How to access a debug screen on a Samsung Galaxy and debug your hardware.
How to access the debugging screen on an Android mobile phone very easily.
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Best Android apps for 2017.
The best Android apps for 2017 There are some awesome Android apps available now. Here is a selection of the few that I have found useful. Barcode scanner This app can scan barcodes on products and also allow the user to lookup the product online. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en. Works extremely well. It…
Read MoreUseful Android apps for connecting to a Linux server.
Useful Android SSH and terminal apps Juice SSH. This is a useful app for Android that allows connecting to Linux machines with SSH. Termux. This is a terminal emulator app for Android that is a fully featured Linux shell. Very good for practicing Linux shell commands on Android. There is…
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More useful Google Android software.
Google Android has quite a good range of software available for use, the BluekeyboardJP software I have installed on Android 2.2.2 works perfectly with the Bluetooth Apple keyboard I purchased a while ago. The Blueinput software is overpriced and inserts annoying text into what you are typing. The Dolphin HD…
Read MoreSample Google Android commands output.
This is the output of the uname command on my Android tablet. # uname Linux version 2.6.29-s70 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #8 PREEMPT Wed Oct 27 21:55:55 CST 2010# uname Linux version 2.6.29-s70 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #8 PREEMPT Wed Oct 27 21:55:55 CST 2010 And…
Read MoreUsing the command-line on Google Android, and other useful apps.
This terminal emulator application for the Google Android operating system allows the user to execute various commands on their Android devices. The command set is fairly restricted, but the ability to access the Linux command line on Android makes up for this. You may use the cat command to view…
Read MoreAndroid marketplace taking over from conventional distribution.
The Google Android application store is taking over from conventional methods of software distribution. The marketplace available on Android devices allows you to install applications such as Winamp for playing music and the Opera Mobile web browser, which is superior to the built in web browser on the Huawei S7,…
Read MoreHow to reset a Telstra T Tab tablet to factory settings.
I recently bought a Telstra T Tab tablet and I found out that it already had a previous Google account on it and I could not reset it with the factory reset option under Settings-Privacy-Factory Data Reset. I have discovered that the way to do this is to switch the…
Read MoreGoogle Glass concept unveiled. Cyborg styled vision overlays are here.
Google Glass concept unveiled. Cyborg styled vision overlays are here. The Google Glass Augmented reality glasses have been unveiled. This consists of a pair of glasses that overlay computer information about the scenes that you are viewing. Rather like the Ghost in the Shell anime series, where the characters had…
Read MoreInstalling Ubuntu on a Galaxy Tab Android tablet.
This is a video tutorial of the installation of Ubuntu on a Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Tablet, this gives you a super portable Linux machine that is less bulky than a laptop and is very useful for creating office documents and browsing the web with Firefox.
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