When playing around with android phones it may happen that the setup wizard crashes and refuses to work. Not nice per se and quite annoying as it prevents us from testing and developing. As I always forget how to get around that issue, here’s how it’s done: adb shell settings put global setup_wizard_has_run 1 adb shell settings put […]
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Return to Stock – Nexus 5x
It’s not a secret that I was running Cyanogenmod on my Nexus 5X, but I have to admit, it’s time to revert to stock due to various random issues which are getting me mad. So here’s a small howto to do so. First of all, get the Factory Images for Nexus Devices from Google, available at https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and the […]
Google-Authenticator – Strike 2
Google Authenticator surely is a cute thing. But my current solution isn’t really matching my taste: one token for every app which makes up a total of 20 token for my daily use – about 19 token too much if you’d ask me. A solution could be a Radius server, having all the users authenticated using a PAM […]
Google-Authenticator and SSH
Looking at the current bugs and problems with passwords and authentification, everything is insecure – at least in theory. Believe me, as a sysadmin I have to say, “that sucks”. So I decided to choose “Plan G” which is the Google-Authenticator, a software token to extend our passwords by a new 6 digits number, pretty much like the […]
Designed, engineered and assembled in the USA
August 2012 was a nice time as Google started to take over Motorola and things actually started to look pretty bright on the smartphone market as everyone was hoping for google taking action. For me it was a reason to purchase the Atrix 4G device which turned out to be great just until they promised and cancelled updates […]
Anzeigenplatzierung und deren Auswirkung
Google AdSense mag ein netter Weg sein, um die Kosten die ein Webspace mit sich bringt reinzuholen – so sind die Gedanken vieler Leute, die Webseiten betreiben – nicht zuletzt auch meine Ăberlegung. Aus diesem Grund habe ich mich einmal beim AdSense Programm angemeldet und einen Anzeigenblock dezent auf der linken Seite im sog. Sidebar platziert. Damit gab […]