AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

Countdown or Runnable and Handler, what's the difference?

Today in class, we learned about different types of timers. Specifically, we learned the difference between a countdown timer, and a runnable and handler. Here's the app that I put together based on the class:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0xgqkkbqjaztjmw/thefinalcountdown.apk

It's not very exciting, hense no screenshot …

AOKP 7.1.1 for the Galaxy Note Edge!

To God be the glory, my AOKP NOUGAT project finally works!

My fellow T-Mobile-ians, (N915T) you have been left out of AOSP development long enough! By God's grace I was able to use mickey387's great tbltexx work, and completely adapt it to our tbltetmo after extracting all of the needed …

TBLTETMO data fix zips!

Praise God! The TBLTETMO data fix finally works!

What is this for?
-These data fix zips allow you to use a TBLTEXX rom on your phone (provided that you can flash it, see "flashing tbltexx roms" for details on that). If you edit a TBLTEXX rom and flash it to …

JWM themes, one update to rule them all....

JWM Themes

I have not done JWM themes in quite some time. However, while looking through another forum, I was alerted to the fact that people were still trying to download my old JWM themes, but there were broken links and issues with finding the backgrounds and resource files. So …

CONGRATS YOU EARNED A QUAIL STAR!

We have seen Cid's stink eye, and now we have seen a quail star. Check out the error:

[CODE]
[ 3% 1534/40974] Checking API: checkpublicapi-current
FAILED: /bin/bash -c "(( /home/alaskalinuxuser/compile/build_rr7/out/host/linux-x86/bin/apicheck -JXmx1024m -J\classpath /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/../lib/tools.jar:/home …

Adding a wireless charger to my Galaxy Note Edge.

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 …

Free Pirate Pixel Art

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 …

use add-resource to add

use \<add-resource> to add

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:

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

Battery trouble!

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 …

Ship, Captain, and Crew!

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 …