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Motorola Photon Q: how to solve the signal and battery problems

Published: 28 Jul 2015 | Updated: 11 Jan 2016 | Author: Mentor
Some months ago I had worked hard on a "sim-modded" Motorola Photon Q to improve via software the connection 2G/3G and for this I released several updates for the gsm patch to reconfigure the RIL interface to make it correctly work on european gsm networks. The patch had improved the signal and the performance of data traffic, optimized the switching 2G/3G and accelerated the recovery of the...

Motorola Droid 4: poll on rom usage in Russia

Published: 27 Jul 2015 | Author: Mentor
Droid 4 Rom Poll
Some month ago the 4pda community for the Droid 4 made a poll on the rom usage and this is the result:

Drupal 7: how to block the spam

Published: 30 Jun 2015 | Updated: 20 Nov 2015 | Author: Mentor
A big problem for the owners of a web site is the spam by the bots. Me too in this little website that i made with Drupal 7 i had this problem and is for this reason that until some month ago i was usually moderate each single comment approving or deleting it and banning its ip but for me this was a boring operation. Really annoyed by the spam comment bots i decided to solve the problem and after...

Drupal 7: change the content type of a node

Published: 23 Jun 2015 | Updated: 03 Oct 2015 | Author: Mentor
If we have to change the content type of some node in Drupal 7 the simplest solution is to work directly on the database. Drupal 7 stores the content type of a node in the database in the table node under the value type and if the node has comments there are references to them in the database in the tables field_data_comment_body and field_revision_comment_body under the value bundle . Understood...

Question mark in the battery icon on the smartphone Android Motorola

Published: 02 Jun 2015 | Updated: 02 Aug 2015 | Author: Mentor
One of my Motorola Droid 4 yesterday decided to make me a little nervous, the phone in question has been purchased a few months ago in new condition, it has always worked perfectly, the battery is always lasted almost three days but always had a small problem with the GPS, to make the fix satellites he needed tens of minutes, a strangest thing considering that the other Motorola Droid 4 in my...

Remove the update notification to Windows 10 on Windows 7

Published: 02 Jun 2015 | Updated: 02 Aug 2015 | Author: Mentor
In Windows 7 from few days is appearing an icon in the toolbar that notifies the possibility to upgrade for free to Windows 10 , clicking on it will start a guided tour that advertises the new OS and ends with the possibility of booking the free upgrade without offering the option to decline the invitation . I have not any intention of upgrade to Windows 10 , and i really do not like that icon in...

Direct links to legally download ISO Windows 10 x86/x64

Published: 22 May 2015 | Updated: 11 Sep 2015 | Author: Mentor
Officially to download Windows 10 you have to use the software Media Creation Tool but unoficially we can download it directly from the Microsoft servers with a simple trick. Here the direct links to download the ISO of Windows 10 Enterprise at 32 bit and 64 bit directly from the Microsoft servers without using the software Media Creation Tool: Windows 10 Enterprise Language x86 x64 Italian...

Motorola Droid 4: problem solving and phone optimization

Published: 08 May 2015 | Updated: 26 Aug 2015 | Author: Mentor
The Motorola Droid 4 is the latest Android phone with a great qwerty keyboard and thanks to that is not going to die now . Usually are the most competent users to appreciate a physical keyboard on a phone and this is why the Motorola Droid 4 has attracted many developers that make it a mobile evergreen . I love it and for correctly use it outsite the US i developed and published the Mentor's Rom...

How to find the Bios Master Password for Dell 595B 2A7B A95B computers

Published: 06 May 2015 | Updated: 08 Feb 2019 | Author: Mentor
Usually to reset the Bios' password is enough to remove the battery from the mainboard but this isn't true for all the computers. Dell saves the bios' password in a little flash memory placed in the mainboard and so it isn't possible reset it simply removing the power to the Bios, officially the only way to remove the password from a computer that is locked with a password bios is to get in touch...

Firefox: the essential add-ons

Published: 05 May 2015 | Updated: 16 Jun 2017 | Author: Mentor
In my opinion Firefox is the best browser and Firefox ESR is my preferred version. One of the strong points in Firefox is definitely the availability of thousands of extensions that allow you to implement the most varied features and after years of use, the basic extensions that I instantly install on each profile are the following extensions: Adblock Plus : to block the ads Add Bookmark Here ²...

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