I am trying to bring back my old Android phone, Samsung Galaxy S2 9100. The replacement of replacement of the original battery died. After a bit of scouting around, found one in a neighbourhood shop.
How to blacklist phone numbers
You want to blacklist phone numbers, that pesky telemarketer, property agent, last night’s Tinder date. Android has a feature to block the number, but this is lost when you reset your phone. Here is a method that will blacklist phone numbers.…
2016 Android flagship phone
OnePlus claims that their OnePlus 2 is the flagship phone killer for 2016. Motorola has released their line up of Play and Pure (aka Style) phones.
Android M is
It is now official. Android 6, M is Marshmellow, codenamed Macadamia Nut Cookie. There are minor differences compared to Android 5.0 Lollipop. In my opinion, the most visible difference is better battery life. link
Would you buy a OnePlus 2?
Would you buy a OnePlus 2 at US$450 with the following specifications?
Bluetooth headset and CM12.1
This is a guide on getting Bluetooth headset to work with CM12.1 aka Android 5.1 or Lollipop. On CM11S, the experience is much more polished; everything works out of the box. For CM12.1 nightly, some electronic elbow grease is required.
OnePlus One ghost touch fix
Some eagle eye flasher saw the new Synaptics driver for the OnePlus One going into the CM nightlies for 15 May. Soon everyone (including me) was falling over themselves to flash this. Initial reports indicate that there is a definite…
Update on Android Lollipop
A quick update on my use of Android Lollipop. Since December 2014, I have tried different flavours of Android Lollipop. From the truly amateur attempts to collective efforts Blisspop, I have tried them. With the exception of an instance…
CM12.1 nightly is out
I have tried one CM12.1 nightly. This was an unofficial build by Ccrazy_boy at XDA. It gave a breath of fresh air to Android L. After a few days, this happened.
CM12S is released.
Cyanogen OS 12, formerly known as CM12s is released today. It is based on CM12 or Android 5.02. The internet and the OnePlus forums goes into overdrive.