Justin Ogihara

Hi y’all! I hope everyone is safe and doing well. These unprecedented times have shifted the way society functions as a...

Happy June everybody. I can’t believe we’re already halfway through 2019! Please post any spammy content you might find...

Spring showers bring May flowers, and banning users requires admin powers. Happy May everyone and please post any spammy...

Happy April everyone! I’ve been MIA for the past week as I was out vacationing in Cabo San Lucas. I hope everyone else’s...

Happy March y’all! I’m Justin and I’m training to be Meta Dispatch so feel free to tag me or @kristen if you need...

Hi there @pleriche Thanks for posting on this forum with your great suggestion. Your analysis is very thorough, and I’ve passed your feedback to our product development team. If any wind picks up, I’ll be sure to let you know. Thanks and keep those creative juices flowing! Justin Ogihara

Hi there Kris, Thanks for posting on this forum. Unfortunately, it looks like we’re not going to be carrying an OEM rear housing replacement for the 2020 iPad anytime soon. If anything changes, I’ll be sure to let you know. Thanks! Justin Ogihara

Hi there Nicolas and thanks for posting on this forum. If you take another look at the website, it looks like we’re still selling the replacement parts for the iPhone X screen and battery. If you ever have any questions about the parts on the website or your order, feel free to contact our awesome customer support team. Thanks! Happy Fixing! Justin Ogihara

Hi there @eke0909 Thanks for posting on this forum and I apologize for the delay in response. Each guide has a minimum reputation requirement for any edits to fully appear on the website. Any edits that come from users who don’t meet the minimum reputation requirement end up in our Patrol system, where our content moderators review and approve/deny the edits. It looks like your edits to this guide were approved by a moderator. If you believe that any information is incorrect on any guide, please feel free to correct it. However, you’re also more than welcome to leave it as is if you aren’t entirely sure if the information is correct/incorrect. iFixit is a collaborative and cooperative wiki and isn’t meant to discourage users from editing content. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll do my best to answer them. Thanks! Happy fixing! Justin Ogihara

Hey there @oldturkey03 It’s just been a crazy and almost unreal time. I hope you had a good Easter weekend and are staying safe. You and your team are doing the best that you can, yet it’s a shame that your hard work and sacrifices are “appreciated” through media and marketing campaigns instead of supplying medical facilities with enough stock to get through this pandemic. It’s also completely absurd that there are people out there protesting the stay-at-home orders and blocking entries and exits to the hospitals when we’re quickly approaching 30,000 deaths. In some good news, we’ve been working really hard on uploading medical device documentation as much and as fast as possible. We’ve got more files to sort through, but thankfully our team of volunteers are helping us get this done. As of now, we’ve almost got documentation on 20 different device categories with many more to come. Thanks for all of your hard work and go get ‘em! We will all prevail!

Hmm this is interesting to think about. On one hand, if we take the article at face value we can say “oh hey look, Apple is doing a great thing by paying out the maximum rate for their repair technician during these unprecedented times!” However, if you look at the other side, it could be that Apple hasn’t been paying out the best rates for AASP’s, and we all know Apple’s history with not being the most consumer-friendly. I also saw that more details about the Independent Repair Provider Program we Not good ;-{ Apple is chipping away! that were just added recently. It looks like Apple wants to be able to hold “unannounced audits and inspections” for every repair shop in their program in order to remain an AASP, which is a seriously laughable and ridiculous stipulation of the contract. Hope you’re doing well and staying safe @danj ! And as always, thanks for posting and keeping these discussions alive!

With the growing support for Right to Repair and the inevitable push for it to become legislation, it’s nice to see companies taking a step forward to be more consumer and repair-friendly. I think we’ve gotta give credit where credit is due, but I do wonder about the specifics of the program. I’d hope Apple just repairs the screens, but I also do think there is a possibility that Apple will simply replace the entire device which would further contribute to the e-waste problem. However small the step may be, it is still a step in the right direction and cheers to Apple for that.

Hi there Daniel, Thanks for posting your question. Our mission is to provide free repair information for everyone in the world, but obviously this comes at a cost. To keep our operations running, we sell parts and tools. We sell as many parts and tools as possible to avoid devices being added into the waste stream. As a result, it is in our best interest (economically and philosophically) to keep as many parts and tools available in stock. In the event that the demand for a product is too high and our supply does not meet the demand, just know that we’ll be actively trying to resupply our stock. :) I hope this helps! Feel free to post on this forum with any questions or comments. Thanks! Happy fixing. Justin Ogihara

Hi there Riccardo and thanks for posting on this forum. We’re excited that you’re studying sustainable design and focusing in the field of consumer electronics. Although your question may seem simple, it’s a pretty heavy-loaded one at that and I’ll do my best to answer it. As with most companies and corporations, cutting costs in production and increasing profits are the main goals. One method practiced by many companies to alleviate this problem is known as planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is the practice of designing a product that is planned to be obsolete (or not of use) within a short period of time after its initial release. As you’ve probably seen in the real world, companies like Apple take advantage of this method and release products in short cycles to make the consumer feel as though they are behind and out-of-touch, even though they really aren’t. As a result, many companies feel content with their current business models and aren’t looking to change anytime soon, especially if the...

Hi there, Thanks for posting on this forum with your question. We see that you’re curious about uploading a helpful guide for those who are looking into the functions of the HDMI port in their Sony Playstation 4. Thankfully, our website is a collaborative website where any user can help others with their knowledge. In this specific case, you are able to upload that image onto the Sony Playstation 4 device page itself under the ‘Documents’ tab. That way, other users will be able to see that document on the device page in case they needed to know the specific functions of the pins in an HDMI port. Let us know if there’s anything we can do to help. Thanks and happy fixing! Justin Ogihara