I need a new phone
Retiring the Redmi 1S
I got the Redmi 1S in early 2014 as a backup phone, in case my flashing of CyanogenMod accidentally brick my Samsung Galaxy S2.
Extending life the smartphone battery
One morning, I was commenting to an iPhone user that his battery is nearly flat. He is trying to prolong the battery life by not charging overnight, reducing the charge cycles. The battery is currently a third party replacement as…
Running with Android Oreo Part 2
I was curious about Android 8.1’s Neural Network API, so I upgraded my from Oxygen OS 5.02 to OmniRom. After 2 days on it, I realized that the apps must be able to support the API and I wasn’t even…
Running with Android Oreo
I finally upgraded the OnePlus 3T to Android Oreo or Oxygen OS 5.01. There are changes under the hood, the most visible ones are:
OnePlus 3T and DM_Verity
I was editing the OnePlus 3T build.prop file when I encountered the DM-verity warning. This is part of the verified boot process. More details can be read here. There were several posts to use the following to turn off and…
OnePlus 3T with LineageOS
I used the OnePlus 3T for 3 months on the OxygenOS to have a taste of Google certified Android build.
OnePlus 3T apps in memory
The OnePlus 3T comes with 6GB of RAM. By default, this is limited to 32 apps running in the background. One day, I got fed up of waiting for Pokemon Go to load.
OnePlus 5
OnePlus 5, the fifth (some say 6th) edition of the flagship killer phones. It has some killer specs to go with it. Qualcomm 835 SOC with 6/8GB of RAM. The now standard storage of 64/128GB. The 5 looks set to…
OnePlus 3T is running out.
The 5-month-old OnePlus3T is running out. OnePlus is scheduled to announce a new device in June. They have announced that stock for 3T is running low. The device with a SnapDragon 835 SOC with 6GB RAM and 64GB flash memory…