I have always been fascinated with wireless things. I keep waiting for the wireless, battery-less vacuum cleaner, too, but that is a story for another time. I really like my note edge, and I recently decided to do some upgrades, like a screen protector, a new battery, and now, a …

In my continued efforts to learn app design and code, I have been making some new artwork to be used (Lord willing) in an Android game. This artwork is completely my own creation (for better or worse) and is built using Pixel Art Builder, a free app on the Google …

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Another error during a build. I've covered this before, using a different technique to remove that line. This time I really want the line to stay and work, so let's take a look at the error:

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device/samsung/tblte-common/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res …

A friend of mine recently called me up with a battery problem. He had done some troubleshooting on his own, and already come to the right conclusion, but he wanted a second opinion.

His Galaxy S5 Active had a strange issue: if he unplugged his phone, it would reboot or …

Ready to set sail for high adventure? Having trouble deciding which one of you and your friends are going to pay the tip at dinner? That's why I put together this little dice game, Ship, Captain, and Crew. Praise God, it even works!

You can check it out on the …

Today, in my Android App Developer Course by Rob Percival, he showed us how to make lists in our apps. As is his style, he shows us the meat and potatoes of something, and then challenges us to garnish it.

During the challenge, we were supposed to make the list …

When it comes to screen protectors, I prefer glass. Recently, I decided that it was high time that I purchased one for my Galaxy note edge. Here's what I bought (this is not one of those add kickback deals, just a link to what I bought):

Note Edge Screen Protector …

I needed some dice for games that I am making. It was difficult to find free to use for anything dice icons online, so I ended up creating my own. I used Gimp to make the set. Nothing fancy, but may be useful for you. I just used a gradient …

Well, my first open source app just hit the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alaskalinuxuser.hourglass

As well as F-droid:

Hourglass (Set variable timers with audible alarm and vibration) -https://f-droid.org/app/com.alaskalinuxuser.hourglass
Here's the description:
Hourglass - a timer application.
A …

While working on the JFLTETMO (Samsung Galaxy S4) I ran into an error with the WiFi hotspot, but only after flashing my custom kernel. So, I grabbed my USB cable, and pulled a logcat over ADB, while trying to use the WiFi hotspot feature.

Here's what the logs read:

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