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[Off-topic] DroidApprentice:
Hi Folks,

Going through a time in my life when I want to change directions. With all the brilliant folks on XDA who are honest and experienced and most importantly not going to get kickbacks from doling out good advice, I wanted to ask what you think is the best way to begin an IT career.

Some background about me: I am, for worse or better, in my late 30s which is well older than the average for this kind of thing I'm sure.

My jobs background is mostly in office admin but the emphasis has shifted more and more to the technological. That is I have found myself in the e-business world over the past decade almost exclusively, so I have been in the middle of working with other types of IT employee who are more like I want to become: the architects of apps and systems.

I'm very intelligent, a quick and open-minded learner. The strange thing is when I was young I programmed BASIC with great ability on Apple IIe's and Atari PCs, but "grew away" from that and now of course want it back.

I find myself with definite ideas of apps I want to develop and knowledge I want to absorb but need the know-how and a chance to prove myself. Particular strengths I think I have that others don't is a strong sense of design, better "people skills" than the average geek and maturity (a nice way of saying "I'm freaking old, dude," heheh).

Anyway, narrowing it down the career paths that sound good to me they include Computer Applications Software Engineering and/or Computer Systems Analyst. At least for now.

What I'm trying to avoid is the often scummy education industry from soaking up thousands or tens of thousands of dollars from me to learn what's mostly unnecessary. I've been through that once. While some certifications, degrees etc. are good and necessary I know I also know that nothing beats real-world experience.

So please, any ideas from the people who have lived it and been "in the trenches" about how to begin the path would be much appreciated. Maybe this thread could even be helpful for others who are going through the same process.
[Off-topic] sean is here.:
The way I see it, you have 2 major options.

1. Get a degree and learn to code

2. Learn to code on your own, and screw the degree

If you're more interested in the 2nd option. Check out this link. The prof is great, it's basically a Java class for beginners. But at AcademicEarth, you'll also find other more advanced courses. It really is a terrific resource.

http://www.academicearth.org/courses/programming-methodology

Best of luck!
[Off-topic] DroidApprentice:
Thanks! I know many people are self-taught and some of the best may even come from that background. I'll check out that resource and try to absorb as much as I can. It might help me clarify for myself what help I need.
[Off-topic] stephj:
Don't forget good old fashioned Mathematics.

If you think you left all that behind in High School, think again, and brushing some of the rust off it will never go amiss. In fact, stuffing as much of it into your brain as it will stand, is not such a bad thing.

Sometimes it lets you see a much better/faster way of doing something.

Books out of the library, or even articles on Wikipedia are a start, and gratis, and you can go at your own pace until it sinks in.

Good Luck!
[Off-topic] sean is here.:
Excellent point! Binary/Octal number systems. Matrix math. Boolean logic and decision trees...all built on basic concepts that too many have long forgotten.
[Off-topic] DroidApprentice:
I think of myself as a predominantly "right brained" person (and am a southpaw to boot) but math and me get along OK and in some ways better than we used to. Higher math is actually in some ways better than lower since I can tend to the abstract. Thanks again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ngkkv:
I already unchecked the tick for the sync of picasa photo albums but didn't for the first time i set up my google account. Now, the pictures can't be deleted! any ideas how to remove the photos now?

Mods, you delete this thread if neccessary. I found my solution here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1373372

But I only need to clear the data from my gallery, I didn't for G+
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilksk:
No Tether option in custom rom..

How can i access internet through mobile on my PC ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] domnic79:
Threr r apps dat can do ur thethering work.

Sent from Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 using Spacecaker's SGSII 2.3.5.

Dont jus say thanks, use d 'THANKS' button. [XDA RULE]
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ace_viknesh:
Search the Market or the forum under Themes and Apps.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ollie554:
hey all i have i litle problem with my flyer

last night i had the official honeycomb upgrade for my flyer but now...

the device will not react on the unlock/on/off button the only way to get the screen turned back up again is to put it on or off the addapter

is there a solution for this or do i have to bring it back to the store where i got it from

p.s the device is fully original not rooted or flash or anything!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mcord11758:
Honestly if the device is not rooted send it back. I would maybe try removing the top cover by the power button like you were going to remove the ad card. Check that the power button under the cover is not functioning.
[Motorola Atrix 2] tcf38012:
Hello

I formatted /system and rebooted and it was left on all night

and my battery died :(

I just need to charge it so i can flash it with the fast boot files

Any help is thanked for
[Motorola Atrix 2] Deliberate:
i did that. well i was on a low charge and thank god flashing the fxz worked. but i tried to charge it and it wouldnt register so idk. if theres a way
[Motorola Atrix 2] cogeary:
You can buy a charger for our battery off of somewhere like eBay, or you can just do the MacGyver method ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] cartoon02:
A friend of mine has broke the digitizer on his neo v, on ebay we found one digitizer but it says its for neo MT15, the neo v is MT11, but it looks exactly the same. Will this one fit and work with the neo v?

At official service of se at greece they didnt know to answer if it works with neo v.

Thanks in advange and sorry for my bad english. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] skyboyextreme:
i think it will work , neo and neo v are the same device with just a different camera sensor
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bimbobo:
It seems that we are lots of nations and continents in the forum and that is great! :)

But.. maybe we are using Primes that are not exactly the same in software and hardware..

I allow myself to open this thread for the Europeans.

Mine is bought at Amazon DE, I live in Denmark..

So far I have these issues:

..so far issues are:

1) WiFi signal is not good as other WiFi devices (not laptops).

2) BT and WiFi issues when both are used at the same time.

3) Flickering of displays primarely on YouTube and after ICS installation.

4) MicroSD Card slot... as mentionned in another thread in this forum.

Let's see how many devices sold in Euorpe has a common problem.

Regards
[Android General] Pickx:
Link

What a stupid idea. One of the things that piss me off the most in iOS is how wasteful it is when it comes to screen real estate, while on Android the unneeded buttons are kept off the screen until they are explicitly called by the user

Now Google is pushing a design paradigm that is essentially going backwards (not to mention ugly and inconsistent with current UI decisions)
[Android General] lowandbehold:
Wow, all it takes is a couple of dots to fire you up? I really don't see the big deal...
[Android General] Pickx:
Since you apparently don't feel like reading, here's a screenshot:

notice how the ActionBar takes a silly amount of space for something that could have been added to the virtual buttons at the bottom?
[Android General] mistermentality:
To be fair I agree with op. I like having the menu button because it saves wasting some of the screen with a bar.

Some android devices are small and that bit of screen could make a three inch display more like two and a half.

Its not the dots the op is on about but the fact that you have to have that menu, whereas at moment you can have full screen app and choose to show a menu by pressing a button which frees up screen space whereas if you have a fixed menu on screen all the time then apps have less space to work with on screen.

Dave
[Android General] gerryjoson:
Agreed, this is a bad idea, if I wanted a space wasting OS I would have migrated to microsofts new mobile platform.

Google are shockers at implementing unpopular changes, just have to look at YouTube over the years to see that, ICS has some pretty dumb features in it already, like the forever moving onscreen menu button, this proposal takes stupid one step further
[Android General] red12355:
Google should just give the option of using either. It's less consistent, but then both camps are happy.
[Android General] densetsu86:
Im sorry but that screen shot was (or at least looks like it was) takin from the galaxy nexus which was given more screen realestate for those keys. Their pure touch screen not capatative (could never spell that right) samsungy is pushing that. Cause if thats being added to every phone then that is retarded and a waste. That screen shot looks exactly like the nexus' or mayne the future of samsungs high end phones.
[Android General] lunchmoney:
Agree with OP.

We don't need to see all the buttons. Keep'em under the hood.

Space is precious!
[Android General] hungry81:
Who the hell has brainfarts like this? the menu button is useful as it is. Why change it unnecissarily? What are the advantages of this? More to the point who auythorises crap like this. It amazes me the amount of morons who work together and who have the ability to approve other peoples craptastic ideas.
[Android General] Award Tour:
The problem with the menu button is that:

1- no context. All options are lumped together and have no organization.

2 - mystery meat. you have no idea that there is a menu and a lot of the the time there isn't. Conditions users to be confused.

The action bar gives context (icons) and organization (desperate groups of menus), as well as let's the user know that there are options available.
[Android General] mistermentality:
Options aren't lumped together. For instance if pressing the menu button in tapatalk options come up in seperate clearly defined squares and are straightforward and logical, same in other apps like go launcher.

Yes you don't know if a menu exists, I agree, but surely a solution would be have maybe just a small symbol on screen to make user aware although I never find it a concern.

The problem with the action bar is that it wastes valuable screen real estate. I'm assuming it can be disabled for full screen apps like video players though. Or is it always on?

Dave
[Android General] xstokerx:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/?hl=en

the link to the developers blog has more info on this
[Android General] mistermentality:
Interesting. Its good that you can have apps not using it but I still think a menu that can pop up but be hidden when not needed, via a button, is better and saves screen space.

Dave
[Android General] xstokerx:
i agree with you
[Android General] Award Tour:
Re: icons within menu pop up. Exactly, their lumped together. Requires an extra touch where as a action bar would simplify it to one and have instant visual context.

Re: on screen symbol... that's what the action bar is but you can actually press it for the menu.
[Android General] mistermentality:
I see your point but they could have say just three dots at bottom showing a menu is available rather than a big bar which eats screen space that on smaller screens could be invaluable.

Dave
[Android General] Awestrike:
Having the three dots as a small icon overlaid somewhere would be good, too.
[Android General] zelendel:
No need to get all uptight about it. While Google may ask. Many OEM are not ready to give up the buttons yet. Even the new HTC still have the buttons. I don't like the idea myself as it just plain ugly but hey not my choice.
[Android General] Dirk:
Personally i prefer the old capacitive buttons over the hideous rubbish that is ICS.
[Android General] Archer:
As soon as 1 device comes out with no menu button on it then this will be required. The best solution I can see is to give developers a way to tell if there is a menu button or not on the phone. That way the software can decide whether you need one on screen or not.
[Android General] zelendel:
If I read the info right the option is there so it can be compatible with older handsets. Ill have to look over the info again to be sure.
[Android General] Archer:
It may be me skim-reading it and misunderstanding. I assumed it was something moving forward and that google were aiming for the 1 or 0 buttons on the face of the device, which seems to be "the rage" at the minute.
[Android General] Dirk:
God bless HTC:

http://androidcommunity.com/htc-sense-4-0-details-emerge-before-mobile-world-congress-20120127/

"..PocketNow reports that HTC plans for all of its devices to use capacitive physical buttons, not on-screen buttons as was assumed to be standard for Ice Cream Sandwich phones."

Fantastic!
[Android General] Archer:
Grrrr.... edit ended up a double post.
[Android General] Archer:
That's good to know. I'm a big HTC fan and was only swayed to Samsung because the S2 was clearly such a good phone (hardware-wise). I'm hoping to go back to HTC after this brief fling though. Nothing wrong with the S2, but I do miss HTC.

I just miss my HD2
[Android General] KayxGee1:
I prefer the physical buttons. They removed the physical buttons to add more space for the screen, but if you add more space for the screen and add on-screen buttons, it doesn't make a difference.
[Android General] vapotrini:
That's where you're wrong. Those buttons disappear and that real estate is used while viewing movies, etc. Thus making your screen even bigger while viewing certain media.

By the way, for all of you hating on the on-screen buttons. Have you guys ever used it for an extended period of time? It's really not bad at all. Sure you lose the tactical feel of having an actual button but there are many pros to having on-screen buttons. They can be manipulated in so many ways. IE: Removed, changed, themed, and more can be added.
[Android General] xclusive585:
Considering most phones "physical" buttons use touch capacitive areas under the screen, and are flush with the screen, and feel and act just like a touch screen, whats the big deal if these become part of the actual screen. I only see this as adding flexibility. and maybe even a little bit of screen size. :-)
[Android General] Dirk:
The on-screen buttons are poorly implemented. Why not simply have the four that we are already accustomed to instead of removing the search button and having dots appearing in random places? It's utter stupidity.

Capacitive buttons are far superior as things stand and i'm glad to hear HTC agree.
[Android General] Jesushaxyou:
This is the kind of **** that pisses me off. "Lets create an OS that is fully customizable and make so it that each OEM can design it in a such a way that pleases them or their customers."

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"YOU BETTER START UNIFORMING YOUR OS GUYS"

-_- Thanks.
[Android General] :
"Lets create an OS that is fully customizable and make so it that each OEM can design it in a such a way that pleases them or their customers."

wasn't that a joke? ;)
[Android General] Archer:
No. You can still make an Android app look exactly how you want it to look. Most developers, obviously, will want their apps to fit in with the rest of the OS for both an aesthetic and practical point of view, but they don't have to. It's totally up to the developers.
[Android General] d3w4m4l4m:
Agreed, this is a bad idea, if I wanted a space wasting OS I would have migrated to microsofts new mobile platform.

Google are shockers at implementing unpopular changes, just have to look at YouTube over the years to see that, ICS has some pretty dumb features in it already, like the forever moving onscreen menu button, this proposal takes stupid one step further
[Android General] WiseManWhite:
I don't like this at all either. Not only does it take up screen real estate, but from a user's point of view the menu button makes the phone much easier to use one handed. I'm running ICS and I have to readjust the way I'm holding the phone just to get to the action bar. It's probably even worse for people with larger screens.

Also, how would one immediately get to the "system settings" from the home screen? On ICS it's done by pressing the settings icon in the notification bar, but it's not easily noticeable. I just hope that Google things about the complete user experience before fully implementing this idea.
[Android General] 2020legig:
really bad idea keep the menu button :)
[Android General] ddoublee:
I use an SGS2 and I use BLN because the menu/back buttons double up as an LED signal telling me that I have a message or a missed call because the SGS2 doesn't have any sort of indication LED for that.

So I'd miss it big time once I update to ICS. Sorry IF I do.
[Android General] ediesel18:
Quit crying.

Its nothing a custom rom cant add back............
[Android General] 7amdii:
well, i dont want IOS to lawsuit google when they remove the physical button and to have a similar OS just like apple !

coz apple has no buttons i think, except the ugly home button ?
[Android General] colapro:
The physical menu button is actually one of the reasons I like Android. Having the ability to customize apps is good to a certain extent. But I feel like this is a bad change.
[Android General] tha_inti:
In my opinion, it is not a good idea removing the menu button. It's very important for me.
[Android General] plunderclat:
Well kudos for your optimism buddy, but anything that unnecessarily steals 8mm of my screen could never carry any 'pro's' with me. Which makes the rather confrontational attitude of yours questionable. I really don't see why we would need it... I had four galaxy nexus's and although it's build was really nice "dare I say this :/" the rest of it was utter trash, including the damn pentile display and that intrusive menu key I never used/liked . I think the menu key idea was a **** idea, and google have probs realized this now. It's cool that you like it, but I hate it, and there's nothing wrong with that either.

They need to perhaps implement a gesture of some sort, or EVEN a small circular button.
[Android General] MikeyMike01:
The menu button is a convoluted place for a lazy developer to hide all sorts of whatever with no rhyme or reason.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[Android General] Rydah:
Think it should work with both. If you have both... Like in new spotify app, has both functions...

Sent From My Half Dead HTC Evo 3D, On The Now Network From Virgin Mobile?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themightydeity:
I tried to install this version on cm9:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399035

but I am getting bootloop now.

I wiped everything before i installed it.

Here is the logcat, i couldn't reply it in development section :D

http://pastebin.com/YTyxf0r3

Can any one help here?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srtzlyn:
I've had the same symptoms when I first installed this rom.

Try another wipe and a reboot (to system, not recovery) between installing the rom and gapps.
[Acer Iconia A500] dizzy33:
Hello all,

I am about to buy an A500, but I do worry a lot about its smoothness.

All I could see, using upto 3.2 honeycomb, was not smooth enough for me.

So I checked Youtube to search for demos of A500 running ICS, and still, it was not smooth enough for me. But on one video I could see that "Force GPU rendering" was not enabled in the parametters of ICS.

So can someone please answer this question : do current ICS custom roms support GPU rendering or not ?

If the answer is "no", then it would explain why what I saw on youtube (A500 running ICS) wasn't smooth enough for me ...

Thanks !
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] rush25:
Guys as requested by many i am sharing the real ics and cm9 wallpaers which are also present in my rom ;)

​

Press Thanks if I have helped You!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] tyraelasd:
Thank you dude. These wallpapers rock
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] mert_1047:
I've been searcing bro thanks. But these are low quality than originals, isn't it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] rush25:
U R Welcome Guys!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ssDen_lol:
ICS wallpapers good
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] mert_1047:
Can you find original quality walls?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] scoffyburito:
Umm these aren't ICS wallpapers they come with all the stock android launchers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
Hi i have upgraded my phone from a 2.3.5 to a 4.0.3 on androidadvices.com and since i have had no signal when i used to have 3 bars in my place, i have to put a safety pin in the back of the phone to get any signal at all, i have tried factory reset, leaving the battery out , and today i have installed original 2.3.6 rom but i still have the same problem it's the same when i put in an other sim but my sim in an other phone is perfect can someone please help me !!!! and i have gone to a turkbey rom v32 today still not solved my signal issue
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesushaxyou:
Can you flash a new radio on your phone? If you find a good one that's compatible with your phone you should be good.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andwise:
Jesushaxyou is right.

You need to flash a proper radio image.

check if your original rom you have recovered to has a file 'radio.img' in it.

If it does not then you need to find your original radio.

If you give me your phone specs I could help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
thank you

thank you for replying to my message where do i flash a new radio and how lol, the specifications for my phone are :

ANDROID VERSION : androidhouse 2.3.6

Badeband version : I9100XXLP6

Kernel Version : 2.6.35.14-siyah-v2.6.11+gm@ubuntu#282

Build number: GINGerBREAD.XILA2

Rom version: TURkbey Rom gingerbreadV32

Theme version designed by turkbey
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrlow:
Grab a supported baseband. It will b a zip. Boot into cwm. Wipe dalvik cache. Find baseband zip and flash

Sent From My steak using A1 steak sauce app (Sensation)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
I have tried about 5 different official Rom's I'm now on 2.3.6 rom flashed it on Odin without the PIT file and not selected RE PArtition ii've still not got any signal I'm really going to cry loool, like i've said before i don't believe its the phone it self because when i use a safety pin in the external antenna hole everything works
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesushaxyou:
Because you're flashing ROMs. You need to flash a radio. What phone are you using?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrlow:
They should be built into the rom.

Sent From My steak using A1 steak sauce app (Sensation)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesushaxyou:
Oh yea. Whoops lol. Kinda zombified today.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
I'm using a samsung galaxy s2 do you have a radio for me lol i can't find any anywhere 'ill be waiting for your reply i've gone back to TurkbeyRomV32 at the moment
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
any thing else?

i'm still having the signal issues i took it to a private phone shop and i asked them to change the antenna went back and they told me we havent changed it because there isnt any thing wrong with it, but when i put a pin in the back of my phone in the antenna whole and everything works perfect / :-(:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupremeRadicals:
Here's a few radios for your Samsung Galaxy S2 :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20159562#post20159562

Download the first link there "Original Shipped AT&T Skyrocket Radio I727ATTKJ2 and RIL" then flash like you would flash any other zip, wipe your cache and dalvik and flash it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
will let u know thnx mate