For those of you who compile your own custom roms directly using AOSP source, the latest security updates are always added in as soon as they occure. For those of us using custom roms, such as SlimRoms, AOKP, PAC roms, and others, this is not always the case.
Because the …
Android, on your laptop. On your desktop. On your phone. Everywhere. Wow. Don't get me wrong, I like Android, but I haven't dived off the deep end yet. Personally, I am an avid Linux user. The farther and farther Android goes, though, the more the line seems blurred between "Linux …
While trying to figure out the problems with video recordings (which were resolved - Praise God!) on the SGH-M919 AOKP Marshmallow ROM, I learned a lot of great things about Android's camera systems. Not the least of which was how to enable or disable camera and camera2 api's.
Android has a …
We talked about overclocking the CPU of the S4 (SGH-M919) before, but today I wanted to point out some great work by Faux123 that showed me exactly what to do to overclock the Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) of my S4. Faux123's work was far more impressive then my own, with …
There are a lot of guides out there about CPU and GPU governors. They are all very informative, and usually somewhat technical. The other day, however, I needed to explain CPU and GPU governors to a non-technical person, and I realized that a lot of big verbiage and vague terms …
I'm not one for app reviews, but when I find a tool that really seems to help me, I like to share that info with others. One such tool is µTorrent. Simple, clean, easy to use and understand. Those are the principle reasons I like it.
Just like using a …
I have been trying to follow every guide out there to overclock my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-M919), and until now I have had absolutely no luck! It wasn't until I saw some work on a kernel by Faux123 that I realized the difference in kernel setups. Once I tried it …
One of the big things that always comes up is that of adding pre-built apps to your build. Make is so dynamic that you could add these in just about anywhere, provided that you properly add them to your configuration files. For myself, I used to add them into the …
I know that we have looked at fallback branches before, but this really is worth looking at again. Last time, we saw an instance where there was not a branch available that was new enough for what we were trying to build. E.g., building a Lollipop version of Android …
Dun, dun, duhnnnn....
The forboding sound of the forbidden warning. The warning that was forbidden. Oh the horror!
Okay, so it really isn't that bad, but it sure sounds bad. I guess that's the point though. Let's take a look:
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/home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/Liquid5/kernel/samsung …