Thomassafca over at XDA and of SE-NSE has given a nice little mod for all those using Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play handset. Replace that horrid music icon from your device to the loverly music icon featured in the walkman based handsets. View here Now all that is needed is a generic rom or replacement for [...]
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GiffGaff Mobile
Posted: May 28, 2011 in General, Mobile, TechnologyTags: Bonus, Card, Contract, Free, GiffGaff, Goodybag, Internet, Minutes, Mobile, Network, O2, Pay&go, Phone, PostPay, PrePay, SIM, Text, TopUp, UK, Unlimited, Value
Get your GiffGaff SIM cards here Having recently left O2 UK and over 10 years of being a contract phone user I have taken the step away and become a PrePay user. The main reason I went with giffgaff was the excellent value they give you with their goodybags! Their £10 goodybag is great [...]
Android 2.3.3 Rooted .img file available
Posted: May 27, 2011 in General, Mobile, TechnologyTags: A
The guys at XDA have done it again. You can now update to Sony Ericsson’s latest software for the Xperia Play (2.3.3) and still be rooted. Please check here You will need to update to the genuine software from Sony Ericsson via Flast Tool, then by fastboot flash the rooted .img file. This software update [...]
T-Mobile did it better than the Royals…
Posted: April 29, 2011 in General, MobileTags: Network, Royal, T-Mobile, Video, Wedding
How to root a bootloader unlocked Xperia Play on OSX
Posted: April 27, 2011 in Computing/Console, Mobile, TechnologyTags: .img, Android, Apple, Arc, Bin4ry, Code, Dev, Ericsson, Image, Laird_Attwood, Linux, Mac, Mobile, OS X, OSX, Play, Root, SDK, Sony, Sony Ericsson, SU, Super User, Terminal, Windows, XDA-Developers
I have been meaning to post this for a while, as things work a little differently on OS X to the usual tutorials given. Here is the variation I had to use on OS X. Bin4ry over at XDA-developers sorted out the root of the Xperia Arc and Play (over a week ago now) and has [...]
Sony Ericsson Bootloader Unlock Via OSX
Posted: April 14, 2011 in Computing/Console, General, Mobile, TechnologyTags: 2.3.2, Android, Apple, Apps, bootloader, Developer, fastboot, Hack, Handset, HTC, Mac, Market, OS X, Play, Playstation, ROM, SE, Sony Ericsson, Store, Timescape, Tutorial, Unlock, Xperia
After promising to offer the tools to unlock the bootloader of new Xperia devices, Sony Ericsson finally released a page on their developer site to do just that. You need to have a ‘Generic/SIM free’ handset to do this, obviously Sony Ericsson didn’t want to fall out with networks who customise and lock their handsets down. When [...]
Good-bye iPhone
Posted: April 1, 2011 in Mobile, TechnologyTags: Android, Apple, Google, iOS, iPhone, Jailbreak, Sony Ericsson
Well after a long time thinking about it, I have now just said good-bye to my iPhone 4. iOS has become so stale and boring after years of use. Yes they have added more “features” and smoothed things out since I graced that first iPhone. I know a lot of people will come back with [...]
So long “unlimited” data from O2 UK
Posted: June 10, 2010 in Mobile, TechnologyTags: app, AT&T, Contract, Data, iPhone, O2, Phone, Plan, UK, Unlimited, USA
iPhone 4 early upgrade option from O2 UK
Posted: June 9, 2010 in General, Mobile, TechnologyTags: Apple, Contract, iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, Network, O2, renew, UK
This evening I have decided to have a look at the upgrade options from O2 for the iPhone 4. O2 have got a website up and running where you can check the ‘offer’ they are willing to give you to upgrade before your renewal time (link to site) Due to the current renewal time of [...]
