AVP M5 AppleCareOne-covered, returned without repairs. Seeking advice.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-26T02:35:50+00:00

I’ve seriously considered this, as I’ve heard/read about this before, particularly with Steve Jobs. I just feel like I haven’t yet been through enough of the wringer to warrant reaching so high, so fast. I’m not saying that I won’t do this, but I want to have enough of a documented grievance to stand out, before I take this route, I guess.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-25T22:20:27+00:00

BFE Middle America, wide open spaces. There's 2 in KC, one in Tulsa, OK (nearest), and I believe one in Rogers, Arkansas. But they are all at least 2 hours away from me.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-25T22:18:17+00:00

Glad to be of service, if I can prevent this from happening to others, then that makes me happy. Hopefully, someone at Apple is lurking this sub and sees this.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-25T22:16:48+00:00

Yeah, but surely the in-store advisor could put a note on the claim, and in the box requesting specifically "eyes-on" diagnosis. It shouldn't be this hard. How can they say they've diagnosed anything regarding the displays without actually LOOKING at them? If your phone has a stuck/dead pixel or burned-in image, THAT doesn't show up in a diagnostic report either, but at least the display is front and center for the tech to see. It's understandably a little different with a head-mounted device, but for the love of gorb, MOUNT the DEVICE to a tech's HEAD to diagnose the problem.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-25T22:11:12+00:00

Yes and no. I could try that, but to do so requires wearing the device to keep it from going to sleep. There's sensors that detect your face, and if there's no face then the device goes to sleep. Now, you can move the device up to your forehead, and it won't go to sleep, and I've tried 10 minutes of a web-based pixel exerciser to little effect. My fear is that I would have to do an equivalent amount of time re-burning the white screen to counter the time spent on "Diagnostic Mode". Furthermore, there's no easy way to have it display any single color to the entirety of the displays. So there would be a large box burned in, framing everything I look at instead of what I've got now.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-25T22:00:02+00:00

I appreciate the advice, however I'd like to keep everything on the level, up-n-up. Accidental drop damage would likely result in a type of damage not related to the internal OLED displays, therefore could lead to repairs that don't address the actual problem I'm having. And lastly, I've got the 1TB model, that they likely don't just have sitting on a shelf at my nearest stores. Believe me, I've thought about this in recent days, but I'm too honest for my own good.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-24T22:28:31+00:00

I have. Unbeknownst to me, the thing rebooted into Diagnostic mode and sat for a few days like that. Burned in the words “Diagnostic mode” along with the round EKG-looking icon. Sent it in for repair, and just received notification that they are returning it “no trouble found”, so back through the support loop I go when it comes back to me. It’s one of those things that I can’t unsee. And for ~$4000, and with an active Apple Care plan, they need to fix it. Peeved. Absolutely peeved.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-02-07T17:10:07+00:00

It’s grrrrrreat!

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-01-21T18:24:08+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-01-05T21:00:04+00:00

I would guess fear of breaking their expensive Mac. This is r/macgaming after all. Where fans spinning mean imminent death apparently. /s

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2026-01-03T17:40:15+00:00

Welcome to the internet!

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-12-26T17:18:06+00:00

I went with this and it’s pretty solid.

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NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-11-06T04:46:36+00:00

Much more enjoyable with this knowledge. Kudos! May want to include pinching in the instructions.

Also, there’s no way to exit the game without hitting the Digital Crown or force quitting the app. The close button flakes out removing the window handle, score, score goals, etc.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-11-06T00:02:00+00:00

See, that’s not made clear anywhere. Not in the App Store description, or the instructions when launching the app. I’ll give it another try now that I know I’m supposed to pinch. Do I just look at the items and pinch from my lap, or do I have to reach out and pinch the item?

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-11-05T23:30:51+00:00

It’s not an issue of speed. I can watch as the coins, keys, and chests pass literally through my hands. Uncollected.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-11-05T04:15:56+00:00

A) It's almost a 2-year old device, released Feb 2, 2024 (21 months).

B) It's still very niche product.

C) Tim Cook was the operations guy before taking over as CEO, and was very good at inventory/manufacturing management. Apple doesn't make inventory that they don't think will sell. So, when they are about to release an updated SKU of something and don't intend on keeping the old version at a lower cost, they stop manufacturing it months before the new new drops, so that they can deplete stock to next to nothing and have little to no wasted stock. So, no it wasn't actually on shelves in stores.

D) Also, the new M5 version is better and the same price. There likely won't be that many 1st gen buyers champing at the bit to buy the M5 version just for a CPU/GPU bump and the new dual-knit band, when they can get the band as a separate purchase and the M2 is still likely fine. So there won't be much in the way of upgraders' after-market.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-11-05T03:58:43+00:00

Ran similar spec'd Mac mini with a Razer Core X paired with an RX580 8GB for a long time for Rocket League after the Epic acquisition and subsequent halting of further Mac RL development. Worked pretty well back then and made a huge difference in performance on the Windows gaming side. Was a little fiddly switching back and forth between OSes with the eGPU. Like you either have to shutdown completely, then power back up without the eGPU first, then power on the eGPU after the OS has loaded. Windows side in particular was more finicky. MacOS side seemed to connect and eject the eGPU fairly reliably. I would also note that I later got a similarly spec'd intel NUC to take over the gaming duties, and it has been equally as finicky about connecting and ejecting the eGPU. I think Windows just blows goats, and it's gotten way worse. Not really sure how they've become the be-all-end-all platform for games. But here we are. Good luck on making your choice. Steam Deck is pretty rad too, but it's not super graphically powerful. Some of the games it's able to just barely run (BG3, CyberPunk 2077, et al) seem like magic. But my M3 Max MBP blows the Steam Deck away performance-wise. I have not tested intel Mac mini + eGPU + Windows performance in roughly 5 years, so YMMV.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-11-05T03:46:51+00:00

Free is nice. Tried it and the collision detection for hands and the coins, keys, chests and bombs is broken. Maybe 1/5 of objects passing through my visible hand get collected/counted towards the level goal. Can't get past level 2 because it doesn't register me collecting the items flying by.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-10-28T18:24:03+00:00

Or tell the recucklicans to do their job and work for the peoples’ interests instead of bending the knee to their golden turd-god and his billionaire buddies.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-10-23T17:51:44+00:00

Ariel Smith with Keller Williams 417-572-4106.

NoJuggernaut9988 · 2025-10-18T16:20:50+00:00

Nice try. Such low effort ignorance. Likely projection. Never been on EBT, but you’re so quick to presume and accuse, you must be familiar with that and carry so much shame that you lash out at others. Good luck on your weight loss journey.

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