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Google wants schools to teach Chromebook repair classes

• rdtwo 5y ago
  Like everything Google it’s a half assed program
• bubblethink 5y ago
  For a start, google should start selling the suzyqable which is impossible to get since COVID. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/14746 https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/14746 .
  • jevoten 5y ago
    I'm not sure I understand. Chromebooks require a special cable to access certain developer features?
    • bubblethink 5y ago
      Yes, you need this to put the recent ones in developer mode. Older ones had a physical screw.
    • craftkiller 5y ago
      For the pixelbook you still had the option to disassemble your laptop and disconnect the battery instead of using the special cable, but that involved prying large and fragile rubber sheets off the bottom of your laptop. I did that to my pixelbook before I learned about this cable and it worked (in addition to leaving my pixelbook permanently disfigured because Google does not offer any replacement parts at all to anyone anywhere). I don't know if the battery-based option is still available for newer chromebooks.
• hulitu 5y ago
  The only way to repair a Chromebook is to install Linux on it.