ELITE1′s OS UPGRADE GUIDE

1. (Optional) Uninstall any previous OS from PC.
2. Download OS to PC. Use Internet Explorer, not Firefox or Chrome. (For leaked versions, browser is irrelevant.)
   *If 100% certain you’ve previously used FF or Chrome on same PC to DL an OS successfully, feel free to use FF or Chrome again.
3. Following successful DL, run OS file to install OS on PC.
4. On BB, go to BBM Options, scroll down to Backup section. Ensure Remote Backup is enabled AND also conduct a Local Backup to media card.
5. Go through any 3rd party apps with option to save settings to media card. Conduct Backup to media card within each of these apps. (Examples: Bellshare apps like BerryBuzz & BerryWeather; QuickLaunch; Shao’s apps like Wallpaper Changer & SixTools; etc).
6. Connect BB to PC. Open DM and backup device. Close DM.
7. (Optional) Use desktop app like BBSAK or BBMCP to backup 3rd party apps.
8. On PC, delete Vendor file located here:
   •64-bit: Computer/C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Research In Motion/AppLoader
   •32-bit: Computer/C:/Program Files/Common Files/Research In Motion/AppLoader
9. (Optional/Recommended) Run BB Boss v2.2 or BBH Tool (formerly Shrink-A-OS).
10. In same AppLoader file where you deleted Vendor, double-click Loader to load OS to BB. Follow onscreen instructions.
11. After loading OS, perform several physical battery pulls over first 1-2 days for OS to “settle in.” Perform first batt pull very soon after OS is loaded.

TROUBLESHOOTING
How to Fix OS not Appearing as Available
There are 2 common reasons:

A. HIDDEN VENDOR FILE
Consider trying this new desktop app to remove Vendor from several common locations:
Vendor XML Remover V1.0

If manually deleting Vendor, always hold down SHIFT and press DELETE to permanently delete.
Check here first:
•64-bit: Computer\C:\Users\{USER NAME}\AppData\Roaming\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML
•32-bit: Computer\C:\Documents and Settings\{USER NAME}\Application Data\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML
If Loader still doesn’t make new OS available, search PC for “Vendor”.

If Vendor is not found anywhere, see below to delete contents of AppLoader folder. (Folder where you found Loader & Vendor.)

B. APPLOADER FOLDER ITEMS

1. Uninstall the OS: Control Panel\Programs and Features, highlight this BlackBerry Device Software, click Uninstall at top.
2. Delete AppLoader folder contents: Highlight any item, CTRL+A to select all, SHIFT+DELETE to permanently delete.
   •64-bit: Computer/C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Research In Motion/AppLoader
   •32-bit: Computer/C:/Program Files/Common Files/Research In Motion/AppLoader
3. Restart PC.
4. Re-install OS on PC: Go to your browser’s downloads section, double-click OS to start InstallShield Wizard.
5. Delete Vendor: Return to AppLoader folder, highlight Vendor, SHIFT+DELETE.
6. Load OS to BB: Attach BB to PC, double-click Loader (in AppLoader folder, where you deleted Vendor).

You need to add below repository to your system and install using zypper as following, as root :

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/frispete:/RemoteDesktop/openSUSE_11.1/home:frispete:RemoteDesktop.repo

zypper in NX

zypper in FreeNX

Also find this quick user guide in pdf format : FreeNX Quick User Guide

PS. The user guide was obtained from http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2008-May/007059.html

Recently, I have been unable to export Customer Invoices list from the GTK client 5.0.16. But I could export supplier invoices and all other forms just as easy. I can also export customer invoices using the web interface and using NanTic Koo KDE client.

I usually get this error while trying to export customer invoices list :

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/user/openERP/openerp-client-5.0.16/bin/modules/gui/main.py”, line 1334, in _sig_child_call
res = wid.handlers[button_name]()
File “/home/user/openERP/openerp-client-5.0.16/bin/modules/gui/window/form.py”, line 281, in sig_save_as
win = win_export.win_export(self.model, self.screen.ids_get(), self.screen.fields, fields, parent=self.window, context=self.context)
File “/home/user/openERP/openerp-client-5.0.16/bin/modules/gui/window/win_export.py”, line 174, in __init__
self.fill_predefwin()
File “/home/user/openERP/openerp-client-5.0.16/bin/modules/gui/window/win_export.py”, line 241, in fill_predefwin
self.predef_model.append(([f['name'] for f in fields], export['name'], ‘, ‘.join([self.fields_data[f['name']]['string'] for f in fields])))
KeyError: u’reference’

I found out comparing old and new backups of my database, that there’s a line in ir.exports table that’s not showing in the predefined export fields. Deleting all rows in this table made the client functioning as it used to.

A list of top 100 open source applications for use with Linux and MS Windows :

http://www.ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/

You need to download and install the following package :

http://am4computers.com/downloads/Hauwei/Linux_Hauwei_Movistar3G.zip

The Movistar 3.5G will be installed on your system. It will be invoked as soon as you plug your USB modem. You need to create a profile for Mobinil from Options, Profile Management, New and set the APN to mobinilweb.

And don’t forget to change the type of connection to Modem, not NDIS.

You can also use UMTSmon, which is a tool to control and monitor a wireless mobile network card (GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, UMTS, HSDPA) in a laptop running the Linux operating system. It handles PIN codes, operator choice (roaming), signal strength and network statistics, sending/receiving SMS . You can grab the latest version from http://umtsmon.sourceforge.net/.

The developer.nokia.com/community discussion forum was offline and under maintenance for sometime now, only for Nokia to officially announce that the forum had had a security breach. I quote :

During our ongoing investigation of the incident we have discovered that
 a database table containing developer forum members' email addresses
has been accessed, by exploiting a vulnerability in the bulletin board
software that allowed an SQL Injection attack. Initially we believed
that only a small number of these forum member records had been
accessed, but further investigation has identified that the number is
significantly larger.

The database table records includes members’ email addresses and, for
fewer than 7% who chose to include them in their public profile, either
birth dates, homepage URL or usernames for AIM, ICQ, MSN, Skype or
Yahoo. However, they do not contain sensitive information such as
passwords or credit card details and so we do not believe the security
of forum members’ accounts is at risk. Other Nokia accounts are not
affected.

Official announcement can be found here :

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/content.php

Today, we added the Google +1 Button to our main website, below is the code you need to insert in your page for your website to have the button also :

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
<g:plusone></g:plusone>

Back in 2009, google launched its URL shortner services, goo.gl. Now, google has acquired g.co , an URL shortcut that only links to google products and services.

Find below post from Google Blog :

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/gco-official-url-shortcut-for-google.html

Just copy and paste text below into a google search text area and replace the “artist or song” with an actual artist or song, and enjoy searching for free online music files :


-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “artist or song”