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I spent some time trying to find an acceptable ipfilter for Android and had almost hit a wall. Repeated suggestions of Peerblock were unacceptable as the application is buggy and has not seen development in some months. It is then, by coincidence, that I recognized Adaway as a perfect ipfilter app. Why is it so …
Cyanogen mod’s FAQ was not working for a 2.2.1 T-Mobile Mytouch (HTC Glacier) – I was issued an error occured while running exploit messages upon running /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF Upon some digging and trial and error I developed the following method which worked on two 2.2.1 Glaciers I had in possession. I …
How to run a combination of Google Voice, Trapcall, and your Carrier's voicemail at the same time.
For a few days my phone was showing all incoming calls forwarded through Google Voice as unknown, this was really confusing as my GVoice is the primary business line. I ran some basic testing and was able to verify that Google Voice was able to normally display the caller ID on other devices and carriers. …
This document, obtained by the ACLU, details data retention policies of the five major US cellphone carriers. The table below is a copy of the original PDF with some info removed, you can see the original at this link. Verizon T-Mobile AT&T / Cingular Sprint Nextel Virgin Mobile Subscriber Information Post Paid 3-5 Yrs …
Ever since I broke my blackberry last month I’ve been getting a lot of dropped calls, calls going straight to voicemail, and other weird things. Now, I know this is not an issue with the phone but rather an issue with the service (or, lack thereof). Having taken it to AT&T the stupid greeting lady …
