That's literally just the learning curve bro. Now you know at least one way that doesn't work

Never waste a failing.

>>2988498
>Not testing on scraps
Im glad you made something worked

>>2988502
this
you break shit before you learn to fix shit

This is why I like taking on projects where I can't make things worse because the thing I'm working on is already fucked. I also need to get back into taking things apart just to see how they work, that could be useful.

>>2988753
I miss having the time to take stuff apart for fun. I also hate that my attitude toward DIY now is nothing more than a compulsion to do the work myself and a strong desire to just get it over with.

>>2988753
I wish fixing random old shit was my dayjob: very low risk, mostly challenging, sort of an investigative endeavor, and has a social utility. A shame that in the times we live in repairing is uneconomical for most consumer goods, especially old ones.

>>2988498
I bricked one of my security cameras and my car stereo trying to modify firmware in the last week lol. Going to fix both for sure, but it still sucks. If you want to learn, breaking shit and then figuring out how to fix it is one of the best ways to do it because the fixing part generally means understanding how it works on a fundamental level.

>>2989018
make it your dayjob

>>2988498
This is why you should practice on devices that were going to be e-waste anyway had you not intervened.

>>2988872
Same. I have a wife and young kids now and almost zero time to myself during the day for hobbies. It'll probably be a few years before they're old enough to not need constant attention.
I installed a water heater yesterday and I don't really feel any satisfaction, just irritated that my long weekend was wasted dealing with a DIY project I didn't want to do.

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i tried to repair a shitty amazon 3.5mm aux that had a failed solder joint but i didnt know whatever this shits made of is butter so i destroyed it on accident.