Rahul Always

Welcome back! Always good to see you busy on this forum!

Generally a humming sound from the speakers wont have much to do with software. You say that your speakers "are" working very well with Windows 7 but problem lies when you are operating on Windows 8. Did you upgrade from Win 7 to 8? This would indicate that you are no longer using Win 7, am I correct? Did you possibly place any kind of magnetic/electronic device close to your speakers? Could happen sometimes unknowingly. Or did you do the same with your PC? Maybe while connecting up an external drive etc? Electronic devices are known to interfere and produce the humming sound. Kindly check on all this since it is quite rare that software glitch can cause a speaker to hum. Regards Rahul

<br />Sold out!! <br /><br />Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2<br /><br /> Same item available at Rs. 13791 using same coupon codes http://www.ebay.in/ Regards Rahul

Thanks bought one! Regards Rahul

Paid for. Will collect it later at my convenience. Thanks a lot Saurabh! Regards Rahul

@Saurabh, if person above is not interested, can you please PM me details of the SD card including cost, make etc. I can get it collected since am also from Mumbai. Thanks Regards Rahul

You can also check out this particular website which gives step by step guide for rooting of Nexus S 4G. http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ It is really simple and worth the effort. As anyone out here will agree, the fun of Android is rooting, custom ROMs etc, something which is lacking in Windows and iOS. So if you are on Android, then you are "supposed" to root, "supposed" to install custom ROMs and "supposed" to keep changing ROMs as and when you get bored. As far as apps are concerned, there are a lot you can pick up right here in RIMWEB through our beloved members. This post is not just for Sadanandji but for each and every one who has been fortunate to lay his hand on a Nexus S 4G! Trust me, you will all enjoy the experience. I learnt it myself and am more than willing to guide any newbie through the procedure if they so wish to. Please contact me on PM. Regards Rahul

Let me try and post links so that you are able to access them directly 1. Complete help regarding Unlocking, Rooting, Relocking and unrooting for Nexus S 4g http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984849 2. Various posts including all ROMs for Nexus S 4g http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1171 3. Specific link to the Slim Rom that I am using on my handset http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060483 http://www.slimroms.net Regards Rahul

Dear Sadanandji, Rooting is quite a simple proposition as far as the Nexus S 4G is concerned. I too was a novice and then decided to take the plunge after checking out various forums. Check out XDA forums, read up about Nexus S 4G in the concerned sub section of the forum. Once you have rooted your phone, you would be able to take advantage of the various ROMs available and choose which one you feel is the best for you. If you want my help, am more than available and willing to help. You may message me on PM. Regards Rahul

@Sadanand why dont you try and root your phone. I am also using the same phone as yours and now am on custom rom. I would personally suggest SlimRom from XDA developers. Trust me, it is extremely difficult to find a ROM that is less than 80 Mb and yet works extremely efficiently. The latest update is 4.2.2. The lesser the OS size, the lesser would be the lag since more memory is automatically available. Plus, once you are rooted, you would be able to shift a lot of memory hogging apps to the external memory which will again improve your phone performance. Rajanbhai, I have tried using Lagfix (fstrim) on Nexus S 4g and have not observed too much of an improvement as far as performance is concerned. It is more or less incompatible with the particular handset is what I am given to understand. Maybe it is because I am rooted, not too sure about that. Regards Rahul

Great job! Good to see innovation! Hope to see more of such stuff. By the way, why is it restricted to Note II only? Why not for other devices too? Any particular restriction considering it is a hardware mod and not limited to the phone itself? Regards Rahul

For a change, there is actually a waiting period for a Micromax handset! People were talking about and waiting for it as excitedly as earlier some used to do for an Apple! Crazy I guess but good all the same. Regards Rahul Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk and SwiftKey Flow

Any update. Have you received the phone yet? Do we see a detailed review from you? I prefer an unbiased review from one of the members rather than looking at the reviews available online for the simple reason that I am not sure which one is a paid review and which one is genuine. Out here, at least am assured of its genuineness. Regards Rahul

Yes was online using Reliance Net connect Broadband plus connection so maybe that could explain the error. Will check once am at home on my mtnl broadband Thanks and regards Rahul Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk and SwiftKey Flow

Well could be possibly some issues with my browser. Will check up once I login from home and update. Was browsing from office when I got this error. Thanks and regards Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk and SwiftKey Flow

Can you please check. Earlier, when I used to click on a new post that had not yet been approved, I would get an error saying that the particular topic does not exist. These days, I get sent to this particular page http://www.reliancenetconnect.co.in/index4.html Which does not exist. Any particular reason? Regards Rahul

You need to be sure of the tonnage when buying air conditioners rather than just looking at the cost of the equipment. I would suggest that you get the room where you plan to install the ac checked by someone who knows how to calculate heat load and device on what is the capacity required. Buying an ac becomes easier that way. After that, go for the highest star rating that your budget will allow. Regards Rahul Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk and SwiftKey Flow

I have been using the old Swiftkey for quite sometime now. Had purchased it earlier when it was available at a discount. I must admit that the new one is simply awesome. Esp the swipe to type part. That was something that was not available earlier and this addition has simply increased the value of the application. The keyboard recognises most of the words and saves a lot of typing. Further, it learns as we continue to use it. In addition, it has the "Hinglish" option too which means it is able to type Hindi words in English font, in addition to the Hindi font which is also available. Thanks a lot to the developers of an amazing app! For those who have not bought it yet, go for it blindly. Worth every penny (or paise I should say!) Regards Rahul

Anyone out here has purchased a Canvas HD? Looking for some personal experience since the experiences / reviews posted online are, to be frank, conflicting. While some talk of it as an extremely VFM handset, some complain about touch screen issues including lack of response, hanging etc. Anyone please?

Thanks!

Some food for thought! No matter what your life is ....... try and make it more interesting!

AFAIK, the last day for requesting for the cheaper priced Win 8 key is 31 Jan 2013 and you would have to purchase the software before 28 Feb 2013. Correct me if I am wrong but this is what I have understood (which is the reason why I am still waiting for the last day with a key in hand, before I download it, if I feel it is required) Regards Rahul

Google Declares War on the Password Want an easier way to log into your Gmail account? How about a quick tap on your computer with the ring on your finger? This may be closer than you think. Google’s security team outlines this sort of ring-finger authentication in a new research paper, set to be published late this month in the engineering journal IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine. In it, Google Vice President of Security Eric Grosse and Engineer Mayank Upadhyay outline all sorts of ways they think people could wind up logging into websites in the future — and it’s about time. 2012 may have been the year that the password broke. It seemed like everyone on the internet received spam e-mail or desperate pleas for cash — the so-called “Mugged in London” scam — from the e-mail accounts of people who had been hacked. And Wired’s own Mat Honan showed everyone just how damaging a hack can be. The guys who hacked Honan last August deleted his Gmail account. They took over his Twitter handle and posted racist messages. And they remote-wiped his iPhone, iPad, and laptop computer, deleting a year’s worth of e-mails and photographs. In short, they erased his digital life. Passwords are a cheap and easy way to authenticate web surfers, but they’re not secure enough for today’s internet, and they never will be. Google agrees. “Along with many in the industry, we feel passwords and simple bearer tokens such as cookies are no longer sufficient to keep users safe,” Grosse and Upadhyay write in their paper. Thus, they’re experimenting with new ways to replace the password, including a tiny Yubico cryptographic card that — when slid into a USB (Universal Serial Bus) reader — can automatically log a web surfer into Google. They’ve had to modify Google’s web browser to work with these cards, but there’s no software download and once the browser support is there, they’re easy to use. You log into the website, plug in the USB stick and then register it with a single mouse click. They see a future where you authenticate one device — your smartphone or something like a Yubico key — and then use that almost like a car key, to fire up your web mail and online accounts. In the future, they’d like things to get even easier, perhaps connecting to the computer via wireless technology. “We’d like your smartphone or smartcard-embedded finger ring to authorize a new computer via a tap on the computer, even in situations in which your phone might be without cellular connectivity,” the Googlers write. The future may not exactly be password-free, but it will at be least free of those complex, hard-to-remember passwords, says Grosse. “We’ll have to have some form of screen unlock, maybe passwords but maybe something else,” he says, “but the primary authenticator will be a token like this or some equivalent piece of hardware.” That means that if someone steals your card or your smart-ring, you’d better report it stolen pretty quickly. Grosse and Upadhyay believe that once enough websites support this device-centric login technique, people mostly won’t need strong passwords, except in rare occasions — when they’re making significant changes to their account, for example. But for Google’s password-liberation plan to really take off, they’re going to need other websites to play ball. “Others have tried similar approaches but achieved little success in the consumer world,” they write. “Although we recognize that our initiative will likewise remain speculative until we’ve proven large scale acceptance, we’re eager to test it with other websites.” Sources: www.wired.com Times of India Hindustan Times Looks like it is time to forget remembering passwords and start wearing wedding rings again! Regards Rahul

Many many happy returns of the day Aalok!

2.33 Mbps with CDMA EVDO? Rahul