Jun - 15th

The Smallest Photo Office in the World

Posted at 8:36 pm | Filed Under blog

Jun - 14th

Working Men

Posted at 9:18 pm | Filed Under iphoneography

May - 31st

More comparisons – Samsung versus Apple

Posted at 10:04 am | Filed Under blog

I’ve given up my iPhone for good and am using a Samsung Galaxy phone. Since I’ve stopped switching between platforms I’m sold on Android as a platform. Here’s why…

Apr - 20th

Microsoft Outlook for Android

Posted at 8:01 pm | Filed Under blog

One feature I’ve struggled with in switching to Android was being able to duplicate Apple’s VIP email notifications. I get a TON of mails, and need to be able to have just the important mails show up on my lock screen. Samsung’s applications have a feature called “Priority Senders” that can work the same — […]

Apr - 16th

Anker Soundbuds In-Ear Sport Earbuds

Posted at 4:53 pm | Filed Under blog

I bought a set of Anker SoundBuds In-Ear Sport Earbuds and I’m VERY impressed. Apple Earpods are my baseline, and it’s hard to find a pair of third-party earbuds that compete, let alone a pair of wireless earpods. Inexpensive (Usually around $25.99 on that Amazon link), great bass, comfortable, and they stayed put when moving […]

Mar - 26th

Samsung S5 Abnormal Reset

Posted at 7:18 am | Filed Under blog

The Samsung S5 I’m working on boots up, thanks to a vanilla firmware update that I found on the web. Once I flashed the firmware using ODIN, The phone booted up and went through the setup steps. After setting a Google account, I was left at a screen asking for an old Samsung account. There […]

Mar - 25th

Samsung Challenge

Posted at 1:10 pm | Filed Under blog

I’m happy with my Samsung S3, now that I’m running Cyanogenmod 12.1 on it. With the new OS, I don’t have the storage issues that came up with KitKat, but I still haven’t found anything to match the functionality of “Priority Senders” in Samsung’s email app (not for trying, I even tried loading the Samsung […]

Dec - 5th

Google to help improve Samsung’s Touchwiz?

Posted at 8:35 am | Filed Under android

One thing I noticed when I started playing with CyanogenmodÂ Android images on my phone was that the images felt much faster without Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. As most vendors do, Samsung has added quite a bit to the stock android images. Some of them are show-stoppers for me — I need to have the priority senders […]

Dec - 3rd

BitTorrent Sync

Posted at 12:07 am | Filed Under blog

I’ve tried or am currently using most of the cloud sync providers out there — Dropbox to share camera uploads from my phone and wallpapers/files between Linux and Windows, Onedrive as part of an Office365 test, and Google Drive for music and movie streaming. All of them share one common fault — saving data in […]

Nov - 25th

Spigen Air Vent Magnetic Mount for Smartphones

Posted at 11:28 am | Filed Under blog

I bought the SpigenÂ® Magnetic Air Vent Phone MountÂ and it’s a great addition to my car. I’m managing phone calls for work from my car every morning, and couldn’t find a convenient place to store my phone. Spring-loaded phone holders are unattractive when the phone isn’t mounted, and finding one to fit my Samsung Galaxy […]

Oct - 31st

Prive

Posted at 6:42 am | Filed Under digital, iphoneography

Oct - 27th

Structure/Ocean

Posted at 11:44 pm | Filed Under digital, iphoneography

Oct - 14th

Capitola

Posted at 9:11 pm | Filed Under digital, iphoneography

Oct - 3rd

Upgraded

Posted at 5:54 pm | Filed Under blog

Since I last posted here, I’ve played with Cyanogenmod firmware images – since AT&T is limiting updates to my S3 to KitKat, I needed to take matters into my own hands to upgrade to Lollipop. In order to install a Cyanogenmod image, I needed to Root the phone first. Rooting is a process where you […]

Jul - 22nd

Upgrade time

Posted at 9:41 pm | Filed Under blog

I’ve had to replace SIM carriers in both of my phones — a Samsung S3 and a S4 Active. The S3 is stuck at KitKat, but the S4 Active is being upgraded as I type this to Lolipop. I’m curious to see the new design and see if the lock screen notifications are improved over […]

Jul - 8th

Android Repairs

Posted at 6:50 pm | Filed Under blog

This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. One nice thing about the iPhone is the SIM carrier — it’s a metal frame that holds up well under repeated SIM changes. The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a thin metal carrier that […]

Jul - 7th

Samsung Diagnostic Codes

Posted at 5:17 pm | Filed Under blog

Samsung Cell Phones – Programmer Codes Suggested by: GodCube, 11 Apr 2007 |Â Print version Type these codes into the phone where you normally would make a call. #646# then press the Call button: T-Mobile Customers only, shows minute usage. *#06# : Show IMEI. *#9999# : Show Software Version. *#0837# : Show Software Version (instructions). *#0001# […]