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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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#.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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?
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.
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.
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?
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
I purchased 3 new GE filters, and installed one that Ive had for about 6 months...It does NOT reset the "Change Filter" light or allow filtered water and ice to work.. If I turn off the breaker for a bit and back on, the water and ice work for a little while, then go back to "Change Filter" and do not work. I tried another New filter...same thing...GE ( I think) filters.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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 ??
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.
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 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.
@@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??
Please do a video on the GE XWFE frig water filter -- it's harder to work with than the one you're showing.
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.
I'm not. As much as these things cost they will nickel and dime us to death.
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.
I will also Never Buy a GE Product Ever Again!!!!
Absolute Junk!!!!!
It’s cheap on Amazon! Also printers have doing this for a millennia.
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.
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.
Thanks for sharing!
How do you put it in diagnostic mode
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.
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#.
It is crazy isn't it!? Thanks for watching, you have a nice UA-cam channel!
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.
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.
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.
Bummer
@@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.
@@ivanmurphy1654 My fridge model appears to not care that the filter is at 0
@@User24xyeah but it’s better to have fully filtered water
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!
Ha! Don't give them any ideas!
my bypass chip was actually glued on. Not like the one you show. No way to remove it.
Use a heat gun and it will pop off real easy
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.
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 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?
Cut the chip out of the old one and tape it inside the fridge where the sensor is.
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.
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 have been changing the filters for years. Now I have this new fridge that is plotting against. Me so pissed.
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.
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?
Yes, it sounds like they are counterfeit. Where did you purchase them from?
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
Thank you for sharing this tip with us!
How did restart it? 🤔
@@melvinp.h.3069she’s full of it. It’s not a car.
How did you restart fridge ?
I purchased 3 new GE filters, and installed one that Ive had for about 6 months...It does NOT reset the "Change Filter" light or allow filtered water and ice to work.. If I turn off the breaker for a bit and back on, the water and ice work for a little while, then go back to "Change Filter" and do not work. I tried another New filter...same thing...GE ( I think) filters.
Check to make they are GE OEM Filters. We see a lot of aftermarkets and knock off filters being sold on Amazon and eBay.
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.
That doesn't sound normal 🤔
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.
We believe the dispenser will disable if there is no chip.
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.
What is the error code that you are receiving?
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 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!
We don't have any experience trying to hack the XWFE filter yet. Let us know if you find out anything.
I just added comment to same effect. The RFID on my XWFE bypass peeled apart like it was 2 layers.
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.
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.
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.
I have the XWFE filter issue too...
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?
XWFE Filter - partsdr.com/part/xwfe-refrigeration-water-filter
XWFE Filter Bypass - partsdr.com/part/wr17x33825-bypass-filter-plug
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 ??
That is why we show replacing the chip with the one from the Filter Bypass.
Do you have a XWFE version?
Sorry, not yet!
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.
That might work? Let us know what you find.
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 $54 GE one but doesn't have an RFID chip. But they don't want their video taken down or to be sued, so the old-filter use case is plausible deniability!
But if you use the same rfid that is saying replace filter, it’s still going to say replace filter on your fridge when you install the new filter…
@@JohnAllen-gu4hk This: It appears the fridge either records some data onto the RFID, or each chip has an ID and the fridge is memorizing that ID and date of install.
Old RFID did not work on a new filter for me.
@@JohnAllen-gu4hkexactly! Made no sense. Homeboi just took off 2 chips?! If the other filter has the chip, you don’t need to do that?! This video actually made no sense. Reminds me of the fish trading scene in Chinatown on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia. wtf??
Hey Ryan. Where can I get one of those awesome t-shirts your wearing?
He said no
anyone looking into a RFID reader hack ?
Somebody please GE for doing something so stupid. It's anticompetitive.
This is for someone replacing g a filter. It is stupid as F#$*