I have been using CyanogenMod’s Android build since the first time I first rooted my Galaxy S2 in Jul 2012. There were flavours of CM that I have tried. South Korea’s MCM before he disappeared, Infected_ and Markox89. After looking the state…
Yahoo’s Aviate has gone live
Aviate has slipped from Beta to Live on 23 Jun 14. No more invites required for new users! At the same time, it rolled out a slew of new changes. There is now a third panel for summary changes. The…
Quotations
I am in the quotations mood. I need this job to pay my bills. Leader and gentleman. Under promise over deliver Customer clearance on activities Formal documentation of mutual agreements. Devil is in the details Complete work during work hours…
Android build stability
My prior experience with Android build stability in the past versions stock CyanogenMod had never been good. Time and experience has shown that the kernel is lacking ‘long legs’ or endurance. After 3 days of operation, the network radio will…
2014 World Cup Memes
The 2014 World Cup just kicked off on 12 Jun 2014 and all the football fans rejoiced. This time round it is held in Brazil amid reports of poor infrastructure. But all that is put aside once the games kicked…
Android up time
I think I have it with Android up time. Or to be more precise, Cyanogenmod on my S2 phone. With every new CM version, new feature are rolled out CM11 and theme manager etc. Android latest version, KitKat comes…
A very interesting boot animation
This a boot animation from LG G watch. At the point of writing it is starting a small craze as it more eye catching than CyanogenMod’s spinning circle. Couple with the mysterious styling of the word Android, gives rise to…
Just do it.
‘Just do it’. I need to put this here because the SEO plugin complains about the missing keyword in the first line. I noticed a funeral wake near my parent’s place. A quick glance reveals that the deceased was the…
JustArchi Optimization for Android
JustArchi, developer on XDA Developers has revealed a long series of optimization for tweaks Android. The idea here is that the original compiler settings since Cupcake has not changed. On the other hand, the target platform has changed drastically with…
Takeaways from a meeting
I am sure you have encountered a mini wrap up session after a meeting. The last few minutes where everyone is itching to get-the-hell-out-here. The convener runs through the action items and key takeaways. It seems if you couple it…