3 posts tagged “vox”

Balloons

I was just Jaiku'ing with Whatleydude about the fact that I've not blogged in a while, and I suddenly realised that today is my Voxiversary! Yep, I've been on here one whole year today.

I just wish I'd found time (and inspiration) to blog a bit more. After all, I'm equipped for the job with my N95 and almost constant net availability. Fact is, work is stupidly hectic right now, and has been for a few weeks now. I've slipped into a dull routine of the same journey every day, seeing the same people, sitting at the same desk, seeing the same wall out the window, routinely being too tired when I get home to do anything and doing the routine stuff at the weekends.

Friday next week sees us heading off for a holiday in Cornwall again though, so hopefully I'll come back freshly inspired. Dare I say 'Watch this space'?

Here's to the next year of Voxing...

I see from TechCrunch that SixApart have annouced that they'll be joining Google's OpenSocial network.

I'm starting to wonder what changes will be afoot for Voxers as a result of this initiative? I sincereley hope that we don't get overrun with mini-apps. One of the attractions of Vox for me is the 'clean-ness' of the interface. No junk filling up the screen, getting in the way of the message. Take a look around this page. Almost everything on here is relative to the blog, or som easpect of my profile (or the group if you're reading it there). No irrelevancies. No pirates, vampires or virtual alcohol.

Here's hoping that whatever other changes are forthcoming, the interface doesn't get too cluttered.

I recently documented problems with my N95.

With much trepidation last night, I finally decided to bite the bullet and go for a full hard reset (*#7370#). I'd done a full backup and synch, and also file copied everything I could see using the Nokia File Browser. I removed the memory card (to be reformatted), I then typed in the fatal combination...

A couple of minutes later and the phone rebooted. I checked the firmware, and the later version 11 I'd previously installed was still there. I re-installed the latest firmware anyway, just in case - v12 is still not available for T-Mobile in the UK :-(

Now came the tedious bit - re-installing all the software. I'd made a note of what was installed, and where it was sourced from, so it was just a question of running down the list one by one.

Vox was first, and sadly the problems remain. Seelcting New from the Vox application hangs the phone. Switching off and on seems to be the only solution. The settings for 'Prompt to Publish' still can't be switched off. Sending to Vox from the Gallery works fine though, so I can use that route for now - see my Breakfast post below, posted using this method.

Call Log is back! Hurrah! This was my main reason for re-setting the phone. I found it extremely tedious having to go through the Contacts, search, select route every time I wanted to call someone back. Particularly if the phone was engaged.

I've still got some tweaking to do for the email settings, couldn't get my downloaded podcasts recognised (so had to re-download them all), and still have one mapping application, ViewRanger, to re-install, but I now have full functionality back on the phone, and will feel a bit more confident if I have to do a similar exercise in the future.

Points to note:

• Always make a note of what software you install, and where it was sourced from.
• Also note any settings for things such as Email, Access Points etc. UserId, Password, Server addresses, WEP Keys etc are very easy to forget!
• If pre-downloading the maps for Nokia Maps, don't do this via the cable connection. I tried and it was taking literally hours! I cancelled, removed the memory card and placed it in my PC USB port, and restarted the download, which then completed in minutes.