Rollback to iPod Touch Firmware 3.0 (From 3.1.1)

by Jesse 26. September 2009 01:33

After a long and stressful week, maybe I am retarded I just hits the firmware upgrade button in my iTune when iPod touch connected. The result is possibly the reason you comes to see this page.

I google a little bit, but not many people say anything about how to rollback to 3.0 from 3.1 or 3.1.1. I just have to take a little risk to downgrade it. Luckily I havent upgrade itune to 9, always a wise choice to stay with latest-1 version ^_^. Anyway if you have itune 9, just leave this page, I cannot help you with it (I heard that even uninstall itune 9, you wont be enable to push 8.2 back on, so maybe the only way is reinstall OS!! That's hours work). First I try shift+upgrade firmware, it DOESN'T work, and put my iPod touch in recover mode. I have to force the device into DFU mode (Device Firmware Upgrade mode?) by holding power+home, when everything gone, release power botton while home button is still down and plug USB cable. You will see some windows pop up, open itune, shift+retore. Yeah, it works. It is not really suprise me actually. Because DFU restore method should be able to let you rollback to any version.

If you have any question to ask or to discuss or to complain (I did have compains from some one, and that's why some posts were removed!!!)
Please leave comment or use my contact page.

Jesse 

Firefox 3.5 supports HTML 5

by Jesse 1. July 2009 16:16

Yesterday 30/06/2009, one of the most famous internet browser, and my favourite browser, released a new version 3.5 and becomes one of very first browser supports HTML 5 <video> and <audio> tag.

Following is the new features in FF 3.5 release note.

    *  Available in more than 70 languages. (Get your local version!)
    * Support for the HTML5 <video> and <audio> elements including native support for Ogg Theora encoded video and Vorbis encoded audio. (Try it here!)
    * Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
    * Better web application performance using the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
    * The ability to share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing. (Try it here!)
    * Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
    * Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
    * Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage, <canvas> text, ICC profiles, and SVG transforms.

I have already downloaded and installed the new version, to be honst, you cannot really tell any different, and there are only few HTML 5. The Video Bay may be the most popular one because of the success of its founder TPB.

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Mmm, nothing to say today

by Jesse 22. May 2009 01:26

Wht will people do for a FREE photo

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Installing VISTA x64 on iMac

by Jesse 11. May 2009 19:08

I bought my iMac 24" months ago and upgraded 4 Gb RAM immediately after bought. But I was using XP 32bit in the past months, the reason is simple. First, Apple does not officially support VISTA b4. The result is that you cannot install Boot Camp without a little trick. Secondly, 4 Gb RAM can still be used under 32bit system by using PAE (Physical Address Extension). I really dont want to risk my hours to re-install OS.

Recently I get more and more interesting in WCF TCP binding in IIS, I have no choice to get VISTA on my machine. (Well, VMWARE is pain to use during development) It gives me a chance to think should I get 64 bit VISTA instead 32bit. No matter which one, I will need to spend hours on it, nothing to lose. ^_^.

Right, back to my story. Trying to install VISTA 64 on my iMac last week, Boot Camp wizard, partition, reboot to install, everything Apple done is smooth, beautiful and easy.

After machine rebooted, load disc, stop!!!!!

1.
2.
Select CD-ROM Boot Type :

This first message VISTA 64 gave me. As explained by Microsoft:

This problem occurs because the ETFSBOOT.COM program does not handle file versions according to the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9660 specification.

Note The ETFSBOOT.COM program creates the CD boot sector.

The ISO 9660 specification instructs that a name for a file record should consist of the file name that is followed by the file version. Also, the specification instructs that you must separate the file name and the file version by a semicolon. For example, the following file record is valid:

FileName;1

The Windows PE file system driver handles the file version as an option. However, the ETFSBOOT.COM program cannot locate the Setupldr.bin/Bootmgr file if you use a file version. 

Google the answer, you may find a quite complex solution from Jowie 

Or a much more simple solution by Sergio, I used Sergio's way,because I am using a DVD instead of image, my procedure is a little easier.

1. Download oscdimg (external link) and put it in a easy access path, such as c:\
2. Check the space on your hard disk, make sure there is 3.6G at lease space on one of your disk partition.
3. Open a command console and run

oscdimg -n -m -be:\boot\etfsboot.com e:\ c:\vista64.iso

e: is DVD drive

After it finishes (around 5 minutes on my computer), just burn it to disk as normal, and you should be able to boot into VISTA installation wizard now.

New home

by Jesse 6. May 2009 22:54

Hi all,

I have NEW HOME now!!!!!

This is a big upgrading to my blog system, moving from LAMP+WordPress to Windows+BlogEngine. I am not really a blogging guy, but it should be nice to have a place to let friends know what I am doing and what sort of sh*t I am dealing with. ^_^.  I may migrate my old posts from previous system later, it may take quite a long time as I am really busy (or you can say *lazy*). If you come from GOOGLE, and want to read some OLD posts "RIGHT NOW", leave a comment, I will get that for you.

Be together, Be nice.

Jesse

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