Way to go, modern phone screens are not too bad…I think a big reason I enjoy dumb ereaders is the lack of multitasking lol

Your kindle probably has a busted micro usb port (the cables too can stop working for data transfer), no idea if it’s too difficult to solder a new one… I would try cleaning it up really well first

Yes exactly! On Kindles to install that app we need a jailbreak (and the procedure will depend on device and firmware version, since we are trying to circumvent Amazon limits), most of the OS stays the same and you can still use the normal “reader” app.

Of course if you are already satisfied by the normal reader all you need to do to gain more freedom is managing your books with Calibre on a computer, it’ll take care of converting to kindle format if you put an epub in it, and send it to device, with just one click. My dad does this after I showed him once or twice and he’s not techy at all.

It’s a powerful program but not a complete OS replacement

No but you can jailbreak them, and their OS is linux-based; unfortunately if it’s a new Kindle or newish with an up to date firmware, you might have to wait for someone to release a new jb method. With a jb you can install Koreader (which alone can do everything useful), but also people (mobileread forums) have compiled a working Python library and a terminal with bash…mostly useful to show off :) you can run neofetch

If you’re like me and need Koreader (has impeccable pdf reflow and stardict support), a Kobo is way easier, and you don’t have to wait

The’re right, another thing you notice in a dry house (like Swiss homes in winter pounding crazy heating) is that you can get even painful (to the hand) mini electric shocks just walking around with slippers/crocs and then touching the metal kitchen vent, chargers…unless you ground yourself once in a while. Never happens in a humid climate/house.

Nobody answered yet so I’ll try :D

Grab whatever best deal you’ll find, because prices on the used market, especially for 5+year old devices, don’t always follow a logic. So make sure to look out for the X390, X13, L13 yoga, etc, as well. Newer but they might be cheaper!

Personally I never bought Yogas so cant comment on that vs regular thinkpad. I had a touch T480 but the display was too dim to use outside (so I put a bright 1440p panel on it).

They are talking about removing the obligation to pedal, not the option (which I agree with you, it’s a good option to have)

I think it’s a very sensible decision, I’m from a EU country with 250W limit which is very anemic for the dangerous city streets we have in my town. A throttle is much safer especially when starting from a stop, but it’s currently illegal to have on.

Best of luck to the devs, very exiting! Here is the link to pmOS wiki to follow the progress. Caleb is working on it apparently, one of the main people we have to thank for sdm845 (like Oneplus 6) mainlining effort

Web bloat, ads and trackers is an example of inaccessibility that I can think of for the treasure trove that is iFixit especially since they started accepting full guides by external contributors (which means also guides that could have ended up on a more accessible website). Videos should be backed up and not simply embedded youtube that can have georestriction or be down for any reason. We should have the guides distributed like we would wikipedia…in general, they/we can do better.

My other gripe with iFixit is their sponsor aspect, pretty much any big company outside of Apple has a big fat logo on their website, as an Ally to repair. It’s cheap PR while they continue to produce massive amounts of ewaste. Why promote them indefinitely for a single collaboration if they don’t apply those principles to the remaining 99% of their catalogs?

But I still read their blog (via RSS) and use and suggest their guides, contributing when I can. They have been and still are a big catalyst for Right to Repair.

What’s the screen like? I upgraded the panel on both my thinkpads so I can help if you have questions :)

E14 are pretty modern so I can’t think of many useful mods, maybe ugrading the speakers? It’s something I want to try on my T440S

Anyway congrats on your lappy, hope you enjoy it for many years to come

I think they’re the same thing as cable holders/organizers

I’ve found that L and E series seemingly mirror the T line but with a couple of years of delay, so overall with time it gets worse repairability wise, but gets better with things like 16:10 screen aspect ratio.

I haven’t researched the 2024 T series, is it noteworthy other than having some models with ram slots? Feels like some hype is going on. In any case, expect ~2026 L,E series to have similarly constructed models.

Long story short: nowadays 65W-capable USB C powerbanks make more sense in my opinion, than multiple Thinkpad batteries. And they work with all laptops.

Yep just like the S versions they have a double battery. This is great because the total can get close to 100Wh (when using the 72Wh external) but hot-swapping requires an internal battery in good shape which is not so easy to come by. From Lenovo they can be very expensive or not available. From third parties you’re always gambling that those batteries will play nice with the proprietary Thinkpad EC.

I bought both (3rd-party) batteries for a T440S, and the internal would suddenly show up as 0% every couple of weeks, and had to be “reset” by opening the base, unplugging and plugging it in…in the end I just put the original internal back; the external has been amazing instead, and it does basically all of the work since it’s the 72Wh version. Fun fact: these laptops work perfectly with only one of the batteries attached.

I’d say no more than 200$ for the T480. Since you mentioned portability, it’s not very portable compared to the S models of the T series and even less to the X series.

One advantage of the t480 is having two memory slots for easy and cheap ram upgrades, with all others you have to make sure they have at least 16gb (or 8gb soldered on one side)

The portability carries a big bump in price, if you see a cheap T480S, X1 carbon 6th, X390, you might be happier with those.

We also have to consider that from 300$ upwards we are talking Ryzen Zen 2 (used) prices, maybe from the L series but you might catch the occasional T14 AMD for 400$ which is a considerable upgrade in every metric.

Energicas and Zeros are single-speed, they have done pretty damn well. Btw I’m not against a clutch personally. But it’s rare in EV land, see the Brammos for example (which were more of a flop in the market, but not for the clutch I don’t think)

A pleasure, glad you found the solution and thanks for sharing it! Well done

You got it! If you need help in putting the ScooterHacking firmware you can ask me, I’ve done it on mine. Field weakening is incredible.

Another useful website I found is Joey’s wiki, and finally Ninebot Max playlist on yt is not bad at all, the repair videos are short but well done (I yt-dlp the whole playlist :D)

Btw I saved your post because mine wobbles a bit, so I might have to look into the same problem in the future (and I already tightened the locking mechanism)

Hi, I’m pretty sure g30p/g30/g30d are the same hardware, the last letter is the region code. G30LP (usually grey/white in colour) is a different model, L for lite. see more on SH wiki

Returnable via an extra shipping?? Yeah that’s absolute greenwash, it’s a bulky rigid EMPTY plastic box to be shipped back filling up more trucks and planes

Edit: Sorry, just read that they fold down. That’s better, but I still doubt that the extra traveling it has to do is worth it compared to local recycling. I’d prefer a push toward monomaterial packaging (either all paper or all plastic, e.g. no metal clips or hard to remove plastic tape that end up in the paper recycling bins)

Same experience as Dr Wesker, I think most things need a bit of “air” to keep worst anaerobic bacteria at bay. Why not a bowl with a kitchen cloth on top, nothing tight? That’s what I do with fresh stuff (if cooked, sealed containers)

But even thus the fridge environment is not always ideal, I feel like loads of stuff (exept with this summer heat) lasts longer outside of it (wooden basket with cloth on top 😄 )

For example potatoes: never in the fridge

Tomatoes, if they’re good they’ll last months outside as well