Eclipse and Android apps development on Fedora Linux
This steps show how to prepare Eclipse on Fedora Core 17 for Android application development. Eclipse with its extensible plug-in system is excellent IDE with all tools (code completion, syntax...
View ArticleAndroid emulator on Fedora Linux
If your Linux is x86_64 system then is likely that sound in Android emulator will not work out of the box. Tools in Android SDK are 32-bit so Linux should have i686 libraries installed to enable fully...
View ArticleSD card image for Android emulator
With mksdcard tool (that comes in Android SDK) it's possible to create a blank FAT32 image. After image is created it can be attached and used in emulator. Empty SD is not so useful so here will be...
View ArticleAndroid emulator - android.com.phone has stopped unexpectedly
After starting android virtual device (emulator) it was unable to use it because of continuously showing popup with error message. Emulator complained that android.com.phone has stopped unexpectedly -...
View ArticleS5570 and OpenOCD
You will find a lot of documents about SG-S5570 resurrection and unbricking methods. XDA is the most important knowledge source but S5570 forum lacks of experienced (senior) developers. This post...
View ArticleFlashing GT-S5570 from brick to CyanogenMod
In short, here you will find steps after GT-S5570 Android phone was resurrected with RiffBox. Initially, Samsung Galaxy Mini was flashed with wrong firmware. Resurrection went smooth without problem...
View ArticleUnlock GT-S5570
I bought hard bricked Samsung Galaxy Mini and in my previous post Flashing GT-S5570 is explained how this phone was unbricked. In short, boot loader was fixed with RiffBox and from Froyo 2.2.1 upgraded...
View ArticleFlashing GT-S5570 from brick to stock firmware
Post describes unbrick procedure for GT-S5570 phone. Former user tried to flash Samsung Galaxy Mini with ROM manager but he didn't read warnings about unsupported devices. His flash attempt has...
View ArticleGT-S5570 CyanogenMod tweaks
In this post I will show how to increase internal storage for GT-S5570 (Samsung Galaxy Mini) with installed CyanogenMod and how to uninstall ROM Manager. ROM Manager is incompatible with the Mini, and...
View ArticleAndroid box conflict with TV remote controller
X96Q is nice android TV box and it was supposed to breathe new life into old LG 42LD650 TV. Everything was fine until I tried to volume down TV and realized that this button is also recognized by...
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