Android 101 : The Basics – What you should know

So you just got your sweet new Android phone and you are a little overwhelmed. If you are coming from Apple or Blackberry, there is a large learning curve. I hope that in this article I can brake down some of the basic things you should know about your powerful phone.

I will be doing this whole article on a new Galaxy S 2 (II) running the Samsung TouchWiz launcher (interface). Some things may look different to your phone, but the basics are there. Please comment with any questions you have.

Buttons

The following button will be found on all Android phones along with a Lock and Volume buttons. Your phone might have some extra buttons or have them in a different order but, these will be your main keys.

Back – Will always take you back one step as well as close any on screen keyboard.

Menu – Will bring up secondary options for your open page.

Home – Will always take you back to your launchers home screen.

Long Press Home - Will bring up your multitasking menu.

Search – This will bring up your Google search function. It will also bring up in app search fields.

Long Press Search – You can configure this to launch certain apps such as Voice Search.

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January 6th, 2012 | Category: Android, Electronics | Leave a comment

Must Have Cydia Tweaks for iOS 5 – January 2012

You just Jailbroke your iPhone/iPad running iOS 5 and you open Cydia to find thousands of apps staring you in the face. What do you install? What will work with your phone? Well, I hope I can shed some light on this for you.

I have a minimalist approach to Cydia because you can create some issues by doing too much. The following collection of apps I have tested myself and have not had any conflicts. Most of these apps are to help you with day to day tasks and overall improve your iOS experience. 

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January 3rd, 2012 | Category: Apple Products, Electronics | 3 comments

Install PLEX on Apple TV 4.4.4 – Windows Guide

This is a quick tutorial on how to install Plex 0.9.0 Beta on your  Jailbreaken Apple TV with firmware 4.4.4. This entire tutorial was done using Windows 7.

What you will need to do this:

  • Jailbroken Apple TV 2 (4.4.4 will be used in this tutorial) How To
  • Putty SSH Client (Or equivalent) Download

Step 1: Turn your Apple TV on and navigate to Settings > General > Network. Write down the numbers next to the “IP Address” field. For this demo I am going to use “192.168.0.114″

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January 1st, 2012 | Category: Apple Products, Electronics | 10 comments

Jailbreak Apple TV 4.4.4 Untethered – Windows Guide

This is a simple guide on how to Jailbreak your Apple TV with firmware 4.4.4 using Seas0nPass. This entire tutorial was done using Windows 7. This is also an Untethered Jailbreak.

What you will need: 

  • Apple TV Second Gen (The small black one)
  • Micro-USB Cable (To connect to your computer)
  • Computer (Mac or PC)
  • Latest Version of iTunes (Download)
  • Latest version of Seas0nPass (Download)

Before you start… Make sure your Apple TV is up to date with software version 4.4.4 and you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer.

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January 1st, 2012 | Category: Apple Products, Electronics | 2 comments

New EPIC Engineering Website

200-homeIt has been a long time coming and I have finally had a chance to finish and upload the new EPIC engineering website athttp://www.EPICSuspension.com

The site is not 100% done and will never be. I will continue to tweak and update the site weekly.

Earlier this week I had (what I hope is) the final iteration of the EPIC 2008+ STi springs fitted.  Pending a few more road and drive ability tests we should be going into production with them shortly.  This will be followed by more heavy website updates.

Click here to check it out!

let me know your thoughts.

September 4th, 2009 | Category: EPIC Engineering | Leave a comment

Hue tint when using Windows Photo Viewer – FIX

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I have had this problem with two computers running both Windows Vista and Windows 7.

All seem to be when I am using my Samsung monitors through DVI port.

The reason is because Photo Viewer uses a color profile that is not properly calibrated. The easy fix is to switch the color profile to the standard IE color Profile…

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July 15th, 2009 | Category: Electronics | 21 comments

Your body after Chemo – 5 months after my last treatment

Dan Antonielli - After ChemoAbout a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.  I went through my surgery and began Chemotherapy shortly after I recovered. I was in Chemo for a little over 3 months about 7 days a week 8 hours a day.

Questions I frequently get asked by friends and other patients is what it does to your body and will you recover 100%. ( Be the same afterwards )

I can not speak on behalf of all Chemo patients… But, I HAVE recovered 100% and with some hard work got myself to the best shape I have ever been in my life.

Dealing with Cancer is a very much a layered cake. All I am going to go into detail about here are the effects Chemo has on your body and how long it took for me to get back to normal. I will write more on other aspects of the whole experience in other posts.
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June 8th, 2009 | Category: Personal | 40 comments

Windows 7 running on a MSI Wind U120 Update

w7-msiI have been running Windows 7 RC 7100 on my MSI Wind U120 for a few weeks now.  When I started I was dual booting W7 and XP but, now I am exclusively on W7 and removed the XP partition.

The only issue I have run into are with programs that are not optimized for Windows 7 ( Such as Skype ) but, the latest batch of Win Updates have cleared that up and I expect that to continue over the next few months.

See the screenshot gallery and details after the jump…
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May 21st, 2009 | Category: Electronics | 4 comments

EPIC 2008 STi springs update and Eibach USA warehouse images

Last week I was down in Southern California and was able to visit Eibach USA manufacturing facility.  I was eager to get an update on when the springs would be available.Eibach Logo

Eibach is currently a bit behind but I should have the springs by mid June.

Here are a couple of images I took of Eibach USA facility.

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May 20th, 2009 | Category: EPIC Engineering | 3 comments

Windows 7 installation hangs at "Completing Installation" – FIX

I have seen the following issue posted a few times now

Directly after the first restart the installer hangs on “Completing Installation”

I have installed Windows 7 on all of my machines (The RC 7100 build) ranging form Netbooks to Quad-Core powerhouses with 8gigs of RAM.  Recently I ran into this issue and figured out what I was doing wrong after 2 failed attempts.

On the “Where do you want to install Windows” page I was just formatting the partition I wanted and clicking “Next”

THAT IS WHAT I DID WRONG!

I did the following and it was smooth sailing from there.

DO NOT just hit “Format”

“Delete” then “Allocate”

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May 20th, 2009 | Category: Electronics | 84 comments
 
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