Tethering
- ClockworkMod Tether
- Doesn't need root
- USB only
- Required a Virtual Network Adapter on PC, Mac, or Linux
- Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether
- Pro $5: In-app purchase
- PDANet
- USB and Wifi
- USB requires a Virtual Network Adapter on PC, Mac, or Linux
- Wifi is done by FoxFi, which is free
- Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pn.helper
- Paid $15: http://junefabrics.com/android/
- FoxFi
- Wifi - infrastructure mode with WPA2 security
- Bluetooth
- Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi
- Direct, Free: http://foxfi.com/bin
- FoxFi AddOn
- Notifications of WiFi client connections.
- A Web Proxy server on the phone that can be used to hide tether usage.
- Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi.addon
- WiFi Tether Router
- $2.50
- Requires root
- Got it to work on LG Volt Virgin Mobile
- Needed to use this because other android devices having problems connecting to bluetooth from PDANet after KitKat. Otherwise, Bluetooth and USB cable works find for Windows computers.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en
- Had to download apk elsewhere because Virgin Mobile blocks this app on the Google Play Store, but still paid for it.
SSH Daemon
- QuickSSHd
- SSHDroid
- Free (Ad-supported, removed ad block from hosts file): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid
- Paid $1.79: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroidpro
Text Messages
- ChompSMS
- To change individual notification, long press on a conversation, select Notifications.
- The top right 3 dots setting menu is for overall settings.
HTTP Web Server
- BotBrew Basil (Experimental)
- Downloads lighttpd
- Start and stop, or set to always run
- Files go to: /data/botbrew-basil/var/www
- Blog on setup:
- Hack-a-day: Using an Android as a webserver
- http://hackaday.com/2012/06/21/using-an-android-as-a-webserver/
- Youtube video part: http://youtu.be/Na7ssxlj_lo
- Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.botbrew.basil
Command Shells
- Bash
- Download this zip file: http://www.mediafire.com/?ft5pcg30fpkjczq
- Also has busybox, tcpdump, strace, ipctool, and viewmem
- Make /system RW
- Copy to /system/bin
- SSH in and do CHMOD 755 bash
- Youtube: http://youtu.be/i1EHWrqYU-I
- Download this zip file: http://www.mediafire.com/?ft5pcg30fpkjczq
VNC Server
- Droid VNC Server
- to start from shell: /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver options
- 1.1RC0: no text input at all from PC until after left mouse button is clicked. Typed characters all appear at that point. Click and drag both work and the Swype keyboard pops up. Right mouse button has same delayed action.
- Some keys don't quite translate right:
- = sends +
- ! sends ~
- ~ sends 0
- < sends *
- > sends #
- / sends :
- Mappings to Android buttons
- home = home
- right-click = home
- pg up = menu
- pg down = call
- pg down long press = redial most recent
- esc = back
- del = back
- end = phone sleep
- type = from the home screen random typing will initiate google search
Photo Editing
- Photo Editor by dev.macgyver
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iudesk.android.photo.editor
- Can rotate by 1 degree
- Crops well
- Can edit Auto Contrast / Auto Tone / Hue / Saturation / Contrast / Brightness
- Can add text and images
- Can resize to any size
- Built in Photo Editor
- Only rotates at 90 degrees
- Crops well
- Photo Crop
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colors.photo.crop
- Only rotates at 90 degrees
- Cropping is weird because moving a size also moves the opposite side.
- Photo Editor by Aviary
- Can rotate limited amount by 1 degree from 90 degree rotations
- Crops well, but interface is a little weird to me
- Can add text, plus text above and below image
- Can edit Auto / Night / Backlit / White Balance / Brightness / Warmth / Contrast / Saturation / Sharpness
- Can add some stock photo props
- Can draw on image
- Can blur a blemish
USB Jig
- Resets Samsung Galaxy phone updated-ROM counter
- Stopped working on GB ver 2.3.4 and later
- Can flash a previous boot loader to get USB Jig reset to work
- Good info, but attached files are not for Sprint SII: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286
- Sprint SII specific info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20296244
Repository of Modems, Bootloaders, Kernels, and ROMs:
Flashed wrong bootloader
- Steps if you flashed the GT-I9100 to the SPH-D710, which causes the boot recovery mode to not allowed USB connections
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816931&highlight=wrong+bootloader
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865102
Clockword Mod Recovery:
Notes
- To switch to RW file system
- Copy to clipboard$ mount -o remount,rw /system
- If using ADB from computer over USB connection:
- Copy to clipboardc:\> ADB <br> $ su <br> $ mount -o remount,rw /system
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- Force an Android Device to Check for a System Update
- Usually you can go to Settings > About Phone > System Update to check for available updates, but the problem with that is carriers often have staggered release cycles.
- Ghacks posts an alternative method. Go to Settings > Apps (or Applications) and select show All. Then find Google Services Framework and click the Clear Data button. Then click the Force Stop button. Note that this might not work on the first try.
- Another alternative method is to dial *#*#checkin#*#*
- source: http://lifehacker.com/5946585/force-an-android-device-to-check-for-a-system-update
- Turn off camera shutter click
- Rooted Ice Cream Sandwich Epic 4G Touch on Sprint
- Remove/rename these files
- /system/media/audio/ui/Cam_Start.ogg
- /system/media/audio/ui/Cam_Stop.ogg
- /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click_short.ogg
- /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
- /system/media/audio/ui/Shutter_01.ogg
- /system/media/audio/ui/VideoRecord.ogg
- /system/app/Camera.apk/res/autofocus_error.ogg
- /system/app/Camera.apk/res/autofocus_ok.ogg
- /system/app/Camera.apk/res/cameratimer.ogg
- Remove/rename these files
- Rooted Ice Cream Sandwich Epic 4G Touch on Sprint
- How to Turn Your Android into a Killer Portable Media and Gaming Center
Virtualize Android
- Genymotion
- Bluestacks
- Haven't looked into it yet
Root Virgin Mobile LG Volt
- Couldn't use Towelroot because firmware had already been updated past ZV3
- Started with this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2779309&page=4
- Lead to this thread http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-rooting-guide-for-volt-ls740-zv3-4-5.893332/
- Used these instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59496298&postcount=1
- Needed to unplug USB cable and manually put into download mode when the GUI program restarts the phone
- Alternate method not tested yet