yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Am I ignorant? I don't know, i'll let god be the judge of that. I do know one thing though, i'd much rather be ignorant than a low life moron.

The majority of people who do not know how to root there phones are not ignorant or lazy simply because they "lack knowledge". First off, you can't be ignorant and lazy at the same time wise guy...think about it for a second (just don't think too hard and hurt yourself)

Secondly, how are people supposed to know that rooting even exists if no body tells them? Are they just supposed to assume that when they purchase their device that it has a stock rom on it and is un-rooted? I'm sorry, but very few people are as wise or psychic as you or they may not have nerd friends to explain to them what rooting is, therefore they can not possibly know to look on the internet for how to root there phone because they have no clue that such a process exist.

this does not make them ignorant because they aren't choosing to not know how to root, they simply haven't learned the facts (and yes, the majority of people have no clue what rooting is, so go pat yourself on the back for being superior to all of these ignorant lazy people)

Lastly, most of these people on craigslist doing this junk tend to focus their advertising on customizable roms, free tethering, overclockingg, etc etc. They rarely emphasize the fact that they are rooting the phone which is wrong.

Taking advantage of consumers lack of knowledge is not a good thing. Just because it's the status quo doesn't justify it...That is ignorant.
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
Its not quite the same ... I mean, I get what you're saying ... but, skills? You aren't doing anything but taking someone else's work and using it for your financial betterment. Your argument would make more sense if you were repairing hardware or something ... acknowledgment isn't given for the people that have set up these simple and idiot proof root methods ... or the ROMs themselves. Sure, they might not say they 'made' the ROMs or rooting methods ... but they didn't say they didn't, either. And they don't have to do as much. I really don't care, and dont take my multiple posts as such, but its not really the same as all the things mentioned. Especially the doctor ****. LOL

Again, Im up late so that's the only reason I'm posting ... not hating, and if you are too dense or too busy to bother .... so be it. But I wont try to trivialize it with some bull**** analogies. I get people are lazy and stupid ... but don't throw the word 'skills' out here when my 13 year old cousin with some random palsy could pull this off. Its a cheap way to take advantage of people. Nothing more. Wording and acting like it's so much more than it is ... its a crock. Throughout time people have been doing this ... doesn't make it right or less garbage. This is a specific exploitation of someone else's work / services. This isn't changing some gasket in an automobile that fits across the board. This is a pretty specific exploitation.

Surgery is a skill and service ... coming over to make you a sandwich is about what this equates to. Don't mix 'skills' and 'near still born babies incapable of doing anything for themselves' as a service or a skill. More power to you if you can make money doing this ... but it is stupid. And sad.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Some people are mad they aren't doing this....

Sent from my spaceship!
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
With all the money made from selling weed on the side ... who can be bothered with such trivial exploitation? You think THIS is easy money? Pssh.

And I never said HE was stupid ... but that this practice is stupid. And old. Its been discussed ad nauseum here and elsewhere. Its been happening for a while ... old news ... its so 'whatever.' *gimpy Hipster wrist*
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Out of all the tech people I know, most are to scared to do their own rooting/jailbreaking. People have been doing this for Apple products on craigslist forever...people don't mind paying somebody to do something for them...it's called the service industry.
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
Yeah that's true. Hookers are essentially the same. It's all a service in the end.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Exactlyyyyyy.
[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
People spend far more money on stupid **** from informercials that are a total scam. At least he is offering a legit service and after paying the $60, someone will have a better phone and maybe even support in the future. And it exposes them to the possibilities of Android which ain't no bad thing!

No need to hate on the guy, he's not becoming a millionaire off this. Everyone here is a geek by definition, don;t judge him by your standards. You will probably also not like someone who offers to build a custom pc for a price, or repair a virus infection, or indeed any tech service.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
No, but a guy at a top of college has been making 50k a year...just jailbreaking people's iPhones/iThings around the campus/city. I think he said he does 2 - 3 a day. Read an article/interview about it a few days back.

Heck, I'd be doing it here...if there were 5 other people jailbreaking/rooting for $10...some will even meet you someplace to do it. How they're making money off of meeting, and doing it for $10...is beyond me.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
Ill beat this guys price and root your phone for $50.
[EVO 4G General] hellcatt:
only 3 things you can guarantee getting on craigslist:

1. laid

2. robbed

3. arrested
[EVO 4G General] :
I'm doing this today.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
I've sold several things on craigslist... totaling over $1200 in cash. Haven't had any of those things happen haha.
[EVO 4G General] hellcatt:
1. sorry to hear that

2. lucky you, knock on wood

3. yet

;)
[EVO 4G General] rican408:
The Guy is making 60 bucks a pop to service others less technically inclined. I know people who would pay me for my time. I CHOOSE to do it for free. He's making money and people are happy with there phones. What's wrong with this? (besides saying it his rom lol.)
[EVO 4G General] bigdog1171:
I will be the first to admit that up till last weekend I was a little hesitant to root my phone due to the uncertainty of maybe screwing my phone up beyond being able to use it. The biggest thing that made me like that was this disclaimer you see everywhere that states something to the affect of not being responsible if you break your phone.

I almost would have been willing to pay someone to root my phone. If I would have then I would not have any idea what I was doing and would not know how to change roms etc...I am glad I decided to do it myself yet I can understand why some people would not want to in fear of messing their phone up.
[EVO 4G General] Rob the plumber:
People pay me to do things they do not, or cannot do themselves. I see nothing wrong with it.
[EVO 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
I do not get what is so pathetic about advertising to root phones....as long as you tell the person that heir warranty is void after root....

Some people don't know how to root or just don't want to do it themselves ....

Its like you can do your own taxes but there are accountants that can do it for you and charge you to do your taxes....is that pathetic??
[EVO 4G General] Ryjabo:
+1

I work for a web hosting company and I regularly see web developers charging people hundreds -- sometimes thousands -- of dollars for something they could EASILY do on their own for chump change (versus those amounts) with a little patience and reading.

Most people don't want to learn, or they're scared to try, or they're the type that won't just dive in; they'll stare at the computer screen scratching their heads... or they would rather just throw money at someone that knows what they're doing.

TL;DR:

WELCOME TO CAPITALISM.
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
Dude does sound like a tool but if thats whats needed to get people's attention I can't hate on him for it. I wonder if he has donated anything to the people who made the ROMs, tools or anything else he is using to make money.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
im made a killing doing this for $30 a pop last summer. i may do it again this summer too.
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
Easy way to make cash. Seen this when the first iPhone came out. Put out an ad for rooting the iDevices and android devices. Meet up at a local coffee shop and have a coffee and chat with the person as you do it for some money. Nice side job.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
i did it at my house, had them drop the phones off. but yes, it's great cash if your out of work or need extra money.
[EVO 4G General] hellcatt:
thats the ****ty part of it. others will do it all for $20-30, even some cellphone stores. in the beginning i wouldve even considered paying $20 to get rooted etc. this asshole is charging $60

guess i shouldve been more clear as to the pathetic part but i thought it was obvious.
[EVO 4G General] cnstarz:
all you naysayers could easily post craigslist ads in chicago explaining how to root your evo and install any rom. you could also put in the ad that you will gladly offer offer these services for only $10.

point is, if you see something you don't like, then do something about it. don't just cry about it like a little ***** and hide behind your online anon.
[EVO 4G General] hellcatt:
wow

i guess its time for the classy people to post
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Yup same here, ive made about $500 or more on craigslist

Sent from my spaceship!
[Galaxy 3 General] shreyasharusia:
Everyone knows that the official Froyo for India is Out.

If You Are Thinking to upgrade your Firmware to I5801DDJP2 and you think Kies is not the reliable source.

Flash The rom with ODIN .

Rom Link :http://hotfile.com/dl/114560665/a896f1d/I5801DDJP2.rar.html

Odin link :http://www.multiupload.com/LFJRACWNQ2

Ops link :http://www.multiupload.com/SOMN2EWF0J

Enjoy official Firmware.

Password For the Rom is samfirmware.com
[Galaxy 3 General] indiacha:
how to flash ? :( downloaded these things but dont know the procedure to upgrade :(
[Galaxy 3 General] haree:
hi

go to the devlopment section and read their is enough info on how to flash via odin look in the roll up thread it is a sticky and has all links u need to

here go to this link and read carefully : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=873645
[Galaxy 3 General] reddead66:
yeah just saw on samfirmware,so did anyone try it??
[Galaxy 3 General] shreyasharusia:
1. Download The froyo 2.2 Firmware Password is samfirmware.com

2 ODIN downloader

3 OPS files

4 A windows PC + samsung data cable.

5. You must install the latest kies version so that you have required drivers for samsung i5801 / i5800

6. Backup your contacts , data and apps as the process will wipe everything from your internal memory.

7. Take a note of your Firmware version by typing *#1234# incase your need to revert back later.

8. You don’t need to root your device to get this working

9. IMP: HARD RESET YOUR PHONE . MAKE SURE U HAVE ALL YOUR DATA BACKED UP. THIS WILL MAKE SURE YOU DONT HAVE ANY ISSUES WHILE UPGRADE.

STEP 1

Download all the above files listed above .

Extract all the files in the separate folder , you will get the TAR files

STEP 2

Fire up ODIN Downloader.

SELECT Package, Auto Reboot and Protect Ops checkboxes.

Select the Ops file that we have already downloaded

Select the tar package that we have downloaded

NOW EXIT ODIN.

STEP 3.

Turn OFF the Galaxy 3 and Press the following buttons together

Home + Volume Down + Power

Step 4. (crucial step)

Connect your phone with data cable and wait for windows to install the drivers.

you will get prompt – “the device is ready to use” (if you tried this before and drivers are already installed you may not get the prompt)

open and click start in ODIN DOWNLOADER again (Double check if the settings are same as before) Your phone will now show up connected in Com Port. Also make sure all files required are selected

STEP 5 This the final step

Now Click start in the ODIN and wait for the flash. Do not interrupt the connection at this stage, As your phone is flashing.

After flashing your galaxy 3 i5801 / i500 is complete , your device will reboot.

Please note it may take some some time for the first time boot. Be patient and don’t Panic.

Please Click Thanks On My Post .I want to increase my thanks Meter.
[Galaxy 3 General] indiacha:
Thanks a lot shreyasharusia...just started doing it
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
I upgraded using kies and all of the data, contacts and apps are restored automatically. so, i think there is no need to back up.
[Galaxy 3 General] vijacdblz:
hey anyone rooted succesfully.......I tried superoneclick but i could'nt use titanium backup....:(
[Galaxy 3 General] ronhoover88:
Use super one click 1.7...
[Galaxy 3 General] shreyasharusia:
Hey How's the battery life of this rom(i5801DDJP2) . Is it better than the JPM.
[Galaxy 3 General] maverickgenius:
i have a doubt.

suppose i download the official firmware from samfirmware and flash with odin

and later i take it to a samsung service centre, can they find out i did NOT update with kies?
[Galaxy 3 General] jaskiratsingh:
No..They cant...That is how they flash :)

I had JPM on my phone and they couldnt figure which ROM I am using and flashed DDJP2
[Galaxy 3 General] rdass3646:
Thanks for your time out will surely help those who don't know how to

flash
[Galaxy 3 General] maverickgenius:
you took it to a service centre or flashed with kies?

cuz i saw around here that without official eclair kies did not detect the update for the phone
[Galaxy 3 General] jaskiratsingh:
With JPM, Kies wouldnt update to JP2.... So i took it to service center with JPM inside, asked them to flash JP2 and they did it....
[Galaxy 3 General] anuj.singh:
Kies flashing failed

I was trying to upgrade using kies and the flashing stuck mid way and my phone wont boot now. I tried multiple times to flash using the firmware emergency recovery built in kies but it gets stuck at the same point always (39%).

Any one faced this problem? I am downloading odin files and will try. Let me know if I shouldnt try with odin and rather take the phone to the service center.
[Galaxy 3 General] indiacha:
flashing with Idiot Kies is very problematic:mad: specially if you have win 7 on your pc....I just flashed with Odin...its the better way...

Thanks to all Friends who helped me :cool:
[Galaxy 3 General] 2happy2beu:
Any comparison JPM vs JP2?
[Galaxy 3 General] jordane1993:
And a quadrant benchmark!
[Galaxy 3 General] UtilisaXD:
Héhéhé

Thx

Very helpful post...

Cu (gotta explore froyo ;-)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beeroatsnp90x:
No offense but there are some weird looking themes in this thread. The old ass non-modern look of most of these themes is killing me. Those themes were made to be made in the 1990's when wolves were cool to have on posters. Here is one from the Vibrant forum that exemplifies more of a modern minimalistic look.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=964519
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watermoore:
Not to be rude either but I want to point out that you just insulted all of the themers in our forum and then immediately followed that up with a request. You maybe waiting a bit for your request to be fulfilled.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKaotica:
I agree that talkin smack isn't going to take u places, especially when the people you are requesting make this theme do it for free..

Additionally, that theme is not what I would call minimalist.. its orange, with some weird looking stringy aosp style lock screen.. if u want orange I would suggest u try the latest viperrom.. t_phllips did a great job with it and its not far from that theme..

If u want what I would call minimalist, flash the theme by maddoggin.. purchase adw launcher ex and use the 'minimalist' adw theme. The result is pure black and whites
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKaotica:
Oh.. and wolves are still cool to have on posters
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hussmanne:
Don't feed the troll!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKaotica:
Blame coors light..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysteryEmotionz:
Should I port this? Na **** it. I'll stay in the 90's
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf671:
Sounds good to me, but I'm from the 70'. And I own 3 wolf dogs so they are cool to me. Sorry you don't like our themes, your best change of getting this theme is do it yourself.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sryans2004:
Woah, theme has wayy 2 much orange in it anyways...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf671:
More like a 5th of Wild Turkey to make a request and then insult the people you want to spend 40 or more hours making your port request. And since you used "wolves" in your comment I take this directed more at me. So after you get over your MD 20-20 hangover I think you need to give the members in this section an apology. If not, I have a psychiatric hospital I can get you committed for 30 days or more, or determined if you are insane.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic4GEE:
Wow, no offense to the dev of that theme, but you have ****ty taste in themes and you want to dis and ask a favor at the same time? Not so bright are ya, eh?:confused:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKaotica:
I was referring to the previous post.. I was told not to feed the troll, and I probably wouldn't have if I wasn't drinkin brews haha but I couldn't help it with such a dumb request haha
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevinACrider:
I'm 50/50 with you on this. While most of the themes I've seen available for, not just the Epic, but most phones in general, are very dated and, simply put, ugly/tacky as hell, the one you suggested is not much better. It's a poor example of what really is modern, sheek and minimalistic.

The only difference is I have the skill set to create something for myself, and myself only. If you came here to bash the others, you should probably learn the skills required to satisfy your own needs. With your attitude, there is no motivation for anyone to do you any favors.

For a truly good example of modern and minimalistic, you should refer to Watermoore's screenshots in the screenshot thread.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirite:
Its true; that was a pretty inane way of starting a request, lol...

...not to say I disagree. It kinda comes with the territory dude. A lot of folks seem to like the super-cluttered 90's-style bulkt-metal-chrome-icons style of themes. But these are the same devs that give us awesomely functional ROMs. Different skillsets is all. You really should just do it yourself because I know a lot of people would be thankful if someone with better design tastes started porting themes over.

Except for the themes with wolves. Ladies LOVE wolves you guys.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf671:
I understand your statement above. For one I do not have a creative bone in my body. But I am willing to take whatever instruction from someone who can think with the left side of the brain. For a person who can only think from a logic stand point I wllling to listen to whatever input you may offer, just post your request and lets see what happens from there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
People like the op Piss me off. Don't come on here bashing these guys on here. Do it yourself man. These guys don't get paid to do this. Thank you themers for the awesome work you guys do.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysteryEmotionz:
I agree with you also. Nice shot at me tho ;). I work on cars for a living and I love the look of black and chrome. There's a bunch of ideas got themes I got in my vault but don't have the time between working on my only theme that Is public to helping other themers, working on mods, and working on a rom. I do all this in my spate time between 60 hour work weeks and 4 kids.

I didn't build my theme for you or anyone else on xda. I built it for my self and decided I would share. I'm sure this is why other themers made and released there themes to the public.

I have the ability to blow tort mind away. I just don't got the time. If you don't like the work that's available then move on. Sitting here and disrespecting the devs then asking for something to be done in your favor is just asinine.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowmanwithahat:
I agree with the OP 100% , it would be nice to get some more variety in the clean / modern styled themes.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirite:
LoL sorry guys I didn't mean to belittle your work either. If we had a bunch of beautiful themes in this forum we probably wouldn't have the brilliant roms that we do. And most of us totally get that this is just people sharing their personal stuff with the rest of the forum.

For the record, I'm a designer by trade, so this kind of stuff is always super-present on my mind. But - I can't wrap my head around the masses of code that some of you look at on a daily basis. I'm also an artsy pretentious asshole :D . I mean I will pass on an app in the market if it has a crappy icon, for christ's sake.

Anyway, people like me who are super picky still have options like the Gingerbread theme.

EDIT: This thread has inspired me to look into the theming process. I think I'll read up one the (awesome) tutorial thread this weekend. I've done a lot of skinning for other UIs in the past so it shouldn't take me too long to pick up. As soon as I can, I'll make a thread for requests and will attempt to prioritize what people want, as well as my own scrutiny of course. This is kind of the off-season for design work anyway so I need something to keep me busy :P
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowmanwithahat:
lol agreed.... The "stock" -like gingerbread one is by far my favorite just because it's so clean
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhyme187:
look im not here to burn no one or takin any sides but for what its worth i'd say port it just to have a bit more variety in colors on the epic and besides it would be a great way to prove the 90's are still cooler than ice at 0 below on pluto in gods giant freezer lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
Wtf too bad I'm at work and late on this. I flashed that orange theme in a fascinate and besides and froyo fascinate roms being to buggy to use and that god awful orange I think they ruined that phone. I'm not too pissed at the op statement because its onlya matter of opinion to start with and the requested theme just further exemplifies said op's taste. when I make themes I try for simplicity or complete over haul of the phone there is no middle ground w me. Giger theme isa perfect example, hardly any downloads, 20 total I think, but like mystery said, it was made for me the community using it is just a by product of shared taste. Long story short, I won't be porting this either. Maybe you'll luck out and reel in a fish or you'll take the initiative to port it yourself and have others complain on your hard work
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deano0714:
I've been working on porting a theme very similar to this... I need a little guidance though... what XML to edit to change the text of the menu to white... thanks in advance guys.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
If its the menu on the home screen google android theme system text and it still tell you I think its the line text view widget menu in styles.xml
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deano0714:
Thanks man ill try when I'm on the computor later and tell you how it goes.