Setting up Eclipse in Ubuntu 12.10 in 10 steps

A quick post on how to set up Eclipse in Ubuntu 12.10

HUAWEI U8650 Core surgery

Almost two years ago I bought my first Android device. HAUWEI (pronounced "Wah-way") U8650 a.k.a Sonic, was a rather cheap mobile but quite respectable for its specifications and performance. As time passed, and the number of applications increased, the performance decreased (usually this happens). It also had the mobile carrier's (Yoigo) custom Android version. Then I knew that it was about time to take action! After a long research, I had worn my surgery gloves and performed open heart surgery to it changing it inside-out! (I bought it a cool case too! Link) As I had to refer to a lot of websites which I found confusing at some point, (excluding the fact that most of them were in Spanish) I decided to gather all the process together into one post!  The rat-lab device belongs to a friend of mine who has a very interesting blog! Visit her blog here! ;)

EXIF alteration madness

Lately for a project of mine I had to alter the EXIF metadata of a JPEG file using Java. After googleing and improvising, I finally wrote a code sample that demonstrates how to change several metadata of a JPEG file, using the Sanselan library from Apache; you can download the jar file and source here. The code below changes Camera Model, Camera Maker and X Resolution, which are included in the Root IFD0 of a JPEG image as well as Digital Zoom Ratio and Image Width, stored in the EXIF Sub IFD. 

Notice: You will be able to view the changes from the image properties of your operating system, except from the Image Width. Use this code to view the raw image metadata.

References: 

• http://bricolsoftconsulting.com/2012/12/08/copying-exif-metadata-using-sanselan/
• http://www.heffee.com/article/467519