Technology Beginner

How to cast Android screen on TV?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:25:00 +0000

How to cast Android screen on TV?

Nowadays lot of users are using Smart TV as their household appliance so that they can use the different apps on their TV and also able to cast their device screen on the TV. So here are simple steps to follow for screen mirroring of an android device to the TV.

Smart TV

Connect your Android device to the same Wi-Fi as your TV has connected.
Go to Android Device settings --> Display option.
Tap on "Cast Screen" that will redirects to the Cast Screen page.
Tap on "More" and you will see "Enable wireless display" option.
Check the "Enable wireless display" option and you will get your TV name displayed in the Cast Screen page.
Android Cast Screen
Now tap on TV name to connect your device with the TV.
Here you go - your device screen will appear on the TV.

How to troubleshoot if TV name shows disabled on Cast screen page?

If your TV name shows disabled while screen mirroring from Android device then follow below steps to resolve this problem.

Power OFF and Power ON your TV and then try again above steps.
Your TV name will be shown enabled to connect in Cast screen page.

How to find MAC address of Device

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 07:10:00 +0000

What is MAC Address ?

A MAC address is a unique identifier for your Network adapter or Network Interface Card (NIC).

How to Find Address ?

1) Find MAC address in Nokia feature phone.
To find Mac address you need to type in this: *#62209526# code from your device home screen

2) Find MAC address in blackberry device.
To find the Media Access Control (MAC) address of a Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphone, complete the steps below, according to the version of BlackBerry device software installed on the smartphone:

BlackBerry Device Software 4.5 to 5.0:

From the home screen, click Options > Status.
The WLAN MAC field displays the MAC address for the smartphone.

BlackBerry 6 to 7.1:

From the home screen, select Setup > Options > Device > Device and Status Information.
The WLAN MAC field displays the MAC address for the smartphone.

BlackBerry 10 OS:

From the home screen select Settings > Network Connections > Wi-Fi > Advanced.
In the Diagnostic Information drop-down, select Device Information.
The Physical Address field displays the MAC address for the smartphone.

3) Find MAC address in Android device. Go to Settings-> Go to About Phone->Go to Status->The Wi-Fi MAC Address is listed

4) Find MAC address in iOS device.
Go to Settings ->Go to General->Go to About->The Wi-Fi Address is the MAC address

How to edit host file in Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:08:00 +0000

This post shows you how you can edit host file on Windows 7 operating system.

You might have run into issue related some access denied error or it might ask to save file again etc.. when you directly go to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc folder and try to save host file after editing it.I will show you how you can get rid of this issue and successfully edit the host file.

1. Click Start button of windows and then go to All Programs -> Accessories.
2. Right-click on Notepad, and then click Run as administrator.
3. Open the host file located at C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc from Notepad.
4. Edit the file and click on Save from the file menu. Done !

How to Configure Airtel Mobile Office On Windows Mobile

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:10:00 +0000

This post shows how you can configure Airtel Mobile Office settings in Windows Mobile device.

Airtel Mobile Office settings needs to be configured manually in windows mobile device.Below are the steps to configure Airtel Mobile Office settings in your windows Mobile device.

1) Go to Start->Settings->Connections->Connections in your windows mobile device then you will find the below screen.

2) Click on Add a new modem connection link displayed in above screen and specify connection name as 'MO' and select modem as 'Cellular Line(GPRS,3G)' in drop down as displayed below and then click Next.

3) Specify Access point name as 'airtelgprs.com' as shown below and click next.

4) Leave all fields blank as it is and click on finish.

5) Switch off and then Switch on you device. Open the web browser on your device and start surfing the web on your device.

Blogger Help: How to submit blog to Google

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:04:00 +0000

In this post I will show you how you can submit your site or blog to google search engine.

Submitting site or blog to the google is first thing to do once you create your blog.

Well , you might think that why we should submit blog to google? As you know that when you do the google search on any topic then it displays the relevant site as search result.There are millions of sites on the web and readers have to rely on the search engines to inform them of the best site for the subject they are looking for.Unless you submit your site to the search engines they will never come to know of your site/blog.Generally, google add and update new sites to its index each time it crawls the web. However submitting your site or blog URL to google , It will specifically let the google know about your site and it will improve chances of your site to be indexed faster then as usual.

Submitting blog to google is very simple, so submit you site to google from submit your site. You only need to provide the root URL of you site to submit, individual URL of the pages are not required to submit. Enter your full URL including the http:// prefix. For example: http://ebeginner.blogspot.com/

After submitting your blog to google you also need submit your blog to blogger search engine.Blogger search engine displays the list of relevant blog for the provided search term and this will help readers to come to know about your blog.

Install 82865G graphics driver for Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:24:00 +0000

After installing windows 7 ultimate I came across the issue that it doesn’t find suitable driver for the 82865G grapics card to install and this ended up with displaying blurred screen with lower resolution.If you do right click on desktop -> Screen Resolution and open the Resolution drop down then you will find the fewer resolution available to select. Infact this video card driver is not available to download for window 7 in intel download center.

However you can still install windows xp driver on windows 7 which worked for me and get rid of this issue. However you still won’t have Areo theme enabled since it is not supported on this 82865G graphics card. Here I will show you how you can install windows XP drivers on windows 7.

Go to the download page of Windows XP driver for 82865G display card: downloadcentre
Download driver and extract the downloaded driver.
Right click on the setup.exe file and select properties to open the properties window as displayed below.

Go to the ‘Compatibility’ tab and select ‘Windows XP (Service Pack 3)’ in drop down and select ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for:’ check box as shown above and click on the Ok button of the dialog.
Right click on setup.exe file and select ‘Run as administrator’ to install the driver.
It will start installation ,I run into some errors while instillation but somehowe it insllaled the drivers., so ignore any errors occurred while installation.
Restart the machine. Now you wil have proper display. You can also check that now more resolution options are available in Screen Resolution window. Good luck !

Configure Mail For Exchange on Nokia

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:41:00 +0000

This is post shows how you can configure mail for exchange on your Nokia device.Steps are written specific for Nokia N95 device however it is also applicable to all other compatible E series and N series devices like E71, E72, E75, E55, E52, 5800, N97 etc... with little modification if any.
What is Mail For Exchange ?
Mail for Exchange application is compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server Active Sync and Direct Push which synchronizes your business's Microsoft Exchange accounts so you can use your Microsoft Exchange email, calendar ,contacts and tasks on your Nokia mobile devices.
To use Mail for Exchange, you need a Microsoft Exchange e-mail account ,name of your mail domain, Exchange server’s name ,your user name and password.
Mail For Exchange Setup:

1. Download and install Mail for Exchange from Ovi Store if not already. It's free to download !

2. Open the Mail for Exchange on device and message will pop-up saying “You have no Mail for Exchange profile. Create profile? ” .Select Yes.

3. Enter following details on the screen displayed and then click on the OK button.

E-mail address: your email address(e.g. abc@xyz.com)
Domain: Specify name of your mail domain
Username: Again specify your email address as user name (e.g. abc@xyz.com)
Password: Your password
Access point: Specify the access point though which you want to access your data.

4. After clicking OK button it will show the screen saying “Retrieving Exchange server name”.Click on cancel button of this screen.

5. Fill following details in Connection screen.

Exchange server: Specify name of Exchange server.
Secure connection: Yes or No depending on the server settings.
Leave rest of the fields in these screen like Access point, Sync while roaming, Use default port etc... as it is or change them accordingly as per your need.

6. Then press the right key of the device to go to the next screen named ‘Credentials’. Here you will able to see that Username, Password and Domain fields are populated.

7. Press the right key of the device.Now you are on the ‘Sync schedule’ screen where you can define how and at what frequency you want to sync your data. Below is the explanation of each field.

Peak sync schedule:peak sync schedule is time interval at which your data will sync at specified time as below

Select ‘Always on’ if you want your data to be automatically synced.
Select ‘Manual’ if you don’t want your data to be synced automatically
Select any other available option like ‘Every 15 minutes’, ‘Every 30 minutes’ etc... as per your need. This will sync data automatically at every 15 minutes interval as if you select ‘Every 15 minutes’ options.

Off-peak sync schedule: Off-peak sync schedule is time interval at which your data will sync at specified time beyond your peak sync schedule. Select appropriate option as per your need.

Peak start time and Peak end time: are time intervals at which you want your data to be synced. Example: If you have set Peak sync schedule as ‘Always on’ and Peak start time and Peak end time as 8:00am to 5:pm then your data will automatically sync between this time range and beyond this time range it will not sync data automatically.

Peak days: Here you can specify days on which you want data to be synced. Example: If you want your data to be synced on weekdays then you can excluded Saturday and Sunday.
In case of conflict: Specify option ‘Server wins’ if not already.

Some users may want to receive mail all the time. These users will set both ‘Peak-‘ and ‘Off peak sync schedule’ to ‘Always on’.
Others may want to only download mails manually all the time. These users will set both settings to ‘Manual’
Users that want to receive mail ASAP while at work and less often (or not at all) while at home, for example, require more control. The best way to illustrate this is an example. Smith works 9am-5pm M-F. While at work, he wants to receive mail ASAP. At home, receiving mail is not as critical. He will check his email manually.

   Smith will set:
   Peak sync schedule: Always on
   Off-peak schedule: Manual
   Peak start time: 9:00 am
   Peak end time: 5:00 pm
   Peak days: Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr

8. Press the right key of the device. Now you are on Calendar screen. Specify following data if you want your calendar data to be synced otherwise go to the next screen.

Synchronize calendar : Yes
Sync calendar back: Specify ‘All entries’ if you want all calendar data to be synced or choose any other appropriate option like ‘2 weeks’ etc.
Initial sync: If you want your previously present calendar entries on device to be as it is then specify ‘Keep items on phone’ option otherwise specify ‘Delete items on phone’ option if you want your calendar entries present on device to be deleted while initial sync.

9. Press the right key of the device. Now you are on Task screen. Specify following data if you want your Task data to be synced otherwise go to the next screen.

Synchronise tasks : Yes
Sync completed tasks: Select ‘Yes’ if you want to sync completed task.
Initial sync: select ‘Keep items on phone’ If you want your previously present tasks entries on device to be as it is or specify ‘Delete items on phone’ option if you want your tasks entries present on device to be deleted while initial sync.

10. Press the right key of the device. Now you are on Contacts screen. Specify following data if you want your device contacts to be synced otherwise go to the next screen.

Synchronise contacts : Yes
Initial sync: select ‘Keep items on phone’ If you want your device contacts not to be deleted while or specify ‘Delete items on phone’ option if you want your device contacts to be deleted while initial sync.

11. Press the right key of the device. Now you are on Email screen. Specify following data if you want your Emails to be synced.

Synchronise e-mail : Yes
E-mail address: Specify you email address if not already
Show new mail popup: select Yes if you want to new email pop up notification to be displayed on arrival of new email.Leave rest of the fields of this screen as it is or change them as per your need.

12. After configuring all the tabs, save the profile.On saving the profile it will start syncing the data.If you want to manually sync data then go to options and select Synchronize to start syncing the data.

13. After synchronization completes go to the Messaging->Mail for Exchange to view the downloaded emails.

Screen capture on Nokia device

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:10:00 +0000

You can install screen capture application from Ovi store.You should have Ovi store/ Nokia Account to download and any application from Ovi Store. Go to the Ovi Store and register for the Nokia account.

Method 1: Installation Steps Using PC:

1. Go to Ovi Store and sign-in with your Ovi store account.

2. Search for the 'Best Screen snap' in Ovi store.

3. You will be displayed the 'Best Screen snap' application page.Click on Send to mobile button displayed on the page.You will get the SMS on your mobile containing download link of the application.

4. Open the received SMS and click on application link present in SMS. Clicking link it will open the web browser pointing to http://store.ovi.mobi containing download page for the application.Click on the download button of the page. Enter the credential for the Ovi Store and sing-in.

5. Now again click on the Download button if not started already.It will start instillation of the application.

Method 2: Installation steps Using Mobile Device: If you have smartphone then you can install application from Ovi store by following below steps using web browser on device.

1. Open the web browser on your device and navigate to http://store.ovi.mobi

2. Sing-in to Ovi Store and go to home page.

3. Click on the Search link and search for the 'Best Screen snap'. Click on the search result to go to the application page to download the application.

4. Click on the Download button displayed on the application page. It will start installation of 'Best Screen snap' application.

Application Usage:

1. Open the application in device. It will look like below and look for the shortcut key assigned for screen capture and look for the folder name where taken screen shots will be stored.

2. Click on Hide option of application displayed on right to run the application in back ground.

3. Now navigate to the screen for which you want to screen capture. Press the shortcut key to do the screen capture. It generally plays camera sound on successful screen capture. If screen capture is not working then you should try by changing the shortcut key assigned for screen capture in application.

4. Now open the application and change the shout cut key with various combination with shift key (as application doesn't accept all combination, generally it accepts combination with shift key) something like shift +1, shift +2 etc...You can do this by pressing and holding shift key and then pressing another key like 1, 2 etc. Now try again to do the screen capture after changing the shortcut key.

5. After successful screen capture, connect your device to your computer using device USB data cable and then go to the 'Images' folder where generally images resides. Now look for the 'ScreenSnap' folder inside 'Images' folder. 'ScreenSnap' folder contains the captured images. Now you can copy those images to your computer.

How to screen capture on Android Device

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:45:00 +0000

If you are a mobile tester and looking for how to screen capture in Android based device then follow below steps. Using below steps you can do screen capture in android device using Dalvik Debug Monitor (DDMS)

1. Java is required to be installed so install it from here Java. If you have already installed Java then make sure you have correct version of Java is installed.Check your Java version from here Java version. If you do not have correct Java version installed then install the suggested version on that page.

2. Download the latest Android sdk from here : Android SDK

3. Extract the downloaded sdk files from the .zip file.

4. Next step is to install the device driver.Go to the 'android-sdk-windows' folder of sdk and launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager tool by clicking 'SDK Setup.exe' file.

5. Go to settings in AVD Manager tool and then check the force download through HTTP in the settings as shown below.

6. Now select Available packages in AVD Manager and look for 'USB Driver Package'. Select this package and install it by clicking 'Installed selected' button of the AVD Manager.

7. After success full installation of USB driver select Installed Packages from AVD Manager and make sure that 'USB Driver Package' is listed over there.

8. Now go to the 'android-sdk-windows' folder of the SDK and observe that 'usb_driver' folder appears it it. In case device driver are not installed successfully then follow the instruction available over Android USB Driver

9. On your Android phone go to Settings>Applications>Development and then Check the checkbox for "USB debugging."

10. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer’s USB port. Windows will detect the device and launch the Hardware Update Wizard.

11. Select “Install from a list or specific location” and click “Next.”

12. Select “Search for the best driver in these locations”; un-check “Search removable media”; and check “Include this location in the search.”

13. Click “Browse…” and locate the device driver folder in SDK where you installed the device driver (\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver).

14. Click “Next” to install the driver.

15. After successful installation of the mobile device driver go to the tools folder of the downloaded Androd sdk.Generally path is something like this:\android-sdk_windows\tools

16. Now find the DDMS batch file in tools folder and launch it.

17. After DDMS launches, you should see your device listed in it.

18. Now select you device in DDMS and then in DDMS select Device > Screen capture in the menu bar, or press CTRL-S.This will bring up the "Device Screen Capture" interface showing current screen on you device. Save the image and you are done !

19. You can Refresh the current image to generate a new image of your current screen to capture new screen shot.

Setup Android Emulator

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:14:00 +0000

Are you a tester looking for to test on the android emulator ? Then you are on the right place to get started testing on the Android emulator.

This post will help you to setup the android 1.1 and 1.5 emulator.

You must have java installed on your machine before installing the Android emulator.

Install Java from here: Go to http://www.java.com/getjava/index.jsp and install to java.

If you already installed java or recently then you must know that the version of Java installed on your machine is correct or not.

Test installed java from here: Go to http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp to check whether you have correct version of java installed or not. If you fine that correct version is not installed then follow the instruction provided in page and install the correct version of java.

After completion of java installation successfully follow below steps to install the Android emulator.

Where to download the android emulator ?

Android emulator comes with Android sdk.You can download latest sdk from:http://developer.android.com

How to install android emulator ?

Downloaded android sdk will be in compressed format.Uncompressed it to the desired location [e.g. C:\Emulator]and you are done.

What are the useful Android sdk commands for emulator?

Launch the command prompt: Start>Run>Cmd.Locate the emulator.exe path where the android got installed, in this case go to C:\Emulator directory and navigate to tools directory e.g:C:\Emulator\Android\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools where emulator.exe is present.Navigate to tools directory path in command prompt like shown below.

Type: Emulator.exe -help and execute it. You will find the list of the useful commands related to emulator usage.
Type: Android -h and execute it. You will find the list of the useful commands related to Android usage.

What is android virtual device ?

Android virtual device is the emulator that we are going to create based on the specific platform of android
.E.g. Android1.1, Abdroid1.5, Android2.0 etc.

Type: Emulator.exe -help-virtual-device and execute it for more information about android virtual device.

How to setup the Android virtual device ?

This is the command format to create the android virtual device: android create avd -n [UserDefinedNameHere] -t [1 or 2 or 3 etc. based on which android platform you want to create]

If you want to create android virtual device based on Android1.1 platform then type:android create avd -n MyAndroid1 -t 1
If you want to create android virtual device based on Android1.5 platform then type:android create avd -n MyAndroid2 -t 2
After executing one of the above command you will be prompted for the message like below to create custom hardware profile. Type no if you don't want to create custom hardware profile.

Now after successful setup of android virtual device you will be prompted message like this depending on what platform android virtual device is created:"Created AVD 'MyAndroid1' based on Android1.1 or Created AVD 'MyAndroid2' based on Android1.5"

How to know list of created android virtual devices ?

Type: Android list avd : This command will display the list of the created android virtual devices as shown in below screen shot.

How to launch created android virtual device or emulator?

A: Type:emulator.exe -avd [name of the emulator created] : In our case type:emulator.exe -avd MyAndroid1 or emulator.exe -avd MyAndroid2

Now you can see the emulator launched as below. Wait some time to get it initialized , ignore any error message if it appears if it is not blocking,It will also get the Internet connection automatically so you do not need to do anything to surf Internet in emulator. Now you are ready to start you application on emulator !

How to Delete android virtual device ?

Type: android delete avd -n [Name of the virtual device] : For example to delete one of the created virtual device as mentioned above type below command.

Type: android delete avd -n MyAndroid1 : This command will delete the android virtual device named 'MyAndroid1'.

Mobile Web Application Testing on Desktop Browser

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Why testing mobile application on desktop browser ?

Before you start testing your mobile site to determine how it works on mobile device, you should make sure the functionality of the site is working as expected by testing it on desktop browser. We can find functional bug that are going to be reproduce irrespective of mobile devices and get fixed from Developer at early stage before testing cycles starts on the real mobile devices. Starting testing on the mobile devices before testing on the desktop browser is not a good practice which can lead to the more testing effort. The best testing approach for the mobile application should be following.

First test on the desktop browser to find the functional bugs and make sure that functionality of the site is as expected.
Once site or one of its module functionality is complete then test on the device emulator to get the browser/platform coverage in case if you don't have the device.
If device is already available then test on the device itself to find the device specific bugs instead of testing on the emulator

This testing process will help us to find the functional bugs at early stage using desktop browser and then tester can focus on the real device testing to find the device specific bugs like any rendering issues or any functional issues that do not reproduce on the desktop browser but reproduce on the device being tested, this will help developer to get better idea that it is a device specific bugs or not so they can get the right direction to fix it.

Safari and Mozilla Firefox supports some great extensions that can make testing your mobile sites on desktop browser.This post explains how to set Firefox and safari to test your mobile site.

Installation Guide for User Agent Switcher on Firefox.

1. Download and install the Firefox is not already.

2. Launch the Firefox browser and open the Tools->Add-ons to launch the Add-ons window

3. Click on the Get Add-ons button in Add-ons window.

4. Enter 'User agent switcher' in search text box and click on the search button as displayed in below image.It will display search result as displayed in below image.

5. Click on the Add to Firefox.. button of the search result displayed in above screen. This will install

display below screen.Click on the Install Now button of the software installation screen. This will install the plug-in to firefox.

6. Click on the Restart Firebox button displayed in the screen which will restart the Firefox and you can locate the installed plug-in as Tools->Default User Agent as displayed in below screen. This is how plug-in gets installed.

Mobile application Testing on Firefox using User Agent switcher plug-in.

You have now got User agent switcher plug-in installed so you can start testing you application as below.

1. On installing User agent switcher it has by default user agent installed for iPhone as displayed below so we don't have to do anything new to start testing unless there is specific requirement for the another device (N95) user agent.

2. Now navigate to any site like http://www.gmail.com then you will see the PC version of the site as displayed below since we haven't do anything with user agent switcher.

3. Now Select iPhone 3.0 from the Default User Agent menu as below.

4. Now press refresh button of the browser window and you will find the mobile version of the gmail site as you have set the iPhone user agent , server will recognize the request made from iPhone ad will serve the mobile pages of the site to the browser. Now you are ready to test the mobile application of your site. if you still see the pc version of the site then restart the firefox ,make sure that proper user agent is selected (e.g.iPhone3.0 in this case) and try navigating to your site.

5. To switch back to desktop version of the website , Select Default User Agent in user agent switcher as displayed below and refresh the page.You will be able to view the PC version of the site as usual from now.

How to Add New User Agent String ?

If there is need arise to test the mobile application by setting the particular device user agent string then you can add the user agent string as below.

1. Go to Tools->Default User Agent->User Agent Switcher->Options.. to open the User Agent Switcher Options dialog as displayed in below screen:

2. Click on the New button and select the New User Agent..menu item to open the New User Agent dialog as displayed in below screen.

3. If you need a user agent string for Nokia N95 then do a google search by 'Nokia N95 user agent string' or you can find some from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_user_agents_for_mobile_phones

4. Fill the New User Agent filed as below and click on the ok button of the dialog.

Description: Provide the name for which user agent string is being added.In our case provide 'N95'

User Agent: Copy the user agent value found from the google search and paste it here .For N95 user agent string is :Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2; U; Series60/3.1 NokiaN95/11.0.026; Profile MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413

5. Now you can see the N95 entry in the User Agent Switcher options dialog. Click ok button of this dialog to close it. Now Go to Tools -> Default User Agent. you can see that newly added user agent entry for N95 is appears now as displayed in below screen.

6. Now Select the N95 from User Agent switcher and then you can start testing of your application. That's it ! For example: navigate to http://www.gmail.com and you will find the mobile version of gmail as displayed in the below screen. you can notice that mobile version of gmail displayed is different in look and feel then the mobile version served to iPhone above. It depends on the server which detects the mobile devices from the user agent string and server the pages designed for those devices. It doesn't mean that for each and every mobile devices there are different set of mobile page, but it depends on the application support the include provide rich application support for the rich devices like iPhone and provide lower version of the application to the remaining device that are not so much capable in terms of javascipt, CSS ,XML HTTP object etc.

Installation Guide for User Agent Switcher on Safari.

1. Download and install the Safari if not already.

2. Safari has default User agent switcher, we just need to enable it to display in the toolbar.

3. Open the Preferences windows as displayed below.

4. Navigate to Advanced tab in the Preferences window and check the 'Show developer menu in toolbar.' check box displayed as bottom of the page and close the window.

5. After closing the Preference window observe that Developer menus is displayed with some default user agent set. This is how user agent switcher gets enabled in safari.

Mobile application Testing on Safari using User Agent switcher plug-in.

You have now got User agent switcher plug-in enabled in safari so you can start testing you application as below.

1. User agent switcher has by default user agent installed for iPhone as displayed below so we don't have to do anything new to start testing unless there is specific requirement for the another device (N95) user agent.

2. Now Select iPhone from the Default User Agent menu as below.

3. Now navigate to http://www.gmail.com and you will find the mobile version of the gmail site as you have set the iPhone user agent , server will recognize the request made from iPhone and will serve the mobile pages of the site to the browser. Now you are ready to test the mobile application of your site. If you still display the pc version of the site then restart the safari,make sure that proper user agent is selected (e.g.iPhone in this case) and try navigating to your site.

4. To switch back to desktop version of the website , Select Default User Agent for safari in user agent switcher as displayed below and refresh the page.You will be able to view the PC version of the site as usual from now.

How to Add New User Agent String ?

If there is need arise to test the mobile application by setting the particular device user agent string then you can add the user agent string as below.

1. Go to Developer->User Agent->Options to open the the dialog to enter the custom user agent strings as displayed in below screen:

2. Now copy the user agent string for the desired device to the text field displayed in above dialog, in our case copy the user agent string for N95 and click on the ok button of the dialog.

3. Now Go to Developer ->User Agent. you can see that newly added user agent entry for N95 appears as displayed in below screen.

4. Now Select the User Agent string for N95 and then you can start testing of your application. That's it ! For example: navigate to http://www.gmail.com and you will find the mobile version of gmail as displayed in the below screen.

Quick Start with Mac

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:56:00 +0000

This topic contains information for the beginner who are new to MAC and want quick started on mac.

How to power on the machine ?

Press the black button located at the Bottom left behind the monitor screen.

How to shut down or Log off the machine?

Click on the Apple icon: displayed on the top left corner of the screen, which will open the menu with all these options.

How to take screen shots on Mac?

Press the Command+Shift+3 button that will save the screenshot on the desktop or press the Command+Shift+4 that will allow you to select the region of the screen and then after selecting region save the screenshot to the desktop.

How to find the toolbar options like File, Edit, View etc. For any application.

Mac has the common toolbar for all applications, which dynamically gets changed, and it is located at top of the screen.If you want to access the toolbar of the particular application when there are multiple windows opened then just bring the window front for which you want the toolbar and then Mac toolbar will automatically changed according to that application.

How to Forcefully Quit any program that is hanged as we kill the process from Task manager in windows ?

Press the Command+option+Esc button that will launch window to quit any application that is not responding.
OR launch Activity Monitor same as Task manager for window from Macintosh HD> Applications >Utilities>Activity Monitor

Where to find utility programs like terminal windows (command prompt in windows) etc?

Open the Macintosh HD present on desktop then go to Applications>Utilities>Terminal
You can find other installed applications from: Macintosh HD > Applications folder

How to enable root access and why it is required?
The user named "root" is a special user in UNIX-style operating systems that has read and write privileges to all areas of the file system. The root user should only be used for specific administration or monitoring tasks. After completing a task as the root user, you should log out of Mac OS X and log back in using a normal or administrator account. You should disable root access if you do not use it often.

The root user does not appear in Users or Accounts preferences.

Mac OS X v10.5

From the Finder's Go menu, choose Utilities.
Open Directory Utility.
Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.
Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.
Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.
Enter the root password you wish to use in both the Password and Verify fields, and then click OK.

How to log in as root
Use these steps for Mac OS X v10.2 or later

If you are logged in, choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
If you are logging in from a list of usernames with pictures, click Other.
In the Name field, type: root
In the Password field, type the password you defined in the steps above.

For More Information go to: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528

Terminal Window

Go to the http://macapper.com/2007/03/08/the-terminal-an-introduction/ for some useful terminal commands

All you need to know about the using Mac application, installation, hardware etc.

Go to Macintosh HD>User Guide and Information>Apple Hardware Test Read Me.pdf to know about the hardware
Go to Macintosh HD >User Guide and Information >IMac Users Guide.pdf