Minus Forty Blog

I’ve started working out again and eating right. I also quit a bad habit of mine. I am going to snowboard this season…

I got a 70 on a math test today. I’ve been doing well enough, with my lowest score being 88. I can’t believe I missed 6 problems out of 20. There are 2-3 maximum that I might have gotten wrong, or at least I wasn’t 100% sure about… Guess I was wrong.

All I can do is pray to the tree in my front yard that I was stupid and overlooked a whole page some how. At least that way I can feel confident when I take the final, as long as I go back through and make sure I did all the problems.

I’ll find out tomorrow night.

:-( sad face tonight though.

A friend pointed me to these codes on the nexusoneforum.net site, pasting here for easy future reference.

##2432546##

This code checks OTA server for latest Android build release.

##4636##

This code can be used to get some interesting information about your phone and battery. It shows following 4 menus on screen:

• Phone information
• Battery information
• Battery history
• Usage statistics

##7780##

This code can be used for a factory data reset. It’ll remove following things:

• Google account settings stored in your phone
• System and application data and settings
• Downloaded applications

It’ll NOT remove:

• Current system software and bundled applications
• SD card files e.g. photos, music files, etc.

PS: Once you give this code, you get a prompt screen asking you to click on “Reset phone” button. So you get a chance to cancel your operation.

27673855#

Think before you give this code. This code is used for factory format. It’ll remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It’ll also reinstall the phone firmware. PS: Once you give this code, there is no way to cancel the operation unless you remove the battery from the phone. So think twice before giving this code.

##34971539##

This code is used to get information about phone camera. It shows following 4 menus:

• Update camera firmware in image (Don’t try this option)
• Update camera firmware in SD card
• Get camera firmware version
• Get firmware update count

WARNING: Never use the first option otherwise your phone camera will stop working and you’ll need to take your phone to service center to reinstall camera firmware.

##7594##

This one is my favorite one. This code can be used to change the “End Call / Power” button action in your phone. Be default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off. You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this button so you don’t need to waste your time in selecting the option.

##273283255663282##*

This code opens a File copy screen where you can backup your media files e.g. Images, Sound, Video and Voice memo.

##197328640##

This code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.

WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes:

##232339## OR ##526## OR ##528## - WLAN test (Use “Menu” button to start various tests)
##232338## - Shows WiFi MAC address
##1472365## - GPS test
##1575## - Another GPS test
##232331## - Bluetooth test
##232337#*# - Shows Bluetooth device address

##8255##

This code can be used to launch GTalk Service Monitor.

Codes to get Firmware version information:

##49862650468##* - PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate
##1234## - PDA and Phone
##1111## - FTA SW Version
##2222## - FTA HW Version
##44336## - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number

Codes to launch various Factory Tests:

##0283## - Packet Loopback
##0##* - LCD test
##0673## OR ##0289## - Melody test
##0842## - Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test)
##2663## - Touch screen version
##2664## - Touch screen test
##0588## - Proximity sensor test

I get to be a pallbearer on Friday at my Uncle Dave’s funeral. Now I just need to go buy some cloths worthy of being worn at a funeral… yeah, I got nothin to wear but shorts, jeans and cargo pants…

My first relative to die in quite a while just past away yesterday. Sleep well Uncle David.

I took my son up snowboarding again Sunday and he is now, during his first year, able to do small jumps and carve well enough to handle the hardest slopes at Boreal. I think next year we are probably not going to Boreal again, it looks like we'll probably be at Kirkwood instead. There's still a few more weeks left of the season this year for him master the runs at Boreal and the lower, easier park area.

I think I can mark one goal off my list at least.

Ok, I dumped my blog project and am testing out Zine, another blog, with more features than mine, also written in Python.

We are up at Boreal today. The weather is nice and it's sunny and warm and thanks to those people I don't understand that are down in the valley watching the superbowl, there's hardly anyone up here.

Micah is wearing the HD Hero camera today so we'll finally get some vids up of him and Kenji snowboarding. I hope they get some good stuff.

I found this page browsing around the other day, the story is located in many places but I like this page because it has a few stories on it that are all funny in different ways...

nowscape.com/atheism/hanks_ass.htm

Going back to work :-( It's been a nice long 5 day weekend working on getting the house fixed up. Tomorrow while I'm gone we should get the upstairs bathroom granite counter and new sinks/faucets put in, it sure will be nice to come back home on Friday night to that.