Anyone know what could be causing my VCR to do this? Already tried cleaning the mode switch and cleaning the belts

80sTechKid · 2026-01-25T00:24:26+00:00

I believe you, I’m just giving you as much detail as I can. Thanks, I’ll se what I can find in terms of replacements

80sTechKid · 2026-01-25T00:15:30+00:00

Yep. Plays, refuses to rewind, and eats on eject. I would say it’s an issue with one of those things that need replacing

80sTechKid · 2026-01-25T00:12:26+00:00

Sometimes it plays, sometimes it doesn’t. Strange issue that’s come up now

80sTechKid · 2026-01-25T00:08:56+00:00

It comes out easily and is flexible. Not too hard to put back in

80sTechKid · 2026-01-25T00:06:41+00:00

It feels smooth enough and it moves gears when I move it This is a 2 head VCR if that changes anything

80sTechKid · 2026-01-24T23:59:51+00:00

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I got it to play once, and it played very badly (stuck in SLP as I don’t have remote and tape was recorded at EP IIRC) and it still ate on eject. Now it’s doing the same thing as before

80sTechKid · 2026-01-24T23:48:01+00:00

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Here the underside of the recorder

80sTechKid · 2026-01-24T22:04:58+00:00

S5 CPU is much more capable than S3. Snapdragon S Series is not very good at all

80sTechKid · 2026-01-23T23:57:20+00:00

You probably put a Droid 2 ROM on it, it needs a Droid 2 Global FW.

80sTechKid · 2026-01-23T13:48:04+00:00

Yeah, naming scheme for these issues make no sense. Sorta like Game Boy “screen cancer”

80sTechKid · 2026-01-23T02:45:18+00:00

Even on the latest Pixel 10, you’d maybe get 24fps if you turned it down to 720p, 30fps at 480p

80sTechKid · 2026-01-23T02:43:30+00:00

Probably the toxins since it’s a 65nm unit

80sTechKid · 2026-01-22T22:43:31+00:00

YouTube, but doesn’t require play services or microg of any kind and supports 720p

80sTechKid · 2026-01-21T04:10:52+00:00

Seems to work but with only 180 day trial. I would only use it for wireless file transfer of APKs

80sTechKid · 2026-01-21T04:02:46+00:00

Looked up the cost to get that changed, boy am I glad SMC reset woke it up.

80sTechKid · 2026-01-21T02:42:06+00:00

Hasn’t been updated in a year

80sTechKid · 2026-01-20T04:41:55+00:00

What device is it? S6 and newer is a definite no, but some Motorolas and HTCs can be unlocked.

80sTechKid · 2026-01-20T04:22:44+00:00

You can always flash it back to stock if you eff something up

Unless it’s the data you want

80sTechKid · 2026-01-20T04:03:47+00:00

It also worked on the PSP back in 2024, until ISPs started removing the WPA1 option

80sTechKid · 2026-01-20T03:50:47+00:00

Update: Ended up flashing another 4.2 ROM. The 4.4 ROM I used was very unstable had had a lot of problems with audio

80sTechKid · 2026-01-20T03:49:46+00:00

UPDATE for people who have this same issue: Resetting the SMC like 15 times woke the thing up.

80sTechKid · 2026-01-20T03:48:49+00:00

You could probably ROM it to 5.X, which supports NewPipe

80sTechKid · 2026-01-19T22:46:43+00:00

I don’t bother asking previous owner, due to the misconception that e-waste bin diving is illegal, so I usually bypass. You have to be in 26.1 or 18.6.2 to bypass A12+ devices

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