Finally we had concluded our Hainan trip with Brompton bike

 Finally have the time and internet to post my Hai Nan Brompton trip. Due to China have firewall to disable google etc. Currently I am seating in Kohibito near Hanoi, Cat Linh writing this post on my newly bought iPad mini keyboard. I am still getting use to the small keyboard and I immediately is able to feel strain on my forearms. Keyboard is really too small to be type comfortably on. A video speak a thousand words let me use video to do the talking. 

It is winter time and places like japan and mainland china is cold but Hainan being a separate island is hot and humid especially in Sanya. What I hate about this place is the splitting culture and eating of bing nan where people chew the fruit and split Silva all over the place.

This trip I learn that all China iphone is able to support 2 physical SIM card from iPhone 11 onwards. I didn’t know about this since I stop following iPhone since iPhone 7. Furthermore, iPhone which is bought in Sanya airport is duty free and with heavy discount and units sold are generately 25% cheaper for the new phone. This is super crazy. I didn’t get to buy one as the shop only allow same date purchase, my flight was in the early morning straight after midnight hence the shop is technically close by then and the salesman was not able to be flexible on this.

Finally we concluded that it is although possible to fly with Dimpa bag alone but you must have correct protection with your clothes as layering. The rear rack is also very prone to knocking and bending which Jacky experience when we fly from Hainan out to Hanoi with no card box protection. Her rear fork one of the metal is bend and this affected her rolling balances. Jacky was super sad about her black lacquer then but had get over it as bike is safe in the harbour but that is not what the bike is built for.

Moving forward since I have internet in Hanoi I will try to post more often moving forward.

We secretly gave Mai a surprise visit

Hanoi lodging is so high compared to Nha Trang. Usually we pay only 4 star hotel for $18 but in Hanoi central / Tay Ho we are only able to get $30 for 3 star hotel. 

Earlier this morning when I went down to eat and I saw the haze is so bad in Hanoi and I do a quick search on the air quality and realise it was 25x above world recommended level. OMG, extremely unhealthy and I think Hanoi will not be a good place for us to relocate. As this is the 3rd trip this year and I think i will not come back to Hanoi anytime soon. I personally now like Dalit and then follow up Nha Trang now.

From Airbnb at Yen Phu we check out and move to lahomestay hang dau. I see the picture so nice but price at only $15 on agoda. But when we check in then the owner tell us that the hotel is newly added in the agoda and they didn’t prepare the room for us. So our 3 days booking have to cut to 1 and I need to move out again tomorrow.

Today after checking in to hotel we decided to give Mai a surprise at her Bima leather company. She was a new friend we made when we was looking for leather tools during our first visit. We decide to drop by her office and give her a surprise. 

Today big news is that the China bull market suddenly pull back and a lot of 90s and 00s are taking up loans and brought into the market. They were heavily influenced by China influencer. However as these younger generation had not accumulated much assets and those 3rd party non bank lender will see a lot of default from these group of people. 躺平了. Now is really getting harder and harder for younger generation. The economic no longer make sense even for me.  

Red pill or blue pill

 Today uncle iPhone heat up repeatedly turning on and off. The phone got so hot that it’s too hot to touch. The phone die off after the battery went flat. 

Enjoying mud bath during island hopping

We went to a shop to repair and the men started to say he will open up the phone and dry for 50k ($3). It is so cheap and it almost felt like a trap. The men proceeded to open the phone fast and swiftly. I saw the workmanship apparently he is very skilled so I don’t know why he charge so cheaply for opening and drying for so little money. 

It’s too long so I went around to shop. Uncle called and say the men took the phone away as he say he need to PC to help to test the phone. Later the men return to show that the phone still couldn’t open and suggested him to change LCD with 3 kind of grade. Uncle ask me if he should proceed. Although I already felt it was a scam but I didn’t tell him as his objective is to repair the phone so that he can access his data in the phone. 

He decided to go for 2.2mil ($120) screen the highest quality. He didn’t take back the original LCD which I ask him to pick it up from the shop later he say he told it from the trash bin. The original LCD got 狸猫换太子. The men got a business, charged $120 for a grade A LCD and got himself an original iPhone LCD as spare parts. I knew because I was in this industry before. 

Question, if knowing the truth in this world hurts. Would you want to let ignorance people know about it? Red pill and blue pill which one would you choose. Letting people know, once it’s been seen it cannot be unseen. My experience is when I tell them the truth sometime people will be sad and say why this world is like this. They became very sad but unfortunately it is the truth. I started to ask myself if truth is really that important?

Neo V camera and video sample : Break for lunch

Hi people. I will show case my new purchased phone Xperia Neo V's photo and video quality. However as this is my blog, I will not be writing the review so you have to take judgement for yourself:

New purchase: Curve 8520 :) (Macro mode with flash)

Auto mode without flash

Macro without flash

Recently heavy involved in the admin building renovation. Hmmm, technically I am the ID for this project :) First time working as a execution for project, super prefer this over engineering department. If I was here at the very first place, I might not have made up my mind to switch you know. Too bad.

Auto mode with flash

My humble little workstation, lappie.

Auto mode

Enjoyed myself at work most of the time, especially lunch time going out with all the old man and debate on pressing issue of Gen Y kids.

Video on auto mode

Recently just rained a lot

Sharp 940sh, BB flip 8220, N8 Belle

There is risk in doing everything. Business investment or decision but its all about risk management. I love my new risk, exotic mobile collection. Iys like my life is on the line, a signal loss will lock up the Jap phone.

  
 

Sharp 940sh release in dec 2010. Totally killed N8 split second. Unforunately, media is locked down, gonna go unlock it by experts. Will this be an investment?

Finally hacked my N8 with Belle after a long thought. So unlock N8 to its full potential and I ask, is N8 xenon flash really worth me going this long a way? I thought no. N82 still ultimate and N8 still hasn't manage to replace my N82. Still love it.
 

Someone gave this Jap phone to me.



So now i am a official flip phone fanboy.

Now BB flip 8220. Finally I see some remarkable flips. With 3.5mm thats awesome, surprise to find stereo speaker loud and crisp, its almost the N95 level 85% as loud. Built in Wifi a big
Plus and music playback is Dr Dreably good. Remarkable. I hate its suretype keypad, its battery life and its camera. Or it lags too.

Ernest and I smelling fishy. Can we pull off??? Ciao night.

How to install unsigned application on Nokia n8 tutorial

Shortly after release of the Nokia N8, hackers are quick to release the camera mod to give 30fps, 97% raw quality and continuous auto focusing. Now, they officially released the hack to the community.

Fully hacked N8 includes hacked installserver, which allows us to install all application without signing it. Hope you hope how powerful this thing can help us. Access to sys/bin folder with read and WRITE function. And a fully built up file explorer optimized for symbian^3.

Download (Hacked UDA) and Flash using the known Phoenix procedure:
Download Links

Source
PNHT Forum.
Hyper-X

Nokia N8, Hard format (button combination) tutorial

Many guys here face the "brick" problem after trying to play with FontRouter. So I have to find the way to recover it and at last I found one. (And I have to warn you here that DON'T USE FontRouter ON YOUR N8 OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE)

Here is the method to full format and make bricked N8 come alive again:

1) Turn off your phone

2) Hold "Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key" and press power button until your phone shake

3) Wait until screen show properly... and welcome back!!

Problem you face after hard format:

1. Ovi map data lost!!! download it here

2. Ovi Store 2.0 and can't be installed correctly thereafter.

**Hard format remove QT runtime, which was used on Ovi 2.0. You need to go Nokia care to flash it again.

Therefore please do not use the hard button formatting unless you absolutely needs to!!!!!

Nokia N8 HyperX camera mod 30fps, uncompressed hack tutorial

HyperX camera mod, below the changelog:

1. video 864x480 change 25FPS to 30FPS
2. photo quality: high quality change from 85 to 100
3. photo quality: mid quality change from 75 to 85
4. photo quality: low quality change from 60 to 75
5. photo estimate size update to reflect more accurate file size
6. photo capture profiles update, remove 1152x864 profile from low/mid quality, included 4000x2248 and 4000x3000 profile into low/mid quality.

How to sign your own App?
download SISSigner, then you need to put in ur certificate and key, then browse for the application then sign.

to get certificate and key go to http://www.s60certkey.com/index.php, sign up, put in ur imei number, wait 24-48 hours to be completed and then download cer and key.


you need to sign the package first before installing...

For advanced user, use at your own risk!!

download mod

My little N8 Image explained

I am so sick, totally down with a stomach flu. Blame it on the Korean cold noodle I ate last Sunday. This lesson taught me not to act like one "cum some hamnida", no everyone can take their food cold/raw. That's a reason why people invented fire with a flint and a stone. Brighter note, I can take a long 5 day break to rejuvenate myself. Of course, people around me are worried, irritated by my poor health and losing concentration at study. The poor person who is worrying about me, I am sorry to have caused all the negativity. And thanks for chanting "Ah Mi Tou Fu" to hui xiang for me :)

The culprit for my stomach Flu "Korean cold noodle"

Recently we were into beading animal. We spent many hours of time and concentration to do the animal, everyone we put in our heart and soul. There why they are so live like. They are so alive that they BITE. Only the first one we did, sort of failed. We classified it as premature birth, and born with mild deformation. Poor seal... But as we became more experienced, the kitten, piggie, snowman and twitter bird are strong and healthy.





Whao, very long since I last updated. So long that Liping came for 6 weeks attachment at JI and now it was already 4 weeks into her new semester. Time really flies. Life moving on, still hunting aimlessly. When the one day that my life is finally orientated?

Dax & CLP (the intern)

Zhen Hao & Zhen Zi (the operation engineer)

When can you define a couple's honey moon period over? When both forgot about their anniversary.

Bought and Sold N8: Few days

Sembcorp shares jump from $3.7 (sold off rate) to $4.9: Few months

Me and Liping lovingly together: Few years and still counting.........

"Love doesn't really kick into the picture until the honey-moon period is over. There where people becaeme rational. And also the time to judge whether is it true love. Because true love will withstand the test of time." - Limbe say eh -_^

p/s: Picture above this line are not taken with Nokie N8, those below are.

Oh ya Some N8 photo sample:

Macro ModeLandscape mode
Portrait modeNight mode

I can't be bother to upload "flash in complete darkness" mode. You can very well expect crystal clear, noiseless, motion stopping high speed shutter image. Sharp, crisp and well exposured image from Nokia N8, it should well deserve a ISO 9001 engraved on its anodised high scratch resistance aluminium body.

1. Good xenon logarithm for even distributed shot.
2. Wide angle lens to fit more into the frame.
3. 1/1.83 sensor size (bigger than most of the standard Pt&Shoot Cam) for noise control
4. Carl Zeiss lens for maximum quality output.
5. Real Mechanical shutter for instant focus even under low light (0.5sec).

This is GODLY.. This is CRAZZZYYYYY!!!!!!! WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Apple Peel 520, convert Ipod touch to Iphone

If you are one of those who dream about making phone call on ipod touch, like I used to. The wait is over, our prayer had been answered. It yesterday news already, but I still would like to alert those still not in the picture. China geeks had unveil apple peel 520. Essentially, a rubber that contain a spare extension battery, a sim card reader, a microphone and a vibrator.

The only draw back, is that the casing only hack itouch with the ability to make/ receive call and send/ receive message only. The still hasn't support 3G network. Meaning not on the go internet access.

Retailing at $49

Why not take a look a itouch 4th generation. Retina display, A4 chip, better RAM, thinner, lighter, facetime and much more coming on the way. You even get to engrave words when you order online.

Wait, isn't that makes up a total iphone 4 costing less than 350SGD???

Nokia N8 offical 12mp xenon

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Scratch-resistant surface
16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash
Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
720p@25fps, LED video light
OS Symbian ^3 OS
CPU ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3D Graphics HW accelerator

Nokia N8 with largest image sensor and even larger than some point and shoot cameras.

sample photos

Black Iphone 3G 16GB

I have sleep problem for this week. Insomnia so to speak. I stay awake till 4 plus and then takes a little rest on bed, then for some reason I wake up at 6. Either because of bad dream or bad posture. Weather is hot and humid too.

On first night, I wake up because I had a dream of me watching a horror movie that fright me out of my bed. It was so real and I thought I was actually watching a real horror show. So I got amazed that there is horror show that actually made me scared. So I wake up and start to search for horror movie of all time. I watched a couple of all time scariest movie including "The Shining", "Child's Play" and "Silence of the Lamb". But all was no good. I think as we grew older and older, experience in life kicks in all the time and I begin to be very rational. And it just leaves no room for imaginations.

2nd night which was last night, I jump out of bed after 2 hours sleep again. And suddenly had an impulsiveness to buy an iphone. FYI, I just brought LG Arena 1 day ago @$185. I terminated my FD and run to TPY with YS to hunt for the cheapest from the 32569874 shop that sell handphone. Finally settle in a black Iphone 3G 16gb, mint condition, full box full accessory for $650. I traded in my LG Arena for fucking $200. I earned $15 overnight from Arena. Crazy right? No... Because I know how to buy low sell high.

Earning of $15 from buy and sell

32gb on black Iphone is actually a plastic case

Why is it so hard for me to get my 8 hours of sleep. I should really really go and get a comfy bed.

How is bed looks. I like the 3 drawers below really appealing for me. I can store stuff in it while keeping my room neat and tidy. Additionally....

The bed had a hidden frame that can extend nicely into a double bed. Going for $107 on ebay. Wooooo.

Gonna get get

Gonna get get

Gonna get get get get get......

Hacking N82 v31.0.16

Hacking N82 to install unsigned applications

New site for signing found, go here:

Code:

http://s60.vgooo.com:801/index.htm

Prerequisites:

* An unhackable phone
* A OPDA cert, here you can sign apps online:

Code:

http://s60.vgooo.com:801/index.htm

* Except for cert+key a .bat file so you can sign is included in the package.
* Time
* Some brains

How to do it:

1. Use sign!.bat and follow the instructions(IMPORTANT!, YOU NEED A OPDA CERT)
2. Install MapDrives_v1.00_DiskAdmin_signed.sis
3. Install Jbak TaskMan 1.00
4. Copy MapDrives.txt to E:\
5. Copy your installserver to E:/Hack/sys/bin/installserver.exe
6. Start JBak Taskman software and go (-> -> Program start -> search & select MapDrives -> Press More -> Programs Rule -> select "AutoStart" -> OK)

7. Restart your phone.
8. Delete MapDrives and install 8_MapDrive_Y_signed.sis (for N82, N95, N95-8GB, E71 (all phones with Y: drive, else, 8_MapDrive_H_signed.sis if you have H: )) and then start the app.
9. Install 9_Modo_0.50_signed.sisx and copy Installserver with modo to Y:/sys/bin/ (create directories if needed, of course it will be H: if you installed H: version)
10. Restart phone, and install(no sign needed now) 10 ROMPatcher.sisx or other Caps On / Off solutions.
11. Copy installserver to C:\sys\bin\ after you have used capsoff in BiNPDA program or other programs, then copy the sys folder from Y: / H: drive and restart the phone. Also copy 11 Open4All.rmp to E:\Patches\
12. Have fun!

Notes:

This is tested working on: N82 v31.0.016, my(ToJa92's) E71 110.07.127, N-95-1 V31.0.017 and more to come...


Changelog:

v1: Original release.

v2: I have updated the pack slightly, now you only need your cert and key file, I've made a batch file using signsis.exe file as base. So for mac you'll need to find another program.

v2[hotfix]: Fixed a little issue with the bat file, thanks to dzano for pointing out..

v2.1: Updated with Open4All patch.. Thanks to cnrv77 for patch(even though I found it some time before him ) Also shrinked MapDrives.txt, and slight update to Sign!.bat

New_hack_v2.1.rar

Disabling Shutter Sound after hack

1. Turn on "Caps Off"
2. Open X-plore
3. Goto "Z:\Private\10202be9\101F8809.txt"
4. Copy the file to "C:\Private\10202be9\101F8809.txt"
5. Edit the file "101F8809.txt"
6. At the end of the file, u will find the line

0x7 int 1 0 cap_rd=alwayspass
cap_wr=alwaysfail

7. Then change it to

0x7 int 0 0 cap_rd=alwayspass
cap_wr=alwaysfail


8. Save the file and exit X-plore
9. Turn on "Caps On"
10. Turn off "Warning tones" in ur profile
11. Restart the phone.

Now it's done & No more sounds in camera!!

Sources:
http://www.mobilecastle.biz/mobiles/symbian-os9-x-applications/53462-28-1-2008-new-y-drive-modo-symbian-hacking-method-unhackable-nokia-phones.html

http://www.ipmart-forum.com/archive/index.php/t-283930.html

Free Nagivation cracked on N82

Nokia.Maps.v2.0.2602.S60v3.SymbianOS9.1.Unsigned.C racked-illusion

** For hacked phone only ** unless you know how to sign your own apps


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1845/tsrdownload2ec1.jpg
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2634/tsrwalkhd6.jpg



See the world in a new way with Nokia Maps. With downloadable maps for more than 200 countries, and millions of points of interest to be discovered, there are treasures to be found and shared.


http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4917/capture2ca1.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5354/capture1rs7.jpg


Explore…

You can find your destination and plan your route street by street, city to city. You can get a different perspective with satellite, hybrid, and street maps. And, you can enhance your visit with multimedia city guides.

Drive…

Get a clear view of the road ahead with Drive. World-class car navigation with turn-by-turn visual and voice guidance, plus added real-time traffic feeds and dynamic re-routing to help you arrive on time.

...or Walk

Innovative turn-by-turn pedestrian navigation, Walk is the shortcut to learning a new city on foot. With advanced multi-sensor positioning, you can cut corners like a local or hop on at clearly marked transport stops.

Let Nokia Maps show you the way.


To get this working you must download original Nokia_Maps_2.0_2602_3.1_u which has License Manager v6.16

Then install the cracked version ( must sign unless ur phone is hacked)

Nokia maps cracked (http://www.anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/128089129/Nokia.Maps.v2.0.2602.S60v3.SymbianOS9.1.Unsigned.C racked-illusion.rar.html)

Nokia map original with license manager 6.16 (http://rapidshare.com/files/128132940/Nokia_Maps_2.0_2602_3.1_u.sis.html)

after you install this cracked version,go to extras drive & walk
If you should see "Navigation added"

Hotmail server setting on S60 phone

Hotmail POP3 access is now available to All Smartphone users WORLDWIDE. I finally got it running on my N82. Although I had the Nokia Messaging and Mail of Exchange installed, I still prefers to manually retrieve my mail under my default Messaging.

Use this information when setting up your email account on your phone:

-POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
-POP SSL required? Yes
-User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
-Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
-SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)
-Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
-TLS/SSL required? Yes

Get out to message and then click on retrieve email now. TeeHee

C901 vs N82, who is better?

Today a heated competition between my favorite camera phone N82 and another skeptical 5mp shooter with Xenon, the C901. If you missed my N82 vs Zn5, please revisit the link. As I had lost my previous N82, I am using another N82 which somehow I think it didn't perform as well as my previous set. Nonetheless, for people who are interested, read on....

Macro Mode

N82 with flash, macro

N82 low light condition, macro

C901 with flash, macro

C901 low light condition, macro

I think we had a clear winner. N82 had always handled its macro mode extremely well, with or without flash. I tried playing with a lot of macro shoot with flash on, it always give me a clear and correctly exposed images. Unlike C901, after testing with a lot of macro shoot, it almost give me 100% over exposure.

* Take note that during my previous review, the zn5 auto weaken the flash when macro mode is detected. *

Document mode

C901 document mode with flash

N82 document mode with flash

C901 document without flash

N82 document without flash

As anticipated, C901 will almost give you definite overexposure when shooting >15cm with flash on.

Low Light Conditions

C901 auto, flash off

N82 auto, flash off

More or less the same except c901 appeared to be brighter

Complete darkness

You will start to appreciate Xenon flash when you are in complete darkness or extremely low light area. Led light flah can only take portrait distance. Let's see how this two camera performed in total darkness...

C901 with flash in total darkness

N82 with flash in total darkness

The two pictures were cropped to 100% to see how both camera phone handled noise level. Both almost the same, but C901 always tend to have yellow saturation in all pictures and N82 slightly blue.

* zn5 had stronger flash and can lit up further area *

Indoor shot

C901 auto, without flash

N82 auto, without flash

Another 100% crop for comparison on noise level. Without flash.

Another C901 low light flash off

Another N82 low light flash off

Night Mode

C901 night mode on

N82 night mode on

I am not a professional reviewer, hope this visual comparison helps in people who deciding which good camera phone to buy.

In my opinion,

C901

-Faster focusing time
-Always over exposure in macro mode
-Shutter shake problem (blurry images)
-Yellowish output

Click here for more c901 image example I took.

N82

-Focusing time slower than C901 but still consider fast in my opinion
-Some image stabilization, no shutter shake problem
-Very good Xenon flash, never exposure before

Click here for more N82 image example I took.