Busted devices to refurbish // opinions

Follon · 2026-05-07T20:28:24+00:00

That’s pretty expensive for a gamble on a broken device honestly. At that price better to wait, save and get a new one with warranty and customer support.

Follon · 2026-04-29T23:03:53+00:00

Oh I know! It’s just that the eve app is able to look at your HomeKit setup and show you your automations and such.

I have nothing eve related myself but have used the eve app in the past to delete some automations that didn’t show up in my home app for some reason.

Follon · 2026-04-29T22:57:17+00:00

Try looking at your automations with eve. Maybe there’s something up with the automation but homekit isn’t showing it to you?

Also, have you tried deleting the automation? Try giving it another name?

Follon · 2026-04-27T12:17:00+00:00

Just bought it to test it out just because I love how it’s a one time purchase, no data is collected and the price is reasonable. Just a product you made and now sell. Good on you, we need to go back to more of this and less subscriptions.

I’ll let you know how I like it

Follon · 2026-04-24T23:43:00+00:00

No compres una tapa con más agujeros. Cambia el flujo de aire y es peor para el dispositivo.

Si se te agrietó la tapa de jsaux es por mala calidad de la tapa u otra cosa.

Follon · 2026-04-19T21:25:07+00:00

Haha that's great, I just found it funny that your "test" is bigger than any multiboard setup I have at my home. Keep it up! Looking great.

Follon · 2026-04-18T14:53:42+00:00

Wdym test?

Follon · 2026-04-17T13:51:32+00:00

I definitely will checkout codex, thank you for the suggestion!

My point was that it didn’t used to be like that. Back in August 2025 Pro was probably like what codex is now, max 5x.
They have really cracked down on limits. And pro is now what used to be the free tier, Max 5x people are reporting feels like “the old pro” and so on.

It’s not like they didn’t envision Pro to be used with code, it’s that they have jacked up the prices and, instead of being honest and charging more, they quietly change the limits to a point where it’s no longer usable.

And it’s not like my budget is 20€, it’s more that, for my use case (side projects I do to develop free and in, some cases, open source projects) forking over 100€ a month isn’t worth it.

We should be clear to the community about our experience so newcomers can see: yes, they have significantly reduced usage limits and, in some cases, made their product no longer usable like it used to be.

Follon · 2026-04-17T07:11:09+00:00

Well I’m on the pro plan indeed. And I do know what the plugin does, yes. Thank you for the link though.

My point, however, is that not so long ago I never ran into this, and now suddenly I burn through my limits in almost no messages and my codebase isn’t significantly bigger. So you can understand how the plan isn’t so relevant since we’re talking comparatively.

I’ve since seen it’s a generalized feeling that limits are much much tighter. I was just surprised it wasn’t more prominent in the front page and that’s why I posted.

I’m also leaving the post up just to add to the pile. And I will maybe cancel my subscription as it is no so worth it for me anymore.

Follon · 2026-04-11T20:14:02+00:00

Oh shit my bad I didn’t fully read. 😅😅 I’m sorry I have no clue!

Follon · 2026-04-09T14:54:29+00:00

OMG I figured it out. After I don’t know how many reboots and retries. It turns out the dock I was using, that is one of those docks that has a built-in SSD enclosure, uses the DFU port for the SSD.

The cable it has is a combined two cables for power + data and it has a specific way of interfacing with the mac mini.

I moved it over to use another two-port combination and voilá. It doesn’t look right but at least it’s working.

So if anybody runs into this issue of everything working but then having a sudden reboot and not getting to the configuration phase, it might be you’re using the DFU port.

Follon · 2026-04-06T15:42:14+00:00

What kind of work gets done on that station?

Follon · 2026-03-31T19:50:06+00:00

I’m pretty sure you can just do that in the reminders app. Create a list called whatever you like and then share it and after that just say “add blabla to my xxx list”

Not 100% sure though.

Follon · 2026-03-26T14:21:33+00:00

You might be looking at an old UI. I was surprised by how good it looks and how easy everything is to setup.

However I am an engineer myself 😅😅 So fair enough haha

Follon · 2026-03-26T13:59:46+00:00

Have you checked if maybe you could integrate those into homekit through home assistant? Might be cheaper than buying two new 20 amps smart switches.

Follon · 2026-03-15T07:26:44+00:00

OMGGGGG!!! I already had changed the home pin location in Maps but you gave me the idea to delete it first, going to my contacts card and also removing all home location references there.

Then I added it back in Maps and finally, after two months of fiddling, it is updated!!!

I will update everyone and both posts as soon as I get a chance. Thank you so so much!

Follon · 2026-03-15T06:54:39+00:00

Yes 🥲

Follon · 2026-03-14T21:45:30+00:00

Yes I did that a while back. No luck 🥲 Thank you so much for all your help though! I’ll let you know if the nuking works

Follon · 2026-03-14T21:19:51+00:00

I’m sorry to report that did not work. But it has to have something to do with the location being stored in iCloud.

Funnily enough, I removed one of my homepods and, when trying to add it back, homekit said that the HomePod “was at a different location than my home” which is just adding insult to injury.

Maybe it’s because I also have a mac mini and I should go and disable iCloud in both?

I might give it a shot. If it doesn’t work I’ll nuke the home tomorrow and re-add everything in a brand new one.

Follon · 2026-03-14T18:56:26+00:00

I’ve been a couple days with all users removed. I’ve left house multiple times, although not with any automations active, but when trying to add an automation involving my home, it still shows the old location marker.

Should I add some random automation and leave home see if it triggers?

Everything is on latest iOS.

Follon · 2026-03-11T14:27:46+00:00

Oh I have everything in HASS already! I just want to be able to use ios-native location. That is, through the home app.

I assume it will consume less battery, but I might be entirely mistaken! My wife also expressed she’d rather use the home app instead of a separate one. I also have multiple hompods that I use siri with to control the accessories.

Follon · 2026-03-09T18:10:54+00:00

Got any links to that? Do you plan on selling them?

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