For those interested, I have just posted a video tutorial series on XDA for building Android Oreo, Nougat, Marshmallow, and Lollipop on 5 different phones, the emulator, and 5 different […]
Using Android developement bridge in Linux
Hi all, just a quick lowdown on how to utilize the adb tool in Linux. Enjoy! Of course, the first step is to install adb. # aptitude update # aptitude […]
Real World Example: Why you can’t add a swap file to an older Android device.
Recently, while utilizing Linux on my Android phone, I ran into an interesting problem. Android uses memory differently than Linux usually does. In the Android world, programs that you open […]
Archos 101 Tablet: Urukdroid experiment
Recently I attempted to change my Archos 101 tablet by changing it from Android to Urukdroid, but it was not very successful. While I was able to put Urukdroid on […]
Real World Example: UDEV rules for cell phones
The other day, when using adb to communicate with my phone, I had a problem where my laptop would not connect to my phone. # adb devices List of devices […]
Archos 101 Tablet: Full blown Debian distribution on a tablet Part 2
Be sure to read yesterdays post about how we got here. So now we should take stock of what we have: an Archos 101 internet tablet with Debian system 6.0 […]
Archos 101 Tablet: Full blown Debian distribution on a tablet Part 1
Since my tablet had become somewhat dated it was only able to utilize Android 2.3. I wanted to keep using the tablet, but I wanted it to be more useful. […]