How to solve Play Store update errors.
Google Play: Update cannot download due to error 413
GPS distance error in Android 4.2.1
There is no way I can run that fast. Update 15 Feb The root cause was CM 10.1 had a code error and the fix was implemented on 6 Jan 13. link I flashed the latest MCM nightly, dated…
MCM Android 4.2.1 ROM with Siyah 4
I have been using the CM 9 and later 10 version of ROM. I came across several posts about Siyah kernel giving better battery performance. When Android 4.1.2 came out for MCM’s built, I thought I check it’s vsync performance…
Android in 2013: What I want.
I saw an article on what to expect from Android in 2013. So I wrote on a list on what I expect in the Android world. I wish the mid and lower tier (by market and cost) handset makers would…
RISC microprocessors
CPU photo from Wood be Nice ARM microprocessors have been making the headlines. I thought I dig up my undergraduate paper on Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) microprocessors. This was written in 1995 with the resources of a small library.…
Google Now and battery life
Google Now is a all seeing guide in your phone. It knows where you are and where you will be going. It pops up the bus schedule if you are near a bus stop, train schedule if you near a…
New Nexus Devices 4, 10
Google just announced new Nexus devices. There was supposed to be a launch but that was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. Nexus 4 is a phone made by LG, 10 is a 10 inch tablet by Samsung. Both will most…
BYOD
What is that? Its Bring Your Own Device. That is the latest trend in end user computing. Instead of the company purchasing the computer for you, you use the allocated amount to buy the device or you supply it. It is…
Google Now voice commands
This list is taken off a G+ post. Those commands prefix with a = is from the Nexus Voice Action page. == is a command that I tested. Note to use the voice prompt ‘Google’, the language must be set…
Jelly Bean on Samsung S2
Jelly Bean took a long time to come to Cyanogenmod (CM). It was plagued with memory leaks for sometime. This is because of the Samsung proprietary drivers needed for the CPU. In an interview, one of the key developers, Codeworkx…