Stripping Embedded MP4s out of Android 12 Motion Photos

Motion Photos is a feature of the Google Camera application on some Android devices — Pixel only, as far as I know — that records a short video at the same time a picture is taken in order to offer you a better shot of the same moment. The Google Camera application analyzes the frames in the video to […]

Wi-Fi working on CyanogenMod 9 on Huawei U8185

So I just got Wi-Fi working on CyanogenMod 9 on Huawei U8185: I’m using the Atheros AR6kSDK kernel driver and wpa_supplicant 0_6_X, so it’s kinda ghetto… 😉 Right now Wi-Fi scanning, WPA2, and DHCP work, but for some reason DNS isn’t working so, while you can reach hosts outside your network, you can’t actually browse […]

Fix for Dalvik compile error on CyanogenMod 9

I started getting this error while compiling CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0.x) last week: dalvik/vm/native/dalvik_system_Zygote.cpp: In function ‘int setrlimitsFromArray(ArrayObject*)’: dalvik/vm/native/dalvik_system_Zygote.cpp:199:19: error: aggregate ‘setrlimitsFromArray(ArrayObject*)::rlimit rlim’ has incomplete type and cannot be defined struct rlimit rlim; ^ dalvik/vm/native/dalvik_system_Zygote.cpp:222:43: error: ‘setrlimit’ was not declared in this scope err = setrlimit(contents[0], &rlim); ^ make: *** [out/host/linux-x86/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/libdvm_intermediates/native/dalvik_system_Zygote.o] Error 1 make: *** […]

Fastboot on the Intel Yolo

See anything interesting? [root@mzito ~]# lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 012: ID 8087:09ef Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux […]

Got an Intel Yolo

So I couldn’t resist… I picked up an Intel Yolo today: I just happened to be at Sarit Center and saw that Safaricom had them on demo. I was pretty impressed, the thing is pretty snappy, the battery apparently lasts forever, and it was only 11,000 shillings ($125). It’s a very competitive phone for its […]