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My new Tablet – ZENITHINK C71 UPGRADE

I have recently purchased an android tablet with the OS 4.0.3 for work purposes. I didn’t really wish to spend alot of money as I already had an iPad2 which I have been more than happy forking the money out when I got it. However, since receiving this Android Tablet (ZeniThink C71 Update) I have been constantly wanting to have a tweak with it as much as possible.

I have already noticed that it came pre-rooted. Which I thought was very strange. I contacted the seller who then informed me that they come pre-rooted from Zeni-think. Does anyone know if this is correct or if there is something odd there? To me it still is pretty odd that it’s sold as pre-rooted.

I know it’s just a small 7″ screen. However, the resolution is just terrible. Things in bars overlap, such as the taskbar at the bottom, there is alot of overlapping. In my browser other things are also overlapped.

Both examples shown in the image below:

Overlapping on Android 4.0.3 device.

I have recently installed LCD Density Monitor as well as Rom Toolbox. Both allow you to change the DPI values, the resolution.
However, if i reduce it from 160 to any lower (from 159) I get an error that System UI has crashed. I also see the task bar at the bottom has disappeared.

I’m happy to be without a task bar. But Would like to not keep getting the System UI errors.

I hope someone could possibly get back to me, and let me know if they get the same issues. Or if they have any kind of possible resolution on this?

Bash Script To Back Up a MySQL Database And Upload via FTP

I recently started a forum with a friend of mine. We had some stability issues on the server I was running it on due to set up issues which resulted in me losing two days of forum posts and several new registrations which I still haven’t managed to fully recover. So I decided to implement my own daily back up script for the important part of the forum, the database.

The bash script itself is backup.sh:

#!/bin/bash


#Variables

FILENAME=/backup/$(date +%Y%m%d).sql

FTPHOSTNAME=""

FTPUSERNAME=""

FTPPASSWORD=""

MESSAGE="Database Backup Successful"
#SQL BACK UP

mysqldump -u $SQLUSERNAME --password=$SQLPASSWORD $DATABASE > $FILENAME

#Upload file to FTP now ftp -inv $FTPHOSTNAME << EOF user $FTPUSERNAME $FTPPASSWORD put $FILENAME $FILENAME ls bye EOF

Once I saved this file. I needed to make sure that it was executable by the command below:

chmod +x backup.sh

Finally. I needed to set up a crontab to ensure this back up run every specified time. My example here will be every 4am server time:

crontab -e
Which then opened up a file, to which I inputted:

* 04 * * * /backup.sh

If anyone has improvements or questions let me know.

Computing Forums . net

Hey!

Just a plug of my own forum really.
I have just started a new forum and hope to get it off the ground.
If you have any computing related problems as alot of my traffic is related to the bsod error, please feel free to come on over to http://computingforums.net
I will be more than happy to give you any assistance!!

It is a little bare at the moment. But that doesn’t mean I lack experience or knowledge

Netflix stops every minute or so? On iPad2

I recently came across a problem with netflix on my iPad.

when i connected to netflix it would work fine on a video for around 1 minute or so but would simply stop playing after that unless i went back a few seconds and carried on. Which would again stop 1 minute or so after that.

Very frustrating if you are trying to watch something and it stopping every minute.

Blackberry System Log

The Problem:

I recently misplaced my blackberry. Or at least i thought I had misplaced it.
When I found it after a few days of it being MIA, in an unusual place that you would easily remember placing it there (Which i don’t). I also found that my blackberry had been reset back to factory settings.

How to tidy up your slow running computer

Title: How to tidy up your computer:

The operating system: Any current Windows Operating System

The computer: Any as long as the Operating system (OS) is Windows.

The problem: Slow starting up and overall running of computer. Programs not loading quickly.

Vista Permissions (Replacing corrupt .DLL)

My computer had been playing up recently. So i figured i’d run a little check disk to make sure everythings in order. It seemed that not alot was in order as it needed delete corrupt files etc. Anyway. When i got back on windows i had an error come up that mshtml.dll was corrupt. When checking it in System 32 directory it appeared that the file was empty. nothing in it? a quick check online says it usually is around 2.5mb in size. So i downloaded a replacement i found online.

BlackBerry JDE with Eclipse First Problems?

Ok, i’ve decided to finally sit down and dive into the world of programming on mobile phones. Seeing as one of my phones is a blackberry, i saw this as the perfect place to start. I mean i’ve programmed in Java before. So why not?!

Vista won’t allow Control Panel to open.

I recently was forced to reinstall windows on one of my computers, due to circumstances, i was forced to use someone elses disk with my key. Anyway… following the installation i came across a problem.

Nokia Limit on text messages?

Just a random post for me i’m afraid. With me having a phone that can hold more than a couple hundred SMS text messages is vital. (Along with all of the other fun stuff you can do on mobile phones) anyway.. I have the Nokia E71 at the moment, had it for a couple of months, and it’s always a test for me to see how many the phone can hold before it affects the smooth running of the phone.