STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 1hI think you should be allowed to bite one ebay buyer per quarter 0150
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm just baffled as to how they thought they could slide this one past me; when all of my listings say "serviced by a repair technician", I *am* the technician. I do the servicing. (jerma horse dodge stare) 180
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the temperature control on display... it's brilliant actually (I am so mad lol) 010
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026yall KNOW I don't solder like this. ebay damn well better side with me on this one 3170
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I was looking at the fcc teardown photos for the steam frame streaming dongle and noted that it has u.fl connectors; you could probably add some external antennas to improve the range, and maybe add a heatsink to help it run cooler 🦊💭 0131
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026*clark voice* and the best part is.... you can squeak him 150
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I like to do a simple and silly halloween costume for my vrchat avatar each year, I think it might be fun to use my plush avatar this year, and maybe do a backrooms themed one where he is all wallpaper-patterned hehe 150
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026it seems like the registration for nfc will be even more hectic this year... here's hoping it goes as smoothly as it can tomorrow 030
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026it's always the sk hynix EMMCs as well... I knew the consensus in repair circles was that these 64gb EMMCs are far more prone to failure than the samsung or toshiba ones, but after working on about 50 OLED switches recently, every one with a failing EMMC was sk hynix 😬 040
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026late night fox fix.. this was another OLED switch with error 2002-3580 (EMMC write fail). I transplanted the EMMC onto the removable module of a V1/hackable switch, and used the custom bootloader to dump and restore the system memory to a working EMMC. A bit involved, but another saved switch 🦊👍 1120
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the howl emote is back in the shop for fortnitemares! 🎃🐺🌕 032
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026today's fox fix is an OLED switch that had no touch response due to corroded traces on the display ribbon cable from liquid damage. it is very difficult to work cleanly at this scale... but it is working again after a little fox touch 🦊👍 0122
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I also made this joke to myself when it happened :P 010
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think I already burned my lottery luck on that giant 89 unit lot recently haha 030
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026today's fox fix is a switch that had parental controls enabled... but not for very long 🦊🔓 6684
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026yeah... I got it shortly after launch when I started playing vrchat, since people said the 3d v-cache helped a lot with frame consistency for vr. four years on and it has served me very well 020
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026that was indeed it, yeah. but boy was that an unpleasant way to find out haha 130
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the title of this article made my stomach drop; I turned into radially blurred mr krabs as I tried to calculate if 2022 was ten years ago 1110
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I misremembered what the sign said but still good advice bsky.app/profile/vulp... 010
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026nordic fuzz con has a shirt that is my color, style, and says "watch your step"... they made this one for me 🦊👕 2140
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the faceplate is slightly convex and has retention latches on the underside, so no luck on flipping it over. even then, it turned out so rough that I am just redoing it with the right filament and better settings 020
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026they made the steamvr home environment bisexual!!! 090
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026oh wow, I also lucked out with my quest 2 as well... it had auto-updated to the first firmware that patched the exploit (despite me having updates disabled...), but it seems the exploit was updated to support that firmware, so now my quest 2 is rooted and free of all the meta telemetry stuff 🦊👍 040
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I couldn't take the steam frame waitlist madness... I caught a listing for a very good condition quest 3 for a good price, and supposedly on a low enough firmware to run the exploit that allows you to disable the meta telemetry. now I can upgrade from my quest 2 and still consider the frame later 🦊👍 1140
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026no luck prodding around and comparing values... I thought the GPU voltage regulator might be malfunctioning only in the handheld power state, but it was fine. I think it's probably an issue in the processor itself... unfortunately that is sometimes the way it goes 000
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026not quite a fox fix today... this is why electronics repair can be so tricky. sometimes a fault only shows up under specific circumstances 🔍🦊 180
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026been a bit busy with other things, but I have finished the first 10 units from this lot, and started keeping track of the repairs in a spreadsheet. I was able to fix 9 out of 10, with the remaining one set aside for more intensive repair later. I think that's a pretty good success rate so far 🦊👍 0150
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026the ultimate playground counterplay to "my uncle works at nintendo" 120
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this switch ended up being a little troublesome... I found it had a failing EMMC when the system format stalled out. fortunately it was only write failing, and I was able to back it up and restore it to a replacement EMMC. it formatted properly after that, and is now stress testing in splatoon 2 🦊👍 020
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026these new soldering iron tips are quite nice; I found one of them is rather good for tinning pads with drag soldering, which reduces my work time for things like display connector and usb c port replacements on the switch 🦊👍 1100
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I haven't tried the pinecil; I use one of the T12-style stations off aliexpress (hence me posting the tips :P). it heats up in a few seconds and regulates the temperature very well under load, it has been a game changer for both heavy duty soldering and quick little jobs 111
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026on main, no less...! :P but yeah, I post about whatever I am fox fixing, usually nintendo switches with the occasional vr hardware 100
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026it was so nice and cool out and I was listening to my music it was so good omg 010
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026went on the first cool morning walk of fall and saw a lovely sunrise 🦊🌄 this rejuvenates the step 2183
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026obsessed with the user profiles on this switch I repaired. zelda is my mom and I love my freands 0160
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026vrcx is such an invaluable tool; even though this photo is from 2024, because I took it with vrcx enabled all of the metadata from that session was baked in, and I can easily verify that the world was emerald valley! 030
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026was going through my old vrchat photos and this one was really nice 👋🦊 1240
STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026a friend sent this to me immediately after I liked it, this one is real and true 120
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STEP ⭐✨ NFC @vulpvibes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026that should have it sorted.. many different tips compared to just the large wedge and fine tip I was using before. hopefully some of them are good for things like more easily using desoldering braid, or drag soldering to tin the switch's usb c port pads (doing them one by one is not my favorite) 130
