...been takin a lot of pics lately with my n82, and most come out great. In fact, most are finding the phone to be a vry good camera indeed.
here's a link to my flickr page.... difenbaker... and here's a link to one of the contests I joined... the n82 awards.
cheers!
4/23/08
3/13/08
Learning to use T9
T9, is another term for "predictive text" - found in most cellphones nowadays. Wanna learn how to use it? Just clink on the link below:
Learning T9
cheers!
Learning T9
cheers!
How to save a wet phone
Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet? Did you ever leave it in your pocket and run it through the washer? It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you're fast you can save the phone.
1. Remove the Battery. This is one of the most important steps. Don't take time to think about it, electricity and water do not mix. Cutting power to your phone is a crucial first step in saving it.
2. Dry your Phone. Obviously you need to remove as much of the water as soon as you can to prevent it from getting into the phone. Use a towel or a paper towel to remove as much of the water as possible.
3. Soak in Alcohol. Rubbing Alcohol is hygroscopic (attracts water), it will dissolve all the water in the phone, which will then pour out of the phone with the alcohol. Any remaining alcohol will evaporate. Alcohol will not harm your phone but may mess up glue (from stickers and the like). Use 95% alcohol, not the regular 70% rubbing type. Do it outside!. If you use alcohol, do not follow the rest of the advice here, instead leave your phone outside for a day or two to dry.
4. Allow the phone to dry. Since you do not want to ruin your phone or lose all the numbers in your phone book, you need to allow the phone to dry. Don't try putting the battery back on to see if it works as this would risk damaging the phone with a short circuit. Leaving your phone in a bowl of dry rice will help to expedite moisture evaporation.
5. Heat your Phone. Apply enough heat to your phone to cause the water to evaporate without waterlogging your digital screen. One of the best things you can do to save a cell phone is to set it on the back of your computer monitor or TV screen over the heat vents. This is usually the perfect amount of heat to fix your phone. The convection action of the heat vents will help carry away the moisture in your phone. Leave the phone on the heat for at least 2-3 days. Another option is to leave it overnight in the oven on warm (make sure to take off the battery first).
6. Test your Phone. After you have waited 2 to 3 days, make sure everything is clean and dry looking and re-attach the battery to the phone and see if it works. If your phone does not work repeat step 4. If it still won't work, try taking your cell phone to an authorized dealer. Sometimes they can fix it.
Tips :
* Don't put the battery on for at least 2 to 3 days or longer if your digital screen is foggy.
* Place a piece of satin finish scotch tape over your water damage sticker before you drop your cell phone in the water to prevent the water damage sticker from voiding your warranty. This sticker can usually be found under your battery. It's a small round white sticker, possibly with dots on it. If this sticker gets wet it changes color and your phone is marked for water damage.
* Remove the tape if you ever have to return your phone for repairs or warranty. (See the note in the 'Warnings' section about doing this!)
* The best way to dry out your phone is to place it in front of an air conditioner or air conditioning vent. Cold air won't damage your phone (hot air can warp or in extreme cases even melt plastic), and air from an air conditioner is dry, and so will evaporate water faster than you might think (which is why a car air conditioner will de-mist the windshield so effectively, even if the engine hasn't warmed up yet). Warm air from a reverse-cycle air conditioner works even better, of course. If you dry your phone in this way overnight it should be fine by the morning.
* Use a hairdryer set on warm; it won't melt your head so your phone should be safe.
* Use a food dehydrator.
* Use the oven on the warm setting (make sure to take out the battery)
Warnings :
* Don't heat the battery or it could leak acid. If you use an oven or hairdryer, make sure to remove the battery first.
* If you use alcohol make sure to do so outside, and do not apply heat in any form, not even the gentle heat of a monitor. Do not hook up the bettery till the alcohol smell dissipates.
* Do not apply heat to your phone other than mentioned above. You don't want to melt or burn your phone.
* Warranty fraud is naughty! If you dropped your phone in the can with your other 'droppings'--are you really going to send it in for a warranty tech to have to open? Yuck!
* FYI, Most modern phones have more than one liquid damage indicator on them, only one visible to you (and sales/technician agents), and chances are, if the sticker under the battery is triggered (or would be, with the scotch tape trick), then the odds are that the internal stickers you can't access are tripped as well. This will still result in you paying a voided-warranty fee in the long run, and it may be best to just learn from your mistake (and not make it more financially severe!).
* Even if all these steps are followed, minerals dissolved in the water can precipitate on solder and component pins, causing corrosion or shorting. Components pins are packed so closely together in a modern cell phone that even a small encrustation can create a short, rendering the phone inoperable.
cheers!
1. Remove the Battery. This is one of the most important steps. Don't take time to think about it, electricity and water do not mix. Cutting power to your phone is a crucial first step in saving it.
2. Dry your Phone. Obviously you need to remove as much of the water as soon as you can to prevent it from getting into the phone. Use a towel or a paper towel to remove as much of the water as possible.
3. Soak in Alcohol. Rubbing Alcohol is hygroscopic (attracts water), it will dissolve all the water in the phone, which will then pour out of the phone with the alcohol. Any remaining alcohol will evaporate. Alcohol will not harm your phone but may mess up glue (from stickers and the like). Use 95% alcohol, not the regular 70% rubbing type. Do it outside!. If you use alcohol, do not follow the rest of the advice here, instead leave your phone outside for a day or two to dry.
4. Allow the phone to dry. Since you do not want to ruin your phone or lose all the numbers in your phone book, you need to allow the phone to dry. Don't try putting the battery back on to see if it works as this would risk damaging the phone with a short circuit. Leaving your phone in a bowl of dry rice will help to expedite moisture evaporation.
5. Heat your Phone. Apply enough heat to your phone to cause the water to evaporate without waterlogging your digital screen. One of the best things you can do to save a cell phone is to set it on the back of your computer monitor or TV screen over the heat vents. This is usually the perfect amount of heat to fix your phone. The convection action of the heat vents will help carry away the moisture in your phone. Leave the phone on the heat for at least 2-3 days. Another option is to leave it overnight in the oven on warm (make sure to take off the battery first).
6. Test your Phone. After you have waited 2 to 3 days, make sure everything is clean and dry looking and re-attach the battery to the phone and see if it works. If your phone does not work repeat step 4. If it still won't work, try taking your cell phone to an authorized dealer. Sometimes they can fix it.
Tips :
* Don't put the battery on for at least 2 to 3 days or longer if your digital screen is foggy.
* Place a piece of satin finish scotch tape over your water damage sticker before you drop your cell phone in the water to prevent the water damage sticker from voiding your warranty. This sticker can usually be found under your battery. It's a small round white sticker, possibly with dots on it. If this sticker gets wet it changes color and your phone is marked for water damage.
* Remove the tape if you ever have to return your phone for repairs or warranty. (See the note in the 'Warnings' section about doing this!)
* The best way to dry out your phone is to place it in front of an air conditioner or air conditioning vent. Cold air won't damage your phone (hot air can warp or in extreme cases even melt plastic), and air from an air conditioner is dry, and so will evaporate water faster than you might think (which is why a car air conditioner will de-mist the windshield so effectively, even if the engine hasn't warmed up yet). Warm air from a reverse-cycle air conditioner works even better, of course. If you dry your phone in this way overnight it should be fine by the morning.
* Use a hairdryer set on warm; it won't melt your head so your phone should be safe.
* Use a food dehydrator.
* Use the oven on the warm setting (make sure to take out the battery)
Warnings :
* Don't heat the battery or it could leak acid. If you use an oven or hairdryer, make sure to remove the battery first.
* If you use alcohol make sure to do so outside, and do not apply heat in any form, not even the gentle heat of a monitor. Do not hook up the bettery till the alcohol smell dissipates.
* Do not apply heat to your phone other than mentioned above. You don't want to melt or burn your phone.
* Warranty fraud is naughty! If you dropped your phone in the can with your other 'droppings'--are you really going to send it in for a warranty tech to have to open? Yuck!
* FYI, Most modern phones have more than one liquid damage indicator on them, only one visible to you (and sales/technician agents), and chances are, if the sticker under the battery is triggered (or would be, with the scotch tape trick), then the odds are that the internal stickers you can't access are tripped as well. This will still result in you paying a voided-warranty fee in the long run, and it may be best to just learn from your mistake (and not make it more financially severe!).
* Even if all these steps are followed, minerals dissolved in the water can precipitate on solder and component pins, causing corrosion or shorting. Components pins are packed so closely together in a modern cell phone that even a small encrustation can create a short, rendering the phone inoperable.
cheers!
2/23/08
want to know more about yourself?
Have you ever been curious how other people see you? Or if you were like this or like that, what would you be? Are you genuinely happy? Take a short quiz and find out the answers to these questions.
Are you virtuous?
What kind of a shoe are you?
Are you sexy?
How Happy Are You, Really?
Do you communicate like a Man or a Woman?
cheers!
Are you virtuous?
What kind of a shoe are you?
Are you sexy?
How Happy Are You, Really?
Do you communicate like a Man or a Woman?
cheers!
2/17/08
Iron Man
Can't wait for June to arrive... this movie is looking good. Since they used a blue screen - the effects of this might be just as good as Star Wars.
(click on images to enlarge)
Screenshots:
movie posters:
=)
(click on images to enlarge)
Screenshots:
movie posters:
=)
2/15/08
some n95 tips and tricks...
here's some tips on getting the most out of your N95, N82 or 6120 (since all 3 phones all have symbian OS 9.1 3rd edition).
mobileburn thread
=)
mobileburn thread
=)
2/14/08
Nokia Codes
*#06# - phone serial number / IMEI
*#0000# - phone firmware version
*#2820# - bluetooth device address
*#92702689# or *#(war0anty)# - Life Timer (indicates the total time the phone is used)
*# 7780 # - 'original attitude' reset.
*# 7370 # - Soft Format
Green call button, *, and 3 then turn on - Hard format, also known as the "3-fingered salute". (Be sure it has sufficient batt life before you do this).
=)
*#0000# - phone firmware version
*#2820# - bluetooth device address
*#92702689# or *#(war0anty)# - Life Timer (indicates the total time the phone is used)
*# 7780 # - 'original attitude' reset.
*# 7370 # - Soft Format
Green call button, *, and 3 then turn on - Hard format, also known as the "3-fingered salute". (Be sure it has sufficient batt life before you do this).
=)
2/12/08
my favorite links for cellphones
hi there... everyday, as you're using your phone, do you ever have an inkling that you want to change it? Customize it? Make it unique or different from the rest of the phones that you see everywhere? You can easily do that with themes, ringtones, wallpapers, screensavers, applications, and other things...
here's some of my favorite links ... where you can get FREE themes, and apps.
wikipedia
all about symbian
headphone.com
GSM Arena
phonearena
phonescoop
trusted reviews
series60v3
mobile9
zedge
mobimaza
crazy4mobiles
dotmobilx
rannatweb
symbian freak
iphone2die4
how stuff works
infosyncworld
I4U
intomobile
iPhoneAlley
.... more to follow soon!
here's some of my favorite links ... where you can get FREE themes, and apps.
wikipedia
all about symbian
headphone.com
GSM Arena
phonearena
phonescoop
trusted reviews
series60v3
mobile9
zedge
mobimaza
crazy4mobiles
dotmobilx
rannatweb
symbian freak
iphone2die4
how stuff works
infosyncworld
I4U
intomobile
iPhoneAlley
.... more to follow soon!
2/5/08
how to change your phone's firmware:
Before upgrading your phone, as mentioned here, you can also change other things too. Like make it have another language... for make it silent, meaning to take out that camera shutter sound. If this is the case - you will need to download and install NSS.
Download it from here .... then install it.
http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/NSSDownloadLanding.htm
Just follow the ff steps. (steps taken from upgrading an N73)
1) After installing NSS.... connect your phone to your PC. Choose "PC Suite" mode on your phone. (so that your PC can "see" or detect your phone).
2) Start NSS.
3) Push the button "Scan for new device"
4) Go to Phone Info screen. Check and enable the product code box in the right corner. Change the number there to N73 ME product code number 0539343 for APAC 1 -> Chinese, English and copy that number into that product code box and then click that enable box. (note your original N73 product code up, in case if you need it again). Then click WRITE, and in few seconds click READ, and you'll see that your phones product code has changed.
5) Then exit NSS, disconnect your phone, then connect it again ... start NSU this time, and follow the steps. (to upgrade your phone).
You will now have an upgraded phone with a different regional product code.
cheers!
Download it from here .... then install it.
http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/NSSDownloadLanding.htm
Just follow the ff steps. (steps taken from upgrading an N73)
1) After installing NSS.... connect your phone to your PC. Choose "PC Suite" mode on your phone. (so that your PC can "see" or detect your phone).
2) Start NSS.
3) Push the button "Scan for new device"
4) Go to Phone Info screen. Check and enable the product code box in the right corner. Change the number there to N73 ME product code number 0539343 for APAC 1 -> Chinese, English and copy that number into that product code box and then click that enable box. (note your original N73 product code up, in case if you need it again). Then click WRITE, and in few seconds click READ, and you'll see that your phones product code has changed.
5) Then exit NSS, disconnect your phone, then connect it again ... start NSU this time, and follow the steps. (to upgrade your phone).
You will now have an upgraded phone with a different regional product code.
cheers!
2/4/08
how to upgrade your phone's firmware (nokia):
mmm... this has been asked a lot of times in forums, chatrooms, and by my friends... so maybe it wont be so bad if i posted the steps or "how to's" here.
The info that I have gathered here are from various sites/blogs - I take no credit in inventing or creating them coz I didn't, hehehe...
In any case, please note that this is a "do it at your own risk" procedure ok? I have done this a couple of times before, with different phones, and its been successful everytime. But still, there is a possibility that you might end up "bricking" your phone and ending up with an expensive paperweight. For example, if the connection to the phone and PC were suddenly interrupted or broken - while in the middle of the upgrade, that could be bad indeed. Anyway, if this happens you will require some nokia servicing to restore it, or a visit to the nearest cellphone repair shop.
Guide:
1. Ensure that you have installed the Nokia PC Suite (on the CD supplied with the phone or downloaded from the nokia site), on your PC. It should be a working app - meaning that you've used it at least once... this means that your phone had been 'detected' and had successfully sync'd with your PC before. But do not connect your phone to your PC just yet - just go to number 2.
2. You should also have the Nokia Software Updater (NSU) installed.
Download it from here: http://europe.nokia.com/A4176089 This is the software you will use to upgrade your phone. An active internet connection is also needed - since the NSU will check your phone and download the appropriate software from the nokia site, during the upgrading.
3. After installing the NSU... connect your phone (via the data cable), then begin upgrading your phone's software. If you encounter a 'phone is not supported' message - this means that your version of the NSU is not up-to-date, just go to the nokia site and download the very latest one.
4. That's about it... just follow the instructions, and upgrade your phone. It will tell you what phone you have and it will automatically download the firmware.
cheers!
The info that I have gathered here are from various sites/blogs - I take no credit in inventing or creating them coz I didn't, hehehe...
In any case, please note that this is a "do it at your own risk" procedure ok? I have done this a couple of times before, with different phones, and its been successful everytime. But still, there is a possibility that you might end up "bricking" your phone and ending up with an expensive paperweight. For example, if the connection to the phone and PC were suddenly interrupted or broken - while in the middle of the upgrade, that could be bad indeed. Anyway, if this happens you will require some nokia servicing to restore it, or a visit to the nearest cellphone repair shop.
Guide:
1. Ensure that you have installed the Nokia PC Suite (on the CD supplied with the phone or downloaded from the nokia site), on your PC. It should be a working app - meaning that you've used it at least once... this means that your phone had been 'detected' and had successfully sync'd with your PC before. But do not connect your phone to your PC just yet - just go to number 2.
2. You should also have the Nokia Software Updater (NSU) installed.
Download it from here: http://europe.nokia.com/A4176089 This is the software you will use to upgrade your phone. An active internet connection is also needed - since the NSU will check your phone and download the appropriate software from the nokia site, during the upgrading.
3. After installing the NSU... connect your phone (via the data cable), then begin upgrading your phone's software. If you encounter a 'phone is not supported' message - this means that your version of the NSU is not up-to-date, just go to the nokia site and download the very latest one.
4. That's about it... just follow the instructions, and upgrade your phone. It will tell you what phone you have and it will automatically download the firmware.
cheers!
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