While trying to build custom roms for one of my cell phones, I managed to soft brick the phone. It was a Cat S42G, and I somehow managed to get […]
Repairing or changing an IMEI number on your MediaTek cell phone…
WARNING: Depending on the country you live in, this process, or even possession of these software tools may be illegal! Please check your local laws before using these tools or […]
I can only send MMS, but not SMS messages from my phone….
Recently I ran into an odd problem: I could send MMS text messages from my phone, but not SMS text messages. Typically, when you have a problem, you can send […]
Sending e-mails to text messages, how do you know where to send it?
We’ve probably all gotten an email message in our text app on our phones. Often, these are unwanted messages of some sort of spam, but occasionally are messages from doctors […]
QFIL Sahara Errors
It sounds like some kind of desert problem, but QFIL is actually a tool that you can use to flash firmware on Qualcomm devices. I’ve made a YouTube video about […]
FreedomPop without Google Play Services?
Using FreedomPop without Google Play Services? I have been tinkering with this for a couple days now, and I finally got it to work. Of course, I’ve mentioned FreedomPop on […]
Engineering Pie Build for the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra!
So it’s been a rough start for me, stepping into the modern world with a modern phone that has a/b partitioning and was Android 8.0+. I’ve built dozens of roms […]
Home photo server, part 2: Apache, phpAlbum, and Piwigo
Last time we talked about how to set up the domain name with DDNS for free, and then using very secure FTP, vsftp, and SyncTool (the Android app) to automatically […]
Home photo server, part 1: Server Setup, SCP and FTP
While there are many, many options out there for photo storage, if you are looking for a home storage solution that does NOT involve just plugging in your phone and […]
Going Gapp-Less, Again….
Don’t worry, you can put the tinfoil hats away. That being said, I’m going Google App Less (gappless) again. A few years back, I tried to go gappless, and it […]