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Hey guys, been looking and tinkering all day with this. Just got a new Evo 4G that came with Gingerbread on it. rEVOked doesn't work on it to root it and I cannot seem to roll it back with an RUU.
Phone Stats:
Android 2.3.3
Baseband 2.15.00.05.02
Build 4.24.651.1 CL61076
Software 4.24.651.1
Any idea what I need to do to root it? Even if I could find a shell process to root and load Clockwork I'd be happy.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys might have for me.
Should have done a search, everyone is going to give you crap for this but, no root for now
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Should have done a search, everyone is going to give you crap for this but, no root for now
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Thanks for that I did search, I've been searching on here, androidcentral, cyanogenmod, xda, google, rEVOked, etc. I have seen some people be able to roll back the RUU but I've had no luck, that's why I posted the question. I understand the search functions on forums, but haven't found a definitive answer. Apparently though, there is no root for devices with 2.3.3? or just the Evo?
The lucky ones that were able to downgrade with an older ruu already have s off. But I know its not just EVO 4G its other devices as well. The sensation just recently hot s off if I'm not mistaken.
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The 2nd poster is right, I'm gonna give you crap, because this is beyond annoying. There are THOUSANDS of posts now, including plenty of threads on the front page of each section that say that there is NO ROOT!!!!!!
I know you 'claim' to have done a search, but there is no WAY you would have posted this if you did, because you would KNOW that it cannot be rooted. This reminds me of the guy that lied to Chef Ramsey on Hell's Kitchen last night....
Either you are too lazy to do a quick search or glance, even on Google, or two naive, so turn in your internet privileges card. It's been revoked....
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The 2nd poster is right, I'm gonna give you crap, because this is beyond annoying. There are THOUSANDS of posts now, including plenty of threads on the front page of each section that say that there is NO ROOT!!!!!!
I know you 'claim' to have done a search, but there is no WAY you would have posted this if you did, because you would KNOW that it cannot be rooted. This reminds me of the guy that lied to Chef Ramsey on Hell's Kitchen last night....
Either you are too lazy to do a quick search or glance, even on Google, or two naive, so turn in your internet privileges card. It's been revoked....
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Really annoying? **** off and learn to spell. I love how you have this big bad persona on the internet to where you want to tell me how annoying I am and claim that I am a liar. If it annoys you, don't ****ing reply, jackass. Forums are areas for discussion, by definition. How about the next reply, you try to help instead of berating someone... or are you 'two naive'?
But in all honesty if you would look at the evo forum you would easily see that there is NO ROOT!
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Blameme said:
But in all honesty if you would look at the evo forum you would easily see that there is NO ROOT!
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You guys are totally right. I'm just some idiot that doesn't deserve to be on here. Even after the hours of my attempts and searching and trying today and then posting a question after everything I've done didn't work... despite seeing some people able to roll back the RUU and then root it. I have no idea why I even attempt to get help. There is always someone who wants to jump in someone's **** for asking a question. I wouldn't have asked if I knew definitively that there was no way to do it. I figured I was in the right area to ask if anyone knew any tricks for this, but apparently I was wrong to ask a question at all.
Thanks for all the 'search for it' replies...oh, and calling me a liar and whatever else will happen itt besides answering a question like an adult.
Dude don't worry about this crap all locked EVO users are pissed right now, including myself lol, check this forum out...
http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=104742
I'll post another one soon, were getting pretty close to root
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171252
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gingercyde said:
Really annoying? **** off and learn to spell. I love how you have this big bad persona on the internet to where you want to tell me how annoying I am and claim that I am a liar. If it annoys you, don't ****ing reply, jackass. Forums are areas for discussion, by definition. How about the next reply, you try to help instead of berating someone... or are you 'two naive'?
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I'm gonna guess those 190+ thanks yous show I help plenty. BTW, PLEASE show me all the misspellings in my post. And don't get all froggy because you just got called out for being ignorant...
gingercyde said:
There is always someone who wants to jump in someone's **** for asking a question. I wouldn't have asked if I knew definitively that there was no way to do it. I figured I was in the right area to ask if anyone knew any tricks for this, but apparently I was wrong to ask a question at all.
Thanks for all the 'search for it' replies...oh, and calling me a liar and whatever else will happen itt besides answering a question like an adult.
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You asked a question that has been asked and answered 100's of times on here. If you truly did a search, which I do NOT believe you did, you would have seen it said, over and over and over and over again that there is no way to root your phone with the version of Android you have. There is no mistaking it, no gray area, no maybes. It's been definitely posted in onther posts RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE, there is no root.
typical reaction from someone who just got called out and exposed....
"Hours" of searching, huh? You seriously deserve the crap you've taken. There are even countless posts about attempts to downgrade the RUU. I suggest you actually search next time, instead of lying about it.
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Ha, this OP is. Troll...he did a search my ass, this makes me laugh.
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OP got as far as 'Read some people were able to roll back RUU',
Why didn't he follow those lines and follow their directions?
And read those same people only verifiable works for s-off phones,
He can read what he WANTS to read.
Plenty of threads on progress of root,
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gingercyde said:
Really annoying? **** off and learn to spell. I love how you have this big bad persona on the internet to where you want to tell me how annoying I am and claim that I am a liar. If it annoys you, don't ****ing reply, jackass. Forums are areas for discussion, by definition. How about the next reply, you try to help instead of berating someone... or are you 'two naive'?
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just to test a theory i pretended i was newbie coming here to find 2.3.3 root
so i typed "2.3.3 root" on the search box...
that turned about 10 threads in wich any i could easily see that there is still no exploit / root for 2.3.3
now , notice i am not being an ass about it, but its as simple as that bro, if you dont want to put in a wee bit of effort on finding the answers , dont expect people to put in effort to try to answer them either, that is being selfish
but i hope your question is now answered, trust me , you WILL see stickies , you WILL know when root is achieved if you just chek in these forums every couple of days, but for now, dont be suprised if people get mad at you for wasting their time answering stuff that has already been answered a thousand times for the last month
Just gotta say there is a new thread like this every stinking day, sometimes 2 or 3. Any research or just plain looking thru a few threads would have answered your questions.
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HipKat said:
I'm gonna guess those 190+ thanks yous show I help plenty. BTW, PLEASE show me all the misspellings in my post. And don't get all froggy because you just got called out for being ignorant...
You asked a question that has been asked and answered 100's of times on here. If you truly did a search, which I do NOT believe you did, you would have seen it said, over and over and over and over again that there is no way to root your phone with the version of Android you have. There is no mistaking it, no gray area, no maybes. It's been definitely posted in onther posts RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE, there is no root.
typical reaction from someone who just got called out and exposed....
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Hey OP ya know HipKat is right sorry..... Not too find an answer on here just means you are not too good at searching....Sorry man but this has got to be thread 1200 on the same topic and like another member has posted a link where serious discussion is going on but you seemed to of missed that as well...lol
Don't get mad at us
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If you read this and are annoyed please post comments in my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178595
Thanks
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gingercyde said:
Really annoying? **** off and learn to spell. I love how you have this big bad persona on the internet to where you want to tell me how annoying I am and claim that I am a liar. If it annoys you, don't ****ing reply, jackass. Forums are areas for discussion, by definition. How about the next reply, you try to help instead of berating someone... or are you 'two naive'?
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If you really searched, you should be ashamed of yourself. Its pretty embarrassing when I count 5 threads in the first 2 pages on this very matter that you some how missed. No excuses. Do a better job next time and you will receive hospitality instead of hostility.
To answer your question. No root for 2.3.
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HipKat said:
The 2nd poster is right, I'm gonna give you crap, because this is beyond annoying. There are THOUSANDS of posts now, including plenty of threads on the front page of each section that say that there is NO ROOT!!!!!!
I know you 'claim' to have done a search, but there is no WAY you would have posted this if you did, because you would KNOW that it cannot be rooted. This reminds me of the guy that lied to Chef Ramsey on Hell's Kitchen last night....
Either you are too lazy to do a quick search or glance, even on Google, or two naive, so turn in your internet privileges card. It's been revoked....
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How do i give you a thumbs up. Sooooo perfectly said.
Edit* Thumbs up found. Dude deserves to be burned. I know he didnt do the look up because google will tell you in two seconds that there is no root.
Ok.. I need SPACE!
I keep going short on space ..
Rooted and s-off
8 gb SDHC4
Want to stick to my stock Froyo 2.2
Been using link2sd... but data keep taking space. Also... is the swap partition thing any good for memory?
What do you guys suggest ?
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Please use the search. Your question is not new.
Gr8 ...just 1 noob video and everybody acts to it.. I buy this premium app and donate twice to xda, for just hearing this advice. Maybe iv got the f%#& dialectic decies and cannot read and search so well.. should I maybe put my wife in front of the computer and ask if she can do the searching for me? Thank u for your very gr8 respond and understanding... Jesus....
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Clawsman said:
Gr8 ...just 1 noob video and everybody acts to it.. I buy this premium app and donate twice to xda, for just hearing this advice. Maybe iv got the f%#& dialectic decies and cannot read and search so well.. should I maybe put my wife in front of the computer and ask if she can do the searching for me? Thank u for your very gr8 respond and understanding... Jesus....
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Being a rager doesn't help you know.....try a2sd , otherwise SHUT UP
Thanks .
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
Clawsman said:
Gr8 ...just 1 noob video and everybody acts to it.. I buy this premium app and donate twice to xda, for just hearing this advice. Maybe iv got the f%#& dialectic decies and cannot read and search so well.. should I maybe put my wife in front of the computer and ask if she can do the searching for me? Thank u for your very gr8 respond and understanding... Jesus....
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You seem to be able to type pretty good...and from your response, you have no trouble reading.
+1 what the other two said.
Clawsman said:
Gr8 ...just 1 noob video and everybody acts to it.. I buy this premium app and donate twice to xda, for just hearing this advice. Maybe iv got the f%#& dialectic decies and cannot read and search so well.. should I maybe put my wife in front of the computer and ask if she can do the searching for me? Thank u for your very gr8 respond and understanding... Jesus....
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It's not very hard to find out what you are: YOU ARE A NOOB ON XDA-DEVELOPERS. But instead of doing something against that, you decided to be rude and offensive and become a bigger noob. You cannot be serious that you thought buying an XDA-App and donating twice will prevent that you have to do something (e.g. using the search)?
Furthermore, you seem unable to write / use normal english language (best example for what I mean is the title of your thread [Soon up I rip my balls out!]). Do you have some problems to solve?
And the answer to your question is: YES, you should put your wife (to be honest, I doubt you have one) in front the of computer and let her search for you. She could not it worse than you.
In the end I am very happy I did not waste my time to help a guy like you. We (the people here on XDA) cannot suffer guys like you.
Clawsman said:
Gr8 ...just 1 noob video and everybody acts to it.. I buy this premium app and donate twice to xda, for just hearing this advice. Maybe iv got the f%#& dialectic decies and cannot read and search so well.. should I maybe put my wife in front of the computer and ask if she can do the searching for me? Thank u for your very gr8 respond and understanding... Jesus....
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with attitude like that, u have got more chance of sprouting lady parts on ur forehead than finding any help on here!!!!!
Wow.. look at peoples behavior in this thread, you are all setting a good example for me... putting all your energy, writing all kinds of stuff, accept helping out a poor guy that needs help, With just a few word. Very mature. Thank u all.
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MatDrOiD said:
It's not very hard to find out what you are: YOU ARE A NOOB ON XDA-DEVELOPERS. But instead of doing something against that, you decided to be rude and offensive and become a bigger noob. You cannot be serious that you thought buying an XDA-App and donating twice will prevent that you have to do something (e.g. using the search)?
Furthermore, you seem unable to write / use normal english language (best example for what I mean is the title of your thread [Soon up I rip my balls out!]). Do you have some problems to solve?
And the answer to your question is: YES, you should put your wife (to be honest, I doubt you have one) in front the of computer and let her search for you. She could not it worse than you.
In the end I am very happy I did not waste my time to help a guy like you. We (the people here on XDA) cannot suffer guys like you.
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Did you know that there are programs for people with dyslexia ? i myself using speech2text, TextEase, Read & Write Gold Edition and offcourse spell checker... do have any idea as for how hard it is using search tool in days without any result... not to mention the pain in my eyes and my head ? again.. Thank you for your honest answers. but sadly i suffer from it. If you only knew a person or had a family member that had it...you would have understand why someone with dyslexia wanted to pull their balls out. enough said from me.. you keep on being happy not helping out someone with dyslexia with just a few words. anyway...
I have a friend with dyslexia .
He still bothers to search .
What the hell dude ?
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
Clawsman said:
Did you know that there are programs for people with dyslexia ? i myself using speech2text, TextEase, Read & Write Gold Edition and offcourse spell checker... do have any idea as for how hard it is using search tool in days without any result... not to mention the pain in my eyes and my head ? again.. Thank you for your honest answers. but sadly i suffer from it. If you only knew a person or had a family member that had it...you would have understand why someone with dyslexia wanted to pull their balls out. enough said from me.. you keep on being happy not helping out someone with dyslexia with just a few words. anyway...
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You really think I will believe you have that disease???? If you really have dyslexia, then you would have my pity and I or rather we here would have helped you.
BUT you wrote absolutely nothing about that in your OP or in your reply to my first answer. You did not even mention you used the search!!
Instead, you came up with that disease after being rude and offensive and getting rebuked. Sorry dude, but for me this sounds like you just made this disease up to have a good reason for your bad behavior (no offense).
I have a sense of deja vu on this thread.....
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
Like i said.. i have done that for days/weeks. I am not unreasonable. But there is so much to get hands on. I have learned about HBOOT and Recoveries, iv learned about partitioning and what that is, also learned about some apps like data2sd and link2sd. But I'm not sure which HBOOT and how partition with which recovery, and still have my stock froyo 2.2 to just do a factory reset.
And English isn't my mother language, I'm from Norway. So posting this was really like last option for me.
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Sorry, I can see I seemed rude. I was more like feeling indicated for not could just be clever enough to understanding all that stuff on my own, and at same time hated myself and everybody else.
Anyway.. I'm not going to give up, so I'm going to do more effort and let you guys know if I made it or not .
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Cool thread. Love it
Clawsman said:
Ok.. I need SPACE!
I keep going short on space ..
Rooted and s-off
8 gb SDHC4
Want to stick to my stock Froyo 2.2
Been using link2sd... but data keep taking space. Also... is the swap partition thing any good for memory?
What do you guys suggest ?
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OK, I will try to give you a little help here. For a start, how many apps do you have? For you to be losing all that space on stock Froyo, you must have quite a few. Do you need them all? Can you delete few?
Since you are root and S-off, you really are better off loading a custom ROM that uses a different Hboot. Stock ROM will need stock Hboot. Different Hboots only work with certain ROMs, as directed in that particular ROM thread. You probably already realise that each Hboot will have different partitions and therefore offer varying amounts of space.
Swap partiton will be of no use to you at this stage. Unless you are using a ROM that requires it. And without knowing every single ROM around right now, I don't even think there are many that use this anymore, anyway...
So in short, delete some apps, or load a new ROM. Please don't ask which one is best, there are to many pro's and con's for each one, it has to be your own choice.
Finally, it's good you saw where you went wrong. Let this be a lesson. People here are happy to help people hat help themselves...and if you need someone to sit at the computer for you, then that is what you must do. Only after you have shown that you've gone to the effort, with no results, do you post a new thread, asking a very old question. And never, ever, be rude and act like you deserve special treatment. There are people here that can't even speak English and they get by just fine.
Good luck.
Clawsman, first some general advice: Even though this is the internet you are dealing with real people. If you conduct yourself like you would in real life (that means no talking about your balls for a start ) you'll have no problems at all. The way you started this thread was very rude and surely you wouldn't talk that way when asking strangers for help in real life.
Just be polite
As for your phone: I had exactly the same problem. I used stock froyo and was pretty content with it, except for the low memory. The phone could take just a few dozen apps and it'd be full.
So last week I decided to take the plunge and install a new ROM. It took several days before I got things to work properly. It was a very frustrating experience and I had to trouble-shoot guides every step of the way. But in the end I got it done
So this is just to say I understand your frustration. Flashing your phone the first time is not easy. But if you stick with it you can get it done.
Good luck!
Take ur pills and chill dude, if don't know reading and writing go take some calss, give ur paypal I will pay for it.
Clawsman, what so many people fail to realize, is that a good part of the information on this board is very outdated. Most of the threads that tell you to "start here" are chock full of old information that has never been updated since people started figuring out how to root their phones. For example, none of the noob threads point you to Revolutionary as a very simple means of doing s-off and rooting your phone. My suggestion would be to go to http://revolutionary.io/ to s-off and root your phone. After that, you can choose a different recovery, I would suggest 4EXT. You'll also want to choose a different ROM. There some "simple" roms such as CM7.1 or Oxygen, or you can choose something like MUIU XJ or Supernova that will give you a lot more room for apps by fooling the phone into thinking your SD card is part of your internal memory. You'll want to research a recovery and a rom to use together, otherwise you could run into problems.
My suggestions above are highly simplified. You'll need to do your research to see which will work best for you, and you'll also want to make sure they work with your particular Desire. Some models, such as my US Cellular CDMA, have very limited options and can be bricked if you try to flash the wrong thing (although it can usually be fixed).
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After that, you can choose a different recovery, I would suggest 4EXT or cm7r2.
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I guess I'd take outdated over erroneous anytime now. Cm7r2 is not recovery.
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I know this has already been brought up and the person how brought it up was pretty much laughed at, I want to port over the multi window feature to our t989's and I know that the screen is small compaired to the note 2 but, I would like it still. I know that it has been ported over for the s2 i9100 and it works great. I also know that the roms for that phone are not compatable with our phones and people have bricked their devicesby flashing those roms, so I will not try and brick My phone!!! I just want to know if there is anyone that can port this over maby from the I900? I would gladly pay for it. Or can someone atleast point me to a link. So that I can teach my self and test on some other phones before flashing to this one. I love the features of the note 2 but I love the size and feel of my s2 so I do not want to swich. I just want to get a few of the features. Any help would be great. Please any hard core devs out there, please help I dont want to just use the stuff you make I know it takes time and skill, but I am more than willing to pay for it. Thanks Kevin
So first you say YOU want to port it over, then go into why you want someone else to do it...I mean, help you.
Ok.
I know it's being worked on. Maybe you can wait patiently
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Thanks smart ass! I do want to port it but I dont know where to start. Im also willing to brick a few other phones to learn, I also was asking if someone could do it for me and Ill pay them. The only reason I said both is because I want to learn and I also did not know if someone else was working on it or not. Because all the threads Iv read all people did was down the idea because of the s2 screen size. So I figured I would offer to pay someone to do it because of my lack off knowledge in porting and if nobody wanted to at least they could point me in the right direction to start. Was that really that hard to grasp?
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So first you say YOU want to port it over, then go into why you want someone else to do it...I mean, help you.
Ok.
I know it's being worked on. Maybe you can wait patiently
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If there is anyone out there who can ether port it and Ill pay for it !!!!!!!!!OR!!!!!!!!! help me in learning by sending me a link to a how to so I can try myself and test on a few other phones while learning. If so that would be great and please only people interested in helping need reply. I know I dont know how and I dont know if anyone is working on this and it is not a patience issue I would just like to learn and do it myself if nobody else is doing so. I would have thought that a person willing to learn and or pay for and not just rushing people so they can just get it for free would not get crap from people who have nothing better to do. So please save that for someone who cares and lets grow up, all I want is help not stupidity. Thanks
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Thanks smart ass! I do want to port it but I dont know where to start. Im also willing to brick a few other phones to learn, I also was asking if someone could do it for me and Ill pay them. The only reason I said both is because I want to learn and I also did not know if someone else was working on it or not. Because all the threads Iv read all people did was down the idea because of the s2 screen size. So I figured I would offer to pay someone to do it because of my lack off knowledge in porting and if nobody wanted to at least they could point me in the right direction to start. Was that really that hard to grasp?
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What I find hard to grasp your is your disrespectful attitude.
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What I find hard to grasp your is your disrespectful attitude.
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Ididnt mean any disrespect and im sorry for the way i responded but if you read his post it was kind of uncalled for i just was asking for help. Im trying to learn and it seems like most of the time there is some one who has something smart to say. I mean what good is a question and answer thread if the answers are like that? Its almost like some people just think that every one should know what their doing and if they dont they jump on the oppertunity to make them feel stupid. Im sorry for the way i handled it, i was childish in that and it was wrong. I will just brush it off next time. All i wanted was some help and i went about that situation the wrong way.
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Ididnt mean any disrespect and im sorry for the way i responded but if you read his post it was kind of uncalled for i just was asking for help. Im trying to learn and it seems like most of the time there is some one who has something smart to say. I mean what good is a question and answer thread if the answers are like that? Its almost like some people just think that every one should know what their doing and if they dont they jump on the oppertunity to make them feel stupid. Im sorry for the way i handled it, i was childish in that and it was wrong. I will just brush it off next time. All i wanted was some help and i went about that situation the wrong way.
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I can tell u that some devs are working on it. One is almost done and is beta testing it.
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I can tell u that some devs are working on it. One is almost done and is beta testing it.
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Thank you. An again Im very sorry for the way I handled my self and the situation. I was wrong and exsept that in full. Life is to short to let petty stuff like that bother you and it will not happen again.
Bro it happens. Dont worry about it. Nothing wrong with wanting to learn or wanting what you want when u want it. I think you handled it well. Thats just my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwleOote5M0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I enjoyed it. Lol!
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Try working for a cellphone company. I made an old lady cry because she came in screaming at us saying to give her a new phone or cancel her account because it won't ring. Her HTC Hero had all of her contacts set to "Send to voicemail". Once I politely explained there's nothing wrong with her phone or her service, she started crying and said she's disappointed in me because I took away her reason to be pissed and now she doesn't know what to complain about.
Some people truly do not deserve smartphones, and it's a sad fact that companies are now pushing so hard to place expensive and intricate technology in the hands of users who were among those that couldn't even set the clock on their VCR.
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More to the point, it's a sad world when people can openly admit that they are upset at having no reason to complain, without recognizing the problem with that admission...
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I definitely agree with you guys.
That video was hilarious! That should be required viewing when creating an account.
this made me feel sad about still not knowing how to use adb
or even trying to learn how to use it
but that was a pretty accurate depiction of a noob
3 people brought me their phones to root and told me what their phones were
2 of them told me the wrong model
I love when I'm on Google+ and someone goes on a community and asks what the best ROM is without saying what phone they have and or carrier, then people start naming ROMs. I'm like wth is wrong with you people. Or someone might say I'm on the Sprint S3 and others will just start naming ROMs for other carriers like its perfectly fine to just flash a ROM no matter what model of phone you have. I hope this video ends up helping new people instead of just making fun of, and pissing someone off. I was new once as everyone is or was. But I felt like I read until I mostly understood what I was doing and why. I've seen a lot of bricks lately and if I can prevent one, this would be worth it. Lol. By the way I found this video it is not of my making just so everyone knows.
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Yea, I've been flashing my phones since 2009 with the Motorola cliq, I never bricked anything because I read, read, and read before doing anything.
Yes, I read for a month before rooting my Epic 4G and STILL was sweating through the process...how these people can just grab a phone, root and flash a ROM not for their device is beyond me.
I did the same with my evo shift, and then again with this phone - read, searched and then read some more. I've never had a serious problem. There's a wealth of information here and I'm grateful for everyone that lends their time to develop and/or help us get more out of our phones.
I remember just rooting my device. Reading everywhere and making sure the stories coincided. Triple checked my model number etc, this is not a $40 device...
I'm surprised he didn't mention RTFM in there somewhere, it's a code I [try my best to] live by and support.
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Ohh by the way... RTFM
Ok, I'll ask.... What is RTFM?
Read the f ing manual.
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RTFM - read the f'ing manual. Of course, I don't always, but I try.
Ahhh! Same here.
kennyglass123 said:
Yes, I read for a month before rooting my Epic 4G and STILL was sweating through the process...how these people can just grab a phone, root and flash a ROM not for their device is beyond me.
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Like the noob in the video says, lots of people just tell noobs that it's easy to root and flash ROMs. Most of the time, it's implied that the process is easy providing that the noob reads and learns on his/her own. Unfortunately, inference isn't universal, and a lot of noobs think "it's easy" means that it doesn't matter what they flash, it's all the same.
As a former comp. sci. major, I had enough experience with computers to know that it wouldn't work that way, so I read as much as I could until I could practically flash ROMs in my sleep before even risked I messing something up. Most people aren't tech heads or comp. sci. majors, and all phones seem the same to people who don't understand phones. If they were really different in the noob's perspective, he/she would remember whether they have the LG Optimus or the Keyocera Echo. If someone doesn't realize that there's a huge difference between an HTC One vs. the Samsung Note 2, why does it matter to them which forum the ROM is from? I mean, "it's so easy!" Why not flash the first ROM they find?
Sorry for the rant. I'm someone who tells his friends that rooting and flashing ROMs is easy, but only if they're willing to read and learn on their own before jumping in, and I warn them that they could destroy their phones if they're not careful. I then reiterate that flashing is easy once you learn enough not to brick your phone and offer to help them find all the info they need. Most just decide it's not worth the risk, and they settle for the stock experience. That's how it should be. If you don't want to spend the time learning it, then don't spend the time doing it.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yes, I read for a month before rooting my Epic 4G and STILL was sweating through the process...how these people can just grab a phone, root and flash a ROM not for their device is beyond me.
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I read for about a month for my GS3. First I rooted, the unrooted/triangleaway'd and odin'd back to stock to make sure I knew what I was doing. Then I took another 2 weeks to read up on ROMs, and then I finally flashed one. The ONLY times I've bricked my phone are more or less on purpose, just because I like tinkering, and I always fixed it myself. I don't even know how people can just start flashing either I was so tedious about it, still am.
My parents got smartphones before I did and their phones are on GB still, they don't even know that android versions go higher than GB (or what GB is) they think their phones are the bees knees just because they're android lol, it's just as well though because they never tried rooting them.
Edit: I'd also like to add that I was extremely paranoid about backing up my phone the first time I flashed my first ROM. I used TIBU to back up onto my external SD, then I copied that folder to my computer and also uploaded it to dropbox and google drive, and then I made a nandroid of my stock phone which I still keep on my PC just in case.
"Flashing a phone is not the same as using a toaster."
Words to live by.
I was on my g2x for almost a year and then I had to wait 2 months before I got my s3 after release, but in those two months I kept checking every s3 thread on the root process to see if it was like the g2x method which it wasn't. People who just get a phone and think they automatically turn into a phone expert cuz they got a good phone is just plain retarded. Moral of the story read before you post/ask questions
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This is not getting as many hits as it needs. It should be a video all new members are forced to watch. Those of us new to flashing can learn something and those of us who know what we are doing because we RTFM can have a nice laugh.
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OMFG I laughed so hard. This is a depiction of a common day at XDA. Sad but true.
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so what's up with developers putting up zero screen shots usually for their roms , i mean i realize its not mandatory but i would want people to see what it looks like so they can decide wether to install it or not, just a thought that came to me. it would defo make me want to install a certain rom if i knew what it looked like instead of flashing something and then realizing that it looks like dog **** lol.
by no means is this a flame or anything like that, but just something that came to mind while browsing roms , and yeah i know i dont have to install any of them because they do it in their spare time.... yada yada yada lol:laugh:
Well, this isn't gonna end well
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its a valid question, i stand by it.
What an ingrate. You should be grateful instead of posting your little pissy rant. That's right grateful there is someone you can leech off of.
Here's a little tip. If you don't want to be flamed on, put some thought into your post before crying like a school girl because devs don't post pictures for you. And what is mandatory? Nothing. ..devs develop because they choose to.
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So i looked at the s4 development section, and most of the roms have screenshots.
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What an ingrate. You should be grateful instead of posting your little pissy rant. That's right grateful there is someone you can leech off of.
Here's a little tip. If you don't want to be flamed on, put some thought into your post before crying like a school girl because devs don't post pictures for you. And what is mandatory? Nothing. ..devs develop because they choose to.
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you need to take that stick out of your ass it was just a simple question lmao someones not getting laid lol
This thread will not be conducive to the spirit of XDA-DEVELOPERS.com
This is a development site, NOT a support site.
If developers spend all their time giving you something for free and do not have time to upload screen shots...oh well.
Ask a member in the thread in a PM for a screen shot
And OP...profanity will not be tolerated...even when censored!