Don't forget to use the Wizards after any settings change,

...or preferably USE the wizard to make the changes in the first place.

Need to know what the damn DNS *should* look like (rather than that conusing mess that presents itself to you when its NOT working!??

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/2003_Server/Q_21179346.html

Oh, and don't forget ths good advice, long learned, and often forgot:

"... I realized I should try re-running the ICW after changing all of the settings I had changed.

After I ran that, I rebooted the client computers and everything works fine."

Making "full" use of a Telecom=locked THOMPSON TG585v7

Ah, that little white box so full of promise, until you plug it in and find there's nowhere to go...

With no adsl phone line connected, you get the following unhelpful screen that seemingly can take you no further. Typing in the default ip address of 192.168.1.254 annoyingly resolves to dsldevice.lan and nothing more seems to be possible..


All is not lost, however, somehow I came across two methods to get a bit deeper (despite rumours that there is a secondary lan range and/or password kept top secret and known by only those who rub shoulders with Theresa Gattung (or whoever her current replacement happens to be ;)



Step one: use this url
http://dsldevice.lan/cgi/b/lan/?be=0&l0=3&l1=-1

This allows the more familiar setup screens of old, complete with blue text hyperlinks to everything, most importantly the
Configure link

Step 2.
Change the logon credentials for the administrator.
The current default is a blank password, and the login is Administrator (with a capital) - which is important for the telnet step below.
But don't panic reading about telnet (yes, it's there in Win7, just needs to be enabled (ticked on) under Windows Programs)
The web interface will immediatly prompt you for the credentials when you change them successfully, so you are IN.
Then mosey over to Internet settings, and put in your adsl userid and password (even if its not xtra, gasp)!
There is no Save button, but fear not, it does save, somehow.

Now comes the telnet bit. Should it not save, you apparently can save the config file using cli (command line in telnet) using this:
config save filename = myset.ini
Edit this file to reflect your login (the file is hard to find buried somewhere deep in c:\windows...???)
Then upload it to the modem using
config load filname = myeditedset.ini

You'll know you're in when you see some ascii art (which takes me back:)



For the record, here are my router's specs

System Information
This page summarizes important information on your Thomson Gateway. You may need this information when you contact your helpdesk.
Product Name: TG585v7
Serial Number:CP0922SFxxx
Software Release:7.4.2.7
Software Variant:ES
Boot Loader Version:1.0.0
Product Code:36588280
Board Name:CANT-P

Moving to Google Apps based email - here's how

Get the Sync program
tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync

With a new user, with Office 2010 installed, but not in use, choose a New Profile. Otherwise use an existing one to grab all the email off the local PST or Exchange Server.


Restart Outlook.
Done!

If you use Sharepoint (for a shared Company listing of contacts for example, Click on Actions, and Open in Outlook.

Form the client's address book, choose Options, and set the Shared Contacts list to appear first and search though first if required.

Is there life beyond Galaxy 2.1?

So you, too want to upgrade the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000T?

Are you very brave?

To upgrade the firmware, as I understand it, this is done using a USB connection to PC Linux or Mac. (Only PC requires the drivers, the others just work).
The KIES software provided by Samsung is crap, but is just used to make sure you have the driver working so can go ahead with the coms using ODIN3 software.

Backup of phone data should be done first (ie grab ALL you photo, video, etc off the internal memory andoff the SD card - even though you're taking the SD card out...

The phone has to be put into download mode which is done by:
Powering off phone
Remove SIM, remove microSD
Hold up and down volume buttons while powering on (older phones apparently used to have to hold 3 buttons: VolDown, Home and Power all at same time) (?)
Keep holding them till you see an Downloading Android logo.
Connect USB cable to the phone.
Windows will install the usb download mode drivers.

To flash the phone with the newer firmware

As above, but run ODin3 on the PC/Linux/Mac
Connect your Galaxy S using USB (Still in download mode)
Odin3 displays a connection on Com7
Select the pit file and the PDA file you require
Only select the PDA / Code file.
Start the download and hopefully get to 100% , reset the phone before disconnecting the usb cable

(Thanks mainly to
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/91-Tutorial-How-to-debrand-and-flash-newer-firmware-to-your-Galaxy-S )

My milage
I backup up (copied all the visible content of the two drives that appeared when I Mounted the drives in plain USB mode (not KIES). 400odd MB of the 512MB microSD and 880MB of 1Gb onboard (internal SD).

Removed SIM and microSD, put phone into Download mode (required downvol, home and on butons) - this occurs instantly
Connected USB, Win7 automatically deteced a Gadget! and downlaoded the driver:

I chose the PIT and PDA files, Clicked Start - nothing happened apart from the first line 0/0 in screenshot.

Dicsonnected and reconnected USB, got as far as screen shot for 5 or more minutes - nothing happened..
Reopened Odin3, same thing, tried all 3 files - see second screenshot.

Had to hard power off the phone, but it booted ok despite all this - but I'm still no further and still on the original firmware version :(

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Notes:
To see your signal strength and channel frequencies
*#0011#
On Telecom my phone currently show
WCDMA850 Band 5
Reg PLMN 530-5
Freq DL 1062
Freq UL:837
PSC:51
RSCP:-85 ish ECIO:-7

To view your current firmware version type *#1234#
As supplied by Telecom May 2011 my IS9000T displays:
PDA: I9000TDOKA1
PHONE: I9000TDOJL1
CSC: I9000TTNZJL1

the phone itself reports
Firmware 2.1-update1

Kernel version 2.6.29

Build Number ECLAIR.DOKA1

My Apps
Voice Dialler
Voice Search
Shopping List 1.3.15
Swiftkey X 2.0.5.109
Dolphin Browser 5.1.0
Silent TIme Lite 3.3.4
Sim Toolkit
PDF Viewer (Dolphin addon)

Why "Android"?

My experience moving from Nokia Symbian 60 to Android 2.1 on a Galaxy I9000

Reasons for going with the Android ...

In a Google-centred world, using Google's own phone operating system just makes sense.
It simplifies setup and use. It took me 2 minutes to have all my Google contacts visible on my phone, my Google calendar visible, be able to send and receive emails and do all this whether on the road (using my 2GB data plan), or through wifi at home or work or anywhere else I can get a connection.

By contrast, the iPhone needs to have the SMTP server specified exactly right to be able to connect, and seems to need another set of settings for 3G versus wifi, and wifi thru different ISPs!
Not sure how the Windows phone compares here.

The battery life does not seem to be reduced by having wifi turned on, but I have yet to test leaving Bluetooth on. (My previous Nokia didn't last the day if I left Bluetooth on)

Open standards. Even the most ardent Microsoft fanboys know deep in their bones that open standards are a good thing, at least I hope they do ;)
Having a multitude of applets created by the community allows the best to shine through. You may have to invest a bit of time finding the best, and possibly go through some pain if you test too many poorly written options on your own phone. But that what the factory reset is for after all. (I wonder if the apps I have paid for from the Market will reinstall after a reset, not having tried this yet?!)


Before moving to this new Android, as I was sure I would still need my laptop when on the road. As a result my choice of handset was determined by which model could be "tethered" to my laptop ie act as a modem. Now I find that I can do just about everything on the Android and don't really need the laptop for internet access (there are still some static pdf manuals I refer to on a regular basis, but these are stored on the laptop). The 4" screen and my fat fingers cope well enough to update jobs in my jobs system, input billing details, keep my calendar current and email brief, txt-like cryptic messages.
So the choice of handset was made for me, as the cheaper handset option did not offer the tethering capability (and I just wanted the big, fast handset so I had sufficient grunt and memory to actually use).

My list of must have apps:
Dolphin browser
Swiftkey

Summary: Its a huge leap forward moving form the older style to any new Smartphone, but Android has to be the pick if you want ease of integration with your Google-oriented world.

Recover files after deletion

Recover files after deletion

Had a customer that had deleted the photos on his cameras SD card. File system was fat32. To recover them I used an Ubuntu Linux program called Foremost and it worked really well.

source code http://foremost.sourceforge.net/

Grab foremost:
sudo apt-get install foremost

Have Foremost audit your drive for recoverable files: sdi was the sd card device. Audit.txt was output to /recovery/foremost so you have to su sudo to read it.
sudo foremost -w -i /dev/sdi -o /recovery/foremost

Have foremost recover jpg files:
sudo foremost -t jpg -i /dev/sdi -o /recovery/foremost

files output to directory /recovery/foremost/jpg.

I wish it was all that easy:)