With the code from Ktoonsez to allow the control of the GPU voltage added to my Galaxy S4 kernel, one could now adjust the voltage of each stage of the GPU frequencies. However, until now, to the best of my knowledge, the only way to control it is to manually …
A currency converter app.
I never realized just how much goes into an app before trying to learn how to make one work! At the same time, I never realized how simple the individual pieces of the app can be.
Here is another app that I made for the course:
The magic button that changes the picture!
This android developer course is actually pretty fun! There are several hard parts, and a few "scratch my head" moments, but Rob does a great job of explaining what to do.
Here's my latest creation:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/168pmpux75y8w9u
It is a simple app that changes the picture …
Changing your Android app icon.
As I continue my studies in Android app making, I was a bit surprised that we had not yet covered how to change your application's icon. I suppose making the app actually work is the most important part, so I am glad that we are focused on that. However, the …
Making Toast
As I have mentioned previously, I am continuing my studies with an online course from Udemy by Rob Perceval about how to build Android apps. Here is my latest creation:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/1l8ba54llk4c2y4
It's a simple app, but I am excited because it is the first truely …
Error:Gradle version 2.2 is required
In the continuing adventures of Android Studio and app development, I ran into yet another error while trying to import someone else's work off of github:
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Error:Gradle version 2.2 is required. Current version is 2.14.1. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in …
keyCode=KEYCODE_UNKNOWN, When your buttons don't work!
While building roms for the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (TBLTETMO, TBLTEXX) I ran into an issue where the recents button was not working. So, I pulled a logcat, and here is what I saw:
KeyEvent { action=ACTION_UP, keyCode=KEYCODE_UNKNOWN, scanCode=254, metaState=0, flags=0x208, repeatCount=0, eventTime=182478, downTime …
How to add an I/O Scheduler to your kernel
How to add an I/O Scheduler to your kernel:
Praise God, another succesful addition to the TBLTE kernel was that of adding the FIOPS I/O scheduler to the kernel. What is an I/O scheduler? Well it is the part of the kernel that handles, or schedules, input …
Building a kernel for an Android phone without the rom source
For the record, I do not recommend building kernels this way, I recommend that you build them within your ROM source. This method will work, but is far more labor intensive. However, here is how to build the kernel for a Samsung Galaxy Note Edge on Ubuntu 14.04.
Part …
Overclock an apq8084 Samsung Galaxy Note Edge!
In my continuing quest to make a better kernel for the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (TBLTE, N915T), I decided to tackle overclocking the kernel. There are already some overclocked kernels out there, but I decided to do something slightly different with mine. The distinguishing feature of my overclocked kernel is …