This is my version:

1. you will need T6 screwdriver, 2 philips screw drivers, and a thin plastic card.

2. remove the back cover, battery, simcard, mini sd card, and the rubber just above the camera from your phone.

3. insert a screwdriver inside the right rectangular hole just above the terminals for the battery and push, while simultaneously pulling the top cover. You will feel the top cover pop up a little. Do this again on the left rectangular hole.

4. Remove the flower (Torx) screws using your T6 screwdriver. There are 6 screws.

5. Use the thin plastic card and slide it in between the front and back cover. Slide it downwards to the bottom part of the phone. Use a second plastic card on the other side of the phone and do the same thing. Use a third plastic card to open the top part of the phone.

6. Use the Phlips screwdriver to remove 1 screw in the middle.

7. Gently open and separate the board from the front cover. Remember that there is a wire connection between the two on the left side (phone facing you).

Thanks to Digimission for their instructions.

I love words. I am not that good with them, but I love them. We all struggle with words. It is part of the human condition. The evolution of words brought about by texting has caused consternation in some quarters. Apparently we face an outrageous decline in our language. It is tempting to agree now that we exchange cards with greetings written in “textspeak”. However, it is not easy to define the “decline” of a language, nor our usage of it.

Let the grammarians, linguists and self-appointed language guardians slug it out. We don’t generally think of the change from using “cw” to the Franco-inspired “qu” as a decline, so perhaps writing “gr8″ instead of “great” is not such a big deal either.

Dumbing down (there’s that “decline” metaphor again) of language is not inevitable. Perhaps technology can help (as well as hinder). Why not introduce a “poetic text compiler” into our mobile phones, allowing us to select from various snippets of beautifully composed prose and a whole gamut of wonderful words? The thumb is mightier than the pen.

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Thumb Culture has now finally been published. Here’s how the editors introduce the book:

“Mobile communication has an increasing impact on people’s lives and society. Ubiquitous media influence the way users relate to their surroundings, and data services like text and pictures lead to a culture shaped by thumbs. Representing several years of research into the social and cultural effects of mobile phone use, this volume assembles the fascinating approaches and new insights of leading scientists and practitioners. The book contains the results of a first international survey on the social consequences of mobile phones. It provides a comprehensive inventory of today’s issues and an outlook in mobile media, society and their future study. ”

I contributed a chapter about the future of mobile in the “3G Era”, but the book is worth it alone for the output from Stefan Bertschi’s Delphi report that surveyed mobile experts on their views of the industry. If you like to read widely about the mobile industry, considering the views of social scientists and technologists across the globe, then this is a unique and interesting book. I have found some of it fascinating.

I had previously promised to release my chapter via the Web, but not until this book was published and given a chance to circulate.

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xBar Skin Generator is a simple program that allows you to make your own xBar skin with ease.
It even works on xBar 3.0
Screenshot:

Download Program Here
Key Generator

CronEdit is used to edit the somewhat cryptic crontab.txt file that is used
by xBar. This allows you to set up recurring tasks. The most popular use for this
is for an alarm clock, but let your imagination run wild.