Restoring and Jailbreaking my Ipad

Woke up in the morning to find that my Ipad is not accessible anymore because someone tried the password too many times. Doesn't matter who it is, the Ipad is locked and even when I did what it showed ie "Ipad is locked, connect to iTunes to unlock" it cannot be unlocked. So I had to do what I put off for quite some time already ie to upgrade. My Ipad was stuck in iOS 3+ since the day I got it.

Thankfully Google was a lot of help and I took my few minutes course but got too excited and made a mess. Could not find Installous (duh, the must have if you jailbreak) and again found the solution but overdid it. Added too many sources and slowed the damn thing down and every other thing which I wanted to install would require Installous to be removed =_=|||

In the end I could not take it anymore and re-did the everything, restore and upgrade. Thank goodness that I have a fast Internet connection else I would be stuck at the download firmware page for hours. Restore and upgrade was a pain but not something that is too different from flashing in Android. Lots of reboot and updating so you just have to wait it out.

Once the waiting is all over, I rebooted it once more just in case before I do the jailbreak using absinthe. This part was the easiest (the app only have 1 button to press) BUT you guessed it, more reboot and updating =_= You would think that after so many rounds of reboot, the bloody thing would be satisfied but you are in for a shock =D Cydia on first launch also requires reboot.

Learning from my earlier mistakes, I just added a couple of sources which I remember having before I encountered any issues. So before Installous is even on my mind, I needed to upgrade a couple of the apps which came with the jailbreak and you must be familiar with what is required by now ... After you installed Installous, you get to reboot some more =D

Thank heavens that you don't need to reboot the damn thing some more when installing games. But now I have to find back what I had before and try to get it all back. The hindsight of that issue was that I got someone to do the jailbreak for me before and did not bother to get to know what my friend helped to install. One thing I noticed in iOS 5.1.1 is that my Ipad is using up the juice quite fast, hmm why is this feeling so familiar?

There are a few sources now which offers Installous but I think its best to get it from the original source (of course its more lessons from the earlier experience). So I would just recommend a couple of things to you if you are new to jailbreak (which I doubt very much) :

Sources :
http://cydia.hackulo.us
http://sinfuliphonerepo.com

Cydia tweaks/apps :
Installous (DUH!)
SBSettings (you will get Activator once you choose to install this)
Barrel
Fake Carrier

Since I am more of the n00b here, please do recommend more useful stuff :)

How many days are there in 1 week?

Based on my education and understanding of how a calender works, its 7 days. What about your's? Is your week different from mine? Do you have more or less???

Perhaps one would argue that a working week is 5 days or 5.5 days, heck many are now going 7 days a week as well.

Perhaps another one would argue that his/her leave would coincide with a public holiday so his/her 1 week is actually longer as well.

So I guess it should work the same way as well you say that you will be planning 1 week of activities which consists of 8 days and oh since there will be a public holiday, let's make that another +2 days. OK, so other people's 1 week have more days than mine and my understanding of 1 week is totally fucked up. Well, fuck my plans and enjoy your week.

How would you feel when you get the short end of the stick? So the next time when I say a week, its gonna be however the hell many days that I plan it to be. I don't give shit about your useless calender which always says that its got 7 days in it.

2012 2012 2012

Some say its the end of the world. Its also someone's birthday. Today was an OK day but I left office so late trying to figure out how fucked up my mess was. I am short of RM150,000 to pay my vendor. RM50k of which I can actually worry about later. So that just leaves me with RM100,000 short. Now that's a bitch and I am fucked up real bad now. I think I should be able to cover it up next year when I run a similar project next year.

If the world ends today or tomorrow then I don't have to give a shit about this shit. I doubt it very much so I'm still gonna be fucked up. There are still many things that needs to be done before this year ends and I am supposed to clear my leave from Christmas onwards. Makes me really wanna say "Yippikaiyay Motherfucker!" and swallow a couple of painkillers so that my headache will go away.

Well, that its for this post and we'll see if I wake up tomorrow. Most likely I will open my eyes and end up cussing tomorrow morning because its already scheduled that I will have more work at night until at least midnight. mlm mlm

I always say the "right" things at the "wrong" time

I used to be a quiet person. I don't talk much because I don't have much to say particularly to the people whom I don't know. But if I am close to someone I might be a little more chatty but therein lies the problem. I almost always speak my mind so that means I am shooting so damn straight that people who don't know me might think that I am crazy to utter some things.

I am not sure how you are brought up but I have been constantly reminded that I am not supposed to lie. I had the shock of my life when I went to college. YOU CAN'T FUCKING SURVIVE IF YOU DON'T FUCKING LIE!!! I get to meet so many interesting and bad characters that I realize that I have tomust lie.

However, sometimes I unknowingly let slip what flashed across my mind and it normally lands me in a pile of shit so high that its over my head. Can't say that I don't really deserve it. To be honest, I was really telling the goddamned truth BUT nobody likes the truth. I hate myself for not being able to control myself BUT I will hate myself more if I kept it in too much.

Sigh, its sad that sometimes I will turn my friends away because its perhaps not what they want to hear and the stupid me just reminded them of their grief or wrongdoings. I do hope my close friends understand me enough to know that I am me and for me, I believe that the truth is better than lies especially among friends. Of course they are entitled their own fantasy bubble that should not be burst by my unfortunate knowing of their truth. For this I apologize for all the wrong or uncomfortableness that I may have caused.

I really must shut the fuck up more before I lose more friends. Too bad I really just can't help it if I see something wrong and let rip. Also, some people when talking about some secretive stuff they tend to be a tad too loud and I would overhear and then butt in :p So here's news for you, whisper even softer when talking about secret stuff because some people's hearing are better than others and will pick up what you say =D

Iyor ...

I remember when I went for A levels studies, there was a statistics class. The lecturer was not your average teacher character. One day, he taught us about why the dealer of any gambling business is always the winner. He gave a very simple example of betting on a 4d (digit) number. He used the board to show us that for every RM1 we bet, the dealer already made 40c regardless of the result. This means that you have already lost 40c for every ringgit you bet. So do you still feel like gambling anymore? =D

Of course, despite the odds, there should be a winner because there is chance/probability that the number you bet on would be the winning number. So that is why there are still many punters who will bet their ass for the big prize. Your's truly is no different because if I really managed to strike it, my life would be changed =D

I only remembered that I had bought a number of lottery tickets from a few months ago and I just checked the results. I was down to my last few tickets when the numbers I was searching for was suddenly highlighting on the first prize ... I couldn't believe my eyes because I got 6 matching numbers! However, 6 matching numbers does not make you a winner T_T

4000 tickets away T_T

Due to the combination of my matching numbers, I will be getting RM50 for this ticket. I better go exchange it before it expires :p So close yet so far, RM3 for RM3 million ...

Full wipe?

For Android users who play with custom roms, you will definitely hear of that term. But most of the time, even if you are following the steps listed by the rom creator, you could still be doing it wrong it seems. I knew that what was written by the rom creators were not enough because I can see lots of old data from the roms which I had been flashing after I had learned to do it properly. A lot of those junk programs which I do not re-install still have their folders on my phone. So while reading a forum which is specifically for my phone model, I read about a more detailed  steps to do a real full wipe. 

Since I have not been doing it correctly, it does make sense that sometimes my phone is acting strangely with symptoms which no other have reported. So the next time when I'm installing a new rom, most likely Jelly Bean 4.2, I will be doing the below steps to clear up all the junks.

The correct procedure for doing a full wipe is below.

Go to clockworkmod recovery.

Volume up, power button, and home button all pressed together for a couple of seconds.

Wipe the cache partition

Go to Advanced and wipe the dalvik and batt stats

Go to mounts and storage and select it.

Go to format / system and select it.
Scroll down to format system and select yes.

Go to format / data and select it
Scroll down to format data and select yes.

Go to format / cache and select it.
Scroll down to format cache and select yes.

Now go back and install the rom from the internal or external sd card.

This is the correct way of doing a full wipe everything is erased and formatted ready for the new rom, no old system files, old kernel remnants etc....

No need to wipe data/factory reset, and your internal and external sd cards remain untouched.

If you have done this, please let me know the result. Of course my advice would be for you to still back up you data first, JUST IN CASE.

Cheers, happy wiping and flashing =D

그대 핸드폰이 난 너무 부럽습니다

At first I got a little confused with these 2 songs because they both mentioned about handphones :p It has great meaning seeing that how handphones are important to all of us now.

백지영  - 아이캔`t 드링크

난 술을 못마셔요
몇 번을 얘기해야 되요
술을 마시면
전화를 하는 몹쓸 병에 걸렸죠

그렇게 이상하면
이별을 한번 해보세요
이별을 하면 알게 될 거야
술 마시면 안 되는 이유

취하면 바보 같은 용기가 생겨서
취하면 바보 같은 사랑이 커져서
그러면 안 되는 걸 알면서
자꾸 핸드폰을 쳐다보고 이렇게
몇 번을 망설이다 번호를 누르고
난 아직까지 너만 사랑해~
내가 보고 싶어 미치겠다고
어제처럼 전화를 하죠

난 정말 못 마셔요
나 이제 그만 일어날래
술을 마시면
눈물이 나는 몹쓸 병에 걸렸죠

그 사람 생각나면
한잔씩 하며 참아왔죠
그래서일까 술을 마시면
바보처럼 또 눈물이 나

울다가 바보 같은 눈물에 취해서
울다가 끝나버린 사랑에 취해서
그러면 안 되는 걸 알면서
다시 전화번호 누르게 돼이렇게

차갑게 식어버린 목소리 들으며
난 죽고 싶어 제발 돌아와~
이미 끊겨 버린 전화를들고
어제처럼 그렇게 울죠
울죠

Translations

Baek Ji Young - I Can't Drink

I can’t drink
How many times should I say
If I drink
I had a bad disease to make a call

If you think it’s strange
Then try to breakup once
If you ever breakup, you will know
The reason I can’t drink

If I get drunk, I will get more silly courage
If I get drunk, this silly love will grow bigger
Because I know that I shouldn’t
So I just staring at the handphone like this
I don’t know how many times I hesitate to dial the number
even now, I still only love you~
I miss you like crazy
Just like yesterday, I call you

I really can’t drink
I want to stop and sober up
If I drink
I had a bad disease to cry

If I think about that person
I should bear to drink
Because If I drink
Like a fool, I will cry again.

Drunk over and shed tears like a fool
Drunk over an ended love and crying
That’s why, I know I shouldn’t
Keep dial the phone number like this
If I hear your cold voice
I just want to die, Please come back~

Holding the phone that already hung up
Just like yesterday, I’m crying again
Crying…

 Another lovely song from the same OST

허각 - 나를 잊지 말아요

사랑이란 멀리 있는 것 눈에 보이면 가슴 아파 눈물이 나죠
그래서 널 떠나요 사랑을 사랑하려고
안녕 안녕 안녕

나를 잊지 말아요 일초를 살아도 그대 사랑하는 마음 하나 뿐이 예요
그 하나를 위해서 슬픈 눈물 숨기고 떠나가는 나를 기억해주세요

나를 잊지 말아주세요 사랑한다는 한마디도 못하고 가는
혼자 했던 사랑이 떠날 땐 편한 것 같아 안녕 안녕 안녕

제발 잊지 말아요 천년을 살아도 그대 사랑하는 마음뿐인 바보 였죠
그대 핸드폰이 난 너무 부럽습니다 지금도 니 옆에 같이 있잖아요

혹시 이 세상에서 그댈 사랑한 사람이 한 사람 뿐이면
그건 나라는 걸 나라는 걸 기억해

나를 잊지 말아요 일초를 살아도 그대 사랑하는 마음 하나 뿐이 예요
그 하나를 위해서 슬픈 눈물 숨기고 떠나가는 나를 잊지 말아줘요

제발 잊지 말아요 천년을 살아도 그대 사랑하는 마음뿐인 바보 였죠
그대 핸드폰이 난 너무 부럽습니다 지금도 니 옆에 같이 있잖아요

나를 잊지 말아요

Translations

Huh Gak - Don't Forget Me

With dreaming eyes, I see love is somewhere distant
You see the tears of heartache I'm shedding, that's why I left for this love
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye

Don't forget me, even if I live for one second
This heart that loves you, the only one
For this only one, holding back tears of sadness, I left

Please don't forget me
I left without even saying "I Love You" once
This lonely love, as I leave I seem to be at  peace
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye

Please don't forget me, even if I live for a thousand years
The one foolish heart that loves you
How I envy your handphone, it's still by your side right now

If in this world, there is only one person who loves you
That person is me, it's me remember that
Don't forget me, even if I live for one second
This heart that loves you, the only one
For this only one, holding back tears of sadness, I left

Don't forget that, Please don't forget me,
even if I live for a thousand years
The one foolish heart that loves you

How I envy your handphone, it's still by your side right now
Oh, Don't forget me