Built my own Android ROM
crDroid 12.12 on Android 16 for my Nothing Phone (2a), built from source on a rented 32-core server. It boots, it’s rooted, and the Glyph lights still work. More
Log
Short notes. Things I broke, fixed or figured out. Newest first.
Android
Linux
Left macOS for Omarchy
Control, speed, and no more hackintosh updates breaking everything. Now I live in Linux every day.
Network
A game blocked my server
A game started blocking my VPN server’s IP. I made a separate route just for games that forwards through Cloudflare, without losing the disguise.
Network
Turned ethernet into Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi was capped, ethernet wasn’t. brix is now a hotspot. More
Security
Built a box to break into
The Vault: vulnerable services on my own network, so I can practise legally. More
Security
212 strangers tried to log in
fail2ban has banned 8 of them so far. Nobody got in, ill wait for some time.