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Overclocked Android kernel for Optimus V 20 Apr 2011 | 02:12 pm
Now that LG has corrected its source code, I’ve built my overclocked Android kernel for the Virgin Mobile Optimus V, a phone that’s nearly identical to my Sprint Optimus S and that also runs on Sprint...
Update: LG addresses bugs in kernel source for Optimus V 14 Apr 2011 | 11:45 am
Sweet victory! LG took quick action and wrote me yesterday to tell me they’d released an updated version of the source code for the Optimus V that fixes the bugs I identified over the weekend. So, al...
Bugs in LG kernel source code for Optimus V 9 Apr 2011 | 03:10 pm
I’ve discovered some bugs in the Linux kernel source code released by LG for the Virgin Mobile Optimus V, or VM670, a close CDMA twin to my Sprint Optimus S. It seems clear from the differences betwee...
Firefox 4 for PowerPC Macs: TenFourFox 4 Apr 2011 | 05:04 pm
Mozilla hit me with a double whammy of “your hardware sucks” last week, when they released major new versions of Firefox 4 and mobile Firefox 4 for Android (the first!) … but left me out of both parti...
Simple overclocked Android kernel for Optimus S 29 Mar 2011 | 09:26 pm
If you’re looking to give your Sprint Optimus S a speed boost, I’ve got a kernel for you, compiled from official LG source code, that adds overclocking and removes unneeded debugging features for a le...
A better way to losslessly join MP3 files 17 Mar 2011 | 01:13 pm
I recently revisited a previous how-to I wrote up two years ago, thinking that there must be a better way to losslessly combine multiple MP3 files than to use 3 separate utilities. The good news is, ...
Android kernel: Find the base address to use with mkbootimg for your phone 16 Mar 2011 | 11:15 am
This is old hat for serious Android hackers, but for me it took long enough to find (no help from Google or grep) that I’ll post it here. If you’re building your own Android kernel, the last step in t...
I love my Android, but Android Market security is another story 7 Mar 2011 | 12:47 pm
Yesterday, Google revealed that it had used its “security of last resort” remote removal feature this week to wipe 58 malicious applications from user’s devices. Google also removed the bad apps from...
OpenVPN on Sprint LG Optimus S 24 Jan 2011 | 11:10 pm
Now that ThundeROM includes the Xionia kernel with the Linux TUN/TAP driver compiled as a module, it was downright easy to get OpenVPN working on my LG Optimus S. I didn’t even have to compile anythin...
Android SDK and NOEXEC tmp partition hint 13 Jan 2011 | 10:52 am
If you’ve installed the Android SDK, but running the tools/android GUI fails with an error message when Java can’t find your SWT-GTK libraries, here’s a possible explanation: Your /tmp partition is mo...
