I have been getting quite a few requests on XDA from members who need to know how to put TWRP and custom roms on their Samsung Galaxy S4. So, I thought I would post it here as well. Keep in mind, this does not work for Verizon, Sprint, or AT …
How to manually update your custom rom source code with security updates
For those of you who compile your own custom roms directly using AOSP source, the latest security updates are always added in as soon as they occure. For those of us using custom roms, such as SlimRoms, AOKP, PAC roms, and others, this is not always the case.
Because the …
PhoenixOS on a Dell Inspiron 6400
Android, on your laptop. On your desktop. On your phone. Everywhere. Wow. Don't get me wrong, I like Android, but I haven't dived off the deep end yet. Personally, I am an avid Linux user. The farther and farther Android goes, though, the more the line seems blurred between "Linux …
Enabling the old Camera api and apps in Android 5 and up
While trying to figure out the problems with video recordings (which were resolved - Praise God!) on the SGH-M919 AOKP Marshmallow ROM, I learned a lot of great things about Android's camera systems. Not the least of which was how to enable or disable camera and camera2 api's.
Android has a …
Overclocking the GPU on a Samsung Galaxy S4
We talked about overclocking the CPU of the S4 (SGH-M919) before, but today I wanted to point out some great work by Faux123 that showed me exactly what to do to overclock the Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) of my S4. Faux123's work was far more impressive then my own, with …
The easy guide to understanding CPU and GPU governors
There are a lot of guides out there about CPU and GPU governors. They are all very informative, and usually somewhat technical. The other day, however, I needed to explain CPU and GPU governors to a non-technical person, and I realized that a lot of big verbiage and vague terms …
µTorrent, The only Android Torrent program I need!
I'm not one for app reviews, but when I find a tool that really seems to help me, I like to share that info with others. One such tool is µTorrent. Simple, clean, easy to use and understand. Those are the principle reasons I like it.
Just like using a …
Overclocking the CPU on a Samsung Galaxy S4
I have been trying to follow every guide out there to overclock my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-M919), and until now I have had absolutely no luck! It wasn't until I saw some work on a kernel by Faux123 that I realized the difference in kernel setups. Once I tried it …
Adding pre-built apps to your build
One of the big things that always comes up is that of adding pre-built apps to your build. Make is so dynamic that you could add these in just about anywhere, provided that you properly add them to your configuration files. For myself, I used to add them into the …
Using a fallback branch to overcome poor choice of repository branch names
I know that we have looked at fallback branches before, but this really is worth looking at again. Last time, we saw an instance where there was not a branch available that was new enough for what we were trying to build. E.g., building a Lollipop version of Android …