Friday, July 22
When Linux Hangs or Completely Freezes
Then you have to use something called Magic SysRq Keys. In short they are keys which allows you to perform various commands regardless of the system’s state, like in this case get the system to recover from a freeze. Note that these keys wont work if your system is in kernel panic. Like I said there are tree combinations that you will have to remember and since we have already learned one, there are two to go:
Hold [Alt]+[PrtSc] then type [R]>[E]>[I]>[S]>[U]>[B] (press each key for 2-3 seconds). In short the keys mean: unRaw (take control of keyboard back from X), tErminate (send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate gracefully), kIll (send SIGKILL to all processes, forcing them to terminate immediately), Sync (flush data to disk), Unmount (remount all filesystems read-only), reBoot (restart).
Again hold [Alt]+[PrtSc] then type [R]>[E]>[I]>[S]>[U]>[O] (press each key for 2-3 seconds). These keys mean: unRaw, tErminate, kIll, Sync, Unmount , shutdOwn (does it really need an explanation?).
Tuesday, July 12
Motorola XOOM rooted [How to Guide included]
Folks who just bought Motorola XOOM and are into hacking side of things will be pleased to know that the world’s first Honeycomb has been rooted. Care to guess the person behind this feat. We address this and provide the root guide after the jump.
Koushik Dutta is the name which needs no introduction to the Android hackers universe. And as the man said, the first Honeycomb Tablet being a pure Google experience offering device didn’t pose much of a challenge in reaching the rooted stage. But hey if I’m getting a rooted XOOM, I would consider it a big achievement. Step 1: Download the XOOM root zip. Step 2: Unzip the package. Step 3: Put your junk in the box. Step 4: adb reboot bootloader (skip the next 3 steps if you have already unlocked via fastboot) Step 5: fastboot oem unlock Step 6: wait for reboot Step 7: adb reboot bootloader Step 8: fastboot flash boot rootboot.img Step 9: fastboot reboot Step 10: wait for reboot Step 11: adb remount Step 12: adb push su /system/bin/ Step 13: adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su Step 14: adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su Step 15: adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/ So are you in the mood to root your Motorola XOOM? Let us know in the comments section.Steps to root Motorola XOOM
Monday, July 11
How to get a cheap and effective web hosting solution
A futuristic way of promoting your product and services is to launch an online website. Many companies and individuals use this mean for advertisement and promotion of their offerings because with the mean of an online website you can reach a wide range of customers. In order to make your website live, you need to buy some hosting solutions. It is not possible for all to make the huge payment of license and other fees in the beginning therefore people normally search for cheap web hosting solutions. On internet you can see a number of websites which are offering you different hosting packages.
A futuristic way of promoting your product and services is to launch an online website. Many companies and individuals use this mean for advertisement and promotion of their offerings because with the mean of an online website you can reach a wide range of customers. In order to make your website live, you need to buy some hosting solutions. It is not possible for all to make the huge payment of license and other fees in the beginning therefore people normally search for cheap web hosting solutions. On internet you can see a number of websites which are offering you different hosting packages.
It is good to get the details of different websites and their hosting plans and then to make a quick comparison. In this way, you can get an idea which site is offering the cheapest hosting plan among all. All the same, you should not buy any plan unless you have an idea about its service quality. Always go for that site which is reliable and also has a good reputation. Normally, people go for three web hosting providers i.e. BlueHost, JustHost,Host Big,Web Spot India,BIG ROCK,Big Daddy and HostMonster. The reason is that all these providers offer cheap hosting solution. When you subscribe for their hosting plans then you are free to design and promote your website in an effective manner. You can get a free domain name and unlimited disk space by paying only a Little amount in month.
Friday, July 8
How to fix the iOS 4.3 battery drain issue
Not so long ago, we shared with you the not so good news of iOS 4.3 severely draining down the precious battery life of the compatible iPod touch and iPhone models. Today, we have a possible fix for the painstaking issue thanks to @iThinkiTweeted. More on this after the jump.
You can fix (temporary fix if you may) the serious battery drain issue by resetting your network settings, for which you will Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. Andrew, who suggested the fix applied it with success on his iPhone 4. We ourselves can’t verify this as we haven’t updated our iDevice to iOS 4.3 for jailbreak and graphical glitch reasons. If you are running iOS 4.3 on your iPhone or iPod Touch, and can verify this for us, we will be very thankful to you.
Wednesday, July 6
How to disable Facebook Photo Theater mode
Last night, a friend of mine asked me for a way to get rid of the not so well received Facebook Photo Theater mode. While I helped him, I thought why don’t share the Facebook Photo Theater pain killer with you guys as well. Get the solution after the break.
If you do your browsing using Chrome, then all you need to do is install the Revert Facebook Photo Viewer extension for Chrome and you are good to go. The extension doesn’t require any interaction from you whatsoever and does its work silently and efficiently.
Facebook Photo Theater View went live in February 2011 and as many of you know lets you view photos in Theater mode which is basically a picture with an annoying black background.