Busy Day Tuesday

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
12/13/2016 at 11:04 • Filed to: projects

In preparation for yet another trip, I decided to make today the day I get a LOT of crap done. First, with Phil!

He has a warranty visit today, in which they will attempt to fix:

- The car’s alignment (steering got a little off center after an extremely windy day).
- Adjust passenger door’s latch (pull it in a little to prevent the whistling in wind).
- Replace faulty fuel tank/fuel sensor.
- Fingerprint embedded in clearcoat (may have to take a pass on that because you know, ice cold and all that).
- Cracked bonnet latch.
- Get a confirmation on what that weird hollow noise coming from the left rear wheel is.

I also have some devices on my desk at work (including the 6P I took the pic with). I expect some downtime today, during which I’m going to:

- Jailbreak the iPhone 4.

- Remove the Alpha install of CM11 from the Galaxy Tab, replace with another ROM.

- Attempt to circumvent the permanent bootloader lock on the Droid Mini (thanks VZW) to install CM.

So far, I’ve removed Nougat on the 6P, which used to look like this:

Which now looks like this thanks to CM13 (which will hopefully update to CM14 soon):

What are you all up to today?

DISCUSSION (34)

Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:08

Wait...a windy day messed up your alignment?

Sam > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:15

Going to go on a fun snow drive, then my pizza place is having a Christmas party at an indoor ziplining, rock climbing, and trampoline park.

I would do CM on my S7 Edge, but the new TouchWiz is alright enough for me. I mostly just use CM for a better UI and less bloat ware. But expandable storage takes care on the bloat ware problem (128gb, with 200 the limit, is more than I’d ever need)

Phatboyphil > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:16

Gotta enroll in spring classes and do some other dumb paperwork :(

XJDano > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:18

I’m off work. Need to do some online training that I’ve been putting off. And go get tested.

Usually my random is in August the last 3 years. So no having beers or any contraband before hand. Which I’ll be driving to and from, so I kind of laugh at the breathalyzer, but I guess some people can’t wait until after work.

I also will be holding myself until I get there. One year I went before I went, and didn’t fill to the line. It was dumped in front of me and was told let them know when I have to go again.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:21

I’m unfamiliar. What is the purpose of CM exactly?

Wacko > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:25

wow, that’s a lot of things for a new smart.

did you hit something?

Mercedes Streeter > Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/13/2016 at 11:26

Drove perfectly straight with the wheel on center...then I drove on a day with 40+mph winds from the West and now I have to turn left to go straight. I can’t even. lol

Mercedes Streeter > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/13/2016 at 11:30

Nexus/Pixel phones are based on stock Android. CM builds off stock Android by adding in features Google missed, performance enhancements, battery improvements, WAY better RAM management (stock Android still kinda sucks at knowing what to do with RAM), unlimited customization, and tons of other tweaks.

Basically what I wanted most was to scale down the screen to make it tablet-like (allowing more content to appear on screen), and bump up the battery life and performance a bit more...plus I like playing around with the Theme Engine. I’ve always figured that if I was going to have an Android install with a skin, it might as well be a skin I configured!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:30

So I own a decommissioned verizon Iphone 5, I want to put it on a Cricket wireless pay as you go plan, do I have to do anything special other than switch out the sim cards?

AndyG_UK > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:33

That’s a lot of problems for a brand new car, as long as your dealer sorts it out I guess it’s ok though!

You going on a trip in the Smart? I have never been more than 100 miles in the Abarth, it’s just not pleasant after about an hour in it, one of the reasons why it’s getting chopped in for SEAT Leon next week (with DSG!).

Mercedes Streeter > AndyG_UK
12/13/2016 at 11:37

I drove the smart home from California (all at once, non-stop), 36 hours and 2,100 miles. This time we’re actually flying out to Salt Lake City, but I’d like to get some things done before I lose yet another week of time with some projects I’ve been ignoring.

Also, I think my car didn’t have a PDI...then again, it sat for a year without being sold, so these issues could be the result of that as well.

Mercedes Streeter > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 11:39

Nah, I think either the car didn’t get a PDI, or it sitting for a year without being sold (or moved more than a few feet here and there) may have taken a toll on a few of the things. I’m hoping the dealership I bought the car from simply waxed the car, and the fingerprint is actually just in wax, not the clear.

AndyG_UK > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:44

Wow, I have never driven that sort of distance and if i ever did it would have to be in something very large and comfy!

Ahhh year if it had been sitting around for a year then some of those issues are probably related.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 11:55

That’s sorta what I guessed what it did but really never had a need to look into it. For me, TouchWiz works fine.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 12:07

Alternatively, that’s a pretty expected list of things for something made by Benz this century.

Wacko > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/13/2016 at 12:09

i was gonna say that’s a stupid list for a car that says smart on it.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 12:10

I would go further and say it’s a stupid car for something that says smart on it.

Wacko > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/13/2016 at 12:13

If i bought a Smart you bet the badging wold say Stupid.

Fuck I kinda want one now just to do that.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 12:14

Is her broken one sold yet?

Wacko > AndyG_UK
12/13/2016 at 12:15

that’s scary distance when american roads consist of Semis and pickup trucks.

Wacko > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/13/2016 at 12:21

no way in hell am I importing a broke smart from the states to canada.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 12:22

You can fix that problem by moving to a free country. Better hurry. We’re building a wall soon.

Wacko > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 12:24

you sure you didn’t fart in your car?

Kinja'd!!!

Wacko > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/13/2016 at 12:26

Free country, yeah, that trump thing is way to high of a price to pay to live there. I prefer our Dreamy prime minister to president Tang.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 12:27

I’m tempted to pick up a Smart after selling off the Hornet but I wonder if it’s possible with this job that I’m at...?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 12:45

Half of your government is dreamy. Harjit Sajjan? OMG.

Stapleface > Mercedes Streeter
12/13/2016 at 12:50

That’s a pretty kickass skin you have on the Pixel right now. I just have the basic skin that CM set my phone up with when I installed it. Where would one go to get that skin (or skins like it)?

Wacko > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/13/2016 at 12:51

i’m sure Trump thinks he’s a Terrorist. or part of THE ISIS

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 12:59

I’m also sure that they wouldn’t be as dreamy if they aged like they were respnsible for leading and protecting the free world. You know... Like American politicians do.

Wacko > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/13/2016 at 13:03

and how would President Tang fit in any of those?

Just try to say american politician and Trump in the same sentence without laughing.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wacko
12/13/2016 at 13:06

Guess we’ll find out. I keep it simple by referring to it as President The Donald. Making it more ridiculous eases the panic attack that using its last name after President brings on.

Mercedes Streeter > Stapleface
12/13/2016 at 13:55

It’s actually a 6P!

So what I did was change the screen DPI from 560 to 400. All this does (in reality) is make everything on the screen smaller, allowing for more content. I then downloaded the Vibrance theme (it’s a paid theme, but you can find a free apk if you go a Google search), then found a picture from Zedge that was colourful.

Mercedes Streeter > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
12/13/2016 at 13:58

I got my first smart while working at McDonald’s, and I got this second one while technically unemployed. I mean, they aren’t that expensive. Plus, you can always start off in a lease. MBFS does absolutely excellent leases (subject to whatever reaming your state may have) that can cheaply convert into financing. My payments for Phil are $273/mo for 5 years at 0% APR...and I didn’t have stellar credit either.

Tucker was $16,200 new...I paid about $17,500 total after lease then financing.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Mercedes Streeter
12/15/2016 at 00:32

too distracted why a car in California has euro plates