How to Root Android Phone - Galaxy Note N7000

First browse to downloadandroidrom.com

Select the right phone model, for example mine is Galaxy Note -> Rooting -> ICS

which brings me to http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote/rooting/ICS

download 2 files

CWM.zip
CWM ... supersu ...zip

its best to put them in external SD card.

Hit all 3 buttons the same time HOME + Volume UP + Power
until the system screens show up

use volume up and down button to select Apply Update from external storage
press power button to select that option

select CWM.zip and press power button again.

( now you have entered the so called Clock Wok Mod )

you can use finger to scroll the options now.
select Install Update from Internal SD

( here the external is called internal and the external is called SD card, hopefully by the time you read this guide, the term has been fixxed.  Either way, just browse to wherever you have save the CWM ... supersu ... zip file )

select CWM ... supersu ...zip file

Goback through the menu and Reboot

You should see the superSU app on your phone now.


Video tutorial here
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-ics-on-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-no-computer-required/

Chart Nexus Programming Problem

ChartNexus is supposed to be a JAVA application, which means it can run anywhere ( windows, unix, Apple etc ) as long as there is a Java in there.

But the latest version 3.3.3 is asking for a Visual C++ redistribution DLL file !?!?

If you are having any other "confused" application like this, just download these files ... and get it over with.  Most programmers nowadays don't really have a good fundamental on usability design.

x86 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
x64 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632

Test your Web Browser against HTML 5

You can test how ready is your web browser for HTML5 by simply visiting html5test.com

seems like IE doesn't care about HTML 5 at all . . .

Avast 2012 takes on Remote Assistance

Avast has been my choice of FREE antivirus solution for many years now.  But the most recent upgrade seems to fail miserably when the Real Time Shield could NOT turn on no matter what I do.  So I had to un-install it.

Coincidently my TeamViewer also didn't work properly.

Then when I try to download a new version and I saw this ...

So it seems like Avast is trying to take over Remote Assistance software market by bundle into its FREE anti-virus software.  This reminds me of how Microsoft ships IE for FREE when Netscape was the real deal.

During the installation, it won't allow you to un-tick any options.

I am still trying to bring my Avast up, but once this trial fails, I shall move on to the next best free antivirus.  Anyone any recommendation please ?

Samsung galaxy note - move s memo

to me it is NOT intuitive to move a sMemo to a folder. it should have been an easy touch-hold-drag process. then again Samsung is pretty weak in thumbs interface design so far. .. its lacking big time human factor and too much engineering. which original Google android interface has fixed since version 2.1

Who offers best iPhone Deal ?

I don't know about you ... for years I am not able to tell which telco actually offer better iphone deal than another. All seems like marketing fuss to me. Each has a layout plans that confuse me easily when I switch view from one Telco to another ...

Well, this is my petty try ...

1 phone : iPhone 4
2 model : 16GB & 32GB
3 telcos: Celcom, Digi, Maxis
2 contract periods : 12 & 24 months
1 verdict.

At first I don't really care about usage. I just want to buy an original iPhone that I can get full support. Considering that, it should be cheaper to get it from a Telco than from a retail shop.

Maxis wins hand down on that aspect simply because they offer the lowest monthly package where you pay only $50 per month. So for $129 a month I can own 16GB iPhone 4 and $145 for 32GB model.

But what if I do care about data usage ? ie. 500MB from Maxis $50 package is just not enough. So I analyse the price from the per GB perspective. Surprisingly Celcom comes up to the top picks.

So if you just want the phone, get from Maxis. If you use a lot and don't worry about cash flow, you should properly get it from Celcom.

It seems like no single verdict can be drawn then. I know its lame but the verdict is "it depends on what you want".

This hasn't considered

• cash flow where the payment options would be important
• calls and SMS and other goodies that comes with the package
• telco specific bonus ie. extra free calls, free SMS, free facebook browse etc.

But here is the source document I use, you can go ahead and analyse for your own need : link to spreadsheet

What is your opinion ? Which telco offers the best iPhone deal ?

Building more than ONE PC

When building more than one windows computer, its important to prepare the installation media instead of having each computer to download its own which will consume too much bandwidth and too slow. Some of the OEM installation kit or writing network installation script may be too advance for home / SOHO user so the best is to download all the important software and burn them into a CD.

The following is where I download the latest 'Complete' package for my 'Offline' installation ... The sequence follows too ...

Chrome - to browse internet. My habit is not to launch IE until I have virus scanner in place. I have had bad experiences where the first thing the old IE did was to download a virus.

Acrobat Reader - I install this be default. Most of the business documents on web are pdf. Later stage I may want to prepare an installation media that disable auto update by default too.

Avast - Virus scanner of choice

Avast Latest Update - because its easy to update its virus definition, its just an exe file !

Spybot - spyware ad-ware prevention

Spybot latest update

I install Spybot the last so that it wouldn't keep on asking me if I want to install the virus scanner etc. Minimizing number of clicks is 'important' when you install more than 2 computers.

Once downloaded all above offline installation, it will be just nice to burn them into a CD ( less than 700MB on 22 July 2011 ). But there shouldn't be a worry cause there are DVD and better still, use USB drives. But my environment is filled with tons of OLD PC ... with 256MB RAM and 36X CD ROM is considered 'fast' ....

Other Options

AVG x86 or AVG 64bit - also Virus scanner of choice ... but its harder to update its virus definition so I don't use this normally. AVG Latest Update

Claimwin is the ultimate FREE virus scanner for all systems even server OS. So I always have Clamwin installed side by side with Avast or AVG as a backup. Although improved a lot now, but Clamwin is weak on prevention. Its ok on scanning and killing viruses but its main winning feature is its legally FREE for all to use.

I used to install Zone Alarm but now windows comes with firewall. Although windows firewall doesn't do much but its ok together with Spybot and virus scanner, I find Zone Alarm being redundant nowadays. However, for machines that can't install virus scanner like windows server operating system, I will install Zone Alarm there.

Firefox is also popular but its only good if you really like all those add-ons. I just browse so I don't like Firefox. After all, IE has tons of addons too anyway ...

Thunderbird is the email of choice but old windows comes with Outlook Express, the new windows uses Live Mail. But quite a handful are assessing their emails through web browser too. So I only install Thunderbird if the user needs it.

After the 'important' installations, I then follow with PDFCreator, OpenOffice, Teamviewer, IrfanView, MpcStar ... Oh yea, and lastly I may do the Windows Update the last cause it will take such a long time and reboot so many times ...