Rooting means installing a su binary onto the device, which provides a way to become the root (=Superuser, “su”) user on the Android system. root has access to everything and thus you can do really nasty things with it. Preparation Unlock bootloader If not already done, unlock your bootloader. su binary There are currently two… Read More: Becoming root on Android »
On Jelly Bean, using FX with root, I noticed duplicate files in /data/app-asec/, e.g.: It looks like one is obsolete and consuming almost 60MB. So I deleted the older ones of the duplicates and also renamed all files to have the suffix -1. After a reboot, some apps were not working. The launcher showed a… Read More: Duplicate files in /data/app-asec/ on Android »
wua.la is a Dropbox-like online (aka. cloud) storage. Promotion Codes Code Add. Storage Valid for PCWELT06 3 GiB 1 year ? CONNECT-WITH-SUPPORT 1 GiB 1 year PC-MAGAZIN 2 GiB 1 year ? SKYFISH-IS-COOL 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-DOMINIK 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-CAROLA 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-FABIUS 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-LUZIUS 1 GiB… Read More: wua.la »
To enable most .plgx-Plugins, you need to install the mono-gmcs-Package. For newer versions of KeePass, use mono-dmcs. For a list of all needed packages, look at leo.gaggl.com.
Calibre settings Enter the following two expressions under Search & Replace in the conversion settings: This will cut out the left (contents) and right (ads) sides as well as the comment form. You will get a plain nice eBook.
If you want to find out from which PPA a specific package was installed or what other PPAs hold it, you can use the following command: (found at superuser.com) Here you can see that the package mpg is in the PPA gmpc-trunk/mpd-trunk and also in the natty/universe repository. The installed version is that from the… Read More: Find PPA for specific package »
On a Windows 7 64bit, I was not able to capture any DV video from a video camera connected via Firewire IEEE1394. I was able to control the camera from the capture program (tried NeroVision and magix Video Deluxe) but only got a black screen and no audio. After a little search, I found this… Read More: No DV capture possible on Windows 7 64bit »
After an upgrade to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, all Samba shares were missing symlinks, esp. symlinks to directories outside the share. To enable these again, add the following lines into the [global] section of your /etc/samba/smb.conf: Then restart smbd and you should see the symlinks again.
There are various secret menus hidden in the Android OS. Here are some of them (thanks to askvg.com): Code Description *#*#checkin#*#* Forces the system to check for updated apps or a pending system update (found that one here first) *#*#info#*#* Shows various informations about GSM network, CDMA, WLAN, battery, etc.; also allows you to change… Read More: Android Secret Menus »