A while ago I was fed up with Android Wear smartwatches and bought a Garmin Fenix 5 Plus. After using it for a while I started to explore the possibilities beyond the manufacturer specifications. This lead to a firmware patcher based upon work from Alex Whiter (who sadly passed in 2019). That patcher modified the… Read More »
When I got my Spectre x360 back in 2016, I booted it into the Windows 10 it came with, played a bit around and then decided to put Linux on it. So I took a backup of all partitions, repartitioned the whole SSD and went on with Linux. Of course, I found a way to… Read More »
For an older oscilloscope I wanted to replace the 3.5″ floppy drive with USB. After checking for the required connector and available USB emulators, the one that I needed was the GOTEK SFR1M44-DU26 – an 1.44 MB floppy emulator with a 26pin FFC/FPC connector. (There’s also the SFR1M44-TU26 – which has… Read More »
Disclaimer: ID mapping without a Kerberos server only works halfway with NFSv4, it seems. I managed to get the correct usernames to show up on my client when listing files, but creating new files always creates them as user nobody because the Synology doesn’t map anything in that case. This bug report and the linked… Read More »
What unit do I have? Recent Toyotas have a unit called “Touch 2” or “Touch&Go 2” in their middle console. Problem is: you can’t differentiate between them easily. Actually, the “Touch 2” is what you see when sitting in your car. The “Touch&Go 2” is the same base unit, but with an extra processor and… Read More »
Variants and update situation The KEYone is sold as different models: BBB100-1 (US model), BBB100-2 (EMEA model), etc. And each model is distributed in multiple variants, expressed in the last 3 digits of the PRD number. Here are a few models and variants: Model PRD number Variant BBB100-1 PRD-63116-001 Unlocked… Read More »
(These codes seem to be standard for Alcatel phones. Interestingly, they work here, too.) MMI Test This is similar to the BBVE and provides various tests for all phone components. To open it, open your phone dialer and type this: * # 2ABC 8TUV 8TUV 6MNO # (“AUTO”) To test single components or get traceability… Read More »
I wanted to increase the available storage on my Synology DS415+ by replacing 2x 2TB disks with 4TB ones, extending my 4-4-2-2 volume to 4-4-4-4 and the overall storage space from 8TB to 12TB. After replacing the first disk, there was the data reconstruction which finished after 2 hoursor so. But then came the reshaping… Read More »
If you have a MacBook Pro A1286 (15.4″, Late-2008 until Mid-2012) and want to replace the battery, you must be aware of the specific battery in your device. In 2011, for some reason, Apple decided to switch from the battery model A1321 (73 Wh) to model A1382 (77.5 Wh). While the form-factor stayed the same,… Read More »
Some hotkeys to hold when powering on the Mac: