Az Geek Talk

http://youtu.be/qlTA3rnpgzU

 

great, now we need to protect our roadways from hackers.

 

Would be brilliant if it actually goes through but it'll probably get lobbied to death sadly.

 

well I'm not meaning to throw on a tin foil hat, but this is another way for big brother to track you. car OR walking. think of those possibilities.

 

But it's not tracking anything? It only knows an object is present, there's no camera on it reading your plate or anything?


Also Josh, yes that was Sedonafest

 

Hey, you still have that computer speaker setup you were selling awhile ago?

 

Nah she's long gone man. I have an onkyo setup i might let go soon. Kinda low end but better than that logitech setup was. I'm using the receiver right now though, but probably going to pick up a hdmi Passthrough receiver soon instead.

 

Do you guys know if it is possible to turn my Android phone into a mobile hotspot without paying Tmobile?

Same question for an Iphone 5.

Le GF needs something for when she is stuck in the hospital at nights and needs to study.



EDIT:

Any CHEAP alternative suggestions would be appreciated.

 

The only way I know of... and haven't actually done myself, is you have to root (at least for android). Then you can setup hotspot on it. It's free, as long as you don't get caught

 

Yes you'll need to root the phone. Once rooted you can download the hotspot app directly from google. If you need help let me know.

 

Thanks guys. We are going to look at legit options this weekend. Then we will decide what route we will take.

I will hit you guys up again if I decide to root my phone for her.

 

Got my Note 2 running on KitKat 4.4, which Samsung won't release form the Note 2. I don't know why, its amazing and so freaking fast vs 4.3 (Jellybean). Also I got a nice debloated version.

This is amazing to me:
Stock MK3 rom (Jellybean release)- 898mb
Ported MK3 rom (Jellybean port/debloat)- 268mb
Stock MK4 rom (KitKat release)- 855mb
Ported MK4 rom (KitKat Ported)- 183mb

Shows you how much freaking bloat is added into these roms from Samsung/Cell Providers. Over 1/2gig of stripped out useless bullshit apps and services.

 

That is sad :/

 

Nice!

 

Wow you have waaay too much time on your hands.

















Where do you download the roms?

 

Depends on what ROM I an wanting to run. Most devs have their own page to her the ROM. Right now running liquid smooth and It's great.

I've loaded Plazma Kernel to it and have started to set my overclock/underclock settings on it.

 

nice, post some benchmarks once done. i want to see comparisons

 

I didn't take any before shots. Been kinda messing with it but not liking this kernel too much. Stweaks works great, but as soon as I start messing with voltages in anyway I get FC's and I can't save the settings. installing Devil Kernel now.

 

Ok. Final Results

Device: Galaxy Note II (SPH-l900)[sprint]
Rom: Android 4.4.2 Dirty Unicorns 6
Kernel: Plazma v2.05+
Stock Freq. 1.6ghz
OC: 2.16ghz
Governor: zzmoove
Scheduler: deadline/cfq (both seem to give same scores)
minor voltage tweaking
battery at 63% when starting testing (should have tested at 100% of on charger)

Initial stock tests, 3 runs each at 1.6ghz/stock voltage/no tweaks at all.
Quadrant score: 2350

OC tests: 3 runs, 2.16ghz
Quadrant score: 3890

So far so good. I keep it sitting at 1.9ghz so I don't rape the battery. 20+ hours is very easy to get with normal use. 4-6 hours at 2.16ghz with heavy use.

 

That's awesome Colby!