Tag: recovery

Mar 01 2011

Reviving Dead Hard Drives Through Unconventional Methods

Many of us have had a situation where the hard drive in our computer just dies unexpectedly. It’s a pain and an inconvenience which can be exacerbated by the absence of backups. Sometimes, hard drives just require a minor file system scan to get things working again or, in more severe cases, the controller board …

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Sep 28 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Where’s the GPS Fix?

Samsung have had no shortage of heat with regards to its flagship Android phone over the last few months. Issues with the lag attributed to their proprietary file system (RFS) have been an ongoing problem prompting the user community to come up with their own solutions such as the Voodoo Lag Fix which I wrote …

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Sep 20 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – A Less Hacky Way to Restore the Three Button Modes

Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …

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Sep 14 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Get $50 Cash Back

Just a quick one tonight. As consumers, we always love rebates, bonuses and other free stuff thrown in to sweeten a deal. Sony has been known to throw in free PlayStation 3 consoles with it’s Bravia televisions every now and then and other manufacturers have had their own deals. Anyway, if you have purchased a …

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Sep 10 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Why Download and Recovery Modes Are Missing

I’ve had some time on my hands the last couple of days due to the flu so I thought I would put some of that time toward working out why the download and recovery modes are seemingly disabled in some Samsung Galaxy S units around the globe. It’s been established that the download and recovery …

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