https://post4vps.com/ Fri, 01 May 2026 01:25:28 +0000 MyBB https://post4vps.com/Thread-Fidelity-FX-Super-Resolution-vs-Deep-Learning-Super-Sampling Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:10:32 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Fidelity-FX-Super-Resolution-vs-Deep-Learning-Super-Sampling If you are a gamer you probably already know what they are. But for non-gamer these technologies can be still interesting.

Let's make it short:

• Fidelity FXSR is the solution developed by AMD and it is available for ALL (AMD, Nvidia and Intel... yes Intel is making its own gpus) graphic cards that meet the minimal requirements, the range of supported hardware is very huge, older cards can benefit from it;
  
• DLSS is the solution developed by Nvidia and it is available only for the newer Nvidia models, from RTX 2000 series to be clear.
  

These technologies allow a gamer to play with higher FPS on games. How?  At the base of these technologies there are AI that are being trained on upscaling an image with less and less defects. These AI can be supported by hardware cores, like tensorflow cores on Nvidia cards, or via software with a trained model.

When you play a game with 4K or 1440p resolution the game is actually rendered at a lower resolution and then upscaled by your gpu with the help of the AI.

According to a report, using there technologies on lower resolution, like playing at 1080p, doesn't give any advantages. So we can say that these technologies aims to make playable higher resolutions.

DLSS is currently the best of the two because Nvidia worked on it for years and it had enough time to improve it. It also got release first, it was a feature of the RTX 2000 series.

Fidelity is still under development but there are very high hope for this one, it is still in beta but there are some YT videos, like LTT's one, that let us see the current state of this technology.

What do you think about these technologies? Are they enough to convince you to buy a new card? (Fidelity will be available for older cards... but let's be real, you can except from them a real taste of feature capability)]]> If you are a gamer you probably already know what they are. But for non-gamer these technologies can be still interesting.

Let's make it short:

• Fidelity FXSR is the solution developed by AMD and it is available for ALL (AMD, Nvidia and Intel... yes Intel is making its own gpus) graphic cards that meet the minimal requirements, the range of supported hardware is very huge, older cards can benefit from it;
  
• DLSS is the solution developed by Nvidia and it is available only for the newer Nvidia models, from RTX 2000 series to be clear.
  

These technologies allow a gamer to play with higher FPS on games. How?  At the base of these technologies there are AI that are being trained on upscaling an image with less and less defects. These AI can be supported by hardware cores, like tensorflow cores on Nvidia cards, or via software with a trained model.

When you play a game with 4K or 1440p resolution the game is actually rendered at a lower resolution and then upscaled by your gpu with the help of the AI.

According to a report, using there technologies on lower resolution, like playing at 1080p, doesn't give any advantages. So we can say that these technologies aims to make playable higher resolutions.

DLSS is currently the best of the two because Nvidia worked on it for years and it had enough time to improve it. It also got release first, it was a feature of the RTX 2000 series.

Fidelity is still under development but there are very high hope for this one, it is still in beta but there are some YT videos, like LTT's one, that let us see the current state of this technology.

What do you think about these technologies? Are they enough to convince you to buy a new card? (Fidelity will be available for older cards... but let's be real, you can except from them a real taste of feature capability)]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Headphones-and-HandsFree Wed, 23 Jun 2021 04:13:44 +0000 xdude]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Headphones-and-HandsFree
SO what Headsets do you guys use for Desktop /Laptops and their prices?

Also, I like to hear about which types of Handfree sets are you guys using and prices.]]>
SO what Headsets do you guys use for Desktop /Laptops and their prices?

Also, I like to hear about which types of Handfree sets are you guys using and prices.]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Member-Cell-Phone-Brand-and-Specs Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:02:11 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Member-Cell-Phone-Brand-and-Specs
1. Brand and model of your primary cell phone that you use every day. And Android/iOS Version - if available.
2. Brand and model of a secondary cell phone if you are using more than one cell phone.  And Android/iOS version if available.
3. Brand and model of your dream phone and preferred Android/iOS

How do you like your primary cell phone?  Is it a phone you would want to recommend to others, or a phone that you have only because you can afford to have it or can't afford to have what you really want?

1. My primary cell phone is Sony Xperia X (2016).  It has 3 GB RAM and 16 GB storage space.  When I purchased it one of my requirements was a nice screen and camera, which is why I was interested in Sony.  I've owned many Sony products before, and it has superior screen and camera technology.  I've been actively using my Sony Xperia X since 2018.  I love this phone.  It's not too big, not too small.  It handles well.  Easy to charge, and it charges reasonably fast.  I charge it approx every second/third day depending on whether I've been using Google searches.



I use my primary cell phone mostly as a phone and doing some minor searches.  I also use WhatsApp as the goto media where I live.  I'm worried however as I'm still on an older version of Android - 6.  Initially in 2018 when I wanted to upgrade the Android version, it turned out too difficult to do - which is the only fault I find with the phone - not so easy to upgrade.  I probably could do it via my desktop with the Xperia assistant, but then I'm worried the system may slow down with a higher version of Android - why fiddle with a system that is working well?  Because of this limitation I'm very careful with how I use the phone.  I ignore phone numbers that I don't know what their source is, as well as text messages. I also don't have e-mails active preferring to work with desktop only.  

2. My secondary cell phone is a second hand Samsung Galaxy S7.  It's not for me in the same class as my Xperia (although it wins in most of the categories of specs), but still a great phone.  4GB RAM and 32 GB storage.  Android 6.

I use this phone for travel only.  Battery charges faster than Sony Xperia.  Camera is great.  But for me my Xperia just has a tad better overall experience.  

I guess most people who have phones from 2016 would have upgraded to a new phone a while ago.  I'm not thinking of upgrading my Xperia yet.  Battery feels as strong as when I first started to use the phone.  Ditto Samsung Galaxy S7.



I also still have three Nokia 1100 dinosaurs.  I decided to take them out of my box a few days ago and charge them just to see whether they're still working.  Batteries are still as good as when they were purchased almost 8 years ago.  I got a temp SIM to test and battery lasts as long as before.  These phones just last forever!  I'm presently testing my Nokia 1100 with a local SIM.  Quite a novel phone "lite" experience.  



3. I'm still old-fashioned with preferring my desktop computer for computer needs.  For a dream phone where money would not be an object, it would probably be a new Sony Xperia with brilliant screen, camera and up to date specs.  Latest Android.  Even though I really like Android 6 and 7, particularly through use of my Samsung Galaxy Tablet. One thing that irks me with all software is the more up to date the version, the bulkier and complicated it becomes.  For that reason it would be nice to have an Android Lite version in my dream phone with less Google presence.

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1. Brand and model of your primary cell phone that you use every day. And Android/iOS Version - if available.
2. Brand and model of a secondary cell phone if you are using more than one cell phone.  And Android/iOS version if available.
3. Brand and model of your dream phone and preferred Android/iOS

How do you like your primary cell phone?  Is it a phone you would want to recommend to others, or a phone that you have only because you can afford to have it or can't afford to have what you really want?

1. My primary cell phone is Sony Xperia X (2016).  It has 3 GB RAM and 16 GB storage space.  When I purchased it one of my requirements was a nice screen and camera, which is why I was interested in Sony.  I've owned many Sony products before, and it has superior screen and camera technology.  I've been actively using my Sony Xperia X since 2018.  I love this phone.  It's not too big, not too small.  It handles well.  Easy to charge, and it charges reasonably fast.  I charge it approx every second/third day depending on whether I've been using Google searches.



I use my primary cell phone mostly as a phone and doing some minor searches.  I also use WhatsApp as the goto media where I live.  I'm worried however as I'm still on an older version of Android - 6.  Initially in 2018 when I wanted to upgrade the Android version, it turned out too difficult to do - which is the only fault I find with the phone - not so easy to upgrade.  I probably could do it via my desktop with the Xperia assistant, but then I'm worried the system may slow down with a higher version of Android - why fiddle with a system that is working well?  Because of this limitation I'm very careful with how I use the phone.  I ignore phone numbers that I don't know what their source is, as well as text messages. I also don't have e-mails active preferring to work with desktop only.  

2. My secondary cell phone is a second hand Samsung Galaxy S7.  It's not for me in the same class as my Xperia (although it wins in most of the categories of specs), but still a great phone.  4GB RAM and 32 GB storage.  Android 6.

I use this phone for travel only.  Battery charges faster than Sony Xperia.  Camera is great.  But for me my Xperia just has a tad better overall experience.  

I guess most people who have phones from 2016 would have upgraded to a new phone a while ago.  I'm not thinking of upgrading my Xperia yet.  Battery feels as strong as when I first started to use the phone.  Ditto Samsung Galaxy S7.



I also still have three Nokia 1100 dinosaurs.  I decided to take them out of my box a few days ago and charge them just to see whether they're still working.  Batteries are still as good as when they were purchased almost 8 years ago.  I got a temp SIM to test and battery lasts as long as before.  These phones just last forever!  I'm presently testing my Nokia 1100 with a local SIM.  Quite a novel phone "lite" experience.  



3. I'm still old-fashioned with preferring my desktop computer for computer needs.  For a dream phone where money would not be an object, it would probably be a new Sony Xperia with brilliant screen, camera and up to date specs.  Latest Android.  Even though I really like Android 6 and 7, particularly through use of my Samsung Galaxy Tablet. One thing that irks me with all software is the more up to date the version, the bulkier and complicated it becomes.  For that reason it would be nice to have an Android Lite version in my dream phone with less Google presence.

]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Realme-Xiaomi-Huawei-vs-Samsung Mon, 24 May 2021 23:16:29 +0000 Decent12]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Realme-Xiaomi-Huawei-vs-Samsung I am really wondering about Realme and Xiaomi and about their mobiles quality since i never bought a phone from these companies due to my doubts but i had a phone from huawei and it was awesome but Realme and Xiaomi prices are really cheap compared to huawei and Samsung and thats what making me doubtfull about them after looking their specifications and raises some questions in my mind.

1) Xiaomi and Realme phones lifetime is much lesser than samsung phones and starts hanging after a year or so?
2)Xiaomi and Realme phones are more prone to security threats compared to samsung and huawei?]]> I am really wondering about Realme and Xiaomi and about their mobiles quality since i never bought a phone from these companies due to my doubts but i had a phone from huawei and it was awesome but Realme and Xiaomi prices are really cheap compared to huawei and Samsung and thats what making me doubtfull about them after looking their specifications and raises some questions in my mind.

1) Xiaomi and Realme phones lifetime is much lesser than samsung phones and starts hanging after a year or so?
2)Xiaomi and Realme phones are more prone to security threats compared to samsung and huawei?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Nvidia-the-Redemption-GPU-passthrough Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:27:04 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Nvidia-the-Redemption-GPU-passthrough Error 43 YEP... if you own a NVIDIA GPU and you use Virtual Machines it is very probably that you meet this error. If not, don't worry I will explain what it mean.

Do you know what is a virtual machine? No?
Well, you can think about as a sandbox, you can run a Operation System inside that sandbox and do whatever you want, like dangerous experiements without damaging your real Operation System. IT PROTECTS YOUR OPERATION SYSTEM, NOT YOU. IF YOU DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS/ILLEGAL INSIDE A VIRTUAL MACHINE... YOU ARE STILL TRACKABLE.

So let's immagine you are running a virtual machine, for this example you have a Linux Machine and you are running a Windows VM, and you want to do a GPU-intensive workload such as gaming (Linux Host that doesn't work well with wine) or video rendering (using specific software such as Premiere PRo).

You will soon discover that you can passthrough your GPU, while installing the NVIDIA drivers or on device manager you will see the "Error 43" and the gpu-device shutdown. What doesn't mean passthrough? Well, you are linking your GPU to the VM so it can use the video card full power.

NVIDIA on the past introduced a check on their CONSUMER products to block this features because they wanted it exclusively for their enterprise cards such as QUADRO.

BUT: Recently NVIDIA announced the enabling of this feature again on our consumer cards on the newest beta drivers!

NVIDIA BLESSING
Should we be happy? I mean this feature was already there and blocked at once on the past... so we are just receiving back what we had.

What do you think?]]> Error 43 YEP... if you own a NVIDIA GPU and you use Virtual Machines it is very probably that you meet this error. If not, don't worry I will explain what it mean.

Do you know what is a virtual machine? No?
Well, you can think about as a sandbox, you can run a Operation System inside that sandbox and do whatever you want, like dangerous experiements without damaging your real Operation System. IT PROTECTS YOUR OPERATION SYSTEM, NOT YOU. IF YOU DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS/ILLEGAL INSIDE A VIRTUAL MACHINE... YOU ARE STILL TRACKABLE.

So let's immagine you are running a virtual machine, for this example you have a Linux Machine and you are running a Windows VM, and you want to do a GPU-intensive workload such as gaming (Linux Host that doesn't work well with wine) or video rendering (using specific software such as Premiere PRo).

You will soon discover that you can passthrough your GPU, while installing the NVIDIA drivers or on device manager you will see the "Error 43" and the gpu-device shutdown. What doesn't mean passthrough? Well, you are linking your GPU to the VM so it can use the video card full power.

NVIDIA on the past introduced a check on their CONSUMER products to block this features because they wanted it exclusively for their enterprise cards such as QUADRO.

BUT: Recently NVIDIA announced the enabling of this feature again on our consumer cards on the newest beta drivers!

NVIDIA BLESSING
Should we be happy? I mean this feature was already there and blocked at once on the past... so we are just receiving back what we had.

What do you think?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Country-limited-smartphone-edition-is-legit Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:31:31 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Country-limited-smartphone-edition-is-legit
For example recently OnePlus announces its OnePlus series 9 phones:

• One Plus 9, international availability
  
• One Plus 9Pro, international availability
  
• One Plus 9R, india exclusive
  

9R is a cheaper phone with almost the same feature, except for the enthusiast ones such as advanced cameras and top gamma CPU... why non-india people can't get it?

Another example are the Samsung esotic colors, on China and Korea has been reported the availability of RED and PINK variants of their phones over the times, they just get released a bit later than their international variants.

What differences between a international phone and a region-specific region are:

• CSC partition, they can be adjusted buy flashing the international ROM
  
• Modem LTE frequencies, nowadays we almost uses all of the available, except for some China frequences
  

What they do this unfair market strategy? 
If I like RED color why I should be unable to get it? Only because I am not chinese/korean? It is crazy.]]>
For example recently OnePlus announces its OnePlus series 9 phones:

• One Plus 9, international availability
  
• One Plus 9Pro, international availability
  
• One Plus 9R, india exclusive
  

9R is a cheaper phone with almost the same feature, except for the enthusiast ones such as advanced cameras and top gamma CPU... why non-india people can't get it?

Another example are the Samsung esotic colors, on China and Korea has been reported the availability of RED and PINK variants of their phones over the times, they just get released a bit later than their international variants.

What differences between a international phone and a region-specific region are:

• CSC partition, they can be adjusted buy flashing the international ROM
  
• Modem LTE frequencies, nowadays we almost uses all of the available, except for some China frequences
  

What they do this unfair market strategy? 
If I like RED color why I should be unable to get it? Only because I am not chinese/korean? It is crazy.]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Nvidia-is-greedy-as-FK Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:06:23 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Nvidia-is-greedy-as-FK
So... I think everybody knows that right now the hardware market is suffering a huge short availability of the parts. For example, getting a Nvidia RTX 30 series is a nightmare.

Nvidia blames the miner community that is abusing of the market and buying every card to mine.
So what is doing Nvidia to solve the issue? Implementing a secure market where you need to be checked before buying a card? NO!

Nvidia has set a hash limiter to the RTX 3060 to make them less useful for miner and Nividia announced a NEW PRODUCT TOO: NVIDIA CMP CARDS.

What is a CMP card? Well, it is just s RTX 3060 without the hash limiter and without video outputs!

So:

• There is a low availability of silicon needed to create the cards
  
• Nvidia set a hash limiter to consumer RTX 3060, so a normal user can't mine at all (I mean what you gain is not enough to pay off the eletricity fee)
  
• Nvidia uses some of the LOW AVAILABILITY SILICON to produce CMP cards and sell them..
  

Nvidia is greedy as FK because it is using the already low availability silicon to produce cards to sell to miner, lowering the already low production of the consumer cards!

Nothing has been solved for regular customers... nvidia is just expanding is market, offering a proper mining card]]>
So... I think everybody knows that right now the hardware market is suffering a huge short availability of the parts. For example, getting a Nvidia RTX 30 series is a nightmare.

Nvidia blames the miner community that is abusing of the market and buying every card to mine.
So what is doing Nvidia to solve the issue? Implementing a secure market where you need to be checked before buying a card? NO!

Nvidia has set a hash limiter to the RTX 3060 to make them less useful for miner and Nividia announced a NEW PRODUCT TOO: NVIDIA CMP CARDS.

What is a CMP card? Well, it is just s RTX 3060 without the hash limiter and without video outputs!

So:

• There is a low availability of silicon needed to create the cards
  
• Nvidia set a hash limiter to consumer RTX 3060, so a normal user can't mine at all (I mean what you gain is not enough to pay off the eletricity fee)
  
• Nvidia uses some of the LOW AVAILABILITY SILICON to produce CMP cards and sell them..
  

Nvidia is greedy as FK because it is using the already low availability silicon to produce cards to sell to miner, lowering the already low production of the consumer cards!

Nothing has been solved for regular customers... nvidia is just expanding is market, offering a proper mining card]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-VIVO-vs-OPPO-Price-Comparison-Specs Tue, 09 Feb 2021 07:10:53 +0000 sagher]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-VIVO-vs-OPPO-Price-Comparison-Specs I am starting this tread because it's really need of this generation. These two brands are captured big market in Asia. Also include Realme series and Reno series in our discussion. 
Both phones are looks like fight each other to take over market. 
Prices are almost same with same specs.
Product launching is also subsequent and no one like to stand behind in launching new product. 
Capture market of Xiaomi and Huawei in price tags and spare parts. 

We do like to see your personal experience and comparison with other brands except  Samsung/Sony/1+/Infinix.]]> I am starting this tread because it's really need of this generation. These two brands are captured big market in Asia. Also include Realme series and Reno series in our discussion. 
Both phones are looks like fight each other to take over market. 
Prices are almost same with same specs.
Product launching is also subsequent and no one like to stand behind in launching new product. 
Capture market of Xiaomi and Huawei in price tags and spare parts. 

We do like to see your personal experience and comparison with other brands except  Samsung/Sony/1+/Infinix.]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Driver-Issue Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:19:19 +0000 OldMeister]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Driver-Issue System info:
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 standard Evaluation
CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
describing the issue: i have installed a fresh clean windows server 2019 on a pc that is going to be used as a server. there is a gpu installed but is not detected. i have run an application called "Driver booster" to check for drivers missing but nothing was needed. i did not see any display driver was installed and have not found a driver for 1080 ti on google or nvidia pages that supports 1080 ti. i need help what i can do?]]> System info:
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 standard Evaluation
CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
describing the issue: i have installed a fresh clean windows server 2019 on a pc that is going to be used as a server. there is a gpu installed but is not detected. i have run an application called "Driver booster" to check for drivers missing but nothing was needed. i did not see any display driver was installed and have not found a driver for 1080 ti on google or nvidia pages that supports 1080 ti. i need help what i can do?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Apple-v-Corellium Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:52:17 +0000 tbelldesignco]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Apple-v-Corellium
1. Apple's View of Security
When Apple first went after Corellium I did not understand why to be honest, I started off my Apple journey with an iPod Classic then got an iPhone 3GS that I jailbroke to make compatible with T-Mobile at the time, as AT&T was the only cellular company that had the license rights to the handset. From my point of view, Apple always cherished the Jailbreak/Hackintosh community under Steve Jobs as we continued to use their technologies and showed them what could be done with them. This focus shifted as the FBI requested Apple to unlock an iPhone belonging to the individual behind the San Bernardino bombing in 2015, Apple upholding their Privacy Policy to their users and this marking a pivotal moment in the company's history to the rhetoric of "Actions speak louder than Words." We soon after started seeing companies try to use methods created by the Jailbreak community to serve law enforcement with a brute force tool that could bypass the Lock Screen of any iPhone just by plugging it into a black box. Apple stood their ground and the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Apple that a tech company, even with a warrant, does not have to disclose the information of a user or provide a backdoor into their operating system for law enforcement agencies. Flash forward to 2018, Apple files a lawsuit agains Corellium for virtualizing their operating system iOS 12. Corellium quickly removed the stem from their services and the court hearings began. Apple citing "services such as this not sponsored by Apple could lead to backdoor vulnerabilities compromising the entire ecosystem for all of our customers." December 2020, the court ruled in Corellium's favor with the case currently at an impasse for Apple.

2. My view
Initially I thought Apple was just trying to control the share of the market for services such as this, simply using privacy as the vehicle for their case. Though I appreciated the notion of privacy and keeping the kernel of the operating system in a controlled environment, the kernel has realistically been exposed to the community for years just from the Jailbreak community alone. I always gravitated towards Apple due to their security and privacy policies, but in app development with Android, Google has a pretty solid grasp on security updates especially when it comes to their Pixel/Nexus line of handsets. I feel as if though Corellium won this stage of the battle, but Apple will find the source of the vulnerabilities of which Corellium used to virtualize the OS in the first place, especially with the new Bug Bounty Program they established over the past year. I would love to hear everyone's views on this matter, as I am on the fence with this one. Is it more Apple control or valid security concerns?

3. What's next?
This is the part that interests and excites me, especially when it comes to Post4VPS and the VPS community. With the virtualization of iOS, does that also open up the prospect of macOS virtualization? The operating system being a unix-like operating system would easily run on a KVM node especially if we the community/developers were able to modify to ktexts to be compatible with the networking adapters presented for that specific VPS and then would be able to bake in flagging to force the terminal shell instead of the GUI. What are some of your "wishlist" items that you would hope to see come out of this case?

Thanks for reading everyone, I can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts and hopefully have some great discussions out of this.]]>
1. Apple's View of Security
When Apple first went after Corellium I did not understand why to be honest, I started off my Apple journey with an iPod Classic then got an iPhone 3GS that I jailbroke to make compatible with T-Mobile at the time, as AT&T was the only cellular company that had the license rights to the handset. From my point of view, Apple always cherished the Jailbreak/Hackintosh community under Steve Jobs as we continued to use their technologies and showed them what could be done with them. This focus shifted as the FBI requested Apple to unlock an iPhone belonging to the individual behind the San Bernardino bombing in 2015, Apple upholding their Privacy Policy to their users and this marking a pivotal moment in the company's history to the rhetoric of "Actions speak louder than Words." We soon after started seeing companies try to use methods created by the Jailbreak community to serve law enforcement with a brute force tool that could bypass the Lock Screen of any iPhone just by plugging it into a black box. Apple stood their ground and the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Apple that a tech company, even with a warrant, does not have to disclose the information of a user or provide a backdoor into their operating system for law enforcement agencies. Flash forward to 2018, Apple files a lawsuit agains Corellium for virtualizing their operating system iOS 12. Corellium quickly removed the stem from their services and the court hearings began. Apple citing "services such as this not sponsored by Apple could lead to backdoor vulnerabilities compromising the entire ecosystem for all of our customers." December 2020, the court ruled in Corellium's favor with the case currently at an impasse for Apple.

2. My view
Initially I thought Apple was just trying to control the share of the market for services such as this, simply using privacy as the vehicle for their case. Though I appreciated the notion of privacy and keeping the kernel of the operating system in a controlled environment, the kernel has realistically been exposed to the community for years just from the Jailbreak community alone. I always gravitated towards Apple due to their security and privacy policies, but in app development with Android, Google has a pretty solid grasp on security updates especially when it comes to their Pixel/Nexus line of handsets. I feel as if though Corellium won this stage of the battle, but Apple will find the source of the vulnerabilities of which Corellium used to virtualize the OS in the first place, especially with the new Bug Bounty Program they established over the past year. I would love to hear everyone's views on this matter, as I am on the fence with this one. Is it more Apple control or valid security concerns?

3. What's next?
This is the part that interests and excites me, especially when it comes to Post4VPS and the VPS community. With the virtualization of iOS, does that also open up the prospect of macOS virtualization? The operating system being a unix-like operating system would easily run on a KVM node especially if we the community/developers were able to modify to ktexts to be compatible with the networking adapters presented for that specific VPS and then would be able to bake in flagging to force the terminal shell instead of the GUI. What are some of your "wishlist" items that you would hope to see come out of this case?

Thanks for reading everyone, I can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts and hopefully have some great discussions out of this.]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-RAM-Issue Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:07:23 +0000 sAmI]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-RAM-Issue I have searched on many places but i'm not able to find a good solution or any explanation for my issue so decided to ask it here, I just recently got my hands on a i5-2500 with a Q67 Board. I have a Single Stick 8GB Memory, It was working fine for a week but after a week it started gives me blue screens and pc hang , crashed and alot. But when i do not use it for hours or so it works fine for like many manyyy hours. Even it is up right now for 3 hours.
I did MEMTEST64 and Windows Memory Diagnostic tool but it crashes and restarts my PC but when i leave my pc for a while the test run fine. Now i'm thinking is it really the RAM Module has died? Because i'm not sure yet. I cleaned the ram teeth(connector or whatever its called) with a rubber. Is it could a overheating problem or something else i'm not sure.
I'm thinking of to give it a clean with Isopropyl Alcohol maybe. 

Any suggestions what should i do before i send it for repair? 

Regards,
sAmI]]> I have searched on many places but i'm not able to find a good solution or any explanation for my issue so decided to ask it here, I just recently got my hands on a i5-2500 with a Q67 Board. I have a Single Stick 8GB Memory, It was working fine for a week but after a week it started gives me blue screens and pc hang , crashed and alot. But when i do not use it for hours or so it works fine for like many manyyy hours. Even it is up right now for 3 hours.
I did MEMTEST64 and Windows Memory Diagnostic tool but it crashes and restarts my PC but when i leave my pc for a while the test run fine. Now i'm thinking is it really the RAM Module has died? Because i'm not sure yet. I cleaned the ram teeth(connector or whatever its called) with a rubber. Is it could a overheating problem or something else i'm not sure.
I'm thinking of to give it a clean with Isopropyl Alcohol maybe. 

Any suggestions what should i do before i send it for repair? 

Regards,
sAmI]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-AV-to-VGA-converter Sun, 06 Dec 2020 02:43:38 +0000 rudra]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-AV-to-VGA-converter
  I wanted to know if any of you have ever used some AV to VGA converter to connect set top box to a monitor with VGA input ?

If yes then please share your experiences here. Any instructions or suggestions also welcome.

What I am planning to do:
  Buying such an adapter that will work with a set top box (with card.. means digital. But only AV output) and a monitor with VGA input.

Thank you for any information.]]>
  I wanted to know if any of you have ever used some AV to VGA converter to connect set top box to a monitor with VGA input ?

If yes then please share your experiences here. Any instructions or suggestions also welcome.

What I am planning to do:
  Buying such an adapter that will work with a set top box (with card.. means digital. But only AV output) and a monitor with VGA input.

Thank you for any information.]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-What-do-you-think-about-VR-and-the-new-Oculus-Quest-2 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:57:01 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-What-do-you-think-about-VR-and-the-new-Oculus-Quest-2
What makes this headset special?
Well, it is cheap, compared to the alternatives, and it work on both stand-alone and pc-linked mode!

You can use on-board installed games, it basically runs a special Android build, or play your SteamVR pc games!

I brought the 64GB ROM edition because I essentially use SteamVR and on-board games doesn't interest me much.

There are a lot of pros about this headet: it's cheap, it runs a 90Hz display, it works with "hand-tracking" controls...
But well, we don't need to cite them because they are good features and all the community likes them, let's speak about the other "features" that just divided the community into 2:

• It requires a Facebook account, well Facebook brought Oculus and it is now releasing the first product after the ownership change. I know that there are a lot of "anti-facebook" out there... but can you blame Facebook? Facebook requires you to use their own authentication system... Googles does it, but also Apple, Microsoft, GitHub... every time you see "Log in with ... [Company Name]".
  
• The lens have just 3 different adjustment levels: 58mm, 62mm and 68mm. This feature scared me a lot because I couldn't know precisely the distance on my eyes, but I tried it and worked for me!
  
• Head straps are not strong enought to "fix" the headset while you move your head, well... I am using it without any issue. You can change the strap stenght easily before putting on the headset;
  
• The SteamVR connection requires a cable which costs 99€, well... Oculus already said that it can work with "compatible and good manufacter" cables. I brought a compatible cable and it is working without any issue and it is very cheap!
  

What do you think?
Did you ever try VR?

Let me know!]]>
What makes this headset special?
Well, it is cheap, compared to the alternatives, and it work on both stand-alone and pc-linked mode!

You can use on-board installed games, it basically runs a special Android build, or play your SteamVR pc games!

I brought the 64GB ROM edition because I essentially use SteamVR and on-board games doesn't interest me much.

There are a lot of pros about this headet: it's cheap, it runs a 90Hz display, it works with "hand-tracking" controls...
But well, we don't need to cite them because they are good features and all the community likes them, let's speak about the other "features" that just divided the community into 2:

• It requires a Facebook account, well Facebook brought Oculus and it is now releasing the first product after the ownership change. I know that there are a lot of "anti-facebook" out there... but can you blame Facebook? Facebook requires you to use their own authentication system... Googles does it, but also Apple, Microsoft, GitHub... every time you see "Log in with ... [Company Name]".
  
• The lens have just 3 different adjustment levels: 58mm, 62mm and 68mm. This feature scared me a lot because I couldn't know precisely the distance on my eyes, but I tried it and worked for me!
  
• Head straps are not strong enought to "fix" the headset while you move your head, well... I am using it without any issue. You can change the strap stenght easily before putting on the headset;
  
• The SteamVR connection requires a cable which costs 99€, well... Oculus already said that it can work with "compatible and good manufacter" cables. I brought a compatible cable and it is working without any issue and it is very cheap!
  

What do you think?
Did you ever try VR?

Let me know!]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Windows-7-to-Windows-10-Driver-Updates Sat, 07 Nov 2020 18:02:23 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Windows-7-to-Windows-10-Driver-Updates
I'm wondering.  Do I wait until after the upgrade and then go through each device to update the drivers, or does Microsoft have a library of drivers of better known brand computers as part of the upgrade?

Or do I download the drivers to a folder that Microsoft can select from during the upgrade process?

I'd like to know whether I could download this cab folder, unzip it and then file it in a folder where Microsoft would find it during the upgrade process - would Microsoft be looking for drivers for Windows 10?  Or is that wasted energy and I should wait until after the upgrade?

During my research I noted that the drivers are usually found in the Windows/System32 Driver folders.  Any specific folder where one should download the driver update package as there is a pick between Drivers or DriverStore Folders.

Why this is important to me before the upgrade, is that I did a simulation exercise of upgrading my old Lenovo Thinkpad X201 from Windows 7 Professional to Windows 10 Professional.  All went well, except I noticed (could also be my imagination) a slight deterioration in the quality of the display - it's a little fuzzy - not a lot, but enough to get my attention.  So first thing I did was to go to the Device Manager and update the driver but Windows then said that it has installed the best driver that is available. Problem is when I then checked the details of the driver it says Version 1.3.1.0.   I then did lots of research and downloaded the Intel Driver & Support Assistant and then found both Windows 7 and Windows 10 drivers for Version: 8.15.10.2900 Intel HD Graphics the last update dated 2012.  I then managed to download a .cab folder and unzipped it, but when I then tried to update the driver again, Windows 10 insists it has the most up to date driver loaded.

Do I need to load the unzipped folder to a specific directory?  What should I do for Windows to really update the driver?]]>
I'm wondering.  Do I wait until after the upgrade and then go through each device to update the drivers, or does Microsoft have a library of drivers of better known brand computers as part of the upgrade?

Or do I download the drivers to a folder that Microsoft can select from during the upgrade process?

I'd like to know whether I could download this cab folder, unzip it and then file it in a folder where Microsoft would find it during the upgrade process - would Microsoft be looking for drivers for Windows 10?  Or is that wasted energy and I should wait until after the upgrade?

During my research I noted that the drivers are usually found in the Windows/System32 Driver folders.  Any specific folder where one should download the driver update package as there is a pick between Drivers or DriverStore Folders.

Why this is important to me before the upgrade, is that I did a simulation exercise of upgrading my old Lenovo Thinkpad X201 from Windows 7 Professional to Windows 10 Professional.  All went well, except I noticed (could also be my imagination) a slight deterioration in the quality of the display - it's a little fuzzy - not a lot, but enough to get my attention.  So first thing I did was to go to the Device Manager and update the driver but Windows then said that it has installed the best driver that is available. Problem is when I then checked the details of the driver it says Version 1.3.1.0.   I then did lots of research and downloaded the Intel Driver & Support Assistant and then found both Windows 7 and Windows 10 drivers for Version: 8.15.10.2900 Intel HD Graphics the last update dated 2012.  I then managed to download a .cab folder and unzipped it, but when I then tried to update the driver again, Windows 10 insists it has the most up to date driver loaded.

Do I need to load the unzipped folder to a specific directory?  What should I do for Windows to really update the driver?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-To-flash-or-not-to-flash-any-experiences-to-share Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:16:05 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-To-flash-or-not-to-flash-any-experiences-to-share
When I was researching how to flash my Samsung Tablet I learned to do this with great caution only, and preferably not at all if one is not very advanced, experienced or have taken every possible care to do it right. For starters, with a Samsung device the warranty will be immediately voided with flashing as it has something included in its firmware that would detect when flashing is used.

I found two tools for flasing a device - Google Developer SDK Tools and Samsung's Odin3.  Which one are you using?  Is the difference perhaps to do with SDK Google tools would only be used for Google devices like Nexxus, and Odin3 has specifically been created for use with Samsung?  I learned that the Samsung developers are officially using Odin3, and have unofficially released it for use by Samsung users, but strictly at the users' own risk with loss of warranty.  

From my research, this is my summary of steps to follow for flashing my Samsung Tablet. If experienced users notice a "not to do" step - please let me know:

1. Check the specific model of my Samsung Tablet - which is SM-T819.  What I learned during my research was that the Android firmware is tablet model specific rather than tablet version specific.  This means the Android firmware of one Samsung Galaxy S2 may not work on another Samsung Galaxy S2 with a different model number.  

2. I had to search very deep to find a reliable source for downloading the exact Android firmware for my model Samsung tablet.  The challenge was every possible tutorial directed one to Sammobile, the Web authority for Samsung mobile firmware, but then it looks like not only does this Website want you to register an account, but also to take a paid subscription - which it does in a sneaky way. So eventually I dropped this Website and thankfully if one searches deep enough there are reliable alternatives. After a very long search I found this source that looked reliable although I can't vouch for it as I haven't used the firmware yet.  I judge it by how professional the firmware is presented and operates, and my MalwareBytes hasn't found any malware or viruses when I was downloading a copy of the firmware:
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/

You need to input your device model at the page that comes up, and then you are taken to this page to download the firmware.  You then have to choose a .tar.MD5 boot image:
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:825/firmware:2139

If you are downloading the firmware it's best to go for the last date in the firmware before it changed to the next Android version.  I was looking at the possibility of changing from Nougat (Android 7) back to Marshmallow (Android 6.01).  The last available Marshmallow version was dated 6 December 2016.  After which the firmware changed to Nougat (Android 7.0) in 2017.

3. Next is to set up the flashing tool on your computer, which seems to be Odin3 for Samsung.  Again, during my research it felt as though I was wading through risky Websites that may have malware attached.  So I first downloaded free Malwarebytes trial, as a way to check possible virus sites.  I then found this download place for Odin3 script:
https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install...sing-odin/

One then has to set the tool up.

While I was researching this step, I also checked the Google SDK tools route.  It looked very complicated.  Looks like a couple or more years ago one was able to download the SDK tools separately from Google but now one has to get it after downloading Android Studio first.

Here are a few good YouTube tutorials by Jamie Wagner on how to set up the SDK Tools for flashing Nexxus mobile phones:

1. How To Download & Install Android Studio On Windows PC
2. How To Fastboot OEM Unlock & Lock Bootloader Android Nexus 7
3. How To Install/Flash Android KitKat Nexus Factory Images
4. How To Install Google USB Driver Android ADB Debugging Windows PC
5. How To Downgrade Android Nougat To Android Marshmallow

4. You then also discover that you may need a USB driver for the device you are going to flash on your computer. Otherwise your computer won't be able to communicate with the device. How I checked it was to connect my Samsung Tablet to my computer with a USB cable and then navigated to devices in the Control Panel of my computer. My Samsung Tablet had a yellow exclamation mark next to it which indicated there was an issue with the computer finding a USB driver for the device.  Then after finding the right driver (below), and I was able to install the driver by rightclicking the Yellow Exclamation mark,  the yellow exclamation mark went away. The driver is a very important tool so your flashing tool in your computer can communicate with the device while you are flashing the firmware. You won't be able to do it otherwise.
https://developer.samsung.com/mobile/and...river.html

5. You then have to set up your Samsung device - unlock it.  You do this by going into the settings of the device and getting to the Developer Tools.  Samsung seems to like to hide the Developer Tools in the settings, as to get to it I had to tap 5-7 times on the "About Tablet" tablet details for it to open up.  You then have to enable OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging.  

6. Next very important preparation is to make a backup of the contents of your device.  It is very important that you don't use the backup feature on the device itself.  As this may create issues with the flashing.  You do the backup to your computer by using a USB cable as you would do with uploading photos etc.  There are many ways to do this - you may already have your preferred way, but for Samsung there is Samsung Smart Switch that can be downloaded from here:
https://www.samsung.com/za/support/smart-switch/

7. After all of the preparation one is ready to do the flashing.  I haven't done this yet as I'm not quite convinced it is really necessary relative to the risk involved.  You start the flashing process by first turning off the Samsung device.  Following this you press at the same time the home, power and volume down buttons.  You then use the volume up button to scroll down to download mode and use the power button to OK it.  You then connect the device with a USB cable to the computer.  When you click on Odin it should come up with the flash load page and there will be a green box indicating it is successfully communicating with the device. If it isn't, then the first issue to investigate would be the USB driver for the device. And then the settings. Great caution is needed to ensure that the partition box in the Odin page is unticked.  One then drops the firmware .tar.mb5 file into Odin in the exact right place (refer tutorials below), and the flashing should ideally happen then.  

Here are two tutorials to show you how it works - one is a YouTube tutorial and the other a Web page.  The Web page tutorial gives much more information on the benefits of flashing, and also troubleshooting when things go wrong.  It prepares you for typical issues and how to get out of them if they should happen to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGpFJnLP3A
https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install...sing-odin/

8. When one uses SDK Tools for Google devices the steps are slightly different and more complicated.  Best to refer to the tutorials by Jamie Wagner above and don't miss any of them.  From what I can understand the flashing tools are included in the firmware download, and you have to add the SDK Platform Tools (you get it from the Userapp folder) to the package.  You need to navigate to the appdata/Android/ folder until you get to SDK_platform_tools and add the contents of this to your firmware folder.  You then have to unlock the device, get the device in download mode, and you do that with the command CMD of your computer.  The tutorials I listed under (3) above by Jamie Wagner explain how to do it.  It's best to study very carefully through all of the tutorials and not giving any of them a miss.  

Odin3 sounds easier to me, but maybe with more room for error - it's not fail safe.  SDK Tools sound more controlled and detailed, but also with room for error, particularly in setting up the firmware and tool package.  My choice for my Samsung device would be Odin3. But only if my need for doing any flashing outways the risks. I'm still hoping one day that Android will allow one to change firmware versions easier with no need for flashing, or at least more fail safe.]]>
When I was researching how to flash my Samsung Tablet I learned to do this with great caution only, and preferably not at all if one is not very advanced, experienced or have taken every possible care to do it right. For starters, with a Samsung device the warranty will be immediately voided with flashing as it has something included in its firmware that would detect when flashing is used.

I found two tools for flasing a device - Google Developer SDK Tools and Samsung's Odin3.  Which one are you using?  Is the difference perhaps to do with SDK Google tools would only be used for Google devices like Nexxus, and Odin3 has specifically been created for use with Samsung?  I learned that the Samsung developers are officially using Odin3, and have unofficially released it for use by Samsung users, but strictly at the users' own risk with loss of warranty.  

From my research, this is my summary of steps to follow for flashing my Samsung Tablet. If experienced users notice a "not to do" step - please let me know:

1. Check the specific model of my Samsung Tablet - which is SM-T819.  What I learned during my research was that the Android firmware is tablet model specific rather than tablet version specific.  This means the Android firmware of one Samsung Galaxy S2 may not work on another Samsung Galaxy S2 with a different model number.  

2. I had to search very deep to find a reliable source for downloading the exact Android firmware for my model Samsung tablet.  The challenge was every possible tutorial directed one to Sammobile, the Web authority for Samsung mobile firmware, but then it looks like not only does this Website want you to register an account, but also to take a paid subscription - which it does in a sneaky way. So eventually I dropped this Website and thankfully if one searches deep enough there are reliable alternatives. After a very long search I found this source that looked reliable although I can't vouch for it as I haven't used the firmware yet.  I judge it by how professional the firmware is presented and operates, and my MalwareBytes hasn't found any malware or viruses when I was downloading a copy of the firmware:
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/

You need to input your device model at the page that comes up, and then you are taken to this page to download the firmware.  You then have to choose a .tar.MD5 boot image:
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:825/firmware:2139

If you are downloading the firmware it's best to go for the last date in the firmware before it changed to the next Android version.  I was looking at the possibility of changing from Nougat (Android 7) back to Marshmallow (Android 6.01).  The last available Marshmallow version was dated 6 December 2016.  After which the firmware changed to Nougat (Android 7.0) in 2017.

3. Next is to set up the flashing tool on your computer, which seems to be Odin3 for Samsung.  Again, during my research it felt as though I was wading through risky Websites that may have malware attached.  So I first downloaded free Malwarebytes trial, as a way to check possible virus sites.  I then found this download place for Odin3 script:
https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install...sing-odin/

One then has to set the tool up.

While I was researching this step, I also checked the Google SDK tools route.  It looked very complicated.  Looks like a couple or more years ago one was able to download the SDK tools separately from Google but now one has to get it after downloading Android Studio first.

Here are a few good YouTube tutorials by Jamie Wagner on how to set up the SDK Tools for flashing Nexxus mobile phones:

1. How To Download & Install Android Studio On Windows PC
2. How To Fastboot OEM Unlock & Lock Bootloader Android Nexus 7
3. How To Install/Flash Android KitKat Nexus Factory Images
4. How To Install Google USB Driver Android ADB Debugging Windows PC
5. How To Downgrade Android Nougat To Android Marshmallow

4. You then also discover that you may need a USB driver for the device you are going to flash on your computer. Otherwise your computer won't be able to communicate with the device. How I checked it was to connect my Samsung Tablet to my computer with a USB cable and then navigated to devices in the Control Panel of my computer. My Samsung Tablet had a yellow exclamation mark next to it which indicated there was an issue with the computer finding a USB driver for the device.  Then after finding the right driver (below), and I was able to install the driver by rightclicking the Yellow Exclamation mark,  the yellow exclamation mark went away. The driver is a very important tool so your flashing tool in your computer can communicate with the device while you are flashing the firmware. You won't be able to do it otherwise.
https://developer.samsung.com/mobile/and...river.html

5. You then have to set up your Samsung device - unlock it.  You do this by going into the settings of the device and getting to the Developer Tools.  Samsung seems to like to hide the Developer Tools in the settings, as to get to it I had to tap 5-7 times on the "About Tablet" tablet details for it to open up.  You then have to enable OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging.  

6. Next very important preparation is to make a backup of the contents of your device.  It is very important that you don't use the backup feature on the device itself.  As this may create issues with the flashing.  You do the backup to your computer by using a USB cable as you would do with uploading photos etc.  There are many ways to do this - you may already have your preferred way, but for Samsung there is Samsung Smart Switch that can be downloaded from here:
https://www.samsung.com/za/support/smart-switch/

7. After all of the preparation one is ready to do the flashing.  I haven't done this yet as I'm not quite convinced it is really necessary relative to the risk involved.  You start the flashing process by first turning off the Samsung device.  Following this you press at the same time the home, power and volume down buttons.  You then use the volume up button to scroll down to download mode and use the power button to OK it.  You then connect the device with a USB cable to the computer.  When you click on Odin it should come up with the flash load page and there will be a green box indicating it is successfully communicating with the device. If it isn't, then the first issue to investigate would be the USB driver for the device. And then the settings. Great caution is needed to ensure that the partition box in the Odin page is unticked.  One then drops the firmware .tar.mb5 file into Odin in the exact right place (refer tutorials below), and the flashing should ideally happen then.  

Here are two tutorials to show you how it works - one is a YouTube tutorial and the other a Web page.  The Web page tutorial gives much more information on the benefits of flashing, and also troubleshooting when things go wrong.  It prepares you for typical issues and how to get out of them if they should happen to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGpFJnLP3A
https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install...sing-odin/

8. When one uses SDK Tools for Google devices the steps are slightly different and more complicated.  Best to refer to the tutorials by Jamie Wagner above and don't miss any of them.  From what I can understand the flashing tools are included in the firmware download, and you have to add the SDK Platform Tools (you get it from the Userapp folder) to the package.  You need to navigate to the appdata/Android/ folder until you get to SDK_platform_tools and add the contents of this to your firmware folder.  You then have to unlock the device, get the device in download mode, and you do that with the command CMD of your computer.  The tutorials I listed under (3) above by Jamie Wagner explain how to do it.  It's best to study very carefully through all of the tutorials and not giving any of them a miss.  

Odin3 sounds easier to me, but maybe with more room for error - it's not fail safe.  SDK Tools sound more controlled and detailed, but also with room for error, particularly in setting up the firmware and tool package.  My choice for my Samsung device would be Odin3. But only if my need for doing any flashing outways the risks. I'm still hoping one day that Android will allow one to change firmware versions easier with no need for flashing, or at least more fail safe.]]>