So, you've upgraded to Snow Leopard, and you realise - DAMN! it doesn't work with my Huawei 3G modem!
You search around for the 64-bit mac driver (cos Snow Leopard is now fully 64-bit, in theory), but nothing works.
Here is a workaround, which I found, works, and doesn't require any other drivers. Again, this is presuming you UPGRADED from Leopard (10.5) and everything was working fine in 10.5
1. plug in your 3G dongle. let it detect
2. goto System Preferences
3. select Network
4. on the left, you should see HUAWEI Mobile. select it
5. once selected, on the right, you should see a "connect" button. click on it
viola! you're connected
I have not tried whether this method works with a brand new installation of Snow Leopard, because maybe they have updated the drivers etc. Maybe you might need to install the default programme included in the dongle first, then the HUAWEI Mobile will be available in System Preferences > Network
hope this helps!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
broken iPhone Home button
My friend's iPhone's home button recently was busted because he dropped the phone. The button just won't go "home", which is a big hassle! After much research online, we realised that there isn't a real "fix" even though some sites or videos may claim to.
Well, we are not about to tear out the iPhone, because most iPhone teardowns only show you how to tear it apart, but doesn't show u how to put it back! They kinda assume you will be able to watch the video backwards and put everything back!
So, we took about 4 hours to figure it out, with the existing limitations we had, we managed to "fix" it! I'm going to just outline the main procedure here first, as I don't have much time to do the full description today. If you manage to fix it, good on you! If not, I'm sorry, but you'll have to come back again to check on my updates when I put photos on the whole procedure. It took us about 4 hours, but with our trial and error now, I think you should be able to do it in 2 hours or less.
Main procedure:
1. Jailbreak your iPhone. but how do you jailbreak with a broken home button? read on
2. unscrew the 2 screws below the iPhone and gently lift up the screen (please refer to this video!)
because if you do it wrongly, you might tear apart some connecting cables! you can watch till about 01:15)
3. there is a contact point where you can touch with a pair of tweezers, and it will activate the "home" command
4. If you find this contact point, you will be able jailbreak your iPhone! because that contact point sends out the "home" command
5. after jailbreaking, do not screw back your phone yet! read on
6. there are tons of applications on Cydia to customise gestures for the home button. we picked Kirikae, because it's free! this whole process requires you to still have your tweezers handy to activate the home button to configure the settings on Kirikae
7. once configured, you will be able to use the touchscreen gestures to substitute the home button command
8. screw back your phone, and you're done!
Again, I apologise if you are searching frantically for fixes, and still can't find one. But I assure you, this is something which worked for us, and we'd like to share it! I will update this blog on the details when I get to photograph my friend's iPhone being torn apart again! In the meantime, be patient, stay tuned!
Oh, although I haven't tried it on an iPod touch, I'm pretty sure the contact point is the same, thus the procedure SHOULD be the same too!
Good luck!
Well, we are not about to tear out the iPhone, because most iPhone teardowns only show you how to tear it apart, but doesn't show u how to put it back! They kinda assume you will be able to watch the video backwards and put everything back!
So, we took about 4 hours to figure it out, with the existing limitations we had, we managed to "fix" it! I'm going to just outline the main procedure here first, as I don't have much time to do the full description today. If you manage to fix it, good on you! If not, I'm sorry, but you'll have to come back again to check on my updates when I put photos on the whole procedure. It took us about 4 hours, but with our trial and error now, I think you should be able to do it in 2 hours or less.
Main procedure:
1. Jailbreak your iPhone. but how do you jailbreak with a broken home button? read on
2. unscrew the 2 screws below the iPhone and gently lift up the screen (please refer to this video!)
because if you do it wrongly, you might tear apart some connecting cables! you can watch till about 01:15)
3. there is a contact point where you can touch with a pair of tweezers, and it will activate the "home" command
4. If you find this contact point, you will be able jailbreak your iPhone! because that contact point sends out the "home" command
5. after jailbreaking, do not screw back your phone yet! read on
6. there are tons of applications on Cydia to customise gestures for the home button. we picked Kirikae, because it's free! this whole process requires you to still have your tweezers handy to activate the home button to configure the settings on Kirikae
7. once configured, you will be able to use the touchscreen gestures to substitute the home button command
8. screw back your phone, and you're done!
Again, I apologise if you are searching frantically for fixes, and still can't find one. But I assure you, this is something which worked for us, and we'd like to share it! I will update this blog on the details when I get to photograph my friend's iPhone being torn apart again! In the meantime, be patient, stay tuned!
Oh, although I haven't tried it on an iPod touch, I'm pretty sure the contact point is the same, thus the procedure SHOULD be the same too!
Good luck!
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