Monthly Archives: February 2009

More Ovi icons and a new theme

By fernando | Published: February 26, 2009
This morning Nokia Conversations released a new theme for older S60 phones that want the new Ovi icons look. Being the icon nut I am, I downloaded to see if there was any new icons that would come in a future firmware update for the 5800. In a quick look I found those 6 new [...]
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dosbox running windows 3.1 *by kolijoco*

By fernando | Published: February 26, 2009
So, kinda late on posting this again, but I have to say something. The latest buzz on the internets is that Windows 3.1 was found running on S60 devices by some polish Marcin dude. Complete with news post, mention on Engadget, OSNews, the works. Once you find the original polish page you see files with [...]
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Happy 1234567890 unix time!

By fernando | Published: February 13, 2009
Yay! For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
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Who needs a WhatTheFont app anyway

By fernando | Published: February 13, 2009
Quick and meaningless post today. A friend mentioned the WhatTheFont app for the iPhone to me the other day, asking if there was something similar for my phone. Well, I tried to take a picture of my computer’s screen displaying whatever, resized and cropped the pic on the built in editor, and uploaded it to the [...]
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V20 for Nokia 5800

By fernando | Published: February 10, 2009
A little late on the news, as I couldn’t install it without messing with products code first. And I can’t post about something without giving my impressions. Anyway, with the installation behind me, yes, the new firmware is awesome, fast (finally leaving the transitions on is worth it!) they fixed a lot of those blue default [...]
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Random S60v5 nitpick #182 (yes, it involves folders)

By fernando | Published: February 4, 2009
So with a less than official v5 Sports Tracker out, I finally gave in and made a GPS folder. As we still don’t have a MenuEditor for V5, or a suitable .mif file with cool icons, it looks like the standard new folder icon. (example.) But I noticed that the “Location” application, simply links to other [...]
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5800 hacking shenanigans

By fernando | Published: February 4, 2009
So I hacked my Nokia 5800. I’m not here to tell you how to do it, as there’s a very simple method floating around the int0rw3bs. Just google for “HelloOX 1.02″. But continuing with the tradition of using this blog just to keep notes for myself, I’ll post about what I did with the hacking. Copied my [...]
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dosbox S60 port by kolijoco, version 0.1

By fernando | Published: February 3, 2009
First really really beta version of dosbox for S60 released today on the VOGONS forum! This is shaping up to be real good, so go check the thread. It runs on fifth edition, but no keys means I can’t do nothing with it. Though I feel it’s gonna be awesome on the N97. Update 2: [...]
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