Recent content by aSteve641

Aye - but the real issue is one of confidence that blindly following a few steps (anonymously posted on the net) will not brick the tablet. If it were a second-hand cheapo, or if there were definitely no alternative, I'd I'd take the risk... but I'm still hoping that there's an easier way for...

Bloody hell! I'm not entirely unfamiliar with grunging about with Linux... but I have to admit that I'm a little reluctant to do this to device I hoped to use as a 'commodity appliance' - for want of a better term. To be honest, I'm rather disappointed that this isn't supported out-the-box as...

Well... I've got andFTP and ES File Explorer working - with SFTP and CIFS respectively... but they're both imperfect. I really want to mount these remote file systems and have them accessible as indistinguishable from the local files on internal storage. I had understood that Android tablets...

Perhaps I'm being dumb - but they just don't seem to work for me on my Nexus! I want to access a website that's secured by https - even though it doesn't use a certificate signed by the major commercial CAs. My website in question has a (valid) certificate that is signed by a self-signed...

Hmmm - ES File explorer does look as if it might help... I've also found CIFS manager which I intend to try... though I've had a small setback with a router failure... so, it might take a few days before I can verify this. Thanks for the tip. :)

For many years I wanted a tablet - principally to browse detailed A4 PDFs documents in comfort - and have recently taken the plunge and bought a Nexus-10, (almost exclusively motivated by the awesome 'headline' screen resolution) and I am mostly very happy with it. I wasn't concerned by the...