Jayne ,'Ariel'
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I'm transferring all the media off the old razr phone. Considering how much I scoffed at "my phone has a camera, shouldn't a phone be a phone", I sure did take a LOT of pictures with it.
So, a question. My old razr, it's with Cingular. It has the SIM card in it. If I try and sell it, I should take the SIM card, right? And is it "unlocked" or "locked" Not sure what the difference is.
carry that cradle charger with me at all times.you don't need to carry the craddle. You can just use the docking connector-USB cable and plug it in directly. Ya, the iPhone doesn't stand erect, showing it's machismo and all, but it's a lot easier on the pocket.
Oh, yeah. I guess I don't need to carry the cradle.
And I think "unlocked" means "doesn't have a SIM card in it," but I could be wrong about that.
omnis,
So, a question. My old razr, it's with Cingular. It has the SIM card in it. If I try and sell it, I should take the SIM card, right? And is it "unlocked" or "locked" Not sure what the difference is.
your phone is LOCKED. It is cingular branded. Technically, the only people who could use your phone currently are cingular/att wireless people. If you want to let all kinds of people use it, you need to go to a cingular store and get it unlocked (although you might have to call cingular to get it unlocked). I think it takes a few days before you get the unlock code.
If you are selling your phone, erase all the data on your phone (which is more than the SIM card): [link]
So. Once I install the new HD in my MacBook, can I partition and format the drive with my Leopard DVD, or do I need to do that with the discs that came with the MacBook before I install OS X from the Leopard DVD. (I've never partitioned and/or formatted a boot drive in OS X.)
thanks le nubian
Tommyrot, the installer will likely be able do it.
Someone tell me not to use my 'intuitive' approach to hardware upgrades on Mac laptops, kay? So, I pull the old drive from the MacBook (very easy) but then discover I have no Torx wrenches the right size to remove the shroud from the drive and put it on the new one. So I go to three different places before I find some Torx wrenches. Then I get home and put the new drive in. But I'd forgotten how the old one came out so I put the new one in upside down. I don't realize anything's wrong until I see the MacBook won't recognize the new drive. So at that point I google and discover I've put it in upside down. So I try to put it in the other way and it won't go in that way either. So I figure I bought the wrong type of drive. Then I try to put the old one back in and it won't go in either. So I think, "Great, I broke my MacBook."
Turns out there are rubber strips on either side of the drive to insulate it from vibration and shock. And when I put the drive in upside down, it pulled one of the rubber strips out, which then got stuck in the back of the drive bay, covering the connections. Some time with a bright utility light and chopsticks and I have the rubber strip pulled out. Eventually I manage to get the new drive in with the rubber strip in the correct place.
Then I installed Leopard, which went without a hitch.
What's the moral of the story? That I'm not as smart as I think? That I should research all laptop hardware upgrades before I do them? Something like that....
but think Tommyrot, you got this cool story of how you triumphed! How's the Leopard look?
I just keep thinking, "beware of the leopard"