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Why I choose Android - Xposed Modules

Android devices are known to have high freedom of modification. From user interface to kernel, you can have an Android device that fits you. With the developer support from the Android community, like XDA, the processes become much easier when you have step by step tutorial. After several years of being an Android user, here is my collection of apps and Xposed modules that I find very useful, and make me don’t want to leave Android anytime soon(I don’t think iOS can do these things in near future).

Xposed Modules

If you are not familiar with it, you better do some research before installing the Xposed framework. It’s super powerful. If you decided to flash the framework, remember to download the Xposed uninstallation zip, in case the framework or the module is not working properly and causes bootloop. Here is the collection I find practical.

Practical apps

1. Assistant Enabler

It enables the Google Assistant in your Marshmallow ROMS. You don’t need a Google Pixel to enjoy the new AI!

2. GravityBox

It is a super powerful app to tweak the ROM. I used in to increase the volume steps and enable vibration when a call is connected. I don’t need to focus on the phone screen anymore while waiting for the answer.

3. HeadsOff

It disables the heads-up notifications. I find it very annoying when the heads-up notifications block a big part of the screen while I’m playing videos or games.

4. Native Clipboard

Ya, a clipboard. It saves several entries of what you copied. Also, I pinned my email in the clipboard app so that I can type it in few taps.

5. Quick Access

It allows certain apps to be launched over the lockscreen for faster access. I allow my music player to be launched. I don’t need to unlock it every time I want to choose a song.

Battery saving apps

1. Amplify (root)

Kills alarms, wakelocks, and services.

2. Power Nap

Similar to Stamina Mode

3. Greenify (root)

Hibernate apps. It’s great to kill the background processes.

Lucky apps

These apps are REALLY evil.

1. Lucky Patcher (root)

This app can simulate In-App purchase, and more...

2. YouTube AdAway

Ya, you know what it is.

3. YouTube Background Playback

It can play youtube in the background. Accompany with the one above, no more YT Red OMG (of course there are no YT Red exclusive shows).

4. WeXposed

It adds extra features to Wechat, including getting red packet for you.

5. AdBlocker

Prevent from displaying Ads in installed apps.

Evil enough? I hope it doesn’t hurt the developers (much).

I have you find this post useful and also find your Android powerful! The Xposed framework empowers the Android system and opens a bridge for you to modify. One more thing, there’s no iTunes sync in Android! The file system is much easier to manage.

If you have any Xposed modules suggestions, please let me know. :D

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Snapshot

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Good view, better scene

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The moment of sunset; the moment of sunrise.

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So close, so far.

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繁華大地

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Typically crowd street near Ruins of St. Paul’s

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Buildings

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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

Steve Jobs

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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our work.

Michelangelo

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Macau in the dark.

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學生會生活史

那些年，我第一年參加學生會，抱着為了讓大學CV有野可以寫的心態，同埋自己對電腦有又不少興趣，就勇敢咁填上左學生會幹事報名表。

為什麼是"勇敢"呢？我唔係因為怕工作做唔黎，時間分配唔到，又或者怕辛苦，而係我覺得自己好內向，竟然係驚幹事面試。

幸好最後都做左"電腦技術協助員"同埋兼任學生會公共關係部的事務，電腦技術協助睇起上黎好似好專業，但其實不外乎為學生會拍下片同埋後製一下。諗番起自己拍過的幾條片，最有印象都係歌唱比賽的宣傳片( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvj4gIfzMAI )。成個故仔由構思到拍攝以及後製，自己都有份參與。雖然自己鍾意ge係電腦，唔係拍片(經常被誤為後製好利害，事實很差)，但最後都可以成功咁出到街，真係好有成功感。

講真，係學生會唔可以話好多野做，因為我地都係一個團體，每人分擔一部分工作，做ge唔可以話好多。但一到拍片，真係可以連續做好多個鐘。

雖然第一、二年我都只係一個小角色，自己都唔覺學左d咩野，但其實不知不覺間成長左唔少，有時真係唔會察覺到。做的每一件事，過程中都有唔同嘅得着，的確學生會充實左我嘅學生生活。

到第三年啦，亦都係自己最後一年參加學生會，擔任了學生會嘅副主席。諗番轉頭，我真係唔知點解我會想做副主席。記憶中，我攞住張執委報名表，一直係到忐忑，又驚錄音(講政鋼之類，但最後好似冇報到)，更驚係上到咁嘅職位自己真係冇能力去處理事務，已經再唔係自己一角對住電腦做野，而係要去管理成個團隊。我諗應該係因為Kiwi嘅鼓勵，所以先踏出左li一步，實際我都不知自己哪來的勇氣交了報名表。(好像是因為上屆的學生會執委做到不太好，想和Kiwi搞好學生會)

事就這樣成了，我交了報名表，緊張的等��票選結果。我真係冇諗過，自己會有咁多票成功當選執委，諗番起真係好奇妙。

做左執委之後，唔係想做副主席就有得做，仲要執委內部互選之後，先知道係做邊個職位，係投票做副主席的一刻，真係好緊張，最後知道自己當選，才開始鬆一口氣...

從來沒有想過會有這樣的一天，一個內向的人成為了學生會副主席。當然，做副主席唔係只係的把口，做過先知真係好多應要去做。以前成日覺得d高層只係分工作比人做，自己就冇咩野做。但而加先發覺，分配工作已經係好困難嘅事，唔係話有人去做就得，要知道佢地嘅性格適合去做邊一個崗位。然而除左分配工作，仲有好多好多野諗，所有要準備的事項，要借的器材，活動的流程，仲要擔心埋可能會有咩事發生，有咩後備方案，好多好多野去諗去做。亦因為又好多嘅工作，令我成長左好多。亦係因為學生會，我先會加更去留意學生嘅需要，先會另我寫左幾個系統為學生服務。

如果沒有學生會，就冇今日嘅我。我雖然沒有責任去寫大大小小的系統，但當你係鍾意寫program，真正想幫到人嘅時候，你唔會介意任何野，你會付出時間、精神全力以赴，去完善個系統，盡可能將自己學到嘅野去幫助別人。

可能你會認為無條件付出係無意義、無回報嘅事，的確，我係冇咩實際的回報，但你唔會知道，你付出左之後，影響有幾多。這些系統都出現在我的大學personal statement當中，因為佢地，我先有一些實際的東西寫出來。

當你有能力幫別人的時候，何樂而不為呢？

學生會，絕對係一個令我成長嘅地方。我好興幸當時選擇左入學生會，同其他會員相處嘅時刻，更加係令人難忘，好多謝身邊伴我成長的每一位。

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"泊車紀錄"手機應用程式

有沒有試過忘記了自己的車泊了在哪裏呢？

或許你泊了一個從來不去的停車場

或許你的車沒有固定車位，只是在街上找到個空位就泊了

或許你是買了停車場的月票位(你必定能在停車場內找到一個可泊的位置)

在五六層的停車層中，數百個位置，轉過頭就忘記了

所以你需要一個程式記下來

可能你會說，用手機記事本記下不就行了？

我也曾經考慮過這個問題

記錄一兩次用手機記事本，絕對最好不過

但當你是每天要記錄的時候...

給你一個情況可能你會明白，就以我自己為例子吧~

例如我家附近有幾個泊電單車的位置(eg.花店、M記對面、後巷等等)

每次都是那三四個位置

如果是用記事本的話，就每一次要輸入"花店"、"M記"，記錄不妥可能會忘記了"花店"是什麼意思...每次要費時間打上位置，打上編號等等，實在太麻煩了，長時間這樣，你會乾脆不記下，寧願走遍幾個位置找車...

但用上這個"泊車紀錄"，記錄的時間只是幾秒的事，按一按位置，按"新增"，事就這樣成了。每次要找車，打開"泊車紀錄"就一目了然了！同時因為它的方便，你會習慣每次都用"泊車紀錄"記下，省了不少找車的時間。

歡迎大家試用一下"泊車紀錄"，現在還是開發階段，大家有什麼意見可以留言或聯絡我 下載"泊車紀錄": http://chonseng.info/parkingrecords/

ps. 其實當初做這個應用是為了我爸爸的，他有一個好特殊的習慣，就是隔幾天就要去開車，開車並沒有要去什麼目的地，而是為了"激活"一下車子，因為車子已經走了差不多20年，可能只是一兩個星期才會"真正"需要開車，但當兩個星期沒有開的話，好多時候都會開不動...為了延續小車的生命，爸爸決定三四天開一開，"激活"一下車子。這也是為何會連帶時間記錄下來。

科技就是要方便生活，不需用記事本慢慢記錄，不需費盡腦汁去想車泊了哪裏，不需走遍幾條街找車。希望這個程式可以方便一下我們繁忙的生活~~