Most of you must be using
Nokia Software Updater in order to keep your phone up-to-date. MyT users are lucky since the whole Nokia website is cached by AKAMAI and high bandwidth boost the update process. Yet, although the Update Software is by Nokia, it’s not worthwhile to GSM technicians and people like me. My last resort was to use the Phoenix Service Software which is officially used by service personals. Hopefully, the cracked version helped me out and I could flash my phone (MCU+PM+FS) using the standard DKE-2 usb cable shown below
In brief, Phoenix Software is really powerful and helps you customize your phones with a simple DKE-2 cable and not BB5 flash/unlock box. You guys need to install Nokia Phoenix firmware files on your PC first. In comes in GB 
Now I’m able to use my Nokia N-95 which doesn’t restarts randomly 
November 20th, 2009 | Tags: Flashing nokia, nokia, nokia n95 restarting, nokia software updater, Phoenix service software | Category: GSM, Programming, Technology | Comments (3)
The semester ends next week and it is high time for me to invest more efforts in research and development of my dissertation’s software. In fact, many mysteries are unravelled after conducting several research work in order to determine whether technique x is possible under API y. Of course, this is daunting BUT the passport to get a good grade. My dissertation is a subsidary of what is known as Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing since it uses features such as location and context awareness.
I need to find a method for approximate positioning in case the client’s phone does not have an integrated GPS. Triangulation is a good idea but unfortunately JME API has not been exploited in depth by Sun Microsystems since Bluetooth RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) cannot be calculated. Writing an application for Windows Mobile based devices to use triangulation is not a bad idea but this transition is VERY COSTLY!!! I need to be able to send data from the phone to a PC and the latter takes the received information to perform a SQL query (perhaps a very complex one 
) and then send a file back to the client device. This is a 2-way communication – HALF Duplex. Of course I have started experimenting with JME API especially JSR-179
I need to take heart since it’s a long tragedy
November 20th, 2009 | Tags: bluetooth, JME, JSR-179, Location awareness, RSSI, ubiquitous computing | Category: Programming, Technology, University | Leave a comment
I’m rather surprised and perhaps that’s why I blogged with this title. In fact I came to know that a reputed international firm is still using waterfall model as a software development life cycle. Perhaps they fear that new models may introduce complications and things may not turn out as they should?? New models like eXtreme Programming (XP) should be tried in parallel with waterfall and a report should be written whereby the management can evaluate the performance delivered.
Personally I thought that this model had been eradicated in the software industry but unfortunately it’s still here 
If not now, the market shares owned will plummet sooner or later since rival firms must be excelling on their side, gearing up to meet high end needs…
November 18th, 2009 | Tags: eXtreme Programming, SDLC, Software Development Life Cycle, XP | Category: Programming | Leave a comment
The livebox at my place started to irritate me today and I struggled for almost 1 hour configuring it since it was not synchronising at all. Perhaps I should skip the part related to the conversation with the technical assisstant I hard reset the livebox for almost 4 times and still no good results
Finally I resorted to installing my netgear router which has 4 ethernet ports and hopefully it worked with the following settings:
Conclusion:
NETGEAR is the best compared to Sagem F@st since connecting to the internet took less than one minute. I don’t know about other routers but you can share your views
October 18th, 2009 | Tags: myT, netgear, router | Category: Mauritius, Technology | Comments (1)
