yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Off-topic] joefrank:
I for one part started to love this place when I had my Razor. I started to know about firmwares and hack. and every time I searched the web I ended here. there werent the hacks I needed then. That led me to my first account. but it was good to know this was there. and to read about people doing amazing stuff.

This led me to buy my first pocketpc-smartphone. a Treo 750 which I bought from second use and I still have it running a custom wm 6.5 rom with titanium.

Then I bought an Lg incite (wm) which kept me here but most of my time on lg-incite.com

the site grew and my fasination for htc too. not to be surpriced as most of the hacks where make for this devices.... check the history of the first diamond with manila. ( what we call now Sense)

So it led me to buy a Diamond 2

this was another revolution. I was a moderator on the htc-pure forums. but kept my profile here. and was as always morw and more in love with this site as I continued to know that the hacks came from here.

Now on the Dhd I had a bittersweet relation. many forum memebers dont like to keep tradition. But this continues to grow fast. Proof of this is the compact view.

We shall continue making history!

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] funnypharmacist:
I have been here on xda since 11th of june 2012 thats not even six months. But this place has taught me how to do awesoome stuff with my low end phones (galaxy 5 and galaxy y ) but also taught me many more things,things which no school teaches.

I have learnt to be polite when I am angry, i have learnt to appreciate ones efforts. I have learnt to respect ones work.

Sent from my Galaxy Y - A phone with Small Screen and Big Buttons
[Off-topic] GuyInTheCorner:
I've been here since February of this year but I've lurked since mid 2011. I have to say this is THE best forum ever!

My beloved Desire HD is my first Android phone and I'm loving every second of it :D

I was previously a proud owner of A Nokia N95 8GB which was one of the best and sturdiest devices ever :)

Sent from one node to another
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Thats great. Now I see many people with budget phones. which proofs what xda stands for..... everyone should have equal oportunity to have the best phone they can.

Hacks make devices live longer and us spent less money on smartphones. But we still love them!:thumbup::D

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
I've known about xda since I've had a G1 in early 2009. I didn't join until I got Sparky a MyTouch 3G (3.5mm jack) in June 2010. I'm a relative newcomer compared to some....I really put what I learned here to good use when I got my Nexus One in late June 2010....and I've had tons of phones since and I learnt more with each one.

I
[Off-topic] shahrukhraza:
Well I started this January. I thought that i was just going to fix my player (it was a bootloop but i thought it was a brick :rolleyes: )and be gone but boy I got addicted to this forum. And to this date I am still addicted. Check out my thread. Its like hilarious now that I know that stuff a bit.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1444126
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Yes its been a great experience!

That's the purpose I want to share how we've come from all over the world.And reshaped business. We've made companies think a bit more about their costumers, although we still need to keep this going proving them wrong in every corner. Like for example Desire Hd and ics!
[Off-topic] GuyInTheCorner:
Yeah man HTC were totally wrong about ICS and Sense. Forget ICS and Sense 3.6 (sorry Team Blackout and Pacha Nero) we have ICS and Sense 4.1 thanks to torxx!

And I agree we've made companies think twice about their products :)

Sent from my nearly Viper'd DHD
[Off-topic] Deadly:
well this is a nice thread and initiative..

This is my story..

My account is made on 19/july/2012 on xda.. But i used to lurk around from april/2012..

I had no idea what exactly android was all about until i bought my first smartphone Samsung galaxy y duos phone which is the current one. I just wanted a dual sim phone and i hated touch screens as its difficult to messaging.. but i still decided i will try android(thats the best decision of my life yet)

Thus after waiting a month to feel my device is not new anymore, finally rooted it and installed custom rom and kernel on it. I had no idea whether to install first kernel / rom and i was totally confused whether it would work together as it was made by 2 different people.. After reading whole 60 pages of the thread i was satisfied that there was not much of bug reports and the one reported are fixed/getting fixed.. So thats how my flashaholic life started!! From then i have learnt how to mod apks for my liking and modding roms for my personal use.. and many useful apps i found here..

After a month at xda i uploaded my first kernel for my duos and the learning experience has been awesome. I spend most of the free time here and i feel its very productive way of spending.. And in my opinion the way xda is structured and functioning style is just awesome.. i am a user in other forums too.. so i know how good our xda forum is and better than most other forums.. Dont know how it was used to be before.. but currently its more than good enough.. And the users here are most kind and helpful when compared to rest of the internet sites..

So i am happy to be able to do something to xda in return as it has given me so much more to learn and find out about mobile devices... and the community also teaches good social behavior to all of us..
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Well spoken!. Thats what we stand!:thumbup::D

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] joefrank:
something I remeber with plaesure is the fact that as Wm user ive seen the mayor evolution on the smartphone history. as said, once the infamous touchflo was pushed to the limit here by users like cookiemonster who revers engenieered the platform and made it look of what androids htc phones look like now. also mayor development was made on other shells which inspired what we see now on android.

And now we see Android taking it further thanks to development here. also developers like chainfire who managed to drop jaws all over the world with his work. he redefinned what is possible in any platform. And looking now on Zeppelin who made V6 supercharger. wow this forums defenetly have come farther than any manufacturer.

xda should make phones!:thumbup::D

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] PoorCollegeGuy:
This is an awesome thread :) can't wait to see if any real moldy oldies come out of the word work.

Personally, I've been here since 2010. I joined when I got the MyTouch 3G Slide and flashed CM6 on it. Then moved on to the G2, EVO 4G, EVO 3D, Epic 4G Touch, back to the EVO 3D, to the Galaxy Nexus, and now to my wonderful HTC EVO 4G LTE.

In December 2011 I did a moderator-approved name change and started writing for XDA :) been doing that ever since.

Good luck on the time line, it'd be so cool to see some people from the site's launch come in here and share with us "kids" how it was really done back in the day.
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Yeah that's what I'm aiming at.... So guys spread the word. Let's see the people who started this.

What were their goals, and how they got this running. How they started the moding unit, etc.:D

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Dude you did a hack/mod for sending free sms right?

You must have some friends here that could get this thread running;)

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] PoorCollegeGuy:
Hahaha I wrote about one once: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/real-life-trolling-made-easier-with-smsbomb/

Best of luck with the thread though, I really would like to see this thread blow up with some old timers and XDA legends. That'd be really cool to see.
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Joined 4th April this year, but had been keeping check on ROM threads since last december.. :p

I had been using my trusty old Nokia 5233 [still have it :') ] and on my visit to Dubai got my first Android smartphone, the SGA... at that time i had absolutely no idea what the heck android was, just the fact that it was amazing and it was google's.. :silly: Then i rooted, and flashed a Custom ROM on my phone and then decided to join XDA so i could spam these forums with my dumb questions... Primarily here to ask for help and to help others, i've been more than accustomed to trolling and taken quite a liking to it.. :laugh: Made some good friends back in the SGA sub forums and the OT Thread there is like a third home for me :silly: 2000+ of my posts alone are in that thread XD

Finally contributed something worthy to the community with my mods for CM9 and CM10 and i was overjoyed when i saw that it made it to the portal :)

Amazing journey so far, will finish school this november then half a year break, planning to learn complete ROM making in that time :)
[Off-topic] cmb3497:
Just joined XDA recently, been lurking for a few years though. Started on android with the OG Droid (bought on launch), so the forums I was frequenting were definitely not XDA. I was on Droidforums, androidforums (i think that was the name, it is now defunct, but interestingly where the first hardcore root discussion began on the OG as far as I recall), and maybe a few others. Actually started coming here when I preordered my Verizon Galaxy SIII. Thank God for that, from what ive seen so far the community is stellar, tons of support from devs and members, and a free-flowing exchange of information where nobody is flaunting hoarded knowledge over the have-nots. Hopefully things stay the same (improve, actually) because my time here has been well spent.

Sent from me to you
[Off-topic] DanceOff:
So I joined xda in Feb and I had an lg optimus one.

But I was already viewing xda as a guest since precious year.

I was kind of flashaholic at that time and didn't knew ABC of android development , I was such a noob that I bricked my phone twice.

Slowly everyone taught me with their noob friendly guides here and there .

So xda is a nice place to share knowledge and I find it better than Facebook , where people share their dog pics an silly jokes which rarely I like.
[Off-topic] Deadly:
deleted the quoted message as he edited his post to remove the unrelated story..

this is thread to write about your experience and time spent on xda lol.. what was that all about? I think you understood the title wrong.. :eek:

Sent from the MUST have app!
[Off-topic] DanceOff:
I thought it is about your lol stories

Now lol
[Off-topic] joefrank:
no lol stories. I would like ti create a certain chronic of the pass, present of this forums. that way we know what comes in the future!

Ive know awesome people here that had impressed me alot but im just in the desire hd forums about now. although I try to keep up.

But their certain stories here like in the still alive HD2. which impress us a lot. I always thought behond and asked my self how does this guys do it. How can they get it right every time. how they know where to look? what to modify?

this guys here take the time to please, not like the manufacturers or the carriers. Who give you what youve got and nothing else.

I want to make this and archive and a celebration to all does who have given their time to make this so.... Awesome!:D

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] deathnotice01:
i actually never knew xda existed since i looked up at google "custom firmware for SGY" then a xda thread showed up,

clicked it,

lurked for 2 months,

started to join,

began theming (was one of my device's pioneer themers)

started learning the art of trolling in OT 3 months after i joined,

also applied for RC may 2012 but got smashed,

reapplied for RT on sept 2012 and until now,

still at xda having fun,

heck i'm even more active in xda than facebook (my GF forces me to use FB)

this post is sealed and sterilized to maintain that fresh posty goodness
[Off-topic] Ichigo:
I discovered xda when I looked into rooting my kindle fire. Looked at many guides, all leading me to xda. It all seemed to complicated and overwhelming. I left and figured I would never figure it out. Over the next 2 months, I came back, but never figured it out. I had no idea what xda was. I didnt even know what rooting did. I honestly thought it would turn my kindle into an "iPad" with iOS.Finally, in late May, I decided to root my kindle fire. In tthe middle of the process, it got stuck in fastboot. I had no idea what happened. I thought I was screwed. After a while, I finally got it out of fastboot and rooted it. I was confuesed after I rebooted because nothing changed. Then I figured out what rooting actually did. I created an account later because my kindle wouldn't charge, which was due to it being completely dead and a different bootloader. A kind member named thepooch helped me. Then I helped out in the Q&A forum for a while. Finally, I began editing system apps. Then I began learning how to create apps, including xml's. Now I can develop a basic app. Nothing like angry birds, but I'm learning.

Sent from my Kindle Fire

Mock my muffin. I dare you.
[Off-topic] joefrank:
thats great keep them coming!:thumbup::D

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] nikufellow:
i didn't know what android was nor about xda when i bought my galaxy y ! from a fine morning onwards my sgy began to have random reboots - when i googled the problem - i came to q&a section of xda , after seeing the plethora of questions there - i thought that this was some kind of support forums then registered here to get SUPPORT and started trolling :P
[Off-topic] 74M3NUMB3RS:
I was once on a cheating forum.... then some members say i need root to use the app.... ( actually im not cheating a game for myself..i did it for mah brother ) my answer was.... "dafuq is root?" and no one answered.....

so i began searching in google....

i searched and searched and searched and searched and searched [ AFTER SOME HOURS OF SEARCHING ]

I FOUND A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO ROOT YOUR PHONE.....

that time i dunno what am i doing...i am just following the video.....

now after that i began cheating in the cheating forum and shared my cheats.....now a member on it ( shaivan is the name ) has a signature that he has a Custom Rom......

i asked him "sup shaiv ( i call him shaiv ) what is a custom rom...." now he redirect me to android forums for what is Custom Rom and Stock Rom....

annnnd after reading it... i didnt get it :P and he redirected me to xda and created a thread....flashing custom roms (dunno what is the real title :P) now i changed my mind...and sticked to stock.... and cheat again :P

now....i came back and searched....

now i found Galaxy Y Archive......... in youtube.....

i found a video how to flash Creeds Rom 3.5 for galaxy y..... i was scared to flash it .... cause he said it might brick your phone...

...... i said in my mind.... "aww crap... nwm"

now i found a pinoy man in youtube that has a galaxy y....

i saw his video... Custom bootanimations for galaxy y....... he said it needs a custom rom...

now im angry... SO I CHARGED TO GALAXY Y ARCHIVE CHANNEL IN YOUTUBE......

then clicked the Creeds Rom vid..... FOLLOWED IT CAREFULLY...

THEN POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF.........

FLASHED CREEDS :)

NOW I JUMPED LIKE I WON A MILLION BUCKS! I TOLD MAH BRO " IN YAH FACE "

now since im a noob back then :) i flashed Creeds Rom again and flashed the ICS Theme after Creeds Rom....

now...its stuck on galaxy y logo and didnt fahking know what to do...I PANICKED...........

search stuff on XDA but...didnt find any...now i created a STUCK ON GALAXY Y LOGO HELP ME!! PANIC THREAD......

and now i got kies,odin, and mah phone in download mode.......

THEN BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM......

got mah stock rom back...

TO BE CONTINUED :).
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Now when you entered the forums what was your first impresion?

Im a tester for many roms and tweaks. I got here knowing almost nothing. But here I managed to learn my way. Next in line im going back to school to study programing and come back here to ripp it here.

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] 74M3NUMB3RS:
My first impression is the great guys in sgy thread...best people I have met :)
[Off-topic] joefrank:
Great what do we expect for the future?

Flashaholic Brotherhood
[Off-topic] beanaroo:
Just keeps getting better

I've been lurking the site for a few years with nothing useful to contribute.

This place has always been an amazing source of information and I am so grateful for it's existence.

As a web developer I am also blown away by the evolution of the site. It not only looks clean but it is a pleasure to navigate.

So personally, thank you xda and the community at large.:good:
[Off-topic] limjh16:
I feel like reviving this thread, idk if its illegal because im new but i want to see the evolution from 2012 till now since i only got an android this yr.
[Off-topic] limjh16:
Okay I'll put this on my sig even tho I'm not even recognised, I just hope people will notice :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedz123:
Hi

I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S3 of the Kogan website and it currently has Android 4.0.4 on it and was curious to check for an update however could not find an update button. I am currently using the phone in Australia on Vodafone's network and was curious if this was an issue with the firmwire?

Thanks,

Zedz
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devid801:
Enter in the Settings menu > Info on the device > software update.

To perform the updates FOTA is essential to have a Samsung account.

*** If you don't have to register via the procedure that is proposal otherwise insert it by clicking on the Sign In button.

For update with odin read here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedz123:
There is no info on the device option? I have settings > about device but there is no software update option? Apparently this is an issue with Orange carriers, which I think is where the phone originated from as there is Orange et moi app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Orange remove the OTA update .

Use Kies or ask Orange for an update path .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedz123:
I am sorry for being a noob but what is Kies?

EDIT: nevermind, quick google search solved that question.
[HTC One S] kpchico:
Got question.What does S-off mean?Thanks.:confused:
[HTC One S] JediNinjafication:
Security off...meaning unlocked bootloader

*Step Away From The Toolkit And NoROM Gets Hurt*
[HTC One S] Addiso:
Actually you can unlock your bootloader with s-on like I have with my dinc2 but having s-off is actually more recommended for flashing kernels and radios since there isn't the security sealing those stuff from being flashed by you from HTC.

Sent from my Goonified Paranoid Jelly Droid Incredible 2
[HTC One S] JediNinjafication:
I have nexus so assumed that's what meant. Thanks for clarifying!

*Step Away From The Toolkit And NoROM Gets Hurt*
[HTC One S] Addiso:
No problem its something new learned for today ;)

Sent from my Goonified Paranoid Jelly Droid Incredible 2
[HTC One S] k1llacanon:
Couldn't u see the q and a area? That's where you post... If u did a quick Google search u could have found out too
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
+1

For those of you with no Search Means--;)

S-Off is Security Off as mentioned. It is referring to your NAND security storage. I would think with s-off you could flash kernels and radios even with higher hboots as mentioned. I also think the big thing is being able to write to the System Partition. With my Nexus One S-off allowed us to increase/decrease partition sizes like System to run bigger roms like ICS. Not sure if we need that on the 1s.
[HTC One S] Tyler DeLarge:
news? ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Hetalk:
All the best man .. Get yourself a galaxy nexus. It should be within your price range.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] loneagl:
All the best and yes...get a nexus dude.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crk1995:
You are getting a galaxy s2 for 22k in india?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Hetalk:
Because Google will support it, unlike Sammy
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] simratcs:
First a fall u r an indian... Not a indian....

Lol :D

K... Bye dude...

Have good time with ur new phone...

Btw why u all sell ur SL...

I have my sl and s3 and i use them both !!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amifiq:
Oh. Bye~

Totally agree with them. Get a Nexus! You won't regret. It got the Power, the looks, support from Google & devs.

P/s: please don't mind my sig.

I got an i9003. Do you?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] saywhatt:
of course :p SL is my first galaxy phone.. so it has a lot of sentimental value to me, all those epic noobish ways of not flashing and still ended up my SL and did not know there was this "USB jig savior".. and end up paying PHP500 to sammy's service center.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] emptyragnarok:
buy Nexus 4 if u are ok wid it .. it's way cheap...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] saywhatt:
aux contraire..

oh well, that is your opinion.. for me, i love how detailed and vibrant the SL's screen is compared to S2's (which has several complaints about screen stuffs: visible lines across the screen, odd tints, etc)

---------- Post added at 12:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 AM ----------

hahaha :P i have not noticed that
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amifiq:
Oh, yeah. Now I realize that. Haven't seen any other female members in this forum (yet).

Also agreed with the screen. SL screen is very good, beautiful colours, very sharp pictures but the black is not black enough. Only if they merge both screens features... :rolleyes:

I got an i9003. Do you?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] BassBlaster:
Change of plans lol u should get the nexus 4 cheap fast sexy and nexus!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] loneagl:
Wtf...the nexus 4 is priced around only 20,000INR.of course it's only speculation, but max price about 25,000INR!!It will be available in India around end of Nov. i am getting it!!

":::Sent from the rainforest between the 7 hills:::"
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] simratcs:
Me 2...

My mom is gonna buy that !!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nguyendt:
Hey guys . Why flash player is not working anymore .. I mean in most sites it doesn't work is it a room issue ?I'm using jb hd 12 Or what :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcquisDale:
I think its not supported for android anymore im not sure though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldhandz:
Hi, I'm using stock JB LJ4 and F/P seems to be working fine. Tried on both Dolphin browser and stock internet app.

Try sideloading the app
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nguyendt:
When You load videos on sites it doesn't tell you to download flash player ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldhandz:
No, I installed the app manually when I was on ICS and it's worked eversince. Install the app manually and visit a flash site (flashplayer games or albino blacksheep site etc) see if it works. Let me know mate.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Ten million posts on here saying Flash not supported in JB .

Look for the Flash mod/fix post .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldhandz:
Hi jje, I read alot of posts explaining that and still thought i'd try installing that apk a while back and it currently still works. I know you have alot more knowledge than me and you have helped me out in the past regarding the android system and I was shocked to see that F/P is still working for me. Checked on numerous sites including adobe flash site.

To be honest I rarely use it but none the less.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lookin4somehelp:
Just a note, once you install that flash player apk. Flash will work in every browser other than Google Chrome (Google want you to use html5 instead)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Striatum_bdr:
You can download the latest working flash directly on Adobe site, download page, older versions section.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] acsivrikaya:
Hi guys,

I installed link2sd yesterday but it is giving " mount script can't be created" now.

I need help.

Thanks.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Swaps100050:
Can u give some more details such as what rom u using, is ur phone rooted, what kernel, etc, etc... :eek:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] BleedingIris:
You need to make SD card fat 32 partition first