Solution to free up storage space on Samsung Galaxy SII

After months of struggling with running out of storage space for apps on my Samsung Galaxy SII and ending up in dead end every time when I looked for a solution on the Internet, I finally managed to find a quick and effective way to free up the limited storage space of this phone. The thing about this phone model and its biggest problem is, it has an internal USB storage of around 12GB which couldn't possibly be used to install apps. Instead, all the apps by default are installed in the 2GB device memory which is shared with the OS. So, one can imagine how frustrated the user will become and eventually forced to consider replacing it with a newer model.

The solution I found was posted in the AndroidCentral forum by a dude alias Stu40 which can be found at this link: http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/272384-galaxy-s2-cannot-download-updates-new-apps.html

This is his suggested method (copied from his post):
A simple way to free up storage space is by deleting all the log files in the device memory. Just dial *#9900# on your phone and select option 2 “Delete dumpstate/logcat” in the prompted menu. It's not necessary to root your phone either. That’s it! 

It works like a charm! Thanks dude!

Finally beaten D3 Hardcore mode

After a long-running pursuit, finally I have beaten Diablo III hardcode mode today using my Witch Doctor hero. For sure it has been thrilling and nerve-racking along the way but the sense of achievement is equally rewarding too. Hooray!!!

Another day at my workplace nest

Getting started with the jQuery-File-Upload plugin and cutomizing the upload directory from client-side script

Last week I just got started to explore the elegant and powerful jQuery plugin built by Sebastian Tschan which is hosted here: https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload

It had been very easy and straightforward to deploy it onto my PHP server based on the helpful guide provided. After that I wanted to modify the plugin to be able to upload files and store them in custom sub-directories at server side. This has to be specified by my client-side Javascript and each time the client might point to the same directory or a different one depending on the client operations.

Luckily it has been figured out by a kind person who has generously shared the steps here: https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/wiki/PHP-%24_GET-dynamic-Directories

Hope my post might help someone to find the link to there too. :)

HANSON - MMMBop

Love for the fast and exciting rythm~

How to "really" get started with Android SDK to build PhoneGap (Cordova) apps (unofficial guide of Getting Started with Android to build PhoneGap apps)

Honestly I've struggled with the PhoneGap SDK based on the official guide provided on the PhoneGap website with a few version releases. First it was PhoneGap 2.0.0 and now PhoneGap 2.7.0. I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and I have picked the Android SDK (which uses Eclipse) to be my main development environment. I personally prefer the ADT (Android Developer Tools) as it is much more easier to setup on my machine.

After I have gone through few rounds of setting up PhoneGap development machines, I decided to document all the compulsory and "working" steps here to help those who have got themselves lost in the journey too. The latest guide of Getting Started with Android (release of PhoneGap 2.7.0) doesn't seem to work in my case for whatever reason. Hence I fell back on the earlier version of guide (release of PhoneGap 2.1.0) which proved to be still working with the latest release 2.7.0 to date.