by Sujoy on September 23, 2010
The new Android 2.1, more popularly known as the Android Eclair, is now available to be downloaded on the Samsung Galaxy Portal on T-mobile UK. The catch is, this upgrade is not available over-the-air (OTA), but has to be initiated by the user using Samsung’s mobile PC suite – Samsung PC Studio.
This is ridiculous, since the Android is a modified version of the Linux kernel, and at its core, is Open Source. However, for the upgrade itself, it has to be connected to a Windows PC. More on that later. For now, let’s focus on the upgrading progress. And this process took me a good 4 hours to complete, until I found the easy and shortcut way to do it. Trust me, follow this process and the upgrade is done within 15 minutes flat!
What I did wrong before:
- Installed Samsung PC Studio which was on the CD that came along with my phone.[ This is version 1.4. etc, which is an old one ]
- Connected my phone via USB cable, and opened up Samsung PCS, and hit the Upgrade button.
- It goes to download the latest install, and then on to Step 3, which is actual upgrade on the phone, and then it goes on for ages, whilst the phone keeps flashing the Samsung logo.
Here’s the right way to do it.
- Install the latest version, just to be very sure. Go to Samsung Mobile UK website, and select Samsung Galaxy Portal-> Software, and download the 1.5 version of Samsung PC Studio.
- Once installed { i.e. after uninstalling the previous version and installing this one } , connect your Samsung Galaxy Portal using the USB Cable. Mount your SD card.
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by Sujoy on August 20, 2010
Yes, we have done quite a few YouTube downloading how-tos in the past. Some of them still work, some don’t. The one which continues to work is the ever-updating awesome tool – KeepVid.com. But remember the good ol’ days of the javascript bookmarklet which used to make life so much easier. Well, the bookmarklet is back again.
And it’s called – PwnYouTube. Go drag and drop it on your bookmarks bar just as I did.
PwnYouTube Bookmarklet
Now when you visit a YouTube video, on the page, when you hit the bookmarklet, the menu option appears on top of the screen. Its on a yellow background, so I don’t think you’ll miss it. For your convenience, it looks like this.
Right click, and save as shown. Voila! Easy peasy!
Else, there is another alternative. Just append ‘pwn’ before the youtube video URL.
e.g. To download video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM, enter
http://www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM
You’ll be redirected to deturl.com, and there, you’ll find options to download it from SaveVid, YouDDL and KeepVid.
So there you go, happy downloading YouTube videos.
by Sujoy on August 10, 2010
Searching for the perfect wallpaper has never been so easy. Behold Ladies and Gents, here is WALLBASE!
This is an awesome online search tool where you can search for wallpapers based on keywords, colours and tags.
For the totally confused ones, you can go for the Random button.
Also, you can check out the Global Toplist to know which ones are ruling other desktops.
One of the best features I found is the wordpress style Tag Cloud which comes is really handy.
The website says, it has so far 26,592 registered users and more than half a million images. That should definitely keep you busy.
Here is the link [ Wallbase ]
by Sujoy on August 4, 2010
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Google Image search is one of the most visited search engines. Be it searching for normal images we want for a project, or something we want to grace our desktop/laptop as a wallpaper. And more often than not, it is the latter. So, it is quite cumbersome when it comes to searching on Google Images for the appropriate sized – or in other words, wallpaper sized images from the huge list of thumbnails. It is a further pain to sort out by clicking on each of them to verify if they are indeed good looking images in the full size, and if they are not pixelised.
The solution: a Google Image Search hack which allows Full size image results, no thumbnails whatsoever, for your full viewing pleasure. [ as shown in the pic above]
The link is here:
Google Image Ripper » Dear Computer,.
Enter your search keyword, choose your size – which ranges from icon to xxlarge to huge. Press “Rip Google” and voila. Just be prepared to be hit by a massive wall of wallpapers. And just for your viewing pleasure, I’ll attach a massive High Definition wallpaper of Inception. Of course, this one’s a thumbnail, so do click on it to enjoy it in full HD glory. [ The image below might take a while to load ]
