I have seen many people complain that the time settings in scraps in orkut doesnt match the local time, and hence this special post. There is no time settings in orkut and so many feel this is a bug.
Whereas this is just because of google's single sign on policy.
To change your time settings in orkut, all you have to do is to log on to
igoogle.com using your orkut username and password. There you have to go to my account(top right corner of the webpage) and edit your personal info. Here you can change your timezone and country. This will reflect on all Google apps immediately.
Happy orkutting
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Change time settings in Orkut Profile
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Dreaming about the future phone.. watch this. Pomegranate NS08
Pomegrante NS08 is a fictional mobile phone with functions you wouldnt even think about, just like a video projector, live voice translator, harmonica, coffee maker, and shaving razor. Even though it was a publicity stunt to attract interest in Nova Scotia,a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast, the official website http://www.pomegranatephone.com/ boasts a spectacular flash video on how the future phone would be.
Sit Back and enjoy the youtube video here
Hope the phone manufacurers sees the concept and create a real one in near future..
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Write your text messages on "air"!!!
The next destined killerapp for iPhone could easily be an application called the PhonePoint Pen which allows users to 'write' short notes in the air with their mobile phone.The notes are then sent automatically to a designated e-mail address. The app was created by engineering students at Duke University in North Carolina, USA.
So how is it supposed to work?
The application makes use of the accelerometer technology already present in most of the high end phones like iPhone.With the help of the accelerometer the application will track and record the phone's external motions and use a predictive coordinate system to recognise the letters.
The application is expected to be out within a year so watch out
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
delete symbian games or applications which do not show up in application manager
This post is especially for symbian phones which contain a file manager like fexplorer. In Nokia Series 60 phones like N70 there is a problem with the inbuilt application manager used to remove the installed applications.ie , if you install several applications or themes back to back, some of them might not show up in the application manager.
To remove such applications follow the below steps
Note : To remove Java (*.jar) applications or games , refer to the post
REMOVING AN UNINSTALLABE JAVA APPLICATION FROM A SYMBIAN PHONE
For Symbian (.sis) applications
1. Open Fexplorer 1.17 on phone.
2. Go to folder C:\system\apps
3. It will contain a folder for the particular application and usually has the same name.
4. After identifying the correct folder, delete it.
5. Go to folder C:\system\data
6. It will contain some shortcuts and files for the symbian application you just deleted. Identify by name and delete them.
7. Go to folder C:\system\install
8. It will contain some log or reg files for the symbian application you just deleted. Identify by name and delete them.
9. Restart the phone (recommended)
10. All the remaining registry files and junk files will be automatically deleted and you have sucessfully removed the symbian app from your phone.
Note: To remove Symbian applications installed in memory card
goto drive E:\ instead of C:\
Tested in Nokia N70
This post uses Fexplorer 1.17 and can be downloaded here
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Create , View , Edit MS Office 2007 documents in Symbian Phones
Documents are part of our life, whether it be a letter, a balance sheet or a presentation. The power of mobile computing has so increased that now one can view Microsoft office documents created on the computer on a symbian 60 phone. This is by using a software called Quick Office Premier. Quickoffice Premier 6.0 allows you to View, Edit and Create Microsoft® Office 2007 and earlier documents on your Symbian 3rd edition device. It contains four sections like
1.Quick Point : for power point presentations.
2.Quick Word : for word documents.
3.Quick Sheet : for excel files
4.Quick Manager : a file manager to manage your files.
Quickoffice Premier 6.0 is available for several platforms like android, windows mobile etc along with symbian. Even though it costs around 39$ as of now, Quickoffice Premier 5.0 is available for free download.
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Copy messages (sms) from phone memory to memory card
Messages by default are stored in the Phone memory in Nokia Symbian phones. One might require to copy the messages in phone memory to memory card for backup or transfer. The default storage can be easily changed to memory card using menu
options.
Open Messaging-> Settings -> Other -> Memory in Use
Change it to the memory card
Inorder to shift already recieved messages or to copy existing messages.
Open Fexplorer (download here)
Goto folder C:\ System\Mail
Copy all folders and files.
Now goto E:\System (where E drive is your memory card).
Create a folder named Mail.
Now the folder should look like E:\ System\Mail
Paste all folders and files here.
Now the messages are transferred to the memory card.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Reset Operator Logos On Symbian Phones
Operator logo's are small images (colour or black and white) which appear on the stand by screen instead of operator name. In most symbian phones you cannot delete an installed operator logo. This post presents a simple method to reset your operator logo to default
This tip needs a third party file manager software ( like F Explorer) installed on your phone. Download F Explorer 1.17 here
i) go to the following directory in your phone :
c:\system\apps\phone\oplogo
ii) delete any file in this directory
iii) restart the phone
The operator logo is surely reset
Now if you want to put a new operator logo
i) select a .bmp picture ( only this format is supported)
the selected picture must be of size 97 x 25 pixels. You can resize images easily using Nokia PC Suite
ii)go to the following directory in your phone :
c:\system\apps\phone\oplogo
iii)paste the picture here
iv) restart phone
The new operator logo is ready
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Transfer calender entries using nokia pc suite
Calender entries form a part of everybodys organised life. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Meetings, Memos all have penetrated into our mobile. Fortunately one can transfer calendar notes from one Nokia phones to another using Nokia PC Suite
Note: This method requires Nokia PC Suite installed on your computer.
Follow these simple steps
1.Open Nokia PC Suite on your computer
2.Connect your phone to the computer using datacable or bluetooth
3.Open Back-up(content copier) from main menu of Nokia PC Suite.
4.Select option to backup contents from phone to pc.
5.Check calender from the given options.
6.Select the location to store the backup file and save the .nbu file
7.Connect the second phone to the PC after disconnecting the first phone.
8.Open Back-up(content copier) from main menu of Nokia PC Suite.
9.Select option to restore contents from pc to phone.
10.Select the previous saved .nbu file
11.Restore it to the new phone.
12.The calender entries have been transferred.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Power MP3 not playing all mp3 songs? Try this
PowerMP3 is one of the most versatile and feature rich substitute for default music players in symbian phones especially the older models like 6600, N70 etc. One of the major problem associated with powerMP3 is that it does not play all mp3 files
The reason is that powerMP3 has a native support for mp3 files with extension .mp3 only. And hence will not play media files with extension .Mp3 or .MP3 which are recognized by other software. The only method to make sure that PowerMp3 plays all mp3 files is to make sure that the extension of the music files is .mp3
To change file extension in Windows Operating Systems
Open (My)computer ->select Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Check the box "Hide extension of Known file Types"
Now all files in your system will show extension
Change the extension of all MP3 files to .mp3.
Load the files to your phone. Now your powerMP3 plays all mp3 songs
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Deleting pre-installed java games in symbian phones
As a norm of becoming the ultimate multimedia hand held devices 99% of mobile phones nowadays come preloaded with java games. They are usually cool and handy to spend some quality leisure time. But it may also get necessary to remove games from some phones eg: business phones. This post helps you to remove such preinstalled java games which usually may not have an uninstall/delete option.
Note: This post uses F explorer 1.17. Download here
To remove an installed application
1.Open Fexplorer 1.17 on phone.
2.Go to folder C:\system\midlets
3.You will see several folders with random names.
4.Open each folder just to identify the application to delete ( for example teashark.jar).
5.After correctly identifying the folder; delete it!!
6.Go to folder C:\system\apps
It will also contain some random folders.
7.Identify the folder to be removed. This can be done either by verifying the thumbnail image in the folder or opening the .txt file which contains the name of the application.
8.After correctly identifying the folder; delete it!!
9. Restart the phone(recommended).
The Java application is completely removed
Pre installed applications can be reinstalled on phone either by
1. restoring factory settings
2. formatting phone memory (read full post)
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Removing an uninstallable theme from Symbian Phones
Themes or Skins are one of the most popular customizable option in a symbian mobile phone. They come in .sis formats and are available for free download on many sites on the web. The increasing popularity of downloadable themes have caused a serious problem of poorly compiled themes. And mostly there is no method to know if a theme is properly compiled unless you install it.
Such themes may not be uninstalled properly from the phone. This phone deals with a method to remove uninstallable themes using Fexplorer 1.17
Download Fexplorer 1.17 here
Steps
1. Open Fexplorer in phone.
2. Go to E:\System\skins
3. You can see the random folders in which themes are installed
4. Open folder and identify the theme to be deleted.
5. Delete the folder.
6. restart the phone (recommended)
Go to drive C:\ instead of E:\ if the theme is installed in phone memory
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Removing an uninstallabe Java application from a Symbian Phone
Many of us may have installed several applications in our mobile phones to enhance its functionalities. Most of these applications are secure and can be easily removed by uninstall option. But some java applications may turn nasty and may not get removed by uninstall due to several reasons, the foremost being corruption of files. This post introduces an effective method to remove such files completely from your mobile phone by using a phone explorer like Fexplorer or YBrowser
This post uses Fexplorer 1.17 and can be downloaded here
This trick is possible only because of the simple fact that Java applications do not leave any registry entries or files in other than two mentioned folders
To remove an installed application
1.Open Fexplorer 1.17 on phone.
2.Go to folder C:\system\midlets
3.You will see several folders with random names.
4.Open each folder just to identify the application to delete ( for example teashark.jar).
5.After correctly identifying the folder; delete it!!
6.Go to folder C:\system\apps
It will also contain some random folders.
7.Identify the folder to be removed. This can be done either by verifying the thumbnail image in the folder or opening the .txt file which contains the name of the application.
8.After correctly identifying the folder; delete it!!
9. Restart the phone(recommended).
The Java application is completely removed
Note: To remove Java applications installed in memory card
goto drive E:\ instead of C:\
Tested in Nokia N70
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Removing Shortcut of Notes from GoTo menu in Symbian Phones
Usually in Symbian Phones like N70 a shortcut is created in the GoTo Menu as you a create a note in the phone. This feature provides easy access to the note from the Go To menu. But usually these shortcuts are not removed even if the notes are deleted and cannot be marked and deleted.Hence it clutters up the Go To menu and each and every shortcut must be deleted one by one
Here is a simple method using Fexplorer 1.17 that can delete several shortcuts in a simple step
This post requires Fexplorer 1.17 and can be downloaded here
1. Open Fexplorer in your phone.
2. Go to folder C:\System\favourites
3. Now several .lnk (extension for shortcut files) are visible.
4. Select the appropriate files (or all )and delete them.
5. Multiple select or marking is done by pressing key 0 in Fexplorer.
6. The shortcuts are vanished!!
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