N900 again...

Ok, this came abit late but here goes, anyway...

2 weeks back i cant resist the temptation and got myself a unit....

fuh... finally...

Installing Garmin Mobile XT into your Symbian S60 phones

Hi guys, i've always wanted to write this up, based on my experience with my Nokia 5800 XM but never really bothered to put down my resolve to do this. So finally i did it today, after so long... here you go.

First of all, let's get all these files downloaded into your computer:

a. The license key generator HERE

b. Garmin Mobile XT for Symbian S60 3rd Edition HERE

c. Garmin Mobile XT Free Basemap HERE

d. Garmin Mobile XT Support Files HERE

e. Malaysian map from MFM site HERE

p.s. Look for the thread titled "Free Malaysia & Singapore GPS Map: MFM-Garmin...". ppl there are quite friendly if you need advice on how to generate the map file, but i'd say it's pretty easy.

Now you should have these files in your pc:
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GarminMobileXTforSymbianS603rdEdition_50050.exe
GarminMobileXTFreeBasemap_4xxxx.exe
GarminMobileXTSupportFiles_4xxxx.exe
gmapsupp.img (the one you've just downloaded from malfreemaps)
garmin_kgen.exe
=======================================

Below are the steps to install Garmin Mobile XT into your phone.

1) Plug the usb cable into your phone and PC, let the pc detect your phone and choose "Mass storage mode" from your phone.

*IMPORTANT* You must have a memory card installed in your phone.

2) From you PC, double click GarminMobileXTforSymbianS603rdEdition_50050.exe” to install and wait.

**Select the removable drive which is your phone when prompted. It could be E:/ or F:/ or G:, depending on your pc la... but it usually show only one option.

3) Double click “GarminMobileXTFreeBasemap_4xxxx.exe” to install. Repeat the same process as ** above.

4) Double click “GarminMobileXTSupportFiles_4xxxx.exe” to install. Repeat the same process as ** above.

5) Disconnect your phone after the above was done.

6) Get to your phone, open menu -> Apps and you'll see "GMobileXT". Open the app.

7) Select "Free Trial",

Click on the "spanner" icon,
then select "settings" and
then go down to "About".
You will see a string of numbers under "Card ID". Copy down your "Card ID" number somewhere, maybe into Word or Notepad.
Then exit from the app and return your phone to standby mode.

8) Click on the "garmin_kgen.exe" and enter the “Card ID” from previous step.

9) Generate it and you will get a string of codes. Copy the codes to Notepad and save as “sw.unl”. *Be sure you don’t save it as sw.unl.txt”*

10) Once completed the above, reconnect your phone to your PC and select "Mass Storage mode". Go to "My Computer", double click to access the "Removable Drive" (your phone) and look for the folder titled "Garmin".

11) Copy the “sw.unl” file and the "gmapsupp.img" file, and paste into this folder.

12) Once done, close off everything, disconnect your phone from PC and if you want, you may restart your phone. No harm even if you don't.

13) Now walk outside to the clear sky, open the GMobileXT app and wait for the satellite signal capture, indicated by the green color bars on top of the app. Once the satellite signal is captured (green colour signal bar), click on "View Map" and it will show you your location.

14) After that, have some fun exploring the app functions and menus. I can only help you out this far. Anything more, Mr Google is your friend.

Just a reminder, if you're doing address search, never ever key-in symbols such as "-", "/", "." or any other symbols lah... just normal abc and 123 or else your device will hang and you have no choice but to unplug the battery to restart. It's a bug that Garmin choose not to fix because they stopped providing support for this app after they teamed up with Asus to make Nuvifone, and also because of ppl like us all, who wanted free stuffs and not paying them their license fee.

Have fun!

Please help and do our part!!!

ACTION ALERT : International Campaign To Stop The Development of Animal Testing Lab in Malaysia
Sat, 24th Apr 2010, 02:54pm
24 APRIL 2010, KUALA LUMPUR - To mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories today, a coalition of animal protection groups has launched an international effort to stop the construction of an animal laboratory at the Masjid Tanah Industrial Park in Malacca, Malaysia. The proposal, which has only recently come to light, is a result of collaboration between the Indian contract testing company, Vivo Bio Tech, and the State government-owned Melaka Biotech.

The coalition, which includes the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Selangor, the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), which represents animal protection organisations from 17 countries, has written to the Government urging it not to allow this facility to go ahead on humanitarian grounds. Also to be considered is the impact that allowing such a facility will have upon Malaysia’s international image in the world. A meeting to discuss the coalition’s objections in full has been requested.

Disturbingly, Malaysia currently has no legislation governing the use of animals in research. According to the company’s website (www.vivobio.com), Vivo Biotech carries out extensive animal research, including toxicity testing on a variety of species for a number of purposes, including the controversial use for cosmetic products. It has also been reported that primates could be sourced locally in Malaysia. The government of Malaysia made an important stand by re-instating the ban on the export of primates for research in 2008. Should the animal laboratory be allowed to be set up in Malacca, immense suffering, misery and death will be inflicted on thousands of animals, and potentially facilitate the trade in wild-caught macaques within Malaysia.

The coalition opposes the construction of this facility for both ethical reasons and the lack of scientific validity of using animals in testing. It argues that there is a large range of non-animal techniques that, as well as being a more humane approach to science, can also be cheaper, quicker and more effective. These include cell, tissue and organ culture; micro-organisms such as bacteria; molecular research; studies with post-mortem tissues; computer simulations, population studies (epidemiology) and ethical clinical research with human volunteers.

Click here to read the entire ACTION ALERT, and see how your voice can make a difference for the animals >>http://www.enewsletter.com.my/newsletter/N2276.html

Something about the company i'm working at, currently...

Of all the jobs i've had before, this company's HR Dept is the WORST!!!!

Don't want to story much, but if someone want's to be calculative, i can, too....

Nokia N900

now this is FAB!




this is definitely better than this Nokia 5800XM which i've bought as 2009 Christmas present for myself. Well... not that this phone is bad, but hey, nobody really gets enough of anything, anyway, SO... I STILL WANT A NOKIA N900!!!!

**or, i wouldn't mind a HTC HD2 too**

Migrating birds....

2 weeks ago, on my way to work i saw these bunch foraging for food in the river-cum-drain.





googled it up and these birds are known as "stork". these are migratory birds and currently is the changing of season. autumn is coming and soon winter, these birds are flying south for the warmer climate.





you don't get to see these kind of birds much these days... due to our rapid deforestation, destruction of habitats and food source and the increasing hazards such at electrical pylons and other human intervention. i fear that in our children will never get to see these birds in the wild anymore...

we all should do something to preserve this for the future.

Smart way not to get caught on speed camera!

I wonder which smart aleck who invented this number plate...



looks perfectly normal, right?
but the problem is, i don't have my headlights on!
now look what happens when i turn on my headlights.



smart no? if he runs the red light, the camera won't get a sh*t on him. Just make sure that he's not causing accidents when he really runs the red light.