Android – Can’t establish a reliable data connection to the server.

Extended message: “This could be a temporary problem or your sim card may not be provisioned for data services”.

Cause: You didn’t setup a google account when you first switched on the phone.

Solution: Reset the phone to factory default and once it boots back up go through the setup procedure (choose language, skip the input demo, add google account).

How to do a Reset: Press the house (home) – Settings – Security and scroll down to Factory data reset – Follow the procedure…

WARNING: You will lose all the data on the phone when you do a reset

Review of junction twenty six bed shop

The guy at junction twenty six was very helpful, he helped us pick out the right mattress for us, his price was £600, the on-line price is £530. I’m poor due to buying my first house so I don’t see £70 worth of value in that trip. I will say the guy we dealt with was quite racist and that didn’t wash down well with me……….

I didn’t appreciate the fact that he thinks everyone should have the softest mattress in the world and that softness = luxury. He chooses to be abrasive and that is fine but it comes at a price. He is very experienced and does know his beds, so you have to ignore the attitude and try to follow the knowledge.. (reminds me of someone else I know….)

If you need advice on the right mattress and don’t mind paying slightly elevated prices I recommend you give junction twenty six a visit. If you are cheap like me and don’t like racism then you might want to keep on driving past.

Miracoil vs pocket sprung mattress | a buyers review

I went out today to test out some pocket sprung beds in comparison to silent nights miracoil system. I need a new bed for myself so I figured I should focus on something specific when chosing my matress.

The silent night system certainly presents a more cost effective solution but is it at the cost of comfort? In short.. Yes. I found the silent night beds far more comfortable, sturdy and suitable for my needs. They present a sleeping solution that is “harder” than the pocket sprung, by doing this you don’t feel lost in the bed, you still feel in control but remain in a comfortable position.

Review of Airsprung beds

Airsprung beds are shockingly bad at customer service. Deliveries are frequently made months late and customers not notified till the due day of delivery. If you are a busy person do not purchase a bed from airsprung.

If you currently have an order waiting with them and you are getting frustrated, my advice is to cancel your order as you won’t see it when they tell you that you will…

Top 10 tools for learning

1 – Primary School Teaching – Share and rate teaching resources
2 – Primary Blogger – Free blogging for schools (WordPress)
3 – TED – Inspirational talks on important matters
4 – School Email – Email system that does everything a school needs
5 – Miro – Great way to get video content
6 – MySchoolClosures – Simple way to inform parents and teachers if a school is closed
7 – Facebook – For when I’m stuck and willing to wait
8 – Twitter – For when I’m stuck and not willing to wait!
9 – Picasa–I love to share my pictures easily
10 – Primary Games Arena – This one is the kids favorite, not mine.

I wanted to put in applications that I think are great for teachers now and will be great in the future. Just to emphasize that point, the list is focused at tools for teachers not pupils. This list is more of a “Top 10 tools for empowering teachers to provide learning”.

All are cloud/web applications and I think that says something!

What do you think?

Arghhh, I published this then I realised I missed out Primary School Safe Search, I take this tool for granted but it is awesome.