Human Symbiosis

I became a custom ROM fan with my Galaxy S2 and CyanogenMod years ago...and loved it so much that I consulted CM forums when it came time to upgrade to a new phone. I wanted to get a model that was well supported by the CM community, and settled on and LG G3. I had no trouble running CM 12.1 on it for a year or two...granted there were a few non-functioning features (wireless charging, NFC) but that didn't bother me immensely. At some point I started getting an error message...'Unfortunately Photos has stopped working', or something to that effect. This error began after transfering a photo to the phone from a portable HD through USB OTG. That error, and a second bug that caused my camera to hang, and delay about 3 seconds between pressing the photo buttton and actually capturing the image, made me seek out a new ROM. I watched a great vid from Max Lee  at LGG3root.com, found the crDroid distro for my D855, and combined it with Open GAPPS Pico package as suggested. A...

I am a total noob at this networking stuff. Thanks to Synology Disk Station Management (DSM) GUI it seems fairly reasonable, despite the learning curve. My goals are: to create a VPN that I can access from abroad and use to browse the internet. to create a mapped network drive on a remote laptop that will save backups to the server at home. It all seems fairly straight forward. DSM allows you to install 'packages', such as Proxy Server, VPN Server, Easy-Internet, etc... The first thing I did was create a 'Quickconnect' Account. This allowed me to access the DSM remotely through a browser outside of my LAN. I set up an L2TP/IPSec type VPN in VPN Server package, and after some fiddling with Android, was able to connect while on my WiFi. I figured I needed some DDNS service to log in remotely, but it didn't make sense to have to find a 3rd party service. I then finally found this blog entry:  Secure Public Internet with Synology VPN and Proxy - Travis ...

I had to ask myself if I was a bit crazy to mess with a perfectly good, brand new (1 year old model) smartphone, shipped to me with Android 5.0 Lollipop...why mess around and install a custom ROM? I have been using a Samsung Galaxy SII i9100 for a few years now, running CM (11-20140916-snapshot-M10-i9100 most recently). While this was a great phone, and still is infact! I have been 'forced' to upgrade to a device with 4G. What's so great about CyanogenMod...Privacy. Not only do you get the latest Android releases, despite manufacturers not sending updates...you get Privacy Gaurd. This is the main reason that I choose to run CM over stock android. I was able to root, get SU, and flash TWPG and CM in a few hours, including my stupid mistake... I followed the following guides: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_d855 http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3056951 Which led me to download: https://pl...