Nether current nor planned EU laws protect from NEWAG-style antirepair practices applied to trains, trams, buses and other buisness equipment ( digitalcourage.social )
I'm Conflicted
I have a Pixel 4a (with Calyx) for a few years already (start of 2021) and it's still going great. The battery is okay. Everything works nice. It's smooth. It runs everything perfectly fine....
‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems ( www.dailydot.com )
'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'
Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts and Disassemble their Devices ( www.404media.co )
A leaked "independent" repair shop contract shows that Samsung requires them to give Samsung the name, contact information, phone identifier, and customer complaint details of everyone who gets their phone repaired at these shops,...
iFixit ends self-repair collaboration with Samsung, because Samsung was not committed to it ( liliputing.com )
As revealed by iFixit, Samsung collaboration never worked well, with parts that were too expensive, and/or glued together (like a battery+screen replacement!)...
Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled ( lemmy.world )
Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn't rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn't unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.
Restoring Beauty: Repairing Damaged Property ( startrek.website )
At Dwyer Restoration, we not only restore damaged properties but also provide preventive services to help avoid future disasters....
Kobo partners with iFixit to make new e-readers more repairable ( goodereader.com )
The partnership between Kobo and iFixit means the iFixit will provide official repair kits to fix the most common components like batteries, for newly produced readers (Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW,)...
Disable tracking on Chevy Bolt 2019 ( sh.itjust.works )
OnStar reports location and speed data to the car manufacturer. Sometimes they will sell this data to insurance companies to raise your premium, as several news stores pointed out a few weeks ago. I couldn't really find an advantage to OnStar, (I have my phone to call emergency services) so I disabled it by pulling it's fuse....
Oregon Passes Right To Repair Law Apple Lobbied To Kill ( www.techdirt.com )
Oregon has officially become the seventh state (behind New York, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota) to pass “right to repair” legislation, making it easier and m…
To buy no longer means anything. ( youtu.be )
I’ve just watched the video. I find it pretty outrageous. The word about it should spread.
Valve's iFixit partnership is a game changer ( sh.itjust.works )
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/15970180...
Detroit Diesel Diagnostic Link (Standard) fucked functionality.
Anyone else using the standard edition of DDDL having recent issues with the loss of Parameter access and other key features on Detroit / Freightliners?...
Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet ( www.theverge.com )
So long, parts pairing?
Replacing the screen adhesive on an apple watch costs more than a new watch according to Apple! ( youtu.be )
Thankfully Jonathan was able to take it to an independent repair shop for a $75 CAD fix despite Apple's restrictions against them.
Where found Li-po battery in west europe ?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12024688...
Own your stuff. iFixit Requests FTC Rulemaking on Right to Repair. Public RFC Deadline is February 2nd. ( www.eff.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11175984...
How to hack your Tesla ( youtu.be )
Unlock heated seats and full diagnostics by turning off the power to the amd chip exactly when it's checking authorization. This exploit is very tricky though and requires soldering three wires to the board, so not for the faint of heart....
[Louis Rossmann] Google supports right to repair? Think again. ( odysee.com )
tl:dw from helenslunch@feddit.nl...
Hyundai Ioniq Repair Riddle: Why Does a Battery Cost $60,000? This is worse than Tesla! ( www.youtube.com )
Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains [video] – 37c3 presentation ( streaming.media.ccc.de )
They had a talk space yesterday night at Chaos Communication Congress. These three guys are modern heroes....
Arduino chrono-thermostat ( lemmy.ml )
Crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9698836...
‘Smoking Gun’ Email That Killed Repairing McDonald's Ice Cream Machines ( www.wired.com )
Tldr from lawrence@lemmy.world...
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them ( www.404media.co )
The situation is a heavy machinery example of something that happens across most categories of electronics, from phones, laptops, health devices, and wearables to tractors and, apparently, trains. In this case, NEWAG, the manufacturer of the Impuls family of trains, put code in the train’s control systems that prevented them...