Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Dec 27, 2021

Running a movie on an external DVD drive on a Chromebook (like HP x360)

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In a first step this task sounds very easy: watch a DVD on a chromebook But... What are the problems? Using an external drive to access the ...
Jan 27, 2021

Signal: Data backup of newer signal versions cannot be imported

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  I switched from Whatsapp to Signal (in terms of many communications are now on signal, but still some are left on Whatsapp) and afterward...
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Dec 31, 2020

Samsung A50: boot loop problem after last Samsung OS update

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 I used a Samsung A50 for nearly 1,5 years and was very satisfied with the device. 128GB internal storage and dual sim - i do not need more ...
Jun 13, 2020

Google GSI: Generic System Images for Smartphones

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After building my own ROM i got some problems with the devices drivers for the modem (the dual SIM was not recognized). I discussed that...
Jun 5, 2020

Lineage OS: Building my own system from scratch...

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For my Samsung J5 is was only able to find a lineage 15.1 image but no lineage 16 or even 17. So i decided to build the image on my own. ...
May 31, 2020

Custom ROMs: Installing via TWRP (e.g. Prometheus ROM)

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After installing TWRP and installing some ROMs via adb sideload , (or this story with my old Nexus 7 ) i learned that there is another way ...
May 18, 2020

Building my own Recovery ROM for a Samsung J5 2017 (j5y17lte, TWRP)

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After several hours of sideloading a custom ROM and flashing a TWRP recovery image i thought the next step is to build a TWRP recovery imag...
May 16, 2020

Samsung J5 2017 (aka j5y17lte) installing STOCK ROM

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After installing a custom ROM (s. here ) i wanted to flash the STOCK  ROM onto my smartphone again. So what to do? First: Download a ROM (e....
May 2, 2020

My Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) aka j5y17lte with lineage os

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In the last weeks i did some tests with installing custom ROMs to my old devices: Samsung A3 with lineage and Google Nexus 7 (2017) wi...
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Apr 24, 2020

GPay and TWRP: NFC payment not possible / forbidden

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After flashing my old Samsung smartphone to TWRP (s. this posting ) and before installing a custom OS, i did some tests with the original An...
Apr 16, 2020

My Nexus 7 (2012) is online again (with lineageos and external battery)

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In 2014 i did the last update for my Nexus 7 (s. here ). It was the last update which was provided by Google for this device: Android Upd...
Apr 4, 2020

Smartphone: Installing lineageOS + Googles Play Store (and getting 9GB system space freed up)

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After installing TWRP as bootloader i was wondering, how much effort is is to install an alternative to android on my old smartphone. He...
Apr 3, 2020

Using a custom bootloader for my smartphone: TWRP on Samsung Galaxy A3

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I read about /e/ some days ago and i decided to install this on my old smartphone (a samsung A3). So first: What is /e/? https://doc.e.fo...
Aug 11, 2018

Ubuntu / Linux: WLAN connections fails with "denied authentication (status 17)"

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During holidays i was not able to connect my laptop to the WLAN. The /var/log/syslog showed the following: Jul 15 13:45:20 pc wpa_suppli...
Nov 18, 2014

Android Update: 5.0

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Today my Nexus 7 got the upgrade to Android 5.0:  After this upgrade, many things changed, like the system settings: But e...
Jun 19, 2014

Android Update: 4.4.3

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After nearly everyone upgraded to 4.4.3 my device came up with the icon for upgrading android to its next version: For a complete hist...
Feb 25, 2014

Telegram on two devices...

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After trying Whatsapp on 2 devices without success, i tried the same thing with telegram . Telegram says about multiple devices: So l...
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