Android useful links (iPhone SMS to Android, ADB driver install, hacking)

Here are some links I found useful:

iPhone SMS to Android Converter (step by step how to migrate your SMS from iPhone to Android) [Tutorial] ADB Driver Android 1.0 Install (helped me install the ADB driver for my HTC Desire by modifying the INF file) FAQ Android Hacking (glossary of terms) How to remove Sense [...]

September 30th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Tech | Leave a comment

Android FAQ – HBOOT and rooting

I found this information on AndroidForums and it is very helpful, so just wanted to keep it (maybe it helps someone else also):

What’s HBOOT? It’s immediately loaded when the phone is switched on. It’s mostly responsible for checking and initialising the hardware and starting the phone’s software, for flashing official software releases (RUUs via [...]

September 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Tech | 3 comments

Denyhost: Permanently whitelist a host

Thanks to this site, I found an easy way to whitelist a host when using denyhosts. Just need to create a file called allowed-hosts with the IP addressses you want to whitelist inside /var/lib/denyhosts (or the work directory in your box).

In my case, I found very useful to whitelist the localhost address (127.0.0.1) to [...]

September 3rd, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Linux | Leave a comment