Project Mad Zorg

Snowpocalypse 2011

2011-02-08T14:09:00.001-07:00

This continuing snow storm is starting to get old. The constant ruing of my plans, and others around me, has got to stop.

I recently started working with my brother in law at his landscaping business, and it was going great. Hard work with visible results can really make you feel better about oneself. However this snow makes it impossible to finish our current jobs, and I really could be using that extra cash to take care of a few bills. My main job is enough to support me, but a few extra buks can go a long way in minimizing stress.

It's frustrating that my jeeps clutch decided to go out right before the snow storms hit, it could have been more useful than my mother's minivan. If we didn't live 30 minutes aparts, I doubt it would be such a big deal. I do feel terrible that she is without a vehicle at the moment, yet she offered it to me.

Although, I have gotten a few good thing out of this so called snowpocalypse. I've learned of a new VNC software called TeamViewer. TeamViewer is dead simple you use. No port forwarding, no extra configuration. Just install it and send you user id and password to the person you want to connect to your computer. There are even android and iphone apps for troubleshooting on the go. Very handy. The software is free for personal use, although you do get a nag screen at the end of every session. You can set up a free account with them and keep track of all the user ids, so all the client has to do is send you their password, which changes every time the program is launched. Also, there is a userless mode for connecting to a computer or server for use with the built it file transfer mode or if you want to check on your downloads.

The program also features a presentation mode where multiple people can log into one pc and and watch the user complete tasks. Along with the built in voip and wecam system, this can be an excellent tool for telecommuting or a web based classroom environment .

Media2SD for n00bs

2009-08-20T20:09:00.005-06:00

Requirements:
Root
BusyBox
Apps2SD (EXT2/3/4 w/20+MB free)
ADB (free) OR SUFBS ($2.99 in market, get it if you can afford to)
TEXTPAD or Notepad++
Patience
20 minutes of your time

Please note that I have only tested this with Cyanogen’s mods. If you haven’t flashed his rom, I would highly suggest giving it a shot. If you are not running CM, this may not work.

If this breaks your phone, it’s not my fault.
Do not use notepad or wordpad to edit your userinit.sh.
use textpad or notepad++

Step 1:
Grab your favorite resource.zip file (Compressed audio files here)
Extract the contents of the zip somewhere easy to remember.
Example:

C:\tools\media\

Once the files are extracted you should have 4 folders in your audio folder:

C:\tools\media\audio\ ui | ringtones | notifications | alarms

Step 2:
Create target folder.

Using TERMINAL or ADB shell type the following commands:
Su
Cd /system/sd
Mkdir media

Step 3:
Move the extracted resource files to your phone.
Using adb push:
Adb push c:\tools\media /system/sd/media
And wait a while

Using SUFBS:
Mount your SDCARD
Copy the audio folder to your SDCARD
Open SUFBS
Navigate to /sdcard
Find your audio folder long press to copy
Press the back arrow and go to /system/sd/media/
Menu -> paste and wait
Delete /sdcard/audio to avoid duplicates. (not /system/sd/media/audio/)

Step 4:
Removing /system/media (your old audio folder)

WARNING! THIS IS WHERE THINGS CAN GO WRONG. BE CAREFUL. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

TERMINAL:
busybox mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox rm -rf /system/media

ADB SHELL:
Adb remount
Rm –rf /system/media

SUFBS:
Press the “s” button near the top so it turns red
Navigate to /system
Long press on media and delete.

Step 5:
Symlinks (a shortcut of sorts, when android looks for /system/media it will be redirected to /system/sd/media/

TERMINAL:
busybox ln -s /system/sd/media /system/media

ADB SHELL:
ln -s /system/sd/media /system/media

SUFBS:
Navigate to /system/sd/
Long press on media
Select “sym link”
Navigate to /system/
Long press on media
Select “link to here”

Step 6:
Permissions (android needs the proper permissions to read the ringtones and such, otherwise it will fail. Folders need to have the permission 666 and the files need 777)

TERMINAL:
Su
cd /system/sd
chmod 666 media
cd media
chmod 666 audio
cd audio
chmod 666 *
cd alarms
chmod 777 *
cd ../notifications
chmod 777 *
cd ../ringtones
chmod 777 *
cd ../ui
chmod 777 *

ADB SHELL:
This is the same as TERMINAL.

SUFBS:
This will take you forever. Use terminal or adb

Step 7:
Reboot and verify that you have ringtones. Please wait up to 5 minutes after your phone has rebooted before doing this, the system needs to find all its files first.

Go to settings -> sound & display -> phone ringtone.
You should have a very long list of ringtones now.

Step 8:
Optional
(however you will have to repeat steps 4 and 5 every time you flash a new ROM)

Add these lines to your
/system/sd/userinit.sh

Once again do not use wordpad or notepad
(use TEXTPAD or NOTEPAD++ or SUFBS)

busybox mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system;
busybox rm -rf /system/media;
busybox ln -s /system/sd/media /system/media;
busybox mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system;

Don’t have one? Use mine

TERMINAL:
adb push c:\tools\userinit.sh /system/sd/userinit.sh

COMPCACHE is enabled by default on my userinit.sh
My userinit.sh is only designed to work with cyanogens mod 4.0.1 or higher. You have been warned.

If there is anything wrong with this tutorial, or you have issues with any step please let me know so I can correct the issue and/or help you

2009-06-01T13:49:00.003-06:00

so some serious drama happened over at xda this weekend. Haykuro, a prodigy at android development joined the ranks of Jesusfreke to watch from the sidelines.

He left due to leakers and haters, his inner circle was leaking test builds to the public. which is kinda a dick move, someone trusts you to keep a work in progress under wraps, and you release it? fuck, that is not cool. he even said he was going to leave the scene if it didnt stop.

then you have the haters, the kids who get pissed off at haykuro for not releasing his work in progress, i mean seriously? its buggy and he is trying to make it stable and actually work.

twistedumbrella, thedudeoflife, and cyanogen can keep it together under the pressure of the community. that place is ruthless. some dumbass wrote a page about how much i suck and how i should burn in hell for being so stupid, just because my suggestion didnt work. he got himself banned for that, lol.

on a lighter note, hero + rosie has been released, and is getting tweaked and polished as i type this.

updates and stuff

2009-05-20T13:49:00.002-06:00

so i started a twitter account, mainly to follow the developments of haykuro and his android roms. nerdy i know, but whatever. the new hero build is worth it, it's an iphone killer for sure

Life, Trials, and PC repair

2009-04-28T00:42:00.000-06:00

After surfing the web for about 4 hours and finding numerous amusing websites, I decided to create this blog.
Why? I'm not too sure.
Something to do in my spare time, probably.
A place to help others, possibly.
A way to better myself, most likely.
The perfect place to clear my head, that will do.

I hope to get advice from the world and give what I can back to it.