I am new to the site, though I've been familiar with xda-developers for years now.
I just have a few simple questions that could hopefully get my started in the right direction.
Does anybody have any good recommendations as to where I could start?
I currently use a Galaxy S7 Edge, but for practice I want to start off with some of my older phones (obviously). Ill probably be using my Note 3 for experimenting on.
Also, what cool stuff could I use an old phone for?
Like a phone that I have no intentions of ever using as an actual PHONE again.?
Any help/direction is much appreciated
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Hi guys, New guy here, I recently got into the Android world. I am a theme creator from the other side (iphone of course) and am trying to broaden my horizons. Just have two quick questions for ya.
1. Are there any plans being made for adding the Kyocera Zio to the device list so they will have their own sub forum?
2. Has any one figured out how to put the Zio into recovery mode?
I have yet to figure this out, any help is appreciated. I really want to get started creating some themes for the android platform but this is proving impossible w/o being able to get to recovery mode.
Seriously, no one even said hello or had a go at either of the questions. This is truly disappointing to me, I was hoping this was a helpful community but now I am starting to think otherwise.
Hey Fate, welcome to the forums. That phone looks pretty sweet. Over seas phone? I can not even find what Android version comes on it.
anika200 said:
Hey Fate, welcome to the forums. That phone looks pretty sweet. Over seas phone? I can not even find what Android version comes on it.
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It is a phone offered in the States been out for nearly 2 months now, it is through Cricket, I must say it is the first one of there phones I am 100% pleased with. It comes with Android 1.6 on it but there is supposed to be a late 4th quarter update to 2.0 or better. Any who like I said any help is much appreciated
Interesting phone but does not seem llike many ppl have it hence the silence
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Hey everyone. I just got this note pro today from Amazon. I've read about a lot of functionality you can get from rooting your device. The thing is I have no clue how to root a device. I've looked around the internet and to be quite honest I'm still not quite sure how to properly root the device. I was hoping someone could maybe point out or give me step by step instructions on how to root a device. Including making backups and the programs needed. I'm totally a noob in this and quite terrified of destroying a 685.00 dollar device. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take the time out. The reason I'm rooting is because I want to get better battery life and be able to run any app in multiview mode. (Student who wants to go multiview with amazon ebooks and a note taking app)
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Hey everyone. I just got this note pro today from Amazon. I've read about a lot of functionality you can get from rooting your device. The thing is I have no clue how to root a device. I've looked around the internet and to be quite honest I'm still not quite sure how to properly root the device. I was hoping someone could maybe point out or give me step by step instructions on how to root a device. Including making backups and the programs needed. I'm totally a noob in this and quite terrified of destroying a 685.00 dollar device. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take the time out. The reason I'm rooting is because I want to get better battery life and be able to run any app in multiview mode. (Student who wants to go multiview with amazon ebooks and a note taking app)
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I'm not sure which Internet your using.... you must not be looking very hard because your answer is in this very forum. In fact , there is a great big thread about it a few lines down. If after reading said thread you still have a question, I suggest asking IN that thread.
Every one here loves to help out, but you gotta put in at least a TINY bit of effort dude.
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Hello,
I finally got a z3 compact and don't want to brick it. I'm way new to this (read: virgin). I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2920630 but that was a year ago and didn't tell me much anyway. I'm just looking for a good phone to learn/experiment on - I know there are many but if someone has any particular recommendations or could steer me towards a few that are more suitable, that'd be great. Also, if I should post this in any other forums or sites?
Thanks for any advice you can offer...
trstew said:
Hello,
I finally got a z3 compact and don't want to brick it. I'm way new to this (read: virgin). I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2920630 but that was a year ago and didn't tell me much anyway. I'm just looking for a good phone to learn/experiment on - I know there are many but if someone has any particular recommendations or could steer me towards a few that are more suitable, that'd be great. Also, if I should post this in any other forums or sites?
Thanks for any advice you can offer...
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I'd recommend a Nexus 4. You can get one for very cheap these days, but it's still a competent device; nearly 3 years old but with hardware that outperforms the "budget" devices that cost more. There's a massive amounts of development, and it's practically impossible to brick. You might want to get a new battery for it though. It's not terribly difficult, but it does take some tools, patience, and confidence. A Nexus 5 would obviously be the better device, but it'll cost more.
trstew said:
Hello,
I finally got a z3 compact and don't want to brick it. I'm way new to this (read: virgin). I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2920630 but that was a year ago and didn't tell me much anyway. I'm just looking for a good phone to learn/experiment on - I know there are many but if someone has any particular recommendations or could steer me towards a few that are more suitable, that'd be great. Also, if I should post this in any other forums or sites?
Thanks for any advice you can offer...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846277
hey, hopefully im posting this in the right section. im still pretty new to xda as well as the fascinating world of root access, custom recovery's and roms, and such so please let me know if this post is out of place and i apologize ahead of time if it is.
anyways, as for my original reason for posting to the forum, hi everybody ive somewhat recently discovered the possibilities of root access, custom roms and the like. not long ago i was in the market for a new device and came across an offerup post for a galaxy core prime SM-G360T1 (the metro pcs variant) at the price of $35 obo soo, personally never being the biggest samsung supporter i offered $20 n continued looking for another decent LG to hook up to my metro service. long story short they accepted my offer n deals like that shant b ignored so i purchased said core prime n spent the whole night searching through the xda forums to learn all i could.
soo, here i am now the proud owner of my first galaxy device, a rooted SM-G360T1 with a good working touch version of twrp (my preferred choice in custom recoveries) but, as ive come to discover only one very aptly named custom rom exists for this particular galaxy and though i completely respect its creator for all the time & effort he put into releasing the first working pre-rooted, de-bloated custom rom available for the SM-G360T1, i personally decided to stick with the stock rooted firmware and do the de-bloating and such myself.
ok sry about the mindless rambling there i may have gotten a bit carried away. now, as for my point in posting this in the first place. i wouldnt feel right asking others to solve my little issues for me so im not gunna try to pressure anybody into puttin out more roms for the metro core prime. instead, if at all possible i would merely like to meet someone more experienced and well-versed in the art of android development who might b interested in maybe taking me under their wing so that i might get the opportunity to learn the ways of the code and hopefully one day have all the knowledge necessary to develop my own custom roms, or maybe even eventually get myself a couple of apps that i can b proud of onto the play store.
to summarize, i am but a young aspiring software developer will very little knowlege of or experience with code, tho was raised on home built pcs my whole life so i know my way around a desktop pretty well hardware-wise as well as software-wise, im very willing and eager to learn, whilst having already developed through my previous experiences, a healthy fear of bricking yet another phone which has resulted in an increase in the frequency with which i backup my data, as well as a certain acquired hesitation toward attempting any uncertain actions without first doing the appropriate research on the given subject and im hoping to find someone willing to pass some of their vast knowledge down to me whom i can consider to b my teacher, professor, sensai, master, whichever u prefer, and whom i would never hesitate but to thank and give credit for any and all software that i may one day develop as a result of the lessons they had taught me :victory:
aaaanyways, this post turned out a lot longer than i anticipated so, if uve been able to stick it out and make it this far i am both sry for taking up so much of your time, as well as truly grateful to u for having taken said time to hear me out. well, have a wonderful day everybody and i hope to hear from my future sensai soon. until such time i shall b waiting paitiently thnx again for reading
oh and also just wanted to add that if anybody that knows what theyre doing happens to be in the midst of making/porting any new roms for the SM-G360T1 samsung galaxy core prime metro pcs version and needs any help with like testing or wutever let me know, i got a good twrp nandroid backup ready to b restored n just in case of an emergency i still got odin and the rooted kernel that i used to root it in the first place saved onto my pc
Ok, so I'm new here. I've known about this place for years but have always been a bit apprehensive about tooling around with perfectly good devices. So years later I have amassed quite a few devices that no longer get used or are a bit out of date. So needless to say my apprehension has melted away and now I'm ready to brick some **** if needed to learn a bit more about this modding thing. So currently with this Pokemon craze I have an old phone that has android 4.2. I need to upgrade to 4.4 or higher to be able to DL the PokemonGo app. My grandson is killing me trying to use my gs7e constantly. I currently own 8 tablets 4 of which are on the T-mobile network. Only two of them are android 4.4 or higher. Problem is they are smashed, lol. Left them on top of my car only to see them fly off while on the freeway. So I can not DL the app on any of the tabs either.
So I have this phone, SGH-T399 I'm willing to brick in order to try and either learn how to get this app or kill it trying. Been googling and my best option ended up coming here. So to make this long story get short in a hurry. PLEASE help. Where can I find the easiest way for me to make these changes in the simpliest terms possible, lol? I aslo am using a laptop with windows 10 if that matters in case I need to DL files and such. Thanks in advance.
Paul F.
ps: I'm also willing to brick a few of the tablets as well, lol.
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Ok, so I'm new here. I've known about this place for years but have always been a bit apprehensive about tooling around with perfectly good devices. So years later I have amassed quite a few devices that no longer get used or are a bit out of date. So needless to say my apprehension has melted away and now I'm ready to brick some **** if needed to learn a bit more about this modding thing. So currently with this Pokemon craze I have an old phone that has android 4.2. I need to upgrade to 4.4 or higher to be able to DL the PokemonGo app. My grandson is killing me trying to use my gs7e constantly. I currently own 8 tablets 4 of which are on the T-mobile network. Only two of them are android 4.4 or higher. Problem is they are smashed, lol. Left them on top of my car only to see them fly off while on the freeway. So I can not DL the app on any of the tabs either.
So I have this phone, SGH-T399 I'm willing to brick in order to try and either learn how to get this app or kill it trying. Been googling and my best option ended up coming here. So to make this long story get short in a hurry. PLEASE help. Where can I find the easiest way for me to make these changes in the simpliest terms possible, lol? I aslo am using a laptop with windows 10 if that matters in case I need to DL files and such. Thanks in advance.
Paul F.
ps: I'm also willing to brick a few of the tablets as well, lol.
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