As many of our customers may have already noticed, there is a third-party firmware being developed by the X1 Plus team, which has become a hot topic in the community. Our first awareness of this firmware was through some Youtube videos, which led to my last blog post. Initially, we were shocked to discover a loophole in the firmware that allowed the printer to be jailbroken, and we were uncertain about the intentions of those behind this hack.

Last week, the X1 Plus team approached our members to express their good intentions, but we remained cautious as we did not know them. Subsequently, Michael Laws (AKA Teaching Tech) and Joel Telling (AKA 3D Printing Nerd) communicated with us, sharing their observations about the X1 Plus team and encouraging me to talk directly with the leading developer of X1 Plus, Joshua. We had our first Zoom call last Saturday and many emails afterwards.

As many of our customers may have already noticed, there is a third-party firmware being developed by the X1 Plus team, which has become a hot topic in the community. Our first awareness of this firmware was through some Youtube videos, which led to my last blog post. Initially, we were shocked to discover a loophole in the firmware that allowed the printer to be jailbroken, and we were uncertain about the intentions of those behind this hack.

Last week, the X1 Plus team approached our members to express their good intentions, but we remained cautious as we did not know them. Subsequently, Michael Laws (AKA Teaching Tech) and Joel Telling (AKA 3D Printing Nerd) communicated with us, sharing their observations about the X1 Plus team and encouraging me to talk directly with the leading developer of X1 Plus, Joshua. We had our first Zoom call last Saturday and many emails afterwards.