Hey YOU..DoN’t B1OcK the BlOgGerZ

There is a renowned Pan-Mee hawker aka restaurant near Taman Watan that serves the best as ever. We will make a must to go there atleast once a month. The Pan-Mee is special because the flour dough is specially made & always fresh. It is accompanied with Achovies, sliced mushroom, green leaves and fishball substitutes for Pork, it adds to gastronomic if taken with special chilli paste and lemon (limau kasturi).

The owner & the noodle shredder

Why Jailbreak ?

So that you can install your prefered apps without paying extra cents.

Risky?

Yes if it is not done carefully and well researched you may corrupt the image and need lengthy restoration.

What are the tools I need ?

WinXP,Of course IPOD Touch & wifi connection. If you know Linux command that would be added advantage.

Pre-healthcheck required ?

Yes, ensure your ipod is fully charged. Wifi is enabled and ipod able to detect the signals. Uncheck the auto-lock

Softwares requirement ?

Download ziphone (www.ziphone.org) , the software don’t harm your ipod ur your pc & putty.exe (putty.org)

Steps to jailbreak.

1.Install ziphone on your laptop.

2. Select the option Jailbreak ONLY from the left Panel. Ensure ITunes is running and it is connected to your Ipod.

3.You will see some funny things/noise happening to your Ipod. Don’t get panic. The installation takes less than 5 min . There will be auto shut & Reboot of your ipod.

Next Steps.

This is required to free up some space and move the /Applications directory out of the root partition and move it to /var/root instead. If you are NOT COMFORTABLE WITH SSH COMMANDS DON’T do this STEP.

4.Enable wifi in your Ipod, Go to Settings Wifi and from the configurations, grep the IP address of the ipod ,Should be starting from 192.168.xxx.xxx.

5. Start up your putty, enter the hostname same as your ipaddress. SSH to the IP.

#ssh -l root <ip address>

6. You will be prompted for login id: ( if you see this screen, then you’re safe because the connections works perfectly). Supply the login as root and password as alpine.

7.# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw 0 2

8.# cp -R /Applications /var/root/ROOT_Applications
# rm -rf /Applications && ln -s /var/root/ROOT_Applications /Applications

9. Issue a df -k  command to see the free space.

10. Try hard rebooting your IPOD, Once it is up. Check whether you could see Installer Icon. If you see them then the installation is successful, however more issues might arise, likewise what I encountered.

What issues that I face :-

1. When i try to execute Installer, i encountered error message Main script execution error.

So first thing to do is, ssh again to the same IP. Check the Groups and User permissions for the /Applications Folder.

It should be root:wheel for (/Applications ) #chown -R root:wheel /Applications

I rebooted again and again encountered with same error. SO some research is required…

2. Looks like it is still permission issue , issue the following command to resolve the error..

chmod +s Installer.app/Installer
chown -R root:wheel Installer.app

Yes the above fixed the issue permanently.

Now you would be able to Install your apps…happily. Njoy…

I have been receiving umpteen calls from the same mystery number for past one month, many times during early morning when im still sleeping or late evening. Each time I answered the call either it get’s disconnected or no response from the caller - just  a blank call. I got sick and tired. The number seems not in service when tried to call the same number..

Today I decided to google the number to find out whether it is originating from some Scam-companies, Im flabbergasted when I saw the result.. Looks like I’m not rowing the rough sea  alone , many innocent "victims" are IN as well, but the reason behind doesn’t make sense at all. I know what to do next

There are few things that you need to take note when renovating the house, it is crucial and critical so that you won’t land up in a mess. Good Lesson to be learned.

1. Ensure all the extension from every corner of your house is approved by Majlis Perbandaran. Please fog out extra $$ to get the "Pelan" and certified.

2. Please relook/recheck the drawing/flooring plan after certification, get someone to explain to you if nothing make sense. Draftsman is the best one to explain.

3. Dont trust your contractor 100%, do some research and ask around for any extension that you would like to do.

4.Press your contractor to put everything in black and white. Example if you’re extending your kitchen,ensure tiles,plastering ,plumbing and painting is included in the quotation. Else, last minute high chances of turning the table on you.

5.Try to look out for atleast 3 quotation and select the best that suits you and your $$, If you try to cut down so much the contractor might end up doing some lousy job.

6. Check all the raw materials used such as bricks, woods, planks, cement and iron rods. You may want to assign someone to supervise the usage of the raw materials and quality of the item used.

7. After cement is completed for your walls, try to brush your face against the wall, if it is smooth then the work is properly done else you may want to ask your contractor to re-plaster the cement again.

8. Finally after completion, the contractor must apply/spray pesticides, Please get the agreement from the contractor and include it in the quotation. It should be free.

Never release all the money, give them chunk by chunk and ask for warranty for any cracks or damages, atleast 18months.. the longer the better. So it is advisable to hold few thousands first.

Love every inch of your house… Home Sweet Home.

It had been good old months since I started blogging.. Im back now to hit the space again