![]() I read the chip's contents and, sure enough, it was erased - except for some areas. It also recognised the BIOS chip I connected to it, which was marvellous - it means it's able to communicate with the chip without any problems. It was really fast, I just needed to apt-get some library dev versions. Next, I needed to download and compile flashrom. I then soldered this cable to the prototyping shield I use and made a cable which'd connect it to the proper SPI&power pins. The header had 2MM spacing between pins, but I bought a corresponding connector for this and soldered a ribbon cable with proper spacing to it. The motherboard (MSI FM2-A75MA-P33) had a SOIC SPI flash chip which was soldered on, but all the pins were available on a header, pinout for which seemed to be already reverse-engineered and available on the Internet. I've heard good things about FlashROM, it's a pretty versatile package which is open-source and supports many programming platforms, including Raspberry Pi. Furthermore, I just got a task to re-flash a BIOS on a motherboard, so I had some additional motivation to make me a tool that does it. Just got it two days ago, but like any honeymoon period it hasn't left my hands much.I sometimes need to read and write SPI flash memory chips. The notch doesn't bother me, especially when comparing to the bezels on the 7 Plus. I don't miss the battery %, but do miss the bluetooth connected icon. True tone for me has worked well and I see noticeable shifts if I move from fluorescent lighted workbench (where these photos were taken) to under the natural skylight above kitchen island. I do notice the 7 Plus getting darker at those angles. I don't notice much color shift with true tone on at slight angles. ![]() Using accessibility to tweak the text is a tremendous help and will at least let me consider keeping the X longer through the extended return period. I see slightly less text due to width, but if I had not had the 7 Plus I might never had missed it. Slightly smaller photo presentations in social media, Flipboard etc. To sum it up, the slight change to font size seems to help me in all apps such as noted above where dynamic scaling is supported. This causing shadowing in the photo area and those hideous white bezels to look worse.īoth phones, bottom of screens line up as best as possible, True tone OFF on X (Old, Smaller text)(note text ends at same point, but X text is smaller, photo is longer):īoth phones, bottom of screens lined up as best as possible, True tone OFF on X (one notch larger text in Accessibility)(less text shown, but I can live with it and probably would not had known if I didn't own the 7 Plus):īoth phones, lined up, True Tone ON for the X:īoth phones with my attempt to create same viewing angle for both. Photos courtesy of my wife's iPhone 7.Īlso important to note that the fluorescent light fixture above my workbench was creating reflections/glare, so I'm holding my left arm over the camera to eliminate them from the screens. Also, brightness slider is set to 50% as best I can for both phones for all pics. For the pics, both phones are in the same case (Speck Presidio Sport). But I realized it's honeymoon period constant use and text more than anything, in my most commonly used apps which are messages, mail, Facebook, Google Maps. I was having some eye strain (54 years old) with the X. Like many I'm trying to get used to the X, coming from a 7+.
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