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 was rather difficult. Everything seemed to be tied into Google somehow, and I just couldn't make it with the limited …
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I knew I couldn't keep away from Android forever. It was only a matter of time before I jumped back into development. A lot has changed since my old rom building days. Back then everything was pre-treble, and there were no A/B …
Whether it is fishing or phones, it all has to start with a story. Unlike fishing, though, this phone story really does start out as a big whopper! I guess I should …
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Well, today is my last post on the LTE project. After showing it to my co-workers, it has now been renamed the "bone phone" because of it's unique shape and color! I've also included the README …
Another update on my LTE project. This one is fairly small, but I worked out the compass screen, which runs off of the GPS. You can see the whole commit here. What is interesting about this is that I actually edited the library for the LTE shield itself to do …
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Of course the Botletics shield that houses the modem was able to receive sms messages the moment I put a sim card in it, but now I can read them on my device! That's right! Using nothing but the interface and buttons …
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Today was a great day for my LTE project! Today I sent a text message using only the buttons on the device itself! It was great to be able to do that from the gui/interface without the need for a serial …
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Now that I shoved all the wires in there and soldered in the connections for the buttons, I was able to close the case. It still opens, you just have to unscrew the 4 screws to take it apart.
With that, I've …
Here's the deal, I have a very small screen, with six available buttons. I need to make sure that if you press the button, it does the right thing for the screen it is currently on. How do I map the six buttons to the specific screen I'm on, with …
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As you can see in the pictures, I fitted several of the parts to my LTE project. Add a little hot glue, and viola! You have an LTE project under way! I still have to wire in the buttons, the battery, and the …