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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # MacBook Lid Angle Sensor Diagnostic Script | |
| # This script helps identify the lid angle sensor on different MacBook models | |
| echo "==============================================" | |
| echo "MacBook Lid Angle Sensor Diagnostic Tool" | |
| echo "==============================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| # Get system info | |
| echo "System Information:" | |
| echo "- Model: $(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Model Name' | cut -d: -f2 | xargs)" | |
| echo "- Chip: $(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Chip' | cut -d: -f2 | xargs)" | |
| echo "- macOS: $(sw_vers -productVersion)" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Step 1: Looking for exact expected sensor..." | |
| echo "Command: hidutil list --matching '{\"VendorID\":0x5ac,\"ProductID\":0x8104,\"PrimaryUsagePage\":32,\"PrimaryUsage\":138}'" | |
| EXACT_MATCH=$(hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac,"ProductID":0x8104,"PrimaryUsagePage":32,"PrimaryUsage":138}') | |
| if [ ! -z "$EXACT_MATCH" ]; then | |
| echo "✅ FOUND EXACT MATCH:" | |
| echo "$EXACT_MATCH" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Your sensor should work!" | |
| exit 0 | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ Exact match not found. Continuing diagnostics..." | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Step 2: Looking for any Apple sensors..." | |
| echo "Command: hidutil list --matching '{\"VendorID\":0x5ac,\"PrimaryUsagePage\":32}'" | |
| APPLE_SENSORS=$(hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac,"PrimaryUsagePage":32}') | |
| if [ ! -z "$APPLE_SENSORS" ]; then | |
| echo "📱 Found Apple sensor devices:" | |
| echo "$APPLE_SENSORS" | |
| echo "" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ No Apple sensors found with UsagePage 32" | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Step 3: Looking for orientation sensors with any ProductID..." | |
| echo "Command: hidutil list --matching '{\"VendorID\":0x5ac,\"PrimaryUsagePage\":32,\"PrimaryUsage\":138}'" | |
| ORIENTATION_SENSORS=$(hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac,"PrimaryUsagePage":32,"PrimaryUsage":138}') | |
| if [ ! -z "$ORIENTATION_SENSORS" ]; then | |
| echo "🧭 Found orientation sensors:" | |
| echo "$ORIENTATION_SENSORS" | |
| echo "" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ No orientation sensors found" | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Step 4: Looking for all Apple 0x8104 devices..." | |
| echo "Command: hidutil list --matching '{\"VendorID\":0x5ac,\"ProductID\":0x8104}'" | |
| APPLE_8104=$(hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac,"ProductID":0x8104}') | |
| if [ ! -z "$APPLE_8104" ]; then | |
| echo "🔍 Found Apple 0x8104 devices (different usage pages):" | |
| echo "$APPLE_8104" | |
| echo "" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ No Apple 0x8104 devices found" | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Step 5: Looking for similar ProductIDs..." | |
| echo "Command: hidutil list --matching '{\"VendorID\":0x5ac}' | grep -E '0x810[0-9A-F]'" | |
| SIMILAR_PRODUCTS=$(hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac}' | grep -E "0x810[0-9A-F]") | |
| if [ ! -z "$SIMILAR_PRODUCTS" ]; then | |
| echo "🔍 Found similar Apple ProductIDs (0x810X):" | |
| echo "$SIMILAR_PRODUCTS" | |
| echo "" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ No similar ProductIDs found" | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Step 6: All Apple HID devices (filtered for potential sensors)..." | |
| echo "Command: hidutil list --matching '{\"VendorID\":0x5ac}' | grep -i -E '(sensor|orientation|32|138)'" | |
| ALL_APPLE_FILTERED=$(hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac}' | grep -i -E "(sensor|orientation|32|138)") | |
| if [ ! -z "$ALL_APPLE_FILTERED" ]; then | |
| echo "📊 Found potential sensor-related Apple devices:" | |
| echo "$ALL_APPLE_FILTERED" | |
| echo "" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ No sensor-related Apple devices found" | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "==============================================" | |
| echo "Diagnostic Summary:" | |
| echo "==============================================" | |
| if [ ! -z "$EXACT_MATCH" ]; then | |
| echo "✅ STATUS: Sensor should work (exact match found)" | |
| elif [ ! -z "$ORIENTATION_SENSORS" ]; then | |
| echo "⚠️ STATUS: Different ProductID - code needs updating" | |
| echo " Found orientation sensor with different ProductID" | |
| elif [ ! -z "$APPLE_SENSORS" ]; then | |
| echo "⚠️ STATUS: Different Usage - code needs updating" | |
| echo " Found Apple sensors but different Usage value" | |
| elif [ ! -z "$APPLE_8104" ]; then | |
| echo "⚠️ STATUS: Different UsagePage - check other usage pages" | |
| echo " Found Apple 0x8104 devices but different usage pages" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ STATUS: No compatible sensor found" | |
| echo " This MacBook model may not have an accessible lid angle sensor" | |
| fi | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Please share this entire output for troubleshooting!" | |
| echo "==============================================" |
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==============================================
MacBook Lid Angle Sensor Diagnostic Tool
System Information:
2026-04-24 17:02:08.666 system_profiler[82911:1784039] hw.cpufamily: 0x1d5a87e8
2026-04-24 17:02:08.871 system_profiler[82918:1784087] hw.cpufamily: 0x1d5a87e8
Step 1: Looking for exact expected sensor...
Command: hidutil list --matching '{"VendorID":0x5ac,"ProductID":0x8104,"PrimaryUsagePage":32,"PrimaryUsage":138}'
✅ FOUND EXACT MATCH:
Services:
VendorID ProductID LocationID UsagePage Usage RegistryID Transport Class Product UserClass Built-In
0x5ac 0x8104 0x0 32 138 0x100000acb SPU AppleSPUHIDDriver (null) (null) 1
Devices:
VendorID ProductID LocationID UsagePage Usage RegistryID Transport Class Product UserClass Built-In
0x5ac 0x8104 0x0 32 138 0x100000a9f SPU AppleSPUHIDDevice (null) (null) 1
Your sensor should work!