Cyanogenmod 12.1

So.. time for some techy stuff by me. Have you every wondered why your smartphone is getting laggy-ier every time you launch an app. It is true because the previously opened application is hogging the RAM but also cause there are other unimportant things that are factory installed into your samsung or other android phones.

Samsung has this modified android called TouchWiz user interface. It is Samsung's signature software that is why it is so popular. Installed apps that comes together with the phone such as Shealth and S"stuffs" are there which uses the phone's sensors to work. Using an alternative ROM will lose these functions. Personally I find that that is OK.

So I will introduce you guys to Cyanogenmod 12.1 which is compatible with Samsung S5.

Example of Samsung's TouchWiz

Cyanogenmod's Notification Draw

Notice the settings differs. Samsung's orientation is at the bottom right whereas Cyanogen's at the bottom center.

On the downside of using Cyanogenmod 12.1, the phone has to be rooted. This means that the warranty will be voided and will incur additional charges if any hardware is damaged and requires repair.

Should I include Installation Instructions? Shall make it as brief as possible.
1) get necessary USB drivers for samsung
2) get "CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip"
3) get "cm-12.1-20150416-UNOFFICIAL-klte.zip"
4) get "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-klte.rar"
5) get "Odin3 v3.09.exe" that is with "odin3.ini"
6) use odin and root using autoroot from 2)
7) use odin to install openrecovery
8) transfer "cm-12.1-20150416-UNOFFICIAL-klte.zip", "gapps-L-4-21-15.zip", "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip"
9) after cyanogenmod starts load, install the gapp and updateSU using openrecovery.
10) ALL SET :)

Hope the instructions are not that confusing to those who like to experiment.
Stick around for more stuff on this blog. Till next time

Air CoRn

Believe me, the title is just to pronounce it in a way that it means "finally, after so long".

I don't mean it in a bad way like "without it, I will die", it's just, its been a while since we have a major switch. I have been living with just water-cooled fan, desk fan and standing fan. Guess I have many 'fans' experiences.

So during the start of august, I was still having my Year 1 Trimester break. My mum and I went to Singapore Expo for the Home and Electronics Fair. We bought major stuff like washing machine, refrigerator and lastly, air conditioner. The salesperson's name was Stalin. Surprisingly, he was Chinese educated and thus able to speak chinese. Well, I don't want to explain too much of Stalin as the services provided by him is not really up to expectation.

And the best thing about this is.... I GET TO SELECT MY OWN TEMPERATURE.. Say.. what is too cold?

Today is 17 September. Air con specialist had finished setting up the compressor and the 3 system units. Now I 'just' have to be careful not to on the air con for long hours as we may traditionally know that the electricity consumption of those machines are rather enormous.

psst: but it still doesn't cure my hyperhidrosis

Farewell...NOT

Guess the title is self explainatory but not in a bad way.
People are often entering and leaving my side and ...
I seemed to be the only one who is 'faithful' and stayed.
People change; I remember; They forget.

On a Tuesday, 15 September 2015, my dear polytechnic friend have left my side to pursue a greater height. Although I may not be seeing James in school anymore, we can always have a session of hotpot at 'Chuan Yi Pin' when we have the free time to stir the pot with the gang. Will miss our Year 1 memories together. Example would be the 'Dizzel' and 'Warframe' considering the fun memories and 'Sudoku' and 'Maze' for the tough times.

Update@11.15pm - 15 September 2015: Turns out he chose to stay to fight this to the end. Keep it up man!