Tag Archives: Android

Move Google Contacts to Nextcloud Contacts

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

The process is easy. Go to the Google Contacts website: https://contacts.google.com/ Expand “More” and select “Export”. Export all or some of your contacts, but select vCard format and save to your Desktop. Go to your Nextcloud website’s Contacts app: https://<your-nextcloud-website&gt;.com/index.php/apps/contacts. … Continue reading →

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Google Location Sharing Review

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

Google’s version of Apple’s Find My Friend is Google Location Sharing. You can set this up to share your location with friends for a limited amount of time, or you can set it to always share your location with family … Continue reading →

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Sideloading Apps onto Fire TV

Posted on December 17, 2017 by

Since the Amazon Fire TV is a device that runs Android, you can install any Android app onto your Fire TV, but to varying degrees of success. How to To get apps onto your FireTV, you can do it the … Continue reading →

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Android Marshmallow’s Internal Memory Feature for SD Card

Posted on December 20, 2015 by

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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Android without Google

Posted on July 26, 2015 by

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

Posted on July 19, 2015 by

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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Plex

Posted on May 28, 2015 by

I found Plex was a good solution for streaming a video from my laptop to my TV. It removes the need for an HDMI cord and the quality was great with no buffering. I have not gotten to streaming my music or … Continue reading →

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Rooting the LG G3

Posted on November 16, 2014 by

Since CyanogenMod is not ready yet for the LG G3, most users will be stuck with the stock OS for some time until CyanogenMod is ready. Until then, a good way to get by is to root one’s phone so you … Continue reading →

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CyanogenMod nightly updates causes breakage

Posted on September 23, 2014 by

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

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Autistici email on smartphones

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

if you use an email account hosted on autistici.org, there are some extra steps that are easy Continue reading →

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