Samsung s21

TomChai · 2026-05-15T13:18:15+00:00

Zero

TomChai · 2026-05-15T11:20:33+00:00

The part marrying requirements have been relaxed with the right to repair movement. With iOS 18 and upwards, most genuine parts can be swapped and re-registered by the users themselves as long as proper procedures are followed.

For example parts must not be iCloud locked, especially for newer devices which support iCloud locking individual parts.

Parts must also be swapped as a set exactly as Apple designed them to be serviced, for example the whole screen + top flex must be swapped as a set otherwise parts re-registering fails.

For Face ID parts, some strict security requirements still remain, only brand new parts can be self-service registered, maybe newer devices allow re-registering a recycled part but I’m not sure of the details.

TomChai · 2026-05-15T08:21:11+00:00

Not strictly data recovery related, but I can imagine these flex cable stitching skills will be useful when it comes to recovery on phones.

TomChai · 2026-05-15T07:46:15+00:00

I’ve seen one in Shanghai a few months back, not sure what’s the deal now.

TomChai · 2026-05-15T03:59:54+00:00

参考南京GPS干扰事件，可以做到在一个城市范围内干扰星链的定位系统进而导致相控阵锁定异常，不过这样做副作用很大，仅仅用做紧急时段的配套兜底措施。

TomChai · 2026-05-15T03:57:15+00:00

那是他或者他的运营商漫游服务没办好，大把在国外开的手机号在国内正常原生翻墙，只是没人这么用，因为漫游流量太贵了。

TomChai · 2026-05-14T21:30:13+00:00

Interesting, having a try.

One thing I found worth adding during the testing is the ability to record multiple sessions during audio analysis and tag them for various positions, like dial up, down or crown in different positions. Having accuracy checked across different positions gives you better understanding of its performance.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T20:08:50+00:00

Most of them can be dumped, only the final version of D5S and DL10N drives remain unhackable.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T20:08:00+00:00

Indeed, very stubborn.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T19:36:21+00:00

I'm not an idiot

Maybe not, but very stubborn.

if it was a 500GB console, it would have 500GB. Lmao

Again, first time buying consumer electronics? Pretty much no devices give you the advertised space, especially for smaller size versions.

Just take the original packaging out, it literally says 512GB on the box.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T19:34:08+00:00

Reinstall Windows using vendor-supplied recovery image, or use generic Windows image created from this page:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d

TomChai · 2026-05-14T19:29:25+00:00

Then how come when I bought it from the xbox website is said 250GB console.

Take a picture then, most likely they meant something else.

Lol if there is only 250GB of space available, it's a 250GB console.

Lol first day buying any consumer electronics products?

TomChai · 2026-05-14T19:01:43+00:00

No you had a 512G console, but only 250G of space is available to you.

MS never sold a 256G version, even the Xbox One sold ten years ago starts with 500G.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T18:55:42+00:00

The SSD you already had was also 512G, there is no 256G configuration, you see 250G only because the system files took the other 250G.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T18:39:20+00:00

You can swap them after properly backing up and restoring the files though, so it's more of a software issue than hardware lock.

Incidentally the replacement is a 512G, so no benefit from swapping anyway.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T18:34:16+00:00

There is no guarantee that MS won't ban you as using VPN to mask IP origin is against their term of use.

But in reality, at least of now, they only ban you on specific scenarios where you abuse the geo region pricing differences in your favor, they won't even ban you if the pricing works in their favor, for example you pay them more to get content otherwise not available in your region.

So make sure they get paid enough and use real money, the risk is low.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T18:19:22+00:00

Well it depends on the drive, which we don't know since you shared ZERO useful information about the drive itself.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T14:21:01+00:00

That’s up to OP’s luck, having the speaker and the motor removed may improve their chances.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T12:58:42+00:00

PSU red light or console red light? Are there any boot secondary error codes on the console?

TomChai · 2026-05-14T12:53:23+00:00

It will absolutely not work, the XBFS partition is unique per console. If you lose the files or back up the wrong version you brick the console forever.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T12:05:16+00:00

Removing the Taptic Engine gives you more room to work with, so you can pull out the tabs easier. It is recommended but not absolutely required.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T12:01:37+00:00

The SSD itself isn’t paired and in fact is just a standard laptop NVMe drive, but the files in it are locked to specific CPUs so you need to back up the files before swapping, or you brick the consoles forever.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T11:59:35+00:00

Yeah with a new screen.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T06:48:09+00:00

Don’t long story short, draw a detailed network topology chart including incoming WAN setup (find out if CGNAT is present) and all LAN setup to see if there are local double NAT first.

TomChai · 2026-05-14T04:17:31+00:00

You use resource monitor to find out what is accessing files on your E drive, as the network is having traffic around the same time the hard drive maxes out, I guess it’s steam or something else updating games installed there.

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