Tagged: android

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Google’s Organisation structured data markup is broken

TL;DR: Search for “bidorbuy” in Google and post in the comment section below if you can see the LinkedIn social profile or not. You might have missed that about 2 months ago, Google introduced Corporate Contact markup via ld+json to...

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Android: Connect to an enterprise LAN via LEAP/802.1X

If you work in an environment where Wifi connectivity is through LEAP/PEAP/802.1X and you have a rooted Android phone, you can use the following mechanism: Modify the file /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf and add your Wifi APN as follows: network={ ssid=”your_ssid” scan_ssid=1 key_mgmt=IEEE8021X...

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NDrive turn-by-turn GPS navigation for Android released

I was pleasantly surprised to find that NDrive has been released on the Android market today. NDrive turns your Android phone into a powerful navigation system up to house number accuracy! The download of the navigation-software is free and once...

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How not to post a bug-report

When trawling the Android developer forums it sometimes feel like you run into people from another planet. More than often you come across the weird and wonderful world of noobs or what-cha-ma-call-its : As seen in a bug-report on the...

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Android: 3G Watchdog

I try to avoid 3G usage as much as possible, especially since I am not on a data-bundle. There are the few cases, where I need to hop onto the internet via 3G, but would still like to monitor the...

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Android: Avoid excessive data usage

APNDroid is one of those free, must-have applications (scan the barcode below to download on your Android phone): A simple, little program which switches mobile data access on/off by just appending/removing “apndroid” to/from your APN-name. If you mainly work off...

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Android: Too Many Pattern Attempts. Phone is locked.

There you are, showing off your Android and that funky pattern lock feature. But you didn’t think that some joker would try too many times and lock your phone for good. Not to bad, since you just need to wait...

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Android: Clear cache before upgrading to a new firmware

I have been using CyanogenMod for a few weeks and am currently running 4.1.9.2 without an issue (no crashes, FCs etc). Many users complain on the XDA-Developers forum about issues, but I truly believe that if people followed some basics,...

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Android: Partitioning your 16GB card

MAJOR WARNING: The instructions below will wipe your SD-card for good. So make sure that you want to do this. (Follow my backup instructions just in case) If you are running Cyanogen or a similar firmware which requires 3 partitions...

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Android: Buy some apps from the Android Market

As South Africans we are always on the tail-end of things. It comes as no surprise, that although we have access to the Android marketplace where we can download tons of free applications, Google has still not allowed us to...