BarbNerdy 🐿️

#right2repair vs #apple's anti-repair methods:

https://hackaday.com/2023/09/26/beating-apples-secret-lid-angle-sensor-calibration-with-custom-tool/

The repair shop replaced the --> Lid Angle Sensor last summer, after I spilled coffee over my MacBook Air (M2). Everything solved.
In December, I updated to Tahohe and suddenly, the "system" recognised the new sensor and asked for inspection...

Since then, it stopped working. I can use my computer only when the lid is 100% open. Closing for 1 degree, the computer shuts down.

WTF!

Wednesday new repair date..

Beating Apple’s Secret Lid Angle Sensor Calibration With Custom Tool

Among the changes made by Apple to its laptops over the years, the transition from a Hall sensor-based sleep sensor to an angle sensor that determines when the lid is closed is a decidedly unpopula…

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News:
It appears that the #Taohe update has damaged the sensor, making it impossible to calibrate with the nerd.tool.1 anymore.

We have to reorder a new sensor, now from #apple. Let's see if my trusted repair person is allowed to replace it.

#LidAngleSensor
no --> #right2repair