yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] plwalsh88:
Haha yea that was the first time in his life he used a safety harness. And only because ABC forced him. But it was still nuts! Good for him.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Yea. And the Canadians actually asked for his passport and stamped it. They even asked him the purpose for his trip to Canada. Really purpose? He said to inspire people but I would have said what the hell do you think it is I just wanted to get across that damn water fall alive you idiot that's why I'm here....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] plwalsh88:
Haha yea that was cheesy. And I think it was more just an attempt at humor.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Yea I think so too. He said the grand canyon is next. It will be a mile walk. All the permits are signed and he will start training for that in a couple of weeks. This guy has a death wish. Even with wire connected behind him its still dangerous. Wires do break and harnesses fail but he lives tonight to try the grand canyon next....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
i want to base jump. thats on my bucket list.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Since you mention bucket list I have two things so far on mine...

1. Join the mile high club :D

2. Skydive naked from an airplane :D

I told you all I needed mental help lol...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] afwx:
Skydiving naked would be awesome. It would be more awesome if you ate a ton of laxatives before you jumped and your timing of rectal prolapse was 500ft agl, and you made sure that your LZ was over a crowded beach or something.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Well I figured after I joined the mile high club I would be so excited that I would put on a chute and bail out the plane...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Buying an ssd this weekend
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
Ssd is good, but people fail to realize they wear out faster than sata. Don't ask why, it is just how it is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
Anybody else got insomnia tonight?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tacotino:
Hey guys so I just wanna let you know I talk to the Samsung repp today and he was telling me the galaxy s 3 camera and the skyrocket camera is the exact same also he informed me some juicy information about the new features are coming galaxy s 3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Yes my problems and worries keep me awake yet again... was watching Spartacus on starz.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] skrambled:
Yeah, I read the lifespan of an ssd is only about 5 years. But this is plenty of time for my wife's laptop. She generally destroys every laptop she gets in about 2 years or so. I'll just have to make sure everything is backed up on dropbox and an external.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
I think your wife is defective. Wives aren't supposed to destroy stuff in that short of time are they? I mean it took MY wife four years to total a brand new corvette.

Warranty still active?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
Lol was it still brand new after four years?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
good point there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
I'm bored!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
you can do what I do when I'm bored
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
The wet carrot?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Yes its a great way to pass the time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
I might just do that. After some battlefield
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Why a carrot? Carrots and Bacon just don't go together... wait do you have a split personality? lol....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Crap. I'm in trouble then. My wife destroyed me years ago. Wish I had a warranty.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
wildcard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYtjpIwamos
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Awesome. Lol.

Btw- am ready to thrash r3dp0is0n2012. I see him again and I am dragging him under the troll bridge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
why?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Pisses me off when I spend my time answering a question only to find the same question reposted and answered in 2 other threads. Was TRYING to be nice.

Edit: see cm9 dev thread. He thinks it's FUNNY!

Edit: oops, I meant aokp dev thread. He posted so much I got confused :banghead:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
I lolled... Really hard...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
Wildcard *****es! YEEEEEEEHAAAAW!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
best show on television
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] plwalsh88:
Damnnnn I'm so glad you noticed that too. I was done with him weeks ago. Pretty sure he came from SkyICS, which explains a lot. But this morning he asked the same question, 4 minutes apart in both the TeamChopsticks CM9 thread and Bacon's CM9 thread. Pissin me off.

Edit: And I see that it was the question you answered about formatting.

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I effin love charlie.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
Ever wake up in a panic thinking you're late for school or work, only to realize that it's the weekend.... Ofc by that time you're fully awake and what a ****ty way to start the day.

In other news, there's nothing quite like a breakup voicemail. You'd think after 4 years, she would at least say it to your face.

Morning XDA :-\

Sent from my SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
You should leave her a breakup cake, with a layer of **** under the frosting. Worked for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
I had to move (temp for school) to west coast Canada, she's back home in east coast so that's not happening.

Sent from my SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
You are young and long distance rarely works.

Go play the field, I did and am better for it. My wife agrees :D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
Said the person who said that his wife destroyed him lol which is it man?!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
I'm not young and I'm not old either... Mid 20's suck

Sent from my SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Lol. Both :D

She destroyed me, but I know how to keep her happy. Practice helped :D

After being with anyone for 11 years, you'll feel the same way. There is good and bad and sometimes it gets ugly ;)

Edit: I LOVED my 20's and am mostly enjoying my late 30's

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] iandr0idos:
It took me two days...

I finally managed to bypass this school's filter... They blocked all international websites.

Now onto the Great Firewall...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
TOR?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
Kind of dead in here today?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
up for some battlefield?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Yeah pretty dead. Someone needs to get the ball rolling.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Lol. Or ball busting :D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Loool
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
I find it amusing that our friend is reading this thread instead of fixing his problem.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fortune090:
OBSERVE! Kinetic energy and inertia working at best! haha

EDIT: Embed fail...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=711bZ_pLusQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
About to go pick up a movie or to from red box. Gimme a few.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
I think the problem is that he bought a Mac
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Like I said... I was trying to be nice. 8 years, and doesn't try to help others, but keeps complaining about "this country club".

Maybe if he tried to be a MEMBER of this community and not just be a self serving....

I'm trying to be nice :D

Edit: I've helped more people in the last month than he has in that time.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
I've contributed more in 6 months than he has in all of his 8 years.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
I know. More than me too. We used to call them leeches back in the BBS days.

Edit: for the yung'uns: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] :
What about me you clowns
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fortune090:
Haha, I still use that term because of that...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
You know we haven't forgotten about you ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fortune090:
My goodness, I don't understand why we still use or even pay AT&T for U-Verse... This has seriously just been annoying as hell. Internet has been dropping seriously ON THE DOT every 10 minutes for a second or two. Yeah, it's not dropping for very long, but still, that single freaking second kills anything I'm trying to stream (Netflix) or download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
Comcast for the win *****es!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Cox is the best obviously
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fortune090:
Love you some Cox, huh? Sure they do you well.... :p hahaha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Lol.. we had the same thought at the same time. You just posted in the RIGHT PLACE. LOL

Edit: and yes you contribute like crazy, which is why we HAVE to correct fools.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Ladies love cox
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
I see what you did there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
I'm done being nice. If I get banned... **** it.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Yea I'm bored. Very bored. Thought about flashing a few different roms just to have something to do. But that requires concentration which is something I hadn't been able to do lately. So guess I better not or I'll be screwed something up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
Go try some food that you've never had. That's always a good solution to being bored.

Sent from my SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
Or you can watch The Raid Redemption. Its a great movie.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Or you could do what I do when I'm bored
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
I just don't think the wet carrot thing would keep me occupied very long lol...

And if I eat every time I got bored I would have to go buy all new clothes lol.. cause mine would all shrink and not fit anymore...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Holy wow batman, I think i got through to him!

Edit: still done being nice :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
No I mean jack it. What the hell is this wet carrot sh|t?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] iandr0idos:
Nope, proxy servers in China.

Also, Bacon, do you like the tags on this thread? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
I will find you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
That's where I got the wet carrot from lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
lol I know I was kidding when I asked where you got it from
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Can't believe this thread is up to 3472 posts. Oh well it give the noobs a lot to read cause they dang sure ain't gonna read nothing else
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
I'm going to start pretending I'm a wet carrot when I go to bed. Might help me sleep better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seshaz:
I once killed a man in a street fight with an apple in Tijuana.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
Oh yeah?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
I think he pretends to be a wet carrot while jacking it, lol.

On that note, where the hell is irish?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
Jacking it to pictures of rabbits with carrots in their mouth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
I once seen a fight in a bar parking lot where this one guy bit the other guys nose completely off. Look like some zombie movie sh?t really. I was thinking daaaaammmmnnn I would hate that guy... either one. One had no nose and the other a mouth full of bloody bugers. I think they both lost in that deal..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
I've never been to a bar :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] afwx:
They are alright but get old after a few years. They are good to go looking for easy slutty poon but after you dump tons of money in them, you go looking for easy poon at work or get married and have kids.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Nice. Must be the ones the Chinese use to get past government blocking.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Going to sleep, but thought you and nrm would find this entertaining.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1714547

Won't see him for another six months.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] iandr0idos:
Actually, I'm at a university here... and they block more than the Chinese government does. I have to route through a Chinese proxy server first to get past the first layer of filters. Then, I route through an American proxy server to get past the Great Firewall. :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
You hadn't really missed anything. Just a bunch of drunks the occasional fight....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
One guy attempted to punch me for talking to his girlfriend... Who was in fact my wife...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
By any chance do any of you guys listen to or heard of The Weeknd?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
Yeah I've heard of it. I run into it about once a week and enjoy it for a couple days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] afwx:
Ouch, how'd that end up?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
Haha. Funny.

http://m.youtube.com/#/user/xoxxxoooxo?client=mv-google&rdm=m5nf8kdz

That's who I'm talking about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
Well... He was drunk as ****, we were on vacation in Boston, and there simply was no way because he was thirty years older than her. She was as bewildered as I was lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
That's why I don't go to bars anymore. Every redneck here in Mississippi when they get drunk think their 10 foot tall and bullet proof. So to keep from showing them their not bullet proof me and my kimber crimson carry .45 acp just don't do the bar scene anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
Kimber is too rich for my blood. But the smooth action is well worth the penny you pay.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
MeH, glock 23 for me. I'm not going to start a gun fan war here because I only have it because I don't need it.

Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

It would get the job done for me just as ANY other well kept gun will. Regardless of model or make.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
It was a birthday present. Way to expensive for me to buy. Now I did buy my glock 9 mm and my Springfield armory AR15 but got both of those at a local gun show for a really good deal. I want a tony Montana M16 with grenade launcher next lol... that way I can say "say hello to my little friend"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
Fcuk you restless leg syndrome!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
I have Parkinson's. So its like restless leg syndrome times 100. I've rubbed holes in the sheets moving my legs so much at night... now they give me 3 narcotics including morphine so I when I do sleep not even a tornado could wake me up. Its just hard getting to sleep...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jerrygooch:
Well my gs3 should be in this week. Torn on whether I should flash stock on my skyrocket, leave cm9 on it, or put something super stable on it like sky ics... my sisters getting the skyrocket since I'm the only one who spends money on upgrades. Not sure how tech savy she will be with flashing and stuff. Oh btw happy fathers day to all the dads in the community! May your bellies be full of beer and good food.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
My grandmother had Parkinson's. It got to the point where she could barely speak, she could not walk, my mom and her sisters had to feed her, bath her, take care of her 24/7. I couldn't stand to see her like that, I remember this one time where she was chasing me around the yard and as I looked back, I ran into a tree. I miss my grandmother :( :'(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PortlandAmir:
BEER?! *BLEH*

I have never had a taste for beer, don't say I didn't try. I spent practically all my college years looking for a good beer. The only one I haven't tried yet is the geuiness. Kind of tempted.

But for me it's liquor. Whisky is my fav.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
I know that feel. My grandmother was in the hospital for 6 months. She died mothers day weekend. Must have been horrible for my dad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
Speaking of dad's. Make it a good fathers day. If you are a father, cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Honestly I hope im gone from this world before mine gets to that point. Its harder for me to work on computers now. When I try to do something with small parts I seem to shake worse. Getting harder to write to.. But I can still type and flash roms on my skyrocket:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fortune090:
Made a friend of mine start playing Amnesia on my computer... My goodness is this entertaining, hahahaha.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
If I were to wipe my butt, what tp should I use?

Can you hold my hand while I flash this rom?

How dare you expect me to search and read stuff?! Why are you guys such jerks?

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but here is a stupid question..

I'm sorry if this question has already been answered, but I only know how to write, can you teach me to read?

Edit: how do I use the link in your signature? Omfg!

Edit2: seriously, where did this flood come from?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] :
I'm about to go Biblical on this place its stupid I'm tired of everything and I have no power to do anything
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
It was nice to see the mods crack down on the throttling thread though. For once we weren't the "bad guys"

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] :
Yeah I reported it I'm sick of the bull I'm reporting everything again if I get told not to so be it but its stupid now I'm sick of it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Sounds like a plan :D

It's not even fun to troll these people. I STILL can't believe someone asked me how to use the search in my link.

For the life if me though, I can't figure out how to make people stop posting the same garbage over and over. Report them?

Btw- happy fathers day!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
I see whitehawkx has been stalking the ptsd aokp thread :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
I'm sick of all the others trying to gang up on us for trying correct some one else's mistakes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
One would think that in the heart of times square one would have LTE. But noooo. I get 3g. This radio sucks donkey balls
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
I don't think its a coincidence that the most helpful people around here are also the most reviled.

"Just give me the fish! I don't wanna learn. Waaaaah" lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
I pulled a hamstring. Now I can't play baseball :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
It appears the new strategy is working. I've followed your lead and this prbassplayer guy is taking care of us

Ahhh... one day I can troll for fun again.

Edit: I don't expect it to fix all of our woes, but sh!t is starting to get cleaned up.

Edit2: did I mention prbassplayer is freaking awesome?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
i find skyics so confusing to flash. i know its a great rom but its hard to keep up with it all :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
To be honest with you the confusion in that post is the reason why I haven't tried it. Even the instructions. If this you gotta do this if not do this but if your on this update you gotta flash this with this and this wipe that and that hold your mouth like this while you flash that all while praying to the android god... I like sean. He is one helluva dev but its all just to confusing even for those of us who are flashaholics. And especially with this brickbug everyone is talking about....geeez
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
I've tried it. Not my thing (prefer aosp type roms), but I've really had no problems flashing his roms. It all seems very clear to me but I've been following his work for quite some time.

He creates a base rom with incremental updates.

If you would like assistance, please let me know.

I've flashed pretty much every one in our threads and some from t989.

Also, the brick bug is pretty simple. If you are using an ics kernel, don't format stuff unless you are sure its been fixed in the kernel.

I usually don't format anyway. Just delete files.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
i think im going with Chimaira. but im not liking the icons. hopefully i can change them
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Where there is a will there is a way :D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IEatKittys!:
do you happen to know the way?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fortune090:
Mindmajick spoke my mind, lol. Pretty simple to flash at the start, and he usually says in the OP if he makes a new base. It's the rom I put on my cousin's new SR. Flashed the newest Odin, flashed the base, let it settle, flashed the fresh base, install update, all set. Just one more step, really. ;) Isn't entirely my thing either, but it's a whole lot more stable and technologically illiterate-friendly than CM9 is for him. I can handle it just fine, but he'd freak out the second something happened, lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
My way is to use adw ex launcher and use icon packs and/or themes. Pretty sure you can do it with Apex too, but not 100% sure.

Here is an example from my current setup on cm9.

Edit: also, I agree with the above. Much more stable and feature friendly than stock.

Edit2: double checked, you CAN do the exact same in apex.

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