9 tweaks Nokia N95 battery life
There is no way getting around the fact battery life on the Nokia N95 is less than great. Almost every N95 review addresses this issue in one way or the other. Opinions seem to range from infuriated "Nokia should provide a more powerful battery for this type of device" to apologetic "a communication and multi media power house is bound to run its battery dry in no time".
Whatever the case may be, there are things that can be done to improve upon the «default» N95 battery life time. Improvements come from tweaking a few, selected settings from their default values.
I have divided this authoritative N95 battery tweaking guide into two parts: first I will show you a few basic battery friendly optimizations and habits that can be employed by everyone. Next, I provide a few advanced tweaks that on the one hand might not fit everybody, on the other hand result in the most significant improvements.
Basic Optimizations
Update phone firmware- new firmware might include improvements to battery management.
Bluetooth - keep it off unless needed. Put bluetooth management on «active standby» screen for easy access («Tools» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Standby mode» | «Active standby apps..»).
Brightness timeout...not more than 10 seconds («Tools» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Light time-out»).
Screen brightness - turn it down a notch or two («Tools» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Light sensor»).
Lower the standby timeout - mine's set to 1 minute («Tools» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Power saver time-out»).
Camera - do not walk around with "live" viewfinder 1.
Rocket Science Tweaks
WLAN scanning - turn it off...scan manually, or turn scanning on when needed («Tools» | «Settings» | «Connection» | «Wireless LAN» | «Scan for networks»).
3G - turn it off - especially in areas with poor coverage, where the N95 otherwise will spend stupefying amounts of power searching for networks («Tools» | «Settings» | «Phone» | «Network» | Set «Network mode» to «GSM»).
WLAN transmit power (TX power level) - turn it down to, say, 4 mW. («Tools» | «Settings» | «Connection» | «Wireless LAN» | «Options» | «Advanced settings» -say YES to the prompt - scroll down to TX power level choose options/change/ and select 4 mW.).
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Here is guide to back up many things on your hacked phones.
Here is guide to back up many things on your hacked phones.
New phone? Hard reset? Firmware upgrade? Or you just want to be prepared for just in case? Of course you can backup all kinds of things on your phone with PC Suite or the backup feature of the data manager on your phone, but that takes forever, requires a computer (PC Suite), and won’t let you choose what to backup (data manager).
But if you hack your phone to set it free and get full access to all system folders, you can backup exactly what you want.
REQUIREMENTS: All you need is a hacked phone, and a decent file manager like ActiveFile, X-Plore, SExplorer, FExplorer, or Y-Browser.
Access Points:
Your access points are stored in C:\Private\10202be9\persists\cccccc00.cre. Just make a copy of cccccc00.cre, and restore it to your phone (or send it to another phone), restart your phone, and you have your access point settings back just the way they were when you made the backup.
Bluetooth:
Your bluetooth name is in C:\Private\10202be9\persists\10204dac.cre, your paired devices are in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_100069CC_btregistry
Bookmarks:
The bookmarks of Symbian’s built-in web browser are stored in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_101FD685_BrowserBookmarks.db.
Calendar:
Calendar entries are stored in C:\Private\10003a5b\Calendar. On some phones the folder name is 1000395b.
Contacts:
Your contacts database is in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_100065FF_Contacts.cdb.
On some phones the folder name is 10001295.
Cookies:
The cookies of Symbian’s built-in web browser are in C:\Private\101f8530\cookies.dat. Restart your phone after restoring or transfering the cookies file. If you’ve told your browser to delete your cookies, there is no cookies.dat file in C:\Private\101f8530.
Messages:
Your SMSs and mails from Symbian’s built-in messaging application are stored in C:\Private\1000484b. If you’ve told your phone to store messages on your memory card, they are in E:\Private\1000484b. Copy the entire folder, and restore when needed.
Notes:
The notes you write in Symbian’s Notes application are stored in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_101F8878_Notepad.dat.
If you can’t delete or replace the file, it’s because Symbian is using it. But there’s a workaround for this problem: go to settings, data manager, memory, and select “back up phone memory” from the options menu. While your phone is making the backup, you can delete or replace the DBS_101F8878_Notepad.dat file.
Profiles:
Your profiles are stored in C:\Private\10202be9\persists\101f8798.cre. If you restore the backup, restart your phone.
T9 dictionary:
Your frequently used words in SMS and email are stored in C:\Predic\101F8615_F.dat. You don’t even need to hack your phone to get into this folder.
New phone? Hard reset? Firmware upgrade? Or you just want to be prepared for just in case? Of course you can backup all kinds of things on your phone with PC Suite or the backup feature of the data manager on your phone, but that takes forever, requires a computer (PC Suite), and won’t let you choose what to backup (data manager).
But if you hack your phone to set it free and get full access to all system folders, you can backup exactly what you want.
REQUIREMENTS: All you need is a hacked phone, and a decent file manager like ActiveFile, X-Plore, SExplorer, FExplorer, or Y-Browser.
Access Points:
Your access points are stored in C:\Private\10202be9\persists\cccccc00.cre. Just make a copy of cccccc00.cre, and restore it to your phone (or send it to another phone), restart your phone, and you have your access point settings back just the way they were when you made the backup.
Bluetooth:
Your bluetooth name is in C:\Private\10202be9\persists\10204dac.cre, your paired devices are in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_100069CC_btregistry
Bookmarks:
The bookmarks of Symbian’s built-in web browser are stored in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_101FD685_BrowserBookmarks.db.
Calendar:
Calendar entries are stored in C:\Private\10003a5b\Calendar. On some phones the folder name is 1000395b.
Contacts:
Your contacts database is in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_100065FF_Contacts.cdb.
On some phones the folder name is 10001295.
Cookies:
The cookies of Symbian’s built-in web browser are in C:\Private\101f8530\cookies.dat. Restart your phone after restoring or transfering the cookies file. If you’ve told your browser to delete your cookies, there is no cookies.dat file in C:\Private\101f8530.
Messages:
Your SMSs and mails from Symbian’s built-in messaging application are stored in C:\Private\1000484b. If you’ve told your phone to store messages on your memory card, they are in E:\Private\1000484b. Copy the entire folder, and restore when needed.
Notes:
The notes you write in Symbian’s Notes application are stored in C:\Private\100012a5\DBS_101F8878_Notepad.dat.
If you can’t delete or replace the file, it’s because Symbian is using it. But there’s a workaround for this problem: go to settings, data manager, memory, and select “back up phone memory” from the options menu. While your phone is making the backup, you can delete or replace the DBS_101F8878_Notepad.dat file.
Profiles:
Your profiles are stored in C:\Private\10202be9\persists\101f8798.cre. If you restore the backup, restart your phone.
T9 dictionary:
Your frequently used words in SMS and email are stored in C:\Predic\101F8615_F.dat. You don’t even need to hack your phone to get into this folder.
HERE IS SOME TIPS RELATED WITH FOLDER LOCKING
HERE IS SOME TIPS RELATED WITH FOLDER LOCKING(page 4)
If there is any locked folder in E drive even in system (except sys and private folder) then gallery will not show any images and video ,smart movie will not rescan (it will close automatically) , and any software will not work which rescan the files.To solve gallery problem set the attribution of locked folder to hidden(ly pressing 6 in xplore). Gallery will work normally . BUT THEN ALSO SMARTMOVIE WILL NOT RESCAN(however divx 091 work normally). The locked folder should be in sys and private folder and after that security platform should turned on(using caps off and caps on or secman 'binpda security manager') then only smartmovie will rescan.IN MY VIEW PUT All YOUR PRIVATE THING IN A FOLDER.TURN CAPS OFF AND MOVE THE FOLDER TO sys folder AND TURN CAPS ON, YOUR PRIVATE THINGS WILL NOT BE SEEN ANY WHERE. WORKING FINE IN MY N73
If there is any locked folder in E drive even in system (except sys and private folder) then gallery will not show any images and video ,smart movie will not rescan (it will close automatically) , and any software will not work which rescan the files.To solve gallery problem set the attribution of locked folder to hidden(ly pressing 6 in xplore). Gallery will work normally . BUT THEN ALSO SMARTMOVIE WILL NOT RESCAN(however divx 091 work normally). The locked folder should be in sys and private folder and after that security platform should turned on(using caps off and caps on or secman 'binpda security manager') then only smartmovie will rescan.IN MY VIEW PUT All YOUR PRIVATE THING IN A FOLDER.TURN CAPS OFF AND MOVE THE FOLDER TO sys folder AND TURN CAPS ON, YOUR PRIVATE THINGS WILL NOT BE SEEN ANY WHERE. WORKING FINE IN MY N73
Remove camera sounds(HACKED PHONES ONLY)
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1. Turn on "Caps Off"
2. Open X-plore
3. Goto "Z:\Private\10202be9\101F8809.txt"
4. Copy the file to "C:\Private\10202be9\101F8809.txt"
5. Edit the file "101F8809.txt"
6. At the end of the file, u will find the line
0x7 int 1 0 cap_rd=alwayspass
cap_wr=alwaysfail
7. Then change it to
0x7 int 0 0 cap_rd=alwayspass
cap_wr=alwaysfail
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8. Save the file and exit X-plore
9. Turn on "Caps On"
10. Turn off "Warning tones" in ur profile
11. Restart the phone.
Now it's done & No more sounds in camera!!
Tested on my N73
and it was working..it may work on ur phone but try only by hacking ur phone first
1. Turn on "Caps Off"
2. Open X-plore
3. Goto "Z:\Private\10202be9\101F8809.txt"
4. Copy the file to "C:\Private\10202be9\101F8809.txt"
5. Edit the file "101F8809.txt"
6. At the end of the file, u will find the line
0x7 int 1 0 cap_rd=alwayspass
cap_wr=alwaysfail
7. Then change it to
0x7 int 0 0 cap_rd=alwayspass
cap_wr=alwaysfail
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8. Save the file and exit X-plore
9. Turn on "Caps On"
10. Turn off "Warning tones" in ur profile
11. Restart the phone.
Now it's done & No more sounds in camera!!
Tested on my N73
and it was working..it may work on ur phone but try only by hacking ur phone first
TriCK TO iNCREASE ZENESiS THEME DiY SLOTS
TriCK TO iNCREASE ZENESiS THEME DiY SLOTS...
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If you are using Zensis theme DIY for creating your own themes this trick will help you
to increase the number of theme slots (default 6 slots which are already available.) to as many as you want
Its working, I've tried this on my N73me....
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For This you need to hack ur phone first , check first page how to hack ur phone....
Using BiNPDA SECMAN Turn Plat. Security OFF
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open X-plore go to
E:\PRIVATE\20004A20\themesis
You will find six folders like this
a20004A2A
b20004A2B
f20004A2F
each folder contains THEME.sis a 3.3kB file..
these folders are nothing but theme slots..
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* Now create a directory d20004A2D in the themesis folder
*copy the THEME.sis file from any of the six folders and paste it to the new
d20004A2D folder
*That s it. now go and check in the ThemeDIY application you will find your 7th slot..
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*You can create many slots by creating additional directories in the themesis folder... but
dont forget to name like this l20004A2L and paste the THEME.sis file in it.
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If you are using Zensis theme DIY for creating your own themes this trick will help you
to increase the number of theme slots (default 6 slots which are already available.) to as many as you want
Its working, I've tried this on my N73me....
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For This you need to hack ur phone first , check first page how to hack ur phone....
Using BiNPDA SECMAN Turn Plat. Security OFF
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open X-plore go to
E:\PRIVATE\20004A20\themesis
You will find six folders like this
a20004A2A
b20004A2B
f20004A2F
each folder contains THEME.sis a 3.3kB file..
these folders are nothing but theme slots..
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* Now create a directory d20004A2D in the themesis folder
*copy the THEME.sis file from any of the six folders and paste it to the new
d20004A2D folder
*That s it. now go and check in the ThemeDIY application you will find your 7th slot..
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*You can create many slots by creating additional directories in the themesis folder... but
dont forget to name like this l20004A2L and paste the THEME.sis file in it.
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GuiDE TO USE FOUNTROUTER
GuiDE TO USE FOUNTROUTER
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1. U must follow all step i write :
Install FontRouter LT for v9 which is uploaded below on MEMORY CARD remember not in your phone memory
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2. After installing it, open X-plore and goto C:\data folder and create a New Folder and name it Fonts. Here C:\ points to ur internal memory
Then open the following folder E:\data\fonts. Here E:\ is the path of your memory card.
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3. There you will find a file named FontRouter.ini .Move ur pointer over this file and Click "2" on ur keypad or Menu - Edit - Move to move this file to the folder C:\data\fonts . Now ur folder E:\data\fonts will be empty. Delete this folder
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4. Now go to the folder C:\data\fonts. There u will find the file u moved before i.e. FontRouter.ini .Click "8" on ur keypad or Menu - File - Edit.
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5. A new window will open n x-plore where we shall edit this file. Now u will have to scroll down a bit down where u shall find the following text written:
;Extra font files to be loaded
ExtraFontFile=\Data\Fonts\*.*
move ur cursor to
\Data and add C: before it so that it becomes
;Extra font files to be loaded
ExtraFontFile=C:\Data\Fonts\*.*
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Now click Menu - Save and exit this window
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6. We are almost done now. Just copy ur new font file to the folder C:\data\fonts. Exit X-plore and restart ur phone.
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7. If everything is fine, u shall see ur new fonts activated. Try and connect ur usb cable in Data Transfer mode. It should work ..
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Note: If ever u want to again change ur fonts, just edit the file FontRouter.ini again and look for the strings
; Enable/Disable main function of FontRouter
; Default=1
Enable=1
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Change Enable=1 to enable=0
Enable=0[/COLOR]
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Restart ur mobile. Now just put ur new fonts in c:\data\fonts and remove the old ones. Again edit fontrouter.ini and replace enable=0 with enable=1
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1. U must follow all step i write :
Install FontRouter LT for v9 which is uploaded below on MEMORY CARD remember not in your phone memory
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2. After installing it, open X-plore and goto C:\data folder and create a New Folder and name it Fonts. Here C:\ points to ur internal memory
Then open the following folder E:\data\fonts. Here E:\ is the path of your memory card.
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3. There you will find a file named FontRouter.ini .Move ur pointer over this file and Click "2" on ur keypad or Menu - Edit - Move to move this file to the folder C:\data\fonts . Now ur folder E:\data\fonts will be empty. Delete this folder
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4. Now go to the folder C:\data\fonts. There u will find the file u moved before i.e. FontRouter.ini .Click "8" on ur keypad or Menu - File - Edit.
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5. A new window will open n x-plore where we shall edit this file. Now u will have to scroll down a bit down where u shall find the following text written:
;Extra font files to be loaded
ExtraFontFile=\Data\Fonts\*.*
move ur cursor to
\Data and add C: before it so that it becomes
;Extra font files to be loaded
ExtraFontFile=C:\Data\Fonts\*.*
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Now click Menu - Save and exit this window
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6. We are almost done now. Just copy ur new font file to the folder C:\data\fonts. Exit X-plore and restart ur phone.
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7. If everything is fine, u shall see ur new fonts activated. Try and connect ur usb cable in Data Transfer mode. It should work ..
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Note: If ever u want to again change ur fonts, just edit the file FontRouter.ini again and look for the strings
; Enable/Disable main function of FontRouter
; Default=1
Enable=1
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Change Enable=1 to enable=0
Enable=0[/COLOR]
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Restart ur mobile. Now just put ur new fonts in c:\data\fonts and remove the old ones. Again edit fontrouter.ini and replace enable=0 with enable=1
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GuiDE TO LOCK FOLDERS WITH XPLORE
GuiDE TO LOCK FOLDERS WITH XPLORE
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Yup now it is easy to lock folders without using of any application all u need is an xplore thats it...
Now lets start...
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1. open xplore
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2. scroll to that folder which u want to lock
eg.. "Others " u want to lock this folder...
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3. the trick is that just U have to just rename the folder
eg.. "Others" just rename it by pressing 7 in xplore
rename it like this
( others____. )
"_"this means leaving 2 to 3 spaces by pressing 0 key as u do to give spaces.. Then a dot(.) then press ok to rename
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4. Then exit xplore or close the all drop down list
voíla the folder will be locked...
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5. AnD FCOURSE 4 UNLOCKING IT RENAME IT AGAIN TO OTHERS AND PRESS OK... Then exit xplore or close all drop down list..
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NoTE::- THIS TRICK WILL WORK IN
SYMBIAN 8.1..,.9.1.,and.9.2 phones i.e n70 and n72...and all s60v3 phones Only..
not in symbian 6,7,8 phone
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Yup now it is easy to lock folders without using of any application all u need is an xplore thats it...
Now lets start...
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1. open xplore
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2. scroll to that folder which u want to lock
eg.. "Others " u want to lock this folder...
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3. the trick is that just U have to just rename the folder
eg.. "Others" just rename it by pressing 7 in xplore
rename it like this
( others____. )
"_"this means leaving 2 to 3 spaces by pressing 0 key as u do to give spaces.. Then a dot(.) then press ok to rename
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4. Then exit xplore or close the all drop down list
voíla the folder will be locked...
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5. AnD FCOURSE 4 UNLOCKING IT RENAME IT AGAIN TO OTHERS AND PRESS OK... Then exit xplore or close all drop down list..
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NoTE::- THIS TRICK WILL WORK IN
SYMBIAN 8.1..,.9.1.,and.9.2 phones i.e n70 and n72...and all s60v3 phones Only..
not in symbian 6,7,8 phone
GuiDE to change any icon of installed app in C:/ or E:/
GuiDE to change any icon of installed app in C:/ or E:/
steps::
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1. Open Xplore
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2. Choose an app with the desired icon to change the original icon (for example best call recorder to change totalrecall icon)
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3. Now go to e:/resource/apps
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4. Look for the file called BCallRecorder_0x2000FE5A_aif.mif
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5. name it to Totalrecall.mif (you must know the real app name in this case is like I wrote but can chage (sometimes could appear with UID: BCallRecorder0x2000FE5A_aif)
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6. Once you fond the file just replace it in C: or E:
esource\apps\paste it.
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7. go to you menu and voilá the BestCallRecorder icon is now a TotalRecall icon
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steps::
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1. Open Xplore
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2. Choose an app with the desired icon to change the original icon (for example best call recorder to change totalrecall icon)
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3. Now go to e:/resource/apps
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4. Look for the file called BCallRecorder_0x2000FE5A_aif.mif
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5. name it to Totalrecall.mif (you must know the real app name in this case is like I wrote but can chage (sometimes could appear with UID: BCallRecorder0x2000FE5A_aif)
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6. Once you fond the file just replace it in C: or E:
esource\apps\paste it.
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7. go to you menu and voilá the BestCallRecorder icon is now a TotalRecall icon
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