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2013-05-22 09:01:24 (27 comments, 1 reshares, 35 +1s)

Today I got a card replacement mailed in by my bank. They do that on occasion, so I didn't think too much about it until I noticed it had some funny new waves drawn on a corner.

It turns out this card has built-in NFC, in addition to the chip and the mag stripe. Now if only they got rid of the stripe...

2013-05-14 00:02:59 (22 comments, 6 reshares, 78 +1s)

Did you know...

+CyanogenMod has a built-in DashClock extension to list updates? (courtesy of +Eric Cochran)

2013-05-09 17:35:05 (8 comments, 10 reshares, 68 +1s)

After branching off and tagging the code for the impending +CyanogenMod  10.1.0 release (and the recent RC1) last week...

2013-05-01 12:59:56 (23 comments, 20 reshares, 143 +1s)

As everybody knows, Android 5.0 was recently renamed Krispy Kreme, since the +CyanogenMod  people had such a large contribution and an overwhelming love for donuts. We're disappointed we couldn't replace Bugdroid with Cid, but at least we get to fully support the laprohig (aka "the X") by the time it launches at IO.

We had to fully ignore the Galaxy S4 to concentrate on it, but it was totally worth it. Andoid KK will blow your minds.

2013-04-27 13:34:07 (26 comments, 7 reshares, 119 +1s)

If this turns out to be right, I'll be very happy.

+CyanogenMod 7 was one of our best (if not the better) series in terms of reliability and scope. A lot of that was due to the skipping of honeycomb, and the extra 6 months we got to fine tune the codebase. Getting the same opening with jellybean would be a welcome breathing space.

2013-04-26 00:23:35 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 49 +1s)

Not something I'll use, but apparently there are people besides +Rob Aymett who want do do a string of photos without touching the device...

So there.

2013-04-24 19:37:57 (88 comments, 161 reshares, 566 +1s)

Hands-free photos in +CyanogenMod . Soon... :)

2013-04-23 09:22:44 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 91 +1s)

"I always get random reboots when I try to enable GPS"

2013-04-23 00:51:24 (19 comments, 8 reshares, 57 +1s)

So... I can't run Facebook Home on a Nexus 4, or a Nexus 7. I can, however, run it on a Nexus Q, or an Optimus G (running basically the same software as the N4). 

Cool filters, bro.

2013-04-16 23:57:36 (43 comments, 16 reshares, 57 +1s)

LG Optimus 4X HD

One more newcomer to +CyanogenMod !

The 4X uses the same bootloader unlock procedure as the L9 (possible on stock version v20a and newer): type adb reboot oem-unlock , and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

While you're in fastboot mode (and after unlock), flash a CM-compatible recovery image. +ClockworkMod recoveries are, as usual, tested and recommended, and available from http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager (or the ROM Manager app, which should now recognize the model)

CM10.1 builds are, of course, at http://get.cm/?device=p880

2013-04-16 19:25:10 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Clearly an example of things Google gets wrong; can't they see the crowds demanding phones bigger than their heads so they can hide from awkward social situations?

What use is a smartphone if it can't be used as a food plate, with complimentary reusable chopsticks? (And makes a water sound when the sashimi touches it)

2013-04-16 19:34:22 (24 comments, 1 reshares, 51 +1s)

Yes, I know it's out. Now please stop spamming my unrelated posts and private msgs :-)

#soon

2013-04-12 00:04:34 (70 comments, 14 reshares, 55 +1s)

Optimus G time

Since the FreeGee unlock tool now works in the international/european version of the LG Optimus G (E975), it can get some +CyanogenMod  love. +ClockworkMod recovery also supports it, either by direct flashing or through ROM Manager.

The recoveries are available at the CWM site: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.0-e975.img

And CM10.1 nightlies are live at http://get.cm/?device=e975

2013-04-04 10:27:08 (66 comments, 11 reshares, 144 +1s)

So, to put my money where my mouth is: Below is a screenshot of the stats data collected by CM. This is the corresponding line in our stats database:


'E39983A14C92B657893E3805DEEC078D','e975','10.1-20130402-UNOFFICIAL-e975','10.1-20130402-UNOFFICIAL-e975','pt','26803',1,'2013-02-17 02:25:21','2013-04-04 08:51:13'

Now, by all means... tell me something relevant about myself or my device from that data. Or how CM can use it to kick my puppy. Or something.

2013-04-03 20:27:50 (25 comments, 7 reshares, 88 +1s)

+CyanogenMod today

2013-04-03 15:20:40 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Iain Banks statement in full - http://bbc.in/XM7ojz why is it always the best ones that go first? (v @Glinner)

2013-04-02 20:20:37 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Looks like my carrier has been improving LTE coverage where I live. Unfortunately it only works of I'm near a window :-(

2013-03-27 19:05:45 (19 comments, 1 reshares, 41 +1s)

This used to be one of my regular #ingress portals when there were few of them, but it had been a while since I visited.

Today, it presented an opportunity for a field that covered over half of Lisbon and 320k mind units. Fun times: -)

2013-03-22 00:27:58 (27 comments, 1 reshares, 57 +1s)

So... Following the Google Now and Glass tradition, shall we expect people shouting "WATCH! WHAT TIME IS IT?" instead of looking at it?

2013-03-21 17:36:12 (12 comments, 6 reshares, 33 +1s)

TIL I live in a police state. Fun!

2013-03-20 18:55:21 (19 comments, 6 reshares, 51 +1s)

If the +HTC One has a real S-OFF (ie, you can flash boot from recovery), I'll maintain +CyanogenMod on it.

Don't disappoint me, HTC. I really want to like this phone.

2013-03-19 14:18:01 (38 comments, 12 reshares, 133 +1s)

2013-03-14 01:42:53 (7 comments, 8 reshares, 25 +1s)

More Optimus L9

With the device now unlocked (see https://plus.google.com/115049428938715274412/posts/CUu6YE3C6C2 ), we can get CM on it :)

First build is live at http://get.cm/?device=p760 

2013-03-14 00:57:32 (56 comments, 8 reshares, 58 +1s)

Unlocking the LG Optimus L9

The L9's (p760) update to Jellybean from LG started rolling out today. It has a ton of new stuff for people who are interested in keeping the stock ROM, and another new thing that's of interest to us: the bootloader is now unlockable.

How?

Step 1 - After installing the JB update (I don't know if there are any leaks, but it so avoid them. The real update is out), make sure you have a SIM in your phone and let it stay on for at least 30 continuous minutes. This is important!. If you skip this step, you may end up with a permanently locked device.
Step 2 - Enable USB debugging in the developer options, and run " adb reboot oem-unlock " from your PC
Step 3 - You'll land at a confirmation screen like the one in the first photo of this post. Read it, and follow the instructions there.
Step 4 - If... more »

2013-03-13 14:55:15 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 33 +1s)

Game over.

2013-03-13 14:37:19 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

OK, getting an IO ticket is taking at least twice as long as it did last year :|
Can we at least get a random spinner graphic next year? I feel like I'm staring at a laundry cycle

2013-03-13 14:12:52 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Ah... The #googleio   spinner of doom. I didn't miss it

STOP SPINNING AND TAKE MY MONEY!

2013-03-13 13:46:53 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 37 +1s)

After looking at the #googleio2013   registration page, this came to mind

2013-03-09 18:26:40 (9 comments, 18 reshares, 58 +1s)

Turning the whole phone into an #ingress scanner :-)

(no, the theme isn't mine. get it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38438186&postcount=1 )

2013-03-11 16:41:32 (11 comments, 21 reshares, 60 +1s)

I was warned the LG Optimus L5 also got unlocked, so now CM can support all 3 members of the original L-series family :)

CWM Recovery at the clockworkmod site: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.8-e610.img , or through ROM Manager (which now recognizes the model)

Unlock at XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38053729&postcount=1159 (for E612) and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38578514&postcount=1384 (E610)
1st CM build now at http://get.cm/?device=e610

Comments disabled to avoid the flood of unrelated model questions

2013-03-07 16:38:42 (11 comments, 6 reshares, 61 +1s)

CeBIT 2013 & CyanogenMod

CyanogenMod has just been awarded the CeBIT 2013 "Best Open Source Mobile App for Inclusion and Accessibility".

We are honored to receive this award, and though we aren't strictly an 'App', we pride ourselves on our community involvement and recognize that encouraging a community approach to CyanogenMod's development has been one of our greatest strengths. Whether it's ideas, code, translations, documentation or bug reports, the Android community offers a nearly unlimited supply of folks willing to help us make a better product. 

We want to thank CeBIT 2013 for the award and inviting us out to the event. Though we could not all make it out to Germany, +Sven Daw was able to attend and accept the award in person from Klaus Knopper (creator of Knoppix, and recent CyanogenMod convert). 

Theliv... more »

2013-05-11 13:52:16 (20 comments, 24 reshares, 152 +1s)

Rare behind-the-scenes footage from +CyanogenMod HQ: This week's submission mergefest!

2013-03-05 11:21:31 (26 comments, 21 reshares, 57 +1s)

So... The LG Optimus L7 got unlocked, which means this can happen :)

+CyanogenMod  builds, as usual, at http://get.cm/?device=p700

Unlock package at XDA, at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38407368&postcount=3

2013-02-26 17:40:38 (22 comments, 1 reshares, 25 +1s)

"Ohai guys! You know all that money you're shoveling into LTE? Fuck that, I expect 5G in 7 years, mkay?"

2013-02-24 18:00:39 (55 comments, 3 reshares, 36 +1s)

+Keyan Mobli This is what bad LTE coverage looks like

LOL HSPAP

2013-02-21 18:15:00 (40 comments, 23 reshares, 173 +1s)

This is fraking awesome. Ubuntu Phone's build manifest:

http://phablet.ubuntu.com/gitweb?p=CyanogenMod/android.git;a=blob;f=default.xml;hb=refs/heads/phablet-10.1

I just added "Contributor to Ubuntu Mobile" to my resumé. :-P

2013-02-21 18:07:40 (27 comments, 32 reshares, 121 +1s)

Ubuntu Phone OS is based on CM10 source code. LOL.

2013-02-20 11:05:30 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

With some unexpected help... :) Here's the #resistance  fragment for the Belém #ingress   dead drop

2013-02-15 01:10:37 (32 comments, 29 reshares, 192 +1s)

Success!

2013-02-05 16:41:25 (21 comments, 9 reshares, 52 +1s)

And... the LG Optimus LTE variants just got bumped to +CyanogenMod  10.1. Get them at the usual location :)

2013-01-23 10:24:04 (7 comments, 57 reshares, 103 +1s)

Programmer Interrupted

The most thorough study to date that uses a variety of techniques to gauge the cost of interrupting a programmer:

pupillometry
subvocal utterances
tracking eclipse and visual studio typing frequencies/patterns.


High level takeaway:
A programmer takes between 10-15 minutes to start editing code after resuming work from an interruption.

When interrupted during an edit of a method, only 10% of times did a programmer resume work in less than a minute.

Definitely worth reading.

2013-01-22 18:37:49 (30 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

I'm still not convinced there's a place in the mobile market for FirefoxOS... but this should be interesting.

2013-01-21 14:28:37 (23 comments, 2 reshares, 37 +1s)

PSA: CyanogenMod M1 builds have "M1" in their name. Files named <randomwhatevertest> are... random whatever tests.

2013-01-18 20:27:08 (32 comments, 41 reshares, 92 +1s)

XBMC on the Nexus Q

As I mentioned in a comment for another post, +XBMC is currently undergoing extensive work for native video acceleration in Android. I was about to post my own build (which works on the Nexus Q's OMAP4), when I noticed they have just posted a build based on the same patchset (it's theirs, after all :) Great job, guys!)

So... http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/xbmc-20130118-d2c78f5-android-hwaccel-armeabi-v7a.apk . I've tested this build on Qualcomm S4, OMAP4, Exynos4, and Tegra3, all of them on CM10.1, and got accelerated video on all. Go get it :) 

2013-01-18 16:11:22 (110 comments, 29 reshares, 80 +1s)

CM 4 balls

+CyanogenMod  10.1 support for the Nexus Q is now live, and as far as I can tell fully functional. The only caveat is that the original @home functionality does not work, and at the moment it's unclear if it ever will.

Installation of the device is simple, but possibly awkward due to the lack of normal input mechanisms. Treat it like any other Nexus device:  Boot into fastboot mode (with adb reboot bootloader ), unlock it, flash the recovery from http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.7-steelhead.img , etc. Basically, follow the same procedure as other Nexus devices ( The N4's instructions from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mako will do in a pinch).

Navigation in recovery is done with the Q itself: rotate the ball to navigate the menus, and tap it to select an item. Navigation inside CM can bed... more »

2013-01-17 18:36:03 (38 comments, 1 reshares, 61 +1s)

NQMC


Soon :-P

2013-01-14 16:43:09 (24 comments, 0 reshares, 50 +1s)

I'm thinking about leaving pink as the default light ring color in CM builds for the #NexusQ... :-D

2013-01-13 17:11:08 (23 comments, 5 reshares, 138 +1s)

So... I was messing with the Nexus Q LEDs, and suddenly noticed the CM boot animation spins at almost the same rate as the Q's booting LED. And the color is the same!

<conspiracy>Coincidental? I think not!</conspiracy>

2013-01-09 15:33:30 (60 comments, 15 reshares, 159 +1s)

I just read an article in which the sentence "the similarities between them are, as you can see, obvious" was accompanied by the following photo...


So they share a wallpaper and are both black? ¯\(°_o)/¯

2013-01-05 05:30:58 (112 comments, 4 reshares, 55 +1s)

Yet more ODROID-U2

# Graphics composition is now properly vsync'ed
# hardkernel's fix for the disappearing-on-reboot Ethernet is applied
# A recovery mode is now part of the base install. reboot recovery works.
# Now with working camera (any UVC webcam should work. Tested with hangouts)
# Audio input (the on-board mic) has been fixed
# The HDCP problem that caused green screens when the TV was turned off was fixed

Get it from http://cyanogenmod.org/rc/bootstrap-cm-10.1-20130105-odroidu2.zip

Note: Since the installation now includes the more familiar recovery mechanism, this will be the last emmc-flashable build. Once this is installed, the regular "Install zip option" in recovery will work, so I'm switching to regular zips. Nightly builds (and CM OTA updates) should start happening soon(ish).