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Apr/22

Time Tracking With NFC Tags On Android

Filed Under Home Automation, Mobile Phone, Workflow at 4th April 2022 0:01 by

Overview NFC tags are relatively cheap solution to start timers (or any other tasks in Tasker) where GPS has an accuracy up to 50 metres. An NFC tag is down to the centimetres. NFC is less of a power draw … Continue reading →

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Oct/20

Automating Toggl With Android Tasker

Filed Under Mobile Phone at 23rd October 2020 8:20 by

Overview This follows on from the first post about time tracking and setting up Toggl. Automating time tracking helps alleviate the burden of remembering to start and stop timers. There maybe situations where it would not be good etiquette to … Continue reading →

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Jul/18

Android To iOS Software

Filed Under Mobile Phone at 2nd July 2018 0:01 by

Overview I switched from Android to iOS and listed what I feel are comparable apps between the 2 with any notes about them. I am predominantly Android so there will be bias towards that platform. Tasker – Workflow Tasker is … Continue reading →

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Nov/17

Android Tasker: Empty Downloaded Files Everyday

Filed Under Mobile Phone, Workflow at 20th November 2017 21:44 by

Overview A profile that runs everyday (for me at 4am) that clears or any downloaded files in the Download folder. This ensures that files that are needed are moved / filed in good time and anything else is removed. Points … Continue reading →

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Feb/17

Boot Android Device On Power

Filed Under Mobile Phone at 6th February 2017 0:01 by

Overview There’s a cool feature where from a totally powered off Android device it can boot up when a power source is connected to it. It requires root and also running a configuration command. This worked on my Nexus 7 … Continue reading →

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May/16

Android To iPhone: 6 Months Later

Filed Under Mobile Phone at 2nd May 2016 0:01 by

Overview It’s been at least 6 months since I switched from Android to iOS cold turkey. I still have and use an Android tablet running Marshmallow so I do swap between the two platforms on a daily basis although I … Continue reading →

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Dec/15

Switching From Android To iPhone 6s

Filed Under Mobile Phone at 7th December 2015 0:01 by

Overview Technically the title should read iOS instead of iPhone but hey ho. It has been a long time since I have used an iPhone full time however I made the switch mainly because of the ever increasing physical size … Continue reading →

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Feb/15

Flashing Nexus 7 2013 4.4 to Android 5.0 Lollipop

Filed Under Mobile Phone, Windows at 2nd February 2015 0:01 by

Overview Flashing a new OS onto a tablet requires a computer and and USB cable so it doesn’t require a lot. All the stock images from Google are freely available to download. This is provided as a guide only and … Continue reading →