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i swear i spend more time themeing and customizing my evo than actually ever using it. i have a problem, or so my wife tells me.
anybody else like this at all?
Why don't you put that addiction to good and make the community a theme
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Its definitely addictive. I got 4 or 5 different roms flashed and themed but ive been sticking with MIUI lately.
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I tried most of the evo roms. But I just stick to my favorites, which are Cyanogen Mod and Miui. You'll eventually get tired of flashing roms. lol
Man I agree with you. Last night I was up until about 3:00 cooking my evo.. may wife said that if I spend the time I spend on my phone with her we would both be happy..
I'm having withdraw I need something to flash or install..
casual864 said:
I tried most of the evo roms. But I just stick to my favorites, which are Cyanogen Mod and Miui. You'll eventually get tired of flashing roms. lol
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I have not had this happen for more than a few hours.
werd. im strung out too. luckily i've only been using for a few days. if i continue at this rate, ima be smoked out in about a month or so. now i started stealing from my family. i took my brothers evo and flashed him a new rom while he was sleep. my mom doesnt let me in the house if she knows i've been flashing. i hope i can get this under control. i had a sponsor, but he abandoned me when he caught me in the bathroom putting his phone into recovery. i def need a new sponsor. thanks for letting me share........this is the rooters anonymous thread right??
JArcher84 said:
Why don't you put that addiction to good and make the community a theme
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meh... maybe, i tweak the hell out of my phone. i take various themes and put them together to my liking. i used to make roms for the hero. we shall see.
I flashed everything this forum had to offer. Then I went to the Samsung Epic. (I know, I know the grass isn't greener on the other side) And now i'm flashing everything over there. The absolute worse part is everytime I try to flash something I either theme it or have to go through launcher pro customizing. It gets really annoying. Yet alls I need to read is a new title "Super duper newest rom available." and I end up starting over again.
http://img820.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=snap20101127230815.png
heres where im at soo far with my rom & themes.
My messages and call log are always empty because of this. I think I might settle down with Azrael, Caulikin or Myn. Leaning toward Azrael X
dadoc04 said:
Its definitely addictive. I got 4 or 5 different roms flashed and themed but ive been sticking with MIUI lately.
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Good thing there are weekly updates - just when the withdrawal becomes bad out comes another version.
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Yeah I was detoxing last night but I flashed a rom this morning and I'm ok now.... for now.
That's what I like most about this forum...
Not a single post (until now, lol) about how creepy and weird that subject line is.
i don't flash as much as i did since turning to CM6 i do have a sense rom backup for prl updates etc etc ..
on my hero i flashed roms 5 -6 times a day
been toying with MiUi lately really the only flashing ive been doing
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http://img820.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=snap20101127230815.png
heres where im at soo far with my rom & themes.
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http://img716.imageshack.us/i/snap20101127230936.png/
how did you change the lock screen font ? i like the look
Word! Lol!
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werd. im strung out too. luckily i've only been using for a few days. if i continue at this rate, ima be smoked out in about a month or so. now i started stealing from my family. i took my brothers evo and flashed him a new rom while he was sleep. my mom doesnt let me in the house if she knows i've been flashing. i hope i can get this under control. i had a sponsor, but he abandoned me when he caught me in the bathroom putting his phone into recovery. i def need a new sponsor. thanks for letting me share........this is the rooters anonymous thread right??
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BIG Pimping with the xda app!
Haha I did the same thing I tried all the find but I keep going back to Myns..plus it's a pain to have to reset everything overtime..but ya I'm hooked too ..my wife says the same thing LOL...
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I keep going back to Myns..his newest update is badass..trust me u will love it....
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Just saw this on androidspin facebook,way to go
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Don't get too excited. Just because he built it and booted it doesn't mean anything works yet.
If that's what you call porting, I'm in the middle of doing it too.
I tried building the source, it currently fails. And I don't know enough about repo and git yet to work with a certain commit, it took me long enough to figure out how to switch my working branch, lol.
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idk about everyone else.. but im sure glad cyanogen has a G2..
Gogo cm team. They rock
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That factored in about 75% of my decision to sell my Nexus One and get a Desire Z.
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That factored in about 75% of my decision to sell my Nexus One and get a Desire Z.
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Same here, the only other factor is the size :S
Teamdouche ftw.
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I am on board with the "choose a phone based on cm support" mentality. It allready feels like christmas now all we need is some gingerbread (;
and then there was root....
...and the primary reason I chose the G2 has finally started to see the light. I know what ill be doing this weekend. If my wife knew how to contact Cyan or teamdouhe, she would have some choice words for keeping me glued to my phone/computer 99% of the time I'm at home. I'm sure she regrets getting me the G2 for my bday haha.
T-mobile G2 running Cyanogen 6.1.1 OCd to 1.561
Eagerly awaiting Gingebread
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...and the primary reason I chose the G2 has finally started to see the light. I know what ill be doing this weekend. If my wife knew how to contact Cyan or teamdouhe, she would have some choice words for keeping me glued to my phone/computer 99% of the time I'm at home. I'm sure she regrets getting me the G2 for my bday haha.
T-mobile G2 running Cyanogen 6.1.1 OCd to 1.561
Eagerly awaiting Gingebread
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I am right there with you, my chick bought mine cause her idrone broke and I showed her what open source is all about... she's still not too happy with me fryin my eyes out my skull finding new tweaks...
and then there was root....
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...and the primary reason I chose the G2 has finally started to see the light. I know what ill be doing this weekend. If my wife knew how to contact Cyan or teamdouhe, she would have some choice words for keeping me glued to my phone/computer 99% of the time I'm at home. I'm sure she regrets getting me the G2 for my bday haha.
T-mobile G2 running Cyanogen 6.1.1 OCd to 1.561
Eagerly awaiting Gingebread
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Haha, couldn't agree with this more. While my gf didn't get me mine as a gift, I am sure she still holds the same feelings for wanting to speak to someone about my addiction. ;-)
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idk about everyone else.. but im sure glad cyanogen has a G2..
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Me too ^_^
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...and the primary reason I chose the G2 has finally started to see the light. I know what ill be doing this weekend. If my wife knew how to contact Cyan or teamdouhe, she would have some choice words for keeping me glued to my phone/computer 99% of the time I'm at home. I'm sure she regrets getting me the G2 for my bday haha.
T-mobile G2 running Cyanogen 6.1.1 OCd to 1.561
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Yeah, ask my wife about this. After ten years, she thought she had tricked me into buying a "smartphone" that was not a bb. Well I saw the support on and of this phone (G2).... the rest is history. Bootloops really drive her nuts, just means I get to spend another 30 minutes setting up a restore
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I wonder what kind of money could be made from selling ad space on a "women who love android addicts" forum site..... first thread "how to coax your man off his pc before midnight". mine offers "mouth hugs" if you don't get it see ron whites "they call me tater salad".
and then there was root....
mrbmg said:
Yeah, ask my wife about this. After ten years, she thought she had tricked me into buying a "smartphone" that was not a bb. Well I saw the support on and of this phone (G2).... the rest is history. Bootloops really drive her nuts, just means I get to spend another 30 minutes setting up a restore
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HAHAH oh man if I had a nickle for every time she saw me pacing around the house looking at a bootloop and talking to my self. Im mumbling something like, "**** I hope I remembered to backup." and shes like, "you better not break it!!" It makes me glad to read all these reply's and know I'm not the only one who's married and still a geek.
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I wonder what kind of money could be made from selling ad space on a "women who love android addicts" forum site..... first thread "how to coax your man off his pc before midnight". mine offers "mouth hugs" if you don't get it see ron whites "they call me tater salad".
and then there was root....
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My buddy had this great story in the same vein. He wasn't into phones per say, but he did have an addiction with COD for the PS3. I don't remember the exact details, but basically he had just finished fighting with his girl and he walked into the other room. He said he turned on the PS3 to play and you know that little "beep" the console makes when you first boot up. Yeah, well his girl heard that and that sound was enough to refuel the fire of the fight. Makes me laugh because I know when I'm in a fight with my wife, I would much rather be dicking around on my phone or reading XDA forums. haha
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My buddy had this great story in the same vein. He wasn't into phones per say, but he did have an addiction with COD for the PS3. I don't remember the exact details, but basically he had just finished fighting with his girl and he walked into the other room. He said he turned on the PS3 to play and you know that little "beep" the console makes when you first boot up. Yeah, well his girl heard that and that sound was enough to refuel the fire of the fight. Makes me laugh because I know when I'm in a fight with my wife, I would much rather be dicking around on my phone or reading XDA forums. haha
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"nice choice of word "dicking around" lol
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"nice choice of word "dicking around" lol
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Haha yeah, as my old man would say.
T-mobile G2 running Cyanogen 6.1.1 OCd to 1.561
With: UpdatedMarket/Maps5/Swype/PershootKernel
Eagerly awaiting Gingebread
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...and the primary reason I chose the G2 has finally started to see the light. I know what ill be doing this weekend. If my wife knew how to contact Cyan or teamdouhe, she would have some choice words for keeping me glued to my phone/computer 99% of the time I'm at home. I'm sure she regrets getting me the G2 for my bday haha.
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If she's anything like my wife then shes doesn't need to use the choice words with them because she's already exausted the dictionary on ya lol.... not so funny. More sad.
So I decided to start this tread for all of us that are addicted to flashing Roms thanks to Eugene, Master, Heathens, and specially Team Whiskey.
I got my first taste of a Froyo Rom back in October and I've been hooked like a crack addict! Lol!
Although I've never tried crack I can only image how they feel!
I check in with my XDA app more than I do my girlfriend, waiting and hoping for that new Rom to flash just to get that fresh Rom high! Lol!
Any themes that come up I flash just because I have a need to flash something.
Team Whiskey has the best stuff so anything new from them I just gotta have. I can only imagine what I'm going to do when they have Gingerbread for my phone!
They say the first steps to recovery is to admit you have a problem and to identify the source!
My name is Victor and I'm a flash -aholic thanks to my Vibrant and all the developers at XDA.
So the rest of you guys just like me admit your addiction so you can feel better and we can all work on our problem together!
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Im not addicted, its a life style.
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You know you have a problem when you over hear a person saying "Oh he was flashing"........ and you think of a ROM......... instead of a naked person
msong06 said:
Im not addicted, its a life style.
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De-nile is not just a river in Egypt!
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I'm just a crack addict for 2.2 final. Then I'll probably go back to lurking again for 2 years.
Lol.... I bought a netbook so when I was on vacation if I bricked my phone flashing it I could odin it... no I am not addicted..
the first sign of addiction is denial, I ain't denying anything.
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Lol.... I bought a netbook so when I was on vacation if I bricked my phone flashing it I could odin it... no I am not addicted..
the first sign of addiction is denial, I ain't denying anything.
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Sometimes I actually carry my wife's old mytouch 3g. Just in case I brick it while out. That way I still have a working phone till I get home.
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Lol! True, I don't deny it! I love flashing!
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Lol.... I bought a netbook so when I was on vacation if I bricked my phone flashing it I could odin it... no I am not addicted..
the first sign of addiction is denial, I ain't denying anything.
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I'm with you Brother
Hi, my name is Paul and I too am a flashaholic. I'm so glad that someone had the courage to help us all try to get on the road to recovery. My addiction has caused me to lose time, dignity and self esteem. I am ashamed of my repetitive behaviors and always wanting to seek a new high. I have sought after fantasy speeds and lagfix numbing for years now and I want to stop but I can't!!!!! Hopefully I will now have the motivation to do so by knowing that other XDA brothers and sisters are having the same struggles. Thank you all!!!!!
BTW, just flashed M10 RC1, nice...can't wait for the next update
Paul just want to let you know that we are all here for you, together we can get through this! Lol!
How's Rc1 compared to Nero 4, I've been waiting for them to make it more stable!
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Hi, my name is Paul and I too am a flashaholic. I'm so glad that someone had the courage to help us all try to get on the road to recovery. My addiction has caused me to lose time, dignity and self esteem. I am ashamed of my repetitive behaviors and always wanting to seek a new high. I have sought after fantasy speeds and lagfix numbing for years now and I want to stop but I can't!!!!! Hopefully I will now have the motivation to do so by knowing that other XDA brothers and sisters are having the same struggles. Thank you all!!!!!
BTW, just flashed M10 RC1, nice...can't wait for the next update
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Paul just want to let you know that we are all here for you, together we can get through this! Lol!
How's Rc1 compared to Nero 4, I've been waiting for them to make it more stable!
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I know that M9 was the fastest ROM that I have ever used on the Vibrant. Not knocking TW or Eugene, but that **** is so snappy, even before voodoo.
So M10 should only be faster.
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Its more addicting than sex
In the past four days I have flashed nero 4, 4.1. M9,M10, pepperkake, and modded and morphed all of them fully.
Running nero 4.1 + DoW now, and I'm thinking about modding gingerclone and M10 beta 4 with dragon and DoW kernals.
Nero+DoW *vibrant*
I'm Glensta - Newcomer flash-a-holic. Since the vibrant came out, I've bricked a total of 6 vibrants. I returned 4 to 1 store, telling them "I don't know what happened?" Then that store refused anymore returns, so I found a different store that'd take back my 5th vibrant.....Finally, my 6th vibrant came from t-mobile cust. svc with some routine questions being asked by the rep. Now I'm good at "download" mode finally.
I did use one of my family member's upgrade (hell - they said they won't use it - so why not) and bought me a little cheapie phone just in case I brick again.
Flashing's fun w/ friends
Hi, my name's Steven, and I've been a flash-a-holic for about a year, when I first met that green robot Andy. Currently I'm waiting for a fix for the FFC so I can mod my phone even more. (Pretty sure I'll be the only one in my city with a FFC on my Vibrant 3G[It's like Samsung's copying the Apple what with releasing the Vibrant 4G, so mine's the 3G])
I do flash back and forth thou, I have like three different rom in sd card and I do it during my aviation class time! Not addicted though just fun hehe
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The real name is not Flash-aholic, this was called Obsessive-ROM Updating Disorder Join the Group LOL.
I'm not sure what I am. I flash my own phone. Don't get enough of it so I talk people at my work to let me flash their phones. Then as I am doing support for phones and applications on the phone, I am encouraged to flash and learn more stuff....
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Paul just want to let you know that we are all here for you, together we can get through this! Lol!
How's Rc1 compared to Nero 4, I've been waiting for them to make it more stable!
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I like it a lot. Unfortunately my sole criteria in evaluating a ROM anymore is how long it takes until I get my first random shutdown. I'm now into the end of a second full day and knock on wood, it has not turned off yet. The speed, with Voodoo, is comparable or faster than Axura. The one 2.2 incarnation series I have never used is Nero, for whatever reasons, not sure? The aesthetics are fine for me. I know the thread has said there's an issue with the "Ambient Launcher" which I do not use anyway, so, it's great in my opinion. I'm not sure I read anything about any other issues. RC2 apparently is now out, but I am staying put on the "it ain't broken" theory. I may not even try 2.3 when it comes out. I'm hoping to be cured from the addiction by then (yeah, right).
Ever since i figured out how to break into my perfected SPL mytouch3g, I can't help but check the various forums for just another ROM to try. I now have a haxsung vibrant as my main with my mytouch 3g(super-F) in my coat pocket just for such an emergency..
This rom has turned into my favorite. I've got a backup of v3, and this. Seems to be all I need but I do enjoy seein the other versions and how they compare.
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ignore from here down. My xda bros just saved my marriage!
Once again, I come here with fingers crossed hoping for root news. And once again, I leave here with no news. And yet again, I will hear my wife say "I hate you" for upgrading her phone. fml.
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sad story.... lol... I feel for you though..
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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I dunno... maybe it can be like a sad sort of lounge... a morose sorta off topic thread. I got a toddler so I'm sure I'll be here soon enough
^ Shift Faced
notsointeresting said:
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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I'm sorry for your loss..
I have a 2 year old terror for a son, that is constantly playing with my phone. The blue htc case has been the best purchase i have made in a long time. It definitely beefs up the phone enough to withsatnd majority of his punishment. He did manage to break something because my keyboard lights rarely work... But thats nothing compared to if he would crack my screen... Come on root so i can get a new phone with working keyboard lights.
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/\ hey somebody in the same boat as me... My keyboard and physical button lights haven't worked in months. Small price to pay to keep root.
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I'm sorry for your loss..
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lol thank you. Ill get used to it but it saddening just looking at my plain sense 2.1 lockscreen
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lol thank you. Ill get used to it but it saddening just looking at my plain sense 2.1 lockscreen
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there is skins for sense 2.1 to atleast take care of the nasty sense 2.1, all i wanna do is get back to themeing aswell cause the stock icons are horrid to look to look at. mainly the battery, i miss 1% battery mod.
notsointeresting said:
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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We all feel your pain . Guess it's going to be a minute before your able to do anything for the community . Dammm you HTC .
you could always try a different Launcher so that it will look different...
If you're lookin for a sense 3.0 like lockescreen try Agile Lock from the market, been using it on my evo for a week or so and loving it. In order to get all the functionality out of it you'll have to download 4 or 5 apps from within the agile lock app. They're all in Japenese or Chinese, can't read either so not sure which language it actually is, but just download and install them then you can delete them. Once the app is unlocked it functions almost just like the 3.0 lockscreen.
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Kindof pointless.
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I didn't care if anyone responded. Sorry for eating valuable forum space in the shift forum. When root comes back around, this thread will be pointless. Feel free to delete it. But the other person was right. This is the gloom thread. No root for the old hags phone makes me sad. If jock itch makes you sad, tell us about them red balls.
As far as children, I think my 15 y.o. looked at some pR0n on my shift the other day. I spent hours deciding how to sterilize it, in the event that he diddled himself, without blitzing the circuits. My first impulse was to soak it in bleach for a day or two. How's that for some FML?????
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Ah crap didn't realize there was no root for 2.3.3 yet. Had to have the wife's phone replaced. This blows
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I didn't care if anyone responded. Sorry for eating valuable forum space in the shift forum. When root comes back around, this thread will be pointless. Feel free to delete it. But the other person was right. This is the gloom thread. No root for the old hags phone makes me sad. If jock itch makes you sad, tell us about them red balls.
As far as children, I think my 15 y.o. looked at some pR0n on my shift the other day. I spent hours deciding how to sterilize it, in the event that he diddled himself, without blitzing the circuits. My first impulse was to soak it in bleach for a day or two. How's that for some FML?????
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Thanks for this, made me lol! Got a bunch of tiny grandchildren on your Shift
^ Shift Faced
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Thanks for this, made me lol! Got a bunch of tiny grandchildren on your Shift
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Ha ha ha!!! I just pissed myself when I read the grandchildren comment... LMFBO!!!
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umm...
this will probably sound really stupid, so just remember that I come from the easy-to-root epic forum.
I assume it's not possible to RUU back to 2.2, root, unlock, then flash gingerbread?
I guess my question really is, why doesn't this method work?
(researching for my girlfriends phone...)
squshy 7 said:
umm...
this will probably sound really stupid, so just remember that I come from the easy-to-root epic forum.
I assume it's not possible to RUU back to 2.2, root, unlock, then flash gingerbread?
I guess my question really is, why doesn't this method work?
(researching for my girlfriends phone...)
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Because the RUU checks the hboot and says you've got the wrong one and fails.
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I know your saying is correct, but if it is simply just that, how come with revolutionary on other phones you can run a RUU and it'll reset the phone but keep s-off? Or is it because revolutionary just does something crazy?
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I know your saying is correct, but if it is simply just that, how come with revolutionary on other phones you can run a RUU and it'll reset the phone but keep s-off? Or is it because revolutionary just does something crazy?
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Dunno. I may be wrong in the above too. I've been lucky enough to keep my root and haven't actually been paying much attention to the problem of rooting the 2.3 OTA.
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I thought I'd keep up the ideal that the general section is a bin for off-topic wonders.
So I want to love on this phone more.
I saw a quote in the GNexus forums from Anon9mouz in his siggy that made me long for the old days.
"I envy the dumb ones."
It made me really sad. I remember back when I first got into rooting. I found a couple review videos for Bubby323's AOSP Magic ROM, Andromeda by noobnl, and KyleCole's BOSS ROM(Reviews by Dash, before ACS). I also remember reading about Cognition ROM over on the Captivate forums. "You see, it boosts benchmark scores from 1100 all the way up to the mid-2500's". That was what got me interested really. I now know that that ROM was using Quadrant hacks, but it was the idea that I could unlock the power of my device. Watching an old Randy Shear video. I was so afraid I was going to break my phone. But when I finally did it felt so great.
I remember I jumped on board during the beginning of the DK28 era. Frankenstein, Quantum, Supernova, Viper, Nebula, Bonsai, and the ever great idea of CM6. I remember flashing all of them and running Quadrant(back when that really meant something to me). After all, CM6's benchmarks are what pushed me to root in the first place. I remember reading that benchmarks didn't mean as much as I thought, and when I saw noobnl load Quadrant into RAM and get an outstanding score, I decided to go with what felt best to me for the first time. I thought Bonsai was the smoothest and I appreciated how small Frankenstein was(though I hated the theme, but it was so cool how he was able to change it). I decided on Viper ROM because when you used the music player, you could pause/play/stop from the notifications tray. I didn't get the concept that they just added an updated application. I thought they were magical. Emotionless Beast was the first theme I ever flashed. And the first thread I started was about MIUI music. I couldn't find it anywhere, so I figure I'd post it. That was where I got my first thanks, and my first senior member scolding. Damn MysteryEmotionz. Talking down on the newbies. Especially that I knew he was just as bad as me at on point. Oh and I remember Zanderman! I remember watching him not root. And I remember the quest to getting him to the point where he was comfortable with it!
Then Mike_77, asdfghjkl, fusingblackrose, raymond, and I started where ahmgsk left off and ported MIUI 1.3.5. I originally was just decompiling for asdfghjkl, but I eventually started smali huning for myself and I got SMS working It was such a thrill. All of the builds we made we posted publicly for everyone to play with. Kind of like what happened with MIUI v4 and CM10 now. Free for all.
I remember how amazing it was when Rodderik released Genocide BEFORE official with 1.2GHZ overclock. That was a feat. And a few days later EB13 hit the market. That's when things began to change. I began theming. And became one of the best without using DreamForgottens accursed guide. Tim and I were up for hours going through XML files and smali just to see what we could tweak. I began work on Nebula Theme beta...and it was a disaster. Nebula Theme v1 came out as the first theme to feature Maddoggin's lock mod. And I was super proud.
I joined ACS around then. I remember it being such a big deal, how Tim built up to it and then didn't tell me until an unexpected letter from ACS head came in. I was accepted with ease. And given a nice article. I got an ACS email address and given all of the internal log ins. I even had to sign a non-disclosure at one point. That was back when ACS' name meant something to people. They were the only group that mattered then, and I got all sorts of praise just for being in. Nice then groups like ERA and IAP came into foreground. Too bad ACS was a waste of time. I remember SRF 1.2. And how everyone but me loved it. I was running BakedSnack you see. That was fast. Haha. Know what was something I kind of regret in a childish way? Not being able to flaunt around SRF 1.3. Oh yeah. It existed. And it blew away all others. New Twilight kernel, clean theme, fast fast fast, Chris41g's last gift to this forum. And it didn't even get released. At least I'll always have it. I remember VisionKernel. 1.2 was bricking phones and such. I always kept it for the insane overclocking(at the time). And I got to use 1.3 for a while too. Thomasskull you big dork.
I learned plenty of during the GB leaks. I was able to properly pack FB15(remember FB15? Yeah me neither). I made it a ODIN tar, and I released MY FIRST ROM! Stock+ I called it. It was just clean. And I was happy. I figured when official came around I would upgrade it. And when it did I released Mortify. But at this point I was painfully knowledgeable. Sure CM9 was fun, but it wasn't as cool as CM7 or DK28. That was the golden age of development on this device.
My most recent appreciation for this forum is Kennyglass123. I missed the whole Impaler era of moderating. And frankly, we never had a good moderator in the time that I've been here. When Kenny got promoted I was elated. Finally! A moderator that will watch our forum! Finally! A moderator with less of a life than me! He'll be SO punctual when responding to my PM's! And he has been, and he will. He's amazing. And he should probably start using the server space I set up for him...
Ignorance is bliss. And it's why my Galaxy Nexus won't ever compare to how I feel about the Epic. I literally love it. And I love the community it came with. I know we are spread far and thin, but I want you all to know that you're like a family to me. And I still recognize names, even on other phones. Thank you all, so much. You've made me who I am today.
UBER will always be Biggoron to me
And I remember this one guy. I think his name was flastnoles11. He's wasted SOOOOOOOO many of his thanks on me. I guess I am as hilarious as I whisper to myself at night...HE'S DOING IT AS WE SPEAK
And I dedicate this post to iSaint.
Oh yeah, I started that ****.
Started on one of my themes. He was really into calling first, so one day I took it and simply put "First. Sorry iSaint"
He replied with "Damn you!!!" or equivalent.
And then EVERYONE for a long while did it as well! And I mean everyone. Even lurkers then were doing it.
Good times.
Quite a journey you've had! Man hard to believe this is my first smartphone ever and already know the things I do! And uber will always be biggoron to me too! I know I loved this last mortify v2 and your cm9 theme was amazing (forget the name, the red one, haha) I jumped on this phone after the ec05 update and promptly rooted and flashed srf 1.2... good times... gonna hate it when I upgrade, but sometimes a little hate is a good thing :thumbup:
I was thinking about the first time I posted a thread, in the Q&A forum, trying to find the stock rooted EC05 tar. Ugothakd and this "Kennyglass" guy posted replies, like;"dude, did you check Dyehya's 'How to Unbrick your Epic' thread? Its right there!" I felt like such a moron, but Kenny was very encouraging. Come to find out he lives 20 minutes from me, originally from NY; kind of my "kindred spirit". Whenever I asked a question, he was the first to answer. I'm sure he regrets the day he gave me his Gtalk contact info...
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I LOL'd
How odd that just this morning I was thinking about how far things have come and the journey the Epic has had. You mention alot of what I was thinking but I was also remembering the journal/don't journal debates, RFS vs EXT4, battery calibration by discharging your battery then pulling the battery with the charge cord plugged in, CIQ just to name a few more. When was the golden age of development? For me it begins with the Epic since that is the first phone I even new could be improved by you guys.
Thanks for taking the journey and helping us lurkers out.
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How odd that just this morning I was thinking about how far things have come and the journey the Epic has had. You mention alot of what I was thinking but I was also remembering the journal/don't journal debates, RFS vs EXT4, battery calibration by discharging your battery then pulling the battery with the charge cord plugged in, CIQ just to name a few more. When was the golden age of development? For me it begins with the Epic since that is the first phone I even new could be improved by you guys.
Thanks for taking the journey and helping us lurkers out.
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Ah yes. I remember all of that! I was all about calibration.
i was a journaling off kind of guy. But until MTD it was EXT4 4 life!
And when k0 found and removed ciq. And then it went kind of unnoticed for a long time. And then trav made such a big deal it set a ball in motion.
Thanks! Maybe i should just make a list of topics that arose with the Epic.
The GB leaks...
"How do we fix the keyboard skips???"
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The GB leaks...
"How do we fix the keyboard skips???"
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By far the most annoying thing about this device when stock...........
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By far the most annoying thing about this device when stock...........
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"I'm on EL30...and I keep getting this notification to update to FC09"
But I digress... Darkie is onto something here. I love to remember the old days. I learned to root at my youngest son's 11th birthday party. The laser tag place had free wi-fi, and I brought my laptop and watched all of Randyshears and DJR3Z' videos on rooting...
DRockstar...Noobnl...Bthomas22x...TPhillips...JohnCorleone..everyone helped everyone else. Magical!
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Your post got me thinking about how much I'm learning. Even if it is so late in the lifecycle of our phone. It'll be a bittersweet day, when I find my I9300 for a good price and move on from this phone. I'm sure I'll keep my Epic, although it'll be in eternal airplane mode. It'll make a nice crash machine, mini tablet, media center remote, etc.
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And I dedicate this post to iSaint.
Oh yeah, I started that ****.
Started on one of my themes. He was really into calling first, so one day I took it and simply put "First. Sorry iSaint"
He replied with "Damn you!!!" or equivalent.
And then EVERYONE for a long while did it as well! And I mean everyone. Even lurkers then were doing it.
Good times.
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And that carries on to other device forums...except those with their devices stuck up their ass report those posts as trolling! I snuff those as quick as I get them.
Nice trip down memory lane! I finally jumped on the rooting and flashing with DK28 because I needed Flash to work on out Epics for my GFs website to show up. Then the Best Buy tech was walking around with his Epic flaunting his Froyo so sat my ass down and read and read. Flashed SuperNova first, then Midnight the next day, then determined to get the SuperNova bootani on Midnight, then Bonsai where I became part of that team, then the rest is history. Once the bug gets in you it is tough to get it out.
Nice Epic history my friend!
May the Epic live forever as the first of it's kind to boldly go where no phone has gone before with a slide out keyboard!
My only regret...... Not rooting sooner. Missed out on some great times.
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My only regret...... Not rooting sooner. Missed out on some great times.
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Heard that! Didn't even know what rooting a phone was until about a week after I got the phone! Haha...
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Heard that! Didn't even know what rooting a phone was until about a week after I got the phone! Haha...
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A week!? I was on stock for 6 months. Froyo EC05 was the last OTA I got before rooting ..
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A week!? I was on stock for 6 months. Froyo EC05 was the last OTA I got before rooting ..
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My phone was already on ec05 when I got it from sprint... I was late to the game...
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My phone was already on ec05 when I got it from sprint... I was late to the game...
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And when EI22 was released...Wow! We finally got GB! Only 8 months after everyone else!
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My phone was already on ec05 when I got it from sprint... I was late to the game...
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Wow real late. I was on eclair when I got mine. I remember cuz my bro had the EVO and he had flash and I did not. I almost got that phone.... I'm so glad I didn't, he to this day regrets not getting the epic.
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Wow darkie, I remember alllll of that. God ViperRom...and BakedSnack lol. hero_over! Lol. Jesus that was bad...but BakedSnack was my first ROM. But Viper quickly stole my heart...and Rodderick's kernel were just so....good. the best.
I remember when froyo went official OTA, and the freaking mayhem that ensued in that thread trying to teach the noob how to pull it.
And Zanderman! Darkie, the zanderman saga was amazing. And I remember he was waiting for....the lock screen mod? Yeah, I think it was that...I remember referencing it in that thread ("somebody tell zanderman") and the OP didn't know what I was talking about...so sad lol.
I've been here pretty much since the beginning, and although my OG epic is my secondary phone, I still have this forum favorited and pop in every day.
What amazes me darkie, is that you seriously lurked for that long. I heard of you and always thought you were on a different device. That's some serious stealth, considering my time spent on xda rivals the mods. To think that you were here before dk28 (those who don't know dk28 should spend some time in the zombie threads) amazes me.
Oh yeah and...when's tmiller gonna get tv-out working?
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I remember when froyo went official OTA, and the freaking mayhem that ensued in that thread trying to teach the noob how to pull it.
Oh yeah and...when's tmiller gonna get tv-out working?
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I got my Epic like 2 weeks before Froyo went OTA I kept checking every day to see if I got it. After a few days I got ticked off and started searching and came across XDA and haven't left LOL.
I LOL'd on the tv-out.