Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Samsung Droid Charge Desktop Charger with Case

The battery on my Samsung Droid Charge was not holding up to well.  It is only a week old and it was dead after 4 hours.

I had the brightness all the way up since I could barely see it during the day.  I have polarized Oakley sunglasses and a polarized screen.  Problem number one...  removed the polarized screen protector and replace with a plain one.  Now my glasses reduce glare and my phone screen is bright enough to lower the brightness to save batter life.

Problem number two...   I want a desktop charger but it wont work with the case I have.  I dont want to have to remove the case every time I plug it into the desktop charger.

First - buy the desktop charger...

Next remove the five screws on the back.  4 on the outside and 1 under the sticker. (Red Circles)

After that take a pick and pry it open from the sides.  Be careful and go slow as we want to get it open without breaking the clamps on the inside.

Next - flip it open and remove the 4 screws holding the tray on. (Red Circles) After that there are two clamps.  (Red arrows) Push them from the inside and the tray will pop out.

Put it back together without the tray.  Now your phone will fit in the desktop charger with the case on.

John

Friday, July 30, 2010

Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory Recycle Bin

Set up AD Recycle Bin today using the following -

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392261(WS.10).aspx

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-server-20082/revive-deleted-ad-objects-with-active-directory-recycle-bin.aspx

I will have to say I am not really that impressed.  I was suprised to see that Microsoft did not create a GUI of some sort similar to the recycle bin on your computer.

I see that there is a PowerGUI add-in that may hold some promise but I have been unable to get it to work yet.

http://www.powergui.org/entry.jspa?categoryID=46&externalID=2461

More to come...