After-root Android tip #0
Hi, if you have root access to your phone, you’re probably asking what to do with this power.I’m going to start a series of posts where I’ll write about the apps I use, but only for rooted devices. If...
View ArticleAfter-root Android tip #1: ClockSync
This is part of a series of posts about useful apps to use on a rooted Android device. ClockSyncClockSync synchronizes device system clock with atomic time from Internet via NTP (Network Time...
View ArticleAfter-root Android tip #2: AdFree
This is part of a series of posts about useful apps to use on a rooted Android device. AdFreeAdFree removes most ads in the browser and other apps. It does this by nullifying requests to known host...
View ArticleAutomate Listen subscriptions update with Tasker
+ I use Listen by Google to listen to my podcasts.I’m a commuter and I find really frustrating to find new episodes ready to download while I’m already in my car. To solve this issue I configured...
View ArticleAndroid tip: Launch app through adb shell
Please note than I’m using CyanogenMod 7. First of all you have to know the Intent and Activity of your interest. The best way to find them I found is to use logcat. Open a shell adb shell Start logcat...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi tip: resize your sd card
When you download an image for Raspberry Pi from internet (Debian image for example), the size is quite often 2GB. In my case I’ve always SD cards of 8GB of size. After writing the image to the SD, 6GB...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Debian tip: enable ssh on boot
That’s an extremely easy tip. I own a Raspberry Pi, but I haven’t a HDMI enabled TV, so I thought I couldn’t see any output from the system. Stock Debian image doesn’t start ssh daemon on boot, but as...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Debian tip: start Xfce
Just to remember how to start Xfce on Debian Raspberry Pi: pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
View ArticleRaspberry Pi tip: you can use your old CRT TV as a monitor
Maybe you don’t know, but you can use an old CRT TV as a monitor for the Raspberry Pi. Find a SCART and some cables for audio and video and you are done. You need: a cable for the video: it’s a cable...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi tip: mount Raspbmc images
The problem When you download a Raspmc (Raspberry Pi Media Center) image it’s a .zip file. If you want to check the content of the file you must find a way to mount the image. Prerequisites a pc with...
View ArticleBest way to restore Xperia X10 Mini Pro stock ROM
I found that the only reliable way to restore a stock ROM on this phone is SEUS. SEUS stands for Sony Ericsson Update Service: Update your phone for optimal performance and get the latest enhancements....
View ArticleGit through a proxy
I was connected to a LAN behind a proxy. When I tried to download something from github I got this error: fatal: unable to connect to github.com: github.com: Name or service not known I’m running...
View ArticleHowTo force chromium to use a proxy in GNU/Linux
Chromium has a proxy setting page, but brings you to your distro proxy configuration panel. In my case the Ubuntu system settings. If you need to set an internet proxy only for Chromium, you can start...
View ArticleQuitck tip: how to prevent wvdial to update your DNS
Sometimes you need to prevent your DNS to be updated by wvdial. Here’s how to do it. edit /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial and comment usepeerdns like this #usepeerdns disable DNS update in /etc/wvdial.conf...
View ArticleMeet the “It’s All Text!” Firefox extension
Yes, I’m a vim addicted. I mean vim the text editor. I’m so addicted to it that I tend to use vim’s shortcuts even in LibreOffice documents, thunderbird e-mails, web forms etc. with awful results. Then...
View ArticleRestore an etc configuration file from the original maintainer version on Debian
There are events that can not be stopped, for example when you delete a file by mistake under /etc. Debian provides an elegant way to restore files of the maintainer’s version without touching your...
View ArticleUseful aptitude commands
A simple list of installed packages max@wonko:~$ aptitude search '~i' -F '%p' Search for installed packages from the testing repo max@wonko:~$ aptitude versions '~i ~Atesting' --group-by=none Finding...
View ArticleFix tethering on Android N (Nougat)
First you need to have a rooted phone, then use adb shell or a terminal emulator and paste this: content insert --uri content://settings/global --bind name:s:tether_dun_required \ --bind value:i:0 Done.
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