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Nov/17Android Tasker: Empty Downloaded Files Everyday
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/17Boot Android Device On Power
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/16Android To iPhone: 6 Months Later
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/15Switching From Android To iPhone 6s
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/15Flashing Nexus 7 2013 4.4 to Android 5.0 Lollipop
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
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Oct/14Managing Servers On The Go With Android
Overview Since the ye ol’ days I have been self hosting one thing or another at first from a repurposed family computer to now using cloud infrastructure like Linode and Digital Ocean. I’m not a sys admin by day (and … Continue reading
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Nov/12Android Tasker With Wol Wake-On-LAN (WWOL)
Overview There is a built in method to send the magic packets to wake a computer up in Tasker and WWOL but this is a manual method of doing it. It can also be changed to send an intent and … Continue reading
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Oct/12British Plug Cap Phone Stand
Fairly self explanatory: