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Reclaim lost space on your drive with Spacesniffer

Posted on January 17, 2025January 7, 2025 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

After years of saying I will upgrade my disk next time I am still rocking a 256GB SSD as my main drive. The issue that comes with this is that it tends to build up and from time to time I need to go in and delete or move files I no longer use. There…

How to get wifi working on Rock 4 SE and DietPi

Posted on January 10, 2025January 7, 2025 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

I recently was able to pick up a few Rock 4 SE for very cheap and was very happy when I found that it is supported by DietPi, my go-to distro for Raspberry Pi. However, after installing it I noticed an issue, I could not connect to wifi as it was unable to find any…

How to force Edge to enter reading mode

Posted on September 27, 2024October 4, 2024 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

The reading mode in Microsoft Edge is great, especially when paired with the read aloud feature. Unfortunately on some pages Edge will not give you the option to enter reading mode. This happens when it isn’t sure how to display the page’s content in a simplified format. Fortunately, there’s a trick to force Edge into…

How I fixed a broken hinge on my Sony WH-1000XM4

Posted on March 23, 2024May 29, 2025 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

Recently the hinge on my Sony WH-1000XM4 broke. Turns out, it is very easy to fix thanks to the amazing work of Dawid Jabłoński and Jian Mejia. Thought I share it here as a QuickTip. The first part requires a 3D printer, if you don’t have one you can order the part here I began…

How to fix BL-Touch stuck on blinking red light

Posted on February 6, 2024January 27, 2024 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

As my BL-Touches have started to age I have noticed this happening from time to time, they start blinking red and the printer stalls before starting the print. If this has happened to you as well it is most likely the same issue, the pin/probe is stuck inside the BL-Touch. Fortunately, the fix for this…

How to convert a Xiaomi Bluetooth Temperature and humidity sensor to Zigbee over the air

Posted on January 30, 2024July 28, 2024 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

Update 2024-07-28Updated guide to use my custom flasher, this is much quicker and easier at the cost of advanced features that were not used in this guide being removed. The old guide is still available at the end. Update 2024-03-18Added link to reset tool The sensor I am talking about here is a great little…

How to reset the air filter remaining on Xiaomi air-purifiers

Posted on January 23, 2024January 7, 2025 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

It is very easy to reset the filter and only takes a few minutes. I have used these steps on a Mi Air Purifier 2S without any issues but I know that it should also work on the Mi Air Purifier 3H, possibly on other devices as well. One thing to note is that the…

How to sideload apps on Firestick using Aptoide TV

Posted on September 12, 2023December 27, 2023 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

I ran into a problem today where an on-demand service (Swedish TV4) required a later version of the app than they had published on the Amazon store or they would block the latest content. Meaning on a Chromecast with Google TV it would work fine but on a Firestick you were stuck watching old content….

How I fixed a bootloop when flashing magisk after upgrading Lineage OS

Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 2022 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

Tonight I upgraded Lineage on one of my devices but after flashing magisk I got stuck in a bootloop. The fix was quite easy once i figured out that it was probably not magisk itself but one of my modules that was incompatible with the new OS version. Even in the bootloop I had access…

How I upgraded the Lenovo 4 10 Plus to Android 11 and passed SafetyNet

Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

A few years ago I bought a Lenovo 4 10 Plus and upgraded it to what was then the latest version of Android (Pie/9) and made it pass safety net using magisk and a few modules. I later did the same to Android Q/10 and now again to Android 11 First of all, this guide…

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Patrik Johansson
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Coming from a background as a Senior System Administrator I am working with a wide flora of enterprise systems.

This blog is mainly for “home IT” and selfhosting, you can find my more Dev / Sysadmin related posts over at my other blog Scriptingnerd.com

Passionate about Powershell and building tools that are easy to use for everyone.
In my spare time I work on other coding projects as well, mainly Booksonic

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  • How I fixed a broken hinge on my Sony WH-1000XM4
  • How to fix BL-Touch stuck on blinking red light

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