As I continue my studies in Android app making, I was a bit surprised that we had not yet covered how to change your application's icon. I suppose making the app actually work is the most important part, so I am glad that we are focused on that. However, the …
Making Toast
As I have mentioned previously, I am continuing my studies with an online course from Udemy by Rob Perceval about how to build Android apps. Here is my latest creation:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/1l8ba54llk4c2y4
It's a simple app, but I am excited because it is the first truely …
Error:Gradle version 2.2 is required
In the continuing adventures of Android Studio and app development, I ran into yet another error while trying to import someone else's work off of github:
[CODE]
Error:Gradle version 2.2 is required. Current version is 2.14.1. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in …
keyCode=KEYCODE_UNKNOWN, When your buttons don't work!
While building roms for the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (TBLTETMO, TBLTEXX) I ran into an issue where the recents button was not working. So, I pulled a logcat, and here is what I saw:
KeyEvent { action=ACTION_UP, keyCode=KEYCODE_UNKNOWN, scanCode=254, metaState=0, flags=0x208, repeatCount=0, eventTime=182478, downTime …
How to add an I/O Scheduler to your kernel
How to add an I/O Scheduler to your kernel:
Praise God, another succesful addition to the TBLTE kernel was that of adding the FIOPS I/O scheduler to the kernel. What is an I/O scheduler? Well it is the part of the kernel that handles, or schedules, input …
Building a kernel for an Android phone without the rom source
For the record, I do not recommend building kernels this way, I recommend that you build them within your ROM source. This method will work, but is far more labor intensive. However, here is how to build the kernel for a Samsung Galaxy Note Edge on Ubuntu 14.04.
Part …
Overclock an apq8084 Samsung Galaxy Note Edge!
In my continuing quest to make a better kernel for the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (TBLTE, N915T), I decided to tackle overclocking the kernel. There are already some overclocked kernels out there, but I decided to do something slightly different with mine. The distinguishing feature of my overclocked kernel is …
Adding a kernel governor can be a Nightmare!
Okay, so a little play on words, especially since I am adding the Nightmare governor to the tblte (Samsung Galaxy Note Edge) kernel, but it did turn out to be a bit of a problem child, fortunately, it was quickly corrected. As you can see, I did the standard additions …
CONGRATS YOU EARNED A STINKEYE FROM CID!
Well, this certainly is an original code error if I ever saw one.
[CODE]prebuilts/cmsdk/api/6.txt:745: error 8: Removed public class cyanogenmod.platform.R.color
prebuilts/cmsdk/api/6.txt:749: error 8: Removed public class cyanogenmod.platform.R.dimen
prebuilts/cmsdk/api/6.txt:765 …
Neverallow failures occurred
What does that even mean? Let's take a look at the code:
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libsepol.report_failure: neverallow on line 574 of system/sepolicy/system_server.te (or line 18452 of policy.conf) violated by allow system_server system_server:process { execmem };
libsepol.report_failure: neverallow on line 544 of system/sepolicy/domain.te (or line …