AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

Art from "TheQuietLearner"

Often I choose custom backgrounds for my ROMs that are specifically themed to that ROM, such as choosing a PacMan image to go with a PAC rom, or the logo of the ROM somehow embossed or colorized to match the custom ROM.

On occasion, however, I strike out in a …

​Change the color please!

I often use a different texting app then the one which comes with my custom ROMs that I build. Often, the built in texting application is very bland. However, lately I have been trying to actually use more of the built in programs that come with the ROMs source, to …

Gello and Maven errors while compiling AOKP MM!

Let's take a look at the problem code:

[CODE]
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.10:get (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Couldn't download artifact: Could not transfer artifact org.cyanogenmod:gello:apk:40 from/to central (https://maven.cyanogenmod.org/artifactory/gello_prebuilds): peer not authenticated …

​Android number guessing game gets better!

Last post I made a number guessing game for Android. It is simple and short, but works well enough. However, my online course teacher pointed out a problem that was in my game.

If the user did not make any guess, but just clicked the guess button, then the app …

​Android number guessing game!

In the continuing adventures of higher education and personal learning, I made a simple little guessing game for Android, as instructed by my online course for Android app development. It is a very basic game, where the user must guess the number Android is thinking of. You can download it …

A real GitHub client for Android!

GitHub. Android. They should be friends. At least, that's what I thought. Yet time and time again, I was settling for less than fully functional GitHub apps. Sure ForkHub and other similar apps are great for BROWSING GitHub, but I wanted an app to actually CONTROL GitHub. Finally, I found …

Breaking down a voltage control app

I learned so many things while making the S4 GPU voltage control app, that I thought it would be appropriate to break it down into groups.

Here is the source on GitHub:

https://github.com/alaskalinuxuser/S4_GPU_voltage_control_app

And a download link for the app itself: http://www.mediafire.com/file …

A New S4 GPU Voltage Control App!

With the code from Ktoonsez to allow the control of the GPU voltage added to my Galaxy S4 kernel, one could now adjust the voltage of each stage of the GPU frequencies. However, until now, to the best of my knowledge, the only way to control it is to manually …