Sejak mengenal Jouska dan Mbak Prita Ghozie beserta ZAP Finance-nya, aku sedikit banyak jadi lebih ‘melek’ sama manajemen keuangan. Jujur nih ya, I’m really really bad at managing money. Bahkan mungkin yang terburuk yang pernah kamu temui. Di tahun 2019 ini aku pingin sekali mulai merapikan keuangan, baik keuangan rumah tangga maupun keuangan pribadi. Untuk membantuku mencapai tujuan itu, aku coba-coba beberapa aplikasi keuangan dan perbankan di ponselku. Hasilnya, aku menemukan 5 aplikasi keuangan favoritku. Kelimanya bisa kamu unduh baik di ponsel berbasis iOS maupun Android (link-nya aku sertakan juga). (more…)
Category: android
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Cara Root Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285)
Beberapa bulan yang lalu, aku memutuskan untuk beli tablet. Pertimbangannya adalah saat itu aku ingin menghemat pengeluaran untuk membeli buku, jadi ketimbang beli buku berbentuk fisik, lebih baik aku beli buku di Google Play Store yang harganya bisa setengah dari harga buku cetak. Lagipula aku memang biasa bawa dua HP ke mana-mana: satu Iphone untuk keperluan pribadi dan satu Android untuk keperluan dagang. Setelah melalui beberapa pertimbangan lainnya, pilihanku akhirnya jatuh kepada Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285)
Kenapa Samsung? Well, keunggulannya adalah Samsung itu merek terkenal. Tablet Samsung Galaxy mudah didapat di toko-toko yang menjual gadget, baik online maupun offline. Selain itu, kalau rusak juga lebih mudah mencari service center-nya. Lagipula, aku sudah beberapa kali memakai smartphone Samsung Galaxy, jadi sedikit banyak aku sudah tahu cara pemakaiannya.
Baca juga: Review Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
Sayangnya, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 ini ternyata masih sama dengan kedua HP yang pernah aku pakai dulu itu, yaitu ruang penyimpanan yang terbatas dan banyaknya aplikasi bawaan yang tidak bisa di-uninstall. Ini memang kelemahan Samsung yang paling tidak aku suka. Tapi sebenarnya ada cara untuk mengakalinya, yaitu dengan memanfaatkan Link2SD untuk memindahkan aplikasi-aplikasi yang sudah di-install ke SD card. Sayangnya, gadget kita harus ada akses root-nya dulu. Dan untuk me-root gadget, kita harus merelakan garansinya hangus.
Dulu waktu kuliah, aku sempat punya hobi utak-atik Android. Root, ganti ROM, swap memory, dan masih banyak lagi hal yang pernah aku lakukan. HP brick sudah jadi makanan sehari-hari dan tidak jadi masalah yang terlalu besar waktu itu, karena toh brick juga masih bisa aku perbaiki. Nah, kemarin ketika aku sedikit sebal dengan storage Tab A-ku yang terbatas ini (cuma 8GB, bayangkan!), aku jadi kangen sekali dengan hobi lamaku itu. Jadi mulailah aku utak-atik lagi. Dan berhasil! Tab A-ku sekarang sudah di-root dan sudah ter-install Link2SD dengan jatah 16GB untuk install aplikasi apapun yang aku mau ??
Bagi kamu-kamu yang punya Tab A yang sama dengan punyaku ini dan mulai gerah dengan storage terbatasnya, mungkin kamu mau juga mencoba me-root-nya dan meng-install Link2SD juga. Inilah cara root Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285) paling praktis dengan menggunakan Odin dan TRWP.
PERINGATAN: Me-root Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285) akan menghilangkan garansi resminya! Cara berikut ini sudah aku coba dan berhasil. Aku tidak bertanggung jawab apabila terjadi kesalahan selama proses root yang menyebabkan device kamu jadi brick.
Yang kita butuhkan:
- Odin 3.10.7. Download di sini, lalu unzip.
- Samsung USB Drivers. Download di sini, lalu install.
- TWRP Recovery untuk Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285). Download di sini, lalu ekstrak.
- SuperSU. Download di sini, lalu copy ke memori internal Galaxy Tab (jangan di-unzip/ekstrak).
- Aktifkan USB Debugging dan OEM Unlocking pada device. Masuk ke Settings > Developer options.
- Backup aplikasi dan data yang ada di Galaxy Tab untuk jaga-jaga. Download juga firmware aslinya, in case terjadi kesalahan selama proses root dan Galaxy Tab jadi brick.
- Jangan lupa charge device sampai minimal 60%.
Cara root Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285):
- Download semua bahan yang dibutuhkan, ekstrak yang butuh diekstrak.
- Install Samsung USB Drivers.
- Copy SuperSU ke memori internal device.
- Matikan device selama 10 detik. Nyalakan lagi dengan cara tekan dan tahan tombol Home + Volume Down + Power secara bersamaan sampai muncul peringatan, lalu tekan Volume Up.
- Jalankan Odin.
- Sambungkan device dengan menggunakan kabel USB, lebih baik jika memakai yang original Samsung.
- Pastikan device terdeteksi di Odin. Cirinya adalah port ID:COM menyala.
- Klik tab ‘Options‘ di Odin dan hilangkan centang pada pilihan ‘Auto Reboot‘.
- Klik tombol AP di Odin lalu pilih file TWRP yang sudah diekstrak (format .md5).
- Klik tombol ‘Start‘ dan proses instalasi dimulai.
- Tunggu sampai tulisan PASS! muncul di Odin. Cabut kabel USB lalu tekan dan tahan tombol Home + Volume Down + Power secara bersamaan. Begitu layar menjadi blank, tekan dan tahan Volume Up tanpa melepas tombol Home + Power. Device akan masuk ke TWRP recovery mode.
- Pilih opsi Install pada menu, pilih file SuperSU yang ada di memori internal device (format .zip) lalu install.
- Setelah selesai, pilih Reboot>System.
- Device akan reboot/restart beberapa kali. Setelah itu, device akan menyala seperti biasa tapi dalam keadaan sudah root dan sudah ter-install SuperSU.
Bagaimana? Mudah kan ternyata cara root Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 2016 (SM-T285)? Di postingan seanjutnya nanti, aku akan share cara meng-install Link2SD supaya kamu bisa download banyak aplikasi tanpa kuatir memori internal kepenuhan.
Selamat utak-atik!
Baca juga: Favourite Android Apps
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Life Lately
Hello! This lazy blogger is finally back again! Where have I been, you might ask (or not)? Nowhere in particular. I just caught up with this whole commuting thing. Living an hour away from the city where we work makes the commute time take most of our time, I guess. There’s a lot of things I could have done instead of sitting behind my husband on our daily motorcycle ride to the city doing nothing. It’s been almost 10 months but I’ve just realised about this time consuming commute these past weeks. I love the house where we live in and the neighbourhood and the small town, but perhaps we need a place closer to the city. There’s still a lot to figure out.
Well, anyway… It’s October again! It’s my and this blog’s birthday this month. I had planned to throw a blog birthday party by holding a giveaway, but life got in the way and I didn’t finish the planning. Next year, I promise 😉
While I was away:
- I started tutoring again! After months without explaining grammar and reading strategies, this brain can finally breathe again. I teach two boys and one girl on two separate tutoring schedules. I’ve missed being called “Miss Dara” by students 😉
- I’ve been craving for novels and reading materials. And because money is really tight this month, I finally started reading Laskar Pelangi, a novel that I actually bought in 2008 but never read up until now. Crazy, huh? Haha!
- I bought a new phone! It’s a Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime (a review coming up soon). It’s a mid-range phone and not too pricey, but it’s the reason why money is really tight this month.
How are you?
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Likes & Dislikes: Phone Cases from Head Case Designs
When I was in uni, I had come to realise that I always bought mobile phones of which accessories were not widely available. Remember when you could change your Nokia phone cases to any colour you want? Well, mine was always limited to boring white or boring black. When people could change their cases to transparent cases, I was super jealous. Then I bought a Sony Ericsson. The same thing happened and I was stuck with my boring, factory default case. I gave up, then I put stickers on it then decided to accept it just the way it was.When the dawn of smartphones came, I bought my very first Android. It was the tiny Sony Ericsson Xperia X8. While everybody was using Samsung with all their fancy, colourful hard cases, I let my dear phone stay naked. I couldn’t find a case for it. When I changed it with Sony Xperia Miro, the same thing happened again. I was so tired and fed up, and when I almost gave up, I found Head Case Designs on eBay. I didn’t have a Paypal account back then, so I had to pay someone to buy it for me and had them ship it to my address. So for the first time in my life, my phone had a nice, cute hardcase. I was so happy.
I was so in love with the hardcase. I bought another hardcase for my Samsung Ace 3. Although there were various cases I could find in my local shop, I still went back to Head Case Designs because they have super awesome choices. And when I ordered yet another new phone, I also ordered a new hardcase. So in total, I have bought three cases from them. I’m so obsessed!
Likes- The designs are so cute. There are various choices and styles, from chevron patterns, floral, animals, to retro. However, I somehow always end up buying hardcases with cats on it (I’m a crazy cat lady!)
- The material is nice. It gives firm grips for the phone and it makes the phone don’t slip off easily from my sweaty palms.
- It’s so affordable!
- They give you free shipping worldwide with no minimum purchase. How cool is that?
Dislikes- The picture is not scratch-resistant. The hardcase on my Ace 3 has several scratches, like a long scratch across the cat’s eye and some on its corner. But I’m glad that it’s the hardcase that was scratched and not my phone. This is why putting on hardcase is important for your phone, you guys.
- Nothing else!
I’ve only had my new case for a week now, but I’m already thinking about order another one or two for my Grand Prime. I am so obsessed! I mean, look at their new line here. Should I buy another one, like, right now?
*Disclaimer: I am not affiliated to Head Case Designs. I didn’t receive any compensation for writing this post. This post is my honest thoughts about their product and not sponsored by them.Dara | Bloglovin’ | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook -
Favourite Android Apps
If you have met me in real life, you might have known that I’m always attached to my phone at any time, anywhere. I can’t even sleep before scrolling through 9GAG on my phone. I used to be obsessed with experimenting with my Android phones: rooting, changing the ROM, swapping the internal and external storage, etc. But after what feels like hundreds of bootloops, I reduced my curiousity and try to accept my phone as it is. Now that I got a new phone (it’s a white Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime) with bigger internal storage (8GB, rather than 4GB like my old Galaxy Ace 3), I don’t feel like rooting it and swapping the storages. The internal storage is big enough that I can download any app I need (or rather, want). Today, I would like to share my favourite Android apps. I won’t put Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Path on the list because duh, they’re everyone’s favourites!1. Apollo Music Player
A few years ago, I changed my phone’s ROM to Cyanogenmod. The custom ROM came with its own music player called Apollo. The interface was simple and easy to use. It also allowed us to control the player using the button on the earphone. I’ve found out that I can install Apollo on my Samsung phone because it is a stand alone app now. But it’s not available on Google Play Store so I had to download the apk file and install it manually on my phone. If you are interested, you can find the apk file here. I’m using a theme called eyeOS 7, which can be found on Google Play (along with other themes for Apollo).2. Aldiko
Honestly, Aldiko is not my number one choice as my favourite ebook reader. My most favourite reader is ASUS’s MyLibrary Lite. However, it’s not available on Google Play Store nor can I find the apk file out there. It’s exclusive for ASUS gadgets only. I had it on my ASUS tablet, but the tablet is now used by my mum, so I had to find an alternative reader for my phone. For me, Aldiko is the second best. It has all the features of MyLibrary, minus that little page corner flip animation when you move to the next page. Aldiko also allows us to change screen brightness by sliding our finger up or down the screen. The font size is customizable too, so if you feel that the font is too small, you can change it. I have three books on my Aldiko shelf (plus one that pre-installed on Aldiko). I’m currently reading Veronica Mars #2 (right picture).3. Perfect Viewer
I’ve tried several comic books readers for Android, but I’ve found that this is the most convenient one to use. It’s free but has no ad. My 5 inch screen is actually a bit too small for reading comic books, but with Perfect Viewer, I can easily zoom in and out by pinching the screen. It also has a small indicator on the shelf marking which comics we’ve finished and which ones we’ve started reading but not yet finished. All in all, it’s super awesome.4. Bloglovin’
Oh… this app. Need I say more about this app? Well, basically it has all features that the web version has. The only thing I dislike about this app is that when I open a blog post it doesn’t directly open in my browser; instead, it opens in the Bloglovin’ app which only loads texts and images, but I can’t see the other things like the header and the sidebar. It loads faster, but not as pretty as if it opens in browser. But the app is very helpful for when we’re on the go and can’t log in to our laptops.5. Google Keep
This is a Google app but it doesn’t come pre-installed on my phone. I don’t know what is the reason behind it, but I think it should be pre-installed because it’s super helpful. It’s much more simple than Evernote and the likes, but it has pretty much the same functions. I love that I can take notes on my phone and can later open them on my laptop. I use it for various things from jotting groceries lists and ideas to keeping my bank account numbers (I have many. Haha!)6. Line Let’s Get Rich
I don’t really like playing games on my phone because the small screen usually limits the fun and excitement. But this game is an exception. It takes much of my free time. I’m totally absorbed to it. It’s basically a monopoly game, but with various maps and cute characters from Line (the chatting app). You can play with your Line friends or you can play with random players from all over the world. However, you will need a strong and steady internet connection to play it. I played with an up and down connection once and I ended up getting kicked out because I lost my connection all of a sudden. And when you get kicked out, you also lose the game and you will lose your game points.***Are you an Android user or an iOS user? What are your favourite apps?