<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270</id><updated>2024-08-28T14:44:18.500-07:00</updated><category term="android"/><category term="htc desire"/><category term="mobile phones"/><category term="Google Nexus S"/><category term="L.A.Noire"/><category term="Nexus S"/><category term="Nexus S in India"/><category term="PS3"/><category term="YLOD"/><category term="Yellow Light of Death"/><category term="gadgets"/><category term="iphone"/><category term="l.a.noire pc"/><category term="la noire"/><category term="la noire pc"/><category term="the complete edition"/><category term="1015"/><category term="Desire Gingerbread update"/><category term="Gaming Lag"/><category term="HTC Desire Gingerbread"/><category term="HTC Sensation"/><category term="NES"/><category term="Nexus"/><category term="PS3 Slim"/><category term="PS3 Slim 160GB"/><category term="PSP"/><category term="PSP Phone"/><category term="PSP Phoney"/><category term="Playstation 3"/><category term="Reflow"/><category term="Sensation"/><category term="Sensation in India"/><category term="Sense 3"/><category term="Sony India PS3"/><category term="Sony PSP Phone"/><category term="Team Bondi"/><category term="VIsta Gaming Lag"/><category term="asus"/><category term="clean cpu fan"/><category term="clean heatsink"/><category term="connect to itunes"/><category term="desire"/><category term="desire 2.3 update"/><category term="error 1015"/><category term="g50"/><category term="htc"/><category term="i9023"/><category term="i9023 case"/><category term="iReb"/><category term="iphone recovery mode"/><category term="jailbreak iOS 4"/><category term="l.a. noire lag fix"/><category term="lag burst"/><category term="lag fix"/><category term="low framerates"/><category term="nexus s case"/><category term="projects"/><category term="restore iphone"/><category term="review"/><title type='text'>TechnoGravy</title><subtitle type='html'>The latest in gadgets, tech, gaming, and all that fun stuff...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-7469722856382648018</id><published>2011-11-19T03:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T03:56:41.130-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="l.a. noire lag fix"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="L.A.Noire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="l.a.noire pc"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="la noire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="la noire pc"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lag fix"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="low framerates"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="the complete edition"/><title type='text'>L.A. Noire PC Lag Fix</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhjTh0vHrWhUt4cQ-XTuzIb7kaqtL6JN4DE6JsGwIuhyphenhyphenpIhOAh2m_2pgSNJXQ1Jhz3k8yZowKIprzuRwiMq62Xsr_TpiBlSEg5Dn4nXbVrm0cozi8JbFOXUUsm3-xY7XSuNO_Zx3P9qI-/s1600/launcher.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhjTh0vHrWhUt4cQ-XTuzIb7kaqtL6JN4DE6JsGwIuhyphenhyphenpIhOAh2m_2pgSNJXQ1Jhz3k8yZowKIprzuRwiMq62Xsr_TpiBlSEg5Dn4nXbVrm0cozi8JbFOXUUsm3-xY7XSuNO_Zx3P9qI-/s320/launcher.jpg&quot; width=&quot;260&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Are you suffering from extremely low frame rates on L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition (PC)? well it seems to be a known issue and there is a fix for it, which may or may not work for you but it certainly did for me.&lt;br /&gt;
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Step 1: Open up the game launcher and select &#39;Options&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Step 2: In the Command Line type in &quot;-str&quot; with out the &quot;&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Step 3: Save and launch the game.&lt;br /&gt;
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This should give you better frame rates, at lease playable rates. as per the game readme file the above procedure enables a single threaded renderer, which may improve performance or compatibility on some systems.&lt;br /&gt;
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Another one of Rockstar Games console ports to the PC - L.A.Noire the Complete Edition is a great game barring a few niggles that probably come from porting the game from a console to the PC. Rockstar seem to have made this a habit of releasing games for consoles and then porting them. Read on for my detailed review of the game.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://filmcrithulk.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/la-noire-bloody-car.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cdn.electricpig.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/la-noire-preview-13-580x362.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; src=&quot;http://cdn.electricpig.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/la-noire-preview-13-580x362.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Plot &lt;/b&gt;(Rating  5/5) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;This has to be the games biggest strength and selling point. This game seems to have pioneered a concept that I hope many follow. The story is centered around the crime scene in the post war 40&#39;s Los Angeles, you play detective Cole Phelps a war veteran who has joined the LAPD, as he investigates crimes from car theft to gruesome murders. I&#39;ll keep it at that for now since i don&#39;t want to leave spoilers for those looking to play the game, but rest assured this is one plot that will leave you thinking about its events for a while after you turn in your badge. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gameplay &lt;/b&gt;(Rating 4.5/5) &lt;a href=&quot;http://filmcrithulk.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/la-noire-bloody-car.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;112&quot; src=&quot;http://filmcrithulk.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/la-noire-bloody-car.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The game throws you right into the action from the word go, the tutorial is nicely integrated into the early story, with the hand holding you get in the early investigations. But you find yourself quite alone in the later cases, having to dig through loads of clues, and risking putting the wrong person behind bars.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cdn5.tweaktown.com/news/2/1/21485_31_l_a_noire_the_complete_edition_now_available_on_pc.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2oJRBHy0e5orZi7Xe4QpM-CXUlgQlOliXuv_mL66i5voTU8i4WglqxzhKzYK3YF2imxxJtGv_9Y0jlm4pDyGlaH9KxDCiLQobjxoGzo2qspbjv9DMB2SJhgYBEtgTaBawF3QEyNV_uc/s1600/la+noire5.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A large part of the investigation is the interrogations you need to do on suspects and witnesses, each with their own set of personal issues and facts to hide, during these interrogations you get a few options allowing you to decide if it is the truth, doubt or lie, the rest of the investigations are done by looking for clues at suspect homes or crime scenes, this adds a sense of realism and the locations have load of irrelevant junk and clues you may or may not find that will form part of how successful you may or may not be.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2oJRBHy0e5orZi7Xe4QpM-CXUlgQlOliXuv_mL66i5voTU8i4WglqxzhKzYK3YF2imxxJtGv_9Y0jlm4pDyGlaH9KxDCiLQobjxoGzo2qspbjv9DMB2SJhgYBEtgTaBawF3QEyNV_uc/s1600/la+noire5.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;111&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2oJRBHy0e5orZi7Xe4QpM-CXUlgQlOliXuv_mL66i5voTU8i4WglqxzhKzYK3YF2imxxJtGv_9Y0jlm4pDyGlaH9KxDCiLQobjxoGzo2qspbjv9DMB2SJhgYBEtgTaBawF3QEyNV_uc/s200/la+noire5.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In game driving is excellent, and the hundreds of licensed cars are modeled to perfection, adding to the 1940&#39;s feel. The game is quite engrossing and keeps you interested till the end like a top rated Hollywood thriller unfolding with you at the lead role controlling every event. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Graphics &lt;/b&gt;(Rating 3/5)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20110928/la-noire-screenshot-9_19516.nphd.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;171&quot; src=&quot;http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20110928/la-noire-screenshot-9_19516.nphd.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is the game&#39;s weakest spot, as far at the PC version goes, and it needs a tweak in the launcher options to work better (which I will cover in my next post). The game suffers from occasional lag and out of sync speech, bit still quite bearable and the games pro&#39;s out weigh its cons in the performance. However the developers have done a great job in the facial expressions of the characters. (which form part of your decision making during an investigation) the attention to detail in the facial expressions is worth mentioning. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Audio&lt;/b&gt; (Rating 5/5)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The dynamic soundtrack is well knit into the story line and adds to the experience, voice acting is top notch, and feels like a top rated Hollywood flick. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s3.gamefreaks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/00200.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; src=&quot;http://s3.gamefreaks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/00200.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary &lt;/b&gt;(Overall Rating 4/5)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;If you have access to a console I&#39;d recommend it over the PC version, however if not this is still well worth the time and money, it does have allot to keep you interested. This is not your typical GTA but it brings something new to the table which should form a new genre in itself. The game has a very tight story line, which is largely influenced by decisions you make, it will certainly go in my library of classics.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/6037030586325996464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/11/la-noire-complete-edition-pc-review.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/6037030586325996464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/6037030586325996464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/11/la-noire-complete-edition-pc-review.html' title='L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition - PC (Review)'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2oJRBHy0e5orZi7Xe4QpM-CXUlgQlOliXuv_mL66i5voTU8i4WglqxzhKzYK3YF2imxxJtGv_9Y0jlm4pDyGlaH9KxDCiLQobjxoGzo2qspbjv9DMB2SJhgYBEtgTaBawF3QEyNV_uc/s72-c/la+noire5.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-2720955712072047132</id><published>2011-11-15T11:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T03:29:47.048-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="asus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="clean cpu fan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="clean heatsink"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="g50"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gaming Lag"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lag burst"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VIsta Gaming Lag"/><title type='text'>Gaming Lag Fix..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;For a few months my once ‘high end’ gaming laptop the Asus G50-x5 has been annoying me with serious lag spikes while gaming, this would occur 8-10mis after starting a game and last for about 4-5mins with frame rates dropping as low as 4-5fps, this made most games unplayable. For a while I thought it’s probably time for it to hang in the gloves and look for an upgrade, until I realized that the games that worked earlier without a hiccup were now unplayable. After some googling and upgrading my display drivers (with no luck) I realized I needed to open it up and clean its innards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Turns out the heat-sink was clogged with dust (practically mud!!), living in Mumbai can have that effect, no matter how clean you keep it and besides this laptop is almost 3 years old now, so a good flush of its guts was much needed. I have opened it up in the past for the occasional cleaning, but never specifically looked for the heat-sink vents, which as I learnt is what matters most. With the vents to the heat sink blocked the laptop would circulate the hot air inside the case, which should otherwise flow out the sides.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;If you are facing the same issues read on, for guide on how to go about the task. Thankfully my laptop allows easy access to the fan without having to take the whole thing apart. This guide is based on the steps for an Asus G50 &quot;Republic of Gamers&quot; Laptop.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;What you need: - the right sized screwdrivers (Phillips), acetone, thermal compound(for the gpu/cpu), compressed air for cleaning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Steps: - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRsopSbPza6FzlzQu8FvWVwFgX77om3PrB9TwRtw57NXA16MMjY2aYnQzWc0tn61uZC0CAVDqr7r-coON5rCD-NqzVHVC6h1aMSQNfylGrW_JikNkrD5G4O2umViQkYJEpJ1exXFEHqC9/s1600/IMG_20111113_190230.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Remove the battery and unscrew the large cover from the bottom of the laptop. Revealing the HDD, RAM, Fan, etc. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeRmedsTPviw-SCZVT7norRSwPs8iU5M7sccKQv1CoFCd80Ih3UtolFpVKEQHIjgTprb93nM_ML9fGDnXx0eVQ1uG1xFojdzq0UufrOIsaXeawpJHdX8rb-d5IWhfF0mpGZClUeflzSae/s1600/IMG_20111113_184153.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeRmedsTPviw-SCZVT7norRSwPs8iU5M7sccKQv1CoFCd80Ih3UtolFpVKEQHIjgTprb93nM_ML9fGDnXx0eVQ1uG1xFojdzq0UufrOIsaXeawpJHdX8rb-d5IWhfF0mpGZClUeflzSae/s200/IMG_20111113_184153.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Gently unplug the fan and unscrew the 6 screws on the fan/heatsink (i.e. 4 on the CPU and 2 on the GPU)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Turn the fan/heatsink over and unscrew the 3 screws on the fan and separate it from the heatsink.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Now blow the compressed air or through the blocked fins of the heat sink, use a brush or a needle if required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Once all clean attach the fan back to the heatsink with the 3 screws (step 3).&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBNpkhdm3yRGyYdJlLOyItujjFStYzAqqsWvTN85OTCyTmaB-iklRcLEk1zjWK42y7sfUkmzwgzCWAOqMYHtyx81hQs3GsCEGuRWGEoiAsaR6J2_jg4orARXDgdoaRMNi_1C8wtjQGppg/s1600/IMG_20111113_184201.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBNpkhdm3yRGyYdJlLOyItujjFStYzAqqsWvTN85OTCyTmaB-iklRcLEk1zjWK42y7sfUkmzwgzCWAOqMYHtyx81hQs3GsCEGuRWGEoiAsaR6J2_jg4orARXDgdoaRMNi_1C8wtjQGppg/s200/IMG_20111113_184201.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Clean the points of the heatsink that comes in contact with the CPU and GPU. By clean I mean remove all the earlier / factory applied thermal compound / heat sink paste using acetone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Now apply the new thermal compound, (all you need is a drop about 2-3mm in diameter) on the CPU and GPU.&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRsopSbPza6FzlzQu8FvWVwFgX77om3PrB9TwRtw57NXA16MMjY2aYnQzWc0tn61uZC0CAVDqr7r-coON5rCD-NqzVHVC6h1aMSQNfylGrW_JikNkrD5G4O2umViQkYJEpJ1exXFEHqC9/s1600/IMG_20111113_190230.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRsopSbPza6FzlzQu8FvWVwFgX77om3PrB9TwRtw57NXA16MMjY2aYnQzWc0tn61uZC0CAVDqr7r-coON5rCD-NqzVHVC6h1aMSQNfylGrW_JikNkrD5G4O2umViQkYJEpJ1exXFEHqC9/s200/IMG_20111113_190230.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Put back the fan/heatsink and the 6 screws removed in step 2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Plug the fan back, put back the back cover, battery and power on!                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;You should immediately notice your laptop running cooler and games are now playable again. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hope you find this useful, don’t blame me if you mess up though, however there isn’t much that can be done wrong, it’s just basic cleaning.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Do write in if you have any further questions. Until then I’ll be solving crime on L.A.Noire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/2720955712072047132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/11/gaming-lag-fix.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2720955712072047132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2720955712072047132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/11/gaming-lag-fix.html' title='Gaming Lag Fix..'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeRmedsTPviw-SCZVT7norRSwPs8iU5M7sccKQv1CoFCd80Ih3UtolFpVKEQHIjgTprb93nM_ML9fGDnXx0eVQ1uG1xFojdzq0UufrOIsaXeawpJHdX8rb-d5IWhfF0mpGZClUeflzSae/s72-c/IMG_20111113_184153.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-4547793742874553040</id><published>2011-10-27T04:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T04:47:27.562-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Flashing Cyanogen on your rooted HTC Desire</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;So if you have followed the &lt;a href=&quot;http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/10/rooting-htc-desire.html&quot;&gt;one-click root process to root your HTC Desire,&lt;/a&gt; here&#39;s the next step from there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now  that you have root access what are you going to do about it! Well, you  flash a ROM of your choice. I chose Cyanogen which is supposed to be one  of the best ones, and with a not so complicated process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#39;s everything you will need:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Download the latest version of &lt;a title=&quot;CM7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/download.cyanogenmod.com&quot;&gt;Cyanogen&lt;/a&gt;. I&#39;m using 7.1.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Download &lt;a title=&quot;Gapps&quot; href=&quot;http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps&quot;&gt;Google Apps&lt;/a&gt; (This is optional, I did not need this. I manually downloaded the google apps)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Flash Process:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Connect your phone to the computer.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Mount as Disk Drive.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Find your phone as an extra drive under &#39;My Computer&#39;, open it up  and place both the .zip files in your SD Card. Remember both these file  names!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Turn your phone off. Unplug from computer.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flash Process:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hold your phone&#39;s power  key &amp;amp; volume down key at the same time, until the screen comes on.  It should load into what is called the Bootloader. (You will know you  are on this screen if you see 3 android bots at the bottom on skate  boards)&lt;a href=&quot;http://gyak.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/bl.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignright size-full wp-image-166&quot; title=&quot;Bootloader&quot; src=&quot;http://gyak.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/bl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;126&quot; width=&quot;190&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;You have to use the volume keys to navigate and the power button to select&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Select Bootloader &amp;gt; Recovery. You should now be led to a black screen with green text.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Now use the trackball to make selections. Not the buttons.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Select &#39;Backup &amp;amp; Restore&#39; - this will create a nandroid&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Next select &#39;Wipe Data/Factory Reset&#39;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Next Select &#39;Wipe Cache Partition&#39;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;After this is done, select &#39;Install Zip from sd card&#39;. Scroll down to the .zip file that has CM7 and select it. Let that flash. You should see a screen that has a box, an arrow coming out of it with the android robot next to it. It should have a progress bar at the bottom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If any time during this process your screen hangs, press the  power &amp;amp; volume up button. It should go back to the previous screen.  Make sure all your selections on the black screen with green text is done with the trackball.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;After this is done, do the same for the Google Apps if you have that file.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Once you are done flashing your ROM, press the back key &amp;amp; select reboot.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your phone will now load into Cyanogen 7.1 with Android 2.3.7 which is Gingerbread! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The  first start up may take awhile, don&#39;t panic. In a few seconds (which  will seem like forever), you will see a blue android bot, skating across  your screen. Say Hi! He is the Cyanogen Android robot! :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doubts/Queries : in the comments section. I will be happy to answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Post Dedication&lt;/span&gt;:  This post goes out to a 16 year old boy named Stephen, who is only 16  but knows everything there is to know about android phones. He was  online the whole time, helping me out as I got stuck. Follow him on  @stephnd on twitter! :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/4547793742874553040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/10/flashing-cyanogen-on-your-rooted-htc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/4547793742874553040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/4547793742874553040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/10/flashing-cyanogen-on-your-rooted-htc.html' title='Flashing Cyanogen on your rooted HTC Desire'/><author><name>GYAK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02853684517852904015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sl_CZhe4SWL994sYnEua9w0EQPfrpC7SDdB-CdiaRlPBe7PjA1gpjRTW2Wqsl5mxe0vgvo5Ss4kLwWYr2gyNkYYMtaHgwgxxl13-_EJW1Dwd_gUeidG2qc67Mi_Bvfk/s220/DSC00421-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-3841751369317164191</id><published>2011-10-27T04:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T04:48:31.587-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rooting the HTC Desire</title><content type='html'>After a year of enjoying my HTC Desire as it came, I finally gathered the courage to root it. You need not just courage but enough reason to root your phone. It is a stressful, exciting process leaving you very hungry! :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;right alignright&quot; title=&quot;HTC Desire&quot; src=&quot;http://www.htc.com/uploadedImages/WWW/Product/HTC_Desire/image1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Reasons to root are as follows:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Battery life&lt;br /&gt;2. Low Memory Problems&lt;br /&gt;3. No Gingerbread update from Desire.&lt;br /&gt;4. Wanted more apps on my phone.&lt;br /&gt;5. A year old phone. I could either now change it or root it and make it brand new.&lt;br /&gt;6. Also, My phone turns a year old on Oct 29th, &amp;amp; what better present could I give it, than a completely new look? :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With my reasons in place to root and the courage I needed to go ahead, I finally decided that &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;October 26th, 2011&lt;/span&gt; would be the day I would choose to root my phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose the easy one click root method by &lt;a title=&quot;unrEVOked&quot; href=&quot;http://unrevoked.com/&quot;&gt;unrEVOked&lt;/a&gt;. This root program was orginally developed for the HTC Evo but can be used for quite a few other HTC phones as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Root Process:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click on the link above. select your phone model and let that download and install into your computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install the hboot drivers, using &lt;a title=&quot;hboot drivers&quot; href=&quot;http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install&quot;&gt;these instructions&lt;/a&gt;. After you finish the process, hit the power button till you reach the first screen and select reboot, which should restart your phone. &lt;em&gt;(Note: This step voids the warranty)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;unrEVOked should be downloaded by now, make sure you install it some place you remember.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make sure HTC Sync is uninstalled on your computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Root Process:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open reflash.exe (unrEVOked), with your phone plugged in to the computer. Ensure that HTC Sync is uninstalled without which the root will be unsuccessful.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;When unrEVOked detects your phone, it will prompt you, before it starts the root, click okay and the root should begin.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;unrEVOked will prompt you when the root is complete. You can check this by going into Menu and checking if you have SuperUser rights. If you do, your phone is successfully rooted. &lt;em&gt;(Note: There is a chance you may have to try this a few times till it succeeds. I had to about 5 times. But if it still ain&#39;t successful, try a factory reset and then root. If you don&#39;t want to do a factory reset, ping me in the comments with your dropbox ID and I will share with you another version of unrEVOked that worked for me)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations! Your HTC Desire is now rooted. Your phone can now be restarted and used with the bonus of root permissions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next Step -&lt;a href=&quot;http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/10/flashing-cyanogen-on-your-rooted-htc.html&quot;&gt; Flashing a ROM&lt;/a&gt; of your choice and moving up to Gingerbread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: If you are choosing to follow this process of rooting and my recos, I am in no way responsible for any damage caused to your phone.&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/3841751369317164191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/10/rooting-htc-desire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/3841751369317164191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/3841751369317164191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/10/rooting-htc-desire.html' title='Rooting the HTC Desire'/><author><name>GYAK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02853684517852904015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sl_CZhe4SWL994sYnEua9w0EQPfrpC7SDdB-CdiaRlPBe7PjA1gpjRTW2Wqsl5mxe0vgvo5Ss4kLwWYr2gyNkYYMtaHgwgxxl13-_EJW1Dwd_gUeidG2qc67Mi_Bvfk/s220/DSC00421-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-5365484593826135155</id><published>2011-07-24T02:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T02:25:53.044-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Nexus S"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="i9023"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="i9023 case"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nexus S"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nexus s case"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nexus S in India"/><title type='text'>My first Android - the Google Nexus S</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://images.dailymobile.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/NEXUS-S.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; src=&quot;http://images.dailymobile.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/NEXUS-S.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Its been a week since I got my first Android device - the Samsung Google Nexus S (Thanks to Nats for the early Birthday present), and I&#39;m entirely loving the phone. The clean Google experience is just how Android is meant to be, and the ability to customize any and everything on the phone is simply amazing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Coming from a Nokia E71 this device is quite a step up in terms of usability and features, this is truly worth the upgrade in every possible way and in my opinion the Google Nexus S is the best Android device considering the Price to Value ratio. At just under Rs.20k, this is definitely the Android device to beat. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;From my early experience with the device (1 week thus far). the only con I could come up with is the battery life, and the only reason its a con is since I&#39;m coming from a Nokia E71, that said the battery life still seams to be better compared to other Android devices out there, The other thing i noticed the phone is that with alot of activity the phone requires a restart or a flush of the ram every couple of days, or you start to notice occasional stutter, especially if you use alot of home screen widgets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In terms of Pro&#39;s, I think value for money is right up there, along with clean android (i.e. no touch wiz, sense, blur, timescape and what not) experience. Apart from HTC Sense, i dont think any manufacturer has reason to be proud of their &quot;Android Skin&quot;, and for those of you who feel getting a Nexus S misses out on some of the cool widgets that Sense offers, Try a custom launcher with some cool scrollable widgets, you&#39;ll find loads of them on the Android Market.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Its hard to imagine how much better a device could get (but thats what I  said 3 years ago when i got my E71), few reviews say it should have a  dual core chip, what for I ask? what can you do with the dual core that  this cant apart from the full HD recording. I dont think the dual cores  have enough use as yet and it doesn&#39;t make sense buying a Galaxy S2 when  the applications to take advantage of the dual core power are still yet  to come.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Well this device is only available in the SLCD form in India officially,  and that&#39;s what I got. Personally i quite like LCD which is quite  bright and the blacks are quite decent, may be a little more heavy on  the battery but not enough to have me worried. For those of you  wondering about getting cases for the i9023 version of the Nexus S,  since its a bit thicker than the i9020, try out the Momax ones. I got a  Momax case for a about Rs. 200, in Irla, Mumbai, It wasnt a perfect fit  at first but a week later, it seems to have stretched to fit perfectly.  Will post some pics shortly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Look out for a review in the coming weeks, since i think its a bit early to put a detailed user review at the moment. But the early impressions are extremely positive, with it more than exceeding my expectations from my first Android device.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/5365484593826135155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-first-android-google-nexus-s.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/5365484593826135155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/5365484593826135155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-first-android-google-nexus-s.html' title='My first Android - the Google Nexus S'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-765151883522257519</id><published>2011-06-15T12:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T12:05:56.728-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="desire 2.3 update"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Desire Gingerbread update"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="htc desire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="HTC Desire Gingerbread"/><title type='text'>Desire(ing) Gingerbread?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Barely a year after its launch, the HTC Desire is struggling to keep up, HTC officially announced yesterday that it wouldn&#39;t be able to update the HTC Desire to the latest version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, due to it not having enough onboard memory to handle HTC Sense and Gingerbread together.&lt;br /&gt;
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They have seemed to have backtracked and their latest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/htcuk/posts/225857300777092&quot;&gt;update &lt;/a&gt;does say that they will still offer Gingerbread, probably fearing the uprising all over Twitter and Facebook by disappointed HTC Desire owners who&#39;ve been waiting Gingerbread patiently and not rooted their devices. Well HTC we&#39;ll believe it when it comes. I certainly think it is a strong case for Google to step in and set down some ground rules for manufacturers using Android. &lt;br /&gt;
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This isn&#39;t the first time HTC&#39;s last gen flagship device has been left out in the cold. Earlier this year HTC announced that their latest version of Sense would not be supported on their older models which weren&#39;t even a year old at the time. I certainly won&#39;t be recommending any HTC devices to anyone anytime soon.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/765151883522257519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/06/desireing-gingerbread.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/765151883522257519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/765151883522257519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/06/desireing-gingerbread.html' title='Desire(ing) Gingerbread?'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-4255057124854557905</id><published>2011-06-11T00:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-11T00:24:08.195-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="HTC Sensation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sensation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sensation in India"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sense 3"/><title type='text'>And the Sensation is here...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Finally Smart Phone makers start considering India as a genuine smart phone market, launching their latest and greatest phones in their line up few weeks or days after their global launch, First the Nexus S, then the Galaxy SII and now the HTC Sensation. (Apple however still doesnt think this is the way to go making their fanboys(girls) having to wait atleast a year before they can officially get their hands on the latest iphone).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The much anticipated HTC Sensation is up for pre-order on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipkart.com/mobiles/htc/itmcz5b7azcftgua?pid=mobcyw9hxbudyjph&quot;&gt;Flipkart &lt;/a&gt;for Rs.30,999 which seems like a pretty good price point for what it offers. It will be interesting to see how it stacks up against the seemingly faster Galaxy S2 however as far as User Interface, form factor, qHD resolution goes the Sensation does seem to have an edge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tech-buzz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/HTC-Sensation1-530x287.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;173&quot; src=&quot;http://tech-buzz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/HTC-Sensation1-530x287.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Key Specifications: -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;fk-specs-type2&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-key&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;OS:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Android Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-key&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;CPU:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;1.2 Ghz Dual Core Processor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Battery: 1520 mAh &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Primary Camera:&amp;nbsp;8 MP with Auto Focus &amp;amp; Dual LED Flash &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;fk-specs-type2&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-key&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Resolution:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;540 x 960 pixels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-key&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Screen Size:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;4.3 Inches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;specs-value&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/4255057124854557905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/06/and-sensation-is-here.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/4255057124854557905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/4255057124854557905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/06/and-sensation-is-here.html' title='And the Sensation is here...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-8861290498298011466</id><published>2011-04-19T12:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T00:07:15.138-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="1015"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="connect to itunes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="error 1015"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone recovery mode"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iReb"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jailbreak iOS 4"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="restore iphone"/><title type='text'>Fix iPhone error 1015 and get your iphone out of Recovery Mode</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bricked your iPhone trying to update to the latest iOS while already on a iOS4.+ Jailbreak? or just stuck with the iPhone in recovery mode and unable to restore it with iTunes because of the error 1015?&lt;br /&gt;
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Its probably since your earlier Jailbreak had a higher baseband than the iOS version you tried to update to (thanks to the ipad iOS), so iTunes wont let you downgrade your baseband thus failing half way through the insall leaving you in no-mans-land and the dreaded 1015 error, Fear not! This is fixable. A friend of mine learnt this the hard way but we fixed it eventually.&lt;br /&gt;
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Try and follow the below steps and you should be up and running in mins. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jukebox-mp3-players.org/wp-content/uploads/Iphone%20Recovery%20Mode%20Dfu%20Mode.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.jukebox-mp3-players.org/wp-content/uploads/Iphone%20Recovery%20Mode%20Dfu%20Mode.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Download the iOS 4.1 from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to your desktop&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Now you need to plug your phone to your computer and with iTunes open put your phone into &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034&quot;&gt;DFU &lt;/a&gt;mode. (Hold the Sleep and Home button for 10 seconds, now release the Sleep button and continue holding the home button for until iTunes recoginises it.) Your display on it.&lt;i&gt; (*this will only work in DFU, If your phone wont go into DFU, use iReb to get it into DFU), &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;Now restore your iPhone through iTunes to 4.1 (holding down the Shift key and click on Restore on iTunes should bring you to the browser where you can select the 4.1 iOS version on your desktop.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proceed with the restore to 4.1, this should take a couple mins.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you still see the Error 1015, don&#39;t panic, this is normal, your iphone should get back into recovery mode.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Now download iREB RC4 from &lt;a href=&quot;http://ih8sn0w.com/index.php/welcome.snow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Run the iREB exe file with your iPhone still pluged in to your computer and click on &#39;Recovery mode loop fixer /...&#39; and click &#39;Set auto-boot True(Fixes 1015 errors / Recovery Loops).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your iPhone should now reboot and you should now see the unlock screen or emergency call screen. You may need to Unlock and/or JB your iPhone from here.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;Do leave comments and let me know if it works for you or incase of any issues. I will post a another How-to Unlock and Jailbreak this iOS version too.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks to HK for donating your bricked iPhone for this.. :P&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/8861290498298011466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/04/fix-iphone-error-1015-and-get-your.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/8861290498298011466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/8861290498298011466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/04/fix-iphone-error-1015-and-get-your.html' title='Fix iPhone error 1015 and get your iphone out of Recovery Mode'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-5890057873632498054</id><published>2011-03-27T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T09:36:59.277-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="android"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="htc desire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mobile phones"/><title type='text'>Hacking the HTC Desire</title><content type='html'>So its been awhile since I blogged and I decided to make a come-back with an update on my phone. No it&#39;s not a phone review yet, but that is on the list too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the HTC Desire is a super phone and I&#39;ve loved every bit of &lt;a href=&quot;http://gyak.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/my-htc-desire/&quot;&gt;Going Android.&lt;/a&gt; The Android Market has so many applications to download and explore, loads of games, books, health apps, wallpapers, media and loads of widgets. There&#39;s just one thing that stops me from downloading unlimited and that is the issue of Android 2.2 not letting you save your apps to the SD Card. This means everything I download or atleast most of the apps I download gets stored on the internal memory - 512 mb giving me the *beep beep* Low on Storage Space alert.* The good news is, that there is a solution with Android 2.3, but what until then?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I just went ahead and hacked my phone. Here&#39;s how.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Download SDK from here - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. Extract the files. Copy the second folder into the sdk named &quot;android-sdk-windows&quot; to the desktop.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Open  the folder on the desktop and open the file, SDK Manager.exe  (as no  such file as setup.exe exists in the new version of the SDK)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Close the command / windows command prompt window that opens while you are downloading&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Un check  all options you are prompted to download except ones like the  manuals,  and Essentially, ensure the USB driver option is selected /  ticked. Let these files download.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;While that is happening, ensure that on your phone USB Debugging is on. From the Home Screen - press Menu - Settings - Applications - Development - Check to see that USB Debugging is checked.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Download and install HTC Sync from the HTC Website - Click on support - Find your product and download&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Connect your phone with the USB and select &#39;HTC Sync&#39; when the command pops. Allow the sync to complete.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is where the hack begins. Ensure that you follow these steps correctly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;On your computer, click on Start - Run. Type Command Prompt/CMD and hit enter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This is what you should see. It will say &quot;Documents and Settings&quot; in all other versions of windows&lt;img style=&quot;width: 500px;&quot; class=&quot;aligncenter&quot; title=&quot;CMD&quot; src=&quot;http://my.jetscreenshot.com/4048/20110312-ep4a-20kb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;After the &amp;gt;, here is what you type in, if you have the android sdk folder on the desktop and have followed the instructions above exactly has mentioned.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&quot;cd desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools&quot; (might be &quot;cd desktop\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools&quot; in windows 7)&lt;br /&gt;&quot;adb devices&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;adb shell&quot;&lt;br /&gt;A $ sign should pop up&lt;br /&gt;&quot;pm setInstallLocation 2&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Another $ should pop up&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;li&gt;And your done. Close everything, disconnect phone, turn off phone and then turn it back on again.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After your phone comes back on, you will find that you are able to move your applications to the SD Card. A better way to keep track of this, it to get the Apps2SD application by scanning the QR code here. &lt;a href=&quot;http://gyak.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/aviary-appbrain-com-picture-1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignright size-full wp-image-119&quot; title=&quot;Apps2SD&quot; src=&quot;http://gyak.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/aviary-appbrain-com-picture-1.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;155&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you don&#39;t have this app - from your home screen - press menu - settings - applications - manage applications - select an app and press the &#39;Move to SD Card&#39; button which should not be greyed out now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope this post is useful to you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS.: if you move widgets to the memory card, you can&#39;t use them as widgets. So if you have any apps that you use as widgets on your desktop, I suggest you keep them in your phone. If you still wish to move them - you won&#39;t be able to use the widgets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till the next post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GYAK</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/5890057873632498054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/03/hacking-htc-desire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/5890057873632498054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/5890057873632498054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/03/hacking-htc-desire.html' title='Hacking the HTC Desire'/><author><name>GYAK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02853684517852904015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sl_CZhe4SWL994sYnEua9w0EQPfrpC7SDdB-CdiaRlPBe7PjA1gpjRTW2Wqsl5mxe0vgvo5Ss4kLwWYr2gyNkYYMtaHgwgxxl13-_EJW1Dwd_gUeidG2qc67Mi_Bvfk/s220/DSC00421-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-2774002236249646557</id><published>2011-03-24T01:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-24T01:26:43.539-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Nexus S"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nexus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nexus S"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nexus S in India"/><title type='text'>Samsung Google Nexus S in India</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.navigadget.com/wp-content/postimages/2010/12/nexus-s.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://www.navigadget.com/wp-content/postimages/2010/12/nexus-s.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Looks like Samsung &amp;amp; Google have finally decided to officially launch the much awaited Nexus S. It has been avialable for a while now from various sellers on ebay for about 30-35k INR, without a bill or samsung support and warranty. However now with an official launch on the cards we should see the brand new Nexus S in India by early April,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Flipkart states the phone comes with a 1 year Samsung India warranty and will be priced at Rs. 27,999,  you can pre-order it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-google-nexus-s-mobile-mobcu43efesazke2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A notable change is the swap of a Super AMOLED display with a Super Clear LCD, much like the Nexus S being launched last month in places like Russia, what would also be interesting is to see is if Samsung swaps out the Hummingbird processor with the OMAP one thus using an inferior GPU (i.e. a PowerVR SGX530 GPU instead of the more powerfull PowerVR SGX540) which could make this handset over priced.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A few specs: -&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;4-inch Super Clear LCD screen at 480x800&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;HSDPA support&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;WiFI b/g/n, DLNA&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Android 2.3 Gingerbread&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ARM Cortex A8 1GHz CPU&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;512MB RAM&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;16GB inbuilt storage&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/2774002236249646557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-google-nexus-s-in-india.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2774002236249646557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2774002236249646557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-google-nexus-s-in-india.html' title='Samsung Google Nexus S in India'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-528485705503822369</id><published>2010-11-15T12:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T12:08:33.547-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="projects"/><title type='text'>Projects...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrzHvMc-RYeVneRTtYX_4SBupz8oMqs09v1c1TNs79QxW9Q0L9a7HWIZnx2T4PBCOP6K3vk5WvS4bPekQFxORE8HbWKTf4FoeD-ubspc2nJrO6NQSL2bLB982-B8Vt4RrlQIj6ZUyj9e75hc/s1600-r/projects.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrzHvMc-RYeVneRTtYX_4SBupz8oMqs09v1c1TNs79QxW9Q0L9a7HWIZnx2T4PBCOP6K3vk5WvS4bPekQFxORE8HbWKTf4FoeD-ubspc2nJrO6NQSL2bLB982-B8Vt4RrlQIj6ZUyj9e75hc/s320-r/projects.jpg&quot; width=&quot;245&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/528485705503822369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/projects.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/528485705503822369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/528485705503822369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/projects.html' title='Projects...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrzHvMc-RYeVneRTtYX_4SBupz8oMqs09v1c1TNs79QxW9Q0L9a7HWIZnx2T4PBCOP6K3vk5WvS4bPekQFxORE8HbWKTf4FoeD-ubspc2nJrO6NQSL2bLB982-B8Vt4RrlQIj6ZUyj9e75hc/s72-c-r/projects.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-7692758340194175064</id><published>2010-11-13T12:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-13T12:21:52.789-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PS3"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PS3 Slim"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PS3 Slim 160GB"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sony India PS3"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Yellow Light of Death"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="YLOD"/><title type='text'>My New PS3 Slim..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;After my ps3 40 GB got the YLOD, I was wondering if I should do a reflow or send it to Sony, since if I attempted a reflow, Sony wouldn’t take it back for repair if anything went wrong &amp;amp; the Reflow isn’t a permanent fix either so I decided against it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;I contacted Sony, who told me that they can’t fix the issue and that they would give me a new ps3 Slim @ 50% discount in exchange of my bricked 40GB PS3 which was out of warranty. I was a bit surprised when I heard I’d get a new one since in the US they’d send you a refurbished ps3 for 100$ with a 3 month warranty, and here Sony India is offering a brand new ps3 160GB slim with a sealed box and 1 year warranty. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;After confirming that it would definitely be a new ps3 slim and not refurbished I sent my YLOD Ps3 to the Sony India Service center (@Andheri, Mumbai) and within a week I got a call from them to come collect my new ps3 slim 160GB. I was very impressed with Sony’s after sales and the way they handled the issue, I would definitely recommend &amp;nbsp;going to Sony to replace the YLOD’d PS3 than going for the reflow process or third party service centers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/7692758340194175064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-new-ps3-slim.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/7692758340194175064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/7692758340194175064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-new-ps3-slim.html' title='My New PS3 Slim..'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-6557020583270446992</id><published>2010-11-13T11:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-13T11:15:43.305-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Playstation 3"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PS3"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Reflow"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Yellow Light of Death"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="YLOD"/><title type='text'>Got YLOD!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A couple of months ago my 20 month old PS3 40 GB died on me with a YLOD (Yellow Light of Death). and I didn’t have an extended warranty either!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;For those unfamiliar with the YLOD issue,&amp;nbsp; it mostly occurs when the Motherboard/CPU/GPU &amp;nbsp;warps (possibly due to excessive heating) leaving CPU/GPU with insufficient contact with the motherboard also possibly due to a simple thermal paste issue, this can be temporarily fixed with a “Reflow” a process where heat is forced on the CPU/GPU with a Heat Gun to make it get back into full contact with the Motherboard after using a thermal compound on the chip.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This mostly seems to occur on the older ps3’s after about 1-1.5 years, and apparently cant be permanently fixed, I think it has something to do with manufactures unable to use lead solder irons. So a reflow can only be a temporary fix if at all, and that should last for about 3-6 months depending on how much it is used. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;You’ll know when you’ve been YLOD’d when you try to power on your ps3 and u see a yellow light just before the system goes back off flashing red, this is similar to the RROD(Red Ring of Death) issue on the Xbox 360.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;More on how I got a PS3 again after the break…&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/6557020583270446992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/got-ylod.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/6557020583270446992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/6557020583270446992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/got-ylod.html' title='Got YLOD!!!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-430845513388149592</id><published>2010-11-12T00:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T09:43:50.736-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="android"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gadgets"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mobile phones"/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Here&#39;s presenting to you... the typical android, iphone, &amp;amp; blackberry user :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://isource.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ev17d3-600x848.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Android v/s Iphone&quot; class=&quot;alignnone&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope this made you smile as much as I did!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/430845513388149592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/heres-presenting-to-you.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/430845513388149592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/430845513388149592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/heres-presenting-to-you.html' title=''/><author><name>GYAK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02853684517852904015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sl_CZhe4SWL994sYnEua9w0EQPfrpC7SDdB-CdiaRlPBe7PjA1gpjRTW2Wqsl5mxe0vgvo5Ss4kLwWYr2gyNkYYMtaHgwgxxl13-_EJW1Dwd_gUeidG2qc67Mi_Bvfk/s220/DSC00421-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-2679310702356629045</id><published>2010-11-06T01:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-06T01:18:10.674-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NES"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PSP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PSP Phone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PSP Phoney"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sony PSP Phone"/><title type='text'>PSP Phone(y) launched...</title><content type='html'>Looks like Sony&#39;s been beaten by to the launch of the much awaited PSP Phone. The Unmei Q5&#39;s [a.k.a PSP Phone(y)] comes with a 3.5-inch  touchscreen, front and rear cameras, dual SIM card slots, an NES  emulator, 3.5mm audio jack, and a mini-USB port -- all crammed into the  shell of a PSP Go like appearance. Available in black or white, for less than Rs.3k. if you could ship one from China. (where else would you expect to find one).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/11/101105-kirphone-01.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;256&quot; src=&quot;http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/11/101105-kirphone-01.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/2679310702356629045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/psp-phoney-launched.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2679310702356629045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2679310702356629045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/psp-phoney-launched.html' title='PSP Phone(y) launched...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-6617319280728091920</id><published>2010-11-02T10:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-06T01:09:06.687-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="android"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="desire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gadgets"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="htc"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="htc desire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mobile phones"/><title type='text'>Unboxing: the HTC Desire</title><content type='html'>Welcome to Technogravy! I write the second half of this blog, with less technical language than Dwayne would give you, thus making Dwayne the guru!&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyhow, coming back to the un-boxing and my first blog post here:&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is our first unboxing video of the much loved android phone - HTC Desire. (hallelujah!!)&lt;br /&gt;
For those of you who are wondering what an android phone is? Here is the definition of android for dummies: Android is the operating systems of most of the new phones developed by  Google, what the phone world is moving too. Its the coolest operating  system present right now.&lt;br /&gt;
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And that operating system is in a phone - the phone I would like to introduce to you as the HTC Desire! Watch me unbox it here:&lt;br /&gt;
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Hope you enjoyed watching that. The camera aint the clearest but it worked well enough for me to show you in the unboxing video like I needed to.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for watching!&lt;br /&gt;
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GYAK</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/6617319280728091920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/unboxing-htc-desire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/6617319280728091920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/6617319280728091920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/11/unboxing-htc-desire.html' title='Unboxing: the HTC Desire'/><author><name>GYAK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02853684517852904015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sl_CZhe4SWL994sYnEua9w0EQPfrpC7SDdB-CdiaRlPBe7PjA1gpjRTW2Wqsl5mxe0vgvo5Ss4kLwWYr2gyNkYYMtaHgwgxxl13-_EJW1Dwd_gUeidG2qc67Mi_Bvfk/s220/DSC00421-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-2397198227759026886</id><published>2010-10-31T00:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-31T00:57:09.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unboxing: Android 2.3 Gingerbread</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height=&quot;308&quot; width=&quot;503&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/KDIwIV288uw?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/KDIwIV288uw?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;503&quot; height=&quot;308&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Watch out toward the end of the Video - probablly an Apple fan-boy bending over to Android&#39;s latest treat!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://images.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/articleimage/9274/2010/10/thumb_550_gingerbread--google.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;http://images.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/articleimage/9274/2010/10/thumb_550_gingerbread--google.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/2397198227759026886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/10/unboxing-android-23-gingerbread.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2397198227759026886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/2397198227759026886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/10/unboxing-android-23-gingerbread.html' title='Unboxing: Android 2.3 Gingerbread'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-1399940224673402018</id><published>2010-10-30T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-30T11:06:35.529-07:00</updated><title type='text'>RIP Limewire</title><content type='html'>The time has come to bid farewell to this generations pirate haven, &quot;Limewire&quot;.&amp;nbsp; A  federal judge in the United States of America, on Tuesday had ruled for  the shutting down of the digital file sharing service after finding it  liable for copyright infringement. Statements in the ruling included  that Limewire had cost record companies hundreds of millions of dollars  in revenue losses and that record companies &quot;have suffered&quot;. The ruling  was passed in favour of the &lt;span class=&quot;IL_AD&quot; id=&quot;IL_AD2&quot;&gt;Recording Industry&lt;/span&gt; Association of America (RIAA) which represented the record companies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Limewire  will however be allowed to test a service which would allow users to buy music  legally from independent recording labels to make a legal comeback until then Rest in Peace - Limewire (long live uTorrent).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/1399940224673402018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/10/rip-limewire.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/1399940224673402018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/1399940224673402018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/10/rip-limewire.html' title='RIP Limewire'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930945164275883270.post-4703574088868406857</id><published>2010-10-30T05:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-31T02:10:17.479-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And then there was TechnoGravy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Hello Follower(s)! (at present just 1 - Nats). Welcome to TechnoGravy - Where you&#39;l hopefully find gadget reviews, game reviews, and the latest scoop about whats happening in the world of tech, gaming, gadgets and all that fun stuff.. believe it or not, I was inspired to do this after watching Natasha post an unboxing video of her new HTC Desire :P. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Why TechnoGravy? well.. I just thought it sounds cool, and besides who doesn&#39;t like Gravy right?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In summary, what i hope to have here are reviews that everyone wants to see, delivered in the simplest way so that you dont have to be a geek to understand and so that you don&#39;t make that horrible choice that you regret for as long as it takes you to forget how much u paid for it.(Damn that MotoRazr2). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Do comment and and let me know your thoughts on this idea, also feel free to write in with any related questions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cheers.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/feeds/4703574088868406857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/10/and-then-there-was-technogravy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/4703574088868406857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930945164275883270/posts/default/4703574088868406857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://technogravy.blogspot.com/2010/10/and-then-there-was-technogravy.html' title='And then there was TechnoGravy...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>