Garmin 2011 GPS Update

Garmin GPS systems are great if you don’t know how to find your way to an address but their maps often get outdated in a few years as new infrastructure is developed in your city.

Find the $99 update somewhat of a pinch? Here is a solution for you!

Using this guide you will be able to update your Garmin GPS system to the latest (2011) map data for North America, all you need is a little bit of patience and careful reading.

Garmin Map Update guide for 2012 maps is NOW OUT.

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The 2010 Garmin GPS Update: Hacked

Garmin GPS systems are great if you don’t know how to find your way to an address but their maps often get outdated in a few years as new infrastructure is developed in your city. Many find the $80 update somewhat of a pinch in their pockets so here is a solution for those people!

Using this guide you will be able to update your Garmin GPS system to the latest (2010) map data, all you need is a little bit of patience and careful reading.

The 2011 Map Guide is now up.

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How to Softmod Hack the Wii

This is a complete tutorial on how to get the Homebrew channel installed on your wii with Backup loader Gamma v0.3

*IMPORTANT: Once you modded your wii using this tutorial you shouldn’t update your wii anymore, because this might damage your wii or your homebrew channel may not function anymore. Only install updates from the Homebrew channel itself.
Also don’t update to a higher version to follow the tutorial; Just stick to the version you have now.*

Before we start, you should check your current firmware version of your wii,
Do this by following the next steps:

  • Start your wii.
  • At the bottom left, you see a button with “wii” on it, press it.
  • Go to wii settings
  • Top right on your screen you should see your firmware version.

What will you need?

  • An internet connection on your wii.
  • A copy of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • A SD-card not bigger then 2GB (Non-SDHC).
  • A filepack containing all the required files.

The filepack download contains:

  • Homebrew channel
  • Backup Loader 0.3 gamma
  • PC Program: IMGBurn
  • PC Program: Wii game Patcher(decrypter)
  • PC Program: Wii brickblocker “update blocker”
  • All the files for your SD Card.

Ok, that’s all that you need. Next step is the homebrew channel.

Installing the homebrew channel

After you downloaded the required files, unrar wii softmod, and open the SD card formatter. Format your SD Card with the following options:

  • Format Type: Full (Erase ON)
  • Format Size Adjustment: OFF

Now place all the files from location “wii_softmod/Wii_progandfiles_v3.x/sdcardfiles for v3.x” to the root of your SD Card. Your SD Card should look like this:

SDCARD
-Apps
-Private
-wad
-boot.dol
-boot.elf (boot.elf is only for wii users with firmware version 3.2)

Now, insert the SD card into your wii, go to the Wii button bottom left:

  • Press Data management
  • Press Save data
  • Press Wii.
  • Find your current Zelda savegame, and delete it.

Now press your SD Card and you will see the Twilight hack.

  • Copy it to your Wii system.
  • Start Zelda ASAP and load your savegame.
  • Run towards the guy when your save is loaded, and talk to him.

Now you have to follow the on-screen instructions to install the homebrew channel. At the end the wii reboots and you will see your Homebrew channel!

You are now past the hard part now. Let’s continue with the installation of the Backup loader.

Installing the Backup Loader

This is where the tutorial splits into 3 parts. You will have to follow your firmware version.

We will start with users with firmware version 3.2:

Make sure Internet is configured correctly on your wii, but NEVER Patch when nintendo asks you to.

  • Start the homebrew channel.
  • Select in Wad manager 3 : “CIOS36_rev5-64-v1042.wad” And press + on your wiimote. If wad manager v1.3 doesn’t work, try version v1.2 or version v1.1
  • After the installation, reboot your wii.
  • Go to the homebrew channel and select dvdxinstaller.
  • Go to Advanced and select IOS 249
  • Reboot your wii after the installation.
  • Go to the homebrew channel and select Cios installer.
  • Reboot your wii after the installation.

Once more, go to the homebrew channel and open wad manager v1.3 (or lower)Select “4 – Autoboot-0.3g-forsaekn.wad” and press + on your wiimote.

Now the Back loader Gamma channel should be installed on your wii!

Users with firmware version 3.3

Make sure Internet is configured correctly on your wii, but NEVER Patch when nintendo asks you to.

  • Start the homebrew channel.
  • Start wad manager v1.3 and install “1 – IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad”
  • After installing reboot your wii and return to the Homebrew channel.
  • Now start the wad manager for cIOS_fix and install “2 – cios_fix.wad”
  • Reboot the wii and return to the Homebrew channel
  • Start IOS DOWNGRADER V1.1, follow the on-screen instructions and reboot your wii after everything is ready.
  • Go to the homebrew channel and press dvdxinstaller
  • Go to advanced and select IOS 249
  • Reboot your wii after installing, and go back to the homebrew channel.
  • Press CIOS Installer and follow on-screen instructions
  • After installing reboot your wii and return to the homebrew channel.
  • Open Wad manager, and install “4 – Autoboot-0.3g-forsaekn.wad”

Now the Back loader Gamma channel should be installed on your wii!

Users with firmware version 3.4

Make sure Internet is configured correctly on your wii, but NEVER Patch when nintendo asks you to.

  • Start the homebrew channel.
  • Start wad manager v1.3 and install “1 – IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad”
  • After installing, reboot your wii and return to the homebrew channel.
  • Now start Wad manager for cIOS_fix and install the wad “2 – cios_fix.wad”
  • Start IOS DOWNGRADER V1.1, follow the on-screen instructions and reboot your wii after everything is ready.
  • Go to the homebrew channel and press dvdxinstaller
  • Go to advanced and select IOS 249
  • Reboot your wii after installing, and go back to the homebrew channel.
  • Press CIOS Installer and follow on-screen instructions
  • After installing reboot your wii and return to the homebrew channel.
  • Open Wad manager, and install “4 – Autoboot-0.3g-forsaekn.wad”

Now the Back loader Gamma channel should be installed on your wii!

Getting ISO’s ready for burning:

Allright! you got past the most tricky part of the entire tutorial.

If you are planning on downloading games for you wii, you should keep the following information in mind.

First of all you should check out this site. You have to check 2 things before you download your iso:

  • Does result say Working?
  • Does 1:1 say Yes or No?

Any game that says working, should actually work. When 1:1 Says Yes, it means you don’t need to patch it; When 1:1 says NO you will have to Patch it. If it says Yes/no Then you can choose.

If 1:1 Says no, you should patch your ISO with “isopatch” included in the rar. Otherwise, just leave the iso.

After downloading your Wii ISO, you have to check if it is completely in order.

  • UnRAR wiu1.rar from the pack, and open it. You will have the “w.i.u 1.1″ opened.
  • Press “OPEN WII ISO” And locate your iso file.

Next there are 3 things to check:

  • Filesize should be displayed GREEN
  • Update should be displayed GREEN (If not -> Press Brick blocker Patch update.)
  • Region should be NTSC or PAL (NTSC= USA, Pal=Europe) [ If not your region, press the patch button with your region on it.]

When this is done, you are ready to burn your ISO! Here is how to do that:

  • Unrar “imgburn” and Install it.
  • After installing start the program and select “write image file to disc”
  • Insert your empty DVD-R ( Important that it is DVD-R because there are read problems with DVD+R and DVD+RW)
  • Where it says source, select your Wii ISO file.
  • Press Verify so that it’s enabled
  • Your write speed should be set to anything lower then 4x, but we recommend doing it at 1x write speed.

When the burning is complete, insert your dvd into your wii, and launch the Backup Loader. The game will automatically start.

Enjoy!

BONUS:

Starfall Brick blocking application Installation

So if you’re scared your Wii might brick by you soft-modding it, then follow the next steps to install a brick blocking application, making your Wii safer:

You’ll need the following to install Starfall:

  • Wii with update 3.2 (If it’s not 3.2 you’re SOL.)
  • SD card reader for you’re PC
  • SD card (Wii compatible)
  • The Homebrew channel

Firstly download this zip. It contains the Starfall files you will need. Next follow these instructions:

  • Extract the Zip file.
  • Open up the Drive you’re SD card is in.(In my case it’s Removable Disk K
  • Drag and drop the “Starfall” folder into the “apps” folder on the root of the SD card.
  • Turn on you’re Wii and boot up homebrew channel.
  • Open Starfall.
  • You’ll now get a black screen with writing on it. read Carefully. Then press B+1 at the same time. It might take a few tries but it’ll load up a screen with a bunch of options.
  • To install any files simply select the ones you want press A and it should say install on the far right of the selection.
  • When you’ve selected everything you want to install press 2 button and it should install everything
  • Press the A button to reboot your Wii.

There you go. You’re Wii now has Starfall! Are you confident now? If so scooter to the top of this post and start modding!

Have fun & leave us a line if this works out for you ;)

Pirates of the Amazon – Fixed

If you’re looking to either make your Pirate Bay downloading a little more like traditional shopping or a way to avoid spending money at Amazon.com, a new Greasemonkey script is ready to answer the call.

Pirates of the Amazon works by inserting a direct download link below the title of the product you’re currently viewing. Of course it works with movies and albums, but it also does an admirable job finding software and books.

The download link points directly to the .torrent file, so you won’t even have to view the Pirate Bay page for a particular item.

Instructions:

Prepare your ship in 4 steps:

1. To be able to download BitTorrent you have to have a BitTorrent software installed. Good ones are uTorrent for Windows and Transmission for Mac and Linux.

2. Click this link and click “Install Now” when prompted.

3. Confirm Firefox restart to activate the add-on.

4. Go to amazon and enjoy having the choice between “add to shopping cart” and “download 4 free”.

Original site was taken down by the authorities, but we like choices ;)

Leave us a line if this works for you. You can also send some kudos to the developers via email: mail at pirates-of-the-amazon.com

Boost your pc’s performance in 5 secs.

Have you ever noticed how you pc tends to slow down near the end of the day? Well there is a way you can put it back in its fresh start state without a restart!

First up, why do you need a booster?

Well, it’s not so much a question of why because we all want a faster PC.

This is more a question of WHEN.

If you’ve been running a large application (or several large applications, maybe a game, Photoshop, something like that) the RAM can get taken up quickly. Even when you close down these programs, RAM can still be eaten-up.

You’ll notice this effect at the end of the day. When you first power-up your PC it’s running smoothly, by the end of the day it’s as sluggish as teenager who’s just eaten a whole pizza. Now, you can get various applications to solve this. Some cost a little, some cost a lot. But personally, we like it free. Especially when that free is really quick and easy.

So, here’s what you need to do. It works for both Vista and XP.

Step One: Open up Notepad (it’s in Accessories)

Step Two: Type in MYSTRING=(80000000)

Step Three: Save the file as MEMORY.VBE (or RAM.VBE if you like…just remember the .VBE)

Step Four: Make sure you save the file to your DESKTOP.

Step Five: Just double-click the newly created file on your desktop whenever your PC seems sluggish. It will give your RAM a much needed boost.

If you have less than 128mb of RAM. Change the 80000000 to 160000000 and it should work the same.

That’s it. Quick, simple and a real time-saver. Leave us a line if this worked out for you ;)

Unlimited Net-Café Surfing

Have you ever visit a cyber cafe and found yourself too restricted by the hourly rates for using the internet? Most often these prices are inflated especially in places where cyber cafes’ are the main source for high speed internet surfing.

Here is a tutorial that will teach you how to Disable The Timer On The Computers in the Internet Cafe’s.

Step 1

Create A New Text Document, type CMD in it & then save it as a batch file (some-name.bat). When you run this file, the command prompt window will open on the computer.

Step 2

Next type cd\windows in the command prompt window to change the directory to Windows. Now type in regedit to get to the registry editor gui.

Step 3

Once in regedit, get to the following area:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Appevents>software>classes> microsoft>windows>current version>internet settings>policies>system

once there, on the right side pane where it says Disable Taskmanager, right click on it, and select Modify. Change the value to “0″

Step 4

Now open Windows Task Manager By Holding Down: “CTRL+ALT+DEL”. In the processes list, look for any program names that looked like the program that controls the cafe timer. Many cyber cafes use cyberlux as the timing device but your product may vary depending on where you are located.

Enjoy unlimited surfing! Drop us a line if you found this useful or succesded in doing this in your cafe ;)

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