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Resources for mobile devices – fixes, tweaks, news, articles, and links.

Use Adaway as an Android IP Filter / Blocklist

2013/12/23 by Administrator

I spent some time trying to find an acceptable ipfilter for Android and had almost hit a wall. Repeated suggestions of Peerblock were unacceptable as the application is buggy and has not seen development in some months. It is then, by coincidence, that I recognized Adaway as a perfect ipfilter app. Why is it so …

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Category: Mobile, PrivacyTag: Android

How to Root HTC Glacier / Mytouch 4G

2011/12/09 by Administrator

Cyanogen mod’s FAQ was not working for a 2.2.1 T-Mobile Mytouch (HTC Glacier) – I was issued an error occured while running exploit messages upon running /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF Upon some digging and trial and error I developed the following method which worked on two 2.2.1 Glaciers I had in possession. I …

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Category: MobileTag: Android

Howto: Google Voice with Trapcall

2011/12/06 by Administrator

How to run a combination of Google Voice, Trapcall, and your Carrier's voicemail at the same time.

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Category: MobileTag: Android, google voice

Google Voice – All Calls Unkown / No Caller ID

2011/10/20 by Administrator

For a few days my phone was showing all incoming calls forwarded through Google Voice as unknown, this was really confusing as my GVoice is the primary business line. I ran some basic testing and was able to verify that Google Voice was able to normally display the caller ID on other devices and carriers. …

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Category: Mobile, NewsTag: Android, google voice
Dept of Justice

Data Retention Periods of Major Cell Service Providers

2011/10/01 by Administrator

This document, obtained by the ACLU, details data retention policies of the five major US cellphone carriers. The table below is a copy of the original PDF with some info removed, you can see the original at this link.   Verizon T-Mobile AT&T / Cingular Sprint Nextel Virgin Mobile Subscriber Information Post Paid 3-5 Yrs …

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Category: Mobile, News, Privacy, SecurityTag: Android

AT&T Dropped Calls: No Circuit Channel Available

2010/08/28 by Administrator

Ever since I broke my blackberry last month I’ve been getting a lot of dropped calls, calls going straight to voicemail, and other weird things. Now, I know this is not an issue with the phone but rather an issue with the service (or, lack thereof). Having taken it to AT&T the stupid greeting lady …

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Category: Mobile
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