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[Q] How to make the phone not suck...

I'm coming over to USCC from Verizon (and my Thunderbolt, which I liked, when I was near a charger) because I changed jobs and Verizon doesn't have service where I work. However, even without service, the Thunderbolt seems to be a better phone than this Mesmerize.
So, is it my phone, or do I need a custom ROM:
Bluetooth sucks - half the time it doesn't connect, sometimes it drops out, it pairs with devices but then won't use them.
Notification sounds are slow and choppy, as are ringtones and alarms
It locks up
Video playback is choppy to the point of being unusable
Now, I LOVE the screen - it's beautiful, and works well. These problems all cropped back up even after a clean wipe. I did use Launcher Pro instead of the samsung launcher, and got rid of live wallpaper. I used a task killer to see if that would help. Nope. Basically, I need to reboot the phone before I make a call. Is it my phone, is there a trick, do I need a custom rom?

I would suggest the Heinz 57 ROM. It includes a voodoo kernel that can be overclocked and undervolted for battery life and performance. I have had great luck with this combo. Aslo, welcome to the mesmerize. With the right ROM/Kernel combo it is an amazing phone.
Tap-a-Talked.

Frankly, it sounds like you either got a lemon or this is all user error. Because that's an odd rap sheet of issues to be having with a new phone.

OP is a ******. These phones rock.
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That's really helpful, thank you. I'm not saying I don't like the phone, I just don't know if mine is a bad apple, or if there are good tweaks to use.

sageDieu said:
OP is a ******. These phones rock.
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Lmao sorry dude that was funny.
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sageDieu said:
OP is a ******. These phones rock.
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Simmer down kids. Even I'll say the fellow hasn't said anything stupid enough to warrant an assbashing, yet.

add144 said:
Simmer down kids. Even I'll say the fellow hasn't said anything stupid enough to warrant an assbashing, yet.
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My god someone document this, I don't think it'll ever happen again!
If it shipped with 2.2 it's probably normal to have issues, where 2.1 was a way more solid build. Either way, the issues you're reporting aren't common so you could try a custom ROM or a reflash of stock to see if you still have them, if so then you're phone is ****ed

lawl we're getting a lot of new users lately, they have yet to get used to our extreme sarcasm.
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sageDieu said:
they have yet to get used to our extreme sarcasm.
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Who's this "our" ************? You mean mine? Bunch of copycats.

add144 said:
Who's this "our" ************? You mean mine? Bunch of copycats.
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I was here first, beeatch.
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Afraid not junior. I got a year on you here. Go sit in the back, where you belong.

add144 said:
Afraid not junior. I got a year on you here. Go sit in the back, where you belong.
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holy hell add144, just reading your posts, i laugh everytime...smartass...lol

add144 said:
Afraid not junior. I got a year on you here. Go sit in the back, where you belong.
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Oh right. it was the other guy... akellar. yeah whatever not like it matters lol. I've only seen you active in the past month or two. It's not like you have a patent on sarcasm xD
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sageDieu said:
Oh right. it was the other guy... akellar. yeah whatever not like it matters lol. I've only seen you active in the past month or two. It's not like you have a patent on sarcasm xD
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Now I'm offended! How dare you confuse me with that redneck piece of crap!

akellar said:
Now I'm offended! How dare you confuse me with that redneck piece of crap!
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cuz you guys are both often tag-team assholes around here xD
sorry. *hug*
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sageDieu said:
cuz you guys are both often tag-team assholes around here xD
sorry. *hug*
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Now that's better.
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We tag team assholes? Must have been wasted when I did that.

add144 said:
We tag team assholes? Must have been wasted when I did that.
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ROTLMFAO . Ah ****. That's better than late night comedy
Tap-a-Talked

Lremafeosjz sister dufnny and ****. Omgz ha ebehe ha ha ****

whats up here?

getting kinda quiet on the tbolt boards at xda, got me a bit concerned tbh. as a matter of fact the entire board is more quiet than usual. is this the beginning of a demise or something? the same happened to ppcgeeks years ago.
usually when i see slow development is about the time i look for a more popular phone.
thoughts?

development is not slowing down
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fixxxer2008 said:
getting kinda quiet on the tbolt boards at xda, got me a bit concerned tbh. as a matter of fact the entire board is more quiet than usual. is this the beginning of a demise or something? the same happened to ppcgeeks years ago.
usually when i see slow development is about the time i look for a more popular phone.
thoughts?
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Fixxxer, knock it off. You come up with the strangest topics, people start arguing and you disappear. Development is fine, the thunderbolt is fine, xda is fine.
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Development hasn't slowed down at all it seems

what the hell?
Development is booming for this thing

lrs421 said:
Fixxxer, knock it off. You come up with the strangest topics, people start arguing and you disappear. Development is fine, the thunderbolt is fine, xda is fine.
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This. He just comes on here, stirs the pot and then vanishes until it slows down again below his standards.
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fixxxer2008 said:
thoughts?
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You're a troll.

mike.s said:
You're a troll.
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I am? Im serious here. Its dead slow latley. Think what you will but ive been around long enough to know. Not too mention most of the devs leaving. If i was trolling you would know.

CanesDrew said:
This. He just comes on here, stirs the pot and then vanishes until it slows down again below his standards.
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Dont know where you came up with that? Still upset i extracted that kernel huh?

fixxxer2008 said:
Dont know where you came up with that? Still upset i extracted that kernel huh?
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Remember that thread you started last month that ended up getting deleted, the one where you offered to start making roms because you thought development was leaving xda. I don't want to start a flame war, but yes, you are a troll. Maybe you should get a new phone, just saying.
Mods, please delete or close.
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mike.s said:
You're a troll.
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Xda is the bridge and the trolls keep coming, you know why? Cause you [email protected]$$3$ keep feeding them
So shut up everyone and ignore the troll
Oh yea and as far as I'm concerned fixxxer isn't a troll
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superchilpil said:
Cause you [email protected]$$3$
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**** you, too.

lrs421 said:
Remember that thread you started last month that ended up getting deleted, the one where you offered to start making roms because you thought development was leaving xda. I don't want to start a flame war, but yes, you are a troll. Maybe you should get a new phone, just saying.
Mods, please delete or close.
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why should it be deleted? and yes i still extract the kernel and ive considered making a rom. for now i do mods & themes. your point is what?

superchilpil said:
Xda is the bridge and the trolls keep coming, you know why? Cause you [email protected]$$3$ keep feeding them
So shut up everyone and ignore the troll
Oh yea and as far as I'm concerned fixxxer isn't a troll
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thats because i wasn't trolling, did i used to troll back in the day, hells to the yes but this is more of an observation. it's about as plain as day. as i said pccgeeks used to be a hive of activity too and now look at it.

Another bunch of kids arguing...man I'm sick of these crap threads.

[MOD] CM9 Camera fix

This does not work, I have tried it many many times and no matter what it won't focus. I got it to the point where it says it focuses but it does not. No further discussion.

Ban
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Make a thread when the fix actually exists? This is fixes in 4.0.4
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marcusant said:
Make a thread when the fix actually exists? This is fixes in 4.0.4
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Ok... I fixed it for myself so I thought you guys would want it too.
Remove thread?
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I don't know what problem you are referring to - I can focus my camera fine - just touch the screen in the area I want to focus and the camera focuses - looks great - am I missing something here? is there some other kind of focusing problem?

prochargedls2 said:
K
Ok... I fixed it for myself so I thought you guys would want it too.
Remove thread?
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Don't take this the wrong way. I don't want to say anything bad about someone's work, but until we know what 'it' is, this thread is of no use. If you were to make a thread with a fix and details in it in the first place, less trolling would occur. I sometimes do have this problem, many others have too, including Google. Google has acknowledged this and fixed it in 4.0.4 along with other things. Team Douche (Cyanogemmod) are waiting for 4.0.4 to add more features to cm like theme chooser and customizations.
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marcusant said:
Don't take this the wrong way. I don't want to say anything bad about someone's work, but until we know what 'it' is, this thread is of no use. If you were to make a thread with a fix and details in it in the first place, less trolling would occur. I sometimes do have this problem, many others have too, including Google. Google has acknowledged this and fixed it in 4.0.4 along with other things. Team Douche (Cyanogemmod) are waiting for 4.0.4 to add more features to cm like theme chooser and customizations.
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Uh oh how dare you speak that way of the gods who gave you the life of 4.0. if you think about they sure do act as if they are gods and we are mere mortals....
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Big Goron said:
Uh oh how dare you speak that way of the gods who gave you the life of 4.0. if you think about they sure do act as if they are gods and we are mere mortals....
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You realize Team Douche is the informal name of the core CM devs, yes? http://www.talkandroid.com/16074-mo...am-douche-makers-of-cyanogenmod/#.T1omWvWib0I

k0nane said:
You realize Team Douche is the informal name of the core CM devs, yes? http://www.talkandroid.com/16074-mo...am-douche-makers-of-cyanogenmod/#.T1omWvWib0I
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haha what a fail

I want to know.
Still post it.

Big Goron said:
Uh oh how dare you speak that way of the gods who gave you the life of 4.0. if you think about they sure do act as if they are gods and we are mere mortals....
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I'm not that much of an asshole
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marcusant said:
I'm not that much of an asshole
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I figured as much but what a funny team name "douche"
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marcusant said:
Don't take this the wrong way. I don't want to say anything bad about someone's work, but until we know what 'it' is, this thread is of no use. If you were to make a thread with a fix and details in it in the first place, less trolling would occur. I sometimes do have this problem, many others have too, including Google. Google has acknowledged this and fixed it in 4.0.4 along with other things. Team Douche (Cyanogemmod) are waiting for 4.0.4 to add more features to cm like theme chooser and customizations.
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I understand. And yea I'll wait. What I did was take the apk from Clean GB rom, compare the two, and I changed stuff accordingly to that. It works, but if the problem still persists in 4.0.4 then I'll post the mod. Oh and taking the apk wasn't all I did. I'm in school and I hacked their website blocking crap, I don't have the time to type the two paragraphs of what I did.
Thanks for the advice. It's greatly appreciated.
Whadda ya mean less trolling? Who would troll about something so nice like this?

prochargedls2 said:
I understand. And yea I'll wait. What I did was take the apk from Clean GB rom, compare the two, and I changed stuff accordingly to that. It works, but if the problem still persists in 4.0.4 then I'll post the mod. Oh and taking the apk wasn't all I did. I'm in school and I hacked their website blocking crap, I don't have the time to type the two paragraphs of what I did.
Thanks for the advice. It's greatly appreciated.
Whadda ya mean less trolling? Who would troll about something so nice like this?
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Please, ignore them. Feel free to post your findings.

I would really like to know what you did as well.
I think the only reason anyone acted weird about it was that you kinda left us hangin earlier. You know, "I have a fix!" oh cool *click*.... "haha but you have to wait!"
Get it? Kinda threw me off a lil.
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You realize Team Douche is the informal name of the core CM devs, yes? http://www.talkandroid.com/16074-mo...am-douche-makers-of-cyanogenmod/#.T1omWvWib0I
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lol :x
83492834798andsomemorenumbers <thas called filler

Decad3nce said:
Please, ignore them. Feel free to post your findings.
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^this. It was what I was trying to say in my post saying if you posted your findings, there would be less trolls.

marcusant said:
^this. It was what I was trying to say in my post saying if you posted your findings, there would be less trolls.
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Oh ok I see. Well now I'm getting the idea that it isn't actually focusing... I themed it as well so if you guys want my themed version let me know. But I'll put my hand 3 inches away, it'll say its focusing but its still rather blurry.
So I can either post what I currently have, or you guys can wait for me to figure out why it was broken to begin with and wait for me to 100% fix it, or go the safe way and wait for "team douche" to release 4.0.4
Its up to you guys. I probably shouldn't have posted this until I knew for a fact I could get it up in the same day, or the next day. I'll try my best to hop on my pc and upload it but my dads complaining about how ridiculously priced it is for me to run my computer, so if it isn't today it'll be Sunday. I can try doing it all from my phone tomorrow but chances of that are low.
I'll keep you all updated. Sorry for the troubles. My suggestion is to wait for 4.0.4 but I will upload mine if you want
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prochargedls2 said:
my dads complaining about how ridiculously priced it is for me to run my computer
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He probably also burns incandescent light bulbs all day long, using significantly more power.

k0nane said:
He probably also burns incandescent light bulbs all day long, using significantly more power.
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22ghz isn't cheap . No they actually aren't. He doesn't wanna say it but its because my step mom sits on the couch 10 hours a day with the tv on then goes in her room for bed and watches another 4. THAT'S why the bill is so high. When I stream stuff and leave my computer on its only 2 dollars an hour.
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prochargedls2 said:
22ghz isn't cheap . No they actually aren't. He doesn't wanna say it but its because my step mom sits on the couch 10 hours a day with the tv on then goes in her room for bed and watches another 4. THAT'S why the bill is so high. When I stream stuff and leave my computer on its only 2 dollars an hour.
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JERRY JERRY JERRY !!!

{Poll} Who Made the Most Out of Their Donated Charge???

So now with over a year of reflection (granted not all those in the poll got the device at launch) which individual who either a) received the device via donation or b) received donations to get the device (and did) contributed the most to the Droid Charge?
Correct me if I'm wrong in the details:
imnuts: received donations to purchase
jt1134: was sent the device in some swap between rootzwiki and kejar
gunnermike: received donations to purchase
r2doesinc: beat out imoseyen in rootzwiki's community vote contest...and then after getting heavily criticized for trying to sell the device when he couldnt get aosp working..."lost" the charge at the big android bbq last year "in a cab"

I had to give it to imnuts for the amount of work he put out for the device and the level of assistance he put into the community. If I had a second vote, jt would get it. Even though we don't have a fully working AOSP, he has it so close I can taste it, and I still have hope it will eventually see a completed release.

shrike1978 said:
I had to give it to imnuts for the amount of work he put out for the device and the level of assistance he put into the community. If I had a second vote, jt would get it. Even though we don't have a fully working AOSP, he has it so close I can taste it, and I still have hope it will eventually see a completed release.
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This x100
I feel gunnermike also put a good amount of time and effort into the charge with themes but themes are just not as important as roms and kernels.

I don't think anyone gets this thread really, but it is funny if you do

imnuts said:
I don't think anyone gets this thread really, but it is funny if you do
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I totally get the stab at r2doesinc, but I decided to just play things straight. That's old news and in the past. I was honestly more pissed at rootzwiki's response to the situation than I was at him.
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imnuts said:
I don't think anyone gets this thread really, but it is funny if you do
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shrike1978 said:
I totally get the stab at r2doesinc, but I decided to just play things straight. That's old news and in the past. I was honestly more pissed at rootzwiki's response to the situation than I was at him.
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I will make a wild guess that this guy sold his charge that rootz donated to him...
Sorry but i got mine in september...

JihadSquad said:
I will make a wild guess that this guy sold his charge that rootz donated to him...
Sorry but i got mine in september...
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Basically, yea, in a nutshell. Rootz's response was that they bought it for him and it was up to him what to do with it. Donors were pissed, not only because he stood to make money on their donation, but also because it set a bad precedent for the future.

The charge is a piece of crap.
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DROID3R said:
The charge is a piece of crap.
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That's just uncalled for! Next thing you might say is its almost like an iPhone.
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Imnuts for he present, jt for the future.
R2 is a whore and should be sentenced to death.
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Wow... I laughed the whole time I read this ****... yea... sounds like R2 gay blow is a doucher... haha.
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What is up with all of these new people using the app-developers app? I mean is spending a couple bucks to get the full version of the xda app so hard? Hell I spent the money to buy the full tapatalk app so I can use it on any forum that supports it.

eollie said:
What is up with all of these new people using the app-developers app? I mean is spending a couple bucks to get the full version of the xda app so hard? Hell I spent the money to buy the full tapatalk app so I can use it on any forum that supports it.
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Or you could just I what I do and delete that part at the bottom before you send the post. That way others don't have to see it and I don't look like a cheap bastard. lol

hechoen said:
Or you could just I what I do and delete that part at the bottom before you send the post. That way others don't have to see it and I don't look like a cheap bastard. lol
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There is a option to change the sig isnt there? I know tapatalk has that option.
Im just curious tho is there really a app for app devs? Or is that the free version?

This is what it looks like from the free version of the app.
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Haha, me, premium :thumbup: and not changing sig in app (this post is just for fun )
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daothanhduy1996 said:
Haha, me, premium :thumbup: and not changing sig in app (this post is just for fun )
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Yeah I guess I should buy the paid version to support the site. I just seem to spend my extra money donating to the Devs in this forum instead.

hechoen said:
This is what it looks like from the free version of the app.
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Ok that makes sense then. I comprehend.
Dao I dont mind the sigs. I wanted to point and laugh at people that were so cheap and thought that it was different than the free version.
hechoen I wish there was just a donate button for xda. Like I said I bought the full tapatalk app a long while ago. I dont need multiple apps that do the same thing.

eollie said:
Ok that makes sense then. I comprehend.
Dao I dont mind the sigs. I wanted to point and laugh at people that were so cheap and thought that it was different than the free version.
hechoen I wish there was just a donate button for xda. Like I said I bought the full tapatalk app a long while ago. I dont need multiple apps that do the same thing.
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But there is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/donations.php

Some parents wont give their kids the option to buy apps as airflip once said...
Point and laugh....I guess it turns some people on to pick on and make fun of others ... whatever you wanna justify it as.
Does it really matter how people come here for help and what not?
I don't think so....
I bought both tapatalk and xda premium long ago....don't much care for the tapatalk...to each his own

Shortbus-Driver said:
Some parents wont give their kids the option to buy apps as airflip once said...
Point and laugh....I guess it turns some people on to pick on and bully.
Does it really matter how people come here for help and what not?
I don't think so....
I bought both tapatalk and xda premium long ago....don't much care for the tapatalk...to each his own
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I understand people have parents that wont allow them to buy apps. I understand people live in countries where its almost impossible to purchase apps.
I will point and laugh at people that dont change the sig from the default.
I would also bet people think because it says app-developers app they think it has something special.
Also you do know the xda app is a modified version of tapatalk. If you own the premium version of tapatalk there shouldnt be anything in the premium version of xda that is not available in the tapatalk. I agree each person has their own preference.
As for how people come here for help...how is that related to my question?

Just saying people come here looking for help and what not.....not to be laughed at....
Its all good I see I read a lil different than the way you may have meant it.
Not looking ATM to argue lol I'm at a pop Warner football game right now with my three cheerleaders and football player...its a 9-12 hr event every Saturday till the season ends.
Anyhow i see where your goin now,its cool....wasn't looking to argue i just read it differently

Shortbus-Driver said:
Just saying people come here looking for help and what not.....not to be laughed at....
Its all good I see I read a lil different than the way you may have meant it.
Not looking ATM to argue lol I'm at a pop Warner football game right now with my three cheerleaders and football player...its a 9-12 hr event every Saturday till the season ends.
Anyhow i see where your goin now,its cool....wasn't looking to argue i just read it differently
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OMG pop warner..and all day. Atleast it is warm in Florida. Good luck have fun!

Lol...warm?
Its f'n hot as hell here

Shortbus-Driver said:
Lol...warm?
Its f'n hot as hell here
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Trade ya!
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Wow I'd love to.....but I can't get the wife to move to far from mom and dad...lol.
Missouri?

Kinda funny. I never noticed it till I saw this thread. For me, I just typed xda in the search bar in the market, and picked the first one with the "official" logo. I didn't even know there was a choice. I don't think I'm fooling anyone with an app dev signature
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Yeah, it's all because app developers are Linux guys, and you know how they are...
I never noticed the difference myself. I didn't buy the paid version because I'm wasn't then and still am not that impressed with the app, in general. I guess I never really considered it "supporting XDA" to buy the app. Hmm, I guess it is, now that I think of it. Maybe when they make it so that reading all the posts in a forum actually makes it marked "read" on the app...

jeffsf said:
Yeah, it's all because app developers are Linux guys, and you know how they are...
I never noticed the difference myself. I didn't buy the paid version because I'm wasn't then and still am not that impressed with the app, in general. I guess I never really considered it "supporting XDA" to buy the app. Hmm, I guess it is, now that I think of it. Maybe when they make it so that reading all the posts in a forum actually makes it marked "read" on the app...
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OMG the marked as read and actually showing new posts without having to toggle between pm's is annoying. That is a tapatalk bug. It use to not be that way, atleast for me but tapatalk 2.0 did some weird things.
As for not noticing it. At first I didnt but then we started to get a influx of noobs and reading those posts I realized it.

I think you're looking into it way too much. I bet 93% of the people don't even care, yes 93%

Xda app developers might have been the original name of the site. :-|