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Lid Magnet Moving tutorial (with pictures) - PineyMike - 10-15-2020
I just did the infamous lid magnet move on my Pinebook Pro, and since I couldn't find a great picture walk though of the process, I made one.
I posted it on medium right here.
https://codemonkeymike.medium.com/pinebook-pro-lid-magnet-sleep-fix-c1d7428851e
RE: Lid Magnet Moving tutorial (with pictures) - KC9UDX - 11-27-2020
Thank you for this!
I was able to skip most of your instructions though. I didn't remove the display from the main body. I only took the two screws out of the display, popped the bezel off on the right hand side, carefully (very very very) pried the magnet off. I attached the magnet to the display and moved it a ⅜" toward the main body, as per your instructions. I worry about the magnet shifting if the PBP is dropped, but should that happen, it'll be easy enough to put the magnet back in place. I might put a dab of craft glue on the edge of the magnet if I ever have to do that.
I had a slow network connection reading your site, so I didn't read about using a guitar pick until it was too late. I used toothpicks which left little splinters all over the place. I have a large assortment of picks. Next time I'll use one.
Oddly I find that Debian will not recover from a lid closing. But I normally use NetBSD, so I'll just have to keep that in mind.
Alright, here's something everyone needs to be aware of. Not all PBPs are created equal.
I tried this on another, older, PBP. The display is wider (or shifted further to the right?), so there's no room to stick the magnet to the side of it. I would have to cut some plastic away to move the magnet. This would be much more involved, and will certainly mean disassembling the display half of the casework.
I used a Green Tortex plectrum this time, which does work better than the toothpicks I was using. However, a thinner one would likely work better. I didn't take the time to try different ones.