Trip log

11/22/2010: 7:37:50 AM - 8:04:34AM Home to Office thru Dolores Junction - Lazatin Blvd. - Capitol Blvd. - Consunji - Gen Hizon - V. Tiomico : 6.1KM, 2.2 sq.km., 1606 pts, 26:44, 14kph.

11/06/2010: 8:43:14 AM - 8:57:13 AM Home to EKG thru McArthur - B. Mendoza - HS Blvd - Limjoco - Tiomico - Consunji : 4.3km, 0.9 sq km, 13:59, 18 kph

11/06/2010: 10:18:57 AM - 10:49:04 AM Office to Home thru Limjoco - B. Mendoza - McArthur - JASA - McArthur : 5.2km, 0.4 sq.km., 1809 pts, 30:07, 10kph

Winmo apps I've tried on my Samsung Omnia Pro GT-B7610

Incompatible:

1. crazy kart racing
2. crayon physics
3. ferrari gt (I)
4. chris10230 middle lock button
5. EA Mobile NFS Shift v35.0...

Compatible:

1. Ferrari GT II v2.50
2. Opera mobile 10
3. Opera mini 4 (script + cookie issue with blogspot)
4. MSentinel
5. Palringo Premium 2.2
6. Sktools
7. Resco Explorer, Regedit, Taskman
8. Beiks Woman Calendar 6.2 (sadly, its database is not compatible with the Palm version :( )
9. Beiks Linguist Dictionary Bundle, Talking Dictionaries
10. Spb Backup
11. Rake in Grass Archibald's Adventures
12. Astraware Cubis, Zuma
13. Core Player
14. PushPush
15. Ganondolf Pangya Golf
16. Garmin Mobile XT
17. Glu Mobile Bugs Bunny, Deer Hunter 3D
18. ? BrakingHead
19. ? BrakingHead
20. ? Drago Memory
21. (to incompatible list #5)
22. EA Mobile The Simpsons Arcade v35.1.0
23. ? EA Mobile The Sims World Adventure
24. ? Gluga MiniGolf Wacky ...
25. GPS Sport Tracker (no map. how do i download a Philippine map?)
26. Gross Games Spinballs 1.2.1
27. Chess Genius
28. Deluxe Moon
29. RStein WifiProfiles
30. SPB Arkaball II,Backup,Balltracker,Quadronica,Quads?,Xonix II,Sudoku
31. WebIS Pocket Informant
32.

Samsung Omnia Pro B7610

It's been 5 days after I installed the Giorgio Armani ROM by daskalos. So far, so good. I've encountered 2 coma's which were obviously caused by locking the device while Opera was still cleaning up the RAM, but just a few minutes ago, it wouldn't wake up again (3rd coma), even though I did not use Opera at all today. It might be due to a game or two that I installed just several minutes before the discovery of the 3rd coma. Will observe the games further.

When I poked the reset button, it booted just fine to 7% battery charge (It's been around 2 full days plus 8 hours since it was last charged (technically, since it was first used the morning after a previous night's full charge (Saturday evening charge, Sunday morning 6am first use).

Samsung Omnia Pro B7610

I have acquired said phone last May 1, 2010, and after only a few days, I modified its PDA ROM.

Original ROM:

PDA: B7610NXXIL1 (IL1 = 2009/December rev. 1)

CSC: B7610NXTCIL3

PHONE: B7610XXIK1

WinMo 6.5 Professional

CE OS 5.2.21868 (Build 21868.5.0.69)

Windows Mobile 6.5

Processor: ARM1176 ...

MODIFIED ROM:

PDA: B7610NXXJC2 (JC2 = 2010/March rev. 2)

WinMo 6.5 Professional

CE OS 5.2.23568 (Build 23658.5.5.0)

(Windows Mobile 6.5.5)

Changes I loved:

• Quicker contact search -- upon entering Samsung Phonebook, I can type letters and it will start searching matching names. With 6.5, I need to press the SEARCH button first before typing.

Changes I hated:

• The Wi-Fi radio would occasionally NOT TURN ON, as if the transmitter got disconnected from the electronics :(
• Sometimes the unit will not wake up from LOCKED state, and I need to soft-reset it by poking the reset button on the side. I am convinced, after reading this link, that Opera is the culprit.

Last week, after I charged the phone while tethered via USB-cable to my laptop almost all day, I went to the mall, and I couldn't make the Wi-Fi activate! After soft-resetting it 9 times (!!!) I eventually got to make it activate.

Then I read yesterday from Modaco that one user was loving the Giorgio Armani ROM on his B7610 because the Wi-Fi wasn't dying anymore. He mentioned that he was having Wi-Fi issues in ALL JC2 ROMs, but I think the issue was with WinMo 6.5.5 (and possible 6.5.3), because the GA B7620 ROM was based on 6.5 JC2, and so far, so good, I've downgraded my PDA ROM with it. :)

But now I have to press the Search button when selecting contacts. :(

Oh, and the Opera comatose problem is still here. :(

Garmin Nuvi 255W Recalibration

Looks like Garmin committed a big boo-boo. In the owner's manual (http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/nuvi205_OwnersManual.pdf), the instructions to recalibrate are:

1. Turn off the nuvi.

2. Turn on the nuvi and hold the Power key to the left for about 30 seconds until the calibration screen appears (white screen with "Press dot").

I followed it, tried 4 or 5 times even though my fingers were already hurting from holding the power button to the left for 30 to 60 seconds each time. No dice.

I found another one from http://www.sharc.net/discus/messages/6/77.html?1236709210:

Nuvi 2xx Series: Slide the on/off power switch to the left and hold until you see the calibration screen.

Nuvi 7xx Series: Touch the screen anywhere and keep your finger there while moving the on/off switch to left (don't wait for Garmin logo to come up) and then quickly moving the switch the right (lock position). After a short while, you will reach the calibration screen. Go through the entire procedure of pressing each dot as it appears on the screen until it says "Done".

However, someone posted on this last page that the 7xx series instruction set that worked for his 255W, but he had to touch and hold at the upper left corner. I followed suit, and after more than 30 seconds, still nothing! But when I removed my finger from the screen, voila! The calibration screen appeared!

Here's the sequence of the dots that needed to be pressed as I remember:

• Lower Left
• Top Center
• Mid Right
• Top Right
• Lower Center
• Mid Left
  

So, to summarize:

1. Turn off the Nuvi 255W.
2. Touch and hold the upper left corner of the screen.
3. While holding your finger at the said screen corner, slide the power switch to the left to turn the unit on, and quickly lock the touchscreen by sliding the power switch to the right even before the GARMIN logo appears.
4. After a few seconds, release your finger from the screen.
5. Press the dots in sequence.

Finally, it rained!

And when it rains, it really pours!

More importantly, though, it's the last exam day of my 2 kids at EKG. :)

I wonder how I can make them better readers this vacation?

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Handbook 2010.

This was forwarded to the family egroup (my wife's side) by Tita Lu. I deem it worth sharing:

HANDBOOK 2010

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Take time to pray and read your Bible daily.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10- to 30-minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do it. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:
40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.

Wow, it's been a year!

Since my last post, that is. Hmmm... looks like I stopped blogging here since Life kinda took a vacation when my father passed away two (2) days after my last post.

Today is the first-year anniversary of his death.

Remembering him, let me post this SMS message from our parish priest, Rev. Fr. Roger Yambao. He wrote:

"Merry Christmas. What gift shall we give Jesus tomorrow?" This was the text of tang Vic last year to me before Christmas. Iya pala idaun ne ing bie na kang Jesus. Great is this brother! A man of God and of the people. Remember him in his coming home today to our Creator.

Thanks, Among Roger.