Improving More Leaf Design Flaws

[Daniel] was recently featured here for his work in improving the default charging mode for the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle when using the emergency/trickle charger included with the car. His work made it possible to reduce the amount of incoming power from the car, if the charging plug looked like …read more

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Remove Rapid V1 Virus and Restore .no_more_ransom Files

The Rapid V1 virus has been released with a new strain that encrypts target user data with the .no_more_ransom extension. This new version shows that the criminals behind it are interested in its continued development. Our removal article shows how…R… Continue reading Remove Rapid V1 Virus and Restore .no_more_ransom Files

Bitbanging Qualcomm Charge Controllers

With more and more manufacturers moving to USB-C, it seems as though the trusty USB port is getting more and more entrenched. Not that that’s a bad thing, either; having a universal standard like this is great for simplicity and interconnectability. However, if you’re still stuck with USB 2.0 ports on your now completely obsolete one-year-old phone, there’s still some hope that you can at least get rapid charging. [hugatry] was able to manipulate Qualcomm’s rapid charging protocol to enable it to work with any device.

The protocol in question is supposed to work only on supported devices. Namely, anything …read more

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