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Turn on samsung android phone without using power button

To turn on a samsung android phone without using the power button follow these steps:

  1. Charge the phone if full discharged
  2. Remove charger
  3. Keeping pushed home button and volume down connect the charger until you see the download mode on the screen
  4. You will see below Volume down: Cancel (restart phone) [it’s what we need restart the phone]
  5. Release the buttons and disconnect the charger
  6. Push volume down
  7. Phone will restart, turning itself on

download-mode-samsung

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Information and Communications Technology

CKAN common errors

These are two errors and the solutions encountered installing CKAN:
1. Upload error: An Error occurred while sending the job: 500 Server Error: INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
with this error in datapusher.error.log:
OperationalError: (OperationalError) attempt to write a readonly database u’INSERT INTO jobs …
The solution is:
check the configuration parameter SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI in datapusher_settings.py, it should point to a file where the webserver has permissions to write
2. Error: Process completed but unable to post to result_url
with this error in datapusher.error.log:
ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, error(111, ‘Connection refused’))
The solution is:
check the parameter ckan.site_url in development.ini/production.ini, it should have the correct port and host:
ckan.site_url=http://{ckan_host}:{ckan_port}

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Information and Communications Technology

Asus Zenbook UX32V Fan Always On [SOLVED]

I had a problem with an Asus Zenbook UX32V with dual video cards, an integrated intel and a geforce GT 620M: the fan was always on.
I solved this problem updating the bios from version 203 to the latest version. At this time the version 214.

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Kingston datatraveler mini 32gb DTM30 Windows Icons

I created some .ico files for Kingston datatraveler mini 32gb DTM30 Flash Drive:

Kingston datatraveler mini 32gb DTM30 Icon
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Information and Communications Technology

SmartDVB channels export to M3U for VLC

I developed a small utility to export the channels from SmartDVB to VLC.
The utility can be downloaded from:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4a3jgxc11xngcnp/SmartDVBExportM3U.bin.zip?dl=0
The source code is here (contains the eclipse project):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljcl5h40hoqwir0/SmartDVBExportM3U.src.zip?dl=0
The application is very very minimal. It requires java.
USAGE

  1. First of all locate the smartdvb.db file. It’s located in the SmartDVB installation directory or in the user SmartDVB AppData folder. (This file contains the channels found by SmartDVB).
  2. Close SmartDVB Application.
  3. Make a backup copy of this file, if something goes wrong.
  4. Extract the SmartDVBExportM3U zip file and open the SmartDVBExportM3U.exe
  5. Choose the path of the smartdvb.db file using the first button
  6. Export with the second button.
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MCFTec Receiver DVB-T USB Stick Drivers

mcftec_1 mcftec_2I found the drivers for this usb stick. The device has the same hardware of the WideView WT-200U or WT220U distribuited by various vendors (Freecom, Yakumo, Hama, Typhoon, Yuan)
Using the drivers from Freecom the MCFTec USB Stick works. I tested it on Windows Vista 32 bit and Windows 7 64 bit.
http://www.freecom.com/files/Productinformation/EOL/DVBT/Driver/25451-rev3-XP32-Vista3264.zip [<<<<<<< this worked for me on Windows Vista 32bit and on Windows 7 64bit]
Other drivers from Freecom:
http://www.freecom.com/files/Productinformation/EOL/DVBT/Driver/25452-XP-32-Vista-3264.zip
http://www.freecom.com/files/Productinformation/EOL/DVBT/Driver/27442-XP-3264-Vista-32.zip
http://www.freecom.com/files/Productinformation/EOL/DVBT/Driver/25451-XP-Vista.zip
[2019-10-08 UPDATE: files are not available anymore at these links, use this below on dropbox]
I uploaded on dropbox an archive with all those drivers, the driver for the MCFTec on the photo is 25451-rev3-XP32-Vista3264:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gx737g00k2efcg8/MCFTEC.zip?dl=0
After installing the drivers you can use any software to watch the tv. I tested the MCFTec with SichboPVR and MediaPortal v1.
You can also search the channels with SmartDVB and you can view the channels with VLC using this .m3u playlist for example [i found program=3401 from SmartDVB (Channel properties, PID as <DEC>)]:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,RAIUNO
#EXTVLCOPT:program=3401
dvb-t://frequency=205625000:bandwidth=7
#EXTINF:0,RAIDUE
#EXTVLCOPT:program=3402
dvb-t://frequency=205625000:bandwidth=7
#EXTINF:0,RAITRE
#EXTVLCOPT:program=3403
dvb-t://frequency=205625000:bandwidth=7
#EXTINF:0,RAINEWS24
#EXTVLCOPT:program=3411
dvb-t://frequency=205625000:bandwidth=7
#EXTINF:0,RAI2HD
#EXTVLCOPT:program=8597
dvb-t://frequency=219625000:bandwidth=7
#EXTINF:0,RAI3HD
#EXTVLCOPT:program=8598
dvb-t://frequency=219625000:bandwidth=7

Remote Control

The remote control act as a keyboard. This is the key map:

  • Power: F12
  • MUTE: F8
  • VOL+: F10
  • VOL-: F9
  • CH+: plus sign
  • CH-: minus sign
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0: the same
  • ZOOM: Enter
  • JUMP: ¶

Remote control on MediaPortal

On MediaPortal you can change default keyboard shortcuts to map the keys on the remote control:

  1. MediaPortal Configuration > Remotes and Input Devices > HID: uncheck all checkboxes
  2. MediaPortal Configuration > General > Keys and Sounds
    1. Global Actions: Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute
    2. Windows > Fullscreen TVs: Next tv channel, Previous tv channel

Remote control on SichboPVR

On SichboPVR you cannot change the keyboard shortcuts, the default shortcuts are (visible using F1):

  • + increase volume
  • -: decrease volume
  • Numbers: insert channel number
  • Enter: change channel after inserting channel number

So you can use CH+ to increase the volume, CH- to decrease the volume, the numbers to select the channel and ZOOM to change to the selected channel.

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Run Time Error 28: Out of Stack Space [Citrix]

In response to Fray Quinones for this discussion:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/351074-run-time-error-28-out-of-stack-space/
[I was unable to register as citrix user so I write here]
This is the problem:
Hi,
I’m trying to deploy an application from our Citrix presentation server, but every time the application loads it gives the user a message that says: Run-time Error ’28’: Out of Stack Space.
It was working fine until last week.
Thanks,
Fray
The problem was generated by a window update, the KB2922229 update. Uninstalling this update the problem is solved.
Bye.

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Informatica Information and Communications Technology

Windows Vista CMD slow startup / Windows Vista, avvio lento della CMD

Using Windows Vista, running cmd, makes it hangs for some seconds and then start.
I solved the issue removing any additional keyboards layouts from:
“System Settings->Region and Language options->Keyboards & Languages->Change keyboards”
see http://serverfault.com/questions/26217/win7-command-processor-cmd-exe-really-slow/210961#210961
[ITA]In Windows Vista ho notato un rallentamento dell’avvio della console (CMD). Lasciando un solo layout di tastiera il problema si è risolto

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Godex EZ-DT-2 EZ-DT-4 Thermal Label Printer left and right hooks alternative solution

[CHIUSURA ALTERNATIVA PER GODEX EZ-DT-2 E EZ-DT-4]
Replaces spare parts number 700-057200-011 (right hook) and 700-057300-011 (left hook)
Sostituzione ricambi 700-057200-011 (leva destra) e 700-057300-011 (leva sinistra)
Godex EZ-DT-2 Right Hook Godex EZ-DT-2 Left Hook

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Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common Cleanup Operations Checklist

In this post i will write a checklist of common operations i do after clean installation of Windows Vista or Windows 7 (the most are not recommeded by Bill):
1. disable UAC (User Account Control)
2. disable System Protection on all disks
3. delete all Tasks except Registry Backup Task

Delete all folders contained in:
C:\Windows\system32\Tasks [for 32 and 64 bit systems] (do not delete the folder Microsoft\Windows\Registry it’s the registry backup, it’s important to recover a corrupted registry)
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tasks [for 64 bit only]

4. [OPTIONAL] disable Task Scheduler Service (doing this genarates an error when installing Office 2016)

It cannot be disabled with services.msc, but only via registry: locate HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule and change the Start value from 2 to 4

5. disable Windows Search / Indexing

Control Panel >> Programs and Features >> Turn Windows features on and off and uncheck Windows Search

6. disable Automatic Defragmentation Service

Run services.msc and disable “Disk Defragmenter” service

7. cleanup msconfig
8. enable telnet client

Control Panel >> Programs and Features >> Turn Windows features on and off and check telnet client