How to create a $15 Point of Sales with a Droid X and Square. Howto root, unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.4), and Square Register.

Posted on February 4, 2017February 10, 2017 by Jeffrey Hein

The Droid X is Motorola phone sold by Verizon. It has an SD slot and HDMI out. You can buy good condition used ones on eBay for $15 here. 4.3 inch Screen (~61.0% screen-to-body ratio) More specifications Complete guide to getting the Square Register App on the Droid X If it’s booting then you can Read more about How to create a $15 Point of Sales with a Droid X and Square. Howto root, unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.4), and Square Register.[…]

The phone I purchased for myself. Google LG Nexus 5, from Freedompop. $100

Posted on December 13, 2016December 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Hein

$99 + $9.99 shipping. No taxes or other fees. I disabled all paid trials. Instructions are below. The big reason I choose Android vs iPhone (iOS) is the fact that I can have free WiFi hotspot tethering on any carrier. Apple allows the carrier to disable this hardware in order to charge you for this Read more about The phone I purchased for myself. Google LG Nexus 5, from Freedompop. $100[…]

Chromebooks now run Android apps!

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Hein

Yay! List of Chromebooks that support Android apps https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps?rd=1 How to do it! https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6088175?hl=en Tags: Android, Google, how to

Embed Google Panorama and Photo Sphere into your WordPress post

Posted on June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Hein

Using this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-photo-sphere/faq/ Tags: Google

How to root the inWatch Z smart watch (Gain root level access), and install Google Play!

Posted on June 2, 2016June 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Hein

InWatch Z Smartwatch aka inWatch Z2G This guide is written for the original inWatch Z that came with Andriod 4.2.2, and has the bone conductivity speaker. Not the later version (Z3G) that shipped with Android 4.4. These instructions may work with the later one, but I have not tested it. Chipset: MediaTek (MTK) MT6572 Why Read more about How to root the inWatch Z smart watch (Gain root level access), and install Google Play![…]

The GREAT nonprofit tech give-away!

Posted on May 21, 2016June 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Hein

Are you a small nonprofit that needs good reliable equipment, data and access to the internet? These partners have come together to fund a free technology upgrade for folks like you. I will donate and install enough equipment and software to get up to 20 people online. For free. Thanks to the generosity of The Read more about The GREAT nonprofit tech give-away![…]

JP’s Stack

Posted on May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Hein

Computer: HP Elitebook 2760p i7 quad core 2.70GHz 16MB DDR3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial Internet: Spiral Internet DSL 3Mbps/512Kbps on ATT Browser: Google Chrome w/ SpeedDial2 Plugin Website host: Hang Left Hosting Website CMS: WordPress Google services: Voice, Mail, Calendar, Drive, Cloud Task manager: Asana Invoicing: Harvest Communications: Slack Tags: Google, Internet, Ubuntu

Wireless Thinclient based on iPXE, and Thinstation connected to local cloud based on KVM-VDI using Ubuntu 16.04. (boXenbaby)

Posted on May 14, 2016April 8, 2017 by Jeffrey Hein

Goal: Make a tiny (< 50MB) thinclient OS that can be loaded by iPXE over LAN, WIFI, or WAN using HTTP and HTTPS. I should load completely into RAM. It should be able to support these client applications/protocols: RDP, VNC, SSH, SPICE, X2Go. It should also have a web browser kiosk mode (Google Chrome). My Read more about Wireless Thinclient based on iPXE, and Thinstation connected to local cloud based on KVM-VDI using Ubuntu 16.04. (boXenbaby)[…]