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A Samsung ViewFinity S8 monitor's firmware patched to kill a wake-up banner
A new Samsung ViewFinity S8 showed a pop-up banner on every wake that couldn't be turned off. Instead of returning it, the owner had Claude decompile and fix the firmware; it took several tries, none of which bricked the monitor.
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- HN commenter itsyourbedtime Source ↗
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A brand-new Samsung ViewFinity S8 monitor showed a pop-up banner every time it woke, with no setting to turn it off. Rather than send it back, the owner had Claude decompile the monitor's firmware and patch the banner out.
It took several attempts, none of which bricked the monitor. The owner accepts the warranty is probably void.
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From a passing comment or social post, so the details are thin.
- Hacker News: Yesterday, i had claude decompile and fix firmware for my new samsung viewfinity s8 - there was realHN commenter: itsyourbedtimePosted
The owner's Hacker News comment.