A few years ago, I got a Wansview NCH-536MW IP camera. That was one of the first 720p cameras with night-vision, motion and all features you could wish for. One problem, though: The user interface looks awfully outdated and half of the setup only works in Microsoft Internet Explorer and only if you have some… Read More »
Samsung seems to have failed, rushing to put out an update to the “Volume-“-bug in their Galaxy Nexus. They provided a wrong-signed Google+ and Google Maps app. They failed to update (“Wrong package signature”, see here). To find out if your device has this broken firmware, check the build number: ITL41F.I9250XWKK8 instead of just ITL41F… Read More »
To manually update the firmware, put the new firmware named as update.zip onto the root directory of the microSD card. Then do this: (found at androidspin.com)
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 »
There is a way to install and activate the most recent BETA firmware without registering the device’s UDID as a developer. What you’ll need: Steps Device Version Build Note 3G 2.2.1 5H11 3G 3.0 7A238j BETA 1 3G 3.0 7A259g BETA 2 3G 3.0 7A280f BETA 3 3G 3.0 7A300g BETA 4 3G 3.0 7A312g… Read More »
Install DD-WRT Download: dd-wrt.com Patching firmware Older versions of DD-WRT didn’t provide a firmware file for the WL-300g, but only for the WL-500gx. So I had to patch it for the WL-300g to accept. The router ID was found quick: In the dd-wrt.v23_asus.trx at 0x356fc4, there’s the string which is WL500gx. After changing it to… Read More »
A local discounter offered a MP4-player entryx EM850 some time ago. The supplied firmware has some severe problems, e.g. the devices powers off while playing without touching it. After some research, I found some thread at discountfan.de which mentions that the device is originally built by YIFANG and is OEM’ed as Meizu M6 or TEAC… Read More »
A M65 of my in-laws seemed broken so I took it home to play around with my DCA-510-cable. It showed firmware rev. 15 … the current one was rev. 58. I read somewhere that older firmware WILL produce problems so I was glad that it might be a software problem instead of a hardware one.… Read More »
The 660HW-67 was distributed in Germany as the “WLAN Modem 100” through the Arcor ISP. It came with the firmware QD.7 which seems to be originally made for AOL. To get the router ready for ADSL2+, I needed the QQ.7 firmware which is the original one. Firmware crossgrade Manual: dslrouter-hilfe.de The big problem is that… Read More »
Homepage: fortuna.com.tw No fix since 2005-07-11 There is an error in the original firmware of the GPSmart that the device almost never get a fix since July, 11th 2005. The function to calculate the visible satellites is erroneus and gives wrong values since that date. So the device searches for satellites which are not visible.… Read More »