Recovering ASUS Fonepad 7 (K012 / FE170CG) from boot loop error

There comes a time in a tablet’s life when firmware crashes and needs recovery (due to events beyond the user’s control, of course, such as OTA updating a rooted firmware).

In such times the unwritten details (like procedures and filenames) are what separate a brick from a successful recovery.

Configure call forwarding in GSM networks

There are times one one has more phone numbers than one can handle or when one needs to make sure one can receive calls on a number even when the phone’s battery died or there is no network coverage.

This is where call forwarding comes in – where for a price (the forward is taxed as an outgoing call) incoming calls can be sent to an alternative phone number…

DVB-C TV on Raspberry PI with LibreELEC/Kodi

There are plenty of TVs to chose from and nowadays they all know DVB-C so why go through all the trouble of building a TV player with a Raspberry PI?

Well… because it’s fun and because of the freedom of being able to watch your favourite TV channel on any of your devices – even when away.

Switching Huawei E3131 Hilink to modem mode

Latest Huawei 3G/4G modems come with firmware that implements a feature Huawei calls “HiLink“, transforming the classical PPP dial-up connection to an always-on wireless broadband. This feature is highly useful on Windows operating systems, but will add an extra level of complexity to using the modem on Linux or in …