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If you find an old iMate and it doesn't work - tear it open. There's a "non-replacable" battery inside and if it dies it stops working.
by LeoPanthera 3y ago
If you find an old iMate and it doesn't work - tear it open. There's a "non-replacable" battery inside and if it dies it stops working.
- smilespray 3y agoThat's interesting. My iMate is flaky — I'll pop it open and check!
- wolfgang42 3y agoSomebody just last year finally worked out what that battery is doing and why the adapter doesn’t work after it dies: https://www.projectgus.com/2023/04/griffin-imate/#mystery-battery https://www.projectgus.com/2023/04/griffin-imate/#mystery-ba... (discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35772131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35772131) (TLDR: compatibility with Apple’s off-USB-spec keyboard power button, but the circuit they used accidentally injects noise which wreaks havoc on the data lines when it’s unpowered and left floating.)