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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How to view the page source on the Android Firefox app.
How to view the page source when using Firefox on mobile.
Read MoreVery useful Android networking apps.
A few very useful networking apps for Android.
Read MoreHow to connect to an Android phone with Bluetooth on Linux.
Connecting to Bluetooth on Linux is easy when you use the Bluetoothctl utility. This makes connecting to an Android phone with Bluetooth very simple. I am using Ubuntu for this article on my server. After plugging in my USB Bluetooth adapter, I was able to connect to my Android phone…
Read MoreWindows 11 allows linking an Android phone to a PC. This is very interesting.
Windows 11 lets a user link their Android phone to their computer. You may then access all photos and text messages over the network. Does this mean you could still access your Android phone if you left it at home over the Internet? But this is a very interesting Windows…
Read MoreBest 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…
Read MoreSome awesome Android or Apple wallpapers for your phone.
Sun shining through grapes on the vine: Wallpaper. Black and white brick wall wallpaper: Wallpaper. Amanita mushrooms and glowing butterflies: Wallpaper. Concrete texture 1080p: Wallpaper. Old Ford car dashboard: Wallpaper. Rocky Mountains mobile wallpaper 1080p: Wallpaper. Railroad tracks glowing in afternoon light: Wallpaper. Push for the end mobile wallpaper: Wallpaper….
Read MoreUseful applications and extensions for doing a WIFI site survey on Linux.
The WIFI Scanner application for Linux allows you to perform a WIFI site survey to test signal strength when deploying a wireless setup. This is very useful; you can walk around the building and see the signal strength to determine whether you should tweak the transmit power or add more…
Read MoreAwesome GTK themes for Linux Mint 15. Some even better themes for Linux desktops.
Some awesome themes for the Linux Mint 15 MATE desktop. Numix: http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962. This is a very nice flat theme for MATE that is very monochome and stylish. Clearlooks Phenix: http://www.jpfleury.net/en/software/clearlooks-phenix.php. This is a GTK 3 port of the venerable Clearlooks theme. Holo: http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/Holo-280076980. This is a very good theme that…
Read MoreLinux commands that are also available on Android.
There are many Linux commands that are available on Android devices when you are using the terminal emulator app. Firstly the ls command. This is used to list files in a directory. Then the cat command; this is used to view the contents of a text file. The mv command…
Read MoreLinux superiour to Windows and Google Android OS on x86. As well as Apple security issues.
Microsoft are adopting Linux on their Azure system. This shows that Linux is more reliable than their own Windows Server product. Microsoft used to run their Hotmail E-Mail service on FreeBSD UNIX servers, they do not use that any-more but Linux still has some life left in it, if…
Read MoreMore 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 MoreLinux kernel 3.3 released, including some Android code?
The Linux kernel 3.3 has been released and among other features that have been included, there is some code from Google Android included. This is an interesting development, this does not mean that you can run Angry Birds on a Debian or Linux Mint system, but this could lead to…
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.
Read MoreUbuntu Linux coming to the Google Android platform.
The Ubuntu Linux distribution is coming to the Google Android hardware platform. This means that the secure and open Linux operating system will be coming to the popular Android hardware. The Google Android operating system, although it is based on Linux, has been the subject of much controversy over the…
Read MoreHow to enable a mobile friendly WordPress website.
My website is now mobile enabled. I just tested this on my Nokia E72 and the website works perfectly in the mobile browser on that mobile telephone. I have also tested it in Opera Mobile and I got the same successful result. This means that my website should now work…
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