Hello From The Boonies of Idaho! - Introductions

New to Android tweaks, but not new to computing. I live on 5 acres in southern Idaho, have way too many cars and want to expand my horizons.
Just bought a Samsung A53 and am enjoying the upgrade from a Samsung S7. Yeah, I used it for 7 years. I guess in phone land that's a really long time, but it worked great for me, so I stuck with it. Now I don't know what to do with it's dead carcass.
Anyway, happy to be here and am looking forward to learning something new.
Thank you everyone,
Michael

phoenixop1 said:
(...) I used it for 7 years. I guess in phone land that's a really long time (...)
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A long time? You were still carving things in stone! Haha. Welcome to the XDA family!

Thanks for the welcome. At my age, I really was carving things in stone...

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Back after moving house

Hi all,
It's been a hectic few weeks. I recently moved houses and was stuck without my DSL for what seemed like eternity. I'm back now (if anyone cares :lol: ) and will try to help out once again on the forums.
I'm working on a user manual for the XDA Tools which I hope to release soon.
I'd also like to share with you guys how suddenly things can change. A colleague of mine from work died this morning when he smashed his Mustang into the guard rail of the highway he was driving on. He was 21. There he was speaking to me the day before, said 'See you tomorrow.' and now in a morgue. Kind of puts everything else into perspective.
Take care.
Sheran
Sorry to hear that. Life would be so much better if we treated everybody as if it was the last time we were ever going to see them, that way there would be fewer regrets when somebody does die.
Sorry to hear that.
If you follow rallying in America, or international maybe..
My Uncle Roger Freeman was killed in a rallying accident in America in July. Mark Lovell was driving the Subaru, which was competing in the Oregan Trails Rally. Cars are dangerous, there are no 2 ways about that.
The funeral's for Mark, and Roger were spectacular here in the UK. You just have to do these people proud when they have been taken away like this. Mark and Roger will be remembered forever in the rallying world.
My thoughts go out to the friends and family. Just remember the good times...
Best Regards, Martin Freeman
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This post is for help
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Haha.. 7 more to go..
Nice digging
5 more to go Wolfy! So.. What brings you to xda?
Atleast reply!?
TheWolf_07 said:
Helppppppppppppppp
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With? .....
Would you like to stop that?

Well, I'm off to Kuwait.

I'm quite sure many of you have no idea who I am, but that's alright. I wouldn't expect you to.
Just wanted to give my appreciation to the MANY MANY devs here, in thanks for making my old devices much more than the manufacturers intended them to be.
I'll be serving one year of Active Army Duty (Deployment) in the Middle-East & Surrounding areas, hopefully still enjoying my HTC HD7, until around July of 2012.
I'll miss xda, as it's been one of my other homes for a little over two years now.
Love you guys, see you soon!
Have a great trip Be safe now!
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA Premium App
take care, be safe, and watch out!
Hey bro be safe out there. My sis is in the Air Force in Afghanistan. Just be careful and I really appreciate those who serve our country. Have a safe trip
Be safe always!
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Best of luck to you man, come back safe, or just be safe in general.
-Remember, Android hell is a real place and you will be sent there at the first sign of defiance-
Take care! Thank you for serving!
Good luck and be safe. I had the luxury of serving during peacetime, and I tip my hat to guys who are really putting it on the line.
It is a shame that troops are deployed without an imminent reason anyways..
have a great trip
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I'm quite sure many of you have no idea who I am, but that's alright. I wouldn't expect you to.
Just wanted to give my appreciation to the MANY MANY devs here, in thanks for making my old devices much more than the manufacturers intended them to be.
I'll be serving one year of Active Army Duty (Deployment) in the Middle-East & Surrounding areas, hopefully still enjoying my HTC HD7, until around July of 2012.
I'll miss xda, as it's been one of my other homes for a little over two years now.
Love you guys, see you soon!
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take care
btw, if you come to jordan or israel contact me
Enjoy your trip. I'm out that way right now. The weather sucks but otherwise it's not that bad.
husam666 said:
take care
btw, if you come to jordan or israel contact me
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Quite sure you wouldn't like that. I mean, he might come guns blazing.
Agent Zach said:
I'm quite sure many of you have no idea who I am, but that's alright. I wouldn't expect you to.
Just wanted to give my appreciation to the MANY MANY devs here, in thanks for making my old devices much more than the manufacturers intended them to be.
I'll be serving one year of Active Army Duty (Deployment) in the Middle-East & Surrounding areas, hopefully still enjoying my HTC HD7, until around July of 2012.
I'll miss xda, as it's been one of my other homes for a little over two years now.
Love you guys, see you soon!
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OMG! Good luck!
Agent Zach said:
I plan to enjoy some grilled goodies
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I salute you, good sir. Keep your powder dry and your ass down.
Good luck, and be safe!
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Ride to the sound of the guns!
1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Second to None!
Good luck man. I have a couple friends in Kandahar, they say its not that bad.
Be well... be safe... and come right back. Good luck to you!
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Quite sure you wouldn't like that. I mean, he might come guns blazing.
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You are a fool.
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Getting to Know You - Share a Pic of Yourself!

Since there will be a lot of new faces in the N5 section, and of course a lot of love and hate affairs will be taking place in the next year I find that when we put a face to a name there seems to be more friendly communication. I have done this in another device section on XDA and it turned out to be really successful and extremely fun as well.
If you guys are interested and the admin are okay with it then let's get it started and start posting up some pics of yourself, family etc.
If everyone prefers to be incognito here then we can just close this thread.....
I am 37, married with one kid and live in the US, North Carolina. Grew up in NY though.
My smart phone journey started years back with a Windows Pocket PC phone PPC-6600 if anyone remembers that. Started out at Sprintusers.com and then moved to PPCGEEKS.com for all my needs. I used to be scared of XDA. It was the place where the big boys hung out. Man, it was intimidating. Then I slowly built up the courage to check out XDA for myself and slowly worked my way in here.
Now we have so many different levels of users and while some might think that is a bad thing I think it's great. We all have to start somewhere and seeing people transition from noobs with not a clue to the ones helping others and some guys even taking on development themselves, it is a great community we have here!
Well you can see me in my avatar. I'm a mom of 3, love technology and looking forward to coming home after work on Tuesday to my brand new Nexus 5 to replace my S2.
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Yo! This is a really good idea-- have never seen it before.
Anyway-- 20 year-old, in college, studying CS. Can't wait to get my Nexus tomorrow. Previously owned, HD2, One, i9300, Nexus 4 among others.
Will post a pic when I use my desktop-- none in my lappy.
Cheers dude!
Edit: Strong selfie in Frankfurt last summer
why not. 19, on my gap year at the moment - probably will go on to study physics as a degree. learning c# and java at the moment so i may go into android development as a hobby.
pic:
~dumbo.
Hey guys! Here's a photo of me and my boy, and my grandpa photo bombing us like a boss.
Taken this summer on my son's first trip to Disney World. We were waiting in line for the Toy Story ride.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
lwfb said:
Hey guys! Here's a photo of me and my boy, and my grandpa photo bombing us like a boss.
Taken this summer on my son's first trip to Disney World. We were waiting in line for the Toy Story ride.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Nice, was that the one in Florida? Were taking our son there for the first time in December.
hell yeah, why not? That's me, the pic was taken at ocean front in Barcelona, but I live in Switzerland.
I'm looking forward to my first Nexus (after a Galaxy Note 2), to quicker access to the latest Android goodies, and to not have to remove unnecessary bloatware.
You can see me from my avatar and came from a Xperia Z1 and loving this phone so far.
[email protected] said:
Nice, was that the one in Florida? Were taking our son there for the first time in December.
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Yeah that was in Florida. December is a great time to go! The weather is awesome there during that time of the year, plus all the parks get a Christmas makeover.
I don't know how old your boy is, but mines two and there was plenty of stuff for him to do. He had a blast, he still talks about it to this day.
You guys are going to have a good time!
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lwfb said:
Yeah that was in Florida. December is a great time to go! The weather is awesome there during that time of the year, plus all the parks get a Christmas makeover.
I don't know how old your boy is, but mines two and there was plenty of stuff for him to do. He had a blast, he still talks about it to this day.
You guys are going to have a good time!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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He was 3 in August so hopefully he will enjoy himself. He loves all the Disney characters.
Hi not much of a selfie taker but here I am!!
I'm 35, mum of 2 in the UK. Got the N5 on Friday and love it so far. Will be interesting to see the feedback when the Play orders start getting delivered.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
WayneGretzky said:
hell yeah, why not? That's me, the pic was taken at ocean front in Barcelona, but I live in Switzerland.
I'm looking forward to my first Nexus (after a Galaxy Note 2), to quicker access to the latest Android goodies, and to not have to remove unnecessary bloatware.
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Once you go Nexus, you never go back.
The great thing about owning a Nexus you won't care about what the other guys are doing you will just care about the next Nexus.
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He was 3 in August so hopefully he will enjoy himself. He loves all the Disney characters.
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It's hard for a kid to not enjoy Disney World. As a parent, I got a lot of joy out of seeing my boy's reaction and excitement to everything.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
nicnoc66 said:
Hi not much of a selfie taker but here I am!!
I'm 35, mum of 2 in the UK. Got the N5 on Friday and love it so far. Will be interesting to see the feedback when the Play orders start getting delivered.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
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Coming from am N4 I am mostly looking forward to the 5" 1080p screen. A 4.7" screen is nice if there weren't soft keys on the screen so a 5" should be just the right amount of real estate with the soft keys.
I know you can remove them and use other options but I like my keys usable without any other actions.
wow and i assumed almost every xda user is some teenage kid hyped up on androids
just shows how much one shouldn't stereotype.
hello.. im 33 from RI.. used to live a crazy life.. i chose the wrong path in life.. spent from 18-30 in and out of prison.. then 3 years ago i got sick of living like that so i changed my life around.. cleaned my act up.. i love tech stuff.. tattoos..music..making $$$.. staying clean and sober..spending time with family.. i got my first smartphone which was the htc evo 4g.. and i have been addicted to android ever since after the evo 4g.. i got the evo 3d.. then the evo 4g lte... then galaxy s3... then galaxy s4.. then htc one.. now im back with the galaxy s4.. waiting on my nexus 5!.. life is good now!! one day at a time!! Android saves!!:victory: pics of me.. my lil lady.. my android possie.. ans andorid tattoo o my daughter just turned 13!!! this sep.. time flys man
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wow and i assumed almost every xda user is some teenage kid hyped up on androids
just shows how much one shouldn't stereotype.
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Yeah, the reason I wanted to have this thread here is for everyone to see the wide range of people there are on XDA from teenage kids to parents to grandparents.
It will also help when communicating in the other threads as you might think twice on how you react to people when they ask certain things. They are not just a punk teen hiding behind a nickname...They are an old guy, acting like a punk teen hiding behind a nickname. Lol
P.Mobile said:
hello.. im 33 from RI.. used to live a crazy life.. i chose the wrong path in life.. spent from 18-30 in and out of prison.. then 3 years ago i got sick of living like that so i changed my life around.. cleaned my act up.. i love tech stuff.. tattoos..music..making $$$.. staying clean and sober..spending time with family.. i got my first smartphone which was the htc evo 4g.. and i have been addicted to android ever since after the evo 4g.. i got the evo 3d.. then the evo 4g lte... then galaxy s3... then galaxy s4.. then htc one.. now im back with the galaxy s4.. waiting on my nexus 5!.. life is good now!! one day at a time!! Android saves!!:victory: pics of me.. my lil lady.. my android possie.. ans andorid tattoo o my daughter just turned 13!!! this sep.. time flys man
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Good stuff bro. It is easy to get sucked into that life. Glad to hear things are good now. It's much harder to get out then to get in. Stay strong! Cool Android tat. Amazing how phones bring so many different types of people together.
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Good stuff bro. It is easy to get sucked into that life. Glad to hear things are good now. It's much harder to get out then to get in. Stay strong! Cool Android tat. Amazing how phones bring so many different types of people together.
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Thanks man..yea took me a long time to give that life style up..I had to stop talking to a lot of people.. That's all I knew for years...better late then never I guess be to honest this whole android/rooting stuff keeps my busy and my mind off things..
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... They are not just a punk teen hiding behind a nickname...They are an old guy, acting like a punk teen hiding behind a nickname. Lol
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Where from do you know me already?
(just kidding)
(hopefully)

Hi 👋

hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
musicbear said:
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
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Themes are different looks of the device, it changes the icons, color, more.
Launchers are customized versions of the stock launcher with more features added.
musicbear said:
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
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Welcome to the xda family.
Cheers.

Hello guys!

Hey everyone reading this, I'm hoping your day is going well so far
I'm just a french 15 years old middle school student that likes tech stuff
I have a Redmi Note 12 4G and an old iPhone 4S that I have jailbroken and downgraded on iOS 6!
Any help from anyone to any of my questions on this forum would be highly appreciated from you guys!
See you soon out there!
Max70290 said:
Hey everyone reading this, I'm hoping your day is going well so far
I'm just a french 15 years old middle school student that likes tech stuff
I have a Redmi Note 12 4G and an old iPhone 4S that I have jailbroken and downgraded on iOS 6!
Any help from anyone to any of my questions on this forum would be highly appreciated from you guys!
See you soon out there!
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Welcome to XDA! How did your jailbreaking experience go? I've been thinking about jailbreaking my iPad Mini 4 (look at my profile banner). Enjoy the forums, and let me know if you have any questions.
ethical_haquer said:
Welcome to XDA! How did your jailbreaking experience go? I've been thinking about jailbreaking my iPad Mini 4 (look at my profile banner). Enjoy the forums, and let me know if you have any questions.
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My jailbreaking experience went pretty well actually! I jailbroke mainly to be able to install old games! If you just use the iPad as a secondary device, I would definitely jailbreak it! I think it's really interesting to explore such things! Thank you for the warm welcome you gave me on this forum!
Max70290 said:
My jailbreaking experience went pretty well actually! I jailbroke mainly to be able to install old games! If you just use the iPad as a secondary device, I would definitely jailbreak it! I think it's really interesting to explore such things! Thank you for the warm welcome you gave me on this forum!
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Alright, thanks for the reply! Currently it is just sitting around because the battery life is ~5 minutes. I'll definitely have to try jail-breaking it soon.

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