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 »

Google Calendars

If you want to sync your iPhone primarily with an Exchange server of your company but do want to have your (private) Google Calendars with you, you can add them as CalDAV calendars (since iPhone OS 3.0). Go to Settings → Mail, Contacts, Calendars → Add Account… → Other → Add CalDAV Account: If you… Read More »

My Applications for iOS

This should be a list of apps I use for specific tasks and why I use them: Banking The free version allows access to all accounts you can reach with one ID. For me, this includes both of my accounts. What do you want more? Birthdays Read all descriptions for apps of this kind and… Read More »

iOS and Crashing Applications

If you have to problem that some apps crash directly after running them, i.e. you see the app “popup” but it immediately disappears leaving you back at the home screen, it might be a problem with Apple’s DRM. This can occur if a Sync with iTunes is aborted or the connection was lost. I found… 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 »

Skype ⇔ SIP Interlink

To connect Skype to a SIP-PBX (e.g. Asterisk), there’s only one free application available: There are also some (Windows-)apps for money, like: Since you can’t integrate these apps into Asterisk, you need to add an extension for each Skype account (1 per PC). If somebody calls via Skype, you can let SipToSis dial a specific… Read More »