Kirby64

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by Kirby64 2y ago
The dock is up to you, though, no? If you really wanted a super super tiny thing you could remove most of the GameCube ports and cut down the size a ton. It wouldn’t be much bigger than the dockless variant.
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Returnal is on PC. Demon souls is just a PS3 game… I don’t really count remakes.
633.
by Kirby64 2y ago
Honest question… what PS5 exclusives? PS4 had numerous exclusives, but the only PS5 exclusive I can think of is Astro Bot, which was just released.
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Except, it is? iOS 18 allows this natively now. And even before that, you could still use scavenged screens, it just would give you the “unable to validate” pop up.
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Why wouldn’t they, honestly? The displays are presumably mostly standard display interfaces with some custom protocols around some control. Year over year I doubt there are truly major changes to the protocols and mechanics, it becomes a fo
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by Kirby64 2y ago
For the electronics I would expect it’s fine. The oscillators should be sealed. Whatever is inside the MEMS cavity would be okay. Now, all the mechanical stuff presumably expects some sort of normal atmospheric pressure, so YMMV on speakers
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by Kirby64 2y ago
> The labor cost for replacing parts on a car isn't just another ballpark. It's another planet. Then what’s your point? Labor costs on phones aren’t insignificant, and unless you want this done by people that make minimum wage
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by Kirby64 2y ago
I agree with you. Hence why I’m saying this supposed statement by Apple isn’t really saying anything. They’ll allow it to work, but probably none of them will actually support True Tone since they don’t know what proprietary secrets Apple h
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by Kirby64 2y ago
You need a new frame, a new back, a new camera, and a new battery, and you're confused why it would be outrageously priced to replace it? Basically the only things you aren't replacing are the mainboard, the speakers, and the disp
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Skeptically, "if the parts can handle it" would be key in my view. How do I know true tone and battery health would be in any way accurate, if they're using who knows what display, and who knows what battery/BMS?
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by Kirby64 2y ago
> Surely my damaged iphone mini 12 will be easily repaired at a reasonable price by the skilled technicians at the Genius Bar who have parts in stock and tool ready to go. It would be absolutely wild if their price for that service was b
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by Kirby64 2y ago
One nit: Apple makes no claims about third party (ie not Apple Original parts) having the ability to be calibrated. Nor should they, since who knows what these third party parts are doing. I’ve seen displays for iPhones that are LCD panels.
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by Kirby64 2y ago
The $150 dollar price I quoted you is a used, OEM screen, that has a grading that indicates it’s essentially like-new. Which Apple has stated and released you can calibrate and use with existing phones starting with iOS18 as long as it isn’
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Directly from Apple the screens are closer to 25-30%, depending on the phone. And what competitor? You can’t even buy a screen directly from Samsung. Closest I see is the pixel series via ifixit, which truly do seem to cost about the same a
645.
by Kirby64 2y ago
>> If that 10 year old car was designed with a non-standard shape battery, it would get a lower repairablity score. Almost every battery in a phone is a 'non-standard' shape, even including when you could pull the back cover
646.
by Kirby64 2y ago
If the physical part itself just costs a lot of money, it will have a high cost. And if it doesn’t, then the third party markets will thrive and solve this issue if the OEM is charging “too much” for it. Neither impacts a repairability scor
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Why would repairability and cost of parts have any relation? Also, checking eBay, it looks like an oem display (not from apple) for the iPhone 15 is only $150-170. From apple directly it’s $235. By comparison, I can’t find any way to actual
648.
by Kirby64 2y ago
Their own repair guide states you can use literally any DC power supply, up to 30V. No need to waste 9Vs when you can use an off the shelf DC supply.
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by Kirby64 2y ago
This is worthless, though. If you can replace it, so can a malicious actor. And they can do it without you knowing. Nobody outside of the most extremely paranoid are going to reflash every single piece of firmware on their devices when they
650.
by Kirby64 2y ago
Permission to freely choose a third party or allow firmware from any third party permits unauthorized firmware, fundamentally. Unless you only allow third party firmware via some difficult to enable setting, then a malicious actor can just
651.
by Kirby64 2y ago
Who verifies the firmware? Consumers can't be expected to do this. But, having a centralized firmware verification that is checked is necessary to prevent modification. Private keys for signing must, necessarily, be closed source other
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Or - better firmware attestation. You don’t need open source implementations, and in fact that wouldn’t help you if anyone can replace the firmware. You need cryptographically signed firmware that cannot be changed without a root of trust s
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by Kirby64 2y ago
There is no lead in the solder fumes. If anything, lead-free solder is substanially worse, since the flux used for lead-free solder is a lot... harsher. Either way, this can be largely fixed by a small fume fan.
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by Kirby64 2y ago
They make it in a variety of particle sizes. For certain pitch devices (usually under 0.4mm) you need to switch to finer particle sizes (Type 5 typically is used for the small stuff). See: https://fctsolder.com/solder-paste-
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by Kirby64 2y ago
If you’re working out every single day, probably not. But it should absolutely be plenty to get you through a day and then you can top it off for another 10-15 mins before bed. It’ll even give you an alert informing you it needs charging to
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by Kirby64 2y ago
You're not supposed to wear it while you shower (soap is generally bad for any waterproof seals...). Just slap it on the charger while you shower. Or slap it on the charger when you wake up, during your usual morning routine. It's
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by Kirby64 2y ago
I reject this characterization from a quite frankly biased party. They’re selling hardware here themselves, and attempting to justify selling old hardware. Modern hardware is quite good, but it inevitably succumbs to compute creep needs ove
658.
by Kirby64 2y ago
Literally the same argument could be made for easy user replaceable batteries. A vanishingly small fraction of users take advantage of replacing their battery and instead just pass it along either in trade in, or in passing down to a family
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by Kirby64 2y ago
Their most recent phone (made in 2022) uses an SoC introduced in 2016. By any reasonable comparison it was an outdated phone when it was released. 2 years of age haven’t done it well. At some point, no matter how repairable/replaceable
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by Kirby64 2y ago
The S5 is rated for IP67, 1 meter for 30 mins. The S7 (S6 for some reason didn’t get an IP rating?) got an IP68, 1.5m for 30 mins. Samsung seems to have stalled at 1.5m/30mins. iPhones on the other hand have steadily crept up their lis

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