Cookies

Hannah's first try at chocolate chip cookies. They were great.

Droid init.sholes.rc file

Google page that lists startup commands permissible in the .rc files.

For some reason lithmod 1.0.12 has the kernel speed locked between 500 MHz and 800 MHz. SetCPU can be used to adjust this but I didn't want to pop for the cash when android has this feature built in.

To change the cpu scaling:

Simple:

Edit the /init.sholes.rc file and chage the scaling_max_freq and scaling_min_freq settings

Complex:

(still in progress)

-rwxr-x--- system system 6473 2010-07-22 23:44 init.sholes.rc

Droid boot animations

Repository at droidboots.com

Favorites

cyberchaos

droidnexus

Matrix

Flashing Froyo on the Sprint Vogue (Touch)

Unlock the phone

You'll need active sync...sigh.

Following the directions above results in an error in the last step (titan_exitbl.exe). Found a post that indicates it's only needed on Titan phones and that the Vogue does not require the exitbl.exe More info on the unlocking process is from ppcgeeks.

To enter bootloader, hold down power and camera, then press and release reset, wait for the tricolor screen.

Download the Froyo ROM with support from xda. FAQ on android dev on Touch also at xda.

You'll need to first flash a GPS capable Shipped rom from here. I used this one.

Now flash the radio by renaming to VOGUIMG.nbh and placing in the root of the SD card and booting into the boot loader.

--Well that didn't work, it couldn't find an image on the sd card. Oh well I just used the ROMUpdateUtility.exe with the voguimg-240x320-froyo-15-07-10.nbh file in that directory and all seemed to be well. The phone rebooted and I held down the center button and followed the rest of the directions.

Oh, crap...it's booting right now and showing the droid X boot animation.

Works, amazing.

Keys are-

Menu: Power

Back: Camera

Green: Phone

Red: Power on/off

Volume up/down: volume up/down

Droid ROM impressions - Kangerade 5.0.9 by jrummy

Support forum for jrummy16 ROM's at droidforums.net

This is a built from source ROM based on Android 2.2

I installed the blue theme.

Kangerade does include an app to run several of the scripts in the ROM. Many more scripts are present and can by ran from the terminal.

Scripts are all located in /system/xbin

The script to change the boot animation (switchba) may not work if a bootanimation.zip file exists in /data/local. To remedy, just download Android Mate from the market and delete the bootanimation.zip file from /data/local.

There are additional goodies that can be loaded into the ROM after successful flashing. It mostly consists of many live wallpapers and boot animations.

Boot into recovery from the script app.

Benchmarks running the 1.0 GHz ChevyNo1 Medium voltage Kernel.

Linpack 12.473 Mflops, 0.43 Seconds, 3.36 Normal Res

Gears 61 fps

Quadrant Standard Full Benchmark 1191

NenaMark1 10.3 fps

This kernel runs well on my phone. Quite snappy and runs cool. Remember that heat just represents wasted battery power.

Benchmarks running the 1.25 GHz ChevyNo1 Medium voltage Kernel.

Linpack 12.618 Mflops, 0.43 Seconds, 3.35 Normal Res

Gears 62 fps

Quadrant 1162

Nenamark1 10.7 fps

It seems that the 1.25 GHz kernel runs hotter and offers very little additional performance over the 1.0 GHz kernel.

Rooting the droid

Android terminology forum post.

A few how2's.

The 's just mean you'll need to download something and have it ready for the rooting/flashing process.

Here is the droid rootkit that scripted most/all of the rooting wiping process.

After you complete the rooting flashing to 2.0.1 step you can proceed with flashing the bugless beast V0.4 ROM. Don't enter your google user name until after bb V0.4 is installed.

This is the ROM that I'm running, it's called bugless beast V0.4 based on Adroid 2.2 release FRF84B.

Ok to enter your google username now. Phone will seem sluggish at first. Enable wifi to speed the download and restore of all your old apps.

You'll want a new kernel. Mine is the ChevyNo1 ULV 1.25GHz version. Some phones don't support that fast a clock speed though.

A few benchmarking programs, you can search and install from the market.

Linpack - I get 19.196 Mflops on my droid.

Gears- I'm getting 61 frames per second.

Quadrant Standard - 1557 is the score on my phone.

NenaMark1 - 11.8 seconds

Manual install process for the interested.

A few tricks that your phone can now do:

Install adobe flash 10.1

Wireless Tether goodness. I downloaded from the Market though.

Get yourself a terminal emulator.

.gif images now animate. What took so long!

Chrome to Phone. Send links directly to your phone from chrome or firefox.

New busses at Disney World

clipped from parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com

What's really in the ipad.

clipped from www.downloadsquad.com Reverse engineering confirms Apple iPad is 'a really big iPod Touch' The iPad is merely a large iPod Touch

Irony

clipped from www.oddee.com 9 Hilariously Ironic Stories Published on Today 4/12/2010 under Stories - by Gracie Murano The man who drowned to death at a lifeguard's party In September of 1985, there was a celebration held at a New Orleans municipal pool. The party was being held in order to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the pool. In honor of the occasion, two hundred people gathered, including one hundred certified lifeguards. As the party was breaking up and the four lifeguards on duty began to clear the pool, they found a fully dressed body in the deep end. They tried to revive Jerome Moody, 31, but it was too late. He had drowned surrounded by lifeguards celebrating their successful season. (Link)

For "The Office" fans.

DIY Jet

clipped from www.wired.com DIY Jet Almost Ready to Fly The SubSonex is a small, single-seat jet designed to provide high performance in an airplane that fits in your garage. Of course, there is some assembly required. But that, and the $60,000 price tag, is a small price to pay for the thrill of a lifetime.

Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts

clipped from bibliodyssey.blogspot.com Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts

OHS word cloud

So the Ozark School District publishes a calendar of events at calendarwiz It's a really nice way to see what's going on at the school. I noticed very few events other than sports ...so I created a word cloud for the next month or so. What do you think:



Wordle for a larger version.

The bed is finished!

Finally complete.

Table is getting close.

Arkansas gymnastics camp

Hannah and Katie at the University of Arkansas Gymnastics Camp.
July 1, 2009

Converting DVD's to view on mobile devices.

Want to watch that new DVD on your mobile device? Here is a list of software/encoders to make it happen.

I use anydvd to remove the encryption from the DVD. It's not free but IMHO it's the best and easiest available. They have a free trial too. It just sits in the background and lets all the other DVD software think the inserted disk is not encrypted. I give it five stars.

If all you want is a back up copy of the disk in an easy to burn back to DVD format then use DVD Shrink along with anydvd. Here are a list of download locations. It also gets five stars.

If you want to create an .mp4 or .avi of the movie then Handbrake is the way to go. It has various presets that will encode the main movie direct to ipod/iphone/iTouch format. You can also tweak the format to encode to more generic formats. It gets 4 stars because it's a bi*** to get the formats correct if you don't have an ipod.

Apple folks are good to go at this point. The Handbrake conversion is all ready to be played on the device. If you have the HTC phone your not out of luck though. I've recently discovered Kinoma. It's an all in one media player/facebook/twitter/youtube/podcast/streaming radio/etc. player. Quite cool with a constantly updated library. They have a free version that's mostly the same as the paid version. Five stars too.

When all done the movies are about 400 MB in size so several will fit on your device.

Alltel Touch GPS enable

This post is copied from ppcgeeks where all the credit lies:

Alltel GPS with A-GPS - super fast lockon

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*UPDATED 3-1-09*

This is a tutorial to get your Internal GPS to work much better. This fix Now Applies to Alltel, Bell, Cricket, MetroPCS, Sprint, Telus, and Verizon, Iusacell Mexico. It will work on the 6800/mogul/titan and the 6900/vogue/touch.
It will:
1. Lock on to satellites MUCH quicker (5-30 seconds)
2. Acquire more satellites (5-11)
3. Don't need to prime the GPS anymore (There are still a few appz that will need Priming)

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SEE THE TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION IN THIS POST BELOW!

I ADDED VIDEOS!!!!! SEE BOTTOM OF THIS POST!!!!!


----------------------------------------ACKNOWLEDGMENT------------------------------
Some credit goes to this thread by gc14:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=423231
This is a slight modification of his tutorial. (I got agps working a day before him. )
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We will:
Install a PC software package called QPST that allows us to edit a portion of our phone that contains gpsOne settings.
Install drivers on the PC to allow it to detect our phone running in diagnostic mode.
Put the phone in diagnostic mode, connect it to the computer, run QPST on PC, edit the gpsOne settings on the phone.
Edit the registry, soft reset, and test it out.
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1. Windows XP computer (Vista should work, but may or may not. If the drivers install and QPST runs, your good to go.)
2. USB cable to connect Titan to PC (duh)
3. This Software Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3...4e75f6e8ebb871
4. A PPC Registry Editor: http://www.dotfred.net/TM/TaskMgrv3.1_WM2005.zip (Not needed if you use the cab file at the end of post #2)
5. Your GPS must already be enabled.
-If you run WM 6.0 see this thread to Enable GPS: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...l+gps+easy+way
-Or flash the Official Alltel WM 6.1 ROM that is already GPS Enabled, 6800 Only here: http://216.139.227.226/alltel/RUU_TI..._PPST_Ship.exe
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----------------------CONNECTING OUR PHONE TO QPST---------------------------------
1. Run Wmodemdriverinstaller.exe on your PC (This will install the DIAG driver)
2. Click install drivers, wait, once it says completed just close window
3. Install qpst_2.7b215.exe on your PC, next click through it
4. On Phone dial ##3424 , then plug it into USB port, WAIT TILL ALL DEVICES ARE INSTALLED (WAIT A GOOD 60 SECONDS)
5. Open Windows Device manager (right click on My Computer, click 'Properties', Click 'Hardware' Tab, 'Device manager' Button) on PC
6. Expand the item called 'Ports (COM & LPT)' on PC
7. Look for an item called 'HTC Diagnostic Interface' record what COM PORT it is. (see PIC below) Your COMM Port may not be the same.
8. On PC click start\All Programs\QPST\QPST Configuration. Click 'Ports' Tab. Click 'Add New Port' Button in lower right.
9. Click on the Device with the same COM port from as the 'HTC Diagnostic Interface' then click OK. (You may need to manually enter it. use COMX, i.e. COM6. description is COMX, i.e. COM6) see pic
10. Click 'Active Phones' tab. click 'Start Clients' drop down, then click 'SERVICE PROGRAMMING'
11. Click 'OK' in 'Phone Selection' window (code is 000000) see troubleshooting if it fails
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1. Click 'Read from Phone' button in bottom left corner
2. Click 'Save to File...' button don't change name and save to your desktop. (just to have a backup)
3. Scroll over to 'gpsOne' tab (upper right corner)
4. Click all the check boxes on the left hand side so they are all blank. (all 9, See pic)
5. THEN Click all the boxes so they are checked. (all 9) (yes it's strange)
6. At 'PDE IP Address' enter: 205.142.19.100 ---See post #2 if your not on Alltel!
7. At 'PDE Port Number' enter: 8888 ---See post #2 if your not on Alltel!
8. At 'PDE Transport' select: IP
9. At 'Position Calculation' select: mobile
10. Click 'Write to Phone' (lower left corner)
11. Once completed, enter ##3424 on the phone again
12. Tap exit, then 'Yes' button on the phone
13. Unplug phone and soft rest
14. Exit QPST. DO NOT SAVE CHANGES
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*UPDATE* There is a cab file at then end of post #2 that will create these registry settings automatically.

1. Open a PPC Registry Editor
2. Navigate to the folder [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\SUPL AGPS]
3. Set these values:
---------- GPSMode = 2
---------- ServerIP = 205.142.19.100 ---See post #2 if your not on Alltel!
---------- ServerPort = 8888 ---See post #2 if your not on Alltel!
4. Exit, Save
5. Soft Reset
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- The New Alltel WM 6.1 ROM erased my PDE IP and PDE Port settings in QPST. If you flash this ROM you may need to redo this fix. (regardless if you let the customizations run or not.)
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- If ##3424 Does NOT work for you then follow these steps:

Try ##3424#, #3424, or #3424#. (If that doesn't work see next)

- Download Task Manager (if u haven't already) Here:
http://www.dotfred.net/TM/TaskMgrv3.1_WM2005.zip.
Put it on your phone. I don't think it installs. so run it from where u copied it to.
Once u get task manager loaded up on your phone:

1. click on 'actions'
2. click on 'run a program'
3. under 'Open:' click the '...' button to browse for a program
4. expand the 'Windows' Folder
5. scroll down and click 'DmRouter.exe' then click 'Done'
6. under 'Extra parameters' enter /DIAG
7. Click 'Done'
Do this whenever the tutorial asks you to do the ##3424 step.
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- Sprint and Telus may need to use GetSPC if 000000 is not their code
here: http://rapidshare.com/files/44874437/GetSPC.zip.html <-- Run this on the Phone.
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- Make sure you are at the gpsOne tab when you click 'write to phone'. Changing tabs can cause the settings not to be written properly to the phone.
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-If it takes more then 2 minutes to get a lock. Then you arent using AGPS check the PDE IP and PDE Port number, Check your registry.
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-If your registry settings are reseting back to default on softreset. Then use the cab file from post #2 that pertains to your carrier.
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-Check Your ROM
start\settings\system\Device Information
PPC6800 > ROM ---3.35 or greater
PPC6800 > Radio --3.37 or greater

PPC6900 > ROM ---3.04 or greater
PPC6900 > Radio --3.37 or greater
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-Location Setting must be ON.
Phone\menu\options...\Services\Location Setting
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-Check Your GPS setting:
start/settings/system/external gps
Program Tab: Com 4
Hardware Tab: gps hardare port= none, baudrate = 4800 baud
Access Tab: check 'manage gps automatically'
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-Test Using Google Maps:
Open Google Maps, Click 'Use GPS'
-------If you get 'Initializing GPS...'
Then your Gps Com ports are wrong in google maps, you didnt soft reset, you didnt let windows manage gps.

-------If you get 'Seeking GPS satellites (0)...'
Then your location setting is set to OFF, your com ports are set wrong in windows, you didnt let windows manage gps, didnt wait long enough, obstructed view to satellites.
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************************NOTES*******************
- If you HARD RESET or FLASH a new ROM, the settings in QPST COULD be lost. The Registry settings WILL be lost. You will need to redo this fix.
-MetroPCS users will need to use position calculation = PDE
-Sprint users may need to use position calculation = PDE (if u have poor results with 'mobile')

- The reason we now use position calculation=mobile and gpsmode=2 is:
1. We rely MUCH less on the cell towers (less evdo data used and works well in areas with no coverage)
2. Less battery power used
3. Better for Turn-By-Turn software (like TomTom)
4. We don't rely on the Cell phone companies to give us our position. (greater anonymity. they already know what tower we are connected to regardless of this fix, but they don't need to know our precise location)
5. Only bad thing is that it will take a few seconds longer to get the initial fix (5-10 secs longer) and it won't work AS well indoors. But trust me the Pros outweigh the Cons.

Test it out, indoors and outdoors. you will probably not notice a difference, Which is good.

- Wifi will not work with the PDE Server. It will prevent the agps data from being downloaded if it is on.

- This requires a data connection. It will use 100 bytes (1/10 of 1Kilobyte) when accessing the PDE servers.
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HowTo videos:

Part #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UNJi1ufazM
Part #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTrouf_s3aE
Troubleshooting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y25bSH-eorA


DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE IN QPST. YOU WILL MOST LIKELY BRICK YOUR PHONE.
no warranty included. this is for educational purposes only.

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