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Samsung Challenge
I’m happy with my Samsung S3, now that I’m running Cyanogenmod 12.1 on it. With the new OS, I don’t have the storage issues that came up with KitKat, but I still haven’t found anything to match the functionality of “Priority Senders” in Samsung’s email app (not for trying, I even tried loading the Samsung […]
BitTorrent Sync
I’ve tried or am currently using most of the cloud sync providers out there — Dropbox to share camera uploads from my phone and wallpapers/files between Linux and Windows, Onedrive as part of an Office365 test, and Google Drive for music and movie streaming. All of them share one common fault — saving data in […]
Spigen Air Vent Magnetic Mount for Smartphones
I bought the Spigen® Magnetic Air Vent Phone Mount and it’s a great addition to my car. I’m managing phone calls for work from my car every morning, and couldn’t find a convenient place to store my phone. Spring-loaded phone holders are unattractive when the phone isn’t mounted, and finding one to fit my Samsung […]
Upgraded
Since I last posted here, I’ve played with Cyanogenmod firmware images – since AT&T is limiting updates to my S3 to KitKat, I needed to take matters into my own hands to upgrade to Lollipop. In order to install a Cyanogenmod image, I needed to Root the phone first. Rooting is a process where you […]
Upgrade time
I’ve had to replace SIM carriers in both of my phones — a Samsung S3 and a S4 Active. The S3 is stuck at KitKat, but the S4 Active is being upgraded as I type this to Lolipop. I’m curious to see the new design and see if the lock screen notifications are improved over […]
Android Repairs
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. One nice thing about the iPhone is the SIM carrier — it’s a metal frame that holds up well under repeated SIM changes. The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a thin metal carrier that […]
Samsung Diagnostic Codes
Samsung Cell Phones – Programmer Codes Suggested by: GodCube, 11 Apr 2007 |Â Print version Type these codes into the phone where you normally would make a call. #646# then press the Call button: T-Mobile Customers only, shows minute usage. *#06# : Show IMEI. *#9999# : Show Software Version. *#0837# : Show Software Version (instructions). *#0001# […]
Google Play Music
I’ve got music everywhere — on my laptop and desktop at home, a subset of that music on a work laptop to sync with my iPhone, music on a USB stick in my car and music on an SD card in my Android phone. One of my biggest pet peeves with my iPhone has been […]
Chapter 12 – Android Battery Drain
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. I’m moving back to my iPhone for a while — while I’m loving the Android environment, I’m getting about 8 hours of idle time out of my Galaxy SIII, and that’s just not […]
Chapter 11 – I removed iTunes!
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. I removed iTunes from my computer yesterday, and it was the culmination of several years of frustration. iTunes does a lot of things from updating phones to tracking podcasts, providing store access, iPhone […]
