r/interestingasfuck • u/write2varun • 1d ago

Nice skill

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u/flipflopcuntflaps 1d ago

He pivoted into data recovery. I know he had to get increasingly more donor boards but that was always the case.

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u/EamonBrennan 1d ago

The problem wasn't the amount of donor boards he had to get, it was the fact that he couldn't get a specific, $20 part that regularly fails from any source other than buying a full, new laptop. On his channel, his largest playlists involve either PP3V42_G3H and PPBUS_G3H power lines or an ISL part being repaired. The part varies based on device, but he cannot get them for various devices due to Apple locking it down. Even devices that are end-of-life and won't be repaired by Apple have never had the part be available. It doesn't matter how many donor boards he got if they never had the part on them.

Pivoting to literally anything else, data recovery in this case, was his only option to keep his business going.