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Month: May 2026

GNU/Linux

[Hardware] Monitor Firmware Update on my Samsung CHG90 (2017)

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A few years ago, I bought a used Samsung CHG90 (LC49HG90DMUXEN) monitor on eBay. After I got the device, I learned that this model series had a hardware issue (see here or here). Fortunately, the problems only occurred every few weeks. Since some people on Reddit wrote that a firmware update had improved the situation, even though it was a hardware issue, I tried updating the firmware as well. There is a generic update guide from Samsung, but it is not detailed enough to actually do the update…

The required firmware update can be found on the Samsung website under support > user manuals and guide and by searching with the model code: LC49HG90DMUXEN

https://www.samsung.com/de/support/user-manuals-and-guide

Although the latest firmware version is from September 2020, I was able to perform an update because my monitor was still running version 1017.2. The hardest part was figuring out how to find the software updater in the monitor menu, but after a quick search in the documentation, I found the right section. The trick was to open the menu and hold down the arrow key for 5 seconds.

https://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/202103/20210305193233676/BN46-00699A-Eng.pdf

The update took only a few seconds and completed successfully. Let’s see if this improves anything…

Android

[Android] Android Auto Launcher: Missing Apps

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Recently I bought a new car and the previous owner replaced the standard board computer with a tablet running Android Auto. On my phone, I use the popular VLC player to listen to music and AntennaPod for podcasts. To my surprise, both apps did not appear in the Android Auto Launcher after I connected my phone. After a quick search on Perplexity, I found out that the most likely reason is that the apps weren’t installed via the Google Play Store. That made sense in my case, since both apps were installed via the F-Droid store.

It seems you can’t make just any app of your smartphone available for Android Auto, but at least apps that are generally supported by Android Auto can be made visible via the developer settings of Android Auto. To do this, open the Android Auto settings on your smartphone by searching for Android Auto in your phone’s settings. Scroll all the way down to the Information section.

Tap Version ten times and confirm “Allow development settings”. After that, you can find the developer options in the three-dot menu on the top right.

Here search for unknown sources (“Unbekannte Quellen” in german) and tick the checkbox.

After that, additional apps suddenly appeared in the Android Auto Launcher settings that I could add, including VLC Player and AntennaPod.

SuccessFactors

[SuccessFactors] Recruiting: Direkter Absprung zum Jobangebot

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Für einen direkten Absprung von z.B. einer Stellenanzeige einer Karriereseite zu dem zugehörigen Jobangebot im Recruiting, muss ein Link folgendermaßen aufgebaut sein:

https://hcm12preview.sapsf.eu/career
?company=xxxx
&site=
&lang=de_DE
&career_ns=job_application
&career_job_req_id=5698

Dies kann hilfreich sein, wenn man den Karriere-Feed in einem Drittsystem eingebunden hat, aber dennoch einen direkten Absprung für den Bewerber haben möchte.