By donmc, 6 April, 2011

In order to get your data working again after an outage of 3G or 4G you need to do the following in sequence:

  1. Phone this number: ##3283#
  2. Hit "EDIT" - it will prompt for a password
  3. Hit 287804
  4. Hit "OK"
  5. Select "DATA PROFILE"
  6. Go to Menu --> Restore
  7. Hit "OK" [Twice]

It will reboot, and do stuff...
Then, once it has fully rebooted, go to: Menu/Settings/System Updates/Update Profile
Once that is done, your data connection via 3G or 4G should be repaired.

By donmc, 19 November, 2010
Topic

How to Install Windows 7 to a NEW Drive using an Upgrade DVD

I recently had to deal with Microsoft Support on this issue, and I can save you a great deal of time by passing on this procedure to you. Here's the scenario: you want to upgrade to a new monster SATA drive, and do a clean install of Windows 7 from an UPGRADE DVD, but the way the upgrade is setup, you need to first install the VISTA or XP version of windows so that the upgrade can run without activation errors. Well, I'm told by Microsoft Support that the following sequence will work:

By donmc, 9 October, 2010
Just check for the existence of this file after an update:
don@etiikka:~$ ls -al /var/run/reboot-required
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Oct  9 15:17 /var/run/reboot-required
If it is there, you need to restart the machine -- at the command line, do this:
don@etiikka:~$ sudo reboot
By donmc, 7 October, 2010

It seems there was sufficient response to the shutdown announcement on the Xmarks site that thye have opened up a pledge database to see what the numbers are like. If they get 100,000 pledges of willingness to pay between $10 and $20 per YEAR, they will consider not shutting down the servers.

Go to: http://www.xmarks.com/about/company

And make a pledge if you too would like them to continue to offer their service...

By donmc, 28 September, 2010

Foxmarks, which became "Xmarks" in 2009, have announced that they are closing their doors in January 2011. I have been a user of this service for several years now, and it is one of my favourite browser apps. See the blog entry announcing the closure here:

http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1886