How to hack your GE RFID water filter
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Do you have a GE refrigerator with an RPWFE water filter with an RFID chip? In this video, we are going to show you how to hack the RFID water filter system.
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - GE Water filters with RFID chips
0:39 - Extend use of water filter or disable filter light
0:49 - Where to purchase filter bypass
1:00 - How to hack your water filter
2:46 - No RFID chip or damaged RFID
3:15 - Outro
Links:
Water filter - partsdr.com/part/rpwfe-water-...
Water filter bypass - partsdr.com/part/wr01x29059-w...
Refrigerator shown in video: GFE28GYNBFS
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Please do a video on the GE XWFE frig water filter -- it's harder to work with than the one you're showing.
@Ragergager
7 ай бұрын
Amen to that, the label literally tears it to shreds.
I'm surprised GE would use a trick like the chip. I feel like I've been duped. I've complained to GE but haven't heard back. I will never buy another GE product.
@wandat46
Жыл бұрын
I'm not. As much as these things cost they will nickel and dime us to death.
@gldojm
Жыл бұрын
GE's appliance division has been majority owned by Chinese multinational home appliances company Haier since 2016. They have no qualms selling you cheap crap and extorting you for every last buck they can.
@louiediana2
Жыл бұрын
I will also Never Buy a GE Product Ever Again!!!! Absolute Junk!!!!!
@hardtymz2517
8 ай бұрын
It’s cheap on Amazon! Also printers have doing this for a millennia.
@EricREvans
5 ай бұрын
Yes. I’m done with GE. Our expensive model, GNE27JYMWFFS, had failed compressor 11 months after purchase. Got replacement after 6-week wait (no working refrigerator for 6 weeks!) on warranty. Now, find out replacement unit won’t accept GE original replacement water filters due to this RFID chip nonsense. I’m done with GE and will let all I know to not buy from this company.
Way to go Ryan. Its crazy to think that you now have to do this on a GE refrigerator. Having said that, I'm surprised there's an actual bypass plug with a GE parts#.
@PartsDr
3 жыл бұрын
It is crazy isn't it!? Thanks for watching, you have a nice KZread channel!
First print cartridges now water filters😂 At least GE cant remotely disable the water/ice system if not subscribed for GE filters. Hope i didn't give them any ideas😂 Thanks for the great video!
@PartsDr
11 ай бұрын
Ha! Don't give them any ideas!
If your refrigerator does not have an "FCC RFID compliance" sticker behind the filter then it is not checking for the chip. You can use the much cheaper XWF filters. The owner's manuals that I have seen do not tell if your model needs the chip. Just says "on some models" XFWE filter = $50 XWF filter = $15.
One trick I found is on that particular model you can put it into diagnostic mode get your codes and write everything down and then go to step 16. Do a full reset on the refrigerator and you'll be good to go. This has worked for me on a few different refrigerators that the customer has put in a knock off brand Water filter.
@PartsDr
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@fl0wmastr
6 ай бұрын
How do you put it in diagnostic mode
@GR-ht2qp
2 ай бұрын
@@fl0wmastr May be this helps kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZaF7zJuee5SvhtI.html
This is a huge scam which I didn't know about when I bought my new GE Profile fridge. I've had it almost 6 months to the day and I have the "filter expired" message. I have hardly even used the water dispenser or ice maker since I've had it. So whether water passes through the filter or not, it will expire and give you these messages that it's expired and you need to buy a $50 filter. It bugs me so much that I wouldn't have purchased GE had I known about this ahead of time. I don't even have the option to not filter my water, unless I buy another part from GE to stop this from happening. The same scam as HP printer ink and it's BS.
@davidbares8482
Жыл бұрын
I have visitors who see the red light and refuse to drink the water from the refrigerator. GE's excuse is that even if you're not using the water, bacteria will grow in the filter given enough time so filters should be replaced. I have a 5-year filter that filters water before it even gets to the refrigerator. I don't care if my refrigerator thinks my filter is old. I'd disable that red light if I could. I don't want to bother switching RFID stickers every 6 months.
@hardtymz2517
8 ай бұрын
Hp??? ALL printer brands do that. Canon was the most infamous.
Didn’t work for me on newer style XWFE filter. The RFID is serialized so you can’t reuse from one filter to next. In theory you can use the RFID from the bypass plug, which never expires. But on mine it was very difficult to remove, came apart in 2 layers almost like it was designed that way, and was impossible to put back together. This is on new mid-2021 model GE profile refrigerator.
@User24x
2 жыл бұрын
Bummer
@ivanmurphy1654
Жыл бұрын
@@User24x @drrobert75 any luck on a hack for the xwfe? i have a mid 2021 model as well and just purchased my FOURTH filter in 14 months.
@User24x
Жыл бұрын
@@ivanmurphy1654 My fridge model appears to not care that the filter is at 0
@fl0wmastr
6 ай бұрын
@@User24xyeah but it’s better to have fully filtered water
May want to remove the original label and just use painters tape. When you need to change the filter, you can carefully remove the tape with the affixed rfid chip. This will reduce the chance of damaging the rfid chip.
I have the XWFE filter issue too...
Thanks for the video! I bought some “GE” filters online with the correct code for my refrigerator’s model. When they didn’t work, the seller told me to use this hack to make them work. So the filters must be counterfeit, right?
@PartsDr
10 ай бұрын
Yes, it sounds like they are counterfeit. Where did you purchase them from?
The refrigerator stores the rfid tag from the filter in memory. The best solution would be to reset the memory. Powering off the refrigerator does not reset the memory. How can this be accomplished? I wander whether swapping two filters back and forth every 6 months would work? So stupid for folks that have one of the refrigerators in a location where it is not used for several months at a time.
I peeled off the label from the old one. Problem was that when I did, part of the RFID stayed stuck on the filter and rendered the RFID useless. I went to Home Depot and purchased a new filter with the RFID on it. I already had 3 generic XWF filters that I purchased on Amazon before knowing about the stupid sensor. I popped off the RFID reader from the fridge and taped it on to the brand new filter, facing the RFID. I then installed the XWF filter and it worked perfectly. The only issue is I have the other filter leaning standing there with wires hanging out. But I could care less. F**k GE for doing this.
I was thinking about buying a filter with NO chip after needing to replace our old one,, will that work without a chip, will it be fine if it keeps saying needs replaced I guess.
@PartsDr
3 ай бұрын
We believe the dispenser will disable if there is no chip.
my bypass chip was actually glued on. Not like the one you show. No way to remove it.
@RobToGame
Жыл бұрын
Use a heat gun and it will pop off real easy
@polygaryd
3 ай бұрын
Definitely not the same glue as in the video. I used a heat gun and it still didn't work. The wires break so easily if you bend it also.
I got the fridge reading the chip finally but yes it stores the old info so my new filter shows 3%. i'm fine just marking my calendar for replacement if when its down to zero it doesn't lock you out. Anyone know ??
@PartsDr
Ай бұрын
That is why we show replacing the chip with the one from the Filter Bypass.
after replacing OEM GE filter with "RPWFE Water Filter, Replacement for GE RPWFE Rеfrigеrator Water Filter (Without RFID Chip)-2 PACK", I found that NEITHER the old filter nor the new filter worked at all until I RESTARTED my "GE Profile™ Series ENERGY STAR® 22.1 Cu. Ft. Counter-Depth French-Door Refrigerator" I did not see this recommendation in any of the videos. thanks
@PartsDr
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this tip with us!
@melvinp.h.3069
2 жыл бұрын
How did restart it? 🤔
@hardtymz2517
8 ай бұрын
@@melvinp.h.3069she’s full of it. It’s not a car.
@fl0wmastr
6 ай бұрын
How did you restart fridge ?
Done with GE as well. Brand new one needed door replaced right off the bat. Constantly !makes the loudest oddest noises like it's going to take off. Then crap like this forcing u to use their expensive filters!
I don't want to bypass filtering so, I bought a cheap water filter, not a GE, but a knockoff. So can I just take out the chip from the old filter and put it on the new knockoff?
@Mike-uh2gw
6 ай бұрын
Cut the chip out of the old one and tape it inside the fridge where the sensor is.
@MichaelJwolf1984
Ай бұрын
yes you can it is easy and the chip in the by pass is not glued as well as the actual filters. Works like a charm just remember every 6months as it will not prompt you. I bough at Walmart in clearance my RPWFE for $5.50. It was one made by Great value. I guess because it doesn’t have chip people weren’t buying. My win for them not knowing that simple hack.
I could not find the water filter for my GE Fridge on your website, it's a GE water filter model XWFE. Do you sell this filter?
@PartsDr
8 ай бұрын
XWFE Filter - partsdr.com/part/xwfe-refrigeration-water-filter XWFE Filter Bypass - partsdr.com/part/wr17x33825-bypass-filter-plug
I did this 6 months ago and now the rfid chip from the bypass is also used up. Not worth the effort or cost to have to buy a new bypass plug each time you need to replace a filter.
@PartsDr
2 жыл бұрын
That doesn't sound normal 🤔
Do you have a XWFE version?
@PartsDr
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, not yet!
I have been changing the filters for years. Now I have this new fridge that is plotting against. Me so pissed.
I have a new GE refrigerator with XWFE. The refrigerator has err code which I reset by unplugging for 2 min. Almost immediately err code again. Tried 2nd XWFE filter, same issue. Help GE is no help.
@PartsDr
Жыл бұрын
What is the error code that you are receiving?
I have had my GE fridge for 5 months and it has a XWFE water filter. It didn't come with a bypass filter. My filter was at about 15% when I decided to remove and inspect it for an RFID chip. It does have one - but it's different looking than the one in your video. It's flatter and has the appearance of anti-theft stickers on products at retail stores. I damaged it when I peeled the sticker back (I get an ERR code now after reinstalling it). Do you think we'll ever be able to hack this one? $150CAD a year for water filters is insanity - especially since my family uses sooo much water, and it usually slows to a trickle after only a few months, so I'll likely need a new one every 3-4 months!
@PartsDr
2 жыл бұрын
We don't have any experience trying to hack the XWFE filter yet. Let us know if you find out anything.
@drrobert7543
2 жыл бұрын
I just added comment to same effect. The RFID on my XWFE bypass peeled apart like it was 2 layers.
@MarkWitzel
2 жыл бұрын
Same problem here, have GE fridge that requires XWFE filter. I'm not paying that kind of insane prices for a water filter, going with bypass for now and will investigate installing my own inline filter on the water intake line. I'll never buy another GE appliance because of this stupidity.
@drrobert7543
2 жыл бұрын
If it’s any help I waited til GE had free shipping + 15% off promotion. 3 pack of filters came to about $115 instead of $150 + shipping. I think with the bypass and the easy-tearing RFID, the trick is maybe to use a hacksaw to cut away most of the filter and then sand down until the RFID is left with just a thin shell of plastic. It would be tedious, but should be possible to get the rfid intact. Or, if you have a milling machine.
@nicholasbarry4069
2 жыл бұрын
I did it with the XWFE filter but had to take a Muti tool saw to the filter and cut out the RFID tag and the plastic behind it. I then slipped this over the cheap filter and it worked. But the only issue is the plastic is so thick that the filter door does not close now so not sure if I will continue with this method. Probably just buy a filter bypass and forget about using it.
Hey Ryan. Where can I get one of those awesome t-shirts your wearing?
@hardtymz2517
8 ай бұрын
He said no
Could you not just tape the RFID chip from the old filter onto a new filter? You’ll get a replace filter sign instead of a not filtering sign but it seems like it should work the same.
@PartsDr
2 жыл бұрын
That might work? Let us know what you find.
@dougmiller69
Жыл бұрын
I think that is the actual nudge-nudge-wink-wink point of this video. No one who searched for this video is here because they want to reuse an old nasty filter, we're all here to find out how to do it with a new, aftermarket filter that costs 1/3 as much as the $54 GE one but doesn't have an RFID chip. But they don't want their video taken down or to be sued, so the old-filter use case is plausible deniability!
@JohnAllen-gu4hk
Жыл бұрын
But if you use the same rfid that is saying replace filter, it’s still going to say replace filter on your fridge when you install the new filter…
@Urakaroo
Жыл бұрын
@@JohnAllen-gu4hk This: It appears the fridge either records some data onto the RFID, or each chip has an ID and the fridge is memorizing that ID and date of install. Old RFID did not work on a new filter for me.
@hardtymz2517
8 ай бұрын
@@JohnAllen-gu4hkexactly! Made no sense. Homeboi just took off 2 chips?! If the other filter has the chip, you don’t need to do that?! This video actually made no sense. Reminds me of the fish trading scene in Chinatown on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia. wtf??
anyone looking into a RFID reader hack ?
This is for someone replacing g a filter. It is stupid as F#$*
Somebody please GE for doing something so stupid. It's anticompetitive.