Apple is putting the clamps on self-repair according to one popular tech blog and making it harder to open up the iPhone 4. Popular blog, iFixit, which says it takes apart tech gadgets in order to ...

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I'm a big fan of high quality tools. I like to spend more for expensive tools that last a long time than junk that breaks. When I go on Amazon to look for a Pentalobe screwdriver for my Mac Book Air ...

Who screwed what? Simple, really: Apple will be using a new type of screw for the iPhone 4. It’s called the pentalobe, a round-edged five point star shaped screwhead whose accompanying screwdriver is ...

A screw with a five-sided head that is used in Apple products as well as others. The pentalobe design was chosen to make the case more tamper-proof; however, small pentalobe screwdrivers became ...

Apple is making it more difficult for iPhone 4 owners to perform simple DIY repairs by replacing common Phillps head screws with a rare “pentalobe” screws. While newer iPhone 4s have included the ...

These days, the premium look and quality of flagship smartphones usually come at a price. The first to go are removable batteries, followed usually by hardened silos that are tough to get into. So ...

For those who want to crack into their iPhone 4s — certainly voiding the warranty — you may need the pentalobe screwdriver. And it just so happens that Milliamp, a repair service for all of Apple’s ...