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Encrypt your traffic from your Android device using a ssh tunnel

As I said with a previous ocasion in China the goverment is filtering the internet traffic (including mobile trafic, dohh) so you can't access different websites and/or services and this thing is very annoying. Well, what do you have to do if you want to navigate to youtube.com for instance? Hmmm... you will have to encrypt your traffic somehow. Bellow I will tell you what do you need and how to accomplish this from your Android device.

First of all you will need a ssh server configured somewhere outside China (preferably on a different port).

After getting a ssh server, you will need to download from Android Market the SSH Tunnel application written by MAX LV.

All you have to do is to complete Host, Port, User and Password filds and thick Use socks proxy, Enable GFW List, Enable DNS Proxy (this one is extremly important) options.

That's it!

How to transfer all contacts from Nokia E71 to an android device

1. Enable Bluetooth on both phones.
2. Make the android device visible to all nearby Bluetooth devices.
3. On Nokia phone mark all contacts and send them as Business card via Bluetooth to the android device.
4. On android device go to contacts and import all vcf files

How to transfer SMSs from Nokia E71 to Android

1. First of all install Nokia Ovi Suite version 2.1.1 (newer versions have a problem generating sqlite database) and sync messages.
2. Download and install Nokia2AndroidSMS.
3. Copy file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\AppData\Local\Nokia\Nokia Data Store\DataBase\MDataStore.db3 where you installed Nokia2AndroidSMS and press Convert.
4. A new file called sms_All Phones.xml will be generated. This file is supported by the SMS Backup & Restore Android application.