Amazon, I’m getting a mixed signal here.

“Oh look, there’s an update to Kindle App for iOS.”

What’s New in Version 3.6.1
Note: There is a known issue with this update. If you are an existing Kindle for iOS user, we recommend you do not install this update at this time.

“Ummm, OK. So there’s an update to Kindle App, but I shouldn’t update to this version.”

***Head explodes!***

Kindle 3.6.1 - Do not install this update.

Tips: Subscribing to eBay Search RSS

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I was doing some research on eBay and noticed that I could no longer find the subscribe to RSS option. Before reinventing the wheel again, I managed to find the answer on eBay Answer Center.

From eshons2525:

create your search, and then copy the URL of the search results page into your browser address bar and add “&_rss=1” at the end (no quotes)

That was easy enough. Thanks.

Well, if eBay removed the RSS altogether from the site the trick would no longer work.

Personal Note: iPhone 4S screen replacement

I spent a good 2 hours on Wednesday evening replacing a cracked iPhone 4S screen. I actually labeled every little thing that I took off the iPhone 4S and took pictures of each major steps. I won’t bother posting any of the instructions since apparently someone else such as iFixit has done so.

iPhone-4S-broken-screen

iPhone-4S-screen-replaced

Those bubbles on the replacement screen is courtesy of the shipping cover of the screen.

MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7

Apple releases MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7 for:

  • MacBook Pro (15 and 17-inch, Early 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (15 and 17-inch, Mid 2010)

About MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7
This update addresses a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery that has accumulated more than 1000 charge cycles may unexpectedly shut down or stop functioning.

MacBook Pro purchase in 2010 can easily reached 1000 charge cycles by now.

MacBook-Pro-SMC-Firmware-Update-1.7

The bent pins

A few days a go my colleague and I were working on a computer which was having some odd problems. During the trouble shooting, I noticed something with the CPU socket.

Intel-Socket-1155

At a glance, there’s nothing wrong with the CPU socket, but upon a much closer inspection you can see where the problem is.

Intel-Socket-1155-bent-pin

Two pins were bent out of shape. It might be causing the computer to randomly crash.

SpinRite: Division Overflow Error!

This is one error that I’ve seen before in the past, but really rare with SpinRite. One computer at the office was having performance issue. How could a computer with Intel Core i7 be slower than one with Intel Pentium 4, which is the oldest computer in the office. After ruling out malware infestation, I suspected that the hard drive was the source of the problem. I then boot SpinRite on this computer to check the condition of the hard drive. Shortly after running Level 2 (emergency data recovery), SpinRite halted and displayed an error message.

Division Overflow Error!

A critical error occured at: B04E from which SpinRite CANNOT recover. The system has been halted!

I’ve just sent the screenshot to GRC support.

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It would be a lot easier for me to get a new hard drive and install a fresh operating system than waiting to get this hard drive repaired.