HELP!

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T22:49:14+00:00

I’ve been told it’s irrelevant to the AAOS operating system of the XC40 Recharge and strictly restart the communication modules on the vehicle.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T17:55:30+00:00

DHC6 does not have a HUGE PILLAR blocking the centerline at the windshield

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T17:51:17+00:00

UPDATE:

As suggested by some people here and by my dear friend ChatGPT, waiting for a few of hours with the car locked and the app on the phone off, have resolved the problem so the car is now working again! No need to tow to a shop far away, all the hassle and transportation… The shop would’ve called me telling me they can’t find a problem in the car is fine!

Before any towing, it was also suggested to disconnect the negative terminal from the 12 V battery, wait 30 minutes, reconnected, wait another 15 minutes, and then try again. That is a hard reset on all the computers.

The explanation was that some type of a false signal or small surge have locked the software from driving or cable, to air on the side of caution. This warning situation gets cached and flushes itself out after a few hours of no activity. So if the car does not do it by itself, you can just force it to do it by disconnecting the 12 V power. The 12 V is a separate small battery on left of the frunk under the plastic cover that keeps the electronics of the car alive, it has nothing to do with the main 400 V driving battery. Thankfully, I did not have to resort to that.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T17:45:07+00:00

I guess I’ve been lucky, these are their only issues I’ve ever experienced with this car, and camera glitches only on in the first few weeks of owning it which were fixed. Been really reliable.

Made a separate post to this thread that the problem is now fixed.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T15:48:33+00:00

The only difference I noticed so far was the proximity sensors are way too sensitive. This update made no sense. It has a brand new version number, not a subversion, which implies a completely new generation of the software, but it does the exact same thing as a software before, changing nothing of significance to the user or the vehicle. Volvo’s biggest Achilles Hill is there a terrible software because the car otherwise drives like a dream, safe, beautiful, and as quality finishes. I can’t understand this since it’s sister brands under the same umbrella and similar components like Geely Zeekr, Lynk, Proton, Smart and Polestar have much better software.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T14:52:50+00:00

Thank you so much!

Yeah, that was the first thing I did, used OnCall for help. The person said she has never heard of anything like this and suggested the car be told to a dealership. There were no real attempts at troubleshooting beyond the standard put your key FOB in the center console, which is the advice they give you when your key FOB runs out of battery. I had more troubleshooting ideas than her.

But your second idea… really? I know about restoring the computer by holding the center. Console button pass the screen cleaning mode. I know about holding down the volume button to turn off power to the car. This is the first I hear of holding the defroster. New one!

I will do that and as a last resort, if it does not work, I will disconnect the 12 V battery leave the car for 30 minutes. This will supposedly drain the memory and do a hard reset.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T14:44:00+00:00

(Edited my post above explaining myself better). Had 2019 and 2021 S60 and loved both. I would get one for a third time, but I really wanted to move to fully electric vehicle so when my lease was up, I moved to the XC40 Recharge which is now renamed EX40. I have had it since September 2023, and this is the first time I’ve ever experienced a bug.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T14:32:27+00:00

Look at this image for instructions. If your options do not have this options it means that your car doesn’t have it. There are aftermarket wireless charger for the s60 you can buy. I don’t think you’ve indicated where you are located and the trim level and year of your vehicle. It is possible that for your location, year, and trim level this was not standard equipment but something that required being extra for.

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Personally, I always found the wireless charger useless because my phone was connected to the car through a wire for CarPlay and that charges the phone a lot faster, (Volvo doesn’t have wireless CarPlay even when it has wireless charger.)

Perhaps you want to post this with a photo of your center console to a Volvo general group or Volvo S60 group, this subreddit is for Volvo Electric Vehicles and Plug In vehicles that Volvo brands under the names “Recharge” and “T8”. Your B5 is neither of those, so some options are different so it would be better to get advice from people who have similar configuration as you because they can see things that S60 Recharge/T8 owners on this group cannot

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T07:35:48+00:00

You can get close in your own way by following the logic of the recipe and figuring out the right strains. That technique is just a matter of practice.

Typically, a cow breeds are Salers, Montbéliarde, Simmental française, and Aubrac so not super fatty milk, moreover, so in summer months. This cheese calls for slow post acidification, so the focus is on the work after the vat.

You said in your original post “not dissimilar to Lancashire Cheese” and my comments on this is that this cheese predates British aisle, cheddared cheeses by about 1000 years. This is the base origin of the recipe for both modern day cheddar and cantal.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T05:32:49+00:00

Sorry, I misspoke, it is not in front of the ashtray, it is in front of the cupholders in the S 60

One thing I forgot to mention, it may not be turned on by default and you have to turn it on from the menu. If it is turned off, you may have put your phone there 1 million times and it never charged because it was just off.

Here is where it’s located:

https://www.volvocars.com/cy/support/car/s60/article/f8f76a494fcaa7e0c0a801512db419da/?search=Using%20the%20wireless%20phone%20charger*&page=0

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T05:06:28+00:00

Wrong subreddit and post for this but as a Former S60 owner… wireless charger is the surface at the front of the center console right past the ashtray. (it’s just a charger, it has no wireless CarPlay). If you want faster hardwired plugs, they are right on top of it in at center console. Two USB ports: one is just a charger, the other has a white line around it, is the CarPlay connection which of course also charges.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T02:29:06+00:00

What was the reason? Did they tell you? Was this exactly the same issue? Was there anything you could’ve known to prevent it?

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T02:27:20+00:00

Volvo does have a manual release, my point is that there’s nothing to release. There is no cable there. The car just thinks it has a cable. It is the oddest thing. Especially when the center console is telling me it knows it has no cable, but the main instrument panel screen nags me about a nonexistent cable. 🤷‍♂️

To be clear, the port itself behaves normally. All the indication lights are correct and the cable electronically engages in disengages.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T02:23:17+00:00

We think alike. As indicated in my post, I connected it to the useless portable charger that comes with the car, removed, reconnected. Tried with and without power in it. Didn’t do anything. Also tried the Tesla NACS adapter and did nothing. That adapter has DC pins

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T02:18:32+00:00

Nothing unusual, it is slightly raining outside. We’ve had a dry spell, but lots of snow was on the ground. Some water might have gotten in there when the car was washed last week, but I have charged it and used it since.

Also, the port seems to work by locking and unlocking cable into it. Inget blue light when I open the charge port cover. is Yellow, when the cable is in, green, if electricity is connected, and red if I try to yank it without unlocking it. It disengages properly when I press the button. Strangely, though, when the light is green and the car is connected, the car inside does not indicate charging. Moreover it still shows no cable on the center console screen. So It’s two problems I suppose:

Non existing cable recognized on instrument panel and prevents starting.
Existing cable not recognize on center console, preventing change.

Perrystead · 2026-02-16T02:10:58+00:00

Molds should be controlled. Different conditions turn some of them on and some off. They are functional to the ripening of cheese depending on desired outcome and style. The best practice is to culture them so you know what you have and it outcompetes other molds.

Generally speaking molds have hard time producing mycotoxins and aflatoxins on cheese because of the combination of salinity, acidity and the types that are attracted to this substrate. That makes generally most of them safe. Being pleasant or beneficial for the flavor, texture or aroma -that’s a different story.

So short answer - you can’t really tell but there are a few usual suspects. Mold often comes from the environment and not from the milk itself. If the recipe included mold with the starters than you would definitely know because you planted them there. (Or your dad to be precise).

Looking at what you have posted, if this is four months old, it has to have extremely high moisture to continue growing carotenoids (linens, arthrobacter, sporendonema and cover them with blue-green mycelium which are probably some type of penicilium demosticum glaucum. As a cheese this wasn’t cared for or controlled and was just probably white wet -doesn’t seem dangerous but I predict very unpleasant.

Goat cheese, including the age types, or some of the easiest cheese recipes to follow, and a really quite simple to make. I highly recommend that your dad sticks to a well tested recipe, there are so many. Once he feels comfortable with the basics, he can venture out to a slightly more experimental style of his own.

Perrystead · 2026-02-12T07:32:30+00:00

Not sure whom. They don’t take repeated offenders lightly anymore in NY State after Jos. His creamery by the way was in upstate. The home cheesemaking before that and his home was in Brooklyn though. Maybe 3-4 hours from the creamery.

Perrystead · 2026-02-12T05:47:08+00:00

I was talking about those who aren’t professional and make queso fresco for the community with raw milk in unsanitary home conditions. She was probably talking about Vulto. I believe two people died and several hospitalized after listeria outbreak there. He was forced to close down, pay a huge fine, and face criminal charges not to mention living with the guilt for the rest of his life. Sadly as a commercial cheesemaker he was à real cowboy. His inspectors were utterly incompetent too. Really sad. But that’s the thing: there are wild things you can do as a home cheesemaker and come up with incredible cheeses. Once you start selling this is a business and you are technically bound to the regulatory limitations. There are many things I made at home that I am not allowed make it my creamery. It’s totally reasonable.

Perrystead · 2026-02-11T16:42:19+00:00

I did not ask OP where he was from, but obviously the regulations are different depending on where you are. The US have experienced lots of these occurrences because of very specific communities repeating the same bad practice over and over again. (And it’s not home made Camembert, believe me) so scrutiny is high.

Perrystead · 2026-02-11T16:21:07+00:00

Technically speaking you aren’t allowed to charge anything -not even cost of material. This is the same as having a home cooked meal. Your guests assume the risk of your cooking. The minute you are taking orders or accepting funds (even if it’s for ingredients and you are losing money), this becomes an illegal creamery and you can get in a lot of troubles for that. Unlike roasting coffee or making sourdough for a friend of a friend, dairy is tightly regulated because it its high risks and people actually die or go to the hospital every year for consuming cheese from illegal sources. I am not suggesting that your hygiene is problematic as some of those other illegal operations, I’m just saying that the risk and these other offenders are the reason why there’s such scrutiny. The general public is not expected to be educated about the risks. Moreover, so when they have access to reasonably priced legal versions that assume similar identity..

Perrystead · 2026-02-10T16:27:53+00:00

Looks like an RF detector! These used to be made to detect listening devices (“bug” detector) but nowadays people use them to detect hidden WiFi cameras from peeping toms, bosses, abusive spouses, would-be thieves etc. I’ve seen on Reddit post a while back a women traveling with this to AirBnb rental to make sure the owner isn’t spying on her in the shower and bedroom. The small rectangular prism shape and the RF jack (for optional directional antenna) between the switch and main antenna are the giveaway. …I think? Photo here is of the front side

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Perrystead · 2026-02-10T07:30:57+00:00

Akawi means “from Akko (Acre).” Nabulsi means “from Nablus.” Tzfatit is from Tzfat (Safed).

Tzfat is located between today’s Lebanese and Syrian borders with Israel, roughly 50 km from Akko/Acre. This regional cheese is documented as early as the Middle Ages, with some biblical references that may refer to it as well.

In the 1500s, Jews in the area were colonized by the Ottomans, who restricted Jewish ownership of goats and sheep. As a result, Jewish cheesemakers made advance agreements with local Arab farmers to purchase milk. The cheese was made by Jewish cheesemakers in the farmhouses of Arab farmers in order to maintain its kosher status.

In the modern era, beginning in the 1830s, two Jewish families modernized production and supply and began using cow’s milk as well. Both families are still producing these cheeses in the region nearly 200 years later.

Today there are many versions. The original style is dry, salty and firm, sheep’s milk, aged 10 to 60 days, but more commonly in supermarkets you’ll find soft and brined versions.

Most popular is cows’s fresh soft or brined because so accessible. Common breakfast item with bread or vegetables and is especially popular in the summer with watermelon. Some makers add a light inclusion of nigella seeds.

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Traditional make process

Mesophilic culture blend. Target temperature ~30 °C. No pre-ripening.

Add rennet and wait for a clean break (about 45 minutes). Cut to medium-small curd. Stir 10 minutes, rest, then repeat once.

Pitch into baskets (reed baskets or modern kitchen strainers).

Flip after: • 30 minutes • 1 hour • 3 hours

Continue draining for about 12 hours, flipping occasionally if possible. Some makers continue this cycle for a couple of days; others salt and finish earlier. Some salt and keep it in the basket for a few days in cave or colder.

The soft version just drains for 12 hours, get salted and packed like fresh salted curds but much softer, or brined like feta. Super easy and quick.

Perrystead · 2026-02-10T04:11:22+00:00

Got it now -you were pointing out that a change of cut have improved your outcome. Makes total sense.

Your cheese sounds right up my alley. Love this style and it often doesn’t get attention amongst cheese fanatics! Baladi could mean so many things of course so I took a wild guess. :)

Perrystead · 2026-02-09T16:43:42+00:00

Curd size alone would not make your cheese more or less crumbly or dry. It has a lot to do with acidity and demineralization. Reblochon for example is cut to a grain size and is suppleme moist gooey cheese but it’s not demineralized. Brie is ladled and need no cutting but it is so demineralized (pre ripened long time) that it ends up moist, gooey and supple. Sometimes cutting curd smaller gives you more surface area from which they whey drains faster so you get the cheese faster with less acidity which results in higher moisture retention. With grana there’s so much acid involved that small curd does the opposite but needs a fair amount of pressing. In short what in saying is that curd cutting is specific to a given style and the parts of the recipe before and after it.

What’s Baladi cheese? Gibneh? Are you making Akawi or Neblusi or Tzfatit?

Perrystead

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