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Apple's two failed iPhones in 2025

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The interest in the iPhone 17 series is high, particularly for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max models, which are outselling their predecessors. The iPhone Air has a different tale to tell; sales haven't been great, with reports showing low demand and major production cuts.  In contrast to the heavily publicized flop of the iPhone Air, there hasn't been much info on how the iPhone 16e is doing in sales. Early reports suggested it was doing pretty well, but it seems that wasn't up to Apple's standards.  Sales of the iPhone 16e and iPhone Air aren't meeting Apple's expectations, as per info from leaker Fixed Focus Digital (source in Chinese). While no exact figures were shared, the leaker suggests that Apple's effort to launch a popular, budget-friendly iPhone hasn't succeeded. Even with the challenges, Apple is still set to roll out successors for both models. The iPhone 17e is anticipated to launch on time in spring 2026, whereas the iPhone Air ...
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Fix Keyboard Backlight Samsung Captivate Glide Updated on ICS UCLH2

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Have you ever updated your Samsung Captivate Glide to the official ICS 4.0.4 UCLH2 firmware and found out that the keyboard backlight is missing?. Well, here's a fix just until Samsung will push out the next update regarding this keyboard backlight issue. XDA-Developer, recognized contributor ninthsense and etherfish  came up with a solution on how to solved this keyboard backlight issue on Samsung Captivate Glide. This problem has already been found from the ICS Leak I927UCLG9 and then also found out with the official released build I927UCLH2 recently.

How to Fix Keyboard Backlight for Samsung Captivate Glide

Note: This will work only if your phone is rooted and are using windows PC/laptop.

1. Install root explorer or root browser lite (free) from market. And copy the boot.img and lights.n1.so from keyboard_fix.rar in root of your sdcard(phone).
2. Launch the root explorer and Delete the existing lights.n1.so file from /system/lib/hw (probably you can keep a copy somewhere)
3. Copy the lights.n1.so from your sdcard directory to /system/lib/hw
3. Make sure that the file is presen/copiedt in the directory.
4. Download fastboot.zip file attached to the post and extract it in one of your directory on the pc.
5. Connect your phone through a usb cable and i'm assuming you've the usb drivers for your phone already installed on your pc.
6. Goto command prompt and change to the directory you extracted the zip file into.
7. issue the command "adb shell"
8. You should get a android prompt. Issue the command "su"
9. Issue cd sdcard and then issue "ls". Just to make sure that the boot.img is there.
10. Now issue the following commands:
Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9

Grab all needed files and more guided information on  from XDA-Developer original thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848433
Also thanks to Nardholio for compiling additional info.
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