Gadget Hacks: Page 311

Changing computers or switching to a different type of web browser? If you have been using Firefox for a while, you most likely have some good bookmarks saved. Check out this tutorial and learn how to export your bookmarks from your old browser and take them along with you, wherever you go.You Will Need: * A flash drive * An e-mail account

This video shows you how to bypass expensive texting charges and use this free and easy way to text people without the need to download apps, go to websites, or jailbreak your device. Works on basically any cell phone. No need to ever pay $20.00 for unlimited texting with AT&T, watching this you'll be able to text for free whenever, and whoever.

Cell phones companies are constantly claiming to have the best service in town; but more often than not your service will be patchy. Check out this tutorial for information on how to boost your phone's signal and get the best reception.You Will Need * A fully charged cell phone * Access to a window * And open space * A phone charger * A mobile headset

Have an opinion and want the whole world to know it? You're not alone! There are many online outlets for you to type up your review, whether it be for a restaurant, play, movie, book or anything else you have recently experienced. Check out this video for tips on how and where to post your exciting review.You Will Need • Brevity • Strong verbs, adjectives, and nouns • Honesty • Clarity • Experience • Clear voice • Bulleted lists (optional) • Boldface type (optional)

Privacy is important. Whether its a telemarketer or a crazy ex, sometimes you may need to block someone from contacting you. With this tutorial, learn how to get rid of those pesky callers.You Will Need • Internet access • Phone • Call-blocking service • Cell phone's owner's manual • Knowledge about state laws • Caller ID

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Cydia may crash when you first unlock your iPhone or when process speeds are rigurous. This video will demonstrate exactly how to reinstall Cydia if it continues to crash and remains unusable.

Learn how to submit your website to the Google search engine in simple steps. 1. First go the Google home page and type in the address bar '/addurl'. 2. Now type the URL of your website in the text box correctly and enter some details about your website in the Comments area. 3. Now type in the verification code to finish and add your website to Google. 4. You can even submit your website to many other search engines like Google.

Crakintosh.tk shows viewers how to easily SSH into their iPhone of iPod Touch with an easy method! First, you will need Cydia. Open up the program then go to Manage and click Packages. You will need to click Authorize SSH and Install this. Wait for this to download. Next, go to WinSCP to SSH into your device. The password will be Root and the login Alpine. Once you do this, you can now view all of your files and really do what you want with them. You have now just SSH'd into your device. This...

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create a FTP from a local computer to a website. In this video, viewers are shown (once you've chosen a web host) how to perform FTP file transfers from your local computer to your website. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a process that you can use to transfer files from your local computer to a remote computer (your website). Once you've set up a hosting account, your hosting company will provide you with FTP login credentials. Using an FTP software...

The iPhoneHackers shows viewers how they can install Installous on their iPhone and Download free applications. First, you will need to have a Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch with Cydia. Your first step, will be to load Cydia on your iPhone. When Cydia has loaded click on 'Manage' and then 'Source'. Under sources click edit and then Add. Add the source: http://cydia.hackulos.us/ Next, go to search and type in 'Installous'. Click on Installous and then click install. The password for Installous...

Dafistps3dude4life shows us how to remove friends you have already requested and accepted from your Facebook account. First, sign in to Facebook with your account email and password. Next, look for a tab at the top of the screen with the "Friends" title. Click on it and you will be taken to a new page. Look to the left and click the "All Connections" button. Find the friend you wish to remove. There should be a small box with an "x" on it. Click on it. You will then be shown a prompt asking if...

Learn how to enable JavaScript and cookies in the Opera web browser. 1. Open Opera. 2. Click on tools. 3. Click on "preferences" to open the preferences pane. 4. Select the "advanced" tab. 5. Click on "content" and then check the "enable JavaScript" checkbox. 6. Click "cookies" and then click "accept cookies". 7. Click "ok" to close the preference pane and save the settings. Now you should be able to fully enjoy the web on your favorite browser !

Follow along as we are given step-by-step instructions on how to put music onto your Facebook profile.

Keri shows you how to tag people in your Facebook status update box. If you want to create a link to your friends and fan pages in your status update, follow these steps: Write you status update. Type the '@' sign, followed by the persons name or group. (Start typing the first few letters of the person or group's name, and you will be able to select them from a drop down box. )Notice that it has now turned into a link in your status update box. Hit the 'Share' button. Now your update...

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get music on the LG Rumor or Scoop using a Mac OS X computer. Users will need a memory card and a memory card reader. Begin by finding the music that you want on your phone and create a playlist. Then connect your memory card to the reader and connect it to your computer. Now open your memory card on the computer and create a music folder. Drop the music into the folder. Unplug your reader ad insert your card into your phone. This video will benefit...

In order to bypass Megavideo and Veoh's viewing time limits you will first need Mozilla Firefox. To download Mozilla Firefox then go to Firefox and download the Mozilla Firefox browser. After downloading the browser you will need to install the add-ons. Go to the website Illumitux add-on in order to download the add on Illimitux, after downloading the add on then Mozilla will prompt you to close the browser window. Go ahead and close the window then re-open it. When you re-open it Mozilla will...

James Williamson for Lynda demonstrates designing for multiple browsers. The most frustrating aspects of web design is constantly dealing with the settle and some times not so settle differences in browser rendering. While they moved to a standard spaced, CSS control presentations has made life infinitely easier for web designs. Dealing with bad browser behavior is one of most unfortunate side effects. All browsers render our pages same because each browser reads and renders the HTML and CSS as...

In this video from dpankar we learn how to invite others to Google Wave. In your own Google wave, click on all. This will open up your wave. There is an option there that says Invite Others to Google Wave. Click on that. Then on the right side of your screen a window will open up where you can enter an email address to invite someone to Google wave. In the box, type in the email address of someone you know that you would like to invite to Google wave. Then click on the button that says...

In this demonstration, we learn how to make a phone call on the iPhone. 1. Tap the phone icon. 2. Tap the keypad icon. 3. Tap the number you wish to dial. 4. Tap "Call. "5. To end the call, tap "End Call. "6. If you wish to call one of your contacts, tap the "Contacts" icon, tap the contact and the number you wish to dial. 7. To call one of your favorites, tap the "Favorites" icon, and tap the contact you wish to dial.

This video shows the method on how to Retweet web sites using Twitter. The website used on this video is Dream Systems Media. First, choose an interesting topic to tweet. Highlight and copy the entire tweet. Second, using either of the following codes: RT, rt, R/T or retweet, and the '@' symbol; paste the tweet previously copied. Check if the tweet contains the name of the site and the URL. Third, place your comment inside the parenthesis following the tweet. Last, click the update button and...

Vonage is a very cool and inexpensive way to have a home phone, but unfortunately it requires a little box to be near your phone at all times. In this two part tutorial, learn exactly how to hack your Vonage phone and route it to your central telephone box to distribute your VoIP line throughout the entire house. The days of being stuck near the phone box are behind you once you follow these steps to a simple hack.

Watch this video to learn how to add a contact using the Samsung Galaxy I7500. To Enter a New Contact: 1. From the homepage, tap the Contacts icon, then the Menu key. 2. Tap "New Contact" and enter desired contact information. 3. Enter the phone number. 4. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and press "Done". To Edit an Existing Contact: 1. Press and hold the contact. 2. Press the "Edit Contact" icon. 3. Add an image if desired by tapping the image icon and selecting a desired image....

Karn demonstrates how to make a fake and funny harmless virus that will shut down only your computer. First, go to your desktop and right click to access the right click menu. Then, choose new from the menu options and select the shortcut option. A window should open. In it type -s -t. The -t will represent the number of seconds you want the virus to activate. Also type -c. Create a message like, "This is a virus, your system is being shutdown." Name the shortcut anything that you'd like. The...

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to set up text alerts in Edmodo. Begin by opening your browser and go to the Edmodo website. Select Settings, which is on the top fight side of the page. Now click on the Notifications drop-down menu and select Text Message. Type in your cell phone number one the next blank space. Then select your cell phone provider. Then check the boxes that you wish to be alerted to. Finish by clicking Save Notifications. This video will benefit those viewers who use...

This video presents how to connect to your iPod Touch or iPhone using SSH (Secure Shell) without using Wi-Fi connection.1 Step. Presuming you have Internet connection in your iPhone, click Cydia. Wait for it to load. Type "OpenSSH" without quotes into the search engine. When OpenSSH is found, download and install it.2 Step. On your personal computer download Needed Files Package Zip file. Extract two program setups from Zip archive. Run and install both applications.3. Run iPhone Tunnel Suite...

Ken Appleby demonstrates how to mask a domain with GoDaddy. Masking a domain enables the domain owner to customize what appears in the viewer's address bar. First, log in to your GoDaddy account. Then, click on the domain manager function located on the left hand side of the page. Next, choose the domain that you would like to work with in the domain name list. Click the forwarding option. In the next window, click on the masking tab. Tick the enable masking function. Choose a masking title....

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to locate and remove spam accounts from a WordPress blog. Begin by logging on your blog and select the User tab. Search through the user list and look for suspicious email accounts. Some keys that reveal spam accounts are: emails that have .ru, poker, Viagra, pharmacy and accounts with more then one dot. Use your common sense to find spam accounts. Select the account you want to delete. Select Delete and click on Apply. This video tutorial will benefit...

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to change the white flash screen on the iPhone/iPod Touch when taking a screen shot. Users will need to have their device jailbroken. Begin by opening Cydia. Search for "SBFlasher" and install it. Then download the file from the video description and save it. Go to SCiPhone and chose a picture that you want. Save to your desktop as SBScreenShotBG.png. Next, drag and drop your picture into the SpringBoard.app folder, located in the folder you...

In order to send invitations to other people via email to Google wave do the following: Go to your inbox then look for a wave that says "invite other to Google Wave" then insert the person's email list that you wish to send invitations to for the Google Wave. When entering the email addresses the bottom of the page should have a list of people that you have already invited to Google Wave. You will not be able to resend invites to people if they were already sent an invite. Please follow the...

Unlock a jailbroken iPhone 3GS to use it with T-mobile. DISCLAIMER: This only works with an iPhone 3GS, not any other iPhone, and only on firmware 3. 0 or lower. 1. Turn off 3G under "settings" and then "general". 2. Go to Cydia. 3. click "manage" and then "sources". 4. Press "edit" and then click "add". 5. Type in: http: //repo666. ultrasn0w.com. 6. Add source. 7. Wait for it to update the sources. 8. Click "repo666" and then "Ultrasn0w". 9. Click "install" and wait for it...

This video will show you how to translate webpages using Google Toolbar. To quickly translate a web page using Google Toolbar, simply do the following: Click on the 'Translate' button in the toolbar. Select the language into which you wish to translate the page, and it will be translated within seconds. If you want to go back to viewing the page in its original language, simply click on 'Show Original'.

This video in the Electronics category will show you how to fast scroll on your Android. Let's assume you have a lot of contacts and out of them you want to find one in a hurry and you have only one hand free. Instead of scrolling down the entire contact list with your thumb, you can press the scroll thumb called the fast scroll feature, jump down to the letter of your choice and then find it in that. When you are travelling in a new place, bring up the maps, choose 'my location' and you will...

Learn how to operate the latest Blackberry 8330 in simple steps. Follow the steps below to overview the Blackberry 8330: 1. First switch on your Blackberry by pressing the power button on its top. 2. Use the 'Trackball' to navigate around the menu options and press it to select an option. 3. The 'Send' can be used to call a contact, the 'Menu' key opens a list of options, then the 'Escape' key is used to end an application and the 'End' key is used to end a call. 4. You can find on the...

The video shows us how to use a proxy server with Firefox to hide your IP address. you can actually use this to avoid the hacking and various things that are blocking you from websites. Firefox is one of the easiest way to do this and for doing this you need to Google search the free proxylist and then you can select a proxy from the one which is related to the country you are residing in. Then copy that proxy server and then go to tools and click on options and under advanced tab click on...

Falsely suspended on YouTube? Get you account back within a month. When your account is suspended on YouTube, all your videos will still be intact. Search "reopen account" without quotes in YouTube. Open the first video that is displayed. The video will show you link to contact YouTube. To get things straight, visit the link as stated in the video. You will get an email from YouTube explaining your penalties which are usually copyright claims. Click on each penalty and you'll be...

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla gives you a bunch of tips and tricks for cleaning up your bookmarks toolbar in Safari. These ideas are incredibly helpful for improving your workflow and productivity.

If interested in writing a story this two part tutorial will introduce you to Tikatok. You will learn the basic navigation and setup of the web site. Tikatok allows you to create and publish your own storybooks online. This program is ideal for allowing anyone to be creative and come up with their own ideas for stories.

Bobthegrand demonstrates how to clear the search history on the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. In Internet Explorer, click the star on the toolbar to see stored web browsing tabs. Click on the history tab to expose the search history. Right click on the site that you would like to erase and then hit the delete key. Click yes in the verification popup window. In Firefox, click the expandable search options on the left hand side of the browser. Your search history will appear in the...

This video describes about accessing an iPhone in Ubuntu using open SSH, cyber-duck, Netatalk. For accessing using SSH, make sure your iPhone's Wi-Fi connectivity is on. Now open your terminal and type "SSH root@'address'". Here address refers to the IP address of your iPhone. You have to type a password to access the iPhone contents. Once you are authenticated type "ls" and you will be shown with the contents of the iPhone. The second method is using cyber-duck. In it, choose SFTP as the...