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I just successfully repaired my Fairphone 4 for about 15 Euros. The USB-C connector was a bit wobbly since some time already, and recently I could not connect the phone to my Laptop anymore. After getting frustrated that none of my cables would work, and for some reason Bluetooth file sending also didn’t work, I finally admitted defeat and ordered the spare part. Fairphone’s philosophy is “you own the phone and you’ll get also spare parts”, and indeed, they still sell a spare USB-C port part…

This procedure might brick your device. The contents are not yet fully verified and should not be used in any productive setup. Proceed with caution, you have been warned If you are confused by the whole key nomenclature in UEFI, go and see this excellent blog post for a summary of the different UEFI key types. I write this blog post as a draft/guide for some people to check and verify before putting this into a more official place. Please check before you type, make sure you understand what’s…

This is my software credo, adapted from Loris Cro’s excellent My Software North Star post. Software should be useful. Software should be correct, malfunctions reduce the effectiveness. Software should be maintainable and efficient and this applies to human and compute resources. I want to make small and useful tools that help people. Software should help to improve the lives of my fellow human beings. This is ultimately what I want to do.

Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric vehicles?