Category Archives: Hardware

Everything related to physical devices/objects

iPhone Carrier Settings

To enable MMS and Tethering, you might have to install a carrier-specific file for your carrier. Details If you look at the .ipcc-file you’ll notice that it’s a standard ZIP archive. Inside you’ll find a folder Payload and a folder with your carrier’s name. There you’ll find a file carrier.list along some others. It is… Read More »

iphoneOS Hidden Features

There are some hidden options which you have to enable via modifying some file. (see here and here.) Enable a feature For this you have to have ssh-access enabled!! Features Explained accessibility This will add a new settings menu below General (right below International). It is empty on iPhone 3G. gas-gauge-battery This will enable a… Read More »

MEDION HDDrive2go 🇩🇪

Hardware Cypress AT2LP RC42 Schließt man ein inkompatibles Gerät an, z.B. eine InnoDisk EDC2000 Flash disk, kann es sein, dass kein USB-Laufwerk mehr erkannt wird, sondern ein Gerät Cypress AT2LP RC42. In diesem Fall wurde der EEPROM gelöscht und der Cypress-Chip muss neu programmiert werden. Dazu gibt es das Tool Primer. Dieses hat ein findiger… Read More »

Cisco Catalyst 2950 🇩🇪

MAC Adresstabelle Mit folgendem Befehl (im enable Modus) kann man sich den Zustand der MAC-Adresstabelle anzeigen lassen: Die Ausgabe sieht in etwa so aus: Laut cisco.com ist der normale Timeout einer MAC-Adresse 5min (=300 Sekunden). Während der STP-Erkennung ist der Timeout 15 Sekunden – das erklärt auch, warum die MAC-Adresstabelle nach Ändern der Topologie plötzlich… Read More »

TomTom PNAs

Homepage: tomtom.com Custom Firmware For TomTom PNAs there are several inofficial firmwares. These allow you to run newer firmware versions on older devices. You can make the firmware believe it is on a different device to enable additional features. This is set by the file config/model.txt. The following values are possible: For my… Read More »

Backup Wii games to USB HDD

System Menu 4.2 To patch System Menu 4.2 to allow backup (and playing of these backups) of games, follow the instructions at wiihacks.com. After this procedure you will be able to use a USB Launcher to make and play backups or a DVD Launcher to play backup DVDs. Shop Channel Update On October, 21st 2009,… Read More »

MSI DigiVox A/D USB2.0

Ubuntu To use this DVB-T USB stick in Ubuntu, you have to install a newer kernel driver. Follow the instructions from mcentral.de. Also you might have to install the firmware files according to ubuntuforums.org. Finally you need to extract the firmware of the xc3028 tuner using the manual at wiki.ubuntuusers.de. (You’ll need the Windows driver… Read More »

iOS Firmware Unpacking

Preparations You’ll need the following tools: Now compile the genpass.c: Unpacking the ipsw file The iPhone Software .ipsw files are normal ZIP files. You can extract them with e.g. IZArc. The archivescontain several files and some disk images: the iPhone OS itself, an Upgrade image and a Restore image. These 3 interesting files for the… Read More »