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Motorola Razr 2025: The hinge came out on one end

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:28:30 -0700

How's can i make the hinge stay in

MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Early 2015: Screen Anti-Glare or More than? (Polariser)

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:27:13 -0700

The Anti-Glare or more than the AG has come away from the display in an odd way as pictured. If I use a flat edged plastic tool I can flatten it out and it sticks down for a short time only to return going completely across the screen. I initially thought it was a screen protector peeling away, so I tried lifting it away on the top corner but then under the material is just a white picture, so it must be the display itself. It feels like a plastic type of material. When the display is on you can barely notice it unless there is a black background. Would a heat gun do the job to shrink it or stick it back down permanently I don't think using a craft blade to slice it releasing the air underneath for the risk of leaving a permanent scratch as that it what seems to be forcing it to 'bubble'. The LCD is damaged for 1cm along the very bottom so it has o be used with the dock set to the edge. How to solve this one as it is still usable and would make a nice giveaway unit.?

As a footnote,Considering that in one of the pictures it shows that the coating can peel of, I could try removing it all, and replace with another as I have 2 other fully defective display assembly's that I could try to remove the part from. Trial & error maybe or a wild possibility?

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 8:27 MST

Spy Gear Video Walkie Talkie: Why would a question about a Linux-based spy glass be deleted?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:20:07 -0700

https://www.monako.ai/#os

lbrtchx

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 8:20 MST

Samsung Television: TV is on the sound is coming but the screen is black

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:17:35 -0700

TV is on sound is coming but the screen is black

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 8:17 MST

Chrysler 200: How do I fix the air-condition on my car?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:16:12 -0700

How do I fix my air conditioning on my car?

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 8:16 MST

HP Pavilion x360 15-br0000 Series: How to change the keyboard on a HP x360 15-br010nr

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:14:31 -0700

Need to change the keyboard on my laptop. Shift keys are not working right.

⟐ Answered July 17, 2026 at 8:14 MST

PlayStation 5 Slim: Games crashing, only when going to online part of games.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:58:30 -0700

I have a PS5 Slim Disc Edition that’s about 1.5 years old. The console works normally in the menus, and I can launch games without issue. For example, Fortnite loads into the lobby just fine, but the moment I ready up and it transitions into an online match, the console crashes with an error (I can provide the exact error code if needed). This behavior is consistent whenever the game starts an online match. I took it to a local repair shop, and they cleaned the console and inspected it. They also looked into the liquid metal/thermal side of things, but ultimately told me the console was beyond what they were able to repair and recommended sending it to Sony. Before I do that, I’m hoping to get opinions from people who repair PS5s regularly. Based on these symptoms, what hardware failure would you suspect? Does this sound more like an APU, RAM, SSD, motherboard, network chip, or another known PS5 Slim issue? If you’ve seen this exact behavior before, what ended up being the cause, and would you send it to Sony or seek out a board-level repair specialist instead?

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 7:58 MST

MacBook Air 13" Early 2017: Replaced SMC - Slow System - What is going on?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:43:05 -0700

2017 MBA A1466 (820-00165)

We thought the issue was a bad SMC, We replaced the SMC, Connected the charger, Brief fan spin, no chime or boot. No water damage, clean board Technician cannot find any shorts. The issue remains even with no KB connected. We have reset & programmed the SMC with SMC tools / Unable to reset PRAM etc...... Only with SHIFT+OPT+Power I got it to boot into the system, fan at normal speeds, power button does shut it down....But the system Prefs wont load and it is dead slow. I have used 2 new keyboards shells and 2 good TP cables yet still the same, and with a fresh Monterey installed drive. Diagnostics no issues found. The KB & TP are functioning fine (Except to power up). @oldturkey03 What can be our issue here?

System Firmware 489.0.0.0.0

SMC Version 2.27f2

No Audio devices detected in 2 I/O boards, which maybe our issue? Although it did chime once before.... very odd.

⟐ Edited by author July 17, 2026 at 7:43 MST

Android watch ultra 3: It doesn't running

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:42:42 -0700

It's not running i charged but it not start

MacBook Pro 14" 2021: Why does my MacBook hard crash after opening lid?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:31:52 -0700

I have a M1 Macbook Pro 14" (2021) that I have been using for 4 years. For a long time, I simply used the OS it came out of the box with (macOS 12.1). It never gave any issues and I was too lazy to update it. One day I simply opened the lid of my macbook and tried to use Touch ID to open lock screen. After several attempts of trying to use Touch ID (it has a tendency to not work first time), I realized my mac froze and then a hard crash occurred (apple logo flashed).

I tried to force restart which led me to the black screen with exclamation mark. There was no trackpad haptic, power button was unresponsive, MagSafe LED did not work. Since I didn't have a secondary mac for a DFU restore, I simply kept my mac in isolation for a while and didn't touch it. 2 days later I plugged my mac in using Magsafe and the LED lit up.

After a full charge, I opened my macbook which showed how it restarted due to a problem. The logs said it was a kernel panic. After digging, i decided to update my OS to the latest version (macOS Tahoe 26.5.2). I thought it would fix every problem. However a few days later, the same thing happened. I opened the lid, spammed Touch ID for it to register, and then it simply hard crashed and I had to wait another 2 days for it to boot up again (same symptoms). This time there was no kernel log reports and my mac thinks absolutely nothing went wrong (I checked console and there was no crash logs or anything)

The only thing I found using the command
pmset -g log | grep -E "Failure|Sleep|Wake"

was:
2026-07-15 13:38:56 +0600 Assertions PID 1914(AddressBookSourceSync) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:30 id:0x0x10000856f [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 13:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008591 [System: SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 13:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008591 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 14:37:35 +0600 Assertions PID 1967(AddressBookSourceSync) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:30 id:0x0x1000085d7 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 14:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd000085f8 [System: SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 14:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd000085f8 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 15:37:26 +0600 Assertions PID 1993(AddressBookSourceSync) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:30 id:0x0x100008645 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 15:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008668 [System: SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 15:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008668 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 16:37:26 +0600 Assertions PID 2020(AddressBookSourceSync) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:30 id:0x0x1000086bf [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 16:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd000086e0 [System: SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 16:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd000086e0 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 17:39:26 +0600 Assertions PID 2074(AddressBookSourceSync) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:30 id:0x0x10000872a [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 17:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008753 [System: SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 17:52:11 +0600 Assertions PID 348(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008753 [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 18:38:20 +0600 Assertions PID 2136(AddressBookSourceSync) Summary PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:24 id:0x0x10000879f [System: PrevIdle]

2026-07-15 18:38:26 +0600 Assertions PID 2136(AddressBookSourceSync) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:30 id:0x0x10000879f [System: No Assertions]

2026-07-15 18:28:41 +0600 Assertions PID 359(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.wakeschedule" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008002 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 18:28:41 +0600 Assertions PID 359(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008003 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]

2026-07-15 18:28:41 +0600 Assertions PID 359(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 20 seconds to query model for inactivity prediction" 00:00:00 id:0x0xd00008003 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]

Sleep/Wakes since boot at 2026-07-15 10:06:39 +0600 :0 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:1

2026-07-15 18:28:41 +0600 Assertions PID 359(powerd) Created UserIsActive "com.apple.powerd.ws.initialize" 00:00:00 id:0x0x900008007 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]

2026-07-15 18:28:42 +0600 Assertions Summary- [System: PrevIdle DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp] Using AC(Charge: 100)

2026-07-15 18:28:44 +0600 Assertions PID 419(WindowServer) Created UserIsActive "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.nxevent service:IOHIDSystem pid:660 process:Dock" 00:00:00 id:0x0x900008038 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]

2026-07-15 18:28:46 +0600 Assertions PID 359(powerd) TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.wakeschedule" 00:00:05 id:0x0xd00008002 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]

What is wrong with my macbook? Is it a Touch ID issue or some other hardware/ software related problem?

Things to keep in mind:

1. I installed battery toolkit and used it in this month. I never had any issues with battery but decided to use it since my capacity was 85%. Cycle count is at 483.

2. I did not perform a full wipe when updating my OS from 12.1 to 26.5.2

3. After my macbook booted up, there were no other problems and it worked as intended.

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 7:31 MST

iPhone XS: Is it possible to restore my data from my iPhone 12 Pro?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:24:33 -0700

Hello iFixit Forum,

im going to make it short and simple, my iPhone 12 Pro took a fatal blow that made the display not show the screen, but the touchscreen still remained functionable.

A few weeks before my iPhone 12 Pro got smashed i upgraded to iOS 26.1 and went on with my day.

Today i bought the iPhone XS in which i was referring to want to restore with my previous data in the title.

Im asking myself though, if i will be able to recover my data, since Apple just so conveniently decided to cut support for the iPhone XS, right when i needed it the most.

I can still make a backup with my iPhone 12 Pro that doesnt display a screen, but has working touch out of pure muscle memory, abd a bit of learning.

I dont know if i will be able to downgrade to iOS 18 on my iPhone 12 Pro, since like i said, i can basically only input my passcode, trust my computer, and make a backup.

Help would be very much appreciated, and i thank you in advance.

Xbox 360 S: Xbox 360 S red dot error 0023 (sync + eject)

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:51:00 -0700

I have a 0023 error on my 360 s

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 6:51 MST

New Nintendo 2DS XL: New 2DS XL - Blue Light turns on for a second, pops, and shuts off.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:49:07 -0700

Hi everyone,

I'm troubleshooting a New 2DS XL board with the "blue light on for 1-2s, pops, and shuts down" issue. I’ve done some diagnostics but hit a wall.

What's done/found so far:

Fixed Volume Slider Short: Previously, no light at all. Now it attempts to boot, pops, and dies. It also has a broken sholder button.

Capacitor Swap: Replaced an SMD cap on the backlight/screen rail with a similar-sized one from a donor board. Multimeter shows good continuity on both pads to nearby components.

41-Pin FPC Connector: Two pins are collapsed/bent. They might not be backlight-specific, but they aren't making contact.

Continuity: Followed front-to-back trace diagrams. Two test-point pairs beep fine front-to-back. One pair does NOT beep (suspecting a broken internal via).

My Questions:

The FPC Connector: Could those two collapsed pins (even if non-backlight) fail the POST and trigger the shutdown pop? Should I replace the 41-pin connector next?

Hinge Ribbon Cable: Can I test if the top screen cable is torn inside the hinge without a full teardown? Could a micro-tear cause this exact behavior?

Swapped Capacitor: Could an incorrect rating on my swapped cap trigger over-voltage protection when the backlight booster kicks in?

Any advice on what to prioritize next is highly appreciated!

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 6:49 MST

HP Elitebook x360 1030 G2: Screen Backlight suddenly went off

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:37:54 -0700

I observed that my screen backlight start blinking and suddenly went off. What is the cause and possible solutions.

⟐ Answered July 17, 2026 at 6:37 MST

redmi 9 power: Why is my phone do not opening after switch off?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:36:24 -0700

My phone get automatic switch off and then it's not opening.also I tired with puting charging it not working at all . Give me a solution to open my phone

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 6:36 MST

Jura: Why is a my Impressa C9 brew group grinding gears after revision?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:29:43 -0700

I recently purchased a Jura Impressa C9 which worked OK but was really really filthy. So I took it apart, took apart and cleaned the grinder and took apart and cleaned the brew group. Lubed all the things that needed lubing and reassembled. However it is now making a loud worrying noise when the white spindel is going up in the brew group. See video: https://imgur.com/a/iEXsOvU

Downwards is ok, but upwards it sounds like grinding gears. It seems to originate from the small white spindel on the other side (picture 1 in this link: https://imgur.com/a/jjcPPVp ). I've already tightened and loosened the screws of the brew group attachment but this didn't help significantly.

I should add (with some embarrassment) that after reassembly I had two screws left over (the normal T15 ones), which I don't know where to put for the love of me.

In picture 2 and 3 in the link https://imgur.com/a/jjcPPVp I have showed a picture of the screws for the brew group, which I believe is the correct amount and positions.

Does anyone recognize and/or understand this problem and know how to solve? It does make coffee like this successfully (tried once) but it sure sounds like it is demolishing this beautiful machine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 6:29 MST

Dell Latitude 3490: The back light is not lighting the onscreen

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:23:41 -0700

Monitors backlight it's not working

⟐ Answered July 17, 2026 at 6:23 MST

Dishwasher: Bosch 800 Series - Error E31-00

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:22:14 -0700

We purchased a brand new Bosch 800 series dishwasher a little over 2 years ago. It has, without doubt, been the best dishwasher we have ever owned. Until recently. (note, we use it 2-3x per day, lots of kids)

Starting roughly February, it would start beeping and flash error code E31-00 and the drain would run non-stop for 12-24 hours before it would finally just turn itself off. Sometimes, I would turn the breaker off and let it sit for a few hours and when I turned the power back on the error would be clear.

At one point, it was basically unusable. We went on a week vacation and when we got back, it ran perfectly for 1 week. Then the same problem happened.

At this point, I can run it once per day and if about 24 hours elapse between it's last cycle, it will run normally.

I can't afford an appliance repair person, so I'm hoping for some wisdom!

⟐ Commented July 17, 2026 at 6:22 MST

2004 Toyota Sienna: Fan motor for ac

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:16:46 -0700

i have two fan motors in my sienna, and only one is working

realmec53: Camera photo burr hai photo aacha nhi hai

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:13:53 -0700

Camera photo burr hai photo aacha nhi lagta

⟐ Answer unaccepted July 17, 2026 at 6:13 MST