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Hello All,
This post is mainly for developers and is meant to just be kind of a "brain tickler". I think it would be kind of interesting if any ROM, app or mod developers (or android devs in any capacity) to try and provide us the community with a quick and dirty (or longer if you have massive amounts of time, which I'm guessing you don't ) explanation of how you got into Android Development. If you have some coding background already, or if you were already fluent in most linux config files and such, or what I think would be somewhat interesting is someone with none of the above who just runs ubuntu in a vmware for the sole purpose of programming android, and they've never touched code before.
So Devs, tell us your stories. I feel it might help to "humanize" what developers are and help some people who may be afraid to give it a try building their own stuff if we see the wide range of Devs.
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Well let me be the first.
I started rooting phones with my evo. I didn't do know developing untill done time has passed with my epic. You cam say I was a noob when I joined xda. I didn't join xda untill after I got my epic. I had no experience with linux. I'm basically learning as I go along. I have a background in web design. Mostly html and xml and a little bit of java script but all on web design.
I started developing on the epic cause I seen to themes I liked and mixed them together to make one. Androdena and baked snack. This started my quest to make the perfect theme in my eyes. I seen things both themes left things un touched and didn't complete the look. So I started digging in deeper. It was at this time I started getting help from others but for the most part I'm 80% self taught in the short time I've been doing it. Now I'm teaching the people that taught me the last 20%.
As my theme progressed different mods started coming out and I wanted to add them to my theme. That's when I started learning how to edit .jars and writing/editing smali code.
I'm now at the point I'm working on my own mods and porting others. I've been working with k0nan with the SRF rom and reading as much info as I can as I wanna start making my own kernels and roms.
I did all this and I've only been a member if xda for a little over 7months.
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Well let me be the first.
I started rooting phones with my evo. I didn't do know developing untill done time has passed with my epic. You cam say I was a noob when I joined xda. I didn't join xda untill after I got my epic. I had no experience with linux. I'm basically learning as I go along. I have a background in web design. Mostly html and xml and a little bit of java script but all on web design.
I started developing on the epic cause I seen to themes I liked and mixed them together to make one. Androdena and baked snack. This started my quest to make the perfect theme in my eyes. I seen things both themes left things un touched and didn't complete the look. So I started digging in deeper. It was at this time I started getting help from others but for the most part I'm 80% self taught in the short time I've been doing it. Now I'm teaching the people that taught me the last 20%.
As my theme progressed different mods started coming out and I wanted to add them to my theme. That's when I started learning how to edit .jars and writing/editing smali code.
I'm now at the point I'm working on my own mods and porting others. I've been working with k0nan with the SRF rom and reading as much info as I can as I wanna start making my own kernels and roms.
I did all this and I've only been a member if xda for a little over 7months.
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thats pretty bad ass man. Inspirational for sure.
daddymikey1975 said:
thats pretty bad ass man. Inspirational for sure.
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Thank you.
My story shows you how far you can go in a short period of time if you put forth the effort to learn.
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daddymikey1975 said:
thats pretty bad ass man. Inspirational for sure.
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Thank you.
My story shows you how far you can go in a short period of time if you put forth the effort to learn.
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Don't forget about all the progress you have made with Swype
Great story Mystery.... Thanks for all you do...
ptfdmedic said:
Don't forget about all the progress you have made with Swype
Great story Mystery.... Thanks for all you do...
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Aww my good ol friend swype....lol. It still gets the best of me sometimes but not as often.
Thank you
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All I wanted a Just in Time compiler in Dalvik VM for Samsung Moment.. We have stable 2.2 JIT on the 2.1 system.
Once I get a new computer I would like to help contribute to the community and may need some assistance.
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Alright I'll share my story. I started developing a few years ago on WM6.5.xxx. I did that for a little while and then moved to BlackBerry. I made the switch to Android last summer. I settled on the Epic and began tinkering. I started out by reverse engineering ROM zips. I started adding to or taking away from and it just kinda grew form there.
I started customizing my ROM's before flashing them and got pretty comfortable doing that. Eventually I worked up the nerve to start sharing the customized ROM's. Over time I was able to do more and more on my own. Making simple scripts or modifying more complex ones and putting ROMs together on my own. My midNIGHT ROM got it's name from the time of day it was I usually worked on it. My life is pretty complicated so the only time I really got to work on this stuff was around midnight. The name just kinda stuck.
I got some good feedback. One day it occurred to me that I could use an Android ROM to help spread Autism Awareness. Most of you know my story if you don't and are interested you can read my blog. People seem to really like the ROM and as more people used it the more I was able to help spread awareness. I have all of you to thank for that. Now I see Autism Awareness ribbons around the forum. I hope to continue to learn from the AMAZING developers here and maybe even some new ones. I want to say thanks to all of you for your support and thanks to all the developers for helping me learn by freely sharing their knowledge.
I would really like to learn how to tear into a kernel, or mess w/ the bluetooth stack hahaha
Have no idea where to start, so i keep poking around
Maybe some day i'll be able to develop roms too
Although i have no clue about programming this stories make me want to take a class
I do see that making a rom is a crazy amount of work but i wanna say some day i gave back to the xda community
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Well I just wanted to add that after being a member on this forum you guys inspired me to go back to college to be a software engineer. So I start my journey tomorrow as it's my first day. Thank you to all the great developers and Themers who inspired me to do this. I look forward to maybe one day developing on android.
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Hi all. I would just like to say a massive thank-you to all on xda wildfire forum. 2011 has been bumpy for me,my mum passing in Feb.birth of my son in June,my sister suffering stroke in June too and my grandad passing this month. I accidentally stumbled across xda but was hooked from 1st visit. I can personally say I've tried nearly all the Roms and have my favs. The forums and members have kept me busy and entertained through a tough year so I just wanted to show my appreciation to everyone but special thanks to: deepknight,( my 1st rom) dannejo,arco68,HDCRjacob and anyone else who has helped me. The biggest THANKS to my Yoda - 3xeno. You never fail to assist my queeries and pm's,your help has been extremely valuable to me and my phone. Big up the xda forums. Thank-you,regards slymobi.
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So sorry to hear of your losses, I know how you feel, those tragic things have happened in my family too over the last couple of years. Chin up and carry on its the only way mate.
I've only been around for a few months but the amount I've learnt thanks to people here is amazing. 3xeno is a God and should be praised for all the advice and knowledge he possesses, I didn't have the privilege of using deepknights rom or dannejos while they we're developing them in the beginning but from what I've seen from using the roms and read about them, they too are geniuses and built amazing roms, they did things for wildfire that I didn't know was possible until I found xda.
I decided to stick with cm7 nighlies as its updated everyday (almost lol) and it isn't bloated with useless stuff I don't use. So thanks everyone at cm for your excellent work too.
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Stay strong mate, and all the very best to you.
As the Moderator of this Forum, I want to thank all of you for being such a great Group. I find this Group one of the best in XDA, helpful, considerate and dedicated to the "let's try to improve our experience" on the Vibrant.
Now the S3 is coming ..... we will see many leave and move on...... This is to be expected...... but I am always sorry to see the waning of a great group of people...... such as all of you.
You know, the Vibrant has had an amazing run of support, more so than almost any other device.... I still love my Vibrant......even though I have a G-Nex and a Note...... I learned most skills on the Vibe....... and still love using it.
Anyway, Here at XDA we appreciate all the developers, Modders, Themers, and all the other contributing members such as yourselves...... that make XDA.
Thanks for making my job easy.......... Oka1 (moderator)
Thank you for your kind words, at first glance I though you were saying your goodbyes, but not the case.
People will leave but people will join, those phones have to go somewhere don't you think? Your right on the support, who knew this phone could get froyo, gingerbread even ICS, thank you devs.
Thank you oka1 for making this forum a more enjoyable one. Cheers
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Yes, thank you to all the helpful people in this forum. Also thank you oka1, for you're one of the good people, you know based on other good people's feedback. You have certainly helped calm this forum from what it was a while back.
So, here's to all the helpful people..., to you oka1, one of the good people, to people who have moved on and people who are still here. Here's to all the countless evenings and mornings spent on this forum. Here's to tomorrow. Thank you.
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I had a choice of getting a Nexus S or a Vibrant and had a few days to decide. I used those days to browse both fora. I am glad to say that I picked the right one. I have met many good people here and hope that the crop of newer users will be as cordial, intelligent and helpful.
This is way more useful than my tablet forum (oka1 is the mod there too). Over there it is hard to post anything without 15 responses about how you are wrong or that doesn't work for me. It makes it real frustrating. But it also makes me appreciate the Vibrant threads much, much more.
I think partly it is due to the fact that we didn't really get any official updates.
Yeah we got Froyo after much gnashing of teeth, but it wasn't OTA.
It was more of an afterthought especially since you needed to use Kies to install it. But even without Samsung/T-Mobile support, we were among the first phones running ICS. How does that even happen?
It is because we are all hungry for all the improvements that have come available for our phones, and we are extremely thankful and grateful to those that provide them to us. We were all in the same boat, and that led to an appreciation that some of the other forums do not have (or even understand).
The nature of the internet is inherently selfish, as most people demonstrate when they feel relatively anonymous, but we really do have a good community here.
I have asked a lot of questions along the way since I joined. Some were noobish, some were dumb, but no one mocked me for asking. Other people just helped get me on the right track. You can't ask for more than that, and to have those kinds of interactions in an online forum is remarkable. That spirit has led to many users becoming developers and creating new kernels and ROMs for this phone, and giving back to the community.
Also, it helps that the hardware in our phones is still relevent after 2 years...high end specs help a lot. People just seem to want to dev for this phone. As much as I would love to get a new phone such as the One S or the GS3, it is hard to justify when this phone is still chugging along just fine.
Thank you Oka1. If this is one of the best groups on XDA, then you've got to be one of the best moderators on XDA. It's been a good run, two years, and it's been an inspiring two years at that. I've learned things I never knew before, been helped when stuck or inquisitive, and in turn I've done my best to help the community in return. You guys are great, all of you here on the Vibrant forum (except the guy who ranted at mr_psycho). Woodrube, xriderx66, dougfresh, Oka1, and s15274n are just a few of the people I've been given the privilege to converse with here. Of course there are others, but then I'd practically be naming everyone in the Vibrant community!
It's funny, one day I was asking how to remove CWR because I thought it was bad for my phone and then the next I was flashing custom roms... One day I was asking people how to install Miui on my phone and then the next I was making a guide about it. I've leaned a lot here and thus I thank all of you guys.
Since I'm not good with speeches and what not. I love you all! Seriously. This was my second smartphone, I had a meh experience with the G1 and this has been the best, and I KNOW that nothing can be better than this.
Even if you are leaving, be sure to come back once in a while and say hello
I was such a noob entering into the flashing world had the g1 and hd2. Wasn't impressed with either (didn't know about any of this stuff) when I got my vibrant and was curious I stumbled into xda,edt and the axura forums. Wow was I clueless on the capabilities of these phones. As the 21st nears and I know the gs3 will soon be in my hot little hands I wish to thank oka for everything he's done for this forum. I will not yet bid farewell however.
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You guys are the best! Im gonna miss you all sooooo much when i upgrade!
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Upgrading is overrated. I'll stay here for 5 more years.
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iynfynity said:
Upgrading is overrated. I'll stay here for 5 more years.
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Damn hipsters.
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No Oka, thank YOU man! I know I don't host over here anymore, and don't respond to much either, but this post deserves it.
We all owe it to you for cleaning up this forum and putting those habitual line steppers in check, before you came around here, man, this place was a disaster in many threads.
I too love my Vibrant, it birthed my dev "career", when the day comes that I do upgrade, its going to be a sad one indeed, and I don't think I'll ever get rid of Betsy. More like enshrine her in a glass case on the mantle, and tell my grandkids stories of how Oka1 came riding over the hills and cleaned up this one horse town, making it a pleasing experience for all the devs, themers, and users alike.
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Yes! I win!
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Just playing; im very happy with this community as well.. it has really made my xda experience a very enjoyable one.
The vibrant is quite a legend and even though sometimes the flagships can tempt me, i know that this is all ill need for a couple more years.
Tbh though, once my contract runs out, this will become my backup or go to my family members (my mother still uses a moto SLVR from like 2004 lol)
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the vibrant was one of the few devices that had legendary supports. from here aokp creator roman started his Ron cooking. tmobile an AT&T galaxy s ii development was pathetic compared to the vibrant. thanks to everyone who made this device so great
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kulzboy said:
the vibrant was one of the few devices that had legendary supports. from here aokp creator roman started his Ron cooking. tmobile an AT&T galaxy s ii development was pathetic compared to the vibrant. thanks to everyone who made this device so great
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It's because I was using it
Everything I touch turns to big MMMMAAAAAMMMAA JAMMMMMAAA dev support xP
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VeryCoolAlan said:
It's because I was using it
Everything I touch turns to big MMMMAAAAAMMMAA JAMMMMMAAA dev support xP
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Alan, you douche you got a one x?
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im from malaysia, we didnt have samsung vibrant here, but i happened to get myself 1. i just want to say that i still like this phone very much even though i have a note. yea, we lack of updates, but thanks to all developers here, my vibrant gets a new life. they've done so much for us (needless to say what). would like to say thanks a million to all developers for your hard works. btw, im not going to leave this forum, i still love my vibrant...peace
Got my Vibe on release day 2010. I have many friends with many diff android devices and have never seen the collective collaboration like I have seen here. The amount of support this device has received is incredible to say the least. Thank you Oka1, devs and supporting members that turned me from flash noob, to flash intermediate. I have acquired many useful rooting skills and it all started here!
Hey guys,
Been on these forums for two years. Outstanding community and I've had SO MUCH fun. Upgrading the the Galaxy 3 in a few weeks and I will see you all over there!
Do you agree that the MOTOACTV deserves its own forum? Of course you do!
Yes!
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Sure. How likely is it?
Si
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There's been more development on it than any other smartwatch to date, and surely for a much much longer period of time (2+ years anyone?). I'm not certain why it doesn't yet. It has the most threads in the smartwatch area, also. Seriously, XDA. Come on.
ClearD has been supporting the MotoACTV for forever. I really has surprised me that xda admins haven't created a dedicated forum for it. Rather disappointing really... Haha, how did we manage to live off one gigantic thread? Lot's of reading and missed replies.
Yes, please create motoactv forum. I wish the admins could see my puppy dog eyes right [email protected][email protected]
Compared to the current crop of smartwatches, the motoactv still holds its own and there isn't one that I've seen to make me give mine up yet. These threads have helped me get the most of this great little watch. This device has a good group of supporters and deserves it's own forum.
So far motoactv is number one. Rooted all the apps I want thanks moto and most of all the way devs who always and really all ways come thru like gods for me
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For a device that came out in 2011 the Motoactv does more than hold its own. With that said if we were to get a forum it would have probably happened already.
The MotoActv is a great watch, only thing that stopped me from purchasing was the lack of vibration.
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Do you agree that the MOTOACTV deserves its own forum? Of course you do!
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I definitely agree it needs its own forum. I just recently bought one of my own and I absolutely love it, and I haven't even rooted it yet. I've been looking at the development that has been going on with it and I do want to root it, but hate bouncing around the entire SmartWatches forum to find the information I'm looking for. It would be soooo much easier if it was all condensed into one forum. Hopefully, someone will make it so.
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The MotoActv is a great watch, only thing that stopped me from purchasing was the lack of vibration.
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I use the Augmented Smartwatch app with my MotoACTV and I have it set so my phone vibrates when it sends a notification to my phone so it eliminates the need for a vibration function on the watch for me.
I kinda like the fact that it is the black sheep of the watch forum. It makes it more of a private club of enthusiasts. Since knowing how to root it is the only way to really make it a super watch, thats your entry ticket. Much cooler then just plunking down money at a box store and then expecting everyone to do the work for you without a little contribution.
Got mine in early 2012 and still use it daily. It's been a great watch. It troops through all the abuse (it's a watch and I treat it so). Yet still, almost two years later, people are surprised at what it can do.
This thing owes me nothing. My $230 is more than paid for in enjoyment.
The lack of it's own forum does suck. XDA did their vote thing a few fort nights ago and it didn't get enough votes, so here it stands. I don't think it's gonna happen unfortunately.
That is unless XDA plans to entirely revamp the smartwatch section as the sector grows...
I happen to have a server and forum laying around unused. It's obviously NOT XDA but it's available. Would take a commitment from some to help make it happen.
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I happen to have a server and forum laying around unused. It's obviously NOT XDA but it's available. Would take a commitment from some to help make it happen.
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I will sign up...give the link...
I'd be happy to have you all over on armtvtech. I'm just getting into smartwatches myself and added a forum for the Motoactv tonight.
http://www.armtvtech.com/armtvtechforum/viewforum.php?f=500
Feel free to message me if you want anything else added!
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I'd be happy to have you all over on armtvtech. I'm just getting into smartwatches myself and added a forum for the Motoactv tonight.
http://www.armtvtech.com/armtvtechforum/viewforum.php?f=500
Feel free to message me if you want anything else added!
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you need a Favicon...
Also I signed up
www.truelysmart.com
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As much as I love the MotoActv (Wearing my rooted on right now), I plan on dropping it. The TrueSmart is SO hard to resist. I have had my for a year and a half, and the wrist strap is falling apart.
The MotoActv is discontinued. I don't think XDA would make a forum for a watch that isn't being made anymore. Anyone know where I can buy a new strap? Amazon isn't pulling any that are still in stock
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Hold... For stuff
I been rocking your rom V 0.4 and its my daily driver for almost a week now. Fast and smooth and the damn battery life is awesome!NO reboot and so far everything that I used works.
Im glad its going to be official and be posted in here.
Thanks for your hard work!
P.S. I had you since S4, Note 3 and now Note 4.
You're the man!
Great to have you on the note 4 Jamison, looking forward to your excellence!
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Thanks for your hard work!
Been missing the infamous goodness. Can't wait for stable
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Thanks for the heads up.
From the Moderator
To all, these kind of threads are not allowed..... the allure of "just wait and see....soon X is going to happen" serves no real purpose except ...maybe to market someone or something's agenda...... inflate desire or ego. None of these kinds of actions improve a community based based site such as XDA.
Additionally, Trying to promote others to offsite website is looked dimly upon in XDA. It is not the most respectful thing to do.
So .......This...... THREAD IS CLOSED.