While I don’t have one yet, I have decided that I will be getting one of these Galaxy Note Edge phones. They are a couple years old, and the price […]
Compiling: Problems with Jack
Sometimes, Jack just doesn’t want to play. Here is the error I got while trying to compile AOSP 7.0 for the Samsung SGH-M919, T-Mobile S4: [CODE] [ 1% 73/5641] Ensure […]
Testers requested for AOKP 6.0.1 on the Note Edge, T-Mobile variant.
Testers requested for AOKP 6.0.1 on the Note Edge, T-Mobile variant. Hi, I have built several roms for other phones, both personally, and shared here on my website, or on […]
Device configurations are no longer allowed to change the global flags… error bailing…
Sometimes Android does stuff that is probably a good idea, but is really annoying to the compiler. By compiler, I mean guys or gals like you and I who really […]
How to put TWRP and Custom Roms on the Samsung Galaxy S4
I have been getting quite a few requests on XDA from members who need to know how to put TWRP and custom roms on their Samsung Galaxy S4. So, I […]
How to manually update your custom rom source code with security updates
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 […]
PhoenixOS on a Dell Inspiron 6400
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 […]
Enabling the old Camera api and apps in Android 5 and up
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 […]
Overclocking the GPU on a Samsung Galaxy S4
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 […]
The easy guide to understanding CPU and GPU governors
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 […]