May 2011

Mentor's Firmware: custom firmware for the Nokia N97

Info Firmware
This is a custom firmware for the Nokia N97 RM-505 based on the official version Nokia 22.0.110, it has been conceived and designed with the aim to be the least invasive as possible, in it there are not third-party software, there have only been important system changes and have been implemented new features, everything for the better usage of this terminal, for make it faster and more pleasant to use. Remember that install on your phone a custom firmware voids the Nokia warranty and if the flash of the new firmware is not properly done it can cause an irreparable damage to the phone, so be careful. Firstly a bit of technical knowledge regarding the Nokia firmware; The Nokia firmwares consist of several files including Core, Rofs2, Rofs3 and Uda and they are read by the OS exactly in the...

Direct links to download maps for Nokia Ovi Maps 3.06 directly on your computer without Nokia Maps Loader and Nokia Suite

Published: 22 May 2011 | Updated: 31 Jul 2015 | Author: Mentor
Download maps for Nokia Maps would be very simple but very often becomes a thing detested; Nokia provides two software to do this, Nokia Maps Loader and Nokia Ovi Suite but both have troubles. Nokia Maps Loader would be ideal to download maps as it allows us to download maps directly to every continent but very often it happens that after downloading maps the program fails to install on the phone...

Edit the default boot in linux grub

Published: 21 May 2011 | Updated: 02 Oct 2015 | Author: Mentor
The boot of almost all Linux systems is now managed by GRUB, this is a Multiboot boot loader that can be highly customized. To edit the GRUB we have to edit the file menu.lst that can be reached at the path: /boot/grub/menu.lst An example of the menu.lst file is the following: timeout 10 color black/cyan yellow/cyan shade 1 viewport 3 2 77 22 splashimage (hd0,4)/boot/grub/mdv-grub_splash.xpm.gz...