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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Live Blogging from SM City Marikina

For the very first time, I had set foot on the City of Marikina! Why am I here? Supposedly, we’re to test the FREE WiFi access provided by SM City Marikina — the first SM Supermall to provide such freebie. The WiFi Stress Test started less than an hour ago, and I’m getting a fairly good signal:

Though SpeedTest.net is saying that I am currently located somewhere in UK(?).

We’re expecting some 300 bloggers and WiFi testers to show up at the SM City Marikina Cyberzone. Hope that all other SM Supermalls will provide Free WiFi access soon.

Me & my HP Mini 2133 in action during the SM City Marikina Free WiFi Access Stress Test

(photo courtesy of Melo Villareal)

The Day My Smart Mobile Phone Was Resurrected

A day after I blogged about my Smart mobile phone (a Sony Ericsson W760i Walkman unit) went semi-dead: can’t make / receive any phone call, nor do GPRS/3G/MMS browsing, a very interesting comment was left on my Facebook wall from a long time friend.

Tonio (a friend since high school and works for Smart Communications) advised me to key-in the following keywords on my mobile unit: ROAM OFF then send it to 333. Wait for a couple of hours (around 2 hours for me) and I was back to mobile web surfing via GPRS/3G and was able to send MMS already!

This was confirmed to me by an email from Smart (in response to my email to them) stating that there are times wherein the International Roaming service is accidentally turned on(?). Hmmm.

Hope this helps those who had experienced the same thing and same error voice prompt.

HP Mini 2133 Battery Tests

Less than a month ago, I “upgraded” my HP Mini 2133 from Microsoft Windows Vista Basic to Windows XP with Service Pack 3. The overall responsiveness of the netbook has improved, though it seems that the battery consumption is a little bit higher. I made another partition to accommodate Windows 7 Beta. Here are the results of my HP Mini 2133 battery stress test experiment:

Total Charging Time: 01 hour, 55 minutes, & 17.6 seconds

I fired up the anti-virus software to scan the hard drive while the netbook is unplugged from the power outlet.

Windows XP SP 3 Usage Time: 01 hour & 33 minutes (low battery prompt goes on at 01 hour & 19 minutes of usage)

Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) Usage Time: 01 hour & 33 minutes (low battery prompt goes on at 01 hour & 27 minutes of usage)

I remember having used the HP Mini 2133 for full two (02) hours when it was still using Windows Vista Basic. Wondering what’s draining the battery fast in Windows XP & Windows 7.

The Day My Smart Mobile Phone Went Semi-Dead

Been using my Smart-locked Sony Ericsson W760i for almost a month now. It was preactivated with MMS and Mobile Internet. I was able to take picture shots with it, then post it directly to the web (via BlogSpot and Twitpic).

Then suddenly, when I was about to post a picture of Robyn during luncht time today, I got this odd error:

Connection failure. Check settings. If problem persists, please contact your operator for support.

Thinking that my GRPS/3G/MMS settings was the problem, I made an OTA request. Got the new settings saved, and the same problem is encountered. So I tried to dial the Smart Customer Service Hotline *888. An odder voice prompt error was encountered:

The subscriber you are calling can be reached through text messaging. Thank you!

Using the landline, I was able to contact the Customer Service of Smart. Their advise: for me to wait for up to 48 hours to check if I still encounter error. This is what I hate about Smart (Bro, Buddy, etc) — waiting game.

Jeepney Fare Rollback Staring Monday 23 Feb 2009

The Palace has announced that effective Monday, 23 February 2009, the jeepney fares in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Southern Tagalog regions will rollback by PHP0.50 (setting the minimum fare to PHP7.00). The decrease in the jeepney fares is primarily due to the favorable prices of diesel products.

Students and Senior Citizens will enjoy a 20% discount, even lowering their minimum fares to just PHP5.60. I just can’t comprehend why is that the discounted Student Fare is valid only from Monday to Friday. How about those students who have classes on Saturdays and Sundays? Just asking.

If you shall encounter jeepney drivers that will refuse to follow the new minimum fare, you may report them directly to LTFRB via 426-2515 | 925-7191 | 0921-4487777 or visit http://www.ltfrb.gov.ph to send your complains online.

What’s My CD-R King Router Configuration?

It was two months ago when I made a post on how to setup a home wireless network using the CD-R King LP-8186 Wireless Router. Since then, I had received  numerous email messages inquiring on how to go about the configuration. The answer is pretty much easy: I just followed what was instructed by CD-R King (found inside the box/package) — that’s it.

Some people probably want a better idea, for when the O2 line is all set up and they’re itching to establish a sound wireless network at home. Now, for those who wants a clearer visual of my settings, here it goes:

System
Uptime 0day:1h:57m:57s
Firmware Version v1.5a
Wireless Configuration
Mode AP
Band 2.4 GHz (B+G)
SSID 
REYESHOME
Channel Number 1
Encryption WPA
BSSID 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:d1
Associated Clients 1
TCP/IP Configuration
Attain IP Protocol Fixed IP
IP Address 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server Enabled
MAC Address 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
WAN Configuration
Attain IP Protocol DHCP
IP Address 192.168.255.240
Subnet Mask 255.255.224.0
Default Gateway 192.168.224.1
MAC Address 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:79

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