Hello, It's been a while.

Good to see you again. The forum is really dead, but occasionally we do get troubleshooting questions. I don't tell people to search anymore, as it's really not hard to be an active helping member with only a few questions a week, or even less often. We get more spam these days than actual posts (see the ban list), but unless Lee and I are done with the forum, or the number of spammers becomes more, I think this forum will be fine. But if one/both of those things happen, we should close it to new posts, and set a kill date to the domain, but offering a download link to the database of (useful) posts. It would save the higher-ups some hosting money, at least. More about the consistent spam: it was from two major mail servers, which I blocked the 131072 related IP's to the server, but now it's random, probably botnet-related, and I have to ban individually now...

I guess PCTechLand died. Oh well, we just weren't as motivated and/or knowledgeable as we should have...

I've been really involved in a large Minecraft community. It is awesome! Other than that, work this summer is killing my free time, and school next fall will be as well.

I will most likely be getting the HTC Holiday if/when it comes out. One of the few that's still on the Eternity, probably the last active member with it. No smartphone has really caught my eye, and there hasn't been a dumbphone that's any better than the Eternity. It doesn't start up right, the screen quits working and restarts, and it gets buggier every day, but I am nostalgic now, but also ready to move on. I made a couple of app posts recently, which is getting decent views, considering our low activity rate.

Those are my current thoughts. What phone are you on? What all is new?

It's only natural that the forum has nearly petered out since the phone is old. I was ecstatic to find this forum when I got my phone. I had no idea of possible capabilities until I saw them here.

I love the "new posts since you were last here" button in the upper left of the forum page and check nearly every day. I tried the installation of the new Opera that was recently posted, updated googlemaps not too long ago, have keepass on my phone. But my all time favorite application is the GPS application sportypal which works really well on the eternity. I use it for running, but anyone could use it to capture any trip whether running, hiking, biking, or car trip and display it on a map online for free. I have posted about sportypal before, and should probably do so again since there is a new version. I use TKFE to install, I have installed blueFTP but could never quite get that install method to work. TKFE is brittle but works for me.

At some point I will abandon my eternity for a smart phone, but I am not in a hurry.

Tim

I upgraded (well, kind of.. I guess it could be seen as a downgrade) to the Pantech Laser, mainly because I was tired of a touchscreen keyboard and didn't want to pay for a data plan when I upgraded. The Laser is definitely not as customizable as the Eternity (heck, I can't even zoom in on a picture after it's taken...), which I kind of miss. I can't even install apps without a data plan (haven't been able to access the filesystem) so I might add a $10 data plan soon to try and get the most out of it. Too bad there isn't a forum like this one for my new phone.

I'm getting into iOS development after getting a used macbook pro (late 2006) from ebay, but I haven't really been able to think of any app ideas.

The forum is pretty dead, except for the few questions we still get once and a while. If you decide to shut down the forum (and download the database), could you send me the database? I'd like to be able to try some of the hacks on my new phone if I can, and maybe do some hacking with my old Eternity (it still works fine, just sitting in it's box now).

EDIT:
How was TKFE discovered? I kind of want to figure out if the Laser's filesystem is accessible at all.

Actually yes, I do remember two explorers. Bitpim and QPST. I remember we got Bitpim to work with the eternity. We had a bit more freedom than TK, but it was no where near dependable. QPST never really worked with the eternity and it was soon dropped from our research. Man, I really do miss those days.

closing to new posts - good
killing the site - bad

google search results need the site to be here
the other boards can use some of our discoveries as a starting point too




i have the infuse now. i would still have the eternity (for more than an alarm clock and backup address book) except that i needed:
1. one new phone to replace a broken one on my plan (my damn assistant broke hers  again, which is how i got an eternity in the first place)
2. to make a few changes to my plan. so i took advantage of the phone discounts.
3. for business purposes, i was soon going to upgrade in order to be able to continue to do the things i need to do.


i was totally going to end up with the inspire but i heard about the infuse, so i put my purchase off until i could see it. saw it on a sunday (its 1st day), and bought two on the  monday.
coming from the eternity, there most likely will never again be a non smart phone that is an upgrade. plus everyone makes their stuff for the smartphones. getting away from wap sites too.




why do i feel like i just wrote a 'where are they now' for a high school reunion

I tried QPST and got closer than other programs but still can't access the filesystem. According to QPST EFS Explorer, my phone "doesn't support an embedded file system."
Ignoring this message just shows a root directory with no other files, and I can't add a new folder or anything. Pantech really locked this phone down..