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Hi,
I'm thinking in buying the new samsung jet but it doesn't come with android, instead samsung choose touchwiz2.0.
It came to my knowledge that samsung is releasing or has already release the Samsung Galaxy (i think that's the name) with the number i7500, this one coming with android.
Knowing that there are same builds and guessing that this phones pretty much look alike... could anyone tell me if there can/will be (or if it exists) a build for Samsung Jet that allows android in it?
Thank you for the time
timmas
Welcome to forums
As this is an HTC devices forum only, I´m not sure that you´ll get too much information.
However good luck,
thank you,
i know that... but I've found little information about samsung builds and a friend of mine spoke highly of this forum so i though I'd give it a go.
Can you refer me a more adequate forum?
thank you
timmas
Hello Android Developers | ROM Flashers | Hackers | Modifiers | "I want my phone to look cool" People
First of all, I'd like to point out a few interesting things about this device.
-This is an Android powered phone that is officially supported to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
-The is the Galaxy S 4G. It is part of the Original Galaxy S (1st Generation) series and was once offered by ]"THREE" carriers. Mainly T-Mobile, secondly Wind Mobile, and most infrequently, Telus. The unique think about this phone is it was the first 4G Galaxy S Phone on T-Mobile.
-The model numbers are SGH-T959V(For T-Mobile), SGH-T959W(For Wind Mobile), and SGH-T959P(For Telus).
-A vast majority of support on this forum goes to the SGH-T959V for T-Mobile as it is the most common. There are a few T959W users on this forum who also have a few important threads, as well as if you are a T959W user, it is smart to note that yes, you can generally flash T959V roms, yet, you should "NOT" flash T959V Bootloaders and other such partitions such as the Boot, SBL, and Param sections as this MAY result in a permanent brick.
-There are no current T959P specific posts, and it is unknown whether there are any Telus users here. It is currently unknown but probably consistent that these users may be able to flash T959V roms.
OST OR ASK QUESTION
NOW THE MAIN POINT
First, If you haven't read the above section. GO BACK AND READ IT
MAIN MESSAGE
To all noobs, the T-Mobile (WInd or Telus) Galaxy S 4G is NOT internally similar to its predecessor, the T-Mobile Galaxy S Vibrant which lacks 4G and Gingerbread support. If you flash a Galaxy S Vibrant ROM, your phone may (and probably will) die, and will likely be void from warranty if you still have it! You should only flash ROMS available in THiS forum. All other Galaxy S variants including Galaxy S I9000, and other Galaxy S SGH model ROMS, Galaxy Y ROMS, Galaxy S II ROMS, Galaxy S III ROMS, Galaxy Note I ROMS, Galaxy Note II Roms, Galaxy Note 10.1 ROMS, Galaxy Tab ROMS, Galaxy Player ROMS, and any other Android Phone ROM will also kill the phone.
The label, Galaxy S doesn't mean Galaxy S "4G". There is a "HUGE" difference.
THERE ARE NOW AN INCOMING FLOOD OF GALAXY S "4" USERS.... THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DEVICE... PLEASE POST IN THE FORUM THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE MODEL NUMBER BEHIND YOUR BATTERY
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS WARNING IS TO STOP GALAXY S 4G AND GALAXY S VIBRANT USERS FROM FLASHING ROMS THAT ARE NOT FROM THEIR EXACT PHONE'S FORUM AS WELL AS TO STOP AN INCOMING FLOOD OF GALAXY S 4 USERS TO POST QUESTIONS IN HERE
Bump for sticky.
Bump bump BUMP!!!
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Bump for sticky.
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Seriously, sticky this beast. Its almost every day I see a thread with some poor sap who didn't do ANY research, has a bricked phone because he was trying to flash a vibrant ROM XD
While part of me says that if they can't bother to do the research before messing with a very expencive device then they deserve to be bricked with a voided warranty but then the other part says that this is good info so it is now stuck.
i do have to agree that this is good info, but isn't this referring to #3 in the 10 commandments thread? just wondering.
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i do have to agree that this is good info, but isn't this referring to #3 in the 10 commandments thread? just wondering.
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Good point. From some of the threads I've been reading, it doesn't sound like some people even pay attention to the stickies as it is.
Maybe the better question: Does having yet another sticky stop people from posting stupid stuff? Probably not.
I'm proud to be a part of this forum and community, and I'm tired of having to filter through a bunch of crap to find the needle(useful post) in the haystack(thread).
I hope that we, as a community, can band together to report abusive users (by clicking the alert triangle in the title bar of the abusive user's comment) and to help nurture the newbies to feel safe to ask questions so they don't follow bad advise and bootloop or worse... brick.
I hope that this being sticky catches someone's eye so they don't flash the wrong roms, if they are on other phones.
For the record I came to this site after flashing a vibrant rom through(gasp) ROM Manager. You know the story. Only option close to this phone was VIBRANT(this was back in feb and still the same). Some better googling led me here. Fixed my problem without so much as a post. Other people think and act different than I do. They will ask for help. They will be noobs. It's your choice whether or not to help. If you choose not to help than let that be it.
Oh bye the way NO ONE reads stickies
hechoen said:
For the record I came to this site after flashing a vibrant rom through(gasp) ROM Manager. You know the story. Only option close to this phone was VIBRANT(this was back in feb and still the same). Some better googling led me here. Fixed my problem without so much as a post. Other people think and act different than I do. They will ask for help. They will be noobs. It's your choice whether or not to help. If you choose not to help than let that be it.
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Well then they deserve what they get.
Rewritting the OS on your phone without doing the needed research is just plain stupid
zelendel said:
Well then they deserve what they get.
Rewritting the OS on your phone without doing the needed research is just plain stupid
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I thanked, because it seems to be the biggest problem with this site.
No one reads the stickies.
Should the site maybe implement a lightbox of some sort that pops up to remind users of the rules and reading the stickies and ops?
EDIT: It would be annoying, but if it worked, it would become less annoying to *not* have to scroll through 100-200 page threads of newbs fighting over stupid crap posted in the sticky and op...
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I thanked, because it seems to be the biggest problem with this site.
No one reads the stickies.
Should the site maybe implement a lightbox of some sort that pops up to remind users of the rules and reading the stickies and ops?
EDIT: It would be annoying, but if it worked, it would become less annoying to *not* have to scroll through 100-200 page threads of newbs fighting over stupid crap posted in the sticky and op...
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We have tried to make things as easy as we can but in the end this is a development site so when joining is is expected that people research and learn. I just wish people would stop following videos that are mostly out dated. It is amazing how lazy some people are. To be honest I am all out of pity and sympathy for those that don't do their homework. Its not rocket science after all lol
zelendel said:
We have tried to make things as easy as we can but in the end this is a development site so when joining is is expected that people research and learn. I just wish people would stop following videos that are mostly out dated. It is amazing how lazy some people are. To be honest I am all out of pity and sympathy for those that don't do their homework. Its not rocket science after all lol
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It's not rocket surgery or brain science. The simple fact is people want an easy way to do things. That's why they(myself inluded) are here. My homework is my own. So is my frustration. I ask not for sympathy but for pentance. I am so fuc?ing tired of off the cuff remarks from users of this site that claim to "know it all" but slam some poor ****er asking for help. How do you build a comminity on top of that? Search for sure. Notice the hottest topic right now is this one?
Zeledel
Do not expect people to be you. I sure as hell don't
I don't but I do expect them to do what I did when started, the same thing that everyone is expected to do. And that is to spend a good amount of time reading. When I started I knew nothing of modding and only had basic computer skills. So I joined and spent weeks reading up on what I was doing before I even attempted to software unlock my device. If you asked a question here without doing your research you were flamed left and right as it was and still is expected that people do the research before posting. Mainly sense modding your phone breaks your warranty and if you bricked it there was no way back and no returning to stock to return it.
As for the off the cuff remarks, I am sorry it has come to this. You can ask any one of my team mates. I am the first to spend hours upon hours helping people. Hell I have even spent 4 hours on an international call to help a user that has bricked his phone. In the end it comes down to if you do the research and then after all the work it is still acting up then people are more opted to help.
zelendel said:
I don't but I do expect them to do what I did when started, the same thing that everyone is expected to do. And that is to spend a good amount of time reading. When I started I knew nothing of modding and only had basic computer skills. So I joined and spent weeks reading up on what I was doing before I even attempted to software unlock my device. If you asked a question here without doing your research you were flamed left and right as it was and still is expected that people do the research before posting. Mainly sense modding your phone breaks your warranty and if you bricked it there was no way back and no returning to stock to return it.
As for the off the cuff remarks, I am sorry it has come to this. You can ask any one of my team mates. I am the first to spend hours upon hours helping people. Hell I have even spent 4 hours on an international call to help a user that has bricked his phone. In the end it comes down to if you do the research and then after all the work it is still acting up then people are more opted to help.
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One thing to remember alot of people are not you. We agree are many things. People are still not you. Because A = B if I am A or B than we are the same. C is always an option. Be the better person don't expect or think humane kind will hold themselves in that same regard. Be who you are but remember C is also an option.
hechoen said:
One thing to remember alot of people are not you. We agree are many things. People are still not you. Because A = B if I am A or B than we are the same. C is always an option. Be the better person don't expect or think humane kind will hold themselves in that same regard. Be who you are but remember C is also an option.
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Agreed.
For anyone that has been keeping up. Please don't think that I am trying to say that I am like some tech guru. Lol far from it. I only meant to show what can happen when you put some love, effort, common since, strong searchfu toss in some grey hairs into your device. Never know the guy that joins XDA tomorrow may become the next CM.
If you believe you can or if you believe you can't either way you are right.
pft.
Sometimes when your having a bad day, keeping your fingers off the keyboard makes things better.
I had to re-read hechoen 3 times until I got it.
agreed. Also, people should not flash to their phone until they really know what they are doing. When I first rooted my G1, I read for 2 months before trying. Also, I ended up frying my rom and being stuck i bootloader for a day, but I never posted a single thread anywhere(I wasn't a member). So before people say "HELP, am I bricked?" they should try "EVERYTHING" to solve their own problems. The senior members aren't the phone company warranty plans.
google does a good job of leading other galaxy variants to different forum. When i first googled this phone google led me to the i9000 forum, and from reviews and comparisons on other sites they say this phone is very similar to the vibrant so its easy to get confused.Its bad enough samsung has like 10 phones with the galaxy name on it too. I think this thread should be stickied on general and Q and A also, its very easy to be misled here.
Sticky vs. Wiki
airfluip1 said:
To all noobs, the galaxy s 4g isn't the vibrant, if you flash a vibrant rom, your phone may die. You should only flash roms available in this forum. Galaxy S I9000 roms and GS2 roms will also kill the phone. The label, Galaxy S doesn't mean Galaxy S "4G". There is a "HUGE" difference.
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So, why is the xda-dev wiki leading noobs to believe otherwise?
Clicking on that link (which is supposedly a list of all the Galaxy S models), we see the Galaxy S 4G nestled in amongst all the generic Galaxy S models. Shouldn't there be a separate section here for the 4G just as there is for a Galaxy S II and a Galaxy Tablet?
It's one thing to make this post a Sticky (which may or may not be found via searching), and quite another to deliberately classify the Galaxy S 4G as a Galaxy S on the Wiki (which is much more prominent than a Sticky)!
p.s.
I had specifically asked a moderator to create a new group for the Galaxy S 4G over 6 months ago...
[email protected] said:
So, why is the xda-dev wiki leading noobs to believe otherwise?
Clicking on that link (which is supposedly a list of all the Galaxy S models), we see the Galaxy S 4G nestled in amongst all the generic Galaxy S models. Shouldn't there be a separate section here for the 4G just as there is for a Galaxy S II and a Galaxy Tablet?
It's one thing to make this post a Sticky (which may or may not be found via searching), and quite another to deliberately classify the Galaxy S 4G as a Galaxy S on the Wiki (which is much more prominent than a Sticky)!
p.s.
I had specifically asked a moderator to create a new group for the Galaxy S 4G over 6 months ago...
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I actually beg to differ. The galaxy s 4g is a 'galaxy s' phone based on the s5pc1xx (specifically the s5pc110 in PoP with the onenand-flex and dram, just like the epic4g and fascinate) processor (hummingbird chipset). The sgs2 is based on the exynos chipset.
The tablet IS in a class of it's own.
I don't understand your post.
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I recently upgraded from a Nexus 4. I was unlucky when I purchased my S4 because it came with the MF3 firmware. It's really important for me to be able to run custom roms on my phone. I know that using the safestrap method I can install TW based roms but I'd like to have more options available to me. It seems as though this has been the case for a while now. Should I just return my phone and purchase something else or wait for a fix in the future? Also, with the 4.3 update coming soon for the AT&T S4, will this effect my ability to use the safestrap method?
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I recently upgraded from a Nexus 4. I was unlucky when I purchased my S4 because it came with the MF3 firmware. It's really important for me to be able to run custom roms on my phone. I know that using the safestrap method I can install TW based roms but I'd like to have more options available to me. It seems as though this has been the case for a while now. Should I just return my phone and purchase something else or wait for a fix in the future? Also, with the 4.3 update coming soon for the AT&T S4, will this effect my ability to use the safestrap method?
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A. You need to search, the question you asked about safestrap has been answered several times as well as it can be answered at this point.
B. Only you can decide if you want to take the phone back or not. How is anyone supposed to make that decision for you? If you need information to help you make the decision, I suggest you read the "pinned" threads in the General and Q&A sections and also read the threads that are on the front couple of pages of those sections. Good luck.
motojdm said:
I recently upgraded from a Nexus 4. I was unlucky when I purchased my S4 because it came with the MF3 firmware. It's really important for me to be able to run custom roms on my phone. I know that using the safestrap method I can install TW based roms but I'd like to have more options available to me. It seems as though this has been the case for a while now. Should I just return my phone and purchase something else or wait for a fix in the future? Also, with the 4.3 update coming soon for the AT&T S4, will this effect my ability to use the safestrap method?
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I would say return it if you really care about flashing custom roms, get the nexus 5 if you want pure Android experience. Otherwise, you could keep it and wait for the flashing method to becomes available.
@scott14719
There is nothing wrong asking for a second opinion. move on.
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I say return it. There a plenty of options out there. My girlfriend just bought the lg g2 it's a very good phone. Or like was mentioned above the nexus 5 if you want pure android.
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scott14719 said:
A. You need to search, the question you asked about safestrap has been answered several times as well as it can be answered at this point.
B. Only you can decide if you want to take the phone back or not. How is anyone supposed to make that decision for you? If you need information to help you make the decision, I suggest you read the "pinned" threads in the General and Q&A sections and also read the threads that are on the front couple of pages of those sections. Good luck.
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... thanks buddy. the reason i ask is because maybe there is a developer reading this who might be able to give me a clearer timetable on when a fix might be released. it seems as though this has been an ongoing problem with no fix in sight. if the problem were to be fixed within the next month or so i'd be interested in keeping the phone. hence, why i ask the community for advice. it's not as though i'm a little child who doesn't know how to spend his money. and my question about the update/safestrap issue isn't clearly answered on the OP's FAQ... maybe if i sifted through thousands of pages. you go out of your way to write a lengthy MOD EDIT response yet fail to answer the question that could be easily answered much faster.
Anyone who buys an S4 or Note 3 from AT&T right now isMOD EDIT And did not do their homework before buying.
I'm lucky because I got my S4 the first day it was released, so I can run any ROM I want, including AOSP. But as of recently, nobody who buys a new S4 or Note 3 can run REAL custom ROM's, ever (as of today). And I'm talking AOSP of course.
When the first of my two current AT&T contracts is up (June '14), I'm ditching AT&T and going to T-Mobile.
I'll sell my used S4 to cover the cost of prematurely ending my second contract.
MOD EDIT AT&T.
I still love Samsung though. And have no plans to leave Samsung phones as long as they continue to give us removeable battery covers and MicroSD card slots.
Read and make a decision on your own. No one can decide it for you...the end!
Consider the Thread closed.
To the OP the reply to search and read is the best reply. The #1 rule on XDA is search. Your remark to the individual suggesting to search and read is unwarranted.
Also questions go in the Q&A section not in General. Please read the XDA rules here and familiarize yourself with them.
To all others profanity is not permitted on XDA in any style or form. Masked profanity is profanity. Also abusive name calling is not tolerated.
Thank you for your future attention to this.
EFM
Have a nice day.
Hi All,
This probably isn't the way to kick off my time here, but I'm in jail with the inability to post to the dev forums until I hit 10 posts. So, I'd like some assitance doing that in this thread.
Just for some background, and in case s0be reads this forum :silly:, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, Sprint version. Unforuntately, there are no ROMs for it - just the International version. One of the developers here, s0be, has been embarking on a journey to fix that :good: . I tried his latest shot at CM 11, but ran into exactly the same issues as what occurred in post 72 here. Unfortunately, it looks like the fix for the failed installation was provided in a private link.
My short term is to get 10 posts so I can ask the developer directly to roll support for serranolte into his next public build for CM-11 so I can give it a go. Then, of course, I'll try to get that ROM installed.
Well, now you know why I'm here and why I need 9 more posts. Look forward to meeting a few of you here in the lounge...
Thought i would take advantage of your goal myself
angruvidal said:
Hi All,
This probably isn't the way to kick off my time here, but I'm in jail with the inability to post to the dev forums until I hit 10 posts. So, I'd like some assitance doing that in this thread.
Just for some background, and in case s0be reads this forum :silly:, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, Sprint version. Unforuntately, there are no ROMs for it - just the International version. One of the developers here, s0be, has been embarking on a journey to fix that :good: . I tried his latest shot at CM 11, but ran into exactly the same issues as what occurred in post 72 here. Unfortunately, it looks like the fix for the failed installation was provided in a private link.
My short term is to get 10 posts so I can ask the developer directly to roll support for serranolte into his next public build for CM-11 so I can give it a go. Then, of course, I'll try to get that ROM installed.
Well, now you know why I'm here and why I need 9 more posts. Look forward to meeting a few of you here in the lounge...
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I don't know if this even will help you because most of these threads get deleted I think when they cleaning up the forums, so I hope you'll be fast enough to get these 10 posts.
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angruvidal said:
Hi All,
This probably isn't the way to kick off my time here, but I'm in jail with the inability to post to the dev forums until I hit 10 posts. So, I'd like some assitance doing that in this thread.
Just for some background, and in case s0be reads this forum :silly:, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, Sprint version. Unforuntately, there are no ROMs for it - just the International version. One of the developers here, s0be, has been embarking on a journey to fix that :good: . I tried his latest shot at CM 11, but ran into exactly the same issues as what occurred in post 72 here. Unfortunately, it looks like the fix for the failed installation was provided in a private link.
My short term is to get 10 posts so I can ask the developer directly to roll support for serranolte into his next public build for CM-11 so I can give it a go. Then, of course, I'll try to get that ROM installed.
Well, now you know why I'm here and why I need 9 more posts. Look forward to meeting a few of you here in the lounge...
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Please don't post just to boost your post count. You could have all your posts deleted and have to restart from zero. In any case, the correct place for this post was in the Q&A forum for the S4 mini.
Good day XDA team and comunity.
Title says it all.
I have been in the android world for over 7 years now, as an advanced user, because that is what I am, I do not develop or anything like that, quite few mods, some investigations and fixing things by taking a tutorial here or there and some common sense. Some hard bricked devices back when I was starting to install custom roms and rooting devices.
Now, as far as I can remember, hard bricks came from MY mistake. Never blamed any dev or anyone who provided software that I was accepting the responsibility of installing. The post here, or question right here, would be either for new users or users that are not that new that are not used to use the search button or make some reading. I came to this after watching a youtube video about how it looked a custom One UI rom on redmi note 5 (BTW I do not own a whyred device, I own a samsung but I love to keep on watching the develpment scene). I went down to comments to see about bugs, but I got surprised when I saw the question that made me start this post:
"Sir i cant install a custom recovery in Redmi Note 5/5plus .U make a video about custom rom for RN5 recently.But i Can't Install Recovery.Sir I need help. ASAP!"
or
"Can this rom for redmi 5 plus?"
I don't mean to be rude or anything like that but... Seriously? Starting with not knowing a difference between 2 devices that have a different processor, because the video was for Redmi Note 5/pro (whyred) and not Redmi Note 5/5 Plus (Vince). But well, we all have had the confusion. Here is another one: A video for installing TWRP? That is the real ¿Seriously? Back in the days, we read and a lot! Prior installing anything that modifies the device itself, now, everyone wants a video for everything and do not take the time to read. In my humble opinion, if you start asking for that, without reading or at least making a simple google or xda search... dude, you better keep your device as it is, and I say it by experience. The worst of it all? Blaming developers for the mistakes that we make... and seriously, that is the most awful part of this. I can say that as I have had plenty of android devices, some of them with tons of development, some of them with no development at all.
So, conclusion is, to new users, and users that are used to be given everything, please read, if you don't know something, read, google search, xda search, make sure no one else have had the issue before and that you are the only one with it, so you can advise the rest of us. Some researching has not hurt anyone.
If the post needs to be moved to other side or deleted, please let me know, I just wanted to express how I feel about the community for about 2 or 3 years until now. Hopefully people starts reading.
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Good day XDA team and comunity.
Title says it all.
I have been in the android world for over 7 years now, as an advanced user, because that is what I am, I do not develop or anything like that, quite few mods, some investigations and fixing things by taking a tutorial here or there and some common sense. Some hard bricked devices back when I was starting to install custom roms and rooting devices.
Now, as far as I can remember, hard bricks came from MY mistake. Never blamed any dev or anyone who provided software that I was accepting the responsibility of installing. The post here, or question right here, would be either for new users or users that are not that new that are not used to use the search button or make some reading. I came to this after watching a youtube video about how it looked a custom One UI rom on redmi note 5 (BTW I do not own a whyred device, I own a samsung but I love to keep on watching the develpment scene). I went down to comments to see about bugs, but I got surprised when I saw the question that made me start this post:
"Sir i cant install a custom recovery in Redmi Note 5/5plus .U make a video about custom rom for RN5 recently.But i Can't Install Recovery.Sir I need help. ASAP!"
or
"Can this rom for redmi 5 plus?"
I don't mean to be rude or anything like that but... Seriously? Starting with not knowing a difference between 2 devices that have a different processor, because the video was for Redmi Note 5/pro (whyred) and not Redmi Note 5/5 Plus (Vince). But well, we all have had the confusion. Here is another one: A video for installing TWRP? That is the real ¿Seriously? Back in the days, we read and a lot! Prior installing anything that modifies the device itself, now, everyone wants a video for everything and do not take the time to read. In my humble opinion, if you start asking for that, without reading or at least making a simple google or xda search... dude, you better keep your device as it is, and I say it by experience. The worst of it all? Blaming developers for the mistakes that we make... and seriously, that is the most awful part of this. I can say that as I have had plenty of android devices, some of them with tons of development, some of them with no development at all.
So, conclusion is, to new users, and users that are used to be given everything, please read, if you don't know something, read, google search, xda search, make sure no one else have had the issue before and that you are the only one with it, so you can advise the rest of us. Some researching has not hurt anyone.
If the post needs to be moved to other side or deleted, please let me know, I just wanted to express how I feel about the community for about 2 or 3 years until now. Hopefully people starts reading.
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Yeah, exactly, THAT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Everyone, please pay close attention to every word in the post above. It is the wisest advice you will ever encounter when it comes to modifying devices.
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