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will spend some time figuring out how to use it properly, but have some initial questions. hoping some of the seasoned pro's can help me out.

1) the unit can be run off of a iphone 6s battery. i tried 7 different older batteries but i couldn't keep the battery connector in the socket. once connected, as soon as i released pressure it popped out. is the battery the only way to power it, or can i the USB-C port at the bottom of the unit to supply power? I did connect the included USB-A to USB-C cable between the laptop and the programmer and it did power up.

2) if the USB-C port can be used to power the programmer for operational use, is the laptop the only method (because of the lower amperage)? can i use a 1A (iphone) or 2.1A (ipad) wall-wart/AC charger? or is that pushing too much juice through it?

3) i see in forums and videos that there are windows drivers and windows software that can be used in conjunction with the programmer. is this required? or can the V1SE be used as a stand-alone tool to do component reprogramming?

4) dumb question, but going to ask so i don't have to assume.... the USB A port on the top is to plug in an iphone via the phone's lightning port. the USB C port on the bottom is strictly for providing power to the unit and is not for any sort of data exchange. is this all correct?

5) regarding reprogramming battery SN, can OEM apple batteries have their SN re-written? or is only 3rd party batteries that can have their data changed? and once a component has has its SN reprogrammed, can it ever be reprogrammed again?

6) i've read that it's only JC type home buttons that can be reprogrammed. i've only worked with two different ones, v3 and v8.1. will one or the other or both work with the reprogramming? has anyone had any experience or success with reprogramming the YF type or even Apple OEM buttons?

thanks for your time and info.

⟐ Answered January 01, 2026 at 18:05 MST

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I used cmd to get into my bios but id still like to fix the issue of no output

⟐ Commented November 03, 2024 at 11:54 MST

Acer Aspire 3 A315-22

⟐ Answered October 03, 2024 at 1:06 MST

I have always been able to open Photos while on battery power, plug in the MacBook, open Finder, activate the screen saver, and let it run for a few hours. Normally, it works fine after that.

So far, I have tried:

Rebuilding the Library

Reinstalling macOS

Restoring pictures with Time Machine

Nest Cache folders "https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252...

Boot in Safe Mode

Reset NVRAM/PRAM

Reset SMC

Repair Library.

I have noticed, judging by the support online, that photoanalysisd is the program that scans photos. According to Activity Monitor, that program is never running, which means that the photos are not scanning.

I have been looking for a solution for about two weeks now, and I still can't find anything. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

⟐ Answered July 31, 2024 at 9:43 MST

How to use bee-box in a Kali Linux virtual machine? My computer has Win 11 and in an Oracle Virtual Box virtual machine I have Kali Linux and I must do an exercise with Bee Box and how should I install and use Beebox (bAPP) in a Kali Linux Virtual Box virtual machine

⟐ Edited February 12, 2024 at 6:34 MST

I have Win 10 and Win 11 installed on 2 different drives. Disk 2 is the original drive with Win10 and I later installed Win 11 onto Disk 1,

Now I want to make a standalone bootable drive for my Windows 11. But I'm having trouble. If I clone the entire Disk 1 it won't boot from that disk. I imagine it needs the EFI partition from Disk 2. So I tried cloning that partition to disk 3 alongside the Win11 partition plus a bunch of other variations but nothing is working.

What do I need to do in order to copy my Win11 to a new hard disk and boot from that disk only. I dont want the Data drive (disk1, part2) copied, I want to keep that separate.

⟐ Commented October 19, 2023 at 21:51 MST

⟐ Comment deleted September 04, 2020 at 0:27 MST

This morning I attended as a helper a “Tea and Tech” session as a helper where members of the public were invited to get free help with their computers, phones or tablets.

One elderly getleman I tried to help had an old (2010) iPad which had been given to him some time previously by cousin’s grandson. But he had no idea of the password to the iCloud account it was linked to, making it impossible to install an app which might have solved his problem. For family reasons he was no longer in touch with his cousin or cousin’s grandson.

For obvious reasons, iOS (later versions, at least) make it extremely difficult or impossible to simply factory reset a stolen device but there are times when a factory reset without full credentials may be required. I’m not an iOS expert (though I use an iPhone) and my knowledge of Android is sparse. For future reference, perhaps someone(s) could list the reset possibilities for:

iOS/Android

Different versions of both

With/without knowledge of the lock screen PIN (if set)

With/without knowledge of an associated iCloud or Google account

Let’s not get into jailbreaking or anything nefarious.

⟐ Commented July 18, 2019 at 1:13 MST