Idea Blade/ZTE Blade comes with 167 MB usable memory. Their is no way you can install CyanogenMod9/10 in such a low RAM. However I took a chance and installed CM9 and it slogs like hell. Swapper2 can be used to add swap, but it adds another memory and space constraint. drewhill77 came up with an excellent way to add swap without installing swapper2. This is a simple way using which a swap is added in typical UNIX system.
Category Archives: android
Hack android pattern lock
How to bypass pattern lock on Android if you have made `too many attempts`
Note: This is tested on Aakash(AllWinner A13) but you may find the scripts and reference useful
Situation: The attempt to unlock pattern was exceeded, so with no Internet connection and no adb access how to delete the database entries
Command-line Android
We often use Eclipse for Android programming. Of-course creating an Android project is simple and easy for a beginner and advance user using Eclipse. Eclipse creates a file hierarchy needed for an Android project. Also building and running an apk is even simpler. But for those who don’t want to switch to GUI or who want to stick to the terminal for Android programming, read on ..
Using proxy authentication in android
I will suggest two solutions, first one, download opensource app ProxyDroid from here and try your luck. There are many such proxy authentication apps on Google play too, to try those you should connect to some direct internet source using 3G/2G dongle or wifi hot spot from any compatible phone. Continue Reading…
Installing CyanogenMod 7.2 on Idea Blade/ZTE blade/xcd35
This post is an update to how-to-install-cyanogeod-7-1-on-zte-blade-a-k-a-dell-xcd35, but mainly focuses on Idea Blade in which we have attempted to install CyanogenMod 7.2.
Mount Android phone on your local machine over Wifi !
Have you ever tried to copy a movie or song from your PC but you forgot your data cable.This happens very often.We don’t carry accessories all the time.The best solution to this is accessing your phone over Wifi(Internet is not required) .
Using sshfs package one can mount remote file systems on local machines with the help of fuse filesystem. Continue Reading…
What is Android ADK ?
This summer google announced in its third I/O about its ambitious project, interfacing every single hardware in your house to android device.
The Android Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK) is USB based implementation and connects to Arduino (open source hardware) or similar accessories .
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How to install cyanogeod 7.1 on zte blade a.k.a dell xcd35 ?
The cyanogenmod ROMs are getting more popular than stock ROMs(one which comes with default android). The reason is simple.They have latest versions,have good community support and above all they have additional features,like DSP equalizer,full customization options,CPU Clock speed control etc.The list of supported devices can be found at this link.
In today’s hack i’ll will show you steps you need to follow in order to install cyanogenmod successfully on your Dell XCD-35 (a.k.a ZTE Blade,San Francisco Orange) .