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stavroslast Monday at 10:16 AM3 repliesview on HN

I used Valetudo on my early Roborock model and it worked great for many years. Unfortunately, the battery gave out and it's somehow DRMed, so even though everything else works fine, the vacuum refuses to work because it doesn't like the new battery.

It's the worst kind of e-waste, it's only waste because someone decided I should buy a whole new vacuum when the battery dies, but Valetudo is otherwise good. Just never try to look for support at all.


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meindnochlast Monday at 11:15 AM

Did you look inside the old battery? It may well be just a bunch of 18650 cells with some electronics in a plastic case. Just desolder the old cells and solder on new ones.

I did the same for my wife's cordless vacuum, and it works better than new, because the new cells are about 2x the capacity of the originals.

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KeplerBoylast Monday at 11:10 AM

Oh boy the creator of valetudo sure has an abrasive writing style. Whatever works for him, I guess.

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gsprlast Monday at 10:20 AM

This stuff should flat-out be illegal.

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