Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Root just about any motorola phone
One of the best ways too root a motorola device is to use a website called http://droidmodderx.com/one-click-root-for-any-motorola-device-running-gb/
they have great applications that can make the rooting process smooth and easy.....NOT FOR HTC USERS.
and for those of you whom that doesn't help, you may want to check out http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone
They can help with just about any phone not just motorola or htc.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Jailbreak IOS 4.3.3 on * ALL DEVICES
Friday, July 29, 2011
Fix an old ipod that is stuck in a boot loop
Have you ever been going through your drawers and found an old iPod only to find that it wont boot up....sucks doesn't it? By old iPod I mean something like an iPod video remember those old things. Well i found my old iPod and I wouldn't turn on it would start to boot ( displaying the silver apple) then it would just die, you could feel the kick of the hard drive shutting off. I couldn't find anyone who could tell me how to fix it so I figured it out for myself.
Requirements:
IPod to PC connecter cable
ITunes
Computer
Steps:
1. Press and hold select + play for about 5 seconds to restart the iPod
2. Press ans hold select + menu to put it into disc mode
3. Connect it to the computer and restore the iPod
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Where to download apple firmware files
Downloading firmware files from a source other than iTunes is good if you are
A. Looking for a faster download
B. Looking for an older firmware for downgrading
C. ITunes is having problems downloading the file
To load one of these on iTunes in windows just hold either ctrl or shift when you left click restore
To load one on iTunes on a Mac then you would hold command as you clicked restore in iTunes
If any of this was unclear or if you just have any questions or comments please comment
How to put an iphone or ipod touch into dfu mode
For whatever reason be it jailbreaking or fixing an error dfu mode is used by most advanced iPhone users
1. Power off the device.
2. Hold down the power button for 8 seconds
3. While holding the power button hold the home button for an additional 7 seconds
4. After the 7 seconds release the power button but keep holding the home button
5. After about 7 more seonds you can release the home button
You should see a black screen if you do then you probably did it right
If you are unsure then you can do this with your device plugged Into your computer and judge whether or not the device is really on by the sounds the computer makes.
To come out of DFU mode I usually just hold down the power and home button together for 8 seconds to force my device to reboot
HOW TO: Hamachi on android
Hamachi is a vpn program which can be used to link up computers. With hamachi on an android you would be able to access the files on multiple computers from anywhere in the world (provided that you have wifi, 3g, 4g or any other type of internet connection on your phone) this is useful when programs like dropbox can't hold the file that you want because it is too large and you know that you will need it at some point when you are on the go.
To get hamachi on android there are a few requirements which must be met first
1. Internet access
2. Ubuntu/Debian/Backtrack or any other Linux distro on your phone.
3. Rooted phone (root access)
Once those 3 requirements have been met you should be set to go.
1. Boot up the Linux distro on your phone
2. Either open up the browser on the distro or the browser on your phone.
3. go to http://www.mediafire.com/?jwng92o6j56ov8l and download the hamachi file. If you did this on the distro then you may skip to step 5A
4. If it hasn't happened already, move that whole file to emmc on your phone
5A. Move the hamachi file from the downloads folder in the distro to /root
5. Open up the distro and copy that hamachi file from /mnt/emmc to /root
6. Open terminal and cd into that directory and run the following commands
7. sh ./install
8. mkdir /dev/net
9. mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200
10. apt-get install sudo
11. apt-get install libcrypto++7
12. ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
13. sudo tuncfg
14. hamachi-init
15. hamachi start
16. hamachi login
17. hamachi set-nick enter desired nickname here
18. hamachi join networkname password
19. DONE
Tech Corner: Ubuntu and Debian on HTC Incredible
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
******IMPORTANT INFO******
Ubuntu and Debian on HTC Incredible Links
debian
debian (emmc)
instructions
Ubuntu
Ubuntu (emmc)
Backtrack 5
Backtrack 5 (emmc)
please if you ever have any questions or anything please feel free to comment
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Ubuntu and Debian on HTC Incredible "REVISED"
1. discovering what the error meant.
2. deciding on how to fix it.
3. repair the problem. I was getting alot of errors that said things like "error mount : no such device or location" or like "device or resource busy".
after doing some research i figured out that what was going wrong was a combination of two things,
A. my phone could no longer mount the .img on the sdcard
B. my phone was trying to mount to an occupied loop device. I found a variety of tests that you could run to determine the cause of any errors but i think it would just be better to give the solution.
First thing I did was download a new .img file for the operating system i was trying to run. Then I edited a boot script that i found online. with these two things I was able to solve all of my problems.
I will post The script that I edited for anyone to download. This guide works for almost any os distro is arm and can fit on your sdcard (Including Ubuntu, Debian, and Backtrack 5) I will also post links to each of those images and the scripts needed to run them. I take no responsibility for anything that may occur either during or after one of my tutorials.
If you ever have any questions or anything at all please feel free to comment
Universal Remote for ANY* Device
Have you ever not been able to find your television remote and wanted to change the channel. Have you ever thought if only i could use my ipod or iphone to change the channel? Well now you can.......alright enough with the cheesy sales pitch basically what ive done here is I have converted ir signals to wav sounds which when played back with the right 3.5 mm jack attachment can control any tv or ir device depending upon the sound file. each button is an individual wav sound. The attachment is really very simple to make and only takes me about 10 mins each. but i will cover that in another post. i will be supplying media fire links to zip files that contain sounds for each button of a remote. To support all the effort put into these kinds of projects please click the random links on the blog.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Android 2.4
Monday, February 28, 2011
Ubuntu and Debian on HTC Incredible
1. Find a Computer running Ubuntu
2. open Terminal
3. copy and paste the following text into terminal
apt-get install debootstrap
dd if=/dev/zero of=debian.img seek=838860800 bs=1 count=1
mke2fs -F debian.img
mkdir debian
mount -o loop debian.img debian/
debootstrap --verbose --arch armel --foreign lenny debian http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
umount debian/
rm -r debian/
then
echo "Becoming ROOT!"
su -c bootdebian
exit 1
fi
echo "Mounting system as R/W"
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
echo "Setting some stuff up.."
export bin=/system/bin
export img=/mnt/sdcard/debian.img
export mnt=/data/local/debian
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
if [ ! -d $mnt ]
then
mkdir $mnt
fi
echo "Mounting the Linux Image"
mknod /dev/block/loop5 b 7 0 #may already exist
losetup /dev/block/loop5 $img
mount -t ext2 -o noatime,nodiratime /dev/block/loop5 $mnt
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
echo "Setting Up Networking"
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "Mounting sdcard and emmc in /mnt"
if [ ! -d $mnt/mnt/emmc ]
then
mkdir $mnt/mnt/emmc
fi
busybox mount --bind /mnt/emmc/ $mnt/mnt/emmc
if [ ! -d $mnt/mnt/sdcard ]
then
mkdir $mnt/mnt/sdcard
fi
busybox mount --bind /mnt/sdcard/ $mnt/mnt/sdcard
echo "Entering CHROOT "
echo " "
chroot $mnt /bin/bash
echo " "
echo "Shutting down CHROOT"
umount $mnt/mnt/emmc
umount $mnt/mnt/sdcard
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=0
umount $mnt/dev/pts
umount $mnt/proc
umount $mnt/sys
umount $mnt
losetup -d /dev/block/loop5
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cat /sdcard/bootdebian.sh > /system/xbin/bootdebian.sh
rm /sdcard/bootdebian.sh
chmod 777 /system/xbin/bootdebian.sh
bootdebian.sh
/debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
echo 'deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main' >/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get autoclean
apt-get update
exit
apt-get update apt-get install tighvncserver apt-get install lxde export USER=root vncserver –geometry 1024x800
cat > /root/.vnc/xstartup #!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey icewm & lxsession
15. Press “CTRL+D” twice after the last line of the command
16. now input this next set of text
cat > front export USER=root cd / rm -r -f tmp mkdir tmp cd / vncserver -geometry 1024×80017. Press “CTRL+D” twice after the last line of the command18. Now enter the following textcat front /root/.bashrc > temp cp temp /root/.bashrc19. DONE!!!. Now all you have to do is type "bootdebian.sh" (without the quotes) and it will start debian as well as thegui automatically, so you could now go into Android vnc (the vnc viewer I use) or whatever viewer you choose to use and enter into the Gui.I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your device during, before, or as a result of this process. If you have any questions what so ever, post a comment and i will answerto the best of my ability. I will probably post the ubuntu tutorial, some time next week. THANK YOU!Sources: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-nook-color/ ; http://lanrat.com/android/debian