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Hello everyone, just wana introduce myself. My name is Sofia and I love cellphones and new technology. I purchased captivate a month ago my first android phone. It's very fast and amazing. One of my friend told me about this site so I decided to join it. Lately my phone is been laggy and very slow. Can someone please help me and let me know what can I do to make it faster. Thank everyone

Start by reading through some of the stickies here and in the other Cappy subforums. Lots of good info. Searching before posting is also appreciated. Welcome.

sofia-captivate said:
Hello everyone, just wana introduce myself. My name is Sofia and I love cellphones and new technology. I purchased captivate a month ago my first android phone. It's very fast and amazing. One of my friend told me about this site so I decided to join it. Lately my phone is been laggy and very slow. Can someone please help me and let me know what can I do to make it faster. Thank everyone
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Hi Sofia welcome,
I'll assume you got it brand new and is running a stock ROM. I would say that there is something running in the background that is slowing you down some. I'd take a look at which/how many apps you have, and maybe delete the ones you don't use anymore. Do you know if you're running 2.1 or 2.2?
What you'll mostly find here at XDA are folks that love to mod, well love might not be a strong enough word, we're OBSESSED. So what you will most assuredly get from people is "Try sun-in-such's ROM, it's the best!"
If you're into that, this is the place to play. Have fun!

Lol
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Hi everyone im running 2.1 it came like that out of the box. Since im a girl I like phones that is simple and easy to use. I've used iPhones and blackberrys but im happy with android cause I can customize my screen to pink color. I would love to do mods but it seems very complicated since im not used to android and not very technical minded
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sofia-captivate said:
Hi everyone im running 2.1 it came like that out of the box. Since im a girl I like phones that is simple and easy to use. I've used iPhones and blackberrys but im happy with android cause I can customize my screen to pink color. I would love to do mods but it seems very complicated since im not used to android and not very technical minded
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You're probably better off not doing any mods then. Sorry if that sounds mean, but unless you're tech savvy to some minimal degree and comfortable with the idea of voiding your warranty and possibly bricking your phone, you're probably better off just leaving it stock.

modest_mandroid said:
You're probably better off not doing any mods then. Sorry if that sounds mean, but unless you're tech savvy to some minimal degree and comfortable with the idea of voiding your warranty and possibly bricking your phone, you're probably better off just leaving it stock.
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Is it that hard? I was reading through forum and looking at roms how is serendipity or cm7? Im learning slowly as I read. Do I just put rom on my SD card? How does it work?
modest_mandroid said:
You're probably better off not doing any mods then. Sorry if that sounds mean, but unless you're tech savvy to some minimal degree and comfortable with the idea of voiding your warranty and possibly bricking your phone, you're probably better off just leaving it stock.
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Not exactly, an hour or two spent reading threads over here is what you need.
Swyped from my Froyo-ed Captivate.

Welcome Sofia ! I also have a Rogers Captivate (have a Focus too) and running it on FIDO with few issues. Try upgrading to 2.2 using Keis. That in itself was no fun, but at least it will give you some idea of updating/modding the phone.

Ya I wana learn also
PaullikesWINMO said:
Welcome Sofia ! I also have a Rogers Captivate (have a Focus too) and running it on FIDO with few issues. Try upgrading to 2.2 using Keis. That in itself was no fun, but at least it will give you some idea of updating/modding the phone.
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PaullikesWINMO said:
Welcome Sofia ! I also have a Rogers Captivate (have a Focus too) and running it on FIDO with few issues. Try upgrading to 2.2 using Keis. That in itself was no fun, but at least it will give you some idea of updating/modding the phone.
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sofia-captivate said:
Is it that hard? I was reading through forum and looking at roms how is serendipity or cm7? Im learning slowly as I read. Do I just put rom on my SD card? How does it work?
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Please don't be fooled into thinking this stuff is really easy. There are already a bunch of threads from people who tried to use CM7 and messed up their phones. Flashing isn't that hard, but it is also pretty easy to screw up. Settle for upgrading to stock Froyo and then read, read, read.

sofia-captivate said:
Is it that hard? I was reading through forum and looking at roms how is serendipity or cm7? Im learning slowly as I read. Do I just put rom on my SD card? How does it work?
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It's not hard, but it's easy to botch it if you don't know what you're doing. If you're going to try your hand at flashing a custom rom, make sure you read about and understand the process enough to where you don't have to make guesses and assumptions. Also, jumping straight to cm7 is a terrible idea - flashing cm7 is a lot more involved than flashing any of the other roms found in the dev section, and if you don't know what you're doing you'll almost certainly end up with some sort of brick.
Read through the stickied threads. They contain a lot of useful information, which is why they're at the top of each subforum. Fill in the knowledge gaps by searching. There's more than enough information in the Captivate forum alone, let alone all of XDA, to teach you how to do everything from some simple modifications to building your own custom firmware.

Miami_Son said:
Please don't be fooled into thinking this stuff is really easy. There are already a bunch of threads from people who tried to use CM7 and messed up their phones. Flashing isn't that hard, but it is also pretty easy to screw up. Settle for upgrading to stock Froyo and then read, read, read.
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Swyped from my Froyo-ed Captivate.

It is really easy. It's just also really easy to screw up. But since you're a girly girl who likes things simple and easy (because you're a girl) and you have a girly name, guys will be stepping all over each other to help you and they'll be really polite.

Lol ur funny. No one has helped me yet. Been reading over 4 hours kind of learning its all new to me. But once I see it how it's then I learn quickly.
opcow said:
It is really easy. It's just also really easy to screw up. But since you're a girly girl who likes things simple and easy (because you're a girl) and you have a girly name, guys will be stepping all over each other to help you and they'll be really polite.
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sofia-captivate said:
Lol ur funny. No one has helped me yet. Been reading over 4 hours kind of learning its all new to me. But once I see it how it's then I learn quickly.
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Cool. It occurs to me that what I wrote may have come of as a little hostile. It's really just that I'm a sarcastic bastard.

opcow said:
Cool. It occurs to me that what I wrote may have come of as a little hostile. It's really just that I'm a sarcastic bastard.
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sent u a pm

sofia-captivate said:
Lol ur funny. No one has helped me yet. Been reading over 4 hours kind of learning its all new to me. But once I see it how it's then I learn
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I'd wager 5-10 hours reading on XDA should get the average newbie up to speed to do basic flashing & hacking.
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Desperately need help

Flashed CM 7 Kernel with the Sky Ice Cream ROM. Phone won't boot past the Samsung logo. How do I get into Recovery?
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acles003 said:
Flashed CM 7 Kernel with the Sky Ice Cream ROM. Phone won't boot past the Samsung logo. How do I get into Recovery?
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you flashed a CM7 kernel on a Touchwiz rom....
what did you expect to happen?
first of all, turn off the phone
secondly, go READ what the F you are doing. getting into recovery is basic knowledge and involves 3 fingers..... you need to figure out how to do the rest.

Pirateghost said:
you flashed a CM7 kernel on a Touchwiz rom....
what did you expect to happen?
first of all, turn off the phone
secondly, go READ what the F you are doing. getting into recovery is basic knowledge and involves 3 fingers..... you need to figure out how to do the rest.
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Thanks buddy. Class act.
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acles003 said:
Thanks buddy. Class act.
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yeah? would you like me to hold your hand while i spoonfeed the knowledge thats already available here?

Sorry for trying something new, being worried, and wanting the answer quickly so I can fix my phone. I did find the answer, no thanks to assholes like you.
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acles003 said:
Sorry for trying something new, being worried, and wanting the answer quickly so I can fix my phone. I did find the answer, no thanks to assholes like you.
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this site does not exist for support.
let me repeat that.
THIS SITE DOES NOT EXIST FOR SUPPORT.
you are expected to help yourself around here. watch the video that you are presented with when you sign up.
dont get pissed off at me because you didnt want to do your research and understand what you were doing to your phone. you will get zero sympathy like that.
drop the f'n attitude and teach yourself a thing or 2....

Thanks again for your help. Appreciate it.
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Wow rom manager i guess is dangerous
If people have an issue, and dont know how to get in to recovery. And your very brave flashing anything with out knowing how to get into recovery. Also cm7 kernel is for cm7. Be more careful in the futre or you will be bricked. You lucky this time. Also you may need to odin the stock tar at this point. But flashing a rom again after a data/cache wipe is worth a try. Also you should not nor should anyone be flashing anything. With out throughly reading and understanding what your about to do. It is also adviseable to have knowledge of the basics.

Pirateghost said:
this site does not exist for support.
let me repeat that.
THIS SITE DOES NOT EXIST FOR SUPPORT.
you are expected to help yourself around here. watch the video that you are presented with when you sign up.
dont get pissed off at me because you didnt want to do your research and understand what you were doing to your phone. you will get zero sympathy like that.
drop the f'n attitude and teach yourself a thing or 2....
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calm down. he was just asking for a little help... instead of *****ing at him why not help him out. everyone needs to start somewhere, so he messed up his first time. live and learn.
and OP. glad you got it working read into some more tutorials before you try again.

. Need to just read and understand what your doing before you attempt these things. Is it reallt that difficult to do a little research. Before possibly breaking your phone. And anyone will tell you that same thing. Because thats how we all learned read before hand. Lots of people are willing to help but not if your just going to be to lazy to research

I asked on two separate threads and no one answered me. I go on XDA and other forums over 5 times a day. I dont do coding or development for a living.. just wanted better battery life out of my phone. People are jumping to conclusions that I didn't do research. I did, I asked questions, got fed up & thought, let me just try this.
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You need to go here and read this it should recover your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348

silver03wrx said:
You need to go here and read this it should recover your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
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Thank you. I got it into recovery using the volume keys and I wiped data and reinstalled the sky ice cream ROM. that's all I needed. Other guy just wanted to feel like a tough guy.
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^ i was just about to post the thread that he did ;P
but once you get it all back up an running. take a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383464

acles003 said:
Thank you. I got it into recovery using the volume keys and I wiped data and reinstalled the sky ice cream ROM. that's all I needed. Other guy just wanted to feel like a tough guy.
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yep. im a tough guy.
why dont you learn a little bit about me before you go and make assumptions like that?
shockingly, i help out a lot, but i like this little thing called 'brutal honesty'. sometimes lazy people need a taste of it every so often. instead of spoonfeeding, it pisses them off enough to teach themselves something or make sure they comprehend what they are doing.
hate it or not, this site is NOT a support site. that has been stated time and time again....its nothing new.
its time to shut up or nut up. plain and simple.
keep calling me names and trying to demean me. it wont work.

Glad you got it working, deff beware next time. Read up on kernels n such any questions we'll be glad to help. I remember when I was brand new to Android period and got a lot of great help and advice from the great community

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Glad you got it working, deff beware next time. Read up on kernels n such any questions we'll be glad to help. I remember when I was brand new to Android period and got a lot of great help and advice from the great community
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That's all I was looking for. Thank you.
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Pirateghost said:
yep. im a tough guy.
why dont you learn a little bit about me before you go and make assumptions like that?
shockingly, i help out a lot, but i like this little thing called 'brutal honesty'. sometimes lazy people need a taste of it every so often. instead of spoonfeeding, it pisses them off enough to teach themselves something or make sure they comprehend what they are doing.
hate it or not, this site is NOT a support site. that has been stated time and time again....its nothing new.
its time to shut up or nut up. plain and simple.
keep calling me names and trying to demean me. it wont work.
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I love thus Guy........
The brutal honesty is something we need.
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Brutal honestly is what every thread has. And what does it turn to? Flaming. Other will get mad and start talking all hard with will all be internet tuff that. We definitely do not need that.
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Pirateghost said:
yep. im a tough guy.
why dont you learn a little bit about me before you go and make assumptions like that?
shockingly, i help out a lot, but i like this little thing called 'brutal honesty'. sometimes lazy people need a taste of it every so often. instead of spoonfeeding, it pisses them off enough to teach themselves something or make sure they comprehend what they are doing.
hate it or not, this site is NOT a support site. that has been stated time and time again....its nothing new.
its time to shut up or nut up. plain and simple.
keep calling me names and trying to demean me. it wont work.
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calm down.
he learned from his mistake. look at that. he wont do it again.
he would of still learned without you chomping on his a**.
and as much as you say its not a support site. its a site for flashing, with flashing people are always going to run into problems, and always gonna need help. so no, it isnt a support site. but yes, it is a site where friendly people can help someone who's having a problem. instead of calling someone out for their mistake, why not help them fix it then direct them to tools so that they dont make the mistake again, we're all human. so maybe he just got his phone and was excited to flash? or was fustrated with his battery life, as he said in a previous post. and he looked up instructions and didnt understand. but this site not being "a support site", he couldnt get help, so he took it into his own hands. i would of done the same thing. just because you know how to do something doesnt mean you get to cuss someone else out for not knowing how.

Stuff Android Noobs Say

Just a little humor I thought I would share with everyone! Remember, there's nothing wrong with being a noob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzpixaIOwSg

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Just a little humor I thought I would share with everyone! Remember, there's nothing wrong with being a noob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzpixaIOwSg
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So much truth...!!!
I almost fell off the chair with the:
"Ah a new ROM... No GPS, no WiFi, no data, no text messaging... Hmmm... I guess I can still make calls. Download!"
Great work!

Hmmm I wonder if I can find the answer up here.....nope ill just ask someone. Im sure they won't mind helping me
Thanks for the laugh.
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Lol, I got a kick out of this.
Specfically the part about ETAs.
-Sent from my Droid 2-

Fu(kin awesome vid, still laughing....

LOL @ the last joke.
I think I may I used some of those sayings though.

capostat said:
lol @ the last joke.
I think i may i used some of those sayings though.
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lol, "what is the best rom for my phone!!!!"

I'm new to this smartphone kinda stuff but this is just sad...
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My EVO is on Sprint and my Epic Touch are on Sprint, surely the can use the same ROM! DOWNLOAD.
I found it to be comical. But the best part is the bricked part. By far.

ahahahhahaha this is so funny... i have friends like this who thinks they know everything ... noobs

"Well my phone is bricked. It just keeps rebooting..."
AHAHAHAHA

This video is what all day every day in #miuiandroid is like.

Hilarious video. Thanks for the post. ...haha,...helppppp guess that's what noobs like myself say all the time.

Sorry Honey, 3 new ROMs just came outnumber ill be up all night trying them out!
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hahaha.. I was thinking about writing a comment as he did.. like "hey guys whats a noob and where can i get latest sandwitch ?
Remember though everyone starts as a noob
Edit - lol just noticed that people are asking serious questions about rooting and all in the youtube comment section ROFL

Great video

DOWNLOAD!!!! CLICK!!!! lol good vid man!! ^.^

I'm gonna post this in my thread,this is a great relative video,for my subject matter... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466228

Cool video. Thats what a noob act like.

Great Video!
Loved the "Well my phone is bricked. It just keeps rebooting..."
Well that must be a HELL of a brick hahahahahaha!

[ROM]CM9 alpha 1!!!!

wow i can't believe that CM9 alpha 1 is out already these devs are really working their butts off... here is the link to their website that will provide you with alpha 1...
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/cm9-alpha0-android-403-for-samsung-epic.html
i want to that the creators of this magnificent rom.
don't forget to wipe and flash gapps as well after flash the alpha 1 oh and back up your files just in case anything happens
remember to thank the devs that made this also...
i also want to thank qbking77 for giving clear instructions like always on how to flash these great roms...

pretty sure this is gonna get locked and an official thread is going to be opened

FYI, you might want to let the devs post the new rom release. Uberpenguin usually posts these himself. I have already heard about your antics around here so I assume this is another attention whoring thread anyway. So, I don't doubt this will be closed and deleted soon.

JojoSteez said:
FYI, you might want to let the devs post the new rom release. Uberpenguin usually posts these himself. I have already heard about your antics around here so I assume this is another attention whoring thread anyway. So, I don't doubt this will be closed and deleted soon.
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In the mean time, anyone know why the cm9 thread is temporarily closed?

Alright. I was totally chill throughout your consistent questions that no matter how many times any number of users told you to "go to the IRC" or "PM a senior member" you still made new threads. Your blatant disregard of the search tool was ridiculous. That was all fine and well because it WAS NOT in the development section.
But this, this is unacceptable. You should know better.

was this the "i was playing games for 3 hours" guys that only lost 20% of his battery?

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wat r u talking about antics.... breh i was trying to figure some **** out

Wow bud you need to get banned your ridiculous
All in favor say "aye"
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In the mean time, anyone know why the cm9 thread is temporarily closed?
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mope im trying to figure that out too....

haha i just looked at his posts...
aye

murso74 said:
was this the "i was playing games for 3 hours" guys that only lost 20% of his battery?
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Yes, this is him. And it was 6 hours, haha.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22041353&postcount=287
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Biggoron said:
Wow bud you need to get banned your ridiculous
All in favor say "aye"
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aye
10char.

Aye
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AYE! don't ever post stuff you didn't develop unless you've been expressly authorized, looneytroll. anybody flag this yet?

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certifiednoob said:
u all can go and F*** urselfs okay its not my fault that i beat the devs... its a F***EN community website...people need to know these things and fast
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wow...just...wow
You need to acquaint yourself with the site rules.

certifiednoob said:
u all can go and F*** urselfs okay its not my fault that i beat the devs... its a F***EN community website...people need to know these things and fast
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Says the troll.......
Get lost your no dev and your very unappreciated here get to steppin.....
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certifiednoob said:
u all can go and F*** urselfs okay its not my fault that i beat the devs... its a F***EN community website...people need to know these things and fast
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You do realize that the moment you use vulgarity your argument is instantly invalid?

Lmao this guy is a clown...
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eh this kids probably 11 or 12. he's gonna learn soon enough

certifiednoob said:
u all can go and F*** urselfs okay its not my fault that i beat the devs... its a F***EN community website...people need to know these things and fast
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Dude just let it go. Say your sorry & that's it. Think of it this way if u spent a lot of hours working on something & someone else swooped in & released it u would b upset so just rectify your mistake & move on.
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For those asking daily about updates

Guys, I know we have a lot of new people joining daily but lets take it into consideration that these guys are doing this on their FREE time so lets keep this respectful towards them and quit asking daily whats going on or when the next update will roll out.
Have been seeing a lot of this happening lately.
I enjoy flashng things just as much as you all do thats why we are here but when they have some new news or any updates I promise they will post it.
So give these guys a big thanks and if you feel like giving extra buy them a beer, I didn't write this to call any particular person out or start a bashing thread, but as a genuine courtesy call

You must be new up these forums. Its always starts like this with new Devices. Too many noobs.
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1.18.12 said:
You must be new up these forums. Its always starts like this with new Devices. Too many noobs.
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Not new, but have seen people be plain rude and even try to demand things in one on here and that's a quick way to run them off. We actually have a pretty good group here. I just wanted to get the attention of some of the new guys.

I completely agree with you! And I hope what everyone says they keep it respectful! Cause I really hope they don't run off!

As one of the 2 devs in here, I just ask that everyone give lfaber06 and I the time we need to get the job done with quality. Constantly asking or demanding things, and requests for updates and why something takes so long to get out....
Even if it is an "emergency" to you, just hang tight and we will all as a community help you out.
And above all Search first for gosh sake, before posting a new thread. I have seen 10 threads about the new update and root for the new update and how to keep root for the new update.... all of these have been posted as far back as 2 months ago now, for the 2.3.6 update.... we have seen it all in here already with cheesecake.
If you are new read the n00b thread, first.

By golly i want to know when cm7 cm9 supercharged v12 and umpa loompa roms are coming out and i want to know NOW!

mtnlion said:
By golly i want to know when cm7 cm9 supercharged v12 and umpa loompa roms are coming out and i want to know NOW!
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Never for you!!!! LOL....
Actually I have a decent build of CM7, but ran into a glitch. Both lfaber06 and I are looking at it right now, it was booting, but now it is acting real weird and it won't boot after a flash, and we can't even get anything from logcat on first boot, and lfaber06 saw some even weirder things after the flash and first boot.
So it is back to the drawing board for the moment... lfaber06 and I are both looking at it right now though. I have a feeling that CM7 will be ready before CM9, but I am guessing it is still a few weeks away right now.

So what's happening to v5 of supercharged rom? Is it at a standstill cause of the update?

JRW 28 said:
Not new, but have seen people be plain rude and even try to demand things in one on here and that's a quick way to run them off. We actually have a pretty good group here. I just wanted to get the attention of some of the new guys.
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Im going to agree with you on this being a good group here. I just came from the infuse and those forums are terrible with people being rude. Ive done my share as well. There may not be much development here yet but i'm glad I got the A2 because of the good support here and the quick responses. You guys have done a good job already getting a lot info out about this phone.
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Where's my CM7?
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No but seriously.
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mtnlion said:
By golly i want to know when cm7 cm9 supercharged v12 and umpa loompa roms are coming out and i want to know NOW!
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You're umpa loompa's fell into the chocolate LoL

unsivil_audio said:
Where's my CM7?
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You mean you havn't got yours yet?
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HAHA

Oh snap. I'm always last to the party.
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