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Where were you before hanging out at this forum?

I tried to think of something different, as a topic, to start some dialog. I'm curious as to how many people were introduced to xda by, like let's say engadget or somewhere else.
The site I was frequenting before here, and got tipped off to xda was sdx. Before that was zephie (prolly spelled his nick wrong) and the site he used to hang at, midnight something. Before that, samsung moment forum. Before that, google... Looking up info about rooting my first android phone, the samsung moment after it came out last fall.
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Good topic; better than the lets sue sprint and htc and live wallpapers are murdering your battery life, topics.
I joined a few forums after switching from the iphone 3gs to evo when it came out. Most links on other forums seemed to point to xda and it seemed to me that xda was usually, if not always the source for the latest news and happenings for android and the evo, so I set up shop here with the vinyl skins ideas (See sig).

I was here for a long time..welll 2 yrs, i didnt become active until recently when i got my evo. Before that i was not active at these types of forums..i was into webhosting...too much history to type..
*This was posted from my Evo 4G using Tapatalkpro! Great app, if you want to browse and post through many dfferent forums*

Your moms house!
Jk. I was on the android comm forums at one pt.
Even then id frequent these boards. Just didn't have an acc..

I have used xda forums for basically everything electronic since 2008. Everyone on all the forums are pretty knowledgeable for the most parts. And the ones that are not, sure make me laugh. Just a hobby for me. Homebrewed my Wii,flashed my xbox360's, rooted the evo, networked my home, and am an avid visitor of nzb matrix. Official electronic's junky here.
Evo 4g Fresh 1.0.1 with 3.2 Frozen Eclair and Netar's 3.7.1 hdmi working kernel. Mflops 21.7 with 53 fps.
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LOL Checking xda b4 getting out of bed.

AndroidForums.
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crackberry.com was my social hangout spot on the net, but after venturing in the android world I have now become obsessive with xda LOL and androidcentral

I found XDA when i got my T-Mobile dash aka HTC Excalibur was directed here through howardforums. Ode to the days of installing hacked windows mobile 6.5 roms I even have the phone still and its running a custom 3VO rom haha http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523718

precentral :-/ i kinda miss that lil bugger

Well, before here I was on SDX thanks to my Samsung Moment, and then when the EVO came out, I hit up Google, and remembered seeing on a couple of tech blogs about how the EVO had been already rooted before release thanks to the Google I/O event, and followed the links to here.
Needless to say, I am far from disappointed.

Part of the 1,000,000 member club at HoFo
Used to call ppcgeeks home, but I haven't been there in a long time

Well being a longtime WinMo phone owner I was tipped off to this website years and years ago, so I was usually in between XDA and ppcgeeks.com, and before that the grand daddy of them all howardforums

HoFo for my moto razr then here for the sprint Vogue

HowardForums since 2000 or 2001 (username: M. L.), but then it got way too big and turned to crap. Been here for the last 2-3 years, if not more.

herzzreh said:
HowardForums since 2000 or 2001 (username: M. L.), but then it got way too big and turned to crap. Been here for the last 2-3 years, if not more.
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I just frequent the lounge now. The only sections over there that get any action, or most of it, is the apple section and the Verizon section.
Freaking Verizon forum can easily have 500+ people in it...daily!

I had the iPhone 3GS so I was on apple-related sites/forums a lot. When I got tired of that nonsensical device and decided on the EVO, I heard about xda through various tech blogs, and decided to join in the fun... haven't looked back since.
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I was sick of WinMo with my Sprint Vogue so I did some searching on the interwebs and found out about dzo and then xda. Been frequenting ever since but I tend to lurk even though I have an account
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I think I came across xda randomly Googling stuff after I got my G1 last summer. I wasn't very active other than flashing Cyanogen roms. Since getting the EVO I'm on here constantly. When I got the G1, most that could be learned about the phone, had already. With the EVO, there's so much new development going on. Plus, its nice to try and use what I've learned to help someone out. Considering xda has done a great job helping me. A lot of us know that "uh oh, did I just brick my phone?" feeling.
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Ppc geeks with my mogul/touch pro
Sent from my frackin Evo

joined howardforums when i got my winmo at&t tilt then joined here shortly after that. been here for a while now....

Introduction thread

Finally, this section took too long to get here!
Now, let's get to it:
Tell us what phone you are coming from, and if you plan on developing in some form for the E4GT.
I'm known as Mr. Z. I'm coming from an Epic 4G, and I plan on theming for this device. Also, I'm part of a group called Epic Revolution for Android, so I'd be looking forward to good stuff coming from us in the future.

Coming from the original EVO. Bought it on its launch date last June. That was my first smart phone so all I know is HTC. Will be curious to see what Samsung has to offer.
Unfortunately have no developing skills.

Coming from a evo. I got one on launch day and ran all the Snap development kernels at the beginning... Along with Netarchys too. The original evo development was so fun. I think this phone may bring that back.
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Coming from the Epic 4g, got on release date. Flashed everything high and low and plan to do so here too Can't wait till it comes out.

Coming From the Epic 4G ... I Can't develop at all
But i can help provide help to users who need it ...
Can't wait to get to know you guys ...

iSaint said:
Coming From the Epic 4G ... I Can't develop at all
But i can help provide help to users who need it ...
Can't wait to get to know you guys ...
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Good to see ya iSaint. I cant wait to get to know everyone.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G Touch+Keyboard

I'm coming from the Epic 4G... I'm not a developer or themer but I plan to contribute in any way I can aside from that.

Coming from a launch date Epic as well. Hope to learn enough to develop. May share my theme if I get it up to par with what some of the dev teams are able to offer. Glad to see a few familiar faces Mr Z and iSaint.

I am coming from the Epic 4G. I got it on launch day. I am not a dev but I test for just about every one that we have. Obviously, I will be flashing this phone quite a bit as well.

JohnCorleone said:
I am coming from the Epic 4G. I got it on launch day. I am not a dev but I test for just about every one that we have. Obviously, I will be flashing this phone quite a bit as well.
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Yes, "The Tester" is going to be busy.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G Touch+Keyboard

Hello everyone. I still have my Evo 4G, tried many ROMs and kernels, and made a few things myself.
Samsung has left a bad taste in my mouth from their previous phones, but the E4GT is too appealing not to try. I'll definitely take this phone for a spin. I know a bit about android and can find my way around, so I'll do my best to help out and add to this community if I keep this phone.

Coming from an Epic 4G. Been waiting months for this phone! hopefully it doesn't take me too long to get used to not having a physical keyboard.

coiledwire said:
Hello everyone. I still have my Evo 4G, tried many ROMs and kernels, and made a few things myself.
Samsung has left a bad taste in my mouth from their previous phones, but the E4GT is too appealing not to try. I'll definitely take this phone for a spin. I know a bit about android and can find my way around, so I'll do my best to help out and add to this community if I keep this phone.
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Nice, I hope we get a lot of developers.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G Touch+Keyboard

I'm on the fence still. I'm thinking about giving my evo 3d to my wife so I can pick up the gs2. I'm gonna have to take it for an in store test run run on Saturday to see if I like the larger display.
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Coming from the Evo 4G, I plan to try and provide as much tech support for the device as I can, just like on the Evo forums.

It looks like we're going to have an awesome community behind this beastly device.

Hero - EVO - Nexus S 4G - Epic Touch.
Can't wait for this phone...crazy powerhouse. I may go back to the Nexus S 4G depending on how long ICS takes to come to the Epic Touch. But I'm keeping both.

Considering the ET4G still... I still have my epic 4g, had it since launch. Also had an evo from launch as well as the og droid so I've been with android for some time. I'm learning java and android development but I'm still in early stages... I'll be trolling these forums for a while to see how development picks up around here and if it turns out well i will surely be making the jump.
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Im coming from the Epic 4G. I hated the keyboard but bought it anyways because all the hype going on about the galaxy s. I rarely used the keyboard, partly because it skipped keys.
Ill be picking up my epic touch on friday. Im excited about this beast!

Hi,
Im Ravi, im coming from the epic 4g, and im not a dev or themer, but Im good at helping ppl out, answering Qs and beta testing.
Also, i say we get an IRC up and running for this!
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Ok i got an IRC channel up and running for this
freenode
#epic-touch4g

Roms / Developers.....

Ok I just got this phone I had the EVO 4G/Then got the EVO 3D..well the Development was awesome with those 2...So I figured on how damn sweet this Epic Touch is..I figured the Development would be smokin..Ya i know phone only been out for a few weeks...I love this damn phone..Im done with HTC CRAP...I just hope that there are some Good Developer that comes over this way an make some good Roms for this Phone...Hey you people can responde i dont care hell if you want to ***** or talk crap go for it lol I dont care..I just like to see other peoples thoughts...

The development will come. I too came from the evo and was spoiled a little. I am really happy with how things are going though. So hang in there. Rumors have it there are top developers working on things right now... Hope they are right.
Also in all seriousness there are at least one of these threads per day that pop up lol.
Samsung Galaxy S II

theres no development like htc development. hell the HD2 is still poppin in the dev section. lol. shoulda did ur research on cdma sammy phones. nice drop off in rom/mods, but there is some. maybe by dec will see is nice bump in roms.

Atleast you posted in the right section...
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Ya i know how sammy phones are with updates etc..i just couldn't pass up the big ass screen an the specs of this thing ..so far im loving this phone..im running it stock an she dam quick alot quicker then the Evo 3D rooted...ya i will be patient on the development...
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Out of all the phones this one needs the least amount of development. But the Devs we got are great.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2

R1ptide said:
Out of all the phones this one needs the least amount of development. But the Devs we got are great.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2
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Wouldn't go that far. Its. Nice. but needs some work!

malibu_23 said:
Wouldn't go that far. Its. Nice. but needs some work!
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Needs the least compared to all the others. My phone doesn't have the signal/los issues others do.
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I think I'd have to somewhat Agree with R1ptide. The phone was so great I ran it stock for almost 2 weeks. And im a Modder and Flashaholic.
But really give the phone 3-5months minimum before complaining about dev's =)

We have some awesome developers already, and they're doing great work. Heck we have guys that don't even own the phone building kernels, and removing CIQ for us. I am pretty confident that you will have a fine selection of kernels, ROMs, and themes to pick from over time.
Lets spend more time encouraging and praising the guys and gals we do have working hard for us, and giving up their own time... instead of complaining about "this isn't nearly as good as EVO development".

I came from GSM att atrix slow development but I'm sure it will pick up. Atrix is kinda dead because people are rude just wait and it will pick up
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What do you need developed? Cm and miui will take a while due to
Cdma and Wimax. We have some awesome devs. I know Bubby from the og epic and he does amazing stuff, and absolutzero has been working on his ROM getting that all good, viper just got
an et too. I think we are just fine. Just request what features you want.
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What's wrong with trying to learn to do some things on your own? All these Devs had to start somewhere. So why wait around and complain? Sure, coding may be a big leap, but things like changing most graphics isn't that difficult. Take the time, do a little research and before long you won't be reliant upon others. Plus you'll have the satisfaction of your phone being Your phone.
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Vegasden said:
What's wrong with trying to learn to do some things on your own? All these Devs had to start somewhere. So why wait around and complain? Sure, coding may be a big leap, but things like changing most graphics isn't that difficult. Take the time, do a little research and before long you won't be reliant upon others. Plus you'll have the satisfaction of your phone being Your phone.
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any idea where the 'interested' can find some groundwork tutorials to learn rom building?

ravizzle said:
What do you need developed? Cm and miui will take a while due to
Cdma and Wimax. We have some awesome devs. I know Bubby from the og epic and he does amazing stuff, and absolutzero has been working on his ROM getting that all good, viper just got
an et too. I think we are just fine. Just request what features you want.
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All I really want is a AOSP rom, doesn't necessarily need to be CM7 but I figured if anyone can do it it will be their team first, but now that ICS SDK is out and source code probably soon I have my doubts that it will come at all to this phone.

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Posting what Koush said from G+

For the people that are not on G+ or follow a few of the cyanogenmod team members that are on it I wanted to repost what Koush said about an hour ago. I know people are waiting for CM7 on the E4GT but at the same time pestering the dev's is not going to get us anywhere and in turn could get them upset.
Epic 4G Touch Users: The devices were donated to us by RootzWiki, with absolutely no strings or expectations attached. Please stop asking for ETAs, it's extremely irritating and pretty disheartening.
Regardless, for those asking about Epic 4G Touch, here's what has been done with it so far:
The first official template/guide for building Samsung recoveries, specifically tested on Epic 4G Touch:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/8296-gui...rkmod-recovery-into-samsunginitramfs-devices/
It also helped add external/internal sd card support in CWR and RM:
https://twitter.com/clockworkmod/status/130005657024856064
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/89ed0b7355e93c145bb40483db5f79766a00e7df
You may not appreciate it, since it doesn't get you CM7 immediately. But this is the kind of work that streamlines the process for future Samsung devices getting properly supported and mainlined.
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Just a reminder guys give them time and chill. It takes time to get something great for these phones.
-cid

Thanks for the update! just knowing that they are working on it has my mouth watering!

I agree with the op. Bothering developers about it will not get it done any faster. It might them quit working on it. So everyone please just enjoy your phone now and good things are coming to us.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!

musclehead84 said:
I agree with the op. Bothering developers about it will not get it done any faster. It might them quit working on it. So everyone please just enjoy your phone now and good things are coming to us.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!
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True, but it's still nice to hear about their progress every now and then. We hadn't heard about anything other then rootzwiki giving koush an e4gt. Can't wait to have some aosp goodness
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paranoid android85 said:
True, but it's still nice to hear about their progress every now and then. We hadn't heard about anything other then rootzwiki giving koush an e4gt. Can't wait to have some aosp goodness
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The fact that Samsung can't even get off their ass to fix such a serious problem like LOS much less update their phones definitely makes people antsy about getting AOSP (which also helps bring other development)

Thanks for the update! I really need to follow them on Google+

Koush is the man! Noobs....let him be.

For what its worth I don't think the hangup is Samsung and lies more in the hands of Sprint who apparently have had a Samsung update submission and haven't done anything with it...for various reasons given I don't understand.
In addition to Samsung stepping up their game since the Samsung S's releases (namely beginning with SGS2 they also tried to counter their poor update record.
During the time I had the SGS2 from April through July we had THREE Samsung updates...coming fairly quickly after known issues.
The carrier here is the roadblock.
Lesson? Get the Nexus Prime.
mattykinsx said:
The fact that Samsung can't even get off their ass to fix such a serious problem like LOS much less update their phones definitely makes people antsy about getting AOSP (whichwho also helps bring other development)
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rockky said:
For what its worth I don't think the hangup is Samsung and lies more in the hands of Sprint who apparently have had a Samsung update submission and haven't done anything with it...for various reasons given I don't understand.
In addition to Samsung stepping up their game since the Samsung S's releases (namely beginning with SGS2 they also tried to counter their poor update record.
During the time I had the SGS2 from April through July we had THREE Samsung updates...coming fairly quickly after known issues.
The carrier here is the roadblock.
Lesson? Get the Nexus Prime.
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The problem with the idea that Sprint is holding up the updates is three fold:
1) Why would Sprint hold up the LOS fix? They're losing money on constant credits and device exchanges.
2) Samsung has a history, no matter what carrier, of not being anywhere near prompt with updates.
3) Also, why would Sprint hold up updates for only Samsung devices? Other device makers don't seem to have issues.
I think the fact is, Samsung sees the international market as more important than the U.S., and is even less concerned with the CDMA market.

I am so exited! Got my phone and stock drove me CRAZY within a few hours. The folks at CM seriously spoil us. We are so lucky to have them. I don't know why the small group of geniuses at CM can develop a ROM that is AWESOME and the stock ROMs suck so bad. I mean, she wouldn't anyone want to know what their battery percentage is, or have options for their dock and lock screen style, or not throw their battery and performance in the dumpster!
Not only does CM put out awesome ROMs in a timely manner, they do it across like twenty devices and eight manufacturers for free! ! ! Friggin miraculous. Anyway, thank you! Let's not be impatient because the miracle takes a couple weeks longer than convenient.
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Replying for in this thread for a bump. Please stop pestering the devs. CM7 will be ready for our devices when it's ready.

chunology said:
Please stop pestering the devs. CM7 will be ready for our devices when it's ready.
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Really?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II

Why do people bug the crap outta the poor devs. Best thing to do is don't get the device right when it comes out if you can't wait. KOUSH and the other devs have life's. He will bring it in time believe it.
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How do I follow Koush on G+?
Sent from SGSII.

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How do I follow Koush on G+?
Sent from SGSII.
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http://tinyurl.com/6l2gqny
and
http://tinyurl.com/6xkhxaa

Post of the week
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http://tinyurl.com/6l2gqny
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http://tinyurl.com/6xkhxaa
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Hey Nifnard,
How would I know his actual handle?
I know how to search in G+ and when I searched for Koush a log of profiles came up. I bet you were giggling like a little school girl when you were posting.
People on this website are full of themselves. I miss the old XDA.
Sent from SGSII.

gqstatus0685 said:
Hey Nifnard,
How would I know his actual handle?
I know how to search in G+ and when I searched for Koush a log of profiles came up. I bet you were giggling like a little school girl when you were posting.
People on this website are full of themselves. I miss the old XDA.
Sent from SGSII.
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Dude, it was in light fun.. you really need to lighten up a little bit there. and if you click the second link it googles his name and "google plus" which the first link that comes up, is his profile.. http://tinyurl.com/6xkhxaa

graffixnyc said:
http://tinyurl.com/6l2gqny
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holy **** that was hilarious. i never did get how people using android phones dont get how easy it is to google something. its a verb for god sake, just do it lol

MaliceOmega said:
holy **** that was hilarious. i never did get how people using android phones dont get how easy it is to google something. its a verb for god sake, just do it lol
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Google is a verb. So true. All my friends and family members probably think I'm an asshole because I google everything on my "google phone" to prove everyone is wrong. Sadly I prove myself wrong too at rare occasions.

A big thanks to everyone!!

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who is a part of XDA and the Epic touch forums. Words can not express How grateful I am for every developer and anyone who contributed anything! Seriously you guys are the best!!! tomorrow I will be pre ordering my s3 and switching to an old phone and selling this one. Once again, thank Y'all so much. Y'all made this phone truly epic:')
Sent from my iPhone killer.

I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who is a part of XDA and the Epic touch forums. Words can not express How grateful I am for every developer and anyone who contributed anything! Seriously you guys are the best!!! tomorrow I will be pre ordering my s3 and switching to an old phone and selling this one. Once again, thank Y'all so much. Y'all made this phone truly epic:')
Sent from my iPhone killer.
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Since you are a (soon to be) former E4GT user and (soon to be) new SIII user I'll be eager to hear your feedback on the phone.
Good luck!

Well if it performs as good as it looks and if it has a good radio then We're talking!
Sent from my iPhone killer.

It'll be total rubbish!! Seriously a step forward instead of a leap up is not worth it. If they gave us the quad core I'd say sure, but just the s4..... naaa note worthy but not write home to mom worthy.

I was thinking of starting a thread to thank the developers, helpers, and posters of leaked info. qbking77 and sfhub (wait did i spell that right? LOL) are just among the few.
I enjoyed flashing the latest leaked ICS update for my device.
However Saturday i wondered into a sprint store and picked up an HTC EVO LTE and after playing with it for a few days it looks like i will be keeping it.
Again, i think the Epic Touch community is a great place to be on XDA.

reddragon72 said:
It'll be total rubbish!! Seriously a step forward instead of a leap up is not worth it. If they gave us the quad core I'd say sure, but just the s4..... naaa note worthy but not write home to mom worthy.
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Have you used one yet? I'm guessing this has come from hours of playing with it and deciding it's really just not as good...

I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Words can not express How grateful I am for every developer and anyone who contributed anything!
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And that's why they take donations