...or at least a workaround...

 

I recently hit an issue with a Sprint HTC Hero running Android 2.1 - it locked me out of the phone after too many failed security pattern swipe attempts to log in while the screen was apparently on while in my pocket, but this would apply regardless.

After 5 failed attempts (by default) to swipe and login to the phone, the phone will lock you out and prompt you to type in your Google username / password used when setting up the phone in order to access the device.

Wouldn’t be a big deal, except that there is a bug in the HTC Hero that doesn’t allow the phone to access the internet until after authorizing… Hence the dilemma… The phone sits on a "connecting" prompt forever; since it can’t hit the internet to verify, it won’t let you in. It just cycles until you pull the battery.

After a lot of forum surfing, I found a fix that worked for me, and without having to reset the phone to default and starting from scratch.

To get around it, at the Google account login screen prompt, enter your original Google username (not an alias email address, the real address used when you set up your account). But, instead of your actual password, enter “null” (without the quotes), then press to accept. For whatever reason, that accepts, then quickly comes back to the same login screen again asking you to log in. This time enter your Google username and actual password, and it goes right through. At least it worked for me, hope it helps you too.

 

-J

I've decided to share some photography projects that I had worked on last year. The first additions being Karlsberger projects; Niswonger Children's Hospital, Brownsboro Hospital, OhioHealth - Dublin Methodist Hospital and Lifecare Alliance. It's been really nice to see projects like these come together from all angles of visualization. Now online.

Over the past year or so, I've had the chance to photograph some great healthcare architecture projects, and as part of that, in the next day or so, I'm going to be adding a new photography section to my portfolio here on demo38.com to display some of them. More to come.

Can't we all just get along? As reported by @Mashable tonight, hundreds of Twitter accounts have been hacked. It appears that some 3rd party site(s) that users had previously granted access to through the Twitter API, have been compromised, thus posting links about diets and loosing weight quickly. http://mashable.com/2010/03/06/twitter-accounts-hacked/

Had a great weekend meeting with a new client, and then hanging out with my brother in New Hampshire this past weekend. A little crazy on the landing in Philly on the jumper flight on the way out, but somehow we made it unscathed. And, how can you forget, Go Bucks!!

I've been spending a lot of time with architectural photography the past couple months on photoshoots for some of our recently completed projects.  I'll be adding a lot of that work here on the site in the next couple weeks. Look forward to sharing it with you.