transientis.com - António Melo’s transient moods

Thanks to Hisham, Paulo, and Catarina.

Why upgrade? There are some bug fixes, namely support for reply from the native exchange email client. Probably there are more, I did not research which.

Check your firmware version. In your phone type *#0000#

My version was: 1.0610.04.04, 19-04-06

• Install Nokia PC Suite (for backup purposes and apparently for the product code hack): http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/download-software/nokia-pc-suite/download
• Connect the cable
• In your phone a menu appears. Select “PC Suite”.
• Run Nokia PC Suite.
  • Uncheck File / Invoke at Startup.
  • Select File / Backup (Nokia Content Copier is launched)
  • Select all checkboxes (the backup took me ~3 minutes)
• Follow instructions from http://blog.hishamrana.com/2006/12/21/force-flashing-vodafone-branded-nokia-e61
  • I needed to have Nokia PC Suite connected in order for the Scan in step 7. to work (look at the status bar, no error msg may be displayed)
  • On step 8. use Product Code 0530146 (portuguese keyboard) instead of 0530151: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-55600.html
  • Make sure the phone is charged. If needed remove the power cable (at a given point I kept receiving a misleading error on step 9. stating to wait a few more minutes until it was charged)
  • Make sure that in step 9. the updater detects there is a newer version (left side of screen). In my case: Current: 1.0610.04.05. Update: 3.0633.09.04.
  • Start the update (it took me ~13 minutes, 44.9MB)

Check your firmware again. In your phone type *#0000#. My now is “3.0633.09.04″, 20-11-06

Through Nokia PC Suite, restore all your data back. Everything was kept, from configurations, files, shortcuts, etc. Although I had to reinstall Fring again.

It has been very nice to blog. Really.

Unfortunately, due to (unforeseen) private reasons, I’m estimating that in the forthcoming months I will not blog here. I’ll probably make seldom exceptions to this (yet another) rule, making here some announcements, for example.

Regards.

The 21 st or 22 nd of last month was an interesting date to me. It was, somehow, a turning point.

This might be a transient mood :), but since that day I decided it would be nice trying to start a blog, I’ve bought a wireless router, two external disks for backups (more on this probably on another post) , choose a name for my blog, started the blog in Blogger, bought a domain name and hosted it in a cPanel server, dropped the first blog and set up a WordPress powered one (the one you are reading) installed through the built-in Fantastico installer. Uff, I’m tired!

On the other side, I was thinking buying the wireless router and an external disk since ever (maybe 2005) . And it was mostly the inertia that prevented me doing it.

I really would like to have a deeper understanding of my brain.

For the record, my site is hosted in 100mp.com, and, until now, I’m very happy with it.