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iPhone 3G/3GS Jail Break for 3.1/3.1.2

The BlackRa1n jail break has been released for the iPhone 3G/3GS and is available for download here. Currently only Windows is supported. LoL.

Please note that this jail break only works on phones upgraded from iPhone OS 3.0 or 3.0.1 or iPhones which are SIM unlocked. This release will not resolve baseband upgrade issues or hacktivate+jailbreak new iPhone 3GS units with 3.1 firmware installed as the factory default.

Once jail broken, install Cydia, Rock or Icy then add this repo to your source list: http://iphoneinthailand.com/cydia

As always, be advised that jail breaking will void your Apple warranty.

Hurray for Geohot.

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Site Status

The site theme and some content is currently broken. I’m working on fixing this as soon as possible and will be back to regular posts next week.

Thanks for your patience.

The site’s been fixed, ugpraded to the latest WP build and a new theme installed. Now I’ll get back to posting…

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PHP 5.2.x & MySQL 5.0.x Upgrade for Plesk 8/9

Plesk generally runs a version or sub-version behind in their available PHP builds for Plesk. To safely upgrade PHP and MySQL on a production Plesk 8 or 9 server, please follow these instructions.

Step 1) Install the Atomic Channel:

$ wget -q -O – http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic.sh | sh

Step 2) Upgrade PHP and MySQL:

$ yum upgrade php mysql

Step 3) Replace the PHP 4 php.ini with PHP 5.2.x’s (if applicable):

$ cp /etc/php.ini /etc/php.ini~backup

$ mv /etc/php.ini.rpmnew /etc/php.ini Continue reading “PHP 5.2.x & MySQL 5.0.x Upgrade for Plesk 8/9”

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Nokia E Series Codes

Disclaimer: Please use these codes carefully. Some can be used to wipe out data and settings on your phone.

  • To check your phone’s firmware version as well as its release number, type *#0000#
  • To display your phone’s IMEI* number, type *#06#
    [*The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a number unique to every GSM and UMTS mobile phone.]
  • To display your phone’s WLAN MAC address*, type: *#62209526#
    [*A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs)]
  • To display your phone’s Bluetooth MAC address*, type: *#2820#
    [*A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs)]
  • To display your phone’s life timer, type: #92702689#

Please use the following two codes with extreme care:

  • To soft reset the phone and reset phone settings type: *#7780#
  • To hard reset and completely erase all data on the phone and restore it to factory settings, type *#7370#. You’ll be asked for a lock code. The default Nokia lock code is 12345.
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Finding out the Dell Service Tag from Linux

Scenario: You need to place a service call to Dell in order to have them replace a failed drive in your Dell PowerEdge server running CentOS Linux. Your server is located in a data center 800 miles away. You need the Dell Service Tag in order to request support but don’t have it documented locally, what do you do?

On Dell servers running Linux you can run:

[root@server ~]# dmidecode | grep -i “serial number”

In order to identify the machines registered service tag. Output will be similar to the following:

[root@vh1 ~]# dmidecode | grep -i “serial number”
Serial Number: 515E5151
Serial Number: ..CN1234567AABBRR.
Serial Number: 515E5151

Where “515E5151” is the service tag.