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Android Hardware Solutions

Galaxy Ace – Gingerbread Update – Notes

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There are many good tutorials on the web about installing Gingerbread on the Ace (like this one).

Once you have Gingerbread installed what can you expect from your new system?
Other than the already present updates to Android, here are a few notes I made:

  • The Default language at the start is not English. To change, go to Settings -> Locale and Text (recognizable by the keyboard key A as the logo) -> Select Language (Option no. 1 in the list) -> English (or any other language)
  • The battery lasts longer and is estimated more accurately. – The battery info is more detailed too.
  • The Wifi bug that caused the “black screen of death” problem is fixed. Expect more stability while using Wifi
  • The UI is faster and more responsive
  • Fonts are crispier and look great
  • The notification bar is smaller and that really helps screen real estate.
  • Internal memory usage has improved leaps and bounds, expect lesser problems in that area

All in all the upgrade to Gingerbread has been perfect so far.

Note: The version I have installed is XXKPH

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Android Hardware Solutions

Galaxy Ace – Gingerbread Update – Stuck at “Setting Up Connection”

While flashing the Gingerbread update for Galaxy Ace (taken from samfirmware.com ) I encountered an interesting problem with my ODIN being stuck at “Setting Up Connection” message.

The problem I figured out later was a simple case of my phone being in the wrong mode. For updating you must be in the “Downloading” mode, In this mode the phone flashes a single line message on the screen – “Downloading…”


To get to this mode reset your phone(take the battery out, also take out your sim card and micro sd card). Hold Home, Volume Down and power buttons and then connect to the system.

VERY IMPORTANT: If you hold the Volume Up or both Volume buttons you will end up in other modes (like the ram dump mode).

Once in the more updating is just a few minutes affair 🙂



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Linux Solutions Ubuntu

Solve Choqok’s Twitter Connectivity Problems…

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Choqok the new and impressive micro-blogging client for KDE is one of the best clients for microblogging sites. The tool available via the default repositories of Ubuntu does not support the latest OAuth authentication of Twiiter. This means that it wont be able to connect to twitter.

You will need the latest version of Choqok to be able to reconnect to twitter. This can be done as shown below

  • Open the Konsole and execute the following commands:

    • $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adilson/experimental

    $ sudo apt-get update

    $ sudo apt-get install choqok

  • Once installed you will need to reauthenticate your twitter feeds.
    Select the Settings -> Configure Choqok menu item
    In the Accounts tab remove all the old twitter accounts and add them back again
    For each account you will be taken to twitter.com to give permission for Choqok to access your data
    Once done you will get a number, copy-paste the number back in Choqok dialog to get Choqok working again.

The new Choqok also has added features of auto-complete for friend names and better integration with url shortening sites.

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Open Source Solutions Ubuntu

Upgrading to the Latest Firefox – Ubuntu Hacks

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Heard a lot of wonderful reviews of the latest firefox? Want to try it out on your Ubuntu box?
Well unfortunately Ubuntu does not update its Firefox packages immediately after the release. To give a good test run for the latest and best you need to add the repository for the latest release of firefox. The steps are explained below:

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