The MB AIR on loan to Hege & Ada was reported as being unusable , and sure enough there were only 800MB free out of the 80GB drive!
To access my account I started in Safe Mode by holding Shift during the boot process. Once there, I started looking for things to delete. Ada's Movies folder held quite a few GB, so I moved that over to my Black WD drive for a while.
Finally. I made a new Admin account, checked it worked OK before de-authorizing my iTunes account on the AIR, deleting the Music folder contents.. that got rid of a LOT, then from the new account I deleted 'gfraser' leaving the Home folder's remaining contents for the time being.
Have completed the job by making a fresh Superduper backup to Black 1 :)
Monday, 22 July 2013
Monday, 24 June 2013
Left eye operation and other findings
On the 23rd May I had the 2nd eye op. at around 10 in the morning. To me it felt like the first, i.e. lots of preparatory eye drops which sting at first, but go over fast enough, then another lot, and oh yes a tablet at the beginning to calm me down, and then quite a long actual operation. 30-45 minutes (?).
Eventually it was over, and I hobbled out with a shield over my left eye to where Susan waited.
Next day I was able to remove the shield, clean up carefully around the eye, and see clearly, and very brightly again :) Now I could compare the eyes for colour, brightness, and clarity, and the right eye clearly has a problem, which I would explain to the Doctor who carried out the operation later..
Off to Drammen again for 14:00 check up. The left eye was perfect!
I explained the problem with the right eye to the Doctor using a clip of bar code. He took me next door, where there was an Optical Coherence Tomography machine, sat me down in front of it, and ran a short test which produced an image similar to that shown on this link ( http://www.oyesenteret.no/problemer-etter-operasjon-22 ) see CME / Cystoid maculaødem.
Happily there is a good chance the Yellox eye drops he prescribed will sort out the inflammation in a few weeks, and the vision will clear up completely.
Later I heard Ted Salmon was having a cataract operation in the UK, and was amazed when he reported that his took no more than 10 to 20 minutes! What are they skimping?
Eventually it was over, and I hobbled out with a shield over my left eye to where Susan waited.
Next day I was able to remove the shield, clean up carefully around the eye, and see clearly, and very brightly again :) Now I could compare the eyes for colour, brightness, and clarity, and the right eye clearly has a problem, which I would explain to the Doctor who carried out the operation later..
Off to Drammen again for 14:00 check up. The left eye was perfect!
I explained the problem with the right eye to the Doctor using a clip of bar code. He took me next door, where there was an Optical Coherence Tomography machine, sat me down in front of it, and ran a short test which produced an image similar to that shown on this link ( http://www.oyesenteret.no/problemer-etter-operasjon-22 ) see CME / Cystoid maculaødem.
Happily there is a good chance the Yellox eye drops he prescribed will sort out the inflammation in a few weeks, and the vision will clear up completely.
Later I heard Ted Salmon was having a cataract operation in the UK, and was amazed when he reported that his took no more than 10 to 20 minutes! What are they skimping?
Edit on 24th June: its a month since I started taking the Yellox eye drops twice a day, and I'm afraid there has been no significant improvement so far :( there is to be another check on July 2nd when I guess another OCT image will be run to show how much change there has been..
NB: I had to email this post from my iPad where I had prepared it, but for some reason it was not getting posted..?
NB: I had to email this post from my iPad where I had prepared it, but for some reason it was not getting posted..?
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Getting Contacts onto the 808 Pureview
This may not sound like much of a task. "Just make a new Mailbox with Nokia's Exchange ActiveSync and use your Gmail contacts." Yes, tried that many times, but there is a problem somewhere causing EAS to repeat asking for my password, and getting nowhere. Grrrr!
As my new 808 is SIMless for the time being, but has Skype installed, I needed to get my 100 odd contacts onto the phone some way or other.
Tried three different ways of Exporting Google contacts from my SG Nexus, but they all resulted in either the syncing of a single contact, or nothing at all.
Finally today, I used the Android app Contacts Backup Pro, which allowed either all contacts in a single vcf file (thats what didn't work in the earlier apps) OR all contacts in a zip file! Yes.. that sounded hopeful..
And it was. I transferred the zip file to my iMac, dragged it off Android File Transfer, and copied it to Dropbox. Then on the Samsung PC I was able to use Nokia Suite to Import all of the expanded zip's vcf files in one fell swoop :)
YES, and then it synced automatically to the 808. Nokia Suite has come a long way since the bad old E61 days...
Final test was to see if these contacts showed up in Skype on the 808, and yes, they did. So, though SIMless I can communicate out of the 808. Must try Skype messaging next to see if that is two way..
As my new 808 is SIMless for the time being, but has Skype installed, I needed to get my 100 odd contacts onto the phone some way or other.
Tried three different ways of Exporting Google contacts from my SG Nexus, but they all resulted in either the syncing of a single contact, or nothing at all.
Finally today, I used the Android app Contacts Backup Pro, which allowed either all contacts in a single vcf file (thats what didn't work in the earlier apps) OR all contacts in a zip file! Yes.. that sounded hopeful..
And it was. I transferred the zip file to my iMac, dragged it off Android File Transfer, and copied it to Dropbox. Then on the Samsung PC I was able to use Nokia Suite to Import all of the expanded zip's vcf files in one fell swoop :)
YES, and then it synced automatically to the 808. Nokia Suite has come a long way since the bad old E61 days...
Final test was to see if these contacts showed up in Skype on the 808, and yes, they did. So, though SIMless I can communicate out of the 808. Must try Skype messaging next to see if that is two way..
Thursday, 2 May 2013
April 19th - The Right Eye Operation
Susan was kind enough to drive me to Drammen for this event, which took much longer than I expected, and sounded more like a trip to the dentist!
First there was a tablet to be taken, then a series of 5 or 6 drops, a 15 minute wait, then more drops, and finally I was positioned horizontally on the operating chair, and things began.
My eye doctor was supporting a younger guy, who may or may not have been doing his first op., encouraging him in a very positive way at every step in the process. When it was all over I was amazed when Susan told me it had taken 2 hours!
We paid NOK 300,- or so and picked up 4 boxes of Tobrasone to be dripped 5 times a day. AND we should come back tomorrow for a check..
The next morning I was able to take off the plastic shield, and see white again for the first time in years :) And colours are quite fantastic... the checkup by a women specialist went very well, and I was impressed by my ability to make out small letters on the optical test cards.
As far as I'm concerned these doctors carry out miracles!
The left eye is to be operated on the 23rd May. After that my vision should begin to be excellent again.
Right now I can read what I'm writing quite clearly, but if I focus on individual letters directly there is a tiny visual disturbance. However, if I focus slightly above what I'm looking at, its clearly visible. Hopefully that will go away, or both eyes together will mask the disturbance..
First there was a tablet to be taken, then a series of 5 or 6 drops, a 15 minute wait, then more drops, and finally I was positioned horizontally on the operating chair, and things began.
My eye doctor was supporting a younger guy, who may or may not have been doing his first op., encouraging him in a very positive way at every step in the process. When it was all over I was amazed when Susan told me it had taken 2 hours!
We paid NOK 300,- or so and picked up 4 boxes of Tobrasone to be dripped 5 times a day. AND we should come back tomorrow for a check..
The next morning I was able to take off the plastic shield, and see white again for the first time in years :) And colours are quite fantastic... the checkup by a women specialist went very well, and I was impressed by my ability to make out small letters on the optical test cards.
As far as I'm concerned these doctors carry out miracles!
The left eye is to be operated on the 23rd May. After that my vision should begin to be excellent again.
Right now I can read what I'm writing quite clearly, but if I focus on individual letters directly there is a tiny visual disturbance. However, if I focus slightly above what I'm looking at, its clearly visible. Hopefully that will go away, or both eyes together will mask the disturbance..
Nexus 10 no longer rebooting
Just a quickie to report that the N10 has not rebooted since I decided to Restore Stock Backup taken by the Franco Kernel Updater. This got me back to the original kernel, but About info didn't look right to me so I ended up using the Nexus 10 Toolkit to restore Stock JDQ39. This showed the same build info (i.e. the repeat was unnecessary) but it restored pretty well everything from the Google auto backup, since which I've kept an eye on surfaceflinger, and had no reboots.
Must say I'm surprised, and am left wondering whether my reboots were mostly a Franco problem or not. Once again, one cannot keep too many notes about what one actually does when faultfinding. Memory fades invariably, and I'm afraid my notes were not good enough to know when the Reboots began, on Stock, pre-Root, pre-Franco, or what :(
Must say I'm surprised, and am left wondering whether my reboots were mostly a Franco problem or not. Once again, one cannot keep too many notes about what one actually does when faultfinding. Memory fades invariably, and I'm afraid my notes were not good enough to know when the Reboots began, on Stock, pre-Root, pre-Franco, or what :(
Monday, 8 April 2013
The Nexus Reboot Fiasco Continues
My previous post was about Nexus 10 reboots, but I should mention that the Nexus 7 is prone to these too. My latest experience of this happened when I pulled the recharge cable from my N7.. happily the N7 is far more stable than the N10, though they have been virtually identical from a software point of view. Both were running the Franco until a couple of days ago when I restored them to the #1 backup taken with the Franco Updater, so both are basically 'Stock 4.2.2 + Root'
The following is a post I made in the Phandroid forums:
It was a laughable coincidence really, as I wasn't aware of Safe Mode until that morning. For those who are equally ignorant, it boots up with just the Google apps present. I had done a search and found the URL hidden behind 'Safe Mode' in the post above, and as soon as I arrived on the thread and went to scroll down the page, it froze and then rebooted! Unbelievable... :)
From the lack of reboot reports while in Safe Mode I would believe this fact to be of interest to Google, particularly if it occurs again.
The following is a post I made in the Phandroid forums:
Nexus 10 Reboot in Safe Mode
I've been following as many threads as possible about Nexus 10 reboots, and an odd thing just occurred.. I came across Safe Mode earlier today, and was surfing around on the N10 (in Safe Mode) looking for SM threads.
I came across a thread on the Nexus7Nexus10 forum at Safe mode and blow me down, when I should scroll down the page my N10 froze and rebooted!
LOL
The only odd thing about the page is some flashing forum indicator which you may see for yourselves.
I am rooted on JB 4.2.2
Mvh
cintra
Really must update my signature to include GS2, SG Nexus, Nexus 7 & 10__________________iMacs, GS2, SG Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, & Win8
It was a laughable coincidence really, as I wasn't aware of Safe Mode until that morning. For those who are equally ignorant, it boots up with just the Google apps present. I had done a search and found the URL hidden behind 'Safe Mode' in the post above, and as soon as I arrived on the thread and went to scroll down the page, it froze and then rebooted! Unbelievable... :)
From the lack of reboot reports while in Safe Mode I would believe this fact to be of interest to Google, particularly if it occurs again.
Monday, 1 April 2013
Nexus 10 Reboots
Many people on XDA have been experiencing odd problems with the Nexus 10, such as reboots and freezes. I have been suffering with the former only, and faultfinding a problem which occurs randomly 2 or 3 times a day is known to be difficult.
I started 3 days ago by stopping all kinds of syncing, and slowing down monitor events quite a bit. Since then I have seen no reboots :) Of course, as soon as I post this, one is likely to occur, but I was getting them fairly regularly..
Today I felt it was time for the next stage. Which of the sync events was most likely to cause trouble? Well those which happen most frequently are Google+ and GMail, so they could be a good place to start. First though I had to find where on earth auto sync is enabled. This turned out to be hidden in Data usage, click on the 3 dots and there it is :)
So, my first step was to enable auto sync and thats all for now. I have not enabled sync on any of the apps, though I believe Jottacloud has been doing its thing all along. That will do for a few hours before enabling sync on GMail and G+.
I started 3 days ago by stopping all kinds of syncing, and slowing down monitor events quite a bit. Since then I have seen no reboots :) Of course, as soon as I post this, one is likely to occur, but I was getting them fairly regularly..
Today I felt it was time for the next stage. Which of the sync events was most likely to cause trouble? Well those which happen most frequently are Google+ and GMail, so they could be a good place to start. First though I had to find where on earth auto sync is enabled. This turned out to be hidden in Data usage, click on the 3 dots and there it is :)
So, my first step was to enable auto sync and thats all for now. I have not enabled sync on any of the apps, though I believe Jottacloud has been doing its thing all along. That will do for a few hours before enabling sync on GMail and G+.
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