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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Android L on GT N7000 Video

Enjoy the video. Galaxy Note GT-N7000 run Android Lolli Android 5.0.

All good and ready to play around. Not for normal user yet.

Issue list:

Image distortion when do screenshots and view recent apps list
Unable to run video on Facebook. Voice only
Video on YouTube app. Voice only. No Video

Mention in the OP. Not working:

sensors
gps
mobile data (but wifi is working)
hardware home button (but onscreen buttons are enabled and working)
No root

Thanks @bauner XDA developer. Continue reading here

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I am happy to say that Ive officially been running Debian 64 "Squeeze" on all of my home computers for ten days now. The last computer to make the jump was my Mediacenter which Ive typically used as an Ubuntu based XBMC box since I built it a little over a year ago, but do to CONSTANT issues with Ubuntu 64bit like flash not working, HD video content not playing back, constant seg faults on frequently used programs, odd behavior from the X server... the list goes on and on. I finally got around to backing up all of the several hundred movies and ripped CDs I had on the 1TB hard drive (just in case, which turned out to be unnecessary but in terms of data loss its always better to err on the side of caution).
Installing Debian on my mediacenter turned out not to be quite a walk in the park and immediately had me realizing how much downstream in Ubuntu land does not get committed upstream to Debian. First I had to wrestle with getting FGLRX installed and configured. Luckily, when I first made the jump to Linux Ubuntu did not have tools like Jockey yet. While I despise them (Canonical) for pulling a Microsoft on us and dumbing down the operating system, I can understand why such tools exist. But I digress.
Like Id mentioned earlier, the primary function of this particular computer is to play back audio and video content so getting graphics acceleration working was priority 1. Then after getting the display working properly and FGLRX configured right I was very happy to be finally rid of a problem that constantly plagued me while running Ubuntu. Namely, my video card randomly choosing not to use the HDMI port and defaulting to the DVI port which I had nothing plugged into. Very frustrating, and generally embarrassing as it seemed to happen most often whenever Id be having people over for a movie night or a karaoke party... Its pretty hard to sell people on how cool Linux is when you have nothing but problems just getting the screen to work right.
But then came the next hurdle: getting the sound to work. In all fair ness, the sound worked just fine out of the box provided you were plugged in to the audio output jack on the onboard sound. Getting sound through HDMI was another story altogether. The problem turned out to be that the HDMI was not registering as an audio device in the sound applet, but ALSA did manage to detect it. After using the command line to detect my sound devices and then forcing output through the HDMI, I was pleasantly surprised to hear music finally coming out of my surround sound. Just in case youre wondering, the commands I used were
aplay -l
to list my audio devices, and then
sudo aplay -D plughw:1,3 ~/Music/Muse/Origin of Symmetry/New Born.mp3
In actuality, the first attempt to play anything resulting in deafening static coming through my surround sound speakers. Just on a hunch, I converted a song into a .wav file and then tested it using the same command. Worked like a charm. So I knew I was halfway there. Audio was capable of coming from the speakers so it was just a matter of configuring ALSA to use the HDMI port by default. Adding the following lines to /etc/asound.conf (the ALSA manual configuration file) did the trick:

pcm.!default {

type hw

card 1

device 3
}

So, with that I now had both sound and accelerated video playback through my awesome 50" HDTV. All I had to do beyond that was install the necessary audio and video codecs, conversion tools, rippers, and of course XBMC. One issue that I keep running in to is XBMC crashes whenever I try to play any HD video content, but playing HD video through VLC and Totem works flawlessly on Debian, whereas HD playback was always choppy using any program on Ubuntu. I suppose I can deal with having to play HD content outside of XBMC, but it would be nice to get everything in one place. It seems that the issue is with the 64 bit build of XBMC on Linux, as HD content played albeit poorly on 32 bit Ubuntu.

Another thing that Im discovering does not work the same way on Debian as its Ubuntu counterpart is Winff, a very easy to use GUI frontend for the FFMPEG conversion tool. Long story short, Winff is anything but easy to use particularly because of the complete lack of presets and documentation. The more complete set of presets available on the Winff web site simply dont work at all, constantly throwing errors about missing codecs and improperly worded settings. Rather disappointing, really. So, Ive been hacking away at creating my own presets for the default Debian Winff, but its a painstaking process involving a lot of trial and error, and video conversion is time consuming to say the least. However, I have successfully created some Xvid/mp3 format .avi files which should be compatible with just about any computer system and Im working on fine tuning the results to make the highest quality files at the smallest size possible. Ive also been able to create files that will play back on my Android phone, but the quality wasnt really that great. But then again, using DVDFab to create Android compatible videos resulted in disappointment as well. Im sure that with enough work, Ill be able to come up with some respectable videos for my phone but it will take time. Once I come up with something decent, Ill post my results.

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Android 4 2 on Galaxy Note GT N7000

Do you want these?

Widgets work like magic.

Beam photos and videos.

Daydream

A smarter keyboard, now with Gesture Typing

Live in the Now

Expandable, actionable notifications.

One tablet, many users.

Amazing Photo Sphere camera

Share what’s on your phone on the big screen

Last but not least

Fast and smooth.

All these in Android Jelly Bean 4.2...... coming soon on my Galaxy Note GT-N7000

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4 Apps and Ways to Hide Almost Anything on Android Devices

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4 Apps and Ways to Hide Almost Anything on Android Devices

It is discomforting to experience when a friend asks for your phone and tries to open some app and you have got an “App Lock” protecting your stuff. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could just not let them even know we have such an app? We have found apps that can do just that and more. Now here are some apps and tips to hide almost anything on Android devices.

1. Hide App- Hide Application Icon (Root required)

Hide App-Hide Application Icon

ThinkYeah Mobile (AppLock & GalleryVault)ToolsFree

Hide App lets you hide any app from your phone and keeps it from showing up in you app drawer. You can also secure this app by adding an inbuilt PIN protection option. If that’s not enough, you can even change the name of the app itself to “MyApps” or “MySettings” or “MyNote” and not leave a clue of your “secret preternatural life”.

You can choose any app you want to hide from the list.

2. Hide Pics, SMS & Lock Apps (No root required)

Hide Pics, SMS & Lock Apps

The App Guruz.ToolsFree

Download

Hide Pics, SMS & Lock Apps, as the name suggests lets you hide pictures, videos, music, specific files, notes and even contacts. All previous and future call logs and SMS will be hidden for the contacts you choose to hide which makes all the difference. It also has the good old App Locker functionality with four different types of lock, the pin, the password, the pattern and our favorite “ForceClose Dialog” which will close the locked app with an appalling ForceClose dialog box and only you’ll know how to work it out.

When you open the app for the first time it asks you to choose a password for which you can also set up an email recovery. The premium version includes additional features such as resisting uninstall and changing app icon.

3. Hide Pictures – Hide it Pro (No root required)

Hide Photos, Video-Hide it Pro

ANUJ TENANIMedia & VideoFree

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This app installs with the name of “Audio Manager” and the first time you open the app it lets you know we mean serious business and this screen is in disguise. You can also change this disguise screen from a number of options such as a currency converter or a mere jokes app. You are then allowed to set up a PIN or password with an email recovery option.

You can hide almost anything from pictures, videos and music all the way to specific files. You have an option to backup your stuff on the cloud. You can also enableencryption for important documents. If you have a rooted phone you can hide apps and not let anyone even know that some app exists on your phone.

4. Open links directly into Chrome’s incognito window (Root Required)

Note: This method requires the Xposed framework to be installed on your device, you can check out our guides on how you can acquire that if you don’t already have it.

This method will fool Android by disguising Chrome’s incognito tab as a separate browser and will prompt you to choose which way you’d like to browse when you open an external link. To do that,

1. Download and install “IncognitoTab” module then navigate to the Module section and activate the “IncognitoTab” module and activate it.

2. Reboot your phone.

3. Next time you open up a link the phone will give you an additional option to open the link directly in Chrome’s incognito window. You can choose to make that a default option or just select ‘only once’ to be able to choose each time.

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8Pack Shatters New Records On A X99 Champion

We are always excited when overclockers break records, especially when its on our hardware. Our friend 8Pack recently crushed a number of World Records and Global First Place with 3D Mark Fire Strike and 3D Mark Vantage on a GIGABYTE X99 Champion motherboard.

Lets take a look at at the records 8Pack crushed.

First up is his Fire Strike score of 44583, which is a World Record. Aside from his GIGABYTE motherboard, he hit this score using 4x NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti cards and a Intel Core i7-5960X CPU clocked at 5,860 MHz.

On FireStrike Extreme, 8Pack was able to attain equally impressive results. Check it out below:

Next up lets take a look at his Vantage score. This was done on the same hardware, and as you can see the result was nothing short of stellar.

Moving down to the 3x FireStrike Vantage category, you can see that 8Pack maintains his lead. For this entry his CPU is clocked slightly higher at 5,865 MHz.

Finally, in the 2x GPU category 8Pack was able to break two Global First Place records.

First on FireStrike he was able to hit 36498:

And on Vantage he was able to bring in another Global First Place score of P111069:

8Packs phenomenal scores is just another example of why GIGABYTE motherboards lead the industry in overclocking.

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Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition Tablet Available To Pre Order On Monday Updated

The Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet will be available for pre-order on Monday, March 28, in two versions: HD (1280 x 800) and FHD (1920 x 1200).

Built by Spanish company BQ, who was the first to release an Ubuntu phone, Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition is both the first Ubuntu tablet and the first Ubuntu device to provide a converged experience.

The device features a dynamically adaptive interface, capable of providing both a tablet experience as well as a full Ubuntu desktop experience, when using the micro HDMI port to connect it to an external monitor, along with a keyboard and mouse connected via Bluetooth.

Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition specs shared between the HD and FHD versions:

10.1 inch multi-touch screen
7280mAh Li-Po battery
2GB RAM
16GB internal memory
MicroSD slot (up to 64GB)
Micro HDMI slot
Frontal speakers
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
Dimensions: 246 x 171 x 8.2mm

Besides the screen (1920 x 1200, 240 ppi for FHD and 1280 x 800, 160 ppi for the HD version), there are some other differences between the two device versions that youll be able to pre-order on Monday, like a less powerful CPU and GPU for the HD version and a better camera for the full HD version:

HD:

CPU: MediaTek Quad Core MT8163B (up to 1,3 GHz)
GPU: MediaTek Mali-T720 MP2 (up to 520 MHz)
5 Mpx rear camera and 2 Mpx frontal camera

FHD:

CPU: MediaTek Quad Core MT8163A (up to 1,5 GHz)
GPU: MediaTek Mali-T720 MP2 (up to 600 MHz)
8 Mpx rear camera and 5 Mpx frontal camera

Update: you can now pre-order the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition: €289.90 for the FHD and €249.90 for HD. Theres a special launch offer, which includes a cover and protector.

Deliveries will take place starting the second week of April.

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Another Record Broken on a GIGABYTE SOC Champion

GIGABYTE continues to lead the way with world records and global first places.

Over at 3D Mark, you can find the latest benchmark scores posted for FireStrike Extreme. The top score belongs to "Mad" and as you can see, he hit 34665 using a GIGABYTE X-99 SOC Champion-CF motherboard. Check it out below:

Aside from being a world record this score is remarkable for two reasons. Its the first time that the 34,000 barrier has been broken with a quad-VGA card setup, and its also a full 1,000 points above the competition.

Next up is a Global First Place for Fire Strike Extreme with just one GPU.