Purchase Rooting & Tether of Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3

The reluctant Black Friday Shopper

It was Black Friday in Palm Beach, we slept late, it was almost 11:00 am before we left the house. We ended up at Costco.

The full and accurate description of the shopping event is a lot more laborious than I want to detail. The short of it is after leaving the store & wireless kiosk several times on Friday & returning on Saturday with a rain check, my wife, daughter and I all have Samsung Galaxy S3 phones! :)

The first phone was a gift for Christmas/Chanukah for my daughter. My wife, the non-techy-technophile wanted one & Friday after Costco closed, I had miss-the-deal remorse & wanted one too.

So, SkylarRose's phone was easy, add an smart phone to the plan, she shares our minutes, but not our unlimited data plan & of coarse she needs 1k sms/month. She is stuck with 2GB/month data.

So, try explaining what data is over the air vs SMS & voice to a ten year old! It all seems so simple to me, since I am older than dirt in Internet experience.

We returned later to get Teri a phone, since we are grandfathered into unlimited data, a phone deal would break that contract. We would have to pay ~$700/phone. :( The savvy kiosk manager added two dumb phone lines to our account for an extra $10/month for the next two years & everyone in the family got a $29.99 Galaxy S3

Daughter needs Data!

Being a hacker geek & it not being daylight yet... YES YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

All I have to say is I hate/love the Internet. Opinions are like bathrooms, everyone has one. (Well you know the real saying)

I started searching & you-tubing for how to root the Galaxy S3, nothing FN worked!!! I can change a cylinder on a Lycoming O-320 quicker that I rooted the first phone!

So, if you have a MAC, and want to root with no BFD, here is what you need!

• Rooting Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xykRe9IcOE
• Rooting Files: http://ppl.ug/jpqsXbimu3I/
• Tether Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JI3ir9yAB4

The rooting video did not get the instructions exact for the contents of the file. The short is:

• Turn on USB Debugging
• Allow apps from unknown sources
• From a command line & within the same directory type:

  ./RootMac.sh  

THAT SIMPLE!!!

To properly finish rooting a phone, you need to install ClockworkMod, get the pro version! It makes life simple!

Also, add Titanium Backup.

I am sure there is more good stuff you can do as a root user!

$99 Chrome Box

Is a Chrome Box enough?

Do we really need a fully blown computer?

Do we really need hard drivers & DVD/Blue Ray burners?

http://www.slashgear.com/acer-kiev-chromebox-tipped-can-google-hit-the-99-price-point-18265850/ http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-chromebox-with-intel-core-i5-surfaces-16265466/

Is a Chrome Box enough?

I have a tablet, I use it on vacation/travel. For the most part it stays in my travel backpack. It's intended use was for a charting solution while flying. Avilution has a cool Android charting solution. They are continually updating it with new features.

I have a MSI Wind Netbook. It's purpose was to be a hackintosh. I needed to do code deployment after hours. I did not like carrying my heavy MacBook Pro back & forth to NYC on the LIRR & Subway. I used it the first year I was on the road consulting. With 2 gigs of ram I ran a VM with eclipse IIS & ColdFusion. I have built the Quad Core Hackintosh from LifeHacker. I have not seen the netbok in some time, the 9 cell battery died...

I did a side job & part of my compensation was a MacBook Pro. I have not seen my Quad Core in some time now.

I got a Retna MacBook Pro, gave my old one to my daughter. It is all solid state, no DVDR :(

My wife has a transformer with a keyboard, for the total cost, she could have had a laptop, maybe a hackintosh.

The Chrome Box is cool, I could use it for Netflix, but my Blue Ray does that, which replaced a Roku.

The Chrome Box as a set top box is a cool device, if you have a remote keybard with a trac pad, it could be a great TV/Computer device.

I am a lover of tech, but do not have a need for the Chrome Box. :(

But it might be right for you! :)

http://updates.lifehacker.com/post/34649102555/build-an-ivy-bridge-hackintosh-mini-for-under-500 http://www.apple.com/mac-mini/

Is an expensive Thunderbolt drive worth it?

Is an expensive Thunderbolt drive worth it?

Specifically the 1TB USB 3.0 & Thunderbolt interface Drive

What are the USB 3.0 Speed Numbers?

So the Thunderbolt speed must be amazing?

OMG! They are Identical!

So why would I pay 3x the cost of a USB 3.0 drive?

-OR- Even more than a 2TB USB 3.0 Drive?

I got the drive to store virtual machines on. So I wanted it for:

Thunderbolt Speed
Gives me a free USB connector, since the MacBook Pro only has two & I have a mouse dongle in one.

How about I get this USB 3.0 Drive, whose style fits the Mac

-AND- I get this bluetooth mouse to keep a free USB port?

So, I spend a little less money, have twice the disk space, with the same styling & a cooler looking mouse!

Sounds like a win!

Here is a video with the testing details