Using either a chisel or a Flathead screwdriver and a pair of pliers for a hammer, I carefully, but firmly tap the handle of the chisel (sorry, at this stage I didn’t take pictures because I wasn’t thinking of posting at the time) on the seams of the adapter on all sides (see the image on the left). I kept doing it until I heard the plastic case crack on each side. The reason for this is because the case has no screws or clips that holds it in place. Its practically glued together.
It’ll take some elbow grease and patience to fully pry the thing open.
Once cracked open, it’ll look like this:
This is a close-up of the area I’m going to fix:
Following the recommendation of the site I linked earlier, I cut off the affected area to about an inch just to be sure. I used a pair of scissors only because I was lazy getting the needle-nose pliers from the tool box.
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July 15th, 2008 on 1:29 pm
Thanks man. This worked great. Took me only 30 minutes. Hardest part was separating the plastic adapter piece apart. After I got that, the rest was pretty easy. Thanks again.
January 16th, 2009 on 7:47 am
Hey there! Thanks for the awesome how-to. I attempted to crack my charger housing open the other night, got frustrated, and gave up. Your tutorial gave me a new motivation to get back at it, and after some cracks and snaps, some white electrical tape, and a half an hour, I now have an operational charger again.
January 23rd, 2009 on 10:06 pm
Acabo de ahorrar 8o$ con esta reparación casera.Funciona, muchas gracias!
March 14th, 2009 on 8:33 pm
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July 21st, 2009 on 7:27 pm
This happened to me too, only I was stupid enough to buy a replacement, but it was another brand replacement, it cost me about $35 at MacSales.
But I’ll try to fix it now using this method, since I still have the damaged one here!
January 4th, 2010 on 7:11 am
There’s no way that’s true, right? Apple never used to be quite that. I am veteran enough to remember the very first one that had pointer recognition AND two clicker buttons, never mind all this new stuff they have.