TechCareAssociation

Fresh Tech Repair Tidbits just landed. The Second Life Sessions trailer is live, 19 repair leaders get full episodes, Texas goes on the R2R clock, and the EPA drops a free battery safety playbook. mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #RepairPeople #RightToRepair

No device leaves your hands without a data plan. Back up, sign out, unlock, erase. Dead device? Recover first, then wipe. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/26…

iPhone Duo: best iFixit foldable score ever, a full Apple repair manual, cracked inner screens by day one, zero parts in the Self Service store. A repairable phone with no parts is not a repairable phone. R2R in this week's Tidbits: mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #RightToRepair

New tech comes in. Old tech gets a new purpose. The five steps of a Tech Cleanout, in one card: wheretorepair.org/2026/10/26…

What happens to the devices your repair shop turns away? Four people from the second-life side explain, and how shops get paid for them. Plus Apple parts moves, console season, and the iPhone Duo. This week's Tech Repair Tidbits: mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #TechRepair #RepairPeople

At E-Waste Expo Atlanta this week? The reuse screening the Surrey researchers called for already exists: 30,000 to 40,000 independent repair shops. They are just not connected to the collection programs yet. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/26…

Recycling center: 2% of electronics flagged for reuse. Repair volunteers: 50% fixed, 28% more fixable with a part. The difference is whether anyone looked first. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/26…

Trash, recycle, or donate? Your old phone or laptop takes one of three paths, and one of them starts fires. What really happens on each, and the stop most devices skip. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/26…

Fast Tech mostly fails the scorecard. Score it anyway, and route what you can't fix safely. techcareassociation.org/2026… Tomorrow: the TCA's fall Right to Repair update. #TechRepair

Apple just put the iPad 6 on its obsolete list. Apple won't fix it anymore. Independent shops will. Stock screens and batteries and say so on your counter. mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #TechRepair #RepairPeople

Monday: list your top 8 repairs, score them on 9 factors, act on the lowest one this week. Free scorecard: techcareassociation.org/2026… #TechRepair #RepairPeople

That smartwatch screen that popped off the case? It's often a swollen battery pushing it out, and the watch may well be fixable. Stop charging it, don't press it back, and get it checked. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/12…

Apple's $1,999 iPhone Duo: $999 to replace the inner screen without AppleCare+, about three times a Pro screen. No Duo parts announced for independent shops. mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #RightToRepair #TechRepair

Happy International Repair Day, repair people. Spend one hour of it scoring your repairs: keep, reprice, or refer. Free scorecard: techcareassociation.org/2026… #InternationalRepairDay #RepairPeople

Happy International Repair Day. Console with no picture, floppy laptop lid, popped-off watch screen, cracked tablet glass, dead charging, slow computer, wet phone: all often fixable. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/12…

The biggest ticket is not the best hour. A $299 board job can return less per bench hour than a $189 port. Sort by return per bench hour: techcareassociation.org/2026… #TechRepair

Galaxy stuck on an error screen after One UI 9? Before anyone wipes it: force restart, Safe Mode, Airplane Mode, reboot. That path keeps the data. Tell A57 owners to hold off. More in Tech Repair Tidbits: mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #TechRepair

Phone took a swim? Power it off. Don't charge it. Don't put it in rice. Skip the Rice. Save the Device. Then get it to a local technician fast. Acting quickly can improve your chances. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/12…

One Number From Repair: $197.47 per bench hour, the gap between the best and worst repair in our illustrative worked example. What's yours? techcareassociation.org/2026… #TechRepair

Your customers don't know half of what you fix. This week's Tidbits: a consumer guide to seven repairs people think are impossible, and a scorecard for which repairs earn your bench time. mailchi.mp/techcareassociati… #TechRepair #RepairPeople

Phone won't charge? Before you blame the phone, try another cable and adapter. Then check the port: pocket lint packs in every time you plug in. Sometimes the fix is a careful cleaning. wheretorepair.org/2026/10/12…