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Happy New Year 2022!

2021-12-31T21:48:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year 2022! Let's hope the pandemic/endemic will end soon. Like this if you are FB user and you think this post is useful. The button is at top right of content of this post.
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Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G Teardown

2020-03-09T08:25:00.000+08:00

Warning: this is not a repair guide!

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source:https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note10++5G+Teardown/125590#s242790

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Teardown

2020-03-09T08:22:00.000+08:00

Turn off auto update of Facebook apps

2019-02-27T08:49:00.001+08:00

I hate auto update. I disabled auto update in Play Store, but why Facebook apps kept on telling me it has been updated?!?!?!

Apparently Facebook is breaking the rules and regulations of Play Store, however why Google haven't block it from Play Store. It seems like Google likes to bully individual apps developer or small companies by blocking their apps once they break a single freaking rule, but Google allow huge companies like Facebook to break the privacy rules?

Anyway, here is how to disable the Facebook apps auto update completely.

1. Disable auto update in Play Store apps [hey, don't assume you did that, because ass-u-me ;-) ]
2. While till in Play Store apps, look at another auto update button on the Facebook apps
-> Play Store -> "My apps and games" -> "INSTALLED" -> (optional: sort by Aphabetical) -> Facebook -> 3 dots on top right corner -> un-check "Enable auto update"
3. Disable the auto update in Facebook apps (yeah, inside the apps)
-> 3 bars on top right corner -> "Settings & Privacy" -> Settings -> "Media and Contacts" -> "App Updates" -> disable the "Auto-Update Facebook" button
4. Done, happy.

I have only the guide for Android, hopefully it is similar for iOS. Good luck disabling auto-update by Facebook apps.

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source: writing on my own after learn from google search result

MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown

2018-07-24T12:42:00.001+08:00

MacBook Pro, like have been there for ages and looks almost the same but there are some improvement. Read it:

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source: ifixit.com

Text to buy

2018-06-02T12:35:00.001+08:00

Future of shopping?
https://vimeo.com/257540964

Text to buy

2018-06-02T12:26:00.001+08:00

Future of shopping?
https://vimeo.com/257540964

XiaoMi Redmi Note 4 Teardown

2017-07-20T23:56:00.001+08:00

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source: MIUI forum

IKEA Penang start to hire people

2017-04-26T08:43:00.001+08:00

IKEA is really coming to Penang - confirmed!

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source: IKEA is really coming to Penang - confirmed!

Old powerbank review - PenangUncle.com Old Stuffs Review!

2017-04-21T01:32:00.000+08:00

Another Advanced Useless Machine

2016-02-07T08:09:00.001+08:00

Another Advanced Useless Machine! This one really advanced!

Happy Lunar New Year!

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Strontium Nitro 32GB microSD Card Review

2015-12-21T01:55:00.000+08:00

PenangUncle.com finally has it's own very first hardware review. Bought at 11st with 50% discount coupon, this Strontium Nitro 32GB microSD Card Review looks like a real deal. Enjoy the review video!

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source: PenangUncle.com

Earn money by doing survey

2015-11-08T07:24:00.001+08:00

One of the things I like to do while watching drama or youtube is doing survey. Sometimes the drama or youtube video become too slow and nothing else to do while waiting for it to go through, completing survey is a great thing to do and you can earn money while doing it!

iPanelOnline is one of the multinational survey companies, the filtering criteria sometimes quite strict, so I only get 1 out of 10 to do. Probably the company has to put a better filter for its members. Contrary to that, I get to do the right survey.

Click the link below to start your earning money!
iPanelOnline

Edit: forgot to include what countries/region it include:
US
Malaysia
China
Japan
Hong Kong
Singapore
Taiwan
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
India
Arab
Korea
Thailand
Vietnam
Indonesia
Philippines
Brazil
Spain
South Africa
Argentina

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Nexus 6P Teardown

2015-11-02T00:41:00.001+08:00

The first China made Nexus (others are made in China, not China made, get it?). Too bad it scored 2/10 only, so prepare to buy a new phone when it is broken.

Read it at iFixIt website:
Nexus 6P Teardown

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Teardown

2015-11-02T00:37:00.000+08:00

Microsoft is trying very hard to produce products that people only like after Apple reuse the design and put an apple logo on it.

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Teardown

iMac Intel 21.5" Retina 4K Display Teardown

2015-11-02T00:16:00.000+08:00

Another impossible to fix product from Apple:

Read it at IfixIt website:
iMac Intel 21.5" Retina 4K Display Teardown

iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2889 Teardown

2015-11-02T00:00:00.000+08:00

How many times this iMac has been refresh? I don't care. But it is still impossible to repair, as usual.

Read it at iFixIt website if you prefer:
iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2889 Teardown

iPhone 6s Display Teardown

2015-11-01T23:27:00.000+08:00

This teardown is not a regular teardown where you get the repairability score, this is just to know what is inside/in between the display of iPhone 6s.

If you like to read it at iFixIt website, here is the link:
iPhone 6s Display Teardown

iPad Mini 4 Teardown

2015-11-01T23:24:00.000+08:00

New iPad Mini 4, it's thinner, lighter, powerful-er, yawn.....zzzzz...... What else you can do with it Apple?

Anyway, here is the teardown from our friends at iFixIt, my source of teardown:

Read it at iFixIt here:
iPad Mini 4 Teardown

It scored 2/10 at iFixIt for repairability, meaning don't hope to fix it once you break it. Just go to buy a new one if tragedy happened.

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source: ifixit.com

Phone numbers you should avoid in Malaysia

2015-10-21T15:29:00.001+08:00

Starting this year, I received many sms regarding "promotions" at gambling websites. Even though it is normal to receive phone calls and sms from bank or insurance or investment firm, this is getting too annoying. Therefore I start to block these numbers on my phone. The purpose of this post is to share the list of phone numbers that I put into reject list. If you want to get a new number, please avoid these because I might many more people will put these number in reject list.

012-9088945
016-3394410
017-5492221
016-9042819
017-4732359
014-4364489

If you planning to get a new number, get 01x-<8-digits>, don't reuse 01x-<7-digits> because some might be used for not so fun jobs.

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GOD mode for Windows 10 (and Win8.1 and Win7)

2015-10-18T11:33:00.002+08:00

Okay okay, this is not the GOD mode that you use on games. However this is quick way to access all Control Panel items, in one click only (I mean double clicks).

All you need to do is:
1. Right click on desktop
2. Select New -> Folder
3. Name the new folder this

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

.
That's it.

You can change "GodMode" to something else. But I am going to keep it as GodMode, just for fun. And this works for Win7 until Win10.

Btw, this is the regular Control Panel:

Star Wars Crawl

2015-09-07T08:05:00.000+08:00

Star Wars Crawl

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LG G4 Teardown

2015-06-10T23:33:00.000+08:00

Latest LG flagship is G4. Just google for it's spec, it just wasting time to writing them here. It score 8/10 from iFixIt! Very easy to fix!

Read it at iFixIt:

LG G4 Teardown

Apple Watch Teardown

2015-05-04T13:30:00.001+08:00

The most expensive smart watch finally arrived at iFixIt. Come see what is inside the super expensive smart watch:

Or read it at iFixIt website:

Apple Watch Teardown

Before you going to watch Age of Ultron

2015-04-24T08:52:00.001+08:00

Before you going to watch Avengers: Age of Ultron, and you might missed out a few of Marvel movies, here a tutorial for you all.

p/s:
parent should watch this video in case your children ask you the 'why' questions during or after or even before Age of Ultron.
guys should watch this video in case all of your friends know everything about Marvel universe.
boy friends should watch this in case your girl friend(s) ask you the 'why', 'who', 'what', 'where' questions.

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source: youtube