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 […]
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 […]
Overclocking the CPU on a Samsung Galaxy S4
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 […]
Adding pre-built apps to your build
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 […]
Using a fallback branch to overcome poor choice of repository branch names
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 […]
Error: forbidden warning!
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. […]
Gitkraken!
As I continue to be blessed in the work of compiling roms and kernels, I have had to take a few new steps for me. One of those steps was […]
Fixing a problem with video recordings
For those of you who have downloaded the AOKP MM that God graciously allowed me to build, there was a problem with video recordings. It was recently brought to my […]
Error: File not found – The proper way to fix dynamic paths.
A while back I wrote an article about the problem with using static paths in compiling, which I concluded with this statement: “Long story short, fix your dynamic paths if […]