Learn Phone & Device Repair Free

Maker Tech

Start with New York is still fining me a year after I moved away (23 min, Louis Rossmann), then Why I deleted GrapheneOS (18 min, Louis Rossmann). All 513 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need precision screwdriver set, phone opening toolkit, heat mat or heat gun and a few more basics (about $105 of kit). The book to keep beside you: How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic by Michael Jay Geier.

What you'll need

• Precision screwdriver set: Every bit for phones and laptops.
• Phone opening toolkit: Spudgers, suction cups, picks.
• Heat mat or heat gun: Soften screen adhesive.
• Magnetic project mat: Track every tiny screw.
• Anti-static wrist strap: Protect the board.

Lessons

• New York is still fining me a year after I moved away (23 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Why I deleted GrapheneOS (18 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Youtube goes to war with ad blockers - how companies die (15 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• A trojan ring should NEVER be a subscription!!! (30 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Adobe gets destroyed by open source clone: here's the legal trouble I predict into the future (19 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Anthropic CEO learns meaning of "life comes at you fast" (21 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Biden administration destroys right to repair in the most corrupt way possible 😞 (12 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Disney+ puts ads into premium, ad-free tier;, just pirate it all. (14 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk! (13 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Hyundai, Why Does an Ioniq Battery Cost $60,000? (22 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Let's talk about the framework situation, what should've been done differently, and my biases (21 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Modern influencer culture has GOT TO GO! (21 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• [RANT] The lower rungs on the economic ladder are gone (21 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Scientology opposes Right to Repair - this is where I call it quits... (17 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Small maker raises prices to afford manufacturing in US, gets ZERO sales 🤡 (12 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Spotify wants you in prison for skipping lines of code: the revanced case & where I stand (11 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Taylor Texas mayor skips out on people after approving donated land for park be sold to datacenter (19 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Tom Evans audio proves that their $30,000 audio preamp is garbage by filing a bogus copyright claim (19 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Trump's tariffs make no sense: a detailed rebuttal to every argument (40 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Why I will NEVER pay for YouTube Premium ever again! (11 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Youtube's AdBlock detection might break the law in the EU (12 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Youtube sued over ads in Premium: youtube claims "promotions" are not "ads" 🤣🤦 (12 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Adblock bug, see pinned comment (12 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• AI is NOT your friend (13 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Amazon revokes the concept of owning books, can edit books you already bought; PIRACY IS THE ANSWER! (26 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Amazon Sells Fake Electrical Fuses (31 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Anthropic is worse than my high school's drug dealer (18 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Apple now supports Right to Repair (11 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Fender guitar CEO is a case study in spotting manipulative psychopaths (20 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Hoover streamline floor cleaners are designed to die; liquid flows over electrical contacts (18 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• how to use a pencil to find failed parts in 52 year old audio gear; repairing a marantz 1060 part 1 (30 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Hyundai car requires $2000, app & internet access to fix your brakes - what the actual f (14 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Is All Piracy Equal? Exploring Gray Areas: When Is It REALLY "Stealing" ?? (31 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Mastergroove repair by Mend it Mark & an honest message to Tom Evans audio (49 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• NYC's toxic ebike culture almost killed 4 people; let's talk about it. (29 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Piracy is MORALLY JUSTIFIED after Telstra Locked Customer Purchases Behind New Hardware (14 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Smarthome company goes bankrupt, new owner ransoms everyone's house: $5000 bounty to crack firmware! (13 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Sony Steals Customers' Purchased Content - Piracy is COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED! (13 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• stop killing games part 1 (26 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• StopKillingGames: Jennifer Gibbons tells senators running Minecraft server is ILLEGAL (16 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Texas passes right to repair that excludes game consoles, boats, cars, tractors, my feelings.... (22 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Volkswagen makes horsepower a subscription: this needs to STOP! (15 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Vulcan Strength sues youtube reviewer over a bad review. Stop doing this... (41 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• WeRecoverData becomes WeWipedData; their archive.org page is GONE after threatening to sue me 🤣 (15 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Why I hid the truth for a year; and why I regret it. (23 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• You Changed Your Profile to Clippy: Now What? 📎📎📎 (14 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Youtube confirms intentional slowdown of adblock users 🤦‍♂️ (17 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• A talk with ross scott of stopkillinggames & matthew cassells, legend w/ Clinton shirt! (191 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• All Onewheels have been recalled (16 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Apple laptops are destroyed by specs of dust: news finally notices (17 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Apple Pencil doesn't draw straight on repaired iPads; the engineer's perspective vs. the repairman's (27 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Apple withholds calibration tool for sleep sensors on modern Macbooks from independent repair shops (13 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• BMW stops heated seat subscriptions, misses the point on why consumers are mad (10 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• BwE name-change wiped from Australian government website & my video gets removed for defamation 🤦🇦🇺🤦 (13 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Citizens address Austin Mayor on AI Surveillence cameras; AS EXPECTED on September 25th part 1 (44 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Defense contractors just killed military right to repair - here's the $535,000 reason why (16 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Doordash driver loses it after getting $0 tip (18 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• FetchTV says I'm "inaccurate & unfair"... you want to play? LET'S GO! 😤 (27 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• Ford CEO says you shouldn't repair your car because it risks loss of life 🤦 They want to kill repair (18 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)
• @GamersNexus fights flock in his backyard (55 min, Louis Rossmann, Intermediate)

Books on Phone & Device Repair

1. How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic by Michael Jay Geier - View on Amazon
2. Make: Electronics by Charles Platt - View on Amazon