tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63049992024-02-21T02:39:05.283-08:00Jims Blog Of Useful UselessnessA blog chock full of exciting tidbitsWhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-49297481524132613032009-12-16T14:38:00.000-08:002009-12-16T14:45:03.312-08:00About F#$%ing Time!!!Finally it would seem, someone has had the same great idea I did. However the difference being this person knew how to implement the solution.<div><br /></div><div>Tired of having to lug around a seperate USB key or hard drive when you always have your iPhone with you? </div><div><br /></div><div>Well tire no more, as Dmytro of <a href="http://www.dmytro.me/2009/11/usb-drive-beta3.html">http://www.dmytro.me/</a> has come up with an ingenious way of allowing you to utilise your iPhone as a USB Mass Storage Device.</div><div><br /></div><div>Getting USB Drive Beta3 is quite simple.</div><div><br /></div><div>Obviously you will need a JailBroken iPhone.</div><div><br /></div><div>Open cydia and add the following repo: http://apt.dmytro.me</div><div><br /></div><div>Once thats done, simply select USB Drive Beta 3 and install.</div><div>Restart the phone and BOOYA!!! USB Drive for iphone.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now there are some issues with Windows Pc's that have itunes installed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not sure if this was solved in Beta 3 however in case its not here's a solution:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; ">1. It works so well, that you can even set the partition to active , and boot your pc using your iphone (e.g. with grub4dos and several ISOs or Windows 7/Vista/XP setup)<br /><br />2. In every Windows system, if you have iTunes installed, in order for the USB Mass Storage to work properly, you need to go to Device Manager, select the Apple Mobile usb driver, choose update driver , manuall, select from list, and select the secondary available driver "usb mass storage". This will make iphone dissappear from iTunes. Do the same using the other driver to bring it back.</span></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-47420254186637017142009-11-24T13:48:00.000-08:002009-11-24T13:52:38.010-08:00Stop iPhone Worms - How to change passwordIts amazing the number of people who dont know how or why they should change their default openssh password on their iPhone.<div><br /></div><div>Why should you do it: Would you want someone unknown to yourself to be able to read every little piece of data stored on your phone? If you answer NO to this then thats reason enough to change the password.</div><div><br /></div><div>Recently however a number of iPhone viruses or Worms as they are called have been created specifically that target users who havn't changed their root and mobile user passwords.</div><div><br /></div><div>So heres the step to take to make the changes without needing to install mobileterminal on your phone as this seems to not function correctly when you have rockapp installed.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Also posted these on www.xsellize.com)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; ">Windows:<br />1. Load Putty (Ssh client - Google It)<br />2. Enter the IP address of your iPhone into putty and press Open.<br />3. You will be presented with a prompt that says Login:<br />4. Enter "<b>root</b>" as the username and "<b>alpine</b>" as the password<br />5. Once logged in type <b>passwd</b><br />6. For OLD PASSWORD you enter <b>alpine</b><br />7. New password can be what ever you like<br />Thats the root password changed.. now to change the user mobile password<br />8. Now type in <b>passwd mobile</b> and press Enter<br />9. Enter OLD PASSWORD as <b>alpine<br /></b>10. make the new password what ever you like.<br /><br />Mac Users<br />1. Open mobile terminal<br />2. type <b>ssh root@IPADDRESSOFIPHONE</b> and press enter<br />3. Follow the above steps from 3 onwards.</span></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-53799979602896759082009-11-12T03:48:00.001-08:002009-11-12T04:00:55.530-08:00Server TuningSo there comes a time when you want that extra lil bit of wizz from your server. For me that was tonight so i ran through a number of tweaks and have to say i'm quite happy with the results.<div><br /></div><div>Here they are:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. apt-get install sysv-rc-conf </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">run sysv-rc-conf and remove any uneeded services from starting with the computer</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">2. Remove uSplahs from loading... Its headless so dont need it to be pretty on boot</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">3. Enable concurrency - Got a dual core for a reason.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">4. Lower number of tty's to 3 instead of 6</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-79887080407838895782009-11-09T03:47:00.000-08:002009-11-12T03:48:09.936-08:00After scripts to move files and provide notification as it goesThis is the script that runs after each nzb download has occured.<div><br /></div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>#Mount SMB Share to send files to:</div><div>mount.cifs //192.168.0.100/downloads /mnt/susdown -o user=xbmc,pass=xbmc</div><div><br /></div><div># Do the actual copying and notifications via growl/prowl</div><div>for f in /root/downloads/complete/*;do{</div><div>cp -v -R "$f" /mnt/susdown/</div><div>mumbles-send -g 192.168.0.148 "Copy Success" "Copied file: $f">/dev/null;rm -r -f "$f"</div><div><br /></div><div>mumbles-send -g 192.168.0.148 "Deletion Confirmed" "Remove $f from Server">/dev/nul</div><div><br /></div><div>prowl.sh 2 "File Moved" "File: $f has been moved off the server to SusansPC";</div><div>}</div><div>done</div><div><br /></div><div>#Unmount share as we dont need it taking up resources</div><div><br /></div><div>umount /mnt/susdown</div></blockquote><div></div><div>Just need to work out how to make the script act based on result codes. Then i could really check if this are being moved... although seems like alot of fucking around to achieve something so simple. This small script lets me play with most things I find interesting about integrating my phone with EVERYTHING i do in some way shape or form.</div></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-5449491062490083382009-11-09T03:45:00.001-08:002009-11-09T03:47:38.803-08:00Prowl for LinxWOOHOOO... Finally a way to get Growl messages out of my linux box and onto the iphone.<div>After playing with Mumbles I'm now able to get notifications on the MAC once files have been downloaded, par2'ed unpacked and moved to the main storage server.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I can get those same notifications on the iPhone. </div><div><a href="http://flx.me/prowl-4-linux/">http://flx.me/prowl-4-linux/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Remember the link - Donate if you can... its well worth it.</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-13406366378348816162009-10-20T22:01:00.000-07:002009-10-20T22:04:44.830-07:00Frikkin' file permissionI always thought I was pretty good at this linux stuff, there's usually nothing I can't work out how to do or at least get semi-working. But now I come to something thats screwing with my head. I know why its happening, I just can't be bothered screweing with it to fix it....<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I use hellanzb now to download files, thats no big deal</div><div>When the file finishes the download it goes into a folder on the root partition.</div><div><br /></div><div>Problem is, when its placed in the folder its not given high enough permissions so that its world readable as I want it to be.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've currently taken the lazy way out and run a crontab every 15 mins to set this specific folder to chmod -R 777 every time it runs, but this isn't good enough</div><div>hellaNZB should be able to save th efile to this folder and not have me need to .......... wait a min.... add both to the same group and inherit premissions from that.... Well done me.. I'm a genious.... and yes i know.... one who can't spell worth shit.</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-91739573012352180272009-10-20T21:57:00.000-07:002009-10-20T21:59:19.146-07:00Didn't work - Down with MythTVAfter agnosing with the mySQL side of MythTV due to me wanting the database to bascially be the better mousetrap, I finally gave in, reinstalled the lot and tried to get a channel... guess what.. here in aus, for some reason the lil driver that could jsut can't get a dvb-t channel through the usb stick. Oh well strike that job from narnia, onwards and upwards to find something else for the little tyke to do.<div><br /></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-68805015602565764342009-10-20T06:13:00.000-07:002009-10-20T06:25:07.620-07:00Getting USB DVB TV to work FINALLY<blockquote></blockquote>So after aaaaaaaaaages of fiddling with this and that i finally got the usb tv card to appear in linux<div>Still dont know if it will get a channel, but i know at leas the device is installed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div># First we build v4l (Video 4 linux)</div><div>apt-get install mercurial</div><div>mkdir src</div><div>cd src</div><div>hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb</div><div>cd v4l-dbv</div><div>make && sudo make install</div><div>sudo depmod -a</div><div><br /></div><div># Now we build the drivers/modules</div><div>cd ..</div><div>hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/ec168/</div><div>cd ec168</div><div>make && sudo make install</div><div>sudo depmod -a</div><div>sudo modprobe dbv-usb-ec168</div><div><br /></div><div># Next we need some firmware for the card</div><div>wget <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; "> http://palosaari.fi/linux/v4l-dvb/firmware/ec168/dvb-usb-ec168.fw</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; ">sudo cp dvb-usb-ec168.fw /lib/firmware</span></span></span></div><div>sudo depmod -a</div><div><br /></div><div>restart the pc as <b>sudo </b><b>/etc/init.d/udev restart</b> caused things to error.</div><div>And boom.. working usbtv adapter.</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-60178130678379066262009-10-20T05:57:00.000-07:002009-10-20T06:09:16.553-07:00The Lion, The Witch, and the.. .... god damn it!!!Why god damn I hear you ask??? (Yeah i know, no bugger reads this so i <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">dont</span> hear crap) well I finally got around to installing my server into the wardrobe.<div>I ended up calling it poison - as in it will no doubt poison my time while i constantly play with it. However considering its new home, i should have called in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">narnia</span>... bugger it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">thats</span> what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">i'll</span> do.. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">pls</span> hold.....</div><div><br /></div><div>right after a quick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hostname</span> change and an update to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">dns</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">dhcp</span> servers all is now good.</div><div><br /></div><div>So onward and upwards.</div><div><br /></div><div>So far I have installed the following</div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">HellaNZB</span> <-- Usenet <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">NZB</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">downloader</span></li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ZussaWeb</span> <-- Web interface to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">HellaNZB</span></li><li>Transmission <-- Torrent <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">downloader</span></li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">WebMin</span> <-- Figured I'd whack it on and play with it</li><li>Asterisk <-- Who doesn't want a home <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">PABX</span></li><li>The drivers for my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">usbtv</span> adapter <-- What a pain in the ass this was to install hence the guide to come</li><li>Apache Web Server</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">PHP</span></li><li>MySQL</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">OpenSSH</span> <-- My favorite kind of access</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">NoMachine</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">NX</span> Server <-- Remote access kind of like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">vnc</span>, however its ssh so again i like it.. NERD!!!</li></ul><div>So how did I go about installing all this, most if not all were easy as a quick apt-get so for fullness here goes. </div><div></div><blockquote><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">sudo</span> apt-get update</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">sudo</span> apt-get dist-upgrade</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">sudo</span> apt-get install <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">webmin</span> transmission <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">hellanzb</span> asterisk <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">openssh</span>-server screen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">mysql</span>-server <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">apache</span>2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">mythtv</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">backend samba</span></div></blockquote><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div>I didn't really do the dist-upgrade, however if i ever come back to this in the future it probably wont hurt to do. </div><div><br /></div><div>Go make a cup o coffee while that all installs and come back a little later.</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-5074901005317998122009-09-13T03:31:00.000-07:002009-09-13T03:36:05.973-07:00iPhone 3.1 Jailbreak - Comming Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDKdkUlTxPHrUNFwA4UsKNwzcw80841I7un2Ru9agG46kow0WbQD31CM79DKI_uZkv8ojZduoB0UzrXL7h0JZuE1gz4QGVSSCjYAnIIN3Hv4xhHNmJNDsqvZAIwyuYc5mDu-K/s1600-h/apple-itunes-9.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDKdkUlTxPHrUNFwA4UsKNwzcw80841I7un2Ru9agG46kow0WbQD31CM79DKI_uZkv8ojZduoB0UzrXL7h0JZuE1gz4QGVSSCjYAnIIN3Hv4xhHNmJNDsqvZAIwyuYc5mDu-K/s320/apple-itunes-9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380898637792804530" /></a>Still waiting on the frikkin 3.1 iPhone 3G update. Have updated to iTunes 9 which seemingly allows me to rearrange springboards icons. I'm not about to start using it yet though, have to wait for the Jailbreak before i'm upgrading to 3.1. No point upgrading to loose all the apps I use very day.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-29980726877051098552009-09-06T14:37:00.000-07:002009-09-13T03:23:47.328-07:00Time to build a NASSo I have a heap o computer crap laying around the house, a good few hard drives, none of which are used for anything any more. Perhaps its time I take stock of everything I have, Install freeNAS onto the fastest box I have, give it as much ram as possible and go from there.<br /><br /><div>UPDATE: ITS ALL CRAPPY AND TO OLD TO DO WHAT I WANT!!!!!</div><div><br />Although whatever NAS solution I do use it needs to fill the following roles all in one:<br /><br /><ul><li>WebServer</li><li>SSH Server</li><li>DNS Server</li><li>Kai Server (For playing XBOX, 360 and PSP online without Live accounts)</li><li>Some form of network monitoring</li><li>Security Camera Monitoring</li><li>Mumbles Support (OS X Growl notifications) - This one send notifications to my iPhone</li><li>Obviously FileSharing</li><li>Print Server</li><li>Fax2Email wouldn't hurt</li><li>CallerID Announcment to xbmc would also be nice</li><li>Asterisk Server - Although this might go into its own box</li><li>Torrent Server (Transmission will suffice here)</li></ul><p>So thats the list - Time to find the possibilities.</p></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-66909637388716077862009-09-06T13:59:00.001-07:002009-09-06T14:02:32.613-07:00iPhone Jailbreak - No SignalWhat a pain in the arse this is! I've finally got Pwnage Tool running on my mac, and i went through the steps of creating what I think is a fantastic ipsw file containing not only the jailbreak software but a 1GB sys partition and some apps that I need installed from the get go such as OpenSSH and OpenSSL. The creation of said firmware worked without a problem, installed on the phone without a problem... Now I find the phone has No Signal. Testing this theory by calling my phone... VoiceMail... DAMN IT!!!!!!<br /><br />So whats the problem all of a sudden... one frikkin tick box in PwnageTool I inadvertantly forgot to untick.<br /><br />Theres an active phone option that I dont need to have ticked and well I left it ticked. So this morning I fired up the mac, re-created the firmware and when I goes home at lunch time i'll install and see what happens.<br /><br />Peace Out!WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-45551658325646634442009-08-25T16:42:00.001-07:002009-08-25T16:42:10.694-07:00Free IPv6 UsenetSo I was getting fed up with downloading torrents as the speeds are not always that fantastic. &nbsp;It was then that I decided to try out usenet utilising the mac with leo installed. &nbsp;I'd been using igrabnews whilst tiger was installed, however this doesn't seem to work all that well with leo. &nbsp;Tried Unison next, quite happy with it, but theres something lacking still. &nbsp;Time to pull out the big guns and finally get hellaNZB installed. &nbsp;I'll write up a howto and get back to you.WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-38891305081004722912009-08-08T06:11:00.000-07:002009-08-08T06:13:24.350-07:00DVD43 Stuffs 360 RippingWell after making myself look like a douche in front of friends I now know why I couldn't get games to rip. DVD43 sits between the drive and the computer and blocks xbox backup creator from seeing the disc in the drive. Why does this ocur.. well derrr... (Can't believe I didn't think of this)... When the xbox disc is presented to the PC, the computer sees the video partition only. So of course DVD43 kicks in to be helpful and tries to unencrypt the video partition.. not gunna happen..... And of course because of this, the disc becomes invisible to xbc.<br /><div><br /></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-31983419057679184042009-08-08T06:10:00.000-07:002009-08-08T06:11:04.079-07:00Useful only has one LWho says you never learn new things. After many moons of incorrect spelling I learn today that useful only has one L. Now that I think of it and actually look at it, OF COURSE IT ONLY HAS ONE L... <div><br /></div><div>Thanks R3Dux for letting me know.</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-1675270224178093972009-07-31T06:42:00.001-07:002009-08-02T15:00:53.699-07:00Adding Sata port to xbox 360<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVvunp60BJvsqww1vi721B6itijfiL5jttjZy_IIRXqmZbO2w1c2Ua9A9iPJXNpWqtk8BVECix2FNrtmURp3ZHUjhDfCl6-0a0p6Oi9qCYkWsTVJSv185rwYwOkU9nIZDhPNP/s1600-h/IMG_0036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365487190895938434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVvunp60BJvsqww1vi721B6itijfiL5jttjZy_IIRXqmZbO2w1c2Ua9A9iPJXNpWqtk8BVECix2FNrtmURp3ZHUjhDfCl6-0a0p6Oi9qCYkWsTVJSv185rwYwOkU9nIZDhPNP/s200/IMG_0036.JPG" border="0" /></a> <em><-- Here was my first idea at a sata mod - Run the cables out the side and just use a piece of an old PCICard as a female to female sata connector... FAIL that would be crap and who wants cables dangling out the box when you dont need to. There simply had to be a better way... Well I FOUND IT!</em><br /><br /><em>Note to self: The rubber tape to guard cables against the sharp edges worked a treat. Will use that in another project.</em><br /><br /><p>It's been a long time in the planning however I finally did the mod to stop me having to open the xbox ever again. What I did was splice a switch in between two sata cables and an eSata backing plate.<br /><br />I pulled apart the xbox in the usual way, used my dremel to cut out some metal shielding, and some plastic that helps hold the 360 together. This however will make no difference to the 360 as the case still closes without issue<br /><br />I flick the switch one way and the DVD drive connects to the 360 motherboard allowing game play. I flick it the other way and the drives output is switched to the eSata port and out to my computer.<br /><br />List of parts and prices (AUD)<br /><br />1. eSata Cable -$4<br />2. eSata external backing plates x2 -$5 each (needed one for pc as well)<br />3. 4PDT switch - $7<br />4. Sata cable x 1 - $0 (Came with data card)<br /><br />Only needed one extra data cable as the esata plug can be cut to make another cable to connect to DVD drive.<br /><br />So it's basically, cut all sata cables in half,<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-6mGs3RHtrsOvTvHxjqYekSLTT4yZTMifVo_yjZE2ALA0sXEFqSnTHlmg3JlBkyz6NJhfAnA_gn8F8izJQC2UbTL0hqRQNPi7zEUtC7LceFGQhwYiOP6Si6huDjLvcJGA1nc/s1600-h/IMG_0035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365487188210534274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-6mGs3RHtrsOvTvHxjqYekSLTT4yZTMifVo_yjZE2ALA0sXEFqSnTHlmg3JlBkyz6NJhfAnA_gn8F8izJQC2UbTL0hqRQNPi7zEUtC7LceFGQhwYiOP6Si6huDjLvcJGA1nc/s200/IMG_0035.JPG" border="0" /></a>Strip wires back a little, solder wires to switch contacts<br />Dremel case and shielding, drill hole for switch, coat switch in hot glue to provide shielding.<br />Install switch and esata portto top case<br />Instal cables to motherboard, middle cable to DVD rom, top to esata port.<br />Close it all up and enjoy.<br /><br />Here are some finished pics, will upload some more soon. (These look crap and make the mod look untidy. GRRrrr - Will Get some good ones soon)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKpLF6xyVqXiezPzgFr5a3UWKNhYwzfvKHpvkLu24a4lrmY5Uhc9dO8RL0Giwyri55CoZ2bKU2ncKAhlc8sEtJzS2QmvQTudko7X_XjJDnk2Rp3vvUXUj8frrKlvBCvN02jQD/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvpIbxq2MgKwpYFxJZ5RZnRqQTIgk371M2PUGLVI0j3IFiUogvCph6qNz8NvcCNcYn8FhEPXm9ouuNlU_CZ2HKdxb5_pMsxZXJfvevgmYEFrX3gVfPNcMN7IisNAo0WS91Nwq/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365488962663002418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvpIbxq2MgKwpYFxJZ5RZnRqQTIgk371M2PUGLVI0j3IFiUogvCph6qNz8NvcCNcYn8FhEPXm9ouuNlU_CZ2HKdxb5_pMsxZXJfvevgmYEFrX3gVfPNcMN7IisNAo0WS91Nwq/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-QTJw2-cgSUPfRtzbmjuwQ7pqfIaXYlHC-aa8VDS8jVY8Ws-qwS9s-gY1wGJUrYgctyr0DUXRZBu_sASLXFm79GUcKX7gqnT__L_9t5cRCzUfu8Cv28o0_ZGcxhnMuInuVdV/s1600-h/IMG_0032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365488967603636354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-QTJw2-cgSUPfRtzbmjuwQ7pqfIaXYlHC-aa8VDS8jVY8Ws-qwS9s-gY1wGJUrYgctyr0DUXRZBu_sASLXFm79GUcKX7gqnT__L_9t5cRCzUfu8Cv28o0_ZGcxhnMuInuVdV/s320/IMG_0032.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi9qCjn2Wi0fdN5XO3EZYkB0RVnfLStKd2H0oSIT0mD7_tHr9Une9D7-189HhHYVrs4LGns14IdIiyLg6JiVwRKgmxFw6cojMp8PZ2lahvIMuPn2u1S8-7c6571wEXBF3ntAc/s1600-h/IMG_0032.JPG"></a>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-3044386427856582932009-07-23T15:11:00.000-07:002009-07-23T15:14:27.290-07:00Installing OSx86<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNo1f6M9WG3Sy6zqiF0Bwkry5JqmIQGVhKIfRDaXsXkchrbLlQoJJOWvzj3ZhdkdE1je1ZRVlq9Z08QupqTvtNCyrc1Zzma35etRcGiCeFxjtiqzl66TQPAKdJUkAh1GqQlNa/s1600-h/mac-osx-leopard-available.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNo1f6M9WG3Sy6zqiF0Bwkry5JqmIQGVhKIfRDaXsXkchrbLlQoJJOWvzj3ZhdkdE1je1ZRVlq9Z08QupqTvtNCyrc1Zzma35etRcGiCeFxjtiqzl66TQPAKdJUkAh1GqQlNa/s200/mac-osx-leopard-available.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361782313057478706" /></a><div>This is the second attempt - after getting fed up with things not working out of the box thought i'd try two different distro's to see if it makes a difference to the out of the box experiance.</div><div><br /></div><div>Installing now should take 15 mins, will see how we go.</div><div>First was iakos7 - Install went fine, rebooted and then: </div><div><br /></div><div>Boot - Reboot Loop on the Grey Screen</div><div><br /></div><div>Turn off Hyperthreading... Boots to a blue screen with music playing - Sounds like the audio drivers work - Grahpics drivers - Not So much, Time to try Kalayway as I dont want to spend the vening working out the correct .kext etc to use to get it to function and who wants to use it without hyperthreading :d</div><div><br /></div><div>Kalaway's Turn</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Turn hyperthreading back on - I want this out of the box.</div><div>2. Boot from Kalaway DVD without the use of boot options</div><div>3. Installer startup is taking a while longer than iAktos, although its scanned the NTFS partition for some reason for consistency.</div><div>5:31pm greeted with northen lights background and welcome to installer text.</div><div><br /></div><div>Use English for main Language.</div><div>Mac OSX - Barbers Pole - Preparing Installation</div><div>4. Utilities Menu --> Disk Utility --> Erase OSX Partition from previous install</div><div>5. Select newly erased partition to install to</div><div>6. Press Customize - And go through options keno'ing answers :D</div><div>7. Leaving Graphics Drivers Empty.</div><div>8. Unselected Language translation - My english is pretty good so i'll stick to that</div><div>9. checked to install additional 3rd party apps - removed network drivers that i dont have such as marvel etc</div><div>10. Click Okay and then Install</div><div>11. OSX would now "hypothetically" be installing :D</div><div><br /></div><div>6 Mins to go :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Boots up with grey apple boot screen - Wont load past that</div><div>Okay - check the manual... need to run a few commands to get it to boot past the grey apple logo - Seems this is the same as the blue screen fix</div><div><br /></div><div>Boot as normal, press F8 to enter boot options, </div><div>enter -s as boot option to go into single user mode</div><div><br /></div><div>Once it boots and presents with a command line enter the following:</div><div><br /></div><div>mount -uw /</div><div>/movevideo</div><div><br /></div><div>Go through and say yes to the correct chipset and no to the others</div><div>once its all done, type exit and BOOM into OSX we go.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next comes sound...</div><div><br /></div><div>No sound has been installed it would seem, time to start with the drivers (Called .kext's in OSX)</div><div><br /></div><div>I have a sigmatel AC97 sound card that shows as Intel HD Audio in windows.</div><div><br /></div><div>So time to go diving for a driver. ... meh.. can't be bothered - I'll do it later.</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-30208862321700815522009-07-19T01:12:00.001-07:002009-07-19T01:12:54.109-07:00Haze - you've got to be kiddingOhhh great. Now the game wants to quit and update itself. Grrrrrrr<br /><br /><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-88178963366745361192009-07-19T01:11:00.001-07:002009-07-19T01:11:59.196-07:00Ps3 Game - HazeMy seond game ever. Haze from ubisoft. Talk about snore fest. I've started the game only to be greeted with this...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/19/20.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/07/19/s_20.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />It's now 10 minutes later and I'm at 82%. Surely I could have decided if I wanted to install to my hard drive. Game better be worth the wait. <br /><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-15721263882944499712009-06-20T21:06:00.000-07:002009-06-20T21:08:41.080-07:001ST Blog from iPhoneFigured I'd try a few apps out and see how well they work. This ones blogpress. Now to add a photo :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/06/20/540.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/06/20/s_540.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Posted On The Go<br />WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-4038640099585751812009-06-19T15:39:00.001-07:002009-06-19T15:46:00.111-07:00iPhone 3.0 - MMS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KZCxtzTeRRcxByincN5hvjfycSz2V71HYc_3Brdz_QT3dQ7VsnN5VUIbknRRP9-Kl4uywX3u5bNDettLH9mGwqPZDaH8djh6zHt7rzQnq6e3jxHJbWULEYBLGhgffTLP2C__/s1600-h/MMS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KZCxtzTeRRcxByincN5hvjfycSz2V71HYc_3Brdz_QT3dQ7VsnN5VUIbknRRP9-Kl4uywX3u5bNDettLH9mGwqPZDaH8djh6zHt7rzQnq6e3jxHJbWULEYBLGhgffTLP2C__/s200/MMS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349173281460976130" border="0" /></a>Yes its true - After 2 years of waiting for a feature every other phone seems to have been capable of since late '03/early '04 we can finally send and recieve MMS using the iPhone.<br /><br />I have to admit, the implementation has been done very well, however there seems to be a small bug, well at least with my phone there is.<br /><br />When a contact sends an MMS regardless of if their name is stored in the contact list or not, I am shown the phone number of the sender and not the actual Contact Name.<br /><br />All good if I'm expecting the mms, not so good as I havn't yet memorised every persons contact numbers. Nor do I have any intention of doing so. Would be interesting to know if anyone else is experiancing the same problem.WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-1134486852526069582009-06-19T15:13:00.000-07:002009-06-19T15:38:57.439-07:00iPhone 3.0 - Now With Extra TetheringBye bye PDANET - By bye SmallProxy for iPhone.<br /><br />Gone are the days where you needed to download and install extra apps to use your iPhone as a portable modem. Now you can use the inbuilt tethering option via either a usb connection or Bluetooth.<br /><br />After having just updated my iPhone to 3.0 and finding the tethering option was disabled with Optus Australia and that I needed to contact them to enable it.. Bugger that I thought.<br /><br />So I did my usual and found a very very helpful site that lets you download mobile configs straight to your iPhone without ever needing to go near iTunes or your mobile phone carrier to ask for permission *(ITS MY PHONE ANYWAYS)*<br /><br />Follow these steps, and you too could be using Tethering on your iPhone.<br /><br /><ol><li>Open Safari on your iPhone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3b2nAnZ-onFK_04gqtn5E7jUil6aTHhdw7pHHCtMOg8gbvzWUZ2Jlcq1k4TOlDaM6vSqNLhCY_ugLBx5L7iuxPLCQLwowApzjXBCpIGqvh-sRcd3Bdqt0_UXAR4kiNdgvX2a/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3b2nAnZ-onFK_04gqtn5E7jUil6aTHhdw7pHHCtMOg8gbvzWUZ2Jlcq1k4TOlDaM6vSqNLhCY_ugLBx5L7iuxPLCQLwowApzjXBCpIGqvh-sRcd3Bdqt0_UXAR4kiNdgvX2a/s200/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349170599233733170" border="0" /></a></li><li>Goto the following url: http://www.iphone-notes.de/mobileconfig/</li><li style="text-align: left;">Click the Mobile Configs Download Button<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGInk5EOuBowNVWGhdy9dsXMAaF-TvVcZ3rGPZt2O73cv1fbC6a4QMjN3_K6AIAK7p88Y2PQq6Okd6EQF9pi7GwYGAF_OlAXgvpJ5YtVZJNnpeRjOJoc5QVVLLHgfSnmE3_Bfn/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGInk5EOuBowNVWGhdy9dsXMAaF-TvVcZ3rGPZt2O73cv1fbC6a4QMjN3_K6AIAK7p88Y2PQq6Okd6EQF9pi7GwYGAF_OlAXgvpJ5YtVZJNnpeRjOJoc5QVVLLHgfSnmE3_Bfn/s200/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349170591454848322" border="0" /></a></li><li>Select your Country<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1auhVEAFCfEonvZmDF8_3v7rUl1hjNMw0lgCzdXiwb3-8HxcyL8jalaKhgCgPr4Pk7_FKNyig9lTSeMJfB-sB3YVYJi7HNayTNtO4ec1yZi5XAULVCEoYIALPGgr7U25sa4B/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1auhVEAFCfEonvZmDF8_3v7rUl1hjNMw0lgCzdXiwb3-8HxcyL8jalaKhgCgPr4Pk7_FKNyig9lTSeMJfB-sB3YVYJi7HNayTNtO4ec1yZi5XAULVCEoYIALPGgr7U25sa4B/s200/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349170594693653106" border="0" /></a></li><li>Select your carrier from the list<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzA66tyL91uIaBU5YpjvKzntR4PuRZVUBp9LMM-tDVtGj_zULLeyH_BUPWpYkw29PUk3XuaJID5dwISOrnqM0Y5YpEZGkH105Z-4gHgX4WSW4rZJR7NNciuVZKpocWBNZsUwQU/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzA66tyL91uIaBU5YpjvKzntR4PuRZVUBp9LMM-tDVtGj_zULLeyH_BUPWpYkw29PUk3XuaJID5dwISOrnqM0Y5YpEZGkH105Z-4gHgX4WSW4rZJR7NNciuVZKpocWBNZsUwQU/s200/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349170604375334802" border="0" /></a></li><li>Press the Install Button that appears<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-MTSiaRQBtSp3qpXESbRGYvK3JoG6EDEY8zPjV1C-u-HEq5mEh8VcsAR8ss-2ESmsl8VNudRadQe3RAwi8bPc0OdGNR9dCg0sxj5yUCMFD9BbfLzmg95tzah55aAOfbjBZ5P/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-MTSiaRQBtSp3qpXESbRGYvK3JoG6EDEY8zPjV1C-u-HEq5mEh8VcsAR8ss-2ESmsl8VNudRadQe3RAwi8bPc0OdGNR9dCg0sxj5yUCMFD9BbfLzmg95tzah55aAOfbjBZ5P/s200/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349170588037356610" border="0" /></a></li><li>Press Accept or Replace depending on your previous settings.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TnyjQLv1DeSrh9wuadwd_Ai3u1Kytler1RW75cauy-3WMdhS1xGDmM2uuwJnSQwareGtSM-WCW8VP9r9PuGQMR_7x0n_zNbK-AARSgphAKx-mjzQy1SK7HrkfhgI_gLZ3cBg/s1600-h/photo6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TnyjQLv1DeSrh9wuadwd_Ai3u1Kytler1RW75cauy-3WMdhS1xGDmM2uuwJnSQwareGtSM-WCW8VP9r9PuGQMR_7x0n_zNbK-AARSgphAKx-mjzQy1SK7HrkfhgI_gLZ3cBg/s200/photo6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349171493686859682" border="0" /></a></li><li>Press the Done button<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF-_gBZWxtiLOViA41QNmNWpaLwS9lCJBD1rtCFbGmd4kYqKJtOzUMRDHlynAiLQJlJtcF9Wmh2wENZpsJkllqVI5f_dZUItkQ2f4Gt1XFDiOTouFImN7GyjcvMOhOIcEpbDT/s1600-h/photo+7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF-_gBZWxtiLOViA41QNmNWpaLwS9lCJBD1rtCFbGmd4kYqKJtOzUMRDHlynAiLQJlJtcF9Wmh2wENZpsJkllqVI5f_dZUItkQ2f4Gt1XFDiOTouFImN7GyjcvMOhOIcEpbDT/s200/photo+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349171495108510562" border="0" /></a></li><li>Goto <span style="font-weight: bold;">Settings --> General --> Network --> Tethering</span></li><li>Change the options as required</li></ol><br />And there you have it, nice easy way to enable Tethering withotu needing to play with iTunes and downgrading and reflashing etc.WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-89977693146699836272009-04-01T07:16:00.000-07:002009-04-01T07:21:52.215-07:00USBLoader - Load wii games from hard driveIt's finally here.. the moment i've been waiting for.. Hard Drives usable to run your games on a wii.<br /><br />With the 4.0 firmware update available for everyone.. Waninkoko has release his USB loader. What does it do i hear u ask?<br /><br />Its lets you run your wii ISO's from a usb hard drive attached to the wii's usb port.<br /><br />Gone are the days of needing a flat mii<br /><br />Rips games to the hard drive in minutes.. wii sports for example took 5 mins to copy and compressed down from 4.5 Gigs to 860Megs or there abouts. not bad at all.<br /><br />Running the game works without a hitch and load times are decreased so much its like playing games on the old xbox. smooth.. seemless and without the annoying load times that come from dvd based game consoles.<br /><br />Well done to waninikoko for his great USB_Loader tool. I'll get back to you all when I find an external Hard Drive that works with the tool.....<br /><br /><br />anyone wish to donate :DWhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-83627443882707236232009-01-23T12:20:00.000-08:002009-01-23T12:43:19.440-08:00Downgrading Wii From 3.4 to 3.2 - Error 1035 *WORKING FIX*<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVMtcJhD4fLKQWtjJv6qzA0jgok7DWakRymBvBNnJ21s35OOkf7dnX-CQd9yrLZKlXYJgfm-jeNR_NzNaHonvG_elvGtu85DnrCW5A28uidIRkbeXuTeFEtMTK34KJQQ9DT_R/s1600-h/WiiSpeak_01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294592048910629762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVMtcJhD4fLKQWtjJv6qzA0jgok7DWakRymBvBNnJ21s35OOkf7dnX-CQd9yrLZKlXYJgfm-jeNR_NzNaHonvG_elvGtu85DnrCW5A28uidIRkbeXuTeFEtMTK34KJQQ9DT_R/s200/WiiSpeak_01.jpg" border="0" /></a> After stupidly upgrading my wii to 3.3E firmware, and finding out the trucha signing bug had been cleaned up. I wanted to find a way to take myself back to 3.2.<br /><div><br /><div>So reading a few guides on the net, the first step always seemed to be updated to 3.4. No idea why this is required, but thats what I did.</div><br /><div>Next stepp install a few wad files, one of which is called cios_fix.wad and requires a speical IOS16 wad manager to install.</div><br /><div>This is where things stopped working. Everytime I tried to install this wad file, I would get an error message. Usually something about retval (-1035).</div><br /><div>I tried for a few months to get it all to work, but nothing ever worked. Hundreds and hundreds of Google searches and forum searches showed up nothing at all. </div><br /><div>You know you've tried almost everything when all the guides start to sound the same and you can do it in your sleep.</div><br /><div>I say almost, because after a while I began to think about what was happening. The 3.4 dowgrades were designed for people that had never used custom ios' and such so perhaps something I had allready installed was causing the problem.</div><br /><div>After a fair bit more reading I began to find that Nintendo in their wisdom had block ios249 which is the one used to install cIOS (Custom IOS).</div><br /><div>I had also installed a custom IOS quite some time ago to allow me to use my Ripping software at full speed. At least thats what I thought it was for at the time (Yes I know... WRONG WRONG WRONG)</div><br /><div>I first tried Any Title deleter to remove IOS249 and this didn't work. Error after error appeared. </div><br /><div>I then recalled the big who ha about the cIOS when it came out and how it was considered such a wonderful thing that an uninstaller was provided in the case you didn't want the software. At the time I wondered who the hell wouldn't want it, but I digress.</div><br /><div>I ran cIOS uninstaller 1.2 and was given errors. Okay I thought... perhaps I have an older version of cIOS so i'll get an older uninstaller. Yes I know it makes no sense, but thats what I did.</div><br /><div>Downloaded cIOS uninstaller 1.0 ran it and within seconds... No more ios249</div><br /><div>Holding my breath I now hoped I could follow all those guides and get through installing everything. Obviously without any cIOS installed, ripping wasn't going to happen.</div><br /><div>Running through the guide, installed IOS16 to allow the use of Custom Wad Manager 1.3. </div><br /><div>Using this I was now FINALLY able to installed cios_fix.wad It felt like my heart skipped a beat when this happend. Finally I'm on the way to 3.2 again.</div><br /><div>And thats exactly what happend. after running the IOS downgrader and cIOS downgrader cIOS installer, StarFall installer and blocking updates etc, IOS51 and shop channel install. I'm now all good.</div><br /><div>Although on another note.. </div><br /><div>I got myself wiispeak - So I needed the hardware updates to allow that to work on the wii.</div><br /><div>This I found out is really quite simple. The update on the Animal Crossing disc is ios38. So I used wiiscrubber to extract this wad file, used wad manager to install it, and boo yeah.. wii speak working a treat :D</div></div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304999.post-83208535775416500722008-12-28T02:31:00.000-08:002009-01-15T16:12:14.177-08:00Backing Up Wii Games<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vIxrxyi775HD2OMgcqe7JM1jSPYEJ_xXRp7UnPwa8oN5Dlu7rlWT1aVZTdsYmc7V5VdovsqDYQjamMWm3DALDJodWDxMfX8aNBrJ9UbV4qJM5wuFOfiM9Dx9XaL-c1xkSVIW/s1600-h/usbgecko_box.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291675454007961090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vIxrxyi775HD2OMgcqe7JM1jSPYEJ_xXRp7UnPwa8oN5Dlu7rlWT1aVZTdsYmc7V5VdovsqDYQjamMWm3DALDJodWDxMfX8aNBrJ9UbV4qJM5wuFOfiM9Dx9XaL-c1xkSVIW/s200/usbgecko_box.jpg" border="0" /></a> Having purhcased a USB Gecko some time ago from <a href="http://www.ozmodchips.com/">OZModChips</a> and since updating my wii to the new 3.4 Firmware (I know... shouldn't have done that), it became difficult to backup my game collection via wifi. <div></div><div>With that in mind I decided to switch back to using the USB Gecko to get things rolling again.</div><div></div><div>I found on the USBGecko site (www.usbgecko.com) a Wii mode ripper that claimed to be nice and fast and utilise the gecko's usb connection.</div><div></div><div>By following these steps, I am now able to once again backup my games and make sure they dont get scratched.</div><div></div><ol><li>Download the following package - <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/133785362/usbwiirip1.zip">http://rapidshare.com/files/133785362/usbwiirip1.zip</a></li><li>Unzip the package to somewhere on your computer.</li><li>Inside the ZIP File is a readme.txt file that will explain exactly what needs to be installed and to where.</li><li>Once all is installed - Run the wiiripper</li><li>Insert the disc you wish to backup into your wii</li><li>Plug in your USBGecko to port B of your Wii</li><li>Run the PC Application that comes in the zip file</li><li>Click on the USB Menu and press the Connect button</li><li>Select Single or Dual layer Wii Disc</li><li>And press the backup button</li><li>Set the location for the backup to be saved to </li><li>Press OK</li></ol><div></div><div>Sit back for four hours and wait for it all to happen.</div><div></div><div>Hope that helps someone new to the wii</div>WhiteMouseAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156090299693485975noreply@blogger.com0