May 24, 2009

Backup and restore Dreambox

BACKUP your image:
1) Telnet to your dreambox, login as root
2) type in “cat /dev/mtd/3 > /var/tmp/backup.img”
3) you can download this image to your pc via ftp

thats it!

RESTORE your image:
1) login to dreambox via ftp as root
2) upload the backup.img file from your pc to the dreambox in /var/tmp/
3) telnet to the box as root
4) type “cd /var/tmp”
5) type “eraseall /dev/mtd/3 && cp backup.img /dev/mtd/3″
6) type “reboot”

September 16, 2008

Change serial number in ADOBE CS3

I found a very usefull post on the internet about above subject. Basically when you’re asked for adobe reactivation, you won’t be able to deactivate your adobe so that you can re-enter your new serial. You’ll have to uninstall and reinstall the whole software in order to do that.

By simply deleting these two files(this sample is for vista), when you start one of your adobe suite it will ask for a new serial exactly like when you run it for the first time.
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache\cache.db
c:\ProgramData\FLEXnet\adobe_00080000_tsf.data

Original post is here: http://www.cvladan.com/misc/2008/09/09/change-serial-number-in-adobe-cs3/

September 8, 2008

Hard reset Nokia N82

Several days ago my N82 was starting to behave strangely. When I browse to the internet it didn’t show the text. I tried to reinstall the OS but the problem persist. I guess the only way to fix it is to hard reset my Nokia N82. Here’s how:

  1. Type *#7370#.
  2. It will ask for the lock code.
  3. The phone will then restarted and voila, it’s hard-resetted

Please note that all application installed will also be removed, so you have to reinstall your applications and themes.