Doubling the PinePhone storage speed with a soldering iron

I guess the one thing this article doesn’t answer is why the default hardware configuration is for the slower transfer rate? Is there some downside to this mod?

This is the better article, linked from the one here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;izzo.pro&#x2F;pinephone-vccq-mod&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;izzo.pro&#x2F;pinephone-vccq-mod&#x2F;</a>

So this blog post covers the 1.0 hardware revision, but I just opened up mine out of curiosity and realized I have the 1.2 revision, which uses the sandisk chip, so everything is different. Not 100% sure which components need to be changed there, but it would be good to figure out the exact instructions for both types.

Is there a more gentle guide with photos how to do it, so once can judge if this is a task that one is able to do?<p>Just &quot;desolder this resistor and solder it here&quot; does not help me to judge if it is within my soldering ability to accomplish it.

It&#x27;s rare to see a mobile device these days working on 3.3V. Most of it now comes at 1.8V, and transition to 1.2 seem to be looming.

So many words for, &quot;we changed the voltage&quot;.