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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Paiyne:
My smartphone journey began with the Treo 600. Didn't realize it was a smartphone or even know what a smartphone was at the time. All I knew was it had a stylus, a touchscreen (sorta), an ir port, and that I could do a lot of s#@t that no one else could!

But eventually I lost it and went back to dummy phones until I was blessed with the HTC Touch Pro. I was introduced to hacking and modding with that phone and PPCGeeks.

Then this new os called Android came about. I was forced to wait until the Htc Hero came to Sprint. And alas, the Hero was just too small for me (my thumb is as big as the screen). So I sold it and went to the HTC Touch Pro 2. Continued modding and hacking and found SmartPhone Junkie.com but was in love with my keyboard. The Evo came out and was tempting but couldn't do without the keyboard. Plus at the time they were experimenting with dual booting android on Windows phones so there was no rush. Enter the Samsung Galaxy S Epic 4g!!!!

With the OG Epic I was The King Of The World! (Yes, that was a cheasy titanic reference) I also discovered XDA and haven't looked back yet! Of course, I had someone root my epic for me because O was scurred at first (that's right....I was scurrred!). After messing with the recovery and messing around that first night, the sky was the limit. Then one day, I came across this new ROM from a legendary dev by the name of BThomas22! He introduced me to the greatest ROM ever created for the OG Epic in Viper ROM! I was made an official tester and then decided I wanted to give back and got into graphics making banners and wallpapers.

After many great ROMs and a huge following, the team started to dwindle and development slowed so I started looking at the Photon. Then the S2 came out. I couldn't decide, but was finally convinced after I started working for Sprint and was brow beat for even considering the Photon. Very first ROM I flashed was one of Venum's and have tested others but remained with the team since.

Now that Venum, himself has left the epic for the Evo LTE and most of the rest of the team is on the S3, its time to make a change.

I almost left Sprint when At&t launched the note, until I found out they weren't keeping the exynos chip. Now that the Note 2 will officially be on Sprint...it will be my next love! I just hope someone on my team will be dev-ing for it. Especially since my city already has LTE! :D

S/N: Getting my Note for FREE! For those of you who are managers. Please remember to treat your employees right so that when they do quit...they are prone to retaliate by discounting merchandise! :cool:

Team Venum Like A BOSS!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Another fellow team venum going to the note 2:D:thumbup:

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Paiyne:
Damn straight! Hoping the S Pen will be compatible with the apps I use to make my banners and walls.

#WillBeInHeaven

Team Venum Like A BOSS!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bannjio:
Well, everything I had before this phone was pretty much garbage haha, but I always liked my phones. I had the blackjack 2 just before this phone, it's still rockin strong in my desk drawer lol. moto blue razr before the blackjack...actually just sold the razr for 30 bucks a few weeks ago on Craigslist. Had a Samsung flip phone with external LCD before that, don't remember the model but it was cool at the time. One of the basic Nokia bar phones that I replaced the housing on, awesome silver with blue flames hahah. Then my first phone was an older moto flip. It had the call/end buttons on backwards...stupid Motorola lol.

I'm not fully sure what I will get next, I am pretty set with this phone honestly. Just depends on what comes out though, the note2 is neat, but I would like to see the s4. I've got a year to kill before I worry about it anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] madcook:
i wanted this device or the motto Razer i loved my d1 so here i am . you can see which one won that battle
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
The spen alone will be good for when i need to take down little notes..im bad at jotting down stuff on crazy things and losing it smh

Haha I remember I did the same thing with my housing on the Nokia... got them from a stand at the mall

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
Lol and im half of you lol

And i had the samsung moment for 3 years. (was hell lol) Was introduced to rooting by a google search in about the second year with it. Then got this. Ill stay here untill something really catches my eyes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Paiyne:
Now.....off to try ParanoidKangdroid while patiently waiting for AoCP JB build. :D

#Hi,MyNameIsPaiyne....AndI'mAFlashaholic!

Team Venum Like A BOSS!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] geeksmurf:
Motorola Q > Q9c > Palm Pre > E4GT

I'll be sticking with what I got for least a year still. So plenty of new stuff will come before then and maybe better deals on different carries as I am very unhappy with Sprint service. Really I'd like an Android in the Palm Pre form factor just much bigger. like 5 inch screen or least 4.5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mrclassified:
LG Dare -> HTC Thunderbolt-> Samsung Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
This is probably my 10th cell and 3rd smartphone. I went from from Blackberry Curve (Tmo) to Samsung Moment to this. After the pile of crap that was a Moment I told myself never again Samsung but this was the best phone out last winter and I love it. Unfortunately I moved from Austin last month that had overall good service and abundant wimax to Louisville that has piss poor service and no wimax.

Apparently Verizon is the best carrier here by a long shot so I will probably be jumping ship to them in a few months. Not sure about a next phone yet. Maybe a Nexus or something by HTC.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chuhsi:
From original epic.

To probably note 2. Haven't decided between that or an iphone 5 :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Don't get iphone5. There.. Wasn't that an easy decision:p

Sorry had to do it. Seriously man, get what you want.:thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JeremyNWilliams:
Started of with the HTC Hero. Went to the Samsung Intercept after that. Later got the EVO Shift. Now I have the E4GT! Should be recieving the GS3 and Evo LTE soon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crkdslider:
Let's see... I came from the iPhone 4S, and well, if it wasn't for my good friend who is a regional sales manager for Sprint, I probably wouldn't be here right now. I got the phone for free! :D:D:D:D This phone has introduced me to such an amazing world of opportunities for a cellular device. I didn't even know all of this was possible until I found XDA, and now here I am flashing 5 damn ROM's a day because... Well... I can haha. My future with this phone... I don't know, actually. I can see myself with this phone for a really long time, but I really want to get the Galaxy Nexus just because I want that full google experience. But seeing all these new ROM's coming out, especially PA+CNA+AOKP, I might be with this bad boy for a good while. Oh ya, before my iPhone I had a blackberry, before that I had a Moto Q, and before that a Moto Razr (Awesome when it came out by the way.) But ya... Other then that? THIS PHONE RULES!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Logix:
came from t mobile and straight talk well i still have straight talk cuz its the **** they were both way better carriers than sprint will ever be even with lte :( but ihad a vibrant ( original galaxy s) and the only reason i came over to the dark side is cuz i get employee pricing anddddd i *****ed so my bills like 36 dollars a month too bad service sucks EVERYWHERE i live especially in my house sprints 3g used to be decent back in the day didn't realize the sucked ass now even their service map lies here lol. i am definitely going to a s4 or a new one of those "nexus" branded devices coming up they supposedly are having a ton as long as they meet the specs. so that where ill go and probally with straight talk unless somebody has reasonable lte prices by then more than likely be with att or tmo because I just love gsm everyone knows Verizon a rip off.. way to pricey at least around here. but well see how sprints lte goes because if i can keep my rate and have reasonable speed thats whats up. theres no point in unlimited if you cant even use close to what another company limit is.

any how i do love the s2 and will keep it for a bit because stuff is lookin good with a jb source release i just wish america wasn't so gay and just used the international specs which in my opinion are way better. the epic touch was the only model that closely resembled it but didn't come with nfc :( fail

but i got a s2 skyrocket also which i feel is a better phone. and better developer support because its the same hardware + lte as the Hercules i mean they got way awesome kernels and had 4 stellar kernel devs and way more support from samsung :(

sorry i fail for sprint *****ing :) hopefully they get better cuz they got bought out lol...yeah right..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephaus:
had the iphone 4 b4 the epic 4g touch (ha ha). Basically my iphone broke and all the external buttons jammed up and refused to work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Windows 7 HTC arrive before that the Samsung moment. Now this. Next will be whatever is out in August next year
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] miketucky350:
It all started in 2010 when my brother had a Droid 1 with verizon. I was amazed what it could do vs my env3 at the time. So I started looking as sprint and at&t were the only ones who work where I work. I ended up with a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. Phone was great with TONS of XDA support. Flashed it thousands of times lol. As many have realized that AT&T is flat out terrible next to 0 3g coverage. The worst network EVER!!!! Beware. So i paid $700 etf fees to switch to Sprint for the E4GT. I have been happy ever since. No matter where im at i get 3g and good speeds. Even in the woods!! Where att only covers large cities and cuts off on the edge of city hint EDGE network. I just re-newed contract for the $175 line credit after noticing a TON of network upgrades going on. I live north east of Indianapolis. The future well im sticking with this amazing E4GT for now. Next im waiting for the Softbank-sprint-Clearwire deal to resolve and once lte spreads more ill get S4? Who knows whats out in july when I get upgrade.

Edit 2010 was my first smart phone. Before started with Cingular Nokia BRICKS!! Tough phones. Then went to verizon, had a few unknown flips then env2 then env3. I have to say smart phones have changed my life and makes it 10x easier. Its crazy went from flips to "pissed the usa s3 dont get wolfson dac and quad cores!!"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
I started with a BlackBerry Curve (eccchhh), went to an HTC Hero (good phone, still have fond memories of it) and I kept that phone for a few years, then jumped to the E4GT. I've really loved this phone, but I'm getting an SGSIII this week.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
This is a great thread! First smartphone was a blackberry 8330. Then from that I went toba BB 9630 and it broke so I went with a HTC Hero, then BB 8530, used my upgrade for the epic touch then had that for a year, then got the GS3 , then the Epic Touch again, HTC EVO LTE, now the GS3 again lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Thank you :thumbup:figured it would strike a nerve in everyone

Nice to see you back and forth still in these threads

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jstoyotaguy6:
My smart phone experience started with the Samsung Omnia, had a few of those cuz of factory issues. Then the Omnia 2 cuz Verizon couldn't seem to be able to send me a good refurb phone. Then they sent me a HTC windows phone, dont remember the name. Finally got tired of poor customer service, and never getting a phone that would work the way it was supposed to so I went to sprint and got the Samsung moment. From there went to the hero. Then the lg optimus s. Then the HTC evo shift. Then the evo 3d. Now this wonderful E4gt. Thought about going to the s3, but no lte in the area, and spotty Wimax makes it not such a smart move. Upgrade isnt till next April, so we will see what is available by then. I miss some of the features of HTC sense, but I have really enjoyed this phone with The Blue Kuban. So probably gonna follow Rujelus22...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] piscesjoey:
I will be returning my GNex for the Note 2 after hearing about the sick battery life ppl been getting on theirs
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Ive seen that to..what's even more disturbing is that a lot of them are running non rooted completely stock

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mad5870:
I came from Verizon with the HTC Droid Eris. and i'm not sure where i'm going to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] piscesjoey:
I know man, just wait until Viperboy work his magic on it. When I had my 3D his ROM was my daily & I was getting just over 5 hours screen on time consistently on the stock battery
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deziking:
I had windows 6.5 miss it till this day. So easy to configure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] etd:
old school Nokia, to Nextel brick and a bunch of other Nextels, then a Palm Treo, then a Samsung Moment, to an EVO to the E4GT..........next ..................................... Samsung Galaxy S 5 LOL :laugh:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
I came from the OG Epic. Before that I had every HTC Touch model and the Instinct for two seconds:). A bunch of not so smart phones before that.

I thought the Epic was the best phone I had ever used. I also loved how easy it was to root and edit. So the touch was an easy choice for me. My upgrade is up in June so I will wait until then to figure out what my next phone will be. Right now I am already planning on the S4.

With JB coming up and the great new additions that brings, waiting to give up this phone will be no problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Hahah yeah won't forget my "roots"!

Pun intended(is that even a pun lol) :beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] marksedge:
I started with the samsung moment which gave me my first taste of android ..then was amazed with the htc evo (which i do miss in a weird way but not the camera haha ugh)..then jumped ship to iphone 4s which was fairly entertaining but then got tired of my phone crashing do to tweaks and customization oh and the phone is so sorry on sprint 3g like wow man ...sorry ...then missed android switched to this here nice piece of honest hardware called gs2..sprint does piss me off from time and time but the phone is a champ regardless
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] d12unk13astard:
Tmobile g1<mt4g<g2x<e4gt

Bought the g1 back in late 2009, never was a huge phone guy til the og g1 introduced android to me. It wasnt til hearing about Android updates and apps2sd in froyo that I became aware of needing to root my phone that xda became part of my life. Hard to believe that phone was the first to have an ics ROM with its specs lol, but the g1 did have like a billion devs supporting it.

Looking forward to getting a note 2, dont see anything surpassing it for at least 3-6 months.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FizzleDiz:
Before this phone I was rockin a Droid X with MIUI GB rom and loved it. It could handle anything I threw at it and was $35/month on Boost. This E4GT is only a month old for me atm and I'm right back on MIUI JB 4.1.2 Honestly don't know what's next for me since electronics are introduced then outdated daily. Next purchase will prolly be something involving holograms or nanobots from the newly merged Verizon/Lockheed Martin.

Sent from my Galaxy S2 4G using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
Lol I remember the OG Razr flip phone being the coolest thing ever when I was younger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] YarsRevenge78:
I had an old el cheapo kyocera something or other as my first cell phone. I had to break out the screwdrivers to put a cool new case on it because i didnt like whatever color it was when i got it.

My second phone was a Palm Treo (600 i think not sure). So was my third. I accidently broke something taking it apart to change the battery when it died and to fix something with the antenna. I ordered a broken phone for parts on ebay to fix what i broke, put the broken stuff back in the parts phone, sold it on ebay. I fixed my phone and made $10 out of the whold thing.

My next phone was an HTC MDA from tmobile. Basically the Wing somebody mentioned earlier, but not blue. I didnt ever take this phone apart, but I did accidently pee on it. My fancy phone fell out of my hoodie pocket while i was using a urinal. I cleaned it up and sold it on eBay for $50. I said it had "water damage".

My first android phone was the HTC MyTouch 3G (Magic). This was basically the G1 minus the keyboard. A little on the slow side but not a bad phone. When my son threw it accross the room and broke the screen, i had some el cheapo non smart slider phone from samsung, that my kid now uses as a toy phone.

I finially decided to purchase a warranty a couple of months later when i upgraded to the HTC G2 (desire z). This was the first phone that i managed to not take apart or break. It had a couple of issues with the screen and battery and i had it replaced for free because i had the thing like a month. Did i ever need the extended warranty i paid for? Nope.

Eventually i got sick of tmobile cor whatever reason and moved to sprint and got my E4GT. Love this phone, hate sprints service, so i will probably shop around other companies for a new phone if things dont improve when my contract is up in a year or so. I cant really say what device, i will just have to see what is out there.

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It was the MDA that brought me to XDA many years ago, although i dont think i actually made an account until the MyTouch 3G or the G2.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Lol at water damage via the urinal ..and I never really tore up a phone... but every time I manage to pay for an extended warranty / insurance I never use it since my phone be in good condition ...go figures:rolleyes::o

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Apk07:
The Samsung Moment was an absolute tragedy of a phone. If my E4GT broke I'd almost rather fall back on a flip-phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I had something similar happen once(water damage in urinal). I was at a restaurant and had been drinking rather heavily, it was my 22nd bday. I had to pee like a Russian race horse about 5 or 6 schooners in(26oz beers at the restaurant I was at). So I get to the bathroom and every stall/urinal is full with a line waiting. I was doing the "bout to piss my pants dance" while I was waiting, and finally a stall opened up. Well as I'm walking in the stall fumbling with my zipper my phone rings, so I try to fish it outta my pocket. It falls and i try to stop it from hitting the floor with my foot and end up kicking it right in the toilet. I didn't like that phone much anyways(cheap Sanyo flip phone) and had just gotten a new Treo 700w for my birthday, so I left it where it landed, took a leak right on it and walked out. That's the only time I've ever lost a phone to a toilet cuz I stopped answering calls in the bathroom after that. I did kill a pearl one night after a heavy round of Bourbon and passing out to wake up to a phone call and when i hung up I dropped the BB right into a 32oz glass of jack and coke that was still on the coffee table. :eek::beer: I've also water damaged 2 other phones while drinking, one I fell in a pool with my phone in my pocket and the other I dropped in a puddle in the pouring down rain. :banghead: but i haven't severely damaged a phone in about 5 years now, except the palm pre but that one bounced off the windshield during a car accident and flew out the open window of the car into traffic. I quit carrying "insurance" on my phones a while ago cuz I always have a stash of mint leftovers from upgrading so I see no point in paying a.monthly fee plus a deductible to get a POS refurb. :rolleyes:

We are legion, for we are many
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] YarsRevenge78:
I wasnt drinking, i was at the Cracker Barrel. I was really hungry amd wanted to get back to my meal!

I forgot i had whatever free flip phone they gave me when i signed up for tmobile to use as a backup whenever a phone broke. I remember buying some weird connector from somewhere so i could plug my very simple non smart phone into my computer so i could hack it. Oh the joys of installing custom ringtones and java games i downloaded from the internet...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Lol I think I would have left it there too unless it was an expensive ass phone...I think the only thing I managed to screw up was my first generation iPod touch...got off my motorcycle and my iPod slid out my pocket down the hill lol..I wasn't even mad tho lmao

I'm really thinking about dropping the Insurance myself cause that 10 dollars extra adds up over two years...too much to get a crappy replacement..

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I was just comparing on the pisser of death :D I just happened to be a bit tipsy when i booted mine in the toilet trying to save it from smashing on the floor. I got a good laugh out of it along with everyone that was with me when i told them to go look in the stall.

We are legion, for we are many
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] H4rryTipp3r:
Watch, just how it always works. You'll drop the insurance, THEN something wants to happen to your phone lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
I had a lot of phones before, first Nokia in 90's. First Smartphone BlackBerry a few years back from AT&T.

First Android was Samsung GEM > Motorola Milestone X (x3 Bricked) Carrier refuse to give me another and gave me a > Samsung Galaxy S Showcase (Fell in love with Samsung) (x3 Bricked) all from Open Mobile PR then tried to upgrade to a HTC Acquire (Design on Sprint) the sales man told me a price then next day he tries to sell it to me a much higher price ($100 more) and I refuse. I get so mad I throw the phone box to the Store Manager LMAO they told me I have to leave the store...

Then was passing by a RadioShack February 2012 and pickup a EVO 3D $49 returned it in 3 days > Photon 4G $Free (gave it to wife) : then in March 2012 E4GT was in special sale at $99 so I pick it up black version they apply a special discount it end up at $89 nice had to return it for a weird problem and pick up a White versión loving it.

I'm planing to move to Next Nexus if it isn't from LG I hate LG if not Note II or the next big thing in February 2013
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Just do like I do and keep your old one when you upgrade as insurance. I have a whole shoebox full of phones now, plus my work line. I get to do a digitizer swap on the Wifeys photon soon, since she let my son play with it at Walmart and then tried to take it back in the parking lot. He pitched it face first onto the asphalt and craaaaaaacccckk spiderwebbed digitizer :rolleyes:

We are legion, for we are many
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
This is my first smartphone ever and I couldn't have picked a better one :D

I previously had a Sanyo incognito though....

Now I'm in love with my Epic Touch :o I'll be using it for a long time, especially since I have a while left on my contract.

Click here for custom mods for your E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
Well.. Came from AT&T while back, no with Sprint (Obviously)... Started on Photon 4G... Moved over to OG Epic (loved that little guy), Had rooted running different roms.. (Sense 2.1 was one i loved on it) Moved over to the Touch (was getting a deal on S3, Craigslist find) and was sold as i got there.. got this one for $50 bucks, almost brand new) So i'm here.. for a bit longer.. then off to S3 probaly.