/ git-based musings on stuff n' things (and things n' stuff), continuously integrated into your brain. 2023-12-04T21:41:09-05:00 Andrew Metzger / Jekyll © 2023 Andrew Metzger /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2023-12-04T17:52:00-05:00 2023-12-04T21:40:31-05:00 /posts/installing-a-custom-android-gsi-on-the-lenovo-legion-y700-2022/ Andrew Metzger

Preparation On your PC adb, fastboot, Download and extract the latest crDroid arm64-BgN-Unofficial.img from https://github.com/naz664/crDroid_gsi/releases. The archive should contain one IMG file. About GSI files According to Treble Info app (sideloaded apk), the Y700 2022 is an arm64 A/B device. To determine whch GSI you need, look at the download names, <ARCH>_xyZ.img.xz. <...

2023-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 2023-12-04T18:46:53-05:00 /posts/rooting-galaxy-tab-a7-lite/ Andrew Metzger

Prerequisites Windows 11 ADB and fastboot (winget install Google.PlatformTools) Galaxy Tab A7 Lite USB drivers Odin with 3B patch, v3.1.4.1 General info: XDA forum for Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite Unlock Bootloader Getting “OEM Unlock” to appear As with all Android devices, further modifications require the bootloader to be unlocked. If the bootloader cannot be unlocked using ...

2023-04-27T23:15:00-04:00 2023-04-27T23:15:00-04:00 /posts/plex.direct-on-opnsense/ Andrew Metzger

Plex cannot connect securely. Go to https://app.plex.tv/ > Settings Server shows as “Cannot connect securely” This is due to DNS rebinding protections. Plex’s article https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/ had a “pfSense” section; I searched for an opnSense solution and found: https://www.reddit.com/r/OPNsenseFirewall/comments/xwjxe0/unbound_dns_re...

2021-07-25T16:16:28-04:00 2023-03-25T17:15:54-04:00 /posts/adventures-in-replacing-the-nvidia-shield-tv-launcher/ Andrew Metzger

Background When Shield Experience Update 8.2.3 rolled out to my Shield TVs, I was dismayed to see Google’s “Recommendations” for content atop the new home screen. Here’s one for Loki — woefully out of place on a premium set-top-box that retails for $150 USD. The new “Discovery UI” features promoted content atop the home screen. // Image credit: 9to5Google. It’s fairly easy to suppress these...