Saturday, October 6, 2012

Galaxy S2 (SII) Recovery and Download mode

Hey all,

Here's a video to put the droid into Recovery mode

Short version - Up Volume + Home + Power buttons


and here's to put the droid into download mode

Short version - Down Volume + Home + Power buttons 


Galaxy Vibrant ICS upgrade without ODIN

Hey all !

I think this is the best video tutorial for upgrading your Vibrant from ECLAIR (stock ROM) to ICS (Passion ROM).

Several tips

1.It's recommended to perform a 2-step upgrade, i.e. ECLAIR to Gingerbread then to ICS

2. Always factory reset/clear CACHE etc after every flash

3. If it does it work the first time, try again ! It took me 2-3 times to be able to flash these ROM successfully

Here's the video

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Social GPS Apps - Waze





Nothing against the rest of GPS software such as PAPAGO! and SYGIC, but being a practical guy, I just love this community base GPS called WAZE(it's free on google market and apps store)

I have been using it for weeks now in my daily commute from Shah Alam to Damansara. Here's what I like about this cool apps;

1. Giver Game - Apart from benefiting from the traffic updates from WAZE community, I am able to share my experience on the road with other users as well - where the police camera is, police roadblocks, hazards, jams etc... it just feels good to give..

2. It's free - Granted that the map is a little incomplete but hey, it's free.

3. You know why there's traffic - Sometimes it irritates me to be stuck in the jam and not knowing what's happening and what causes the gridlock. But with Waze, you will be notified on any accidents etc.

Here are some snapshots of Waze on my Galaxy S2

  •  Game-style rewards to up your points
  •  I was driving near KESAS highway and I saw stand-still straffic on the highway - Waze told me that there was an accident causing the huge jam.
  •  I know when there's a roadblock before the USJ toll
  •  Lots of useful information about the traffic
  • ETA adjustment based on the traffic situation on your route















In short, this apps is just AWESOME !

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Papago M9 map update - 12 August 2012

Here you go folks !



All credit goes to the superstars at MALFREEMAPS (http://www.malfreemaps.com)

You can download the latest map here - Map 12Aug2012