Author Archives: Markus Birth

Apple iPhone Jailbreak

See Wikipedia for a description of WHAT a jailbreak is. Jailbreak from Linux You’ll need SUN VirtualBox with working kernel modules and a working Windows VM. Repositories for Cydia There is a long list at alltechrelated.com with plenty of repositories for Cydia. Noteworthy apps Some interesting apps from the Cydia Installer:

CruzerSync

For the SanDisk cruzer Titanium U3, there is a sync-software called CruzerSync which really is an OEM version of DMailer. In the SanDisk U3 Download Central you’ll find a link to CruzerSync 6.2.042.1 which is ancient. Then I somehow found a link directly at DMailer.com, which serves CruzerSync 6.3.130.0 (which updates itself to 6.3.134.0 after… Read More: CruzerSync »

Jamba Downloads 🇩🇪

Vor etlicher Zeit hatte ich mal 100,- € Guthaben bei Jamba gewonnen. Beim Versuch, ein Programm auf mein Samsung Z300 zu laden (das Z300 gibt’s bei Jamba nur unter der T-Mobile-Bezeichnung ZM60), zeigte mir Jamba, dass mein Handy angeblich keine Software downloaden könne. Der kleinere Bruder, das Z500, hingegen unterstützt das merkwürdigerweise. Früher hatte es… Read More: Jamba Downloads 🇩🇪 »

mail-notification

Keyring error If you get the following error message: The password of IMAP/POP3 mailbox xxxxx could not be saved to the keyring. Check whether gnome-keyring-daemon runs. If not, just run it once and the mail-notification should work again.

Mixed Locales

I personally like English language operating systems. So I have set my Ubuntu to English language. But I still want German curency, decimals and time. With most applications, you can define the formats to use inside the application. But I stumbled at Evolution which lets you define 12/24-hour setting for the calendar, but doesn’t use… Read More: Mixed Locales »

Audio Bitrates

I recently found this table which lists different audio formats and the bitrates where you’d reach similar quality.

LightTPD

Include wildcard configuration files Lighty doesn’t allow wildcarded inclusions of configuration files, but you can do a little trick using the include_shell command:

DD-WRT

DD-WRT is an alternative firmware for several WLAN routers which offers a lot of more features than the default firmwares of most routers, such as repeater mode, printserver, fileserver, etc.. I use it on an ASUS WL-300g and a Linksys WRT54GL. Configure as non-WDS repeater After a lot of trial-and-error and studying the different HowTos,… Read More: DD-WRT »

Microsoft Office OEM

Install Fujitsu-Siemens version If you want to install a Microsoft Office and you happen to only have an OEM version from Fujitsu-Siemens, you’ll notice that it refuses to install on any Non-FSC-PC. But after some peeking around on the CD, you’ll find a suspiciously large file Install\OFF_FSC.EXE with around 250 MiB. Taking a look at… Read More: Microsoft Office OEM »