Author Archives: Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Xposed Framework Modules

Rooting, CyanogenMod, Xposed Framework. Those are three things I always wanted on my phone. Well, I finally got the 3rd so I am happy. Here is a review on the modules. XMultiWindow was the main draw. I wanted to be able … Continue reading

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Recalibrate Android Battery

Symptoms When phone is turned on, my LG G3 would not charge beyond 30%. When phone was turned off, my LG G3 could charge to 100%. Phone would power off randomly at 10%. Treatment (rooted phone) I am rewriting the … Continue reading

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System UI has stopped

On a LG G3, to reboot into Safe Mode, restart your phone normally. Once you see the splash screen, hold down the Volume Down button until the OS loads. Continue reading

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OwnCloud 8.2 Security and Setup Warnings

On the Admin Page’s Security and Setup Warnings section, I got a new warning that needed investigation. Transactional file locking is using the database as locking backend, for best performance it’s advised to configure a memcache for locking. See the … Continue reading

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Let’s Encrypt certificate steps for OwnCloud

Let’s encrypt is available now for OwnCloud (and everything else) users to run and get a free certificate for. No more self-signed certificates that display an ugly error page or having to pay for a certificate from a certificate authority. … Continue reading

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Android Marshmallow’s Internal Memory Feature for SD Card

Android 6.0 Marshmallow has a new feature that can turn your external micro SD card into internal memory. Continue reading

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OwnCloud Upgrade to 8.1.4

This process is going to be a little weird so… Continue reading

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CyanogenMod for Amazon Kindle

I detail below the steps that are outdated to save you time. Continue reading

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Offline Multimedia on your Android Phone

When going on a road trip or just commuting daily, data plans and data connections are limited. Assuming you will always have access to 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi is standard in urban areas but uncommon in tunnels or in the … Continue reading

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Results of the “Android without Google” Experiment

I am back to using Google Play Services (Google for short) on my CyanogenMod phone. You can read from my previous post how to use a phone without Google! I lasted a few weeks without Google on my Android but … Continue reading

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OwnCloud 8.1 Security & Setup warnings

In the Admin console, you might see Security and Setup Warnings after upgrading to OwnCloud 8.1. Here is how I removed the two I saw. Strict-Transport-Securty HTTP Header The “Strict-Transport-Security” HTTP header is not configured to least “15768000” seconds. For … Continue reading

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OwnCloud files not showing up on website

I went to my OwnCloud website after installing some apps and no files were showing. My desktop sync was also erroring. My Android app though could view/download/upload files. I tested through a WebDAV connection and that worked too, so at … Continue reading

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Android without Google

Android phones and Google are meant for each other, but not all relationships that are “meant to be” work out. I was able to divorce Google from my Android phone but it was a tough and soul-searching process. Having Google … Continue reading

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Root access with CyanogenMod

When you install CyanogenMod now, it will seem as if you do not have root access. You actually do but CyanogenMod has turned that off. I was surprised and started trying to root my phone. Luckily, nothing bad happened but … Continue reading

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Install OwnCloud’s Self-Signed Certificate into Android’s Trusted Credentials

To get apps like DAVdroid and MyOwnNotes to connect to your OwnCloud server, you need to import the certificate into your Android’s Trusted Credentials. Android seems to have a bug because it will tell you that you have successfully installed … Continue reading

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