Convert Sleep As Android Data to iCal Calendar File

I will likely be easing up on the python-code-to-convert-from-one-representation-of-data-to-another scripts here, but this quick project was too cool not to share. I have been using the excellent Sleep As Android app for years, (I have almost 1000 sleep records saved in the app) and I’ve loved the great tools that the Urbandroid Team provides for visualizing your sleep, but there was one simple tool that I still wanted: an “export to calendar” option. … »

A Simple Parser for Google Voice Takeout Data

I love Google Voice, and have been using a Google Voice number since 2011. However, I have changed phones multiple times, and I have even changed Google accounts (with a new Google Voice number to match) in the past four years, so the only text messages saved on my phone are the ones which I have sent or received since I last factory-reset (or re-flashed) my phone. In addition to my love of Google Voice, I have an unhealthy love of accumulating data of all forms, so only having the last few months worth of text messages on hand at any given time has always bothered me. … »

Broken Screen Backup

I had an unfortunate accident today - I dropped my phone, it landed face down on a metal peg at the gym, and the screen broke. Unfortunately, the digitizer broke too, so I can’t use the touchscreen at all. My less-than-functional phone. Sprint ordered me a replacement, (for a fee, of course - I didn’t have insurance) but now I needed to figure out how to get all my data off of the broken device. … »