Category Archives: CyanogenMod

Flashing new nightlies on an Encrypted CyanogenMod

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Once you encrypt your CyanogenMod 13 device, you will not be able to decrypt the device. You will also notice that when you restart into TWRP, you will not be able to see your sdcard… because it is encrypted! You might … Continue reading →

Posted in CyanogenMod, How-To | Tagged CyanogenMod, CyanogenMod 13, encrypted phone, external sd card, Flash, nighlty build, Recovery, SD Card, TWRP | Leave a comment

Xposed Framework Modules

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

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 →

Posted in Android Apps, CyanogenMod, How-To, LG G3, Reviews | Tagged gravitybox, greenify, rootcloak, xhangouts, xmultiwindow, xposed, xposed framework, xposed modules | Leave a comment

System UI has stopped

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

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 →

Posted in CyanogenMod, How-To, LG G3 | Tagged aCalDav, CM13, CyanogenMod, CyanogenMod 13, DAVDroid, Pury, Safe Mode, System UI has stopped, theme | Leave a comment

Android Marshmallow’s Internal Memory Feature for SD Card

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

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

Posted in Android, CyanogenMod, Reviews | Tagged 17mb, Android, Android 6.0, CyanogenMod, CyanogenMod 13, Internal Memory, Marshmallow, SD Card | Leave a comment

CyanogenMod for Amazon Kindle

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

I detail below the steps that are outdated to save you time.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

Posted in Android, CyanogenMod, How-To | Tagged CyanogenMod, fastboot, FireFireFIre, Kindle Fire, Kindle Otter, root, TWRP | Leave a comment

Results of the “Android without Google” Experiment

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

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 →

Posted in Android, CyanogenMod, Reviews | Tagged Amazon App Store, apk4fun, CyanogenMod, F-Droid, Gmail, google, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, Google Maps, Google Play Services, Hangouts, HERE, Lyft, Mobogenie, NJ Transit, owncloud, SlideMe, Uber, Xabber, YouTube | Leave a comment

Android without Google

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

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 →

Posted in Android Apps, CyanogenMod, How-To, LG G3, Nextcloud/OwnCloud | Tagged Amazon App Store, Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Fire Stick, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Music, Android, apk4fun, Authy, Bing, Bitcoin, Business Calendar 2, ChatSecure, Chrome, chromecast, closed source, CSipSimple, CyanogenMod, DAVDroid, Drive, Dropbox, DuckDuckGo, Endomondo, F-Droid, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Feedly, Fennec, Firefox, Gmail, google, Google App, Google Camera, Google Drive, Google inbox, Google Keep, Google Location Services, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play Books, Google Play Music, Google Play Newsstand, Google Play Services, Google Play Store, Google Tracks, Google Voice, Google Voice Search, Google Wallet, gReader, Hangouts, HERE, Hulu, iHeart, Instagram, Instant Messaging, K9-Mail, LibreOffice, LinPhone, meetup, MyOwnNotes, Netflix, no google, OneDrive, OneNote, open source, Opera, Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, OSMAnd~, owncloud, Pandora, PayPal, Replicant, Roku, Runkeeper, Skype, SlideMe, Snapchat, Songza, Strava, SugarSync, tasks, TickTick, TubeMate, Twitter, Venmo, Waze, Whatsapp, Wunderlist, Xabber, YouTube | 1 Comment

Root access with CyanogenMod

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

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 →

Posted in Android, CyanogenMod, How-To | Tagged Android, CyanogenMod, Developer Options, root | Leave a comment

CyanogenMod nightly updates causes breakage

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

reboot your phone into recover mode and factory reset the phone Continue reading →

Posted in CyanogenMod, How-To, Samsung Galaxy S3 | Tagged Airplane Mode, Android, CyanogenMod, Factory Reset, Nightly build, Recovery, Samsung Galaxy S3 | Leave a comment

CyanogenMod Updates for T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

My T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 phone did not automatically receive an update in quite some time. I looked on the dt2mo Wiki page and found that dt2mo had merged with other Galaxy S3 streams into the dtIte stream. I checked … Continue reading →

Posted in CyanogenMod, Reviews, Samsung Galaxy S3 | Tagged tutorial | Leave a comment