming it's a fairly common problem.

Abishek_Muthian Oct 24, 2020 View on HN

Point taken, but now tell me which of those was easy to repair?

wklauss May 3, 2017 View on HN

It's glued so no, not possible to replace.

alliao Aug 15, 2018 View on HN

why do they take them out? and when do they take them out? when it broke?

sehugg Jul 14, 2012 View on HN

The fix will probably end up being a drop of superglue.