teardown of the gopro hero 3: dozuki, the team behind ifixit 2013

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VISIT IFIXIT.COM FOR THOUSANDS OF REPAIR MANUALS

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• iFixit: Who we are, what we do, and the importance of repair.

•Galaxy S4 Teardown: A look inside and out at their Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone.

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Where are we going?

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Online Platform for Creating & Distributing Visual Instructions & Capturing Data

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‣Marketing / BD / Hats Upon Hats!

‣I spend most of my time encouraging people to take things apart & convincing companies to make it easier for them to do so.

‣I like building & rebuilding things: ask me how to fix your sink or remodel your kitchen.

WHO’S THIS GUY?

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We’re From here

“Happiest town in america”-Oprah

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We Wrote...six laptop repair manuals.

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Gorgeous, Glossy photo manuals...just 15 dollars each.

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...(Silence)

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back-up plan:put the content online for free

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Our web traffic

exploded

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Today, iFIXIT.com hosts repair manuals numbering in the

THOUSANDS

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•We are building an online community of people sharing repair know-how.

•We will make it :

EASY for anyone to share repair knowledge

SIMPLE for people to fix their devices

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repair 1.0

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1990:

how to be a mechanicFigure it out

Repair manuals

Trade school

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2013:

how to be a mechanic

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repair 2.0Learn from the world

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millions of people use iFIXIT to fix their own things

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Umbrellas!Umbrella repair in India.

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Earl kaplanFixing PCs for kids.

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REPAIR ANYWHERE

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Now people can follow along

in the field

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Electronics go

everywhere.Repair manuals should, too.

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Our manuals are

open source and free.

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in 2005, the u.s.

buried electronics

containing: ‣77 million pounds of lead

‣183 thousand pounds of mercury

‣1.3 million pounds of arsenic

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Reduce, Reuse,

repair. Then

recycle.

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Fix the worldWe can fix anything.

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So, we like devices...

a lot.a lot, a lot.

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iphone 5Disassembled

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VISIT IFIXIT.COM FOR THOUSANDS OF REPAIR MANUALSluke FTW!

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Tools of the trade‣ Pro Tech Toolkit

‣ Lots of bits (just in case)

‣ Precision tweezers

‣ Loads of prying tools

‣ And of course, The Spudger

‣ Magnetic Mat

‣ Dry erase grid keeps track of screws

‣ Strong magnetic backing keeps them in place

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ChipSiP CT49248NS962D1 Gb NAND flash + 4 Gb DDR3 SDRAMAmbarella A770 camera system-on-a-chipAMS AS3713 system PMU with backlight driver

Freescale Kinetis SCK20DN51Z USB controller

Qualcomm Atheros AR6233GEAM2D 802.11n + Bluetooth 4.0 controller

AC3029

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• The battery is intended to be easily replaced by the user, and requires no tools to access.

• The entire device can be disassembled with readily-available tools.

• Modular design throughout allows replacement of several individual components.

• Minimal adhesive securing the front cover can be difficult to separate, but poses no real challenge to opening.

• Fragile copper grounding tape can be difficult to peel and replace.

• Because the display cable is adhered to the midframe, replacing the LCD requires use of a heat gun.

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teardown of the gopro hero 3: dozuki, the team behind ifixit 2013

Technology

thousands of repair

thousands of repair

umbrella repair

repair knowhow

theimportance of repair

laptop repair manuals

pounds of mercury

pounds of lead