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[Samsung Gear S] greyhulk:
I don't see the point in NOT using always on mode. It is a watch, after all. Pretty useless if you can't see the time.
[Samsung Gear S] nguyen4514:
Wanted to give my feedback for your first and fourth question.

Since I had a Pebble before the Gear S, a screen that is always on is very useful. After all, the primary function of a watch is to give you time. Having the screen always on hasn't really impacted my battery life. On average, My Gear S loses about 3.1% - 3.5% battery life every hour with my screen always on. Since my screen is always on, I leave all motion gestures off. With the screen always on, I can easily get a full day of use. Throughout the day, I usually get 3-4 email notifications per hour, 2 text messages per hour, reminders from S-health to take a walk, approximately 2-4 calls, and random social media notifications. On days when I'm going out for a run, my batter life drops quick mainly because of S-health and the heart rate monitor. Even if I'm going for a run, getting a full day of use with the screen on is an easy task.

I'm sure that the Gear S has a future. There are other smart watch platforms such as Pebble, Android Wear, and Apple Watch, but these are just companion devices. To me, the other platforms are very good at telling you that you need to look at your phone. I like to think of other smart watches as handcuffing you to your phone. You really can't do much with the other smart watches without a phone. Tizen/Gear S really shines with stand alone features. The problem is with getting developers for Tizen. I think most developers don't consider developing for Tizen because the Android and Apple names are so well known. I'm sure if we ask the average person if they know what Tizen is, their response would be "What?"
[XDA Assist] reeqway:
this is month number 2 without phone service. Got a new phone on christmas and in late february, I noticed while charging a red X where the phone signal should be with empty bars. it never came back up. after many attempts and solving the simplest of issues. to no avail. I'm not very knowledgeable but with research i was able to install a new stock ROM hoping it was solve the issue. it did not. please help. everything else seems to work.
[XDA Assist] reeqway:
thanks, i recently reinstalled that version. installed it and it worked great. everything but the signal. then i updated to v12. all worked except for phone signal. do you think that if i install this one you sent will make a difference? thanks again for replying.
[XDA Assist] reeqway:
flashed the version you gave me. the ROM works but it didn't fix my issue. still red X where the bars should be. it was worth a try. thank you. please if you have any other ideas. i would appreciate it. thank you
[XDA Assist] reeqway:
what exactly would i change? not that familiar with layout of the internals. can I purchase? thanks.
[XDA Assist] Heisenberg:
Hi :)

Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. If you're experiencing the same problem after changing firmware you possibly have a hardware fault, take it to a repair centre to have it inspected.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abhishek141:
please tell me download link for window 5 ,,,,, vario-2...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Jygar:
Are you looking for the UK release?

Can I ask why you need the ROM?

Well I found them all, it appears that the UK ROM has been built but I have NOT tested it.

DUMPED T-Mobile ROMs:

UK ROM

DUTCH ROM

CROATIAN ROM

GERMAN ROM

Also if this doesn't help, see here.

Hope this helps!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] abhishek141:
i had using vario 2 t mobile and updated window 6 but i am not happy with the performance so i need win 5
[General Topics] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Over the past year, I've seen many people making mention of how XDA has helped them make advancements in their careers/lives.

This thread is dedicated to all people and their stories. Please invite others, to tell their story.

Please ponder, then offer some insight to the following:

Who was your biggest influence, in the way of Android?

What are you doing now, since XDA-Developers and Android have opened your eyes to new opportunities?

When did you decide, "it's time to make a go of this"

Where do you feel Android can take you?

For the "die hard" in the crowd Can you recall a time without XDA? (must put thinking cap on)
[General Topics] :
Honestly, Mr. Stark, you were my biggest influence. When I first joined XDA I was a raging nOOb. I created posts that were way out of place and not thought out. You were my first contact with a moderator. You gave me guidance and pointed me in the proper direction. Thank you.

Since going in that direction, I developed a love for this community and the talented people within. I had such admiration for the developers, the recognized contributors, the themers, the modders and all of the administration. I have grown as a user and now I am working to give back to the community that has given me so much knowledge. I am working towards becoming a recognized contributor as we speak.

I realized it was time to make a career out of this when 1) an excellent opportunity arose. And 2) when I realized how much joy and satisfaction I get out of helping people. Also, how much passion and enthusiasm I have for technology.

I feel that I have an excellent opportunity now, to possibly be a manager or maybe someday an owner of a repair facility, dedicated to mobile technologies.

Again, I have so much passion for everything about technology, especially Android. I am still working to learn how to develop applications, and now I have the opportunity to learn how to fix the hardware as well. XDA, in my opinion, is the sole reason why my passion sprouted, grew, and blossomed. This community is so unique and diverse. There have been many other people here that have inspired me, [MENTION=4738854]Magnum_Enforcer[/MENTION] [MENTION=1162986]Captain_Throwback[/MENTION] [MENTION=4609217]BD619[/MENTION] [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] [MENTION=1811927]simms22[/MENTION] are just a few of the many, many wonderful and talented people within this community. Many thanks to them and the rest of you.
[General Topics] jcase:
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[General Topics] :
[MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] thank you so much for sharing that story! Without the work you've done, nothing I've ever done, in my time here, would have been possible. So many thanks to you!
[General Topics] mbobino:
You mean I get my own line in your autobiography?!?!? Wow... makes me miss this place. Maybe I should come back and start down this rabbit hole again.
[General Topics] TonyStark R.I.P.:
On the contrary, this is what we all want to see mate:good:

You and everyone that shares their story, are the core of what makes XDA great

We all are, what makes XDA Family:good:
[General Topics] :
Thank you all for sharing these stories. The amount of inspiration I feel, is overwhelming. It's comforting to know that these "strange" desires I have, in regards to all things Android, are echoed so loudly amongst this community. I truly feel like I'm at home here.
[General Topics] gee2012:
Wow, reading these impressive story`s here definately proves that passion and perseverense does make a difference and can change someones life.

I`am by all means not a developer or even working as a phone/pc/it professsional but just a enthousiast who likes to tinker with phones. Started as a `noob` and as i steadily gained knowledge by reading and trying i assisted other users to solve their problems regarding rooting, flashing, mods etc etc. I enjoy it very much andhelping with other users issues also makes me better too imo.

Who was your biggest influence

My biggest influence are all the motivated and willing users that like to help others without beeing/becoming sarcastic or condescending. One person specificaly i`d like to mention is [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] for his help and beeing an inspiration, but there are so many good people here and i can`t mention them all but i owe you all of you my gratitude.

What are you doing now, since XDA has opened your eyes to new opportunities

Still the same proffesion which i love.

When did you decide, "it's time to make a go of this"

Joined XDA in 2010

Where do you feel this can take you

To the poorhouse as i frequently sell my phone and buy a newer device ;)
[General Topics] wangdaning:
This is a wonderful forum and has potential for anyone. It might not always connect to a career, but the fact we are here reading shows our interest. I love that almost any issue is solvable if you search the boards. I have been helped so much here and hope I have helped others. My wife just got a LG G2 and I had no clue how that worked, a quick hop over to the forum and all was answered (only a few questions I had). A nice guy over there even shared his rom with me, which was great. I have done a little building, but I am still a novice. I do know all I need to get better is readily available here. Having a baby, studying a post grad cert, and working have kind of got in the way.
[General Topics] :
Who was your biggest influence?

The people who said, "Read more. Use the search function." or said, "."

What are you doing now, since XDA has opened your eyes to new opportunities?

Use mobile tech in my daily life. Use it to solve problems, be more efficient and it's a great hobby.

When did you decide, "it's time to make a go of this"?

Just after I learned how to flash my Blackjack SCH-M450. God, I just found my first post as koe1974 from 2007!

Where do you feel this can take you?

To infinity and beyond!
[General Topics] djdarkknight96:
Oh this is gonna take me a while, been on here since 2008 but joined 2009. So many influences and friends made....

I'll be back lol
[General Topics] chasmodo:
Been here since 2011.

Learned how to root my n7000 banger, install Linux, compile and not ask idiotic questions (Google is your friend).

Learned it's best to stick to G+ and stay away from XDA because reasons.
[General Topics] eagleeyetom:
In comparison to others, my story is boring as hell, but prepare for TL/DR.

I got my first phone in 1999? where the cell phones in Poland actually started to appear. I was using random feature phones until 2011, when my best friend [MENTION=4353877]Anomalious[/MENTION] got the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. He was so amazed by Android, that I decided to pick the only smartphone I could afford - the Xperia X8. I made a call to my carrier, placed an order and got my shiny little beauty couple of days later.

I never actually thought that I will become a moderator. For over 20 years I lived in a small village (200 people) in one of the poorest regions in Poland. Needless to say that we earn only $3/h, which is a silly amount for a country in the heart of Europe and a member of European Union. Oh well, we have to live with that. When I joined the XDA, I could barely speak English (well, I still do). I was looking for a custom ROM that is faster than SE stock firmware. I joined the community, became the part of it and realized that Android is my hobby and I would love to know it more.

I started with translations, as I hated that my favorite custom ROM was partially translated to Polish. I downloaded the source and wanted to see how this thing work. I started my first build and failed miserably after 10 seconds. At this point XDA wasn't full of guides of almost everything, so I had to look for answers on my own. After a week or two I managed to compile a part of the ROM with my own translations. That was fun, so I joined the dev team, where I could talk with amazing people.

Who was your biggest influence

[MENTION=3546299]doixanh[/MENTION]. This chap is not only one of the Asian magicians that do wonders with code, but also a great pal to hang out with. His wisdom, enthusiasm and sense of humor are absolutely amazing!

What are you doing now, since XDA has opened your eyes to new opportunities

I write about tech. Over 10 years ago I made a mistake of my life and didn't chose the computer science as my studies subject. I went for journalism instead and I partially regret it. It's fun, but creating own apps and games would be much more fun. Maybe I will learn to code properly in the future. I need a motivation though :silly:

When did you decide, "it's time to make a go of this"

Almost instantly when I got my X8. It was almost unusable with the 2.1 firmware prepared by Sony Ericsson. Luckily Sony is so much different and makes better ROMs.

Where do you feel this can take you

Hopefully XDA will help me to find some good and interesting job. Right now I feel that reality hits me hard (bro) and I can't fulfill my ambitions. Nobody wants to give me a chance, which is sad and I have to live with it.
[General Topics] SynisterWolf:
the feels. <3 it was, in fact, the HTC Incredible that we started with. stuck together for the rezound. I still have the USS Enterprise Google MAPS apk somewhere.
[General Topics] gregbradley:
[MENTION=990284]TonyStark[/MENTION] pinged me to add my story..

My IT background goes something like this. I bought my first real PC in about 1998 and just sat it for hours trying to figure it out. I have never been on course or anything like that but it appears I am a pretty good problem finder / solver. If I cant find the answer google is always the way to go. I was once told I had to teach an IT class for one year (I am a maths teacher) because I was good with troubleshooting the departments PC. I got fed up of just telling the kids to google their problems because that all I would do... but that's another story.

So I upgraded to SE X10i back in about 2010 when I was playing a lot FB poker (I don't trust myself playing with real money, yet!) and I was so frustrated that I couldn't play poker on the phone. I really wondered what the point of having a smartphone that could browse the internet was if you couldn't browse the internet.

Anyway, I soon realised I needed to get Java installed on the phone and to do that I needed root. I have never heard of this before but after a LOT and a LOT of reading I was ready to try and root it. It was a really bad hack as I remember, you had to download an official FTF from Sony servers and then cancel it at exactly 98% complete so you could replace a file. I was so nervous that I would brick it....

Since then I have spent time learning about how to improve my phone. I am no serious coder at all, but I pick things up and am fairly good at helping new people to the scene and quite a good troublesooter of problems.

Who was your biggest influence.
[MENTION=2784807]DooMLoRD[/MENTION] helped me out when I started playing around with kernels

What are you doing now, since XDA has opened your eyes to new opportunities

Currently I do not even have root on my Z3. I have some apps like sky sports that wont work with it, but I am still keen on keeping up with the latest stuff

When did you decide, "it's time to make a go of this"

XDA just gradually took over, I am on here most days and my laptop is always on with XDA open.

Where do you feel this can take you

Hopefully I can start an extracurricular class at school, helping young kids get into Android or just into coding anyway at all. I will still have to learn a lot myself, but the joy is in the journey
[General Topics] Miss Dragon:
Thanks for sharing the lovely stories. Neo.. I remember the good old time. :)
[General Topics] Stoney 666:
[MENTION=2918354]synisterwolf[/MENTION].... You had us going crazy that night... Glad everything is going good for you bro... I do miss the Dincster days...
[General Topics] Heisenberg:
I'd been lingering on XDA since sometime in 2011, not really contributing. In 2013 I unfortunately suffered a pain disorder, basically it means I'm in pain all day every day. Because of this I was forced to give up my job and stop working, which meant I had a lot of time on my hands. I chose to dedicate all of this time to learning as much as I could on XDA, and that's where my real XDA life began. Since then I've created a few threads that seem to have helped many people on XDA, as well as being very active in the sections for the devices that I own. I've also been selected as a member of the XDA Assist team and am loving that.

I'm no dev, not by a long shot. I've only just learned how to build from source, and I'm still getting my head around that. But it's a start, and is encouraging me to learn about real development for Android.

Who was my biggest influence?

I have several. Too many to list them all so I'll list the major ones. In terms of helpfulness on XDA I think my two main influences were [MENTION=660462]redpoint73[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2315149]exad[/MENTION], those guys were where I gained a lot of my knowledge for the HTC One XL. In terms of development, I think [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] and [MENTION=711482]beaups[/MENTION] influenced me a lot. Those guys put a lot of work into cracking locked down HTC devices. Onto moderators (I'm going through the application process now), people like [MENTION=990284]TonyStark[/MENTION], [MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION], [MENTION=4609217]BD619[/MENTION], and of course [MENTION=4387744]Judge Joseph Dredd[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3125148]KennyG123[/MENTION]. These guys are super professional, they not only moderate but they show a level of helpfulness that isn't always seen.

What am I doing now, since XDA has opened my eyes to new opportunities?

XDA has given me a passion for development and programming. I've just completed a course on basic programming with Python through Coursera, and will be moving on to much more advanced programming courses now with the aim of making this my career. XDA has truly shown me what I want to do in my professional life.

When did I decide, "it's time to make a go of this"?

When I became ill. So much time on my hands, and a yearning to do something productive lead to me to become a contributing member of our community.

Where did I feel this can take me?

I'm hoping to get to a point where I can release some actual dev work on XDA. And start my career in programming. And ultimately, happiness and fulfillment in both my professional life and my personal life.

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[General Topics] Clark Joseph Kent:
You are Welcome and thank you. I try to help all the RC's/RT's and as many Members of XDA, by trying to show professionalism and leadership. And to Lead by example. As I once was an RC, which many know, I expect the high standards from the RC's/RT's, as it is expected from me. Good to Go!

Again Thank You, Sir!
[General Topics] Heisenberg:
The thanks go to you, you're a prime example of what every XDA member should strive to be like.

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[General Topics] :
[MENTION=4153349]timmaaa[/MENTION]

Thank you for the kind words! :)

Being a Moderator doesn't change the fact we're members too, like anyone else.... And helping people should definitely be on everyone's agenda here. It's what makes XDA great.

And you Sir are a fine example of this. :good:
[General Topics] fernando sor:
man you remind of the old days!

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thanks bro..
[General Topics] :
[mod-hat] Hey guys! I added in some hide tags in the really long quotes of these great posts! Might be a good idea to use hide tags or instead of quoting, just mention (@) the member you're addressing? Just makes for long scrolling otherwise. Lol

HIDE tags don't do their job for app users.

[/mod-hat]

And loving the posts! I'll do mine when I think of something half interesting to write. ;) Maybe I'll wait a couple pages, then kang one of the earlier posts? :silly:

Thanks! [MENTION=990284]TonyStark[/MENTION] , what about a mention of hide tags, or just mentioning vs quoting in the OP?

Nice to know more about our fellow members!

Darth
[General Topics] smac0628:
Well . . . .

To start this will be short.

My son inspired me to get more involved in Android. I am primarily a database programmer. Initially I had no idea what I was doing or where to go with Android.

That changed when I found DirtyUnicorns. I flashed their KitKat for the Nexus 7 (2013). After that I couldn't wait for them to release their Lollipop builds. I started compiling builds for personal use every time changes were made. Which seemed slow at first but soon found myself building daily.

Fast forward a few months while checking my work phone (HTC One M8) for Sunshine compatibility, I tripped the tamper flag. With no idea on how to get the recently updated Lollipop for the M8 from VZW, I set out to build DirtyUnicorns for myself. Fortunately the groundwork had been laid my many talented developers.

After a few successful builds I asked to become the full time maintainer at DirtyUnicorns for the M8, and I was accepted. That is where I am today.

As for work it has not had an impact as of yet. Though I am new and fresh to the community. I have been building contacts and actively working to build personal skills for future career use.

Thank you to all the very talented developers.
[General Topics] iB4STiD:
i wouldn't say anyone in particular but really the whole of XDA and any dev, who set out to help others!! there are so many here who are talented in many different area's! and continue to inspire anything i do :good:

i try to continue to help in some small way, i continue to make roms, tho for a smaller number of devices

it all started for me, by making small mods to made roms, some themeing followed, my first rom was for my g/f, at the time she had a galaxy s3 for verizon, i had made her a rom, (she was my guinea pig) she really liked it, and then pushed me to release it, i ofcourse did not feel anything i could make could be useful to anyone, but, she did not give up! i started to go full force into rom building with the galaxy s4 and have continued to support it to this day, along with the note 4 and many other devices b4 it

not sure, i hope i can continue to help out as much as i can, i have alot to learn and hope to improve as time goes on! :good:

[MENTION=990284]TonyStark[/MENTION] excellent job with the thread as always man! :good: