Weblog of Quests

This is an old post that I somehow didn’t get to finish, originally written partially on 2013/4/5. Text in italics was added today.

Firstly, a bit of background. I did own the original iPhone. This was back in the days when the iPhone (the 2G-only model) was a US exclusive device. I actually ordered two when friends went to the US on a business trip. I think it was around US$6xx per unit or something and I had to go through unlock/jailbreak just to get the phones to work with Singapore SIM cards. My guess is that there were probably no more than 50 such phones in Singapore at the time. Those were the days!

I still miss the simplicity and beautiful design of iPhone – not so much the 3G(s) lines but the post-4G series. Despite improvements in Android, perhaps a change in iOS was sore needed, but the smartphone revolution really began with the iPhone and I have no doubt that iPhone is still the barometer that manufacturers are benchmarking against. Wait till when no one is talking about the iPhone/iPad family, then maybe we can start talking about death knells for Apple. read more

This post details the steps I went through to flash Xiaomi’s Redmi AC2100 router using  a third-party firmware. There are already excellent guides out there so I won’t try to reinvent the wheel.  Instead I will focus on the differences for my circumstances where necessary. I will also list the resources that I have followed closely at the end of the post.

Although the AC2100 is neither a high end (Xiaomi has been releasing budget-friendly WiFi-6 routers since the end of 2019) nor new product, what got me initially interested in this particular wireless router was the relative ease with which people are able to flash to third-party firmwares. Contrary to some negative online reviews regarding Xiaomi’s wireless routers, I have not had any issues in using Xiaomi’s firmware in the past. My two main reasons for changing the firmware are read more