Android

Google Android Play Store Services Direct DownLoad Fix

Description of precedure to install apps when Google Play Services refuses to update. Example of this is when you click install and get "Download Pending"

Process Steps

  1. find the app in the google play store
  2. Go to: APK Download Link Generator  and generate a link to download
  3. Put the link on a webpage so you can then download on phone – You can bypass this by doing DL on your phone. I am doing it here using this page as intermediary.
  4. Navigate to this page and click on the apk link you want to install
  5. After downloading click on the download and you will be prompted to install
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Installing Kali NetHunter on Nexus 7 Tablet

Making notes here regarding Kali NetHunter installed on a Nexus 7 tablet.  I noticed this was possible when looking on ebay for a Nexus 7 for a car computer installation.

Research Links

 

YouTube: How To Install Kali On Nexus 7 [2016] High Quality

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Resurrection Remix Android


Resurrection Remix removes much of the bloatware in Android.

Research Links

Repair Notes

The chips 

The orange outlined chips are:​

  • Qualcomm WTR1625L RF transceiver (another encore from the HTC One M8) 
  • Qualcomm WFR1620 receive-only companion chip
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Installing CyanogenMod on Verizon p4vzw Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

These are my notes on how to install CyanogenMod on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.  Since I wrote this entry CyanogenMod website has gone off the air.  

OverView of CyanogenMod and Flashing – all the CyanogenMod links are now dead.

 

Wikipedia: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – has many useful links at the bottom of the page

Activating a Galaxy Tab 10.1 without a sim card and without Verizon 4G access – The Verizon version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 will boot up with a message that it does not have a SIM.  This can be bypassed as follows:

  • Touch the top left corner, then top right corner, then bottom left (just above the android controls, and then bottom right (above the status tray) and last volume UP once. All five steps are done relatively quickly and in sequence. Your tablet will spring to life. Video.

How view the IMEI number internally

GSMArena: SCH-I905 specifications  – this is a CDMA only box

Unit #1 Particulars

  • IMEI = 990000270503743   This suggests this unit will do GSM 
  • MEID=99000027050374
  • Hardware version= i905.03
  • Model Number= SCH-I905
  • Android version = 3.2

 

Unit #2 Particulars

  • IMEI=990000244202463
  • MEID= 99000024420246     This suggests this unit uses CDMA     See difference between IMEI and MEID 
  • Hardware version=i905.02
  • Model Number= SCH-I905
  • Android version=3.1

 

Research Links

Notes

  • I had trouble getting 1 of my 2 units to turn on after I charged it to capacity.  It would only turn on after I pulled the cover and pulled the battery connector then reattached it.  

Other Models of Interest

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Connecting an Android Phone to an External Monitor

For purposes of development and some applications it would be good to be able to connect an Android pad / phone to an external monitor. That looks like this:

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The critical line in the phone specifications is: USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host

MHL is "Mobile High Definition Link"

Research Links

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago