A while ago I blogged about using BitTorrentSync as a privacy conscious alternative to the more popular cloud services like Google Drive or DropBox. BitTorrent recently released btsync version 2 which, apart from trying to sell you a so called PRO version, changed the user interface yet again and also changed the way you set … Continue reading SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
Category: Android
Segmentation fault on startup in Delphi XE6 Firemonkey application for Android
After I attended the Delphi Power Workshop on mobile development with Delphi XE6 in Essen last week, the mobile development virus has taken hold of me. So I tried successfully to compile the demo apps for both, my Nexus 7 tablet and my Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) smartphone. That these worked out of the box … Continue reading Segmentation fault on startup in Delphi XE6 Firemonkey application for Android
“Insufficient Storage Available” and “Unfortunately android keyboard has stopped” on my Samsung Galaxy Note
Yesterday, all of a sudden my smartphone (a Samsung Galaxy Note N7000) started to misbehave. The first thing I noticed was that the battery was down to 1.3 gb go? This answer to a stackverflow question, which interestingly enough is also about a Galaxy Note, offered the solution. Apparently some stupid app writes log files … Continue reading “Insufficient Storage Available” and “Unfortunately android keyboard has stopped” on my Samsung Galaxy Note
More on BitTorrent Sync
Following up on my post on BitTorrent Sync here is some more information and use cases. There is at least one alternative to BitTorrent Sync that is open source: Seafile is a cloud service. I have only read about it on their website but it looks interesting. Now to the use case: If you are … Continue reading More on BitTorrent Sync
Accessing files on a Samsung Galaxy Note through USB
I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Note smart phone for months and never experienced any real problems with it. Because of that I got bold, rooted it and installed a nightly build of CyanogenMod on it. All worked fine and I lived happily on... Until today: I tried to access the files stored on … Continue reading Accessing files on a Samsung Galaxy Note through USB