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Mar/18

4 Android Phones In 4 Months

Filed Under Blog at 5th March 2018 22:48 by

Overview Over the last few months, I’ve had issues with the Pixel 2 line of phones which has led to a combination of replacement and changing devices back and forth all on Android devices. It is a true test of … 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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Mar/15

Communal USB Charge Point

Filed Under Blog, Hardware at 23rd March 2015 0:01 by

Overview I’m an Android user and have converted everyone in the house hold to be the same. As a convenience thing I decided to use one of the spare wall socket to USB plugs and put a micro USB cable … 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 →

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Oct/14

Managing Servers On The Go With Android

Filed Under Infrastructure, Linux, Mobile Phone at 13th October 2014 0:01 by

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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Jan/14

Jaybird BlueBuds X Mini Review

Filed Under Music, Review at 13th January 2014 0:01 by

Overview I wanted a pair of wireless earphones so that my daily commute wouldn’t have me worried about the cable to going to my phone and restrict the use of my phone. It should have wireless controls to reduce screen … Continue reading →