Recent content by nyktovus

So, i'm not super wise with esn's meid's all that.. i have a Verizon Ellipsis 7 and would like to sell it.. Should i remove the sim card? does the esn, meid status rely on the sim card? if i sold it without, could someone buy a sim card from verizon to make it work? I know it'll work fine as...

Found this and its just what i've been looking for.. used to have this function on a rooted motorola and LOVED it.. i miss it.. http://androidandme.com/2010/07/news/night-vision-mode-could-double-your-androids-battery-life/ anyone know how i can easily put this in play on my optimus f3?

so i just updated to v7. everything went smoth, rooted, made it rain, supersu'd busyboxin.. every time i turn around, the d@mn thing resets and has factory icons (facebook, buzzfeed, twitter, instagram, MobileIP, play store, welcome, yelp, pandora, audiofile.. etc) its CRAP I DONT HAVE NOR...

Want to do a fresh install/upgrade from v6 to v7 currently running a rooted v6 with cwm and would like to put the new v7 in, but really dont want to keep the settings and function of this wonky @ss v6. What is the easiest way to implement v7 as a fresh install? then root ..

so i updated to the odexed v6, and now the gps /navigation function is toast... i search for a location and it just spins and spins.. help??

installed the v6 odexed ROm. (got rid of that assinine v6 update message. ) resetup everything from scratch.. including the sd card int mem swap.. now everything on my SD card is duplicated on the system. Storage shows 14.5 gb free in both internal and external.. its the same script i used...

so i installed twilight, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux and it was ok.. i'm really looking for something that my old motorola triumph did which was SCREEN all the colors to red rather than just overlaying a shitty red color over everything.. but this morning...

ok long story short LG optimus f3 (virgin mobile) rooted? Succesful! App2External_SD? Successful CWM? unsuccesful implementation.. or so i thought. This morning i woke up to find a system update notice (mind you i'm firing 1/4 cylinders cause i just woke) Click update.. asked to wipe/install...

ok, just got this fone. i noticed like a complete ass, this fone has internal flash that it mounts as /storage/sdcard0 with is mindnumbing cause most apps i use stick user files on the sdcard.. giving us a convenient way to back up user data. my SD card is mounting at /storage/external_SD...

just got the new f3.. totally annoyed. put my sdcard in from the old motorola triumph, and it was being insane with it, mounting at /storage/external_SD... even though it had a /storage/sdcard0 as well (which the OS was dumping into.. rooted. fixed mount point. anyway, that aside, i...

Starship Triumph: VM wants me to REactivate my fone HELP!?!!? so after months of BS from Virgin, i got this email.. "Thanks for contacting Virgin Mobile Customer Care. We are sorry to know you are having issues with your text messages on phone. We refreshed a few back-end services and we...

If i buy a used triumph with a bad ESN (cheaper) can i use it for parts? or is the definitive chips that make it a clean esn or not built into the screen? -nyk

so i tried a few custom roms.. settled for froyocream sammich. its tight. looks good.. eats battery like a fat kid.. but turning off data and wifi seem to help.. this leads me to my first issue: when i turn on my wifi it wont connect, unless i go to system settings> wifi> wifi settings> OH ****...

SO i've got an htc wildfire S for virgin mobile in the us.. and this infernal internal mem issue is BS.. i can only have a hobbit's handful of apps installed and even being more frugal than a peasant with this thing i still get "insufficient memory issues" ALL the time.. i was at a concert and...