lunedì 6 maggio 2013

How to add your Android phone to your Google Print "Printer list"

It can happen that you mistakenly or on pourpose delete one or more of your phones from the Google Print service.

Unfortunately the instructions on how to add back your phone to the list are not in the google instructions.

This is a simple "how to" list


  • If not present install "GOOGLE CHROME" on your device. You can accomplish this on multiple ways, i provided the link to the Play Store. 
  • Open the application on the phone and then go to the settings screen
  • When into settings tap on your Google Account name (your email usually).
  • You should see a "Chrome to Mobile" item. Tap it to deselect. Tap again to select. 
In a few seconds your Android Phone should be listed into the available printers. When sending a page to a phone it will be rendered as a PDF; then you get a dialog to open the pdf files according to the apps you have already installed. If you close the dialog the pages are still available in the phone memory in the "download/ChromeSnapshots" folder. 

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lunedì 22 marzo 2010

NOKIA N97 mini - How to put facebook back on the phone

Nokia has gone a tad bad on this phone. When you get it first is completely loaded with crap (mostly useless). In a rush to eradicate this unuseful icons from the phone I eventually resorted to do a format of the device.

It turns out that when you format the phone you end up losing the useful widgets, the most unuseful crap is hardwired and cannot be removed.

So here is the point: how to get back the facebook widget and application? When you visit the OVI store on the phone there is no way to find it.

Solution: Visit this page: http://store.ovi.com/content/6B505CF11830BD92E040050A85326355 and then send yourself a SMS from the very same page. When you receive it and click on the link OVI store will pop up and the otherwise invisible Facebook application will be downloaded and installed.

(The OVI store application is obviously fucked up as well).

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