Played a horrible prank.

caferacer · 02/09/2010, 12:00 AM

My friend and I are the only ones in our group with pres. Well, yesterday I played a horrible prank on him. He already had preware installed but didn't know some of the patches or know it as extensively as I do.

1)Install hide quicklaunch bar patch
2)Make his wallpaper a screenshot including the quicklaunch bar
3)Watch hilarity ensue

I let him fiddle with it before I told him. He was very confused. I used to do the same thing on XP computers (Hide icons and replace the wallpaper with a screenshot that included icons) so it was a natural jump in logic :P

TyBec · 02/09/2010, 12:03 AM

GJDM!

Pulp · 02/09/2010, 10:50 AM

One that still works great on Windows PCs is to make a screenshot of the desktop and set it as a background, then hide the real desktop icons

Should also work with the Pre and the launcher open additionally to your above hide quicklaunch bar patch

xtn · 02/09/2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Pulp

One that still works great on Windows PCs is to make a screenshot of the desktop and set it as a background, then hide the real desktop icons

Should also work with the Pre and the launcher open additionally to your above hide quicklaunch bar patch

Um... that's what he said....

franky_402 · 02/09/2010, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by xtn

Um... that's what he said....

I was thinkin the same exact thing hahahahahahahaaha

Pulp · 02/09/2010, 06:53 PM

Mikey47 · 02/09/2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by franky_402

I was thinkin the same exact thing hahahahahahahaaha

Um... that's what he said....

pumpa · 02/10/2010, 09:24 AM

Reminds me of the time I rickrolled my housemates iPhone, he did the slide to unlock to be confronted on his springboard (launcher pages on an iphone) with an unending loop of a video of 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. He just stared at it for 5 minutes in shock, classic.

jesmann · 02/10/2010, 09:26 AM

Now who wants to do this and take it to the Sprint store to see if the techs figure it out?

mjkjr · 02/10/2010, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jesmann

Now who wants to do this and take it to the Sprint store to see if the techs figure it out?

That would be hilarious. But I don't need them breaking my perfect phone trying to "fix" it.

MilenkoD · 02/10/2010, 10:36 AM

OT...best prank on the PC...don't even need a screen shot, just unplug the keyboard and mouse. It's the last thing that people check.

DSPKweb · 02/10/2010, 11:37 AM

I have to say that is hilarious...would definitely like to see how a tech would react, but I agree that it would be tough to see them tear apart the phone and say they couldn't fix it just to pull this one off. Gotta give you credit though, great prank!

cdritch24 · 02/10/2010, 02:06 PM

That is great!

jmr157 · 02/11/2010, 10:17 AM

The best prank on the pc is to make the screen go from horizontal orientation to vertical orientation. Look under your settings and click rotation.

caferacer · 02/12/2010, 12:10 AM

I used to dick around with a friends mac by changing file permissions randomly. All of a sudden everything in the documents folder he can't access. control-option-command-8 is fun to do as well.

I once changed the name of my friends xorg.conf on his ubuntu machine. That was mean.... luckily I could fix it with one line.

DrHeathenScum · 02/12/2010, 12:16 AM

Absolute best computer prank.... set browser start page to Goatse, Tubgirl, etc.... extra points if it's a kiosk computer somewhere.

ChaosMarine03 · 02/12/2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DrHeathenScum

Absolute best computer prank.... set browser start page to Goatse, Tubgirl, etc.... extra points if it's a kiosk computer somewhere.

oh god haha

shahm0nsterr · 02/12/2010, 03:01 AM

Bahaha thats great!! Ill try that on my moms pixi sometime xD

pumpa · 02/12/2010, 05:35 AM

^moldymen.com if you wanna go for the shock factor, goatse and tubgirl are too well known now.

mk3 · 02/12/2010, 11:00 PM

Systernals.com had some great toys for these kind of pranks. A good one made the mouse move backwards. My fav is the BSOD screensaver. Drove my IT dept nuts trying to figure that out!

02/09/2010, 12:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
caferacer Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 105 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 21 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Played a horrible prank. My friend and I are the only ones in our group with pres. Well, yesterday I played a horrible prank on him. He already had preware installed but didn't know some of the patches or know it as extensively as I do. 1)Install hide quicklaunch bar patch 2)Make his wallpaper a screenshot including the quicklaunch bar 3)Watch hilarity ensue I let him fiddle with it before I told him. He was very confused. I used to do the same thing on XP computers (Hide icons and replace the wallpaper with a screenshot that included icons) so it was a natural jump in logic :P __________________ My pre is like caffeine. If I don't have it in the morning I think something is wrong with me, and I need it all throughout the day to make it
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TyBec Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Barrie, ON Posts: 175 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 23 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	GJDM! __________________ Bell Pre- running 2.1 @ 800MHz Samsung Galaxy Tab (stock)
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Pulp Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 298 Likes Received: 4 Thanks: 128 Thanked 64 Times in 38 Posts	One that still works great on Windows PCs is to make a screenshot of the desktop and set it as a background, then hide the real desktop icons Should also work with the Pre and the launcher open additionally to your above hide quicklaunch bar patch
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02/10/2010, 09:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
pumpa Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 93 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	Reminds me of the time I rickrolled my housemates iPhone, he did the slide to unlock to be confronted on his springboard (launcher pages on an iphone) with an unending loop of a video of 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. He just stared at it for 5 minutes in shock, classic.
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02/10/2010, 09:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
jesmann Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 72 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 6 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Now who wants to do this and take it to the Sprint store to see if the techs figure it out?
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02/10/2010, 10:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
MilenkoD Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dublin, Ca Posts: 1,476 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 23 Thanked 115 Times in 85 Posts	OT...best prank on the PC...don't even need a screen shot, just unplug the keyboard and mouse. It's the last thing that people check.
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02/10/2010, 11:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
DSPKweb Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 453 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 5 Thanked 56 Times in 49 Posts	I have to say that is hilarious...would definitely like to see how a tech would react, but I agree that it would be tough to see them tear apart the phone and say they couldn't fix it just to pull this one off. Gotta give you credit though, great prank! __________________ Sanyo SCP 4500 > Samsung SCH 1900 > Sanyo SCP 5000 > Treo 755p > Palm Pre > HTC Evo
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02/10/2010, 02:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
cdritch24 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Midland, Tx Posts: 32 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	That is great!
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02/11/2010, 10:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
jmr157 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 35 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 31 Times in 2 Posts	The best prank on the pc is to make the screen go from horizontal orientation to vertical orientation. Look under your settings and click rotation.
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02/12/2010, 12:10 AM	#15 (permalink)
caferacer Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 105 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 21 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	I used to dick around with a friends mac by changing file permissions randomly. All of a sudden everything in the documents folder he can't access. control-option-command-8 is fun to do as well. I once changed the name of my friends xorg.conf on his ubuntu machine. That was mean.... luckily I could fix it with one line. __________________ My pre is like caffeine. If I don't have it in the morning I think something is wrong with me, and I need it all throughout the day to make it
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02/12/2010, 12:16 AM	#16 (permalink)
DrHeathenScum Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norfern Kali-Fornia Posts: 778 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 22 Thanked 160 Times in 84 Posts	Absolute best computer prank.... set browser start page to Goatse, Tubgirl, etc.... extra points if it's a kiosk computer somewhere.
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02/12/2010, 03:01 AM	#18 (permalink)
shahm0nsterr Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 94 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 9 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Bahaha thats great!! Ill try that on my moms pixi sometime xD
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02/12/2010, 05:35 AM	#19 (permalink)
pumpa Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 93 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	^moldymen.com if you wanna go for the shock factor, goatse and tubgirl are too well known now.
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02/12/2010, 11:00 PM	#20 (permalink)
mk3 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: GMT -8 Posts: 575 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 333 Thanked 55 Times in 44 Posts	Systernals.com had some great toys for these kind of pranks. A good one made the mouse move backwards. My fav is the BSOD screensaver. Drove my IT dept nuts trying to figure that out!
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