iFixIt - Android Community

NOOK Tablet gets the teardown treatment, we see every nook and cranny

By Cory Gunther
on 21 Nov, 2011

Barnes & Noble just announced and released the new NOOK Tablet and in the usual iFixit fashion we now have a full teardown. Showing us every "nook" and cranny of the device you could ever expect, then we have our hands-on below for you too. check out a few pictures after the break.

DROID RAZR torn down by iFixIt and Motorola

By Michael Crider
on 11 Nov, 2011

Have you been wondering how Motorola crammed so much high-end hardware into the DROID RAZR's slim frame, especially considering its beefy battery and LTE radio? Well so have the folks at iFixIt, only they have the expertise to tear apart that Kevlar case without destroying the goodies within. They've done their customary teardown, albeit with some non-standard tools - I'm told on good authority that that wicked little tool below is a Japanese carpentry saw called a dozuki.

Samsung Epic 4G Touch gets the iFixit teardown treatment

By Cory Gunther
on 20 Sep, 2011

iFixit is back with another teardown of an extremely popular smartphone, that being the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch (aka SGSIIE4GT). They tear out that beautiful 4.52" AMOLED display and get down to the goods under the beautiful design of the Galaxy S II. From Wi-Fi radios and internal flash storage and more here is where you get to see if the inside is as beautiful as the outside. Check out all the photos after the break.

Motorola DROID Bionic gets shredded in an iFixIt teardown

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Sep, 2011

Now that this week as well as the past month we've seen every side and angle imaginable of the Droid Bionic how about we take a look at the inside. I've always wanted to inside of something that "rules all machines" and today thanks to the popular iFixIt we have a full teardown treatment of the DROID Bionic.

Motorola XOOM teardown reveals EVDO/HSPA+ World Modem

By Chris Davies
on 25 Feb, 2011

Motorola's XOOM tablet has suffered the screwless indignities of the teardown, with iFixit taking the 10.1-inch Honeycomb slate apart for the unblinking gaze of the camera. The freshly rooted tablet is unsurprisingly straightforward to open - considering that's something Motorola will be doing a lot of, while replacing the 3G modem with a 4G version later in the year - and reveals what iFixit describes as a blank "mini-PCI interconnect board" which seems to be a placeholder for the 4G modem. Interestingly, the XOOM uses the same Qualcomm MDM6600 3G radio as Verizon's iPhone 4, which as you may remember is potentially world-phone capable (the radio, that is, not the iPhone 4). That could imply that the HSPA+ capable chipset won't be changed out for the GSM versions of the XOOM, merely have its GSM capabilities unlocked through software/firmware. In the end, iFixit have glowing things to say about the XOOM's repairability, though they do warn that there are a lot of screws to get past in order to access all of the different components. For more on the performance of the XOOM, rather than the hardware inside, check out the Android Community XOOM and Honeycomb Review.

Nexus S Gets Torn Apart by iFixit

By Dylan Bailey
on 16 Dec, 2010

The next "Google Phone" is quite the impressive device, we have gotten our hands on the phone and it has proven to be a great upgrade from many devices hardware wise, and software wise you can't beat Gingerbread. If you are the curious type and want to see what the internal of the Samsung Nexus S are like, iFixit has you covered with a full tear down.

Dell Streak Ripped Apart by iFixIt

By Evan Selleck
on 18 Aug, 2010

There's a few folks out there that, when they get a shiny new toy, immediately want to take it apart and find out all the cool little intricacies of the device. Find out how it ticks, more or less. And, most of them work for iFixIt. The group that's become notorious for ripping apart shiny new gadgets, and detailing what exactly makes them so noteworthy, has done it again. And this time, the Dell Streak made it under their fingers.