Blog of Adam K Parker

Jailbreak iPad (WiFi or WiFi + 3G) 3.2.1 Problems

Adam Parker — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:18:05 +0000

A quick tip I’ve noticed for all those trying to Jailbreak their iPad (WiFi or WiFi + 3G) running 3.2.1. If you’re using Jailbreakme.com on your iPad a lot of people are getting the error “file received was invalid”.

There just so happens to be a very quick and easy fix for this. First go to Settings and press “Safari”, swipe down to the bottom and press the “Clear Cache” button.

Now relaunch Safari and try Jailbreakme.com, everything should be working perfectly! This only works on 3.2.1 and not 3.2.2 as of right now, but who knows what the future… read more

Sprint’s EVO 4G Accessories Finally Announced

Adam Parker — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:36:14 +0000

As we count down the days until the EVO 4G comes out, we finally have something to help ease the wait. Some images were leaked that finally show which accessories will be available for the EVO 4G and what’s actually included in the box.

So what will be in the box when you buy it? It looks like we’ll get a AC phone charger, USB sync cable, standard lithium ion battery, and a 8GB micro SD card. Like most Android phones, you can go all the way up to a 32GB SD card, if you want to pay that much… read more

FloTV Personal Television (PTV350) Review

Adam Parker — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:54:14 +0000

Have you ever wanted the convince of premium television channels where ever you go? Well if you’re one of those people, FloTV has created a device driven towards you. But does the FloTV Personal Television have what it takes to make you subscribe to the service or add yet another device for you to carry around?

Out of the box, the device comes with headphones, a micro USB cable, a micro USB wall charger, a battery, a cleaning cloth, and two instructional books (a quick start guide and the “Terms and Conditions”).

Turning the device on gives you a warning… read more

iPad’s App Store Runs on the Web (Pics)

Adam Parker — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:22:28 +0000

Interesting to note, while playing around with the iPad. I’ve noticed that the App Store actually is a website that sites on Apple’s servers even though it fully operates like it’s a real app.

I only noticed after the connection on my MiFi device hiccuped and it only loaded some of the page.

Play Quake 3 Arena on Android (Droid, Nexus One, maybe more)

Adam Parker — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:31:13 +0000

Want to impress your friends by whipping out your phone and have a fully working copy of Quake 3 Arena (with real online play)? Well it’s actually not that hard, but it’s only really been tested on Droid / Nexus One. If you’re wanting to test it on your Andoird device, then go for it. Just make sure you post your results in the comments.

How to Install:

Download the kwaak3.apk (link) This requires Android 1.6
Next you’ll need to create two directories. First in the root of your SD card called “quake3″ and then a folder inside

Load a Nexus One with the HTC Desire ROM

Adam Parker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:03:00 +0000

I put this blog entry together because I could not find a complete guide on how to install the HTC Desire ROM on a Nexus One, instead I actually had to piece it together from different blogs. I hope this saves you guys a lot of time and a lot of searching.

Prerequisites

First of all, you’ll need a few things to get started. You’ll need the Android SDK (link), Nexus One USB Drivers (link), and to put your phone in debug mode (Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging).

After your device is in USB debugging… read more

Remove “question mark inside a black diamond” in mySQL

Adam Parker — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:56:32 +0000

I started looking for results on Google for my problem (removing the question mark inside a black diamond), but no one seemed to have the correct answer.

See, I am working with a large SQL database and simply editing each record to correct this problem wouldn’t work. After looking on Google I found that the problem was with a non-breaking space not displaying properly even though my HTML (and database) character set is UTF-8. I finally found a solution after many hours of searching and I wanted to share it with everyone:

UPDATE table_name SET field = Replace(field, Char(160), ‘… read more

How to Setup an iPhone 3G / 3Gs on T-Mobile

Adam Parker — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:00:56 +0000

I got this email from a T-Mobile staff member on how to configure my iPhone on T-Mobile. Since this was so useful for me I decided to share it with everyone else:

Hello ,

It was truly a pleasure speaking with you earlier, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to assist you with your T-Mobile service. As promised, here are the steps for setting up your iPhone for T-Mobile’s Internet service. The steps have been arranged to require the least amount of backtracking by you. We really appreciate that you’ve chosen to use your iPhone on T-Mobile’s network, and

Firebug for Google Chrome and IE6 / IE7 / IE8 (And Beyond!)

Adam Parker — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:31:04 +0000

The crown jewel of web development (at least for me) has been Firebug. Unfortunately it’s only for Mozilla Firefox… or so I thought. Seems like the Firebug team has something they called “Firebug Lite”, that allows you to get and use many of the features in Firebug on browsers that don’t really support extensions. Yes, that includes Safari, Opera, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer 6 and above.

Sorry Mosaic users, you’re out of luck on this one ; – )

So how do you get this magical debugging tool for your browser of choice? Simple, all you have to do… read more

Get MMS & Tethering Working on iPhone OS 3.0 (T-Mobile)

Adam Parker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:05:31 +0000

After days of delay, Dev Team finally released ultrasn0w, which allowed people with jailbroken iPhones running OS 3.0 to finally unlock their phone. The purpose? So people can use their iPhone on other carriers besides AT&T. In most people’s case inside the US, it’s to use on the T-Mobile carrier.

Once you do get things running, you’ll realize two things; MMS isn’t enabled by default and neither is Internet tethering. This quick tutorial will get your phone up and running so you can send MMS messages and tether your Internet with T-Mobile USA.

First we need to setup MMS (and… read more