When playing html5 videos with my 1+1 (Cyanogenmod 11 – snapshot M11 – Android 4.4.4 with ART runtime) using Firefox 33.1 (version 34 does not fix the bug either) audio works fine while video is completely corrupted with grey artifacts all over the place. The problem appears to be quite common and is not only circumscribed to 1+1. The best workaround so far is type about:config in the address bar, search for media.stagefright.omxcodec.flags and set its value to 8 to disable video hardware acceleration (0 lets android pick the best option and 16 forces hardware acceleration always on). Firefox 36, which is currently in nightly stage, should come with a patch that will actually solve the issue but I am not comfortable with running a browser in alpha/beta stage so for now I will live without video hardware acceleration. …

Two weeks ago while wasting time on the interwebs I found by accident a couple of OnePlus One invites. To be honest I wasn’t planning on buying a new phone since my previous Nexus 4 is still serving me well but seeing OPO price (299 € for the 64 GB one) and specs I said: well, fuck it. So far I like it very much, the bigger screen makes general usage more enjoyable and battery life is significantly better than Nexus 4, it lasts 2 days without many problems. I can’t really comment on Cyanogenmod OPO edition or whatever the stock ROM is called since I used it for just the bunch of minutes necessarily to enable USB debug, unlock the bootloader and install recovery and stock Cyanogenmod 11 snapshot M11. One thing I for sure don’t like is the unlock screen, stock Cyanogenmod one is way way better but that’s pretty much it, can’t say more. …