Category: Tech

Hacking My Samsung Galaxy Note 3: Root, SafeStrap, Flash Recovery, Free WiFi Tether, Custom OS, Flash Player

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Reading Time: 7 minutesOnce you’re on MJ7 and USB debugging is enabled you’re ready to root. It’s almost laughable at how easy it is.

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The Galaxy Note 3 is here! Well, you already knew that. But, happy to say it’s in my hands now. 😀

The HTC DNA served me well over the past year, and other than one lone issue with the SIM card (which was easily corrected), I never had one problem with this phone. I upgraded solely because I felt like it. Just wanted a new device with a better camera and faster performance, and oh boy, did I ever score! The Note 3 is easily the best smartphone I have ever seen to date. This wasn’t just a modest upgrade from last year’s flagship device. It was a quantum leap. Boots up in mere seconds and never looks back. Never hangs or gets overloaded. Just an all-around badass. I won’t spend too much time going into the specs, as the link above will tell you all you need to know. For now, let’s get into what you’re here for. Let’s root this monster and remove the OTA shackles.

 

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Grand Theft Auto V 5 PS3 Loading Story Mode Freezing Glitch SOLUTION

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteStuck on 43% complete on GTAV and story mode loading for hours? You don’t have to start over!

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Stuck on 43% complete on GTAV and story mode loading for hours? It happened to me too, and it absolutely sucks. At present there is no acknowledgement of the glitch from Rockstar, much less a fix. But, we do have a nice work-around!

I was able to track down a save file that’s 48% complete, and puts you just a couple missions after the 43.3% corruption glitch. I have resigned the file and made both a North American and European version. They’ve been completely decrypted and are free of their original profile stamps. All you have to do is download the zip, extract the folder to a flash drive, pop it in your PS3, copy it to your saved games, and enjoy not having to start all over.


North American version:

BLUS31156SGTA50003.zip


European version:

BLES01807SGTA50003.zip




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Little Mac vs. Mike Tyson 2013

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGot a little curious one night as to how The Dream Fight from the old school Punch Out might play out on a modern day boxing game. The results were amusing to me.

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Little Mac vs. Mike Tyson on Fight Night Champion.

Got a little curious one night as to how The Dream Fight from the old school Punch Out might play out on a modern day boxing game. The results were amusing to me.








Double Dragon II (NES) Playthrough With Commentary

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBilly and Jimmy Lee are back in Double Dragon II for the NES. My playthrough with live commentary takes you through every punch, spin-kick, and hyper-knee as we battle our way to the evil Shadow Boss to save Marian’s hide (again).

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Detouring ever-so-slightly from the LJN track we’ve recently been on, this week I happily dust off one of my favorite beat’em-ups of all time — Double Dragon II: The Revenge for the NES.

Still one of the best ever.








Jaws (NES) Playthrough With Commentary

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter this quick run-through you’ll be wearing Jaws’ teeth around your neck as you’re hanging his skin on your favorite meat hook.

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The LJN playthroughs continue with Jaws for the NES. Another game from the notorious dev that caused many a frustration amongst avid gamers of that day. As with The Karate Kid and Friday the 13th, I take you through with live commentary and point out how easy this game is to beat. After this quick run-through you’ll be wearing Jaws’ teeth around your neck as you’re hanging his skin on your favorite meat hook.








Friday the 13th (NES) Playthrough With Commentary

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this brand new Friday the 13th walkthrough with live commentary, I will show you how to easily conquer Jason’s reign of terror at Crystal Lake. This video is also a sequel to the events that took place in the original Friday the 13th RIR film from 2008.

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Got a special request to do this video after The Karate Kid playthrough went up last week. In this brand new Friday the 13th walkthrough with live commentary, I will show you how to easily conquer Jason’s reign of terror at Crystal Lake. This video is also a sequel to the events that took place in the original Friday the 13th RIR film from 2008.








The Karate Kid (NES) Playthrough With Commentary

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis game is seriously easy. Never understood why so many people claim it’s super hard. In my video I’ll show you why you shouldn’t have a hard time getting through Daniel-San’s 8-bit Okinawa adventure.

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This game is seriously easy. Never understood why so many people claim it’s super hard. In my video I’ll show you why you shouldn’t have a hard time getting through Daniel-San’s 8-bit Okinawa adventure.








Hacking My HTC Droid DNA: Unlock Bootloader, Root, Flash Recovery, Install WiFi Tether, Flash Player

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Reading Time: 7 minutesUPDATE July 2014! You can STILL ROOT/UNLOCK! If you’re reading this you probably have a DNA and are looking to root this badboy and take full advantage of what it has to offer. Salute! I will do an overview of the unlock/root process and also show you how to install Flash Player and WiFi Tether.

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Hello Droid DNA!

I finally have my Thunderbolt replacement!

Ah, the good ol’ T-Bolt. The out-dated dinosaur aspect didn’t bother me nearly as much as the phone being riddled with problems. Touch screen was on the fritz and most aggravating was the 4G radio having consistent connectivity issues. Didn’t seem to matter how strong my signal was, the phone often times had a mind of it’s own in terms of staying connected to the network. What made it worse was it’s inability to foul over to 3G when the 4G radio decided to tank. Basically, unless I had wifi, I’d be left with no connection until the phone randomly decided to connect to Verizon’s network again. Not fun. I researched the problem and troubleshot it to infinity. No dice. Most feel the Thunderbolt was plagued with problems the moment it launched, and several of those bugs are still rendering multiple users with unresolved issues. I decided to move on.

When the HTC One X went to AT&T and Samsung’s Galaxy S3 didn’t quite sell me, I found myself kinda stuck with the Thunderbolt. I refused to pick a device I didn’t like and sign a new contract, being forced to fall into Big V’s poverty-row tiered data plans. I had just purchased an iPad and needed a reliable device that could tether Verizon’s lightning fast 4G on demand (for free), without fear of exceeding a bandwidth cap. I had heard rumblings that HTC was working on a new, fully loaded flagship device for Verizon. Enter, Droid DNA. Purchased one outright with no contract. Still have unlimited data with Verizon. Score.

Ok, now on to the fun stuff.

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God Bless eBay!

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSeveral people have asked what’s up with me selling so much stuff on the LK eBay Blowout Sale post. Do I owe the I.R.S.?? Am I going bankrupt?? Thankfully, no (knock on wood). It was a fundraiser for my new PC build!

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Several people have asked what’s up with me selling so much stuff on the LK eBay Blowout Sale post. Do I owe the I.R.S.?? Am I going bankrupt?? Thankfully, no (knock on wood). It was a fundraiser for my new PC build!

When I decided it was finally time to upgrade from my old dinosaur Pentium 4, I made a commitment to not touch my checking account and raise the money by getting rid of some old junk that’s been sitting in boxes/bins for years and was starting to seriously clutter my basement. Using eBay, about a month and a half later here we are.

Mobo
SSD
HDD
OS
Case
PSU
CPU
Video
RAM
Disc		 Asus Sabertooth z77
Samsung 840 500GB
WD Caviar Black 3TB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Cooler Master HAF X RC-942
CORSAIR Professional Series HX850
Intel Quad-Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-bit GDDR5
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 1600mhz
LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R Blu-Ray Burner

Not a bad rig considering it technically didn’t cost me anything. No busted bank account. No spouse backlash. Plus, I had a blast putting it all together. Satisfaction is in the air.

It’ll be nice editing video with this badboy. Making the jump from a Pentium 4, I can’t even imagine how much this will reduce post-production time.

A huge thank you to EVERYONE who participated in the eBay campaign and made it such a success. I hope you’re enjoying your new stuff.

Those of you asking for new vids, you’ll be hearing from me soon! 🙂

Have a great day, peeps!

~LK









UPDATE 2023

Current Specs
(for my own reference, mainly)

Mobo
SSD
HDD
OS
Case
PSU
CPU
Video
RAM
Disc		 GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 7
SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series M.2 2280 1TB
WD 10TB, 10TB, 14TB
Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
Cooler Master HAF X RC-942
CORSAIR HX Series HX1200
Intel Core i9-9900K Coffee Lake 8-Core 3.6 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GDDR6X
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800)
LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R Blu-Ray Burner

LK’s HTC Droid Incredible E-bay Sale! *SOLD*

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter upgrading to the HTC Thunderbolt, the Droid Incredible is officially for sale on ebay. I left the root and s-off intact, wiped the hard drive, installed SkyRaider 4.2, and formatted and loaded the included 4GB SD card with a few things. This is being sold as a nice bundle, complete with phone, HTC silicone soft case, Steinheil screen protector, 4GB SD card w/transflash adaptor, battery, extended battery (1800mah), and home charger. The screen is crystal clear without one blemish anywhere on it.

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After upgrading to the HTC Thunderbolt, the Droid Incredible is officially for sale on ebay. I left the root and s-off intact, wiped the hard drive, installed SkyRaider 4.2, and formatted and loaded the included 4GB SD card with a few things (SkyRaider 4.2 backup file, multi-touch keyboard, and Evo cam). This is being sold as a nice bundle — complete with phone, HTC silicone soft case, Steinheil screen protector, 4GB SD card w/transflash adaptor, battery, extended battery (1800mah), and home charger. The screen is crystal clear without one blemish anywhere on it.

This is a damn fine smartphone loaded with extra goodies that expand the phone’s capabilities way beyond it’s original OTA limitations. Perfect for anyone looking for a multi-tasking device armed with FREE WiFi Tethering right out of the box.

You can get after it here: LK’s HTC Droid Incredible – SOLD!!!

UPDATE – 10:00pm
Item has sold! Thanks Guys!

~LK