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[Android General] Dabbleh:
I had always been interested in tweaking the look/feel of my phones and devices before Android had even surfaced. I remember spending hours in Photoshop working on Sony Ericsson K800i skins, but obviously this was just the tip of the iceberg for me and at this point I was probably around 13. Then I acquired an iPod Touch, I had heard about people 'jailbreaking' their iOS devices, so I tried it out for myself, it was very easy to do and the end result was very disappointing. After this I spent a lot of time becoming more familiar with the insides of my computer, I loved building computers and I still do. So as I became more and more tech savvy through the years, I acquired a HTC Desire S, which at the time was just a replacement phone, I hadn't really delved into the Android world yet but I just knew I hated Apple and RIM. So after owning the Android for a while, running Gingerbread, I was getting very restless, I hate being left behind and I saw all these new phones and ICS being released. So I looked into what I could do about it, I saw that HTC were on the move to doing something about updating my phone to ICS but it looked like it would take a very long time. Although, I still left it for a while, hoping that I'd check it some day and find that ICS was just a download away... and then Jellybean was released. That was the final straw, I was fed up of waiting for HTC, I delved into starting on getting my phone S-OFF and rooted. My HBOOT was an unsupported version, that didn't put me off, I strived on and asked for help in the #Cyanogenmod IRC channel. Some beautiful human being decided he'd help this one little nooblet out and held my hand through getting CWM recovery on there. So I ran with Cyanogenmod for a while, unfortunately still Gingerbread but I didn't want to run with anything unstable, until I saw this forum anyway. Blindndumb was offering JB with minimum bugs! Awesome, wiped 'n' flashed, didn't regret it. Jellybean runs epic on my Desire S now, I am so glad I am not stuck with Gingerbread.
[Android General] sullytrny:
I think too

- RAZR MAXX - XT912 - 1325MHz - SimplexROM 1.3 - LinuxInstaller - SafeStrap 2.11 - Ubuntu 10.04 -
[Android General] itsalexaye90:
The OG Droid.
[Android General] AutomaticFailure27:
OMG

Samsung Moment.... Oh, the Moment...
[Android General] tidal25w:
The HTC Inspire 4G on AT&T
[Android General] silverton:
T-mobile G1!! That phone was awesome.
[Android General] Leandre20:
Well for me what introduced me into the android scene is the samsung galaxy precedent, from straight talk.

I mean its not the best phone in the world but when trying to get something to start out with the yeah the precedent wasn't to bad.

But honestly i still wouldn't recommend the precedent to ANYONE!!!!! the only reason i stuck with it so long was because of the guys at Android area 51, with all of the hard work they have done for the phone it helped me stick with the phone.
[Android General] jacklebott:
The Motorola Backflip is my first cell phone, Android or otherwise. Super laggy 528MHz ARM A11 CPU, and a faulty battery case that makes it reboot when typing. Luckily it got support from CyanogenMod, and it's still my phone today :P
[Android General] blackplague1347:
Droid X. I didn't know what "flashing" a "ROM" meant, but damned if I didn't have that thing rooted and tethering :P
[Android General] Mattix724:
Kyocera Zio M6000 from cricket was my first Android. I've seen every version since 1.6 Donut.

That phone was cool for my first Android but it only got updated to 2.2.1 Froyo, now I have my Sprint Galaxy S II and I've seen 2.3.6 Gingerbread and 2.3.7, 4.0.3 ICS and 4.0.4, now 4.1.1 JB.
[Android General] uzeroni:
Funny how the device that brought me here isn't even an Android device XD

But this is how it went...

I (still) own a Nokia N9. I used to think of Android as a virus-ridden, lagfest galore before.

Then all of a sudden the NITDroid project came up, so I installed Android 4.0.4 (which at that time, the Galaxy Nexus only had it aside from the N9 :D)

It was there I created my Gmail account (which I never knew which is SO useful right now) and first divulged into Android.

For a first release (alpha 1), it was laggy, but not as laggy as I imagined. I loved the vanilla interface with the Holo design.

A few months later, a stable build came out (alpha 4), and boy, did I love ICS with the speed. This also was my test device as I could just boot into MeeGo and unzip the mods there without adding permissions (guinea pig OS XD)

Then came my first pure Android device, a Galaxy Y under a plan (Sun Cellular). I was shocked, I never expected a low-end device to be as smooth as a mid-end device. But it was a bit annoying, the screen resolution and all.

Then on my birthday, I jumped for a Galaxy Note. It's the one device I love, and I hesitated for a while to root it (I didn't know how rooting would affect the phone before) until I saw how cool the SIII launcher and I bit the bullet. As of now, it's on the SpeedMod k3-13 and on a stock ROM. I did install a custom ROM on the Galaxy Y, but the experience was unpleasant (I want to install CM10 but i'm holding out, since I got to test a Galaxy Note II in a store (Touchwiz'ed Jellybean was SMOOTH) thinking I might brick it. Unless someone can reassure me)

Well, there goes my whacked-up story XD
[Android General] Scoutamis:
Mine was the Galaxy S II T989 :D
[Android General] kudorum:
Huawei U8650 :cool:.
[Android General] aldk:
SGW

my galaxy W/ GT-I1850

a decent phone,for me...
[Android General] CrashBX:
Xperia X1 with sensedroid was my first android :D
[Android General] daruu92:
Samsung Galaxy S i9000 with Ecclair :)
[Android General] nikeradsn:
Huawei ideos x5 U8800 and I'm still using it :D
[Android General] Nbsss:
First and current is my beloved 2yo..... my HTC desire now running jellybean
[Android General] MSprecher:
My first Andoid phone was a chinamobile: TOPS HD7 Pro (MTK processor)
[Android General] AndroidHoneyComb:
Droid

I got introduced when my friend had a droid... and then he lost it..... and went to apple. ehh
[Android General] texascfdad:
Droid Eris running 1.6 donut the first month it came out. My step dad got the og droid. It had a slightly smaller CPU, but with HTC sense, I could use multi touch and flash lite before the eclair update. Great little phone at the time. I miss the track ball. From there it was the incredible, then dinc 2, and now my rezound. I love sense, but I've never had much experience running vanilla.
[Android General] Akoolive:
Droid > droid 2 > HTC thunderbolt > galaxy nexus!
[Android General] gagdude:
The Motorola Cliq, which came with the first iteration of MotoBlur which was considered the worst skin a manufacturer could put on a phone.

"MotoBlur" still has a bad name, so much that the new, more matured phones Motorola have been putting out since the Droid 2 and Droid X, have "MotoBlur" but Motorola refuses to call it that.
[Android General] Optimusman:
old school

i started with a sidekick from tmobile and hated it lol, so back in late 2009 i started searching into android and realized i had 3 choices. The HTC my touch, the Motorola cliq, and the samsung behold 2! I chose the Behold 2!!! And actually loved the hardware, the Amoled screen, 3.5 mm. headset jack, nice 5 mp. camera with flash, brushed metal body, it rocked except for the software, it ran TW 1.5 and was slow and buggy, but was the start of samsungs android experience, they learned to produce both good hardware and sotware when there galaxy series phone premiered!
[Android General] ChongoDroid:
Motorola Milestone and the 3g bands didn't even match my provider :/

Still miss it

Sent from my Nocturnal Evita
[Android General] gagdude:
You mean galaxy S series

Search "samsung galaxy" there's an android phone called that which was just as bad as your behold 2
[Android General] vittalnrv:
HTC Legend, was way beyond expectations coming from symbians. Simply had to love the sense widgets and smooth ui.
[Android General] sullytrny:
Dink2 thunderbolt razr Maxx

- RAZR MAXX - XT912 - 1325MHz - SimplexROM 1.3 - LinuxInstaller - SafeStrap 2.11 - Ubuntu 10.04 -
[Android General] odean14:
HTC HD 2 and the HTC evo g
[Android General] vansmack:
HTC Hero -> EPIC 4G -> Nexus S

Looking forward to whatever the next Nexus phone is.
[Android General] khoikn:
Oddly enough, my first-owned Android device wasn't even supposed to be an Android device.

My HP Touchpad was my introduction to the Android platform.

Bought it from CL and the next day I already had CM9 running on it.

Exceeded my expectations in terms of media consumption and overall user-experience.

Coming from an iPod Touch, the TP really sealed the deal that I would be choosing an Android Smartphone over an iPhone.
[Android General] nitsua98:
The G1!

Sent from viperDIX B2
[Android General] senatormimi:
Samsung GS1,and i still use it to this date (running 4.1) as my personal device.
[Android General] Hatshipuh:
Samsung Galaxy Ace - > Galaxy Nexus

Ace was okay for a starter, but lacking way too much power for my needs.

Tap-a-talked from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android General] dfreake:
galaxy ace:) good dev support but not enough then to Lg optimus 4x hd :D big upgrade for me
[Android General] betoishly:
For me it was the Samsung Moment. I didn't know anything about how computers worked or what Android was. Anyway. I was fed up with the performance of the device and decided to look for a way to fix that. I came across sdx-developers and found out about "rooting". It was awesome. Customizing every bit of my phone and setting it up just the way I liked it. After that I bought a Nexus S 4G and decided to mess around with developing. Once again...it blew my mind. Sadly I left the device to my sister as I craved more power. I recently purchased The S3. I too will never look back and will stick with Android until I die. :D
[Android General] deliciousqt:
HTC MAGIC started it all for me ... good times

then i went apple for 2 years

and android, knowing i would be back, welcomed me back with open arms 2 weeks ago when i got my s3 lol
[Android General] premsrj:
The HTC Desire S.. May not have been a flagship, but solid build.. Superb phone.. Now running CM10... thanks to NK111..
[Android General] overgrownnails:
Sony xperia x8 :)
[Android General] kvantum:
My work gave me Sony Xperia X10 to replace my blackberry. It was a crappy phone, especially slow after upgrade from 1.6 to 2.3, but I was hooked on android. Ended up converting my entire family.
[Android General] Ganesh A:
My first and my current device is my galaxy S3. My sister bought a galaxy y with android which led to buy a S3.

S3 is just amazing...
[Android General] kenny513:
My first android phone was the motorola droid i loved it i showed it off to all my iPhone touting friends

Android Phone Tree

Motorola droid->motorola xt720->motorola charm->lg mytouch q-> dell streak 7-> sidekick 4g-> samsung galaxy note (current)
[Android General] emyaz:
galaxy gio :)

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Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol :D

Sorry for my bad englisch :)
[Android General] IAmRC1:
It's explorer

Sent using xda premium
[Android General] iucidium:
G1.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android General] Adi Shakthi:
I still remember ...my zat....days....

Proudly it is HTC Elfn....an windows6.1......with 2xxhz CPU & omap processer..

Still androild was not released in India

Due to interest in themes of 6.1 I found xda ...

Lateron people started discussing abt Android in elfin thread.

Some one ported Android to elfin partially I managed to get link and a copy of Android from sourceforge.net....it was around 70..to 80MB. The extension is cab

Finally I did it and booted Android...it was an build with out cam....sound eTC...

But unfortunately I lost my elfin in bus & any how after that I managed to buy 1St Android of India by Samsung Galaxy.....

Elfin introduced me to this beautiful world of developers....now visiting this forum is my hobby ....I spend lot of time here ..

Minimum 2 to 4hrs in night after every one sleeps in house....
[Android General] alkesh95:
My samsung galaxy y brought me here..

Globally recognised and certified NOOB
[Android General] - Swift -:
XPERIA X8, Christmas 2010.
[Android General] Luigi_2:
Samsung galaxy s2 i-9100, birthday gift, nexus now.
[Android General] Karim Kahale:
Htc touch pro2
[Android General] versd:
htc magic

htc nexus one

motorola atrix

samsung galaxy nexus
[Android General] Un4got10:
It's ZTE Blade (Orange San Francisco)
[Android General] Oldfield87:
HTC Dream, followed very closely by the Magic.

Basically, I bought the Dream over the Magic because I liked the physical keyboard. I then realized that it was far too outdated, plus stock wasn't very visually appealing back in the day. So I used my lemon policy to swap it for the Magic, because at the time I liked Sense UI over stock. Plus, it was a better phone; thus began my life with a touch screen.
[Android General] :
Mine was the HTC Hero (GSM).

I loved that phone. I remember people asking what phone i had and when i said HTC they stared blankly back at me. They also loved the chin on it.

I remember saying it could do anything i wanted, and to be fair it did. I will never forget you little fella.

I upgraded to the Nexus S which will soon be replaced (hopefully by a nice new Nexus).
[Android General] Kamatari+:
HTC Dream (G1). Brought it two years after it came out. Got it used.

-Excuse any spelling or grammatical error. Typing from my phone.
[Android General] StrizzMatik:
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G. Great little phone, stuck with Android and have not looked back.
[Android General] AlexWekell:
You guys have been so spoiled...

My first was the LG Ally
[Android General] grassyloki:
The ghetto side of android

huawei ascend from metro pcs

Just upgraded about 6 months ago

Sent from my SGH-T989 on Jelly Bean goodness!
[Android General] Alexmessy:
My beloved Xperia Mini Pro :D
[Android General] soulbkd:
My first android phone was Samsung Galaxy Spica GT-5700.

It was a good phone
[Android General] StephenMilone:
Sprint HTC Hero - day of release.
[Android General] serio22:
The first moto cliq.. I loved the led notification on that thing, and the keyboard too :)
[Android General] Midnitte:
The god awful motorola backflip, thanks att.

sent from LG optimus s (republic wireless) on tapatalk
[Android General] gotzaDroid:
I'm new to android from being an iphone nut swinger for 5 years. So it's my current phone, HTC Vivid. Next one will be whatever new nexus that comes out with LTE. Never realized what I was missing!
[Android General] Jazz Like That:
Samsung Galaxy Ace!!!
[Android General] Senzanamico:
The evergreen Samsung GT-I9000

Inviato dal mio GT-I9000 con Tapatalk 2
[Android General] selfinflicted1:
HTC G"MF"1 Dream
[Android General] Lazy Rich:
Galaxy S, June 2010 :)
[Android General] eenhadji:
Samsung Galaxy Spica
[Android General] echoen99:
Galaxy spica, great dev in samdroid.net

But now im with sgs3 which is just wonderful
[Android General] thomasnguyen:
Samsung galaxy s! :)
[Android General] Ben101:
Samsung galaxy s
[Android General] GenesisNemesis:
T-Mobile G1. Loved the slide out keyboard and the fact that the screen still worked in direct sunlight. It has been android ever since, though I prefer Samsung devices to HTC or any other I have owned.

The battery however was a joke.
[Android General] Edo 91:
My beloved lg p500 :)
[Android General] depee:
HTC Desire --> HTC Sensation --> Galaxy Nexus.
[Android General] Fire n mage:
Samsung moment, u.s. 2nd Android keyboard phone.
[Android General] Hedzx:
Samsung Galaxy GT-I5510.

Start using due to text easy keyboard message , end up by loving android world... now with CM7 installed on this cheap device, I even like it more and more.

Must try cm on my g tab .
[Android General] Vigi1296:
My Samsung galaxy 551 introduced me to the android world :)
[Android General] EnMoSya:
The one and only HTC Incredible S brought me into android world.. Been using it since :cool:
[Android General] dadoc04:
HTC Evo 4g... got it the first day it released and was too excited... GREAT PHONE
[Android General] -Anderson-:
Galaxy ace

Sent from my GALAXY ACEi on Stock odexed..The Best
[Android General] taz1458:
OG Motorola Droid. Got it on launch day.
[Android General] Adauth:
The og moto droid.
[Android General] technoglitz87:
Htc Leo:hd2 legendary phone.
[Android General] countryashell:
Droid 2

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Belly 9.1
[Android General] kneecaps2k:
HTC Desire

HTC Desire was my first Android and my first smartphone really. I'm not sure a Blackberry counts as a smartphone? :D
[Android General] sushdroid:
Samsung Galaxy 551 GT-I5510! Still hanging on!
[Android General] -CMX:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro, didn't know anything about phones except that I wanted a one with "Google software" and the X10MP was cute.
[Android General] thapap55:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
[Android General] Ali Amjad:
HTC Desire and loving every bit of it! :D
[Android General] kevinyohh:
My first Android device was the Samsung Galaxy 3 (Apollo). I had to decide between a Blackberry or something else because in 2011 there was not a good variety of Android phones to choose. When I saw it I felt in love and bought it. I updated it from Eclair to Froyo and two months later I dared to root and try some custom ROMs (surprisingly, there was a lot of ROMs to choose for it)... In November 2011 I sold it and bought this freaking bootloader-locked Motorola Electrify, and I regret to buy it because I cannot do more than rooting it. I'm saving money to give this **** away and buy a Samsung Galaxy S3 or a Galaxy Nexus, depending on the money I can save and my patience :P

Enviado desde mi Motorola Electrify usando Tapatalk 2
[Android General] MrJai:
Samsung Captivate and the rest is history. Now rocking my Note but thinking of switching to a Nexus...Getting sick and tired of waiting for official updates.
[Android General] SKyRocKeting727:
Galaxy S2 from iPhone 4. Best decision ever made.

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

NOTE user:

"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".

Woman:

:O
[Android General] carhigh:
Hd2 and it was fun
[Android General] mariojp:
MyTouch 3G
[Android General] netnerd:
yeah. me too! htc hd2 windows mobile 6.5!

they ported android to windows mobile 6.5 phone.

the thing that makes me switch from windows mobile to android is notification bar which alert me of realtime push emails and live wallpaper!
[Android General] Vicious Von:
From the Motorola V400 flip phone to the Motorola windows mobile and after that the blackberry torch which I kinda liked but then it happened... Motorola Atrix in which I feel partial about because it was so unappreciated and now the mighty Note. I can't get over the screen size this enough for me. In order for me to switch phones now there has to be a significant difference spec-wise and I dont see that happening really soon.
[Android General] diamantericos:
My cuz had the very first G1 but was too slow and boring for me I was a die hard iPhone fan. Till one day I broke free and got the HTC EVO 4g never

Looked back since .
[Android General] marcbsmoove:
Was a Nokia fan for life until I got an HTC Inspire 4g and now my g note. Rules.

Sent from my G-Nizzle 4 Shizzle
[Android General] :
HTC Touch Pro. It ran windows mobile, but could boot Android build via scard. That phone was awesome. And once I used Android I knew I needed the real deal.

First real Android phone was HTC Aria, which was also a great phone. Still have it in great working condition. Out came out when one of the iPhones did and seemed to be completely eclipsed.
[Android General] yermommy:
The G1. I was in 7th or 8th grade and I set it up for my dad's boss. Haha I loved that and didn't want to give it back the next day.
[Android General] TFDRA:
The mighty galaxy s :D
[Android General] sholsten:
For me; it was a Motorola Atrix 4G. I upgraded it a few weeks later to an Atrix 2. Last week I found my baby the SGH i717. :cool:
[Android General] the1stSecond:
The Droid series. My fiance's sisters all got Droids for XMAS and I had my iPhone at the time. I thought nothing could be better than an iPhone. Then the teenage girls started showing me all of the different apps, customization's and so forth. I was green with envy. So, as soon as I was due for an upgrade a year later I bought my Note and now, four months after that I bought the SIII.

I love this stuff.
[Android General] thefly1:
The galaxy note is my first android
[Android General] jietzer:
The HTC G1 , Got it first day it came out . I still have my G1 lol man its ugly compared to today the phone its self and man the OS haha.
[Android General] devwithzachary:
My first device was the HTC Magic, wasnt ready to job on board with the G1 but come the Magic I just had to!
[Android General] adam.kelly2:
Samsung Epic 4G
[Android General] Wiko:
The Motorola Milestone 2 was my first telephone and the phone that sparked my enthousiasm for the Android platform.

Today I added the Medion Lifetab S9512 to my Android Collection as I was a little disappointed by the Archos eReader 70b I bought earlier. So now I'm in the process of getting the little bugger rooted ;)
[Android General] orchidsdance:
My first Android phone was the Sprint HTC Hero. I loved that phone even though it was so laggy. Then moved to the original Evo and still love that phone. Now have the SGS3.
[Android General] AdrianM:
hTC Magic (aka T-Mobile myTouch 3G in US). Loved the design.
[Android General] Livebyte:
Motorola Milestone.

A great Android phone but damn it's heavy.

Now I own a Galaxy Note and it's still lighter than the Milestone.
[Android General] droidbabyxda:
HTC Inspire 4g... i was tired of my iPhone 3gs but couldn't afford the iPhone 4. Figured I'd try android... I am now an adroid fan. But iPhone still looks sexy sleek to me but sadly lacking in personalization.
[Android General] joke19:
Hi, xperia mini pro was my first. Its was better then my defy+ now.

Gesendet von meinem MB526
[Android General] kBTWOFOUR:
I used to only use BlackBerry until AT&T released the Inspire 4G and I have never looked back. I love Android and I don't plan on using anything else in the future.
[Android General] AL92:
My first Android Device was Samsung Galaxy S with clear LCD, it was a good smartphone. Then i bought iphone 4s...and now i'm back to and Android phone (SGS3)
[Android General] Azpunter:
Samsung Galaxy S - still running strong on ICS 4.04 :good:
[Android General] rajeev_k:
Started the journey with Galaxy Y.:)
[Android General] daundead:
Galaxy S2, still using it. :)
[Android General] MikeYuse0406:
The T-Mobile Galaxy S2 got me here and addicted to android. Never looked back at the iPhone again. Using the iPhone was like living under a rock til I tried Android.
[Android General] sverfaillie:
HTC Desire

The phone that finally was an answer for the iPhone.

In 2010, chosen by experts for being the best phone available.

And yes, two years later, it is still alive with Jelly Bean...

Amazing.
[Android General] Trekfan422991:
HD2?
[Android General] fruitybytes:
HTC Desire Z, only because it had a QWERTY keyboard. Still rocks (not performance wise, obviously). Texting with the speed of light.
[Android General] captaincanada84:
The OG Droid.
[Android General] SLver:
HTC touch pro 2 with XDANDROID, seeing that android works better botting over WinMo 6.1 and have a lot more of "potential", I knew immediately that I needed a true android phone...
[Android General] alteredlikeness:
Hi. My name's altered, and I have a problem...

It all started with the Atrix 2 (GB 2.3.5, then ICS leaks, then CM10)... and it's what I continue to abuse, habitually, to this very day.

(I know the A2 is relatively new - so, yes, I'm a n:p:pb)

Sent from my phone's mind
[Android General] DARTHVAPOR:
My first and only android is the Sensation 4G that I bought in March. I started developing strong resentments against iphones when the Nexus S was released I vowed never to own an iphone again.

sent from the milky white chamber of my ROOR...
[Android General] redthunda69:
HTC aria two years ago. Small and slow, but it turned me away from iPhone forever.