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How to Root the Vibrant from TMobile

Greg — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:46:26 +0000

How To Root Samsung Vibrant [Tutorial]

Good news for Samsung Vibrant users.Here’s a guideline to root samsung vibrant.This will work on the T-Mobile US branded Vibrant and generic Galaxy S models.

***IMPORTANT: YOU PERFORM THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, THIS MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY, I NOR ANYONE ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR DEVICE.***

The steps are as follows:

1. Download the attached zip and rename to: update.zip.(SGH-959 Root Update.zip)

2. On your Vibrant, go to Settings > Applications > USB Settings > and select Mass Storage.

3. Connect your Vibrant to your computer, and mount as a mass storage device by pulling down the notification bar at the top of the screen.

4. Back on your computer, look for a new drive. We’re looking for the Internal Storage, not the External, so make sure you open the drive that does NOT have the Avatar movie in it.

5. Copy (drag and drop) the update.zip file to the Internal Storage.

6. Turn off the phone.

7. Hold down the volume up and down buttons while turning the Vibrant on, which will bring you to the recovery mode.

8. To navigate in Recovery, use volume up and down to move, and Power button to select. Select ‘Reinstall Packages“

9. After installed, your phone will reboot, and will have the Superuser app, as well as Busybox installed.

10. You’re Rooted!

T-Mobile’s first super Android device is already a winner with the hackers, and it seems like the average consumer seems to like it as well.

Google Chrome Beta for Mac

Greg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:03:17 +0000

Yay, it’s finally here!

Hi there,

Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We’re excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X.

Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:

73,804 lines of Mac-specific code written
29 developer builds
1,177 Mac-specific bugs fixed
12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Mac code base, 48 external code contributors
64 Mac Minis doing continuous builds and tests
8,760 cups of soft drinks and coffee consumed
4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten

http://www.google.com/chrome/

Bret Michaels Nailed by Curtain at the Tony’s

Greg — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:15:35 +0000

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SNL’s I’m on a boat

Greg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:02:45 +0000

I don’t watch SNL much anymore, but I must admit Andy Samberg cracks me up, especially with his music videos.

How do I unlock the Plesk Admin user if it’s been locked?

Greg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:57:10 +0000

Plesk will lock you for 30 minutes if you enter your password incorrectly 3 times.

In Windows, to remove this lock, run the following:

C:>“Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\MySQL\binmysql.exe” -u admin -p -P8306 -D psa -e “DELETE FROM lockout”
Enter password: *********

C:>

In Linux, run the following:

[root@plesk]# mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` psa -e ‘DELETE FROM lockout’

And the Headline of the Day Goes to….

Greg — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:19:04 +0000

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President Obama’s Inauguration Address

Greg — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:58 +0000

I was at work yesterday while the inauguration festivities were going on, and couldn’t break away to catch the inauguration on CNN Live. I had it Tivo’d and watched when I got home. I have to say, I think he gave several great speeches throughout the day, and it was really neat watching him soaking it all in at the various balls that went on last night in DC. I have a few friends who were lucky enough to attend, and I can’t wait to see their pictures and hear stories about the whole experience.

In between balls, I heard he was able to break away and give an executive order to stay all current cases in Guantanamo Bay for 120 days while they review the current cases. It’s about freakin’ time!

Secret Service Yukon

Greg — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:46:01 +0000

This is absolutely insane. This video shows the Secret Service’s Yukon XL, which protects the presidential limo, complete a with Dillon M134D Gatling Gun, a six barreled, electrically driven machine gun chambered in 7.62mm, capable of firing 4,000 rounds per minute.

The coolest video of a drunk squirrel you’ll see all day

Greg — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:04:55 +0000

This squirrel was found in a Minneapolis neighborhood drunk from eating fermented pumpkins.

Google protects itself from zombies

Greg — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:36:42 +0000

You’ve gotta love google for doing cool things on holidays, like editing their robots.txt file to protect their /brains from zombies