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How to root HTC Desire S with hboot 2.00.0002 and SuperOneClick Remember that you are only responsible for any damage you may cause to your smartphone, do follow this tutorial under your own responsability. Proceed at your own risk. Steps to root the HTC Desire S with hboot 2.00.0002: Unlock the bootloader first via the HTCDev site. Root with SuperOneClick Unlock the bootloader Donwload HTC Sync for the HTC Desire S from the HTC website:  http://dl4.htc.com/managed-assets/support/software/htc-sync/htc_sync_setup_3.3.17.exe Create an account in HTCDev site (http://htcdev.com/bootloader) login and follow the instructions to unlock the bootloader. Neverteheless I had big problems with drivers and got this error message all the time: C:\Android>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin   sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...     It got stuck there all the time, and also:   C:\Android>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin   sending...

Do you want to turn off the notification bar of your Xperia U for ever? I personally don’t like because it is batery consuming, but there is no way back if you do it, so please take this into consideration before you begin. The trick is to erase all themes from the phone and so the leds are always off because there is no theme to control them. But as I said once you delete them there is no way to go back and leds will not turn on anymore . Well, they will light up on photo gallery and music yes. Let’s start, please remember that only you are responsible for any damage you do to your phone. Requirements: Xperia U rooted ES File explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en Busy box: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en LEDs U  CTRL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.rckmn.leds.u.ctrl&hl=en Tutorial: Launch LEDs U CONTROL and select Always OFF Open ES file explorer...

This tutorial works for the Sony Xperia U ST25i and it works with rooted or unrooted phones without unlocking the boot loader. Please consider that flashing a new firmware may void your warranty or damage your phone which is only your own responsibility . For the Android 4.04 Ice Cream firmware I am using the official one, it is not a custom Rom but the official one that will be available through PC-Companion (but it is not the case yet), so if you cannot wait and you would like to try, read on. Steps to install official ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich): Back up your phone memory with PC-Companion Uninstall PC-Companion (I had to do this so the tool would pick up the good drivers) Enable USB debugging on your phone. Donwload Flashtool and firmware (here is the full tutorial and download files: http://www.androidgadgematic.com/2012/10/install-android-4.0.4-ics-official-sony-u-st25i.html) Install Flashtool and uncompress the firmware files. Copy the firmware file XperiaU_ICS4.0.4_n...

I've got my new Sony Ericcson Xperia U yesterday and it is really a fantastic phone. The illumination bar on the bottom can be annoying at times, specially if you don't want to get all that attention all the time. I've tested a few applications in order to disable the bar led illumination , and here is the only one that has worked for me ( Screen Filter ): Just make sure that you uncheck "Enable soft-key bakclight" and that will disable the led  bottom bar. Nevertheles this will not desactivate all led notifications, you will still get notifications while browsing pictures or watching videos, but all the other notifications will dissapear.

My laptop was infected with the Trojan:Win32/Weelsof.E, please check on Microsoft for the description: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Trojan%3aWin32%2fWeelsof.E I was desperate as Windows started up with a blank window that blocked everything else and I really didn't want to format everything and install my Windows/Ubuntu partitions again. I copied some antivirus software on my usb driver and started windows in safe mode (F8) I've downloaded a copy of Kaspersky Antivirus Removal Tool then I backed up everything and launched the removal tool while in safe mode. The Kaspersky Removal Tool is not a permanent protection but it will clean up your computer from all virus and malware ! It detected and removed the Trojan:Win32/Weelsof.E sucessfully and now I'm writing you from my IBM T42 with the cleaned Windows XP. lol

I was just trying to enhance my blog ad wanted to add a plugin to show the latest posts on my site. As I couldn't find a recent post plugin from the Blogger plugin list i decided to do some search to find out. I tumbled upon a site that showed a code snippet that I should copy and paste on a simple HTML/Javacript gadget and that would do the trick. Don't ever copy and paste strange javascript code snippets into your site. The script tag src looked like this: <script style="text/javascript" src="http://XXX.googlecode.com/files/recent_posts.js"></script> <script style="text/javascript">var numposts = 5;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = false;var numchars = 50;var standardstyling = true;</script><script src="http://www.yourwebsite.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts"></script> And it was simple and easy to copy and paste that...

Drupal Cron should run everyday and I was doing some maintenance in one Drupal site when the message "cron failed to run" appeared and here is how I've solve it: Delete cron variables from the database DELETE FROM variable WHERE name="cron_semaphore"; DELETE FROM variable WHERE name="cron_last"; Empty cache Empty cache from /admin/settings/performance and Flush all caches from the administration menu Optimize all tables Go to phpmyadmin and check all the tables in your database, select Optimize tables and execute it, wait till is over. Optimize table is something you should do every now and then to keep the database healthy, it helps to rebuild all the indexes of the Myisam tables. Then launch cron: cron run successfully.

Mobile Mini is a mobile theme for Drupal 6 that I've created free for you to use. In my previous post I showed you how to create a mobile site with Drupal 6 . I had spent some time to find a simple mobile theme, a simple and good looking one and as I could not find one I created one myself. To download it here is the Google Docs Link: Mobile Mini Once you see the Google Docs page do Ctrl+S and it will be saved to a zip file in your computer Installation Download the Mobile Mini theme Extract the contents to your sites/all/themes -folder. Enable the theme in Administer > Site building > Themes This is really the first version of theme where on the front page you can only see the main Primary Links transformed into menu links. The theme is light and it loads fast I will put some work into it soon, and as it is really simple you are free to modify it and change colors or styles as you want. This is a GNU General Public License program just put a link to my si...

Even when using css agregator the size of the css file in a Drupal 6 site is too big. Why? Because with every module Drupal has a tendency to load the module css style that goes with it. You know how important is page speed for visitors and SEO also, so before doing any changes you may want to check your page speed and page size with Yslow or Page Speed plugins. The lighter is your page, the faster it will load. This trick is valable if you are using a diferent theme for the front page and let's say that for administration purposes you use Garland, so we are not goig to modify the admin Garland theme in this case as some of the functions related to styles classes with javascript may not work. To lighten Drupal css sytle sheet, first you need to go to Performance setting and uncheck compress css styles. Then open the template.php file on your active theme folder, for example if you are using the theme basic open the /sites/all/themes/basic/template.php file, but first of...

You can have your mobile site version with Drupal 6 real fast without programming. The Drupal module Mobile Tools will do everything you need. Step 1: Create a subdomain of your site Go to your domain hosting panel and create a subdomain of yous site: http://m.website.com You may have to wait a few hours, to know if your subdomain is active open a command line window and type: ping my.website.com if you see packet returns then your subdomain is active. Step 2: Install Drupal 6 Mobile Tools and a theme for mobiles Install a Drupal 6 theme for mobile Goto: http://drupal.org/project/mobile_tools and follow instructions to install the Mobile Tools module. Active it in Drupal modules list. Automatic redirecting Go to <your web site>/admin/settings/mobile-tools and configure the automatic redirect Whenever somebody is browsing your site with a mobile device your www.website.com url will be redirected to the m.website.com Mobile Theme Switching And now configu...

I had this long time problem: could not connect my IBM T42 to the Orange DSL via Wi-Fi. I tried all the possible Wi-Fi configuration through the admin panel when this idea came to my mind: Try the little Wireless adapter 802.11 g , and it works! I've just paid 7 euros for this adapter and it solved my problem. Well, where was the problem? My IBM T42 laptop has a Wi-Fi adapter with 802.11 b working standards, I've tested my laptop everywhere and the Wi-Fi connection worked fine, but at home I had to use a R45 cable to connect to the Internet. The Orange DSL has a Wi-Fi standard more recent than the standard of the Wi-Fi card on my laptop, even if the Orange admin dashboard you could select b/g or b/g/n, only g is working. What is the difference between the 802.11b and 802.11g standards? Wi-Fi Networking Standards Year Speed 802.11b 1999 Up to 11 Mbps 802.11g 2002/2003 Up to 54 Mbps Well, these speed values are theorethical figures whic...

Some have gone too far with SEO tips and tricks and now it is too late. Some even paid big amounts of money for SEO services and optimisation to find that their site had been penalized or retired from Google search results for SEO practises abuse. Some have invaded the web with lots of worthless material, created blogs or even blogs chains to build a link schema to try to trick search results. All of this practises are unfair to the users, what is the use to get a blog to the top positions if it has gor nothing of value to offert? So, now, what should webmasters and owners do to reach good search result positions? First stay away from backlinking schemas, overdose of keywords density and any other non natural tricks. Keep it natural, write good content, socialize and promote your blog and see grow your blog authority. Work consistently and time will do the rest.

Hey, I'm happy to tell you about this one! We've had beautiful holidays all along the coast and the beautiful Atlantic Ocean but one night the instrumet panel of the Peugeot 306 went completely off. No fuel gauge, no rev counter and no speed gauge. Peugeot 306 instrument panel not working It is kind of funny to drive in these conditions and it was Saturday so I decided to search the fuse box and try to fix it by myself. The fuse box is under the steering wheel as you can see in this picture Find Peugeot 306 fuses box You see that big screw? You only have to turn it one quart to the left to see the fuse box open. This is the 30 fuse box for the Peugeot 306: Peugeot 306 fuses box All I had to do was check all the fuses and replace the faulty one, I had found a fuses application chart that marked the fuse F2 as the faulty one related to the instrument panel. Fuses are indexed with a small white number in the box. Well I've replaced it but it didn't work! T...

Yes I had flashed the fantastic Android 4 Ice Cream  Custom Rom, but I had lost some good things like FM radio and now I've recovered all. So, here is how I've flashed back with Odin Frist I've got a stock rom from: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=-1#modelsa I've downloaded one rom not suitable for Kies, the Open Europe I9000XWJVZ_I9000OXAJVT_OXA.zip this rom is unbranded, no carrier applications or layer, but you should really check for the one that fits your country. Unzip custom files and open Odin, choose the files this way: PIT:s1_odin_20100512.pit PDA:CODE_I9000XWJVZ_CL762604_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 PHONE:MODEM_I9000XXJVT_REV_00_CL1064602.tar.md5 CSC:GT-I9000-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAJVT.tar.md5 Then turn off the phone and start it in download mode by pressing buttons (Volume down + power + home button) at the same time, you will see very quickly a yellow robot, let go buttons and connect the smartphone to...

I've just got my Motorola Defy and I must say that it is a fantastic smartphone! The phone is unlocked, the problem was just this stock rom by SFR (Vodafone in France). I don't like stock rom or carrier applications and look on my phones I prefers to give the the look and configuration that I like. As a newbee I just had to do some look up and search to be sure what and how I was going to flash the new rom. The stock rom installed was in android version 2.1 (eclair) and I must say that before anything you should back up all contacts and data, just in case. The flashing procedure will erase all the applications you've installed before. So this is what you need: * The Motorola drivers for windows * The flashing tool RSDLite (I've used version 5.6) * The unbranded rom Froyo 2.2.2 for Motorola http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/54848-rom-stock-android-froyo/ Here you can find a list of roms and tools from the xda- developpers forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index...

ROOTING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Put your Motorola Milestone into “USB Debugging Mode”. To do it, go to “Applications”—> “Settings” –> “Applications” –> “Development” –> and check the box “USB debugging”. 2. Connect the Motorola Milestone to your computer using USB Cable. 3. Open the download the extracted folder content “SuperOneClickv1.6.5-ShortFuse” and run the executable “SuperOneClick.exe”. 4. Click on “Root” button. In few seconds, your Motorola Milestone XT720 should get rooted! You now have full file system access and can now install apps that need root access for working.

I've got this iphone 4 water damaged for repair. I've found this Apple item too fragile, if you drop it into the water your phone is dead! Well, here is how I've disassemble this iphone 4: First I unscrewed the two bottom screws and took off the back cover: The inside of the iphone looked like this, you can see the white spot (water detector) next to the batery connector, when is alright is usually red, but if your phone gets wet it will turn white: I've tried the well know tip:  put it in a rice bag and leave it. The rice will absorb all humidity and the phone will work after some time:  This didn't work as the iphone was wet log time before it got to my hands and was also disassembled by somebody, so I continued to disassemble it to see if I coud fix it:   I've found very useful the disassemble chart, it helps you keep all pieces organized so you can assemble easily later (I've forgot where I downloaded from, I think it is from the irevive site, y...