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		<title>Fixing Wii noisy drive.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been more than 6 months that my Wii was producing an awful lawn mower sound in the disk drive, and I finally decided to open it up and &#8220;try&#8221; to fix the problem. Since I&#8217;ve seen other people with similar problems on YouTube, such as: I decided to put my experience on how I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been more than 6 months that my <strong>Wii</strong> was producing an awful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_mower" target="_blank">lawn mower</a> sound in the <strong>disk drive</strong>, and I finally decided to <strong>open it up</strong> and &#8220;try&#8221; to <strong>fix</strong> the problem.</p>
<p>Since I&#8217;ve seen other people with <strong>similar problems</strong> on YouTube, such as:</p>
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<p>I decided to put my experience on how <strong>I fixed it</strong>.</p>
<p>You will need <strong>Nintendo screwdriver</strong>, which you can easily find on eBay.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve used the following video as a guide during the <strong>disassembling</strong> of my console:</p>
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<p>Now how I did it:</p>
<p>There is <strong>one screw above your Wii&#8217;s drive</strong> that is right above the power button, <strong>loose it a little</strong> and <strong>stick something</strong> to level the plate a little bit up. You can <strong>test</strong> this with your Wii still opened until you <strong>don&#8217;t hear that noise</strong> anymore.</p>
<p>Here is a front picture of my fixed Wii (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pirelenito/2665570671/">follow the link to see the Flickr notes</a>):</p>
<p><a title="Front of my Wii open. by pirelenito, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pirelenito/2665570671/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2665570671_0d7dbdfe0b_m.jpg" alt="Front of my Wii open." width="240" height="180" /></a></p>
<p>I should have taken a picture from above, but I was too happy that the problem was gone, that I just remember to register how I did it after most of my Wii had been put back together already.</p>
<p>Hope it helps someone!</p>
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		<title>Nokia 5200 + iSync</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally I decided to Sync my Nokia 5200 with my Mac&#8216;s Calendar and Address Book software, the problem is that according to Nokia&#8217;s web site, there is no support for this device. Being aware that this phone is basically a Series 60 device, I searched the web and find an easy hack, on how to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8" title="iSync" src="http://blog.pirelenito.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/isync.png" alt="" width="128" height="128" />Finally I decided to <strong>Sync</strong> my <strong>Nokia 5200</strong> with my <strong>Mac</strong>&#8216;s <strong>Calendar</strong> and <strong>Address Book </strong>software, the problem is that according to Nokia&#8217;s web site, <a href="http://europe.nokia.com/A4299040" target="_blank">there is no support for this device</a>.</p>
<p>Being aware that this phone is basically a <strong>Series 60</strong> device, I searched the web and find <a href="http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=phones&amp;message.id=19457" target="_blank">an easy hack</a>, on how to get things working. Credits go to <a class="item-value item-value-link" href="http://laiwebdejuan.50webs.com/" target="_blank">http://laiwebdejuan.50webs.com</a>.</p>
<p>Here how it goes:</p>
<p>You will need to <strong>fake your phone as a 6131</strong> to the iSync software:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open a Finder window, then right clink on <strong>iSync&#8217;s package</strong> on the Applications folder and select &#8220;Show Package <strong>Contents</strong>&#8220;;</li>
<li>Then go to the folder: <em>Contents/PlugIns/ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice/Contents/Plugins</em>;</li>
<li>Right click on the <em><strong>Nokia-6131.phoneplugin</strong></em> file and select &#8220;Show Package Contents&#8221;;</li>
<li>Then go to the folder: <em>Contents/Resources</em> and edit the file <em>MetaClasses.plist</em> with TextEdit;</li>
<li>Search and replace for all &#8220;6131&#8243; occurrences for &#8220;5200&#8243; and that is it.</li>
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<p>He also pointed that you can change the icon for the device by putting a .tiff file on that folder: <em>com.nokia.5200.tiff</em>.</p>
<p>Thanks <a href="http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/profile?user.id=41219" target="_blank">Juan</a> for that tip!</p>
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