Right to Repair
- The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repairwww.theverge.com The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair
Including but not limited to “warranty void if removed” labels.
- Nether current nor planned EU laws protect from NEWAG-style antirepair practices applied to trains, trams, buses and other buisness equipmentdigitalcourage.social Patrick Breyer (@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social)
Angehängt: 1 Bild 🇬🇧 🚆🔧 #StopKillingTrains! Not only computer games but entire trains are being arbitrarily disabled by their manufacturers. EU Commissioner Breton now admits that EU law doesn‘t protect us. We finally need a full #RightToRepair and a #RightToModify the devices we bought! #Pira...
- ‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systemswww.dailydot.com ‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems
'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'
> 'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'
- 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.
This makes me glad to see that hardware wise this phone was really built to last, I can't even count how many times I dropped it so hard that I was scared to see the damage (which was always either nothing or a broken screen protector)
But software wise I'm screwed as security updates are already gone from Google and I only get the extended support from Calyx which will also end soon.
Now I'm forced to choose between having a phone that is insecure or buying a new one.
So thanks Google for the high quality hardware, but what's up with this software planned obsolescence??
I know this isn't exactly right to repair, but it also kind of is because if Google decided to ditch the 4a, they should be forced to open source the software so that the public can actually repair it.
I'm sure that some of their latest updates can be modified slightly to work for the 4a, but they don't care and for them this is a win-win since they don't have to maintian support and they get new customers who would otherwise be satisfied with an "old" phone.
What happened to the days when an old phone meant a phone that was already crumbling to pieces, and not a fully functional computer that is slightly older then a toddler?
- Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts and Disassemble their Deviceswww.404media.co Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows
The contract requires repair shops to "immediately disassemble" devices that have parts "not purchased from Samsung."
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,
Stunningly, it also requires these nominally independent shops to “immediately disassemble” any phones that customers have brought them that have been previously repaired with aftermarket or third-party parts and to “immediately notify” Samsung
It's the second in a row news about Samsung acting agsunst the customers right to repair, showing how much we need good right to repair laws.
- iFixit ends self-repair collaboration with Samsung, because Samsung was not committed to itliliputing.com iFixit and Samsung's self-repair collaboration ends (two years after launch) - Liliputing
iFixit and Samsung's self-repair collaboration ends (two years after launch)
As revealed by iFixit, Samsung collaboration never worked well, with parts that were too expensive, and/or glued together (like a battery+screen replacement!)
Moreover Samsung never really tried to make their designs more repairable.
ifixit blog post is full of episodes, like when Samsung and iFixit announced an upcycle program, and then Samsung disappeared.
Ok, Samsung is cleared not interested in making their product repairable.
- Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled
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.
- Disable tracking on Chevy Bolt 2019
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.
For my 2019 bolt, it's f31 in the instrument panel fuse box, just down and to the left of the steering wheel. The fuse box cover comes off when you pull it hard from the bottom.
I was able to find which fuse went to OnStar in the owners manual and labeled on the inside of the fuse box cover. You should be able to find it for your model car there too if it uses OnStar.
I did have the casualty of my speaker for calls and texts. I'm not able to use it right now. I'll see if I can dig in and reconnect it somehow, but we'll see.
Who knows that other into they're snitching back to GM, or what they could do in the future, so I recommend disconnecting it. Good luck!
- Oregon Passes Right To Repair Law Apple Lobbied To Killwww.techdirt.com Oregon Passes Right To Repair Law Apple Lobbied To Kill
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…
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.
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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
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> I dropped my launch edition steam deck last night on carpet and while all the buttons still worked- something was rattling inside of it. After I opened it up I discovered a missing chunk of plastic from the R2 trigger, that piece presses against another to keep the button from over articulating. I suspect this trigger absorbed most of the impact, there was no other visible damage. > > Of course I was upset that I broke it, but so very pleasantly surprised to find ifixit had the trigger in stock and reasonably priced. This availability made me love the deck even more, and really the fact valve made these parts available places the deck above any other competition in my mind. > > This machine is built to last, I am so excited to get it fixed and get back to gaming.
- 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?
First issue I ran into a while back was with replacing an ACM on one of our trucks. The ability to have the ACM programmed at FL, shipped to me and then resetting the Ash Accumulator at our shop was removed from the Standard DDDL software. After nearly a week of dealing with that shit, Detroit finally temporarily upgraded our software to the Professional version and still, the option to 'Replace ACM' is no longer available in the Standard edition.
Fast forward to now, I have a truck that I need to install fog lamps in. So, I need to turn on its Parameter options in the SAMCAB module. All of the parameters in the SAMCAB, SAMCHASSIS, MSF and ICU are no longer available in the Standard Edition software. This literally guts my ability to do many of my required duties at my job as a heavy truck mechanic. These were all modifiable parameters in Standard Edition in the fairly recent past. This really puts me at an unacceptable disadvantage for the work that I do. I'm turning a very significant amount of my outside labor time on work that requires me to have access to Parameters and Options. It's also killing the work I am able perform on our personal fleet trucks as well.
Are any of you mechanics facing this dilemma, as well? Or have any information that may be helpful in my situation? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
If this is posted in the wrong place, any idea where I might better post it? I haven't found any heavy truck threads on Lemmy, yet.
- Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yetwww.theverge.com Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet
So long, parts pairing?
So long, parts pairing?
- Replacing the screen adhesive on an apple watch costs more than a new watch according to Apple!
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Thankfully Jonathan was able to take it to an independent repair shop for a $75 CAD adhesive fix (and battery replacement?) despite Apple's restrictions against them.
- Where found Li-po battery in west europe ?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12024688
> Hi, > > I'm looking for a Li-po battery : > 3.7V 90mAh > > ! > > In my country there isn't anymore an electronic shop that can sell it at a reasonable prices.. (taxes etc..) > > On Aliexpress I can found them at ~2€ but the postal fee do not make it worth-it.. (~10€) > > I travel a lot in Europe (west) so may-be you know still IRL shops where I can buy them ? > > Thanks.
- Own your stuff. iFixit Requests FTC Rulemaking on Right to Repair. Public RFC Deadline is February 2nd.www.eff.org Tell the FTC: It's Time to Act on the Right to Repair
Do you care about being able to fix and modify your stuff? Then it's time to speak up and tell the Federal Trade Commission that you care about your right to repair.As we have said before, you own what you buy—and you should be able do what you want with it. That should be the end of the story,...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11175984
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11175612 > > Off topic, but ownership is a hot topic here, right? > > > iFixit has petitioned the FTC to write standardized rules for right to repair. A federal ruling on what companies must do to respect your stuff. Your chance to inform policy is here. > > > > Maybe you're thinking, "what difference can I make?" However, the FTC must read all comments that aren't marked as spam or copypasta. Now is your time. The request for comment period ends February 2nd, 2024. > > > > There are less than 6 days left to make your voice heard. Tell the FTC what you think. Let them know about the hardships you've faced trying to fix your stuff. Bring up your concerns about the difficulty in repairing you phone or laptop. Rant about "you'll own nothing," if you like. They want to hear from you and they need ammunition to make the ruling stick. > > > > Your voice matters. Make a difference, the chance comes very rarely. I shot my shot, now what about you? > > > > Comment on Your Right to Repair.
- How to hack your Tesla
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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.
This is the full talk of the article posted on lemmy a few months ago, but Black Hat only recently posted the full video.
- [Louis Rossmann] Google supports right to repair? Think again.odysee.com Google supports right to repair? Think again.
🔵 We fix Macbooks & offer free estimates. https://rossmanngroup.com
tl:dw from helenslunch@feddit.nl
Google plans to make parts available but not at the level that they should, so they'll continue to be absurdly expensive to the point that you might as well just buy a new one.
https://feddit.nl/comment/6023378
- Hyundai Ioniq Repair Riddle: Why Does a Battery Cost $60,000? This is worse than Tesla!
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- Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains [video] – 37c3 presentationstreaming.media.ccc.de Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains
We've all been there: the trains you're servicing for a customer suddenly brick themselves and the manufacturer claims that's because you...
They had a talk space yesterday night at Chaos Communication Congress. These three guys are modern heroes.
Follow up to https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/7760263
--- cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/544012
> There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
- Arduino chrono-thermostat
Crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9698836
> This setup allows Arduino to read temperature, control relay based on setpoints, display info on OLED screen, and manage date/time settings with user input through buttons. Adjust based on specific hardware/project requirements. > > Designed to replace the faulty electronic control of a blue heat radiator. > > Code and simulation at Wokwi > > Licensed under GNU GPLv3.
- Repair mode for Pixel Privacyblog.google More ways to repair your Pixel phones
We’re improving the repair process with more ways to protect your privacy, easy-to-use manuals and easier to find parts and repairs.
Hopefully this will help lower objections to getting devices repaired
- ‘Smoking Gun’ Email That Killed Repairing McDonald's Ice Cream Machineswww.wired.com McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup
Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, has unearthed a 3-year-old email it says proves claims of an alleged plot to undermine their business.
Tldr from lawrence@lemmy.world
Kytch, a startup, developed a device to fix McDonald's ice cream machines but faced opposition after a 2020 McDonald's email warning against its use, citing safety concerns. Kytch alleges this move, influenced by machine manufacturer Taylor, was to undermine them as a competitor. Recent litigation reveals an email from Taylor's CEO suggesting action against Kytch, which Kytch claims as evidence of a plot to sabotage their business.
Despite Taylor and McDonald's denials, Kytch continues legal action, asserting the email demonstrates a coordinated effort to eliminate competition.
- Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Themwww.404media.co Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.
>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 from running if a GPS tracker detected that it spent a certain number of days in an independent repair company’s maintenance center, and also prevented it from running if certain components had been replaced without a manufacturer-approved serial number.
>The problem was so bad that an infrastructure trade publication in Poland called Rynek Kolejowy picked up on the mysterious issues over the summer, and said that the lack of working trains was beginning to impact service: “Four vehicles after level P3-2 repair cannot be started. At this moment, it is not known what caused the failure. The lack of units is a serious problem for the carrier and passengers, because shorter trains are sent on routes.”
Very good article, I'd recommend reading it. I hope the court rules against NEWAG and sets a precedent for right to repair.
- Motion to Dismiss Rejected in Lawsuit Against John Deerewww.techdirt.com Judge Allows Major ‘Right To Repair’ Lawsuit Against John Deere To Move Forward
Last year agricultural equipment giant John Deere found itself on the receiving end of an antitrust lawsuit for its efforts to monopolize tractor repair. The lawsuits noted that the company consist…
In a forceful, 89-page memorandum, U.S. District Court Judge Iain Johnson wrote that the founder of John Deere “was an innovative farmer and blacksmith who—with his own hands—fundamentally changed the agricultural industry.” Deere the man “would be deeply disappointed in his namesake corporation” if the plaintiffs can ultimately prove their antitrust allegations against Deere the company, which are voluminous and well-documented.
- Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providerssocial.hackerspace.pl q3k :blobcatcoffee: (@q3k@hackerspace.pl)
Attached: 1 image I can finally reveal some research I've been involved with over the past year or so. We (@redford@infosec.exchange, @mrtick@infosec.exchange and I) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs. These trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced a...
From https://lemmy.world/post/9227800
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this became public, manufacturer removed ability to unlock train by button combination.
Also manufacturer is able to remotely brick train over internet(connected via GSM) at any time.
- Tesla 'fully open source' original Roadster design and engineering, releases R&D docselectrek.co Tesla 'fully open source' original Roadster design and engineering, releases R&D docs
Tesla has made its original Roadster design and engineering “fully open source” and released R&D documents accessible to everyone. The...
Tesla released the service manuals for their original Roadster yesterday, pretty rare to come across any kind of service manual nowadays. Great for R2R!
https://service.tesla.com/roadster
- Astonishing Anti Repair Practices By Apple In the Last 15 Years
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A pretty comprehensive video by Hugh Jeffreys covering how Apple has been restricting repairability in their devices, even before 2012.
P.S. Apple's iPhones may be exempt from California's R2R bill, apparently they slipped an exemption in there for "waterproof portable devices" 🤦♂️
- Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Mainewww.404media.co Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine
“Maine residents have won the right to control their destiny when it comes to car repairs."
Full text of the ballot initiative: https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2/21/Right_to_Repair_Leg_FINAL.pdf
- Apple claims it will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwidewww.engadget.com Apple will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide
Apple, once a staunch opponent of the right to repair movement, now supports having a uniform federal right to repair law.
Let's hope they actually mean it. It could be cheaper than having different skews, but it's good news nevertheless.
- We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN!yewtu.be We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN!
https://rossmanngroup.com/sleeptool For those wondering why this matters, wHy nOT JuST hAvE ApPlE fIX iT, sometimes Apple tells customers they need an entire motherboard replacement when the only issue with the machine is the angle sensor: https://youtu.be/yG6hCH3XAJE Not allowing us access to the...
- California Right to Repair Passes to Governor, is it Too Good to be True?
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There don't seem to be any obvious loop holes letting companies get out of it. But this is the bill Apple is supporting now, so from their track record, they've likely found some loop hole.
- Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repairwww.404media.co Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair
A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.
A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.
- McDonald's Ice Cream Machines, Break Often, Intentionally A Pain to Diagnose, and Impossible to Fixwww.ifixit.com What’s Inside That McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine? Broken Copyright Law | iFixit News
This summer, we’re on a mission to figure out why McDonald’s ice cream machines are always broken—by tearing one apart and fixing outdated copyright law.
iFixit tears down a Taylor ice cream machine and finds that it overheats often, takes hours to restart, and these issues are impossible to fix because of locked down software and terrible error messages. No wonder, since Taylor makes 25% of its money charging $315 per 15 minutes for their exclusive repairs.
- E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires and other outrageous scare tacticswww.techdirt.com E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws
Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and…
I guess appealing to gut feelings scare factor is more effective at fighting Right to Repair than convoluted logical justification attempts.
- Sony Just Nerfed the Most-Repairable Earbud Line | iFixit Newswww.ifixit.com Sony Just Nerfed the Most-Repairable Earbud Line | iFixit News
The earbud world just lost one of its most repairable options. We take a look at Sony’s highly repairable WF-1000XM3 and the slide toward disposable earbuds.
- Does Apple really support right to repair? Lewis Rossmann is extremely skeptical.
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Apple is one of the worst companies about being able to repair products. They've gotten several bills failed or neutered to not do anything. We don't know yet, but they are likely trying for a neutering amendment here to keep control over the process. I'd love to be proven wrong, but all we have to go on is prior experience.
- Has anyone unlocked a dumb phone (keypad phone) ?
Dear Right to Repair
I have a 10 year old dumb phone (keypad phone).
Has anyone unlocked their dumb phone ?
If so, could you tell me how you did it please ?
Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL
- John Deere caught sabotaging competitors & customers LIVE on recording - and they're PROUD of it! by Louis Rossmann
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Quote from the John Deere representative:
> Here's what happens. Deere sees another company doing this (offering a better/cheaper GPS than theirs) in a year from now they say screw it, we'll rewrite the software so everyone's gotta update their globe (control for tractors) for it to keep working.
- Samsung GT-E3210 I want to fix it
Dear Right to Repair
I have a Samsung GT-E3210 (semi-dumb phone) made about 2013.
I have had the phone since new.
It has a lock on it. I don't know how it got there. I don't even know what it is. I would like to remove it.
SUMMARY
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My SIM card works in other phones without a PIN.
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My phone works, with this SIM card, without a PIN.
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My phone will not accept another SIM card (even if the correct SIM PIN for that new SIM card is entered).
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When a new SIM card is inserted the phone says SIM LOCK and asks for a PASSWORD.
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With my usual SIM card inserted, SETTINGS shows SIM LOCK ON. If I select it, it asks for a SIM PASSWORD.
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With no SIM card in the phone, SETTINGS says SIM LOCK ON. If I select it, it asks me to INSERT SIM CARD.
ELABORATION
My GT-E3210 has worked for many years with the same old BIG SIM card in it.
I have never programmed a PIN into this old BIG SIM card. I have never used a PIN in connection with this old BIG SIM card.
The phone does not require a PIN when I turn it on each day, or when I re-insert this old BIG SIM card. I have never programmed any kind of security into the phone.
If any other SIM card is placed in it, however, it will not function.
When I tried a new SIM card, the following words filled the screen,
SIM LOCK
(a padlock symbol)
PASSWORD
(a space to enter password)
(and 2 options above the soft keys : CONFIRM and EMERGENCY)
When I entered the verified SIM PIN for this new SIM card it said,
INCORRECT PASSWORD
When I go to SETTINGS > SECURITY I see that one of the four LOCK's is on : SIM LOCK ON.
When I highlight SIM LOCK ON and press the centre button (with my usual old BIG SIM card in the phone) the following words fill the bottom half of the screen
SIM PASSWORD
8 DIGITS
PASSWORD
(a space to enter password)
(and 2 options above the soft keys : OK and CANCEL)
BUT, if there is no SIM card in the phone, when I highlight SIM LOCK ON and press the centre button, it says only
INSERT SIM CARD
TWO QUESTIONS please.
Q1. What is this SIM LOCK ?
Q2. What are my options to turn it off or remove it ?
I would be grateful for any help you could give me.
Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL
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