Palm Phone PVG100 Replacement SIM Tray 3D printed SIM tray for the Palm Phone model PVG100. Printed on an 8K SLA printer using ABS-like Tough resins for durability. Note: This is an extremely thin part (as thin as 0.69mm in places!). While it will serve its intended purpose perfectly, it is NOT recommended if you …
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By now, it may be common knowledge that you can use an original c.2016 Google Pixel to back up your photos and videos to Google Photos in Original Quality for free. While there are several posts and tutorials on how to set this up, in practice I found that some notable points were missing from …
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OK, the 3GS is a bit dated, but I recently inherited this device from my brother, who I [unsuccessfully] tried to convert to Android with a shiny new Nexus 4. He had been complaining that his 3GS was very slow and wanted the ability to tether to his laptop. He’s on my business plan with …
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If you’re running LiquidSmooth on your GNex and it is constantly “Searching for GPS” when using the built in Google Maps or Navigation apps, something is hosed! Flashing this patch fixed my issues instantly, and has remained fix up to the latest LiquidSmooth 1.5MR1 update: LiquidSmooth Galaxy Nexus GPS patch I’m anxiously awaiting the new …
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I recently discovered that the Gmaill app on my ICS Galaxy Nexus wasn’t actually syncing properly. When I would mark an email as archived, it wouldn’t reflect in my desktop browser, or worse, if I sent an email from my Android Gmail app, it would get stuck on “sending” forever, and never actually send the …
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Found an annoying issue with the Gallery thumbnails on my Nexus. Selecting a thumbnail in the Gallery app wouldn’t display the right image. It seemed like it was 4 or 5 images “off”. This behavior was also apparent when selecting things like Wallpapers from the Gallery. The fix was to delete/rebuild the thumbnail cache for …
And for my 3rd installment on Making Android like a Blackberry, I’ll share with you some tweaks I’ve discovered in the past month or so to make my Galaxy Nexus behave more like the Blackberry I was used to. Autotext Blackberry users should know what this is. It’s a way to add typing shortcuts for …
Following up to my oh-so popular post about making Android more like a Blackberry, I’ve found a way to create notification Profiles that do what I want. After fiddling for about a week (seriously), with probably 20 apps and runaround forum threads, this seemingly basic functionality couldn’t be done in Android ICS. To recap, what …
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Gmail app on Android isn’t true push. Not like a Blackberry at least. Try as I might, I couldn’t get my emails to arrive on my new Galaxy Nexus in real-time, which is important for my pseudo server admin duties. I need to know when something’s gone haywire on my servers [preferably] before my users …
