Error: That is already defined!

After a quick re-run of compiling OmniRom for my Samsung Galaxy S4, T-Mobile variant (JFLTETMO SGH-M919), I ran into another issue: [CODE] including ./hardware/qcom/display/Android.mk … build/core/copy_headers.mk:15: warning: overriding commands for […]

Scatter-brained or Diligent?

Having little to no professional equipment, it is necessary to do everything that I do from an older computer, namely an HP Compaq 6715b laptop. From running Qemu to compiling […]

Error: No rule to make target export_includes….

While I was compiling OmniRom for my T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 (JFLTETMO SGH-M919), I ran into this common error: [CODE] /obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/libinputflinger_intermediates/export_includes make: *** No rule to make target `/home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/omni5/out/target/product/jfltetmo/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/libmedia_intermediates/export_includes’, needed […]

Dirty Unicorns don’t play nice.

Dirty Unicorns don’t play nice. Well, at least this one doesn’t. A fellow XDA member made a request for a T-Mobile specific Dirty Unicorn 6.0.1 rom for their phone. I […]

ERROR: A build property cannot exceed 91 bytes

While compiling Dirty Unicorns 6.0.1 for the Samsung Galaxy S4 T-Mobile variant (JFLTETMO SGH-M919) I ran into an interesting error, as you can see below. [CODE] target StaticLib: libhealthd.qcom (/home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/dirtyunicorns_m-caf/out/target/product/jfltetmo/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/libhealthd.qcom_intermediates/libhealthd.qcom.a) […]

Going “Gapps-less” on my Android phone.

In a previous post (https://alaskalinuxuser3.ddns.net/2016/05/30/aptoide-a-good-google-alternative/) I wrote about an alternative to Google Services/Google PlayStore, at the end of which, I came to this conclusion: “With a fairly polished web GUI […]