Note: this was originally posted on my other blog, where I write about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya. I’ve cross posted it here so people understand why I created Mjanja Tech. Anyone who knows me hata kidogo (even a little!) can tell you I love Linux. While it certainly is true, I’m stoked about […]
The other night I was hacking away, compiling kernel patches for my Huawei U8150 until the wee hours of the morning. It all started with tj_style’s mutli-touch gesture patches, and then estebanSannin/JackTheVendicator’s over/underclock patches. I got to thinking, “Hmmm, I could probably add all sorts of performance and usability tweaks into this kernel. If for […]
Last week I talked about my frustration with booting kernels I had personally compiled for my Huawei U8150. Now that I have figured it out, I wanted to document the process so other people can follow along (and let the hoardes of Kenyan hackers take control of their devices!). Tools… Get (and unpack) these first […]
After a few hours of toiling in the terminal, I’ve just gotten my Huawei U8150 booting a custom-compiled Froyo kernel. Believe it or not, compiling the kernel was the easy part (I’ll detail that later). The hard part was wading through the Internet trying to figure out the proper way to create a boot.img from […]
Post number one, to formally launch my new skateboarding blog…