‘Genius’ New MacBook Repair Tool Has Defeated Apple’s Hardware Lock

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A German repair shop has found a way to fix malfunctioning lid angle sensors in the MacBook range by sidestepping

Typically, a repair involves scraping away any corrosion on the sensor and hoping it's intact enough to be reused. Ricky Panesar, founder of repair specialists iCorrect, says this a gamechanger for the current generation of MacBooks. “We all thought the was paired to the logic board in a way that you could not copy the data over…but he's been able to copy that data, which is genius.”. This is where certain components in Apple devices parts are paired to the logic board and can’t be replaced, even with parts from the exact same model, without losing features if Apple’s calibration tool isn't used.

NotebookNerds confirmed that the tool was only developed for the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lid angle sensors, but the company hopes to expand the tool’s possibilities in the future.

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