How to update your Nexus 5x running on stock rom, TWRP with ElementalX, Magisk and PHH Superuser.

This is mainly for my own records so I don’t have to go searching again, but maybe it will help someone else. This assumes you already have ADB installed and working on your computer, and you have some knowledge of how this all works. Here’s the steps to update your phone with the latest security updates or bootloader or radio if you’re already running magisk and phh. Grab the latest Magisk from XDA, get the Uninstaller too and transfer to your phone Grab the latest PHH SuperUser from XDA and transfer to your phone Grab the latest ElementalX Kernel and transfer it to your phone Get the factory image for your device: https://developers....

October 13, 2016 · 2 min · 287 words · Matt G

Howto: Ricing Mac OS-X with Zsh, Iterm2 Borderless + Padding, TMux and KWM

This past weekend I saw over on /r/unixporn that ricing Mac OSX is a ’thing’. I used to have a lot of fun doing this on my old linux systems when I was a kid, like Enlightenment, Afterstep, Windowmaker, XFCE, and anything else I could customize to look like something from a cool ‘hacker movie’ or something like that. Anyway, this got me inspired to change my desktop into something a little cooler looking than standard OSX and here’s the basic premise of everything I did....

September 6, 2016 · 3 min · 578 words · Matt G

Adding Google Number w/ Adwords tracking to OptimizePress WordPress Theme

Recently I was tasked with adding number tracking w/ Adwords to a client’s website. They are using OptimizePress which isn’t very friendly for any user editing (no child themes, very confusing theme layout for modifications etc). Anyway, I figured it out and thought others might need to know this, if nothing else, at least on how to edit the body tag to include an onload(); function 🙂 So, here’s what you do;...

August 7, 2016 · 2 min · 307 words · Matt G

Compiling R1Soft Backup Agent on Ubuntu 16.x or 14.x

** UPDATE FOR UBUNTU 16.X ** it’s a little different with these versions of ubuntu, you can follow the instructions below, but when it comes time to updating your grub config, do this instead. # grep menuentry /boot/grub/grub.cfg Which, will output all the kernels, which now you just have to ‘count’ the entries, so for example if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" menuentry_id_option="" export menuentry_id_option menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-8e6c4ba1-8970-4c10-8245-ff967b14dad5' { submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-8e6c4ba1-8970-4c10-8245-ff967b14dad5' { menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4....

August 3, 2016 · 4 min · 757 words · Matt G

Upgrading your Google Nexus 5x to the latest Pure Nexus release

Mainly putting this here for myself, but if anyone else can be helped, then cool! GET FACTORY BOOTLOADER AND RADIO (if needed): get for your device from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images unzip copy bootloader and radio to a directory update it using next instructions UPDATE BOOTLOADER AND RADIO: # ./adb devices # ./adb reboot bootloader # ./fastboot flash bootloader [bootloader file].img # ./fastboot reboot-bootloader # ./fastboot flash radio [radio file].img # ./fastboot reboot-bootloader DOWNLOAD LATEST ELEMENTALX:...

July 13, 2016 · 1 min · 165 words · Matt G