Repurpose/Reuse of Old Android Tablet of 2013 in 2019

With New Advancements in both software and hardware technology the time gap for releasing new upgraded version of their products have reduced form yearly release to quarter for some manufacturers like [Xiaomi for eg] with new Lineup of Products with upgraded specifications launching every now and then with minor upgrades, Even the Reasonable Buyers have started to upgrade their  Phone , Tablets even before the Device has ran out of its software and Security Updates Guaranteed by the Manufacturer or any hardware fault  occurs, because of which in almost every household  in  India there is drawer somewhere getting filled with old smartphone and tablets with their chargers gathering dust with much of its life left

                                 

I too had a almost mint condition unused Android Tablet Lying around

Year of Manufacturing  : 2013
Android Version            :4.1 (Tone of Bloatware)
Battery                           :3100mah
Screen Size                    :7 Inch
Bluetooth Support         : Nope
Processor                       :ARM Cortex A-9
Storage                          :512 MB RAM | 8 GB ROM 

Step 1: Cleanup
-> Finding a custom ROM and flashing it is tedious and isn't worth the time so its better flash or reset the device first to factory settings and  download a root app like King ROOT or Super Root and root the Android and Remove all the Bloatware after reset , to Reduce Resource Consumption and Improve CPU Performance 

Step 2:Setting UP
-> Setting Up  , I won't recommend setting up Android account  or personal accounts in such old hardware, so do not sign with google ID  , better browse the internet and download the Lite or Mini Versions of the Essentials Apps .apk files and Install it  like UC mini for Web Browser , MX Player for VIdeo , Google Go apps Series for Google Services 

My Purpose was to use the Tablet for Reading Purpose So i used Lithium Epub Reader to read epub files  of ebooks and foxit PDF reader for PDF

Step 3: Transfering Data In and Out
-> with all the Apps set up its time to load the content if the content is available in the browser you are good to go but if you are Money saver who dont buy , or pay for Music, streaming services and use your Geeks Skills to get hands on the content [Try Telegram ;)] the best cross platform and Simultaneous Sync service and move content in and out with the use of Cloud  i would recommend using Telegram messenger for transfering Movies , pdf books and links across digital devices

Step 4: Switch off all the Non essential Settings
-> to reduce the battery drain and improve performance switch of settings like wifi scanning, check for software updates, and other irrelevant settings 


i have almost a dozen of different electrical devices which have a lot of their life left and can be reused for some other purpose until they die of their natural death and can be disposed of Properly [Will find a proper e-disposal and recycle service in my region] lets see which all device get resurrected :)

Here is the Pic of my New E Book Reader

Brush up With GitHub Learning Lab

I Never tried using or getting hands on all the features and Options on  Github so instead of going through some tutorial series on some website why not go with the Github own Learning Courses at GithubLearning Lab , being already familiar getting through all the courses shouldn't take much long  here are the course I completed.

My Take after completing all the courses : It's the best course to learn out all the major essential features and try hands on working with pull requests and other GUI features on Github but the courses were all at surface level and didn't have much in detail depth learning and many tasks were repetitive [was looking for code signing and other Security features but at present non course was there on that]

My Last Workshop to Jr. in College

Conducted Workshop as Microsoft Student Partner at the University 

MSPs Involved: Sheryl Bernard and Harshit Yadav
Event Date: 12/10/2017
No. of Attendees: 30+
Duration: 2 hr

Topics covered:
Microsoft Products and Programs
Imagine Cup
MSP program
Microsoft Azure
Imagine Cup
Office Lens
Visual Studio Code
Git
A Hands on Session was also Conducted in which Students Learned to use Visual Studio Code and made a Github Page

PS:Feedback was collected at the end of the session and a small assignment sort of has been given to students to explore more about Microsoft and Azure

The Angular Day -3/9/17

Attended an amazing workshop on Angular JS by DJ Sir [website , twitter] hosted by Microsoft Technical Community NCR at MS Gurgaon office which included introduction to web apps and some important insights and takeaways from Javascipt along the the workshop agenda which was

1) Introduction SPA

2) Installing NodeJS

3) Installing Angular CLI

4) Creating project

5) Adding Component using CLI

6) Creating first component

7) Using Component

8) Interpolation

9) Property Bidning

10) Event Bidning

11) Two way Data Bidning

12) directives

13) *ngFor

14) *ngIf

15) Pipes

16) Custom pipes

17) Services 

The workshop today was my first intro to Angualr JS ,and found it really easy yet powerful,   looking forward for 2nd part of this workshop :)

IMAD Hasura — Week 2

Building your webapp

1. Practical: SSH + Network experiments

• Topics Covered : SSH ,
• installing putty , login ,ifconfig,ipv4=2x32,ipv6=2x128 size address
• ping, packet loss , round trip time , traceroute
• plotting traceroute IP on MAP
• Ping command being disabled by ICMP protocol
• Video Link : Youtube 
• Google Drive Link : Google Docs 

2.Practical: Building a webapp with nodejs and using git. Introduction to reverse proxies.

• Deploying app how it works 
• Forking project from github 
• How do multiple domain work on same IP 1) Every User use different port number 2) Using the Reverse Proy 

• Concept of Load Balancing using nginx
• npm install to install all the dependencies
• starting server on port 8080 by command node server.js
• Video Link : Youtube
• Google Drive Link : Google Docs

3.Practical: Introduction to server-side javascript and HTML/CSS

• Server side programming to rediredt
• introduction to HTMl

• Video Link : Youtube
• Google Drive Link : Google Docs

4.Practical: Introduction to client-side Javascript

HTTP request code 

• Video Link : Youtube
• Google Drive Link : Google Docs