German Telekom SP104/SP105 firmware for u-12
I got a comment from John, he told me that a telco in Germany called Telekom has SP104 firmware out for B593 u-12. They seem to call it Speedport LTE II. The download link to the firmware is...
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Extracting /var/curcfg.xml from NVRAM [Solved!]
John do, a reader of this blog made a serious break-trough! Via SSH on B593 prompt, he found the flashtest-command. Before this I had no knowledge about such command, but see what I can do with this...
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Windows 8 desktop icon fail [Fixed]
Windows 8 (or 8.1) is one of the not-so-popular operating systems. Even Microsoft employees admit Windows 8 is 'the new Vista'. Ok, they failed on that. Perhaps Windows 9 will be better.Now that we...
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Telia Sweden SP102 firmware for u-12
Jevgenij dropped me a comment about new firmware. It is from Telia Sweden and you can get it from here...
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Replacing Compaq 615 hard drive with a SSD
This is a HOWTO instruction for replacing a spinning platter hard drive with a modern faster solid-state drive. Since Compaq 615 has Windows 7 Home Premium OEM installed, I'll blog about the Windows...
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Running AT-commands on your B593
This is something I've wanted to do for a long time. Ever since I got my B593. Jevgenij has been hacking his B593 and dropped me a comment that he found command /bin/lteat from his box. Obviously I had...
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Transferring Windows 7 OEM license to a new hard drive
This is a follow-up post on my previous post about Replacing Compaq 615 hard drive with a SSD.It is obvious, that when you remove the old hard drive from your PC and replace it with a new one, all your...
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Windows 8.1 update failing to install
I've been really busy with a new job and haven't had much time to blog. Now things are settling down a bit, so here goes ...Windows 8.1 is my favorite subject. I'm an user and it does have a lot of...
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Arch Linux failing to start network interface
One of my boxes is running an Arch Linux. Out of the box it is really a slim one. The install runs only a blink and as a result the operating system won't have anything that is not absolutely...
View ArticleLenovo Energy Management: Windows 8 shutting down sporadically
Lenovo, like all PC manufacturers, have a short life span for their hardware. I'm running a Thinkpad L512 for my Windows 8.1 purposes. No matter what people think about Windows 8, me as a professional...
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Lenovo WWAN (Gobi 2000) for Windows 8
This is a part 2 of my Lenovo on Windows 8 series. See the part about energy management.After installing Windows 8 there was a mobile broadband device, but funnily enough it was locked to Verizon...
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Setting Cyberfox as the default browser
Making the choice of a default browser in Windows 7 should be an easy task, right? If you are a fan of 64-bit Firefox browser like I do, then you should consider Cyberfox. The problem is, that ever...
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US travel pics: San Francisco
Not much has happened here on the blog as I have been busy doing some training and planning abroad.As the saying goes, "pics or it didn't happen!". Here are the pics:My hotel is in Nob Hill, but for...
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Firefox untrusted certificate fail
Something changed in Firefox 30. Once in a while everybody runs into an untrusted certificate while browsing. There is a support article "This Connection is Untrusted" error message appears - What to...
View ArticleHuawei B593 u-12 firmware spreadsheet
Since there has been no updates for Mr. Bjørn Grønli's spreadsheet, I chose to continue his work.The link is...
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Replacing iPhone 4S battery
I really don't understand why people complain about iPhone screen size being too small. Personally I'd rather carry a phone, not iPad. Also it happens that iPhone 4S is one of the best phones Apple...
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Google+ hijacked my company!
One day I got an e-mail from Google+ saying: "HQ Code Shop Oy hasn't shared anything on this page with you". I was more than puzzled. Sure I haven't shared anything with myself on Google+.I clicked the...
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Deactivating Arch Linux IPv6 Privacy Extensions
Something funny happened to my Arch Linux, it changed the IPv6 address rather surprisingly. When I failed to SSH into it, I went to the console.On none of my machines I have the RFC 4941 privacy...
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Plesk Panel: Upgrading to version 12
All the nerds like me (escpecially me!) love new versions of software. Backup I got new toys for my Parallels Plesk Panel box and went for the automated upgrade. I attempted to do the mandatory full...
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Password encryption
A fellow B593 hacker Mr. Ronkainen from blog.asiantuntijakaveri.fi informed me about his findings regarding /var/curcfg.xml password encryption. This is something I did already spit-ball with him in...
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