A critique of the fragility and impracticality of modern smartphones, urging a shift toward more durable, repairable designs, and a call for manufacturers and users alike to prioritize function over aesthetics.
  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    And there is me using a 2019 (dying) device which I heat up with a termux command to get it back in working state 😁

    For the curious the device is a Poco F2 Pro, known for IMEI and charging flex issues, the termux command I use to bring alive my IMEI, Wifi and USB data transfers is:

    for i in $(seq 1 32); do sh -c ‘while :; do a=$((a+1)); done’ & done; for i in $(seq 1 32); do yes > /dev/null & done

    This paired with fast charge will heat the SOC and make it work like the 1st day without an issue lol.

      • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Yep, loops to heat up the CPU, in combination with fast charge to make it hot quicker.

        CPU loses contact with the board or something like that making it not able to read modem, efs, and whatever is the responsible to transmit data through the USB port (charging works normally, even fast charge), it needs a reflow or reballing to fix this for good, but technicians nearby are… Simply put, thieves lmao.

        So I’d rather keep doing this until the phone dies (the workaround makes it work for an undefined amount of time, which can be hours, days or almost a week) or change the motherboard myself.

        I got the idea along with ChatGPT when a user in telegram told me that he got USB data transfers working again (in order to escape from MIUI once again) by heating up the SOC with a hairdryer, yes, that worked for me too to fix all above, thus I decided to create a software solution in the meantime 😅