A local church group that I attend needed some help with an Awana project. They use a pinewood derby track for racing cars, and they needed a timer built for it. I don't attend the Awana club usually, and I was not present for the races last time they held …
Damp dryers...
Somewhat of a break from the norm, but today the dryer quit drying. The clothes stayed damp, and there was no heat inside the dryer when you opened the door.
At first, I disassembled the dryer, expecting to find a problem with with the controls or main electronic boards. However …
Audacity on a Mac running Catalina
Well, we haven't seen an Apple product on this website in a long time. I think the last time I wrote about an Apple product, I was trying to emulate a Mac so I could use the IDE to emulate an iPhone, so I could convert an Android app into …
LG Watch Urbane gave up on me!
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At some point, everything will fail. And for my LG watch Urbane, fail it did. It wasn't epic. Rather it was quiet. One morning, after it sat in the charger all night, it didn't power on. No matter how hard I tried …
Still Gapp-less?
Back in July, I decided to go Google App-less, or gappless. Cold turkey. No baby steps, just quit using Google Apps on my phone. Of course, this is possible only with custom ROMs, and then I don't install the Google Apps packages into those ROMs. I don't want to belabor …
Android 10 on the XA2 Ultra!
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Okay, so I've been playing around some more with the SODP material and AOSP 10. That's right, they decided to stop naming Android versions after deserts and just give them numbers. Seems lame to me, but, oh well.
Either way, I did a …
Fix for MTP/PTP crashes on the XA2 Ultra!
One of the prevailing issues with the SODP build of AOSP was that every time I hooked up my phone to the computer to transfer files, it would cause the phone to crash and reboot. Obviously that is not very productive. I was a bit stumped and decided to join …
Google Apps on the SODP AOSP for the XA2 Ultra?
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As you know, I've gone Google App-less, or "gappless". But, for better or worse, not all of my ROM users have done the same. Typically, when you build a custom ROM, you build it without things like ROOT or GAPPS, and leave it to …
Fixing Camera issues with SODP/AOSP on the XA2 Ultra
Well, last post I was telling you how I started using the SODP material to build AOSP on the XA2 Ultra, and how well it worked. However, there were a few issues. One notable issue was with the camera preview, and how it would look green. The pictures themselves would …
AOSP with the SODP on XA2 Ultra!
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Alright! Well, the first build of AOSP using the SODP on the XA2 Ultra are out! For those who are caught in acronym paralysis, that is the Android Open Source Project built using the Sony Open Devices Project. I used the SODP material to …