Random tech stuff – Android, iOS, Linux, Windows…
The Umidigi F1 Play is a great device – a real bargain when you consider the amazing featureset. Its closest competitor is the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 — but the F1 boasts a bigger battery, NFC, worldwide 4G bands, a lighter/faster skin, and supposedly “stock” Android 9 Pie. Debunking the Read more…
I’ve just become the proud daddy to a Huawei Matebook X Pro this week. I got an astonishingly good deal on an ‘open box’ return, plus with Huawei’s latest slammings by the US and EU governments, the price was super duper cheap. The laptop itself is decent – maybe I’ll Read more…
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at the installed apps list on my Redmi Note 5. I’ve had huge issues with the device lately, for example it having to reload applications more frequently. I’m also not receiving any push notifications after a screen off time of 30 minutes or Read more…
My Redmi Note 5 Pro with China ROM has some serious bloatware on it. While I could unlock the bootloader and flash the Global ROM, it’s a lot of effort and still lands me with only a little less bloatware. So, using this tutorial from XDA-Developers forums, I have successfully Read more…
After finally having my bootloader unlock request granted, I recently went on a ROOT and ROM spree with my Xiaomi Mi Max. Initially I started with the Xiaomi.eu ROMs which are supposedly less heavy and bloated compared to the Xiaomi natives. Whilst this is true, there is still a lot Read more…
SSDs are great, aren’t they? Super-fast and very reliable. But they’re also very expensive for relatively small sizes when compared to hard disks. I mean, a 1TB SSD is around the same price as a 6TB HDD! Saving as much space as possible, whilst retaining high levels of performance, is Read more…
This crazy mind of mine was wondering whether it was technically possible to have two IPs per NS record, when hosting DNS data. Example: hosteddomain.com Pointing to nameservers: ns1.dnshost.com ns2.dnshost.com dnshost.com dig ns1.dnshost.com A 127.0.0.1 A 127.0.0.2 Crude example, but hopefully you get the point. hosteddomain.com points to ns1 and Read more…
Recently, after swapping SIM cards and then not being patient long enough to allow LTE to connect, I made the mistake of changing ‘Set preferred network type’ in Android settings. It was already selected on 4G, but I chose 3G thinking I could swap back to 4G and force it… Read more…
I’ve used three Kaby Lake systems so far, two of which I’ve built. Not too sure about the platform. I’ll split this into two parts, about a mobile “U” series CPU and two desktop series CPUs. 1. Mobile Kaby Lake CPUs This is where I feel Intel are lightyears ahead Read more…
I’m in love with Windows 10’s wallpaper carousel/slideshow feature, except it has one very annoying caveat. If you have Windows Explorer folder windows open (i.e. “My Computer”) while the wallpaper changes, your folder will be refreshed as if you’ve hit the F5 button your keyboard. This is particularly noticeable and Read more…