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I know that the Google Nexus One is the hottest Android phone available today. However, there are some of N-1 owners out there complaining about the Google Nexus one 3G connectivity problem.See, some people is finding it hard to keeping or even finding a 3G signal. However, you can rest easy coz the cure might be here.  Just remember that this fixing the Nexus One 3G problem cure is not coming from Google, but from our friend Kevin Tofel.

Here’s how to fix the Google Nexus One 3G connectivity problem/issue:

1. Go into setting
2. Select “Wireless and Networks” .
3. Choose the “Mobile Networks” option
4. Go into the “Network Operators section
5. Now the Nexus One will start looking for GSM networks near you.
6. When the search is complete, click on “Select Automatically”.
7. The phone will respond “Registered on network”.

Simple, huh? yeah I know… Anyway, I hope that this tips can help you fixing your Nexus One 3G connectivity problem. It is worth to try and pretty harmless

P.S. I still think that Google should prepare the official update in order to fix the 3G problem….

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Recently I stumble youtube and find this interesting N97 quick video about tips and tricks on how to set automatic updates for your Nokia N97. So, without further delay, enjoy the video after the break Continue reading ‘[Video] How to Set Automatic Updates on Nokia N97’ »

I’ve found a very interesting post that unveils how to create free ringtones on iPhone via iTunes 8. The writer even said that “iPhone ringtones were never easier (or free-er) to create”. As you all might’ve aware, the new iTunes 8 allows user to customize a particular song’s start- and end-time, paving the way for an iPhone ringtone creation “hack” that requires nothing more than iTunes itself.

Keep in mind that iTunes will allow you to create a ringtone from a song downloaded through the iTunes Music Store, but those ringtones come with fees… and no one likes fees. Follow this guide to create free iPhone ringtones for free using nothing more than iTunes.

To create simple, free iPhone ringtones from your iTunes library, follow these steps:

• Note: This process works with MP3, ACC, and AIFF files.
• Note: Only DRM-free songs can be used with this ringtone creation process.
  • Any song downloaded from iTunes Music Store will have DRM (Digital Rights Management), so don’t use those songs.
  • Any song ripped from a CD or downloaded from DRM-free sources (P2P, Amazon, your friend) will work just fine.

1. Fire up iTunes 8
2. Find the song you’d like to turn in to a ringtone

Select the song you want to use as your iPhone ringtone

3. Right click on the song
4. Select “Get Info”
5. Hit the “Options” tab
6. Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes

Customize the start and end times for your ringtone clip

7. Specify what time interval you’d like to use as your ringtone clip
8. Click “OK”. Make sure the song you want is still highlighted
9. Click on “Advanced” in your menu bar
10. Select “Create AAC Version” or “Create Apple Lossless Version”

You want to create a duplicate song file with the customized playing time

11. A duplicate copy of your song will appear in iTunes – this new song will have the same filename but shorter “Time”. Go back to the original song and uncheck those “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes

See the duplicate song underneath the original song?

12. Drag the duplicate song to your Desktop

Duplicate song file on Desktop

13. Once the duplicate song is copied to your Desktop, delete the duplicate file in iTunes

Notice that the duplicate song file is gone – deleted

14. On your Desktop, rename the file with the “.m4r” file extension – Use the new extension. This turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file

Use the new filename extension

The .m4r file is now a ringtone file

15. Your “songname.m4a” file should now be named “songname.m4r”
16. Drag the newly renamed .m4r (songname.m4r) file back into iTunes
17. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” becomes highlighted. You have to delete the duplicate song file (Step 12) otherwise iTunes won’t import your new .m4r file
18. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes
19. Sync your iPhone to get jiggy with your new iPhone ringtones!
20. Enjoy… Hope that this post can help

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Well, after a while giving you informations about new phones from various vendor such as the Google’s G1, Apple’s iPhone 3G, SE’s XPERIA X1, HTC, etc, it is about time I give you guys a deeper look to refurbished cell phones. As we all know, many people prefer refurbished cell phones that has more reasonable price range for them. However, we can’t just choose our refurbished cell phones randomly, here are some consideration in buying refurbished cell phones:

When to Buy a Refurbished Cell Phone

The first factor appealing you to a refurbished cell phone should be the cost savings. A used cell phone will almost certainly be cheaper than a new cell phone. If it’s not, scoff silently to yourself and look elsewhere.

In consumer electronics, you get what you pay for. If you’re paying for something someone else has already loved, used for a short amount of time and then returned or even abused, a second-hand phone has to come with a price drop.

Another reason a refurbished cell phone may be right for you is if you believe in the power of small decisions having an impact on the planet at large. With this decade’s red-hot green movement, buying a refurbished cell phone keeps it out of landfills.
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I found an interesting tips about the Sony Ericsson w810i over at the internet. So basically we can save the lifetime of the battery by turning off the backlight of the W810i when we’re on a long call (note: the display backlight of the handset is set to be on all the time when we’re on call). There are two useful step that can turn off the backlight, which are:

Simply go into your inbox during the call and wait a few seconds. Then the light will go out because you haven’t pressed anything but the call will stay in effect

hit an arrow down key if that gets you to your address book . that will also shut the screen down in 10 seconds or so.

Cool isn’t it? This might save those people who are often to forget charging their W810i…Hope this works! (And remember that this only saves battery for when you’re talking on the phone)

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Here’s a tricks i got from intomobile on how to tether iPhone 3G and use it as a modem. Hope it is useful. Enjoy, folks…

Follow this tutorial to get your iPhone 3G tethered and playing nice with your laptop:

1. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G
2. Install 3Proxy and MobileTerminal
   1. Fire up the “Cydia” application that was installed during the iPhone 3G jailbreak
   2. Navigate to Install>All Packages
   3. Find and install MobileTerminal
   4. Find and install 3Proxy
   5. Hit the “Home” button to verify that MobileTerminal is now installed on the homescreen (3Proxy isn’t a GUI app, so you won’t see an application icon)
3. Create an ad-hoc WiFi network on your laptop laptop
   1. Name it something memorable – like “Tether-ific”
4. Lock your iPhone 3G on to the ad-hoc WiFi network you just created
   1. Settings>WiFi Networks
5. Find out your iPhone’s IP address
   1. Setting>WiFi Networks
   2. Tap on the little blue arrow to the right of the WiFi network you just joined – “Tether-ific,” in this case
   3. Write down the iPhone IP address
6. Fire up MobileTerminal on your iPhone 3G
   1. Execute the proxy program
      1. Type in “socks” and hit enter
      2. You won’t get any confirmation that the SOCKS server is up and running, but it is
      3. Hit the “Hom” button to return to homescreen
         1. Remember to quit the MobileTerminal application by opening it later and holding down the “Home” button and forcing it to quit
7. Start up your iPhone’s Safari browser and open a web page
   1. Wait for your iPhone’s Safari browser to realize that it can’t use the ad-hoc WiFi network (because it leads nowhere, for now) and then switch to using the 3G data connection
   2. This step takes a little while, so be patient
8. Configure Firefox to use your iPhone proxy
   1. Preferences>Advanced>Network>Setting
   2. Find the “SOCKS Host” field and enter the IP address you wrote down earlier
   3. Set port to”1080″
   4. Go to Firefox’s address bar and type in “about:config”
      1. Hit Enter
   5. Find the “Filter” field and type in “socks”
      1. Hit Enter
   6. Find the entry that looks like “network.proxy.socks_remote_dns”
      1. Double click
   7. Change value to “true”
9. You’re done, get to surfing the web through your new iPhone 3G tether!

Remember to quit MobileTerminal when you’re done surfing at 3G speeds. Start up MobileTerminal again and hold down the “Home” button until the application force-quits

So, have anyone tried it yet? You can share your experience by submitting comments

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Hmm…Do you know that GPS receiver and 3G radio can suck the battery of your iPhone 3G? some of you might’ve noticed that the lifetime of your iPhone 3G’s battery is shorter than the previous version of iPhone. However, we now have the solution thanks to our folks at intomobile. Here’s the step:

First off, you can disable your 3G data radio.

• Navigate to Settings>General>Network>Enable 3G and toggle “OFF’

Second, you can try to force-quit applications that may be running in the background and sucking precious electrons from your battery pack.

• Open up suspect applications (anything that you don’t want persisting in the background) and hold down the “Home” (the only button on the iPhone’s face) until the application quits. It takes a while, be patient.

Third, try resetting the iPhone.

• Hold down the Power/Sleep button located along the top-edge of the iPhone until you see the “Slide to Power OFF” prompt.
• Flick the slider to the right and let the iPhone shutdown.
• Press the Power button to turn on the iPhone

Lastly, you can try to reset your network settings.

• Navigate to Settings>General>Reset and hit “Reset Network Settings”

Lastly, good luck guys…

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