2026-10-21T15:33:12Z https://yabu.me paw mAh 🐾🔋 https://yabu.me/npub168eljk8vx8gy9end3y9gkzvq0lv47fym0ckpv25nrupsh00yj94qxxuhsy https://assets.chaos.social/accounts/avatars/115/419/518/653/669/372/original/b8acf6bbd1722b7f.jpg https://assets.chaos.social/accounts/avatars/115/419/518/653/669/372/original/b8acf6bbd1722b7f.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrv90r0zewayx478ptu7qp0n3uyqet8d0w49sqd3kdx7cf9zvsa9czyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk54e63w5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrk3d47umku28fpy746vzdwaavyem7ls4hl2gyxdyd653xwwwxdnskamg8t'>nevent1q…mg8t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>watched the whole hour this video on moving the soc, nand, and titan to a donor board and booting it. super cool. wanted to share since it eased my concern about data retention, since it&#39;s the same phone as mine.<br/><br/>these videos are so inspirational I gotta get this equipment and get into harvesting chips from e-waste. it looks so fun :3<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZwpKCHzjs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZwpKCHzjs</a><br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1np67m9f62r0enx2lj96s965usl2l58dd4cfufusn5ss8x5utkezsn2ct3y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>L0op (☏ 5067)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1np6…ct3y</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19wj8tgf5p67elrkz0kgh8n28779aum6cwc838p2rqwaxh4hn4ycq28g8gs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>elly</span> (<span class="italic">npub19wj…g8gs</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zegcvuj8whr0w6wyyv3lw6xfhdyladd5054rk5vlqxwar2jxynuqtw2yzk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Marcus</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zeg…2yzk</span>)</a></span> 2026-09-21T22:59:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjxmsf7zlwggqx3gunm84zsafax6g4s5tqfcwhhnqy9ulrslxhhgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5my8jys enabled KWin&#39;s built-in &#34;Fall apart&#34; desktop effect but the animation is way too fast on my system - nearly instant - so windows just fucking explode into a hundred pieces<br/><br/>it&#39;s hilarious<br/><br/>also turns out Plasma&#39;s black login splash screen also blows the fuck up after I sign in<br/><br/>glorious. year of the linux desktop 2026-09-21T01:19:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hmptxj3kywmtchp8m2ga6zqapqwdpfvfc8qfg9ggm7uahpg22lczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5av8ekd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszgplkyux3dws54pdsfrcyqxxe406vwhtyjxurdsqje6cem2lej6qg36t2n'>nevent1q…6t2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, that&#39;s kinda my point too, like I would have consulted existing implementations like stock chromeOS or postmarketOS build, but they wanted Ubuntu 26.10 which is UEFI-only so they threw an LLM at Depthcharge and got it to produce a U-Boot shim that hands off to GRUB. the &#34;reverse engineering&#34; was pre/early-Linux stuff like console handoff. <a href="https://vhaudiquet.fr/blog/duet-ubuntu/">https://vhaudiquet.fr/blog/duet-ubuntu/</a><br/><br/>edit: they did compare memory maps against postmarketOS to fix a kernel hang 2026-09-20T14:15:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfgekeca9hx2ygnd8qp23js2tvgqa072hcer56yc9zrknwkxehvmczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5tw2s96 hate that I&#39;m thinking about two slopped blogposts of clankers reverse engineering hardware (Apple M4 GPU &amp; Google Kukui/Krane) to run Linux. gross mixed feelings about e-waste reduction and human lifespans/energy/time vs the reality of LLMs being straight from hell 2026-09-20T09:46:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg66qyhmxddssqtcg2k0hcz984fhkjg033nyqpnwd6ykvq8tlj2lczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5yfhfqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93dwtpxyuc9v02tga50h34vhlxwhhl3rjlajfwu2s5uud7xyp8qsrn2mgr'>nevent1q…2mgr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>awesome thanks for helping me research! yes I keep finding demos of people extracting SOCs, NAND flash, etc and they keep working just fine. <br/><br/>like this gem, which was heated, removed, and still fine:<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/117/300/514/446/551/144/original/ce76981e0bb0a76e.png"> <br/> 2026-09-20T00:25:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst0vtvmptrykhhm4qy92v7gysssalzdk9zwhgvcnmydp5ak4ppq3gzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5v70lcc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dhv2gm9zv9qjm00sgf20jxhxt235plar6yyt0czr04fr4044kgq4vtkau'>nevent1q…tkau</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but I don&#39;t expect chips to retain data at high temperatures like this. wouldn&#39;t this wipe the data? /genq 2026-09-19T19:20:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8dhv2gm9zv9qjm00sgf20jxhxt235plar6yyt0czr04fr4044kgqzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk54vms2r ... hmm why not I guess<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/117/299/306/238/345/976/original/75843228ae4f336c.png"> <br/> 2026-09-19T19:18:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdn8dx08pgdtnzdr2hdw5gny5z2j8j694w0xxtql3xef2rkclgd8czyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk50k8p56 &gt;&#34;groff is a replacement for troff and nroff developed from the original roff&#34;<br/><br/>this is why normal people won&#39;t take us seriously<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/117/229/117/394/688/667/original/32eeb27b3e42ea2d.png"> <br/> 2026-09-07T09:50:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsznkeae6z8rllg79m2zhf58aw6v8dfc3e606l7aksg8w3exwgg8cgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5dqelas I&#39;m resisting AI propaganda but damn. sometimes. I see sloppy blogs talk about porting/liberating devices via exploits and reverse engineering *sweating*<br/><br/>I&#39;m poking a 400MB &#34;.img&#34; rn and I barely know what I&#39;m doing. magic header &#34;RKFW&#34; (Rockchip?) and tons in the hexdump like ELF binaries, XML, JSON, GPL licenses, certificates... but I can&#39;t even find a partition table or filesystem<br/><br/>there&#39;s so much to learn. my tools feel so primitive. I know it&#39;s just skill issue but woof.<br/><br/>SIRENS TEMPT ME 💢 2026-08-25T19:48:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsppfrz0u4mrdtc0s305gpkajmw3chx2taa3lv72lvzyzmurhs3wtczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5nxx5en chromebook linux audio didn&#39;t survive the upgrade. fucking computers.<br/><br/>but her bluetooth headphones work so, good enough. 2026-08-06T10:24:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdny0xjhhawp8fc30qzwfdjl90c6n47yy99ek8dtsud3a7jjjw29gzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk50j7c4w its been &#34;to English&#34; forever. this is a Canadian install and I never changed any settings.<br/><br/>they got me. I&#39;m compromised. assimilated. help.<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/116/895/347/662/484/206/original/ea16ae41699b05e3.png"> <br/> 2026-07-10T11:08:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqeyvr2z8r89q7z7an6urj64p89vv0kjvudvc272tzj36sua88elgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5c78ucp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7pq7knlnw84auht6e26sp6n2k09ep6vy4tcx62eefl7v5g2pfnqzayelq'>nevent1q…yelq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ohhh like you can&#39;t reset because it&#39;s your rootfs and/or plugged into the motherboard?<br/><br/>maybe use an external nvme usb adapter on another system (or livecd). nothing says reset like physical unplug replug lol 2026-07-05T23:31:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2csp5pneyj7cz7mqk5mw34nt6ju6t2ykfkulru08rn425wsu8umczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk50mupuc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydn3evp6yvzm9ptqau259sn4wprwngke075506l2rk5s8duf4resw7hfza'>nevent1q…hfza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hey btrfs is my sweet angel - also its literally the fedora default (probably other distros) it must be on *tons* of devices and handles sudden powerloss like a champ 2026-07-05T23:08:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqdkh59ugmsj9fxnmwkewxhmcgplhs9vhv3nefak7y0q6jwx7pcmgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk55wh2p0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxp435dw5jkzs7wzhnw70g8fmgte9yfxnuuw2wjn23wmywyds47c8wlgup'>nevent1q…lgup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ext4 in this economy!? my condolences, I&#39;ve only ever had data corruption from ext4. thats stressful, best of luck, you got this 🫂 2026-07-05T22:46:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf6dswvfq5zh83gxtlvu0e4cwzwvjnrkzfjpx0f4f28wdkrejgenczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk56w6qr5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdlmlxsl7zqwzc0z9g0kwj2wnd0pywgharwfm8vrza2j8ldzsv9cwpxgtt'>nevent1q…xgtt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my issue now is I dont really know how to glue the screen back down. it has no clips/pins/screws/etc, only 1mm border of now-dry adhesive around the display edge. screen underside seems very sensitive so I dont wanna use doublesided tape or superglue 2026-07-04T00:24:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswdlmlxsl7zqwzc0z9g0kwj2wnd0pywgharwfm8vrza2j8ldzsv9czyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5cqlmq0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvruefcwn2vmzezpzegleljpffpah0jd04la55mftjtuekwms8zcrg5w25'>nevent1q…5w25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in my case the battery was swelling (spicyyyy pillow) so it had already pushed up the screen for me<br/><br/>so removing the screen was like 15s<br/><br/>battery was a lot more fighting. its cable is under the heatsink, so like a halfdozen screws. clearance is bad for getting tools under the battery. took probably 5min of gentle convincing, incl tilting the phone and dripping alcohol and waiting for that to work 2026-07-04T00:20:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2jmcex2sha7vkrwhgsu6zn6677dpk2cls780hc38c49fj0qjfwqzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk597q888 adhesive is true evil<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/116/858/749/828/157/660/original/1251d2443a2ac369.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-04T00:03:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5law7ed38sn660exjnxk30gyheh6f9k8aewv45c96l6x3utvshgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5yg52jx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2elw2jlwef0u28fxptq34977k3vzlnf8g0lmsqmj95m0tv2jy5qgvmwlxx'>nevent1q…wlxx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>good thing chromebooks are made of chrome phew 2026-06-04T19:39:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszsu2nrqtph73pngexxlrexc6jtj5epvp04x6k94vsa34pk94fceszyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk520zy5z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnc0etk4xhhsdrp6r5p3u5zvls2q7vucd842thd9d2cgsy7ekpxq698fg0'>nevent1q…8fg0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>IT&#39;S AT UVIC?! my uni isn&#39;t supposed to be that cool! damn good for them that&#39;s so lovely<br/><br/>I&#39;m rotating those lecture rooms in my mind rn 2026-05-28T15:38:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyyew5unzr5d0dg3g6x7mxc7avfe6zmk20am40qmva7l7nkds7yrqzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk53y7d5v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqqupqpmyjrzamexwjausms4vs93mdgsffxfx0alemcpz26lg4tg3hptmc'>nevent1q…ptmc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you have one in mind? I always use the hackspace ones because they can be so finicky sometimes getting the printer to work goes from sidequest to main focus :&lt; 2026-04-14T11:18:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxkrnk4smlsekgfhzg7avn9rvvqcctdsy23ts5wy6jed64m27n2szyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk59s0hq8 poking thru stuff at the stadtbibliothek repaircafe. oh yeah the usual adapters, usbs, yeah yeah 64GB cool cool<br/>WAIT NO<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/116/307/408/819/787/250/original/00faa143e8357cf8.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-28T15:04:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw7h55837m6cu8xalyq5x0x97ujucfsnk45jjzla7m8kta667t0cgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5wy4zj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4kjyy3cvmyaxa5sku20qltk96608nqu4w3uvjph3q2dphkzt6qclpv6kw'>nevent1q…v6kw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>are you driving the display over usb-c, like docked? or is that just ssh 2026-03-26T01:49:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8324spmkjlls3jaa5k2qrt45u4u0ftrp4trjlfn2sd9nlgkus67szyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk57yjp8c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9l4weuaafntcct0dyfvusn8z68z6nxxjzgl5swf3e5vhy3nrm2cqst6w96'>nevent1q…6w96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s a linux phone. postmarketos. looks like waydroid (full lineageos in an lxc container, iirc) to support android apps. 2026-03-24T17:55:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4qneyktd62j0cl3l6awczrd4g4qc9atfk4kejdngx2ztn72thdgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5wsdhs9 April is gonna be such a good month I&#39;m gonna buy a D-Ticket and visit hackspaces in Aachen and Hamburg and Braunschweig<br/><br/>I&#39;m excited 2026-03-19T18:05:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8d2z5vtu2v8j53apwyp8reedahr6ssadsrescrfvxg9n4g6u2zlszyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk57vpv2k I&#39;m holding a weapon<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/116/239/507/059/457/536/original/55b1592ad47065f4.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-16T15:16:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg3akrm8wsqx6tsmsnzns482na542ka7u7lrpwvcgp70c8ptv28cczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5up3tnx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3mlv0dh6gpaflp98fxzkssx9rgq85kzwemtxlvr9u09z2j88ahgsj5gvj'>nevent1q…5gvj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think in order to specify PMOS_NOSPLASH I have to rebuild the initramfs since there is no bootloader? 2026-03-13T22:36:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgncu5vwpuvwgc03602mc089yzu0tjjzwquf67eh6nqrk3wruyk7gzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk59sukwu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjwgsr4lp7q9crvdaupfdhg4cukpzhwyc8p3z2929tpkw954gvscc4qmyl'>nevent1q…qmyl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is fine I know I should roll up my sleeves and make an MR, I&#39;m just surprised 2026-03-13T18:28:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjwgsr4lp7q9crvdaupfdhg4cukpzhwyc8p3z2929tpkw954gvsczyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk54pxyjy whenever I&#39;m testing a new device with a #postmarketos prebuild img I&#39;m shocked it doesn&#39;t have an easy way to disable the splash screen<br/><br/>I want dmesg, openrc logs, literally anything please<br/><br/>but no you just. don&#39;t get to know. nada. endless loading screen be upon ye 2026-03-13T18:16:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9dkkdjzj0hfv8dhz5n0032ja097t96uz9ckdvu08gs9jvmfr6jgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5phc8u5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst62al5n2ra4cwkc47e23v4sgd2a8yfvys7duwh4e4ymp3rx7t2cgpkfchs'>nevent1q…fchs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was happy to snag one for my chromebook, ty ty 2026-01-07T15:58:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspa5dhsa48rf08pn847vgdr7e00s89s93tfnzp6039ejq86djlvsgzyrgl872cascaqshxdkys4zcfsplajheyndlzc932jv0sxzaaujgk5zsx83h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqm36tyvcxz6cepk9m2uu2stx75d5lc2tqng0sgt8rg257vgchd8sgnuggg'>nevent1q…uggg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>was this yours? I might be misremembering 2026-01-07T13:35:30Z