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2017/11/09 By Alex Leave a Comment

Root, Recovery, & Lineage OS Guide for Nextbit Robin

Official LineageOS install instructions for the Nextbit Robin do not reflect reality and are non functional. Here is the proper way to get it done: Unlock the Bootloader: Install USB driver for Nextbit Robin: link Enable OEM unlock in the Developer options under device Settings, if present. Connect the device to your PC via USB. […]

Filed Under: Usability Tagged With: Android

2017/03/11 By Alex 5 Comments

Root, Recovery, & Lineage OS Guide for Samsung Galaxy S7

I’ve recently upgraded from my old device to a Samsung Galaxy S7 and had some trouble following the official LineageOS install guide as well as various other sources on the subject. With a slight adjustment of method, however, I was able to easily install a custom recovery, custom rom, as well as root the device. […]

Filed Under: Usability Tagged With: Android, gapps

2013/12/23 By Alex Leave a Comment

Use Adaway as an Android IP Filter / Blocklist

Android

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.

Filed Under: Mobile, Privacy Tagged With: Android

2011/12/09 By Alex Leave a Comment

How to Root HTC Glacier / Mytouch 4G

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 […]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Android

2011/12/06 By Alex 2 Comments

Howto: Google Voice with Trapcall

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

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Android, google voice

2011/10/20 By Alex 1 Comment

Google Voice – All Calls Unkown / No Caller ID

Google Voice

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. […]

Filed Under: Mobile, News Tagged With: Android, google voice

2011/10/01 By Alex 1 Comment

Data Retention Periods of Major Cell Service Providers

Dept of Justice

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 5 […]

Filed Under: Mobile, News, Privacy, Security Tagged With: Android

2010/09/08 By Alex Leave a Comment

Removing Factory Apps from Android Phone

Android

  UPDATE: You can just use Root Explorer. So I recently obtained a G1 which I flashed to Cyanogen 6.0, a problem it runs in to is a lack of ram: background processes like facebook and twitter and DSP manager don’t leave much room to breathe… But, there’s a way to remove them… you need […]

Filed Under: Mobile, Privacy, Security Tagged With: Android

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