I bought the x10 as my first android.
I had very high intentions for it.
But after using it for a few days it was laggy, overheating..
So i figured i should update to the latest firmware and do a full reset.
Loading 2.1 made it only worse..
Then after a grueling 8 months, SE finally replaced the mother board.
You can clearly see by the slightly darkened tint and manufacturing process that this is gona be a good one.
By this point i figured that mabey i was insane and that the hardware was just that weak.
The i loaded CM.. and started applying tweaks i used on my old x10 to improve my phone speed.. "VM_heap = 32, max_actions_per_sec = 30.. you get the idea..
Supreme lord! i love my X10.
And for that i must thank XDA without the friendly help here and innovative idea's.
I must thank all the dev's for taking the initiative and showing SE that freedom shall prevail,
"We will not be bound by your rules, We stand tall we are FFA"
I'm no noob.. i might take a while to really catch on.
But what do you expect from a 27 year old with IQ of 179 and A.D.D.
I love the success and happy stories. I dont see many good ones. Thanks for sharing.
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Right..we should thanks all devs here..without them x10 won't become superb..I bought my x10 4 months ago and feel regret at the first time because lack of MT and update..But right now after some tweak and use CM6 as my rom..I love it so much..My friends who has Iphone always admire my x10 screen which has bright, wide screen and with bitsnacker theme..I hope after we got stable custom kernel our x10 become more superb..
It's a good thing you posted your IQ...
That isn't remotely pretentious or anything.
well someone could make a sappy movie out of your story, specially the ending when your IQ is revealed, leaving the audience in silence & awe
What alot of people these days don't get is that a phone is not phone... it's a tool. and when the singularity comes i will be ready.
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Its a phone. It makes phone calls.
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what is ADD?
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Its a phone. It makes phone calls.
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TBH phone calls are the last thing I use my x10 for. If you bought your phone to just make calls then you should of went for an old Nokia.
*that's like saying, your car's a radio, it picks up radio signals
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But what do you expect from a 27 year old with IQ of 179 and A.D.D.
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After JIT v2 my IQ went up to like 7,000.
LJE said:
TBH phone calls are the last thing I use my x10 for. If you bought your phone to just make calls then you should of went for an old Nokia.
*that's like saying, your car's a radio, it picks up radio signals
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Not what i meant. Ie. My iphone dropped calls. It didnt do what a phone was meant for. If you didnt want a phone you shoild get a tablet or an itouch.
A smart phone is a phone not a tablet or computer thats a phone. Its a phone thats a computer (tool as he puts it)as advertised not technically speaking.
A car is not a radio. Cars can have radios installed and removed. My silvia doesnt have a radio. My x10 and iphone make calls and have plans. My itouch does not.
Point is...the x10 is a phone. A smart phone. If you want a tool that makes phone calls get a um..phone
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well a phone can be more than a phone. just like putting a v6 in a ford escort.. do i want to carry 2000 devices in my pocket?.... psp, gps, phone, media player.
screw that.. one ring to rule them all.
p.s. ADD is a disorder... i have a small attention span.
the point was to thank every one o xda... so once again thank you.
may the source be with you.
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Not what i meant. Ie. My iphone dropped calls. It didnt do what a phone was meant for. If you didnt want a phone you shoild get a tablet or an itouch.
A smart phone is a phone not a tablet or computer thats a phone. Its a phone thats a computer (tool as he puts it)as advertised not technically speaking.
A car is not a radio. Cars can have radios installed and removed. My silvia doesnt have a radio. My x10 and iphone make calls and have plans. My itouch does not.
Point is...the x10 is a phone. A smart phone. If you want a tool that makes phone calls get a um..phone
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That's fair enough, but I still only use my (phone) for maybe 10% of its use. If I had my way, it would no longer be called a phone or smartphone. Itouches or tablets are too big and don't make calls, therefore no use to me. All I'm saying is that there would be a huge list if things I use my (mobile) for before I'd get to "make phone calls"
but that's just my opinion.
Itouch is ipod touch it fits in yoir pocket and gets wifi.
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Bialynia said:
After JIT v2 my IQ went up to like 7,000.
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@Bialynia, lmao
fiscidtox said:
It's a good thing you posted your IQ...
That isn't remotely pretentious or anything.
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@fiscidtox, +1 once again we agree.
@OP, I guess higher isn't always better. My IQ certainly isn't that high, but I had the lag problem resolved a week after purchasing back in November with root, JIT, and junk apps removed. I guess I was dumb enough to look to others for help. ;-)
However, I do agree that Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V05 and Z's Free X10 definitely took things to the next level. Really looking forward to trying custom Kernel ROMs shortly, and SE official 2.3.3 Gingerbread update in late June/early July.
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Attention Desired Disorder
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.,i want to access the secondary camera on my X10i ( R2BA026 ).. is there anyone whos has the application to access it.. if none, is there any trick!? i want to test it..
There is no second camera.
Sadly, there's no such thing as a secondary camera or video call camera on the X10. At first I couldn't believe it too, but trust me, that little black lens on the top right corner of your Rachael is a proximity sensor
there is a small square, camera look-alike on the top on my white X10i.. i think this is just the so called Proximity Sensor.. Anyways thanks ..
.,same here, so much sad for that.. i though at the first it's a camera..
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give me 50$ i will split your phone in half. 10% chances it will work afterward and you can do video call with the screen and the camera facing you.
Lots of phones made now do not have that front camera - but what the heck - who was really using that video call at the time since it came out?? I really can't think of one time it was to any good! Only deaf people have a little use of it, since they can "talk" via sign language...
And now Apple has reinvented video calling with their facetime - oh well then the rest of the world (read: incl. USA) can have a go on that one...
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And now Apple has reinvented video calling with their facetime - oh well then the rest of the world (read: incl. USA) can have a go on that one...
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But only via wifi *sigh* how stupid is'nt that how long have we had webcams now? Facetime is the biggest joke this millenium sofar, it looks like **** and it is laggy
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I purchaised a lot of phone in previous years with secondary/video cam, but believe me I had never used it, not a single time :-o Have not even seen someone using it. Totally useless..
You would use it if you and your GF/WIFE is far away and require to fill that passion in the hole.
Of course, you also have to worry about whether your phone is being hacked and will share that video conference worldwide on youtube.
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You would use it if you and your GF/WIFE is far away and require to fill that passion in the hole.
Of course, you also have to worry about whether your phone is being hacked and will share that video conference worldwide on youtube.
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Well actually I have a gf in Thailand and at first I thought the X10 had a FF cam too. That was the deal breaker for me but when I found out that it doesn't have an FF cam, I got it anyways cuz I fell in love with the phone lol. Honestly, I don't think I would ever need that function on my X10 and plus...I keep all my secrets in my laptop XD
In Japan, all non-smartphones have secondary cameras.
In two years, how many video calls have I seen being made? One. How many times did I make a video call? None.
Video calls are more suited to laptops, not when you're walking around trying to get on a subway.
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I purchaised a lot of phone in previous years with secondary/video cam, but believe me I had never used it, not a single time :-o Have not even seen someone using it. Totally useless..
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haha i agree. but i was planning to try it on x10 till i read this thread 0_0
i have my x10 for close to 4month and i didn't know is a Proximity Sensor. haha what a joke
I used video call once just to check how it actually works in my new phone. That was around three years ago. Never bother with it after that. It distract you when you're making a call...
Thanks for the post guys.. im little bit convinced now not to dream for a second camera, niether on my x10.. if all other smarphones that supports second/video call camera will work only with a wifu medium, tnen id rather use my loptap for video calling.. lol
Don't you guys check the specifications when you buy things?
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haha i agree. but i was planning to try it on x10 till i read this thread 0_0
i have my x10 for close to 4month and i didn't know is a Proximity Sensor. haha what a joke
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Hehe See you never needed it 4 months & also now, you just wanted to TRY
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Don't you guys check the specifications when you buy things?
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Thanks for the post guys.. im little bit convinced now not to dream for a second camera, niether on my x10.. if all other smarphones that supports second/video call camera will work only with a wifu medium, tnen id rather use my loptap for video calling.. lol
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It is only the new "amazing" peice of jokes iphone 4 that require wifi connection with their "fantastic 2010yr technics" only apple can sell downgraded ooold functions as something new and groundbreaking and get away with it *sigh*
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Is it just me or does it make you mad when you see someone with a $500 Smartphone and just use it for things like Facebook. I know this guy who has a Captivate and only uses it for facebook and nothing else. I asked him to look at his phone and he hadn't even updated the software to 2.2. Wth!!! He was like oh its no big deal. Another girl I know has the Mytouch 4g and has no clue what her phone can do cause its all about facebook. Rrrrrrr that just makes me so mad to see a awesome piece of technology go to waste just cause they want to look cool with a Smartphone. I have a Vibrant and I have Bionix with all of these other add one like 5 signal bar and the 3g icon instead of the H. Its made my phone killer. Its fast as hell and is a million times better then any stock phone. Team Whiskey is the the most amazing Dev. Team. I use my phone for everything from music to road directions and internet and of course facebook. Like most of us on xda we use its full potential. Does anyone agree or am I just looking into this to far??
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It doesn't make me mad, in fact it makes me happy. Those are the type of people who call all android phones "droids" because of the commercials. They follow the trend and its what's cool right now. As long as they're happy with their phone and they keep buying its good for the rest of us because the manufacturers and the service providers get their money, and bringing us better phones and software.
No you are on the mark. And it's the masses that don't care about updates and make it hard for those of us who want the latest release on our handsets to have our voices heard. Which is why samsuck will continue making billions and ignore customer support...
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That is true
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I think you're just getting riled up over stuff that shouldn't really concern you. I have a lot of friends like that--they have iPhones and Android phones and barely exploit the potential. But so what? They're getting what they want out of the phone. And they're building up the smartphone userbase, which benefits us all.
As for not updating, why should they if the phone does everything they want already? Not everyone is interested in tinkering with their phones.
For example, my wife has an OG Droid and I don't think she's even changed the wallpaper or downloaded more than five apps. And so? She probably uses her phone for real work more than anyone else I know. She's probably on the phone 4-5 hrs a day and sends/receives hundreds of emails. The Droid works perfectly for her, so why should she care to mess with it? The phone itself just does not interest her.
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Yeah you are right I guess not everyone is concerned with the speed of there phone. I suppose I have ocd with mine trying to make it the best and fastest phone possible. Good point
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It doesn't make me mad, in fact it makes me happy. Those are the type of people who call all android phones "droids" because of the commercials. They follow the trend and its what's cool right now. As long as they're happy with their phone and they keep buying its good for the rest of us because the manufacturers and the service providers get their money, and bringing us better phones and software.
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This is very true.
The world is full of simpletons and absent minded people who are incapable of doing any critical thinking that are just waiting for someone to make decisions for them and lead them around by the nose. It's frustrating in other, more important aspects of life...in the smartphone department though not so much.
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Is it just me or does it make you mad when you see someone with a $500 Smartphone and just use it for things like Facebook. I know this guy who has a Captivate and only uses it for facebook and nothing else. I asked him to look at his phone and he hadn't even updated the software to 2.2. Wth!!! He was like oh its no big deal. Another girl I know has the Mytouch 4g and has no clue what her phone can do cause its all about facebook. Rrrrrrr that just makes me so mad to see a awesome piece of technology go to waste just cause they want to look cool with a Smartphone. I have a Vibrant and I have Bionix with all of these other add one like 5 signal bar and the 3g icon instead of the H. Its made my phone killer. Its fast as hell and is a million times better then any stock phone. Team Whiskey is the the most amazing Dev. Team. I use my phone for everything from music to road directions and internet and of course facebook. Like most of us on xda we use its full potential. Does anyone agree or am I just looking into this to far??
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You forget not all people are technical. They buy phones for phone calls. Just because someone uses there phone for facebook and phone calls doesn't mean they are wasting a phone. They paid for it so let them do what ever they want. If they want to mod it then they will learn how to. To each their own.
Just because a smartphone can do anything doesn't mean its users necessarily use it for everything.
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It's their money.
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I consider myself the tech guru among my friends. Usually they come to me before purchasing items. Tmobile just raped my two friends into renewing there contracts from blackberries to nokia nuron. What a piece of $hit for 100 a piece. There options where vibrants, g2s mytouch etc. That makes mr mad.
Gotta give the salesman credit.
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what sucks is they create the market. You could sell them bricks and they would be come mainstream.
Thats what grinds my gears.
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Yeah you are right I guess not everyone is concerned with the speed of there phone. I suppose I have ocd with mine trying to make it the best and fastest phone possible. Good point
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Heh, I really think it's just us at XDA for the most part. Just remember that everyone has different obsessions.
My wife thinks it's crazy that I would spend $500 on a phone or $2000 on a laptop, but then again I don't understand how she can drop $300 on a purse (and I can imagine this kind of thread among handbag enthusiasts: ("OMG, how can some women carry such cheap-ass knock-offs. Don't they know? Don't they care?").
Last example, my friend has some cheap Honda that he bought for commuting. He doesn't care about cars at all, but he's had multiple guys ask him what mods he's done. I'm sure that to these guys in the rice-burner community, my friend is some luddite dumbass because he hasn't installed some mods that would boost his car's performance. But again, he just doesn't care about turning his Honda into a street-racing machine.
It's their money, their loss if they don't want to learn.......most people are so lame when it comes to techie things it scares me, At work I have people asking me to fix their computers (I'm not I.T.) I look at it and I tell them i can fix it......... uhh 60% of the time it is unplugged........So, that's the people we deal with... but remember as long as they buy we benefit from the volume of sales
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Is it just me or does it make you mad when you see someone with a $500 Smartphone and just use it for things like Facebook. I know this guy who has a Captivate and only uses it for facebook and nothing else. I asked him to look at his phone and he hadn't even updated the software to 2.2. Wth!!! He was like oh its no big deal. Another girl I know has the Mytouch 4g and has no clue what her phone can do cause its all about facebook. Rrrrrrr that just makes me so mad to see a awesome piece of technology go to waste just cause they want to look cool with a Smartphone. I have a Vibrant and I have Bionix with all of these other add one like 5 signal bar and the 3g icon instead of the H. Its made my phone killer. Its fast as hell and is a million times better then any stock phone. Team Whiskey is the the most amazing Dev. Team. I use my phone for everything from music to road directions and internet and of course facebook. Like most of us on xda we use its full potential. Does anyone agree or am I just looking into this to far??
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Your stupidity makes me feel embarrassed.
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I would definitely consider myself a smartphone geek. However, I only use my phone to browser the web, XDA, youtube, and yes Facebook. I mean what else do you expect people to do on their phone....? (not being sarcastic).
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I would definitely consider myself a smartphone geek. However, I only use my phone to browser the web, XDA, youtube, and yes Facebook. I mean what else do you expect people to do on their phone....? (not being sarcastic).
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Not good enough, you make the op so angry!
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Not good enough, you make the op so angry!
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LOL! I guess I do. I mean I flash 2.2 and everything because I want to watch videos online but other than that, I have no problem staying stock.
Through out the years, I learned that if it ain't broken, don't fix it.
At least they aren't eating up bandwidth ;-)
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I'm so tired of ANDROID
so much bored
I really dont want to use my phone
I'm so done messing with frameworks and custom roms
anyone who feels like me???
I'm actually getting to this point...i an so tired of roms that work for a week our ask then go on the fritz. This is mostly due to the faulty dk28 I'm running (thanks to samsung and sprint not releasing an official froyo) on my epic 4g. frustration mounting...
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I'm actually getting to this point...i an so tired of roms that work for a week our ask then go on the fritz. This is mostly due to the faulty dk28 I'm running (thanks to samsung and sprint not releasing an official froyo) on my epic 4g. frustration mounting...
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same here mate
I guess android is just a frenzy when you first try it after few weeks/months all the hype dies
It wasn't the same with symbian
ah Old days and my faithful NOKIA..
Guess I will soon switch back to it
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I'm so tired of ANDROID
so much bored
I really dont want to use my phone
I'm so done messing with frameworks and custom roms
anyone who feels like me???
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same here -__-''
suhel28 said:
I'm so tired of ANDROID
so much bored
I really dont want to use my phone
I'm so done messing with frameworks and custom roms
anyone who feels like me???
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Android is a Linux, You must have the soul of a hacker. Of course You may be a normal user of your phone, play angry birds and call to your girlfriend vel boyfriend, wife, husband, mother, puppy ...
I just recently got into the whole rooting and custom ROM stuff... But I don't think I'll get 'bored' of Android, since I'm still using it as a phone, not some kind of toy.
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Android is a Linux, You must have the soul of a hacker. Of course You may be a normal user of your phone, play angry birds and call to your girlfriend vel boyfriend, wife, husband, mother, puppy ...
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I don't have soul of hacker. am grim reaper
I did all that which I understood I'd my phone messed up more than anything
but at the end of the day the hype has just ended
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I just recently got into the whole rooting and custom ROM stuff... But I don't think I'll get 'bored' of Android, since I'm still using it as a phone, not some kind of toy.
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when its new its flashy
get used to it in a month or two
and you'll be most welcomed to the boredom club lol
So stop messing with it and just use it. It's a phone, make phone calls.
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So stop messing with it and just use it. It's a phone, make phone calls.
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Lol..
Buy an android just to make calls ?!
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So stop messing with it and just use it. It's a phone, make phone calls.
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yeah am doing so since the day I bought it.. lol
I just asked if anyone feels the same I never asked "what should I do, am bored?" did I? looool
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Lol..
Buy an android just to make calls ?!
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his got a point thoug
voice clarity is nice in android phones lol
If you are going to buy new phone, think about HD2. You will never ever end with boredomness. Bored with Android ? Go to WM or WP7. Vice a versa .
And yes, it is a phone(send ur SMS's, make calls, play, take snaps) Android is just a big(ment to be free, but Sony raped us) plus.
Got my phone 1 month and a half, and I just take it for what it is: a *good* phone with internet capabilities, useful for my work and my personal satisfaction
But bored... hopefully not gonna happen...
I only bought this phone because it is a pretty cheap phone damn!
Only for mess around..
@suhel28 : I digg what you're saying man, I'm also abit tired of all the flashing/recovering that happened every week for atleast about 2 months now. Gotta find a good version to live with and wait untill a stable(fully working) rom exists. Thanks again for the framework btw.
I'm not getting tired of Android, just this phone. I want to be able to update to the latest Android whenever I want, I shouldn't have to rely on a third party for that.
Also, I don't think you're getting tired of the phone, you are getting tired of messing with it.
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So stop messing with it and just use it. It's a phone, make phone calls.
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hahaha....this post made my day....
after more than two months, i also reached the point of getting tired with my phone. i go tired in flashing, changing the framework, changing the font, installing something here and there....
i hope i just got tired of my se x8 phone and not with android itself..... i even reached the point of selling my phone, although i still have sont buyers up to this time. SE just slashed the price of this phone in the philippines by 20%!!!!!!
i wanna get a sammy tab now!
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I only bought this phone because it is a pretty cheap phone damn!
Only for mess around..
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+100 that
I wanted to try android and this was cheapest when I bought this lol
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@suhel28 : I digg what you're saying man, I'm also abit tired of all the flashing/recovering that happened every week for atleast about 2 months now. Gotta find a good version to live with and wait untill a stable(fully working) rom exists. Thanks again for the framework btw.
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no problems mate
I think it's odd how many people say the Note is too big, or you will look funny holding the phone up to your ear. I make at least 40 calls a day, and I do not use a headset, and not once has anyone said I look funny holding the phone to my ear. Maybe I do look funny, but nobody has ever mentioned it, or even looked at me funny. I think the first few days I used the Note, I felt a little weird, but now I don't even think about the phone size.
opps, wrong section, sorry
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a confidence in Note
Confidence
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a confidence in Note
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OK you just developed more "Confidence".
thanks....
I believe I typed an apology at the bottom of my post.
Thanks for being so friendly and understanding.
What comes around goes around!
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JOHNGAETANO , that 's good to hear, but my case is different, i stay in India and as soon as i take the galaxy note from pocket everyone's eye on me..
I bought one for my girlfriend and we are still joking about its weird size. But its just joking. It really doesnt feel weird.
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JOHNGAETANO , that 's good to hear, but my case is different, i stay in India and as soon as i take the galaxy note from pocket everyone's eye on me..
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As do I, however am seeing a lot more notes around in Bombay. I for one cannot do without it. Looked at the HTC one x as well, Meh.
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40 calls a day? You must be fame...
I live in Colombia and I'm traveling weekly around Latinamerica and here phone operators sell it as a Tablet?? People keeps asking me why I just don't buy a regular phone instead of using the "tablet" as a phone.
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If someone doesn't want to get the Note because he or she "will look funny with it" and not because it's too big or any other actual reason - there's something wrong with that person, not the phone. Enough said
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or run a business
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If someone doesn't want to get the Note because he or she "will look funny with it" and not because it's too big or any other actual reason - there's something wrong with that person, not the phone. Enough said
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My opinion is exactly the same, people are saying different things but I think just because they are jealous.
I don't run one, but I am a busy guy in a big business.
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Akiainavas said:
If someone doesn't want to get the Note because he or she "will look funny with it" and not because it's too big or any other actual reason - there's something wrong with that person, not the phone. Enough said
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couldn't have said it better. I do have 1 friend who grabs his kindle up to his ear every time I see him. But the **** is funny.
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size doesn't matter
or so I've heard
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It doesn't matter when it's big enough to satisfy expectations my friend
I agree w. OP. I am a Prof on a 3 campus university. I am always walking around them and the research labs. I have no problems with putting the Note in my front pocket, talking on the phone with it my ear, using it with one hand and of course being able to do email, schedule, find a room number of a meeting - all while on the fly walking w/ or w/o the pen and usually using the dead accurate voice commands and dictation - never get a strange look.
I use the note like a computer and get things done with such less frustration than past phones ( moving between touch, pen and voice and using allot of gesture controls for speed). I am on one campus when a crisis happens on another ( I am a Grad Chair for a Interactive CS school on one campus and Dir of another small program in Cog Sci on another), checking email and voice inputting a reply or room number or person to call - saves me hours of frustration if I had let the problem grow and not made a quick fix or alleviated with a quick email.
The phone is a godsend and the 'it just looks to big for me being on my hip bus in Manhattan with my hipster friends ( hey I grew up in Manhattan) is just stupid press BS which we have to read all the time. Although 5 million of us know better.
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Years back, the smallest phone was the trend and if you owns a small expensive phone, you would be the talk of the room! But nowadays, large device/screens are the growing tend. 4.3-4.6 inches screens seems to be the most popular but I think it won't be too long before the majority of people would adopt a 4.8 or 5.5 inches phone!
Thing is we all like to browse websites/check emails/watch photos and videos on the go, and to be able to do this with ease, we need more screen space. The Dell Streak 5 was great but it was built with very outdated hardware/specs. Samsung definitely has won the consumers by making the Note stands out of the market with the S Pen and some top hardware specs.
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size doesn't matter
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My girlfriend doesn't agree with you.
Its not coz its a massive phone its just coz uv got a really small head!
Neil
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Today I was at Rite Aid buying ice cream when the lady in front of me had her phone go off. At first I had thought nothing of it, until I recognized that it was the new CM9 ringtone that says "cyanogenmod" then brecks off into dubstep lalaland.
My point is she did not look like the type that would be into mobile hacking.
My theory is either her son or husband touches her phone, OR our little society is growing
Have any of you seen other Cyanogenmoded phones in the wild?
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Well I hope it is the later
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Never. One of my friends had a se x8 (yes its an ancient two years old model). Apart from his sms, contacts and few mp3, the phone rom is literally like its just came fresh from factory. No game, no apps, no nothing. Hell even the market wasnt activated yet, and theres no goggle account linked to that phone. Thats how i realize we the geeks are still minority among masses.
One time, I heard the default CM6 notification tone (Pixie Dust) at a mall and got all excited that someone else was using a modded Android device... But it turned out that the notification came from mine. XD
I know a couple of tech people (a developer and an IT guy), even, who refrained from modding their phones because they didn't see a compelling reason for it.
I've encountered a number of second-hand devices (HTC G1, LG G2X, and HTC Sensation 4G) that were all modded by their previous caretakers, though. The mod versions weren't up to date, and one of them had stability issues, but there they were. I suppose it's possible that people who resell their devices tend to be enthusiasts?
i saw a nexus s in westfield carphone warehouse (london)
with a "do you want to unlock the bootloader screen" i was like
i went back next week to find cm7 on it.... a show phone... in a massive shop.. in Europe's largest shopping center
how is that possible LOL
an0nym0us_ said:
Never. One of my friends had a se x8 (yes its an ancient two years old model). Apart from his sms, contacts and few mp3, the phone rom is literally like its just came fresh from factory. No game, no apps, no nothing. Hell even the market wasnt activated yet, and theres no goggle account linked to that phone. Thats how i realize we the geeks are still minority among masses.
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my friend has a Xperia X10 with no apps, games, just sms and basics....but worst of all..............he was still running ANDROID 1.6!!!
there and then in college... in class time... i updated his phone to 2.3.3
oeshol success
seen couple ppl with galaxy ace or gio running cm9 and my friend has galaxy ace and i updated his phone to cm9
So, Shark_On_Land, did you talk to this lady?
I see a lot of people with modded phones
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I'm running 4.0.4 build cm9 with a matr1x kernel. Its a great daily driver. Its been rumored that cm9 was going to be available as an alternative to HTC sence on on their newer drives this year.
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Hey, somes guys i know are jealous because my phone is rooted, running cm9. Some if them come to see me for advices. I'm addicted to flash, tried different kernel. I cannot sait to get home to see what you guys have to say and tried. Somes of my nights are less boring because of XDA.
I'm in the fortys french canadian.
This world is really amazing sometimes!
I don't write often because I'm shy but your post made me laugh.
I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone for your hard work and dedication
I hacked my sisters vibrant to run AOSP ICS and when she pulled it out to tether from it, one of the members of her club noticed and showed her his rooted nexus s.
Edit: btw my sister tethers between 20 and 60 gb a month on AT&T, unthrottled.
Oh and a few members of my fraternity are also flashaholics like me.
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Shark_On_Land said:
Today I was at Rite Aid buying ice cream when the lady in front of me had her phone go off. At first I had thought nothing of it, until I recognized that it was the new CM9 ringtone that says "cyanogenmod" then brecks off into dubstep lalaland.
My point is she did not look like the type that would be into mobile hacking.
My theory is either her son or husband touches her phone, OR our little society is growing
Have any of you seen other Cyanogenmoded phones in the wild?
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Where can I find this dub step ringtone?
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g1user101 said:
Where can I find this dub step ringtone?
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You can extract it from a CM9 nightly build, it's in system/media/audio/ringtones/CyanTone.ogg.
qaz2453 said:
i saw a nexus s in westfield carphone warehouse (london)
with a "do you want to unlock the bootloader screen" i was like
i went back next week to find cm7 on it.... a show phone... in a massive shop.. in Europe's largest shopping center
how is the possible LOL
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Whoa... That is amazing! If only more stores showed off what these devices were truly capable of, then I daresay they'll attract more informed customers. Though... Given that those of us who mod are used to looking online to learn how to do it ourselves, I guess it might not make so much of a difference in practice. ^^;
Still really cool to see it being flaunted by a major store though.
*Saw a woman with a cm9 nexus s
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One of the it guys at work got a nexus running aosp+. I told him "what are the odds. I use the same rom
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Poriotis said:
So, Shark_On_Land, did you talk to this lady?
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No she seemed to be in a rush. But I do remember what she had bought, soap & candy.
And on my way out I saw her driving away in a Diesel Jetta.
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Deciare said:
I know a couple of tech people (a developer and an IT guy), even, who refrained from modding their phones because they didn't see a compelling reason for it.
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That's me. I keep my bootloader locked and my firmware unrooted because root doesn't really provide me anything that I need. I've never really been into the whole custom ROM thing for a lot of reasons. So really, the only reason for me to root is because I can. Not a compelling reason in my book.
I'm happy just keeping my phone straight stock. The stock ROMs are generally very stable even if that comes at the cost of performance.
Talking bout that, why we never see a woman here in xda...
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need more woman. ha. well i just sold a htc radar to a guy thats using a nexus s. we were just standing there and talking about our phones lol
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Talking bout that, why we never see a woman here in xda...
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The same reason you never see guys on a cross-stitch forum. Generally, most women I've met just aren't interested in this kind of stuff.