Image 1 — Does anyone have blackberry firmware files?
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Does anyone have blackberry firmware files?

The only archive I can find skips my specific model of blackberry (8530)

the files were taken off the blackberry website in 2022

If anyone that could find this file it would be greatly appreciated

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 6 days ago
▲ 8 r/retrotech+1 crossposts

Need help reloading the os on my blackberry

I got this phone with severe software problems, someone had installed a ton of wierd apps and stuff and the phone crashed all the time so I tried to reload the os, unfortunately I couldn't’ figure it out

if anyone has or knows where I could find the right firmware and flashing tools I would greatly appreciate it

(blackberry 8530 cmda)

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 6 days ago

How can I make this Strat better looking

what would be a good pick guard and knob combo for this guitar?

or any advice on how to make this guitar cooler looking.

Player ll (split coil hot rail, and push pull tone knob for neck pickup in parallel with bridge/middle)

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 1 month ago

How can I modify theses knobs to work on a standard pot

Is there a way to modify these knobs to work with a normal guitar pot?

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 1 month ago
▲ 2 r/clocks

Is this safe

It works fine but gets a little warm while on

i just don’t want is to start a fire

(old ge mantle clock ~1948 )

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 1 month ago

How can I make this guitar look like the photo, and what would be a good natural colored stain and shellac\poly to use? (I will buy a black pick guard

I already stained the guitar but it was far too dark so I’m sanding it off

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 2 months ago
▲ 18 r/VCRs

Color problem on recently repaired vcr

I recently did a head swap with an old vcr (put less used heads in vcr with bad heads)

it worked but it wouldn't properly produce a colored signal (I tried adjusting the guides)

I have some electrical experience with camcorders but I have never worked on something so old. any help would be greatly appreciated.

edit:

I got the machine playing back pre recorded tapes but there were issues when recording tapes (very bad video) so I fully disassembled the vcr and found about 21 dead capacitors so I desoldered them and soldered new ones and was able to get clean recordings.

https://imgur.com/a/1Fa7OJw

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 3 months ago

i recently found this camcorder at the goodwill it was fully functional when I got it.

recently it started getting glitchy so I cleaned the head drum with rubbing alcohol soaked paper, this fixed The issue temporarily but it keeps coming back I was thinking it could be an issue with the tapes I’m using.

u/Thin-Try-1167 — 4 months ago