{ Monthly Archives }
May 2014
Transfer Tasker to a New Phone
On the old phone, start Tasker and select Tasker menu > Data > Backup. This will create backup files in /sdcard/Tasker.
Copy /sdcard/Tasker/user/backup.xml and /sdcard/Tasker/profiles/* to the same locations on the new phone.
On the new phone, start Tasker and select Tasker menu > Data > Restore.
Custom ROM for Nexus 5
The Nexus 5 comes with a locked boot loader, but there are no tricks required to unlock it and either root the OS or install your own OS.
Follow these steps to unlock the boot loader, install a custom recovery and either root or install a custom ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905
Before performing step 3 “Rooting”, option B:
After Restarting Android, go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build number 7 times to activate developer mode. Then go to Settings > Developer Options and enable USB Debugging so you can push files to the device.
To get CyanogenMod 11: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=hammerhead&type=snapshot
To get Google Apps (GApps): http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps
(Put CM11 and GApps in /sdcard/0 on the phone with
sudo adb push file /sdcard/.
(Yes, this will put them in /sdcard/0.)
Gimp Disabled Menu Options
With Ubuntu 13.10, menu options in Gimp (and other programs) will sometimes be disabled when they shouldn’t be. To prevent this, start Gimp with this command:
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 gimp