is it illegal to mod g1 and give them root - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi to all i was just wondering if it is illegal to mod other peoples phone because i am in school and i mod peoples phone you know give them root and change boot img (like the T-mobile G1/My Touch 3G) and my dad thinks its illegal and want me to stop he also thinks that some one is going to connect it to a bomb and blame me i just want to get some other peoples views and such thanks for you feed back!-)

I'm pretty sure the "modding G1 and giving them root" police are only in Oregon, so you should be ok. Although I hear they are expanding their field offices to include Fargo, ND and North Grovesnerdale, CT so be on the lookout if you are near those areas.
In all serious, I think you are fine.....

DirectMatrix said:
I'm pretty sure the "modding G1 and giving them root" police are only in Oregon, so you should be ok. Although I hear they are expanding their field offices to include Fargo, ND and North Grovesnerdale, CT so be on the lookout if you are near those areas.
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**** good lookin out. I don't want to go to jail... haha

Ahahhhahahahaahahahahahahhahahahhahahaahahahahahhaahha! Ok, now that I got that out of my system. It is not illegal to mod an electronic device. When it becomes illegal is when you mod the device to do illegal actions, like play burnt copies of video games, or run illegal version of operating systems, etc. With that said, modding your g1/mt3g is just fine. As long as your not modding the phone to be a detonator for a nuclear bomb, your fine. Be sure to issue a disclaimer before modding anyone's phone. You don't want anyone coming back to your demanding money for a bricked phone. Just let them know that your trained in what you do, but there is still no guarantee that everything will go as planned. I've modded a couple of peoples g1's and I had them reply to an email with my personal disclaimer. Just as a back up...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPER FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but seriously...when I was younger I ALWAYS questioned if my actions hack/mod wise were legal......

fyi, it's now only illegal to load an old cyanogen mod with the proprietary google apps (for now, who knows what the future will bring legislation wise) .....according to google.....and probably their power lawyers.

While we are on the subject of legallity?
Hi to all i was just wondering if it is illegal to watch interspecies erotica? Because i am in school and i watch people you know give them root, and my dad thinks its illegal and want me to stop. he also thinks that some one is going to connect it to the web and blame me. i just want to get some other peoples views and such thanks for you feed back!-)
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just keep clear of any suspicious activities.... if someone asks for your help in making something that goes boom...its more than likely an fbi agent

It's not illegal unless you distribute copyrighted software. If you are simply rooting the phone you are fine, but if you have to downgrade it you are technically redistributing software without a license to do so. Either way I wouldn't worry about them coming to knock on your door for flashing a few kids phones.
On another note. Although it may make you the cool guy in class who can mod phones, I would advise you tell them to learn on their own. Otherwise you will end up being tech support for countless idiots who don't know what to do with root. Do you really feel like spending hours walking people through a Hero rom install, or SD partitioning? Cause that's what you are asking for by doing so.
The whole point of performing such mods is for the learning experience, and expanding the capabilities of your device for personal enjoyment. It's not so people can say "look what I can do" or "my phone is cooler than yours". My opinion is: If you won't put forth the effort to read and learn how, you don't need it.
You probably spent a good bit of time learning what you have. I know it feels great to be able to show off those skills, but in the long run they will thank you for making them learn rather than doing it for them.

gurnted said:
On another note. Although it may make you the cool guy in class who can mod phones, I would advise you tell them to learn on their own. Otherwise you will end up being tech support for countless idiots who don't know what to do with root. Do you really feel like spending hours walking people through a Hero rom install, or SD partitioning? Cause that's what you are asking for by doing so.
The whole point of performing such mods is for the learning experience, and expanding the capabilities of your device for personal enjoyment. It's not so people can say "look what I can do" or "my phone is cooler than yours". My opinion is: If you won't put forth the effort to read and learn how, you don't need it.
You probably spent a good bit of time learning what you have. I know it feels great to be able to show off those skills, but in the long run they will thank you for making them learn rather than doing it for them.
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free voice commander for MDA

hey guys,
im new to this phone, i just got it a few days ago, i want to install the voice commander 1.6. anyone know where i can get the free version?? anyone willing to share their copy of it?
also, i have the BTAudio, smartskey and magic button installed, any suggestions for MUST have programs.....
again, FREEE PROGRAMS PLEASE!!!!
THANKS A BUNCH
LOL....this is wrong on so many levels I can't reply without a series of four-letter words and some ideas of what to do with an iron rod. Anyone else care to take a whack at this?
Mark, I took out my
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but he does clearly say he wants a free version, so I backtracked.
I want a free version of Winona Ryder to come and show me who's the daddy, and it's about as likely to happen, but no harm in asking...
Thug, please ensure that you've read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=221545
We tolerate piracy as well as we tolerate a bad Eschian paradox.
Tread weary. Cotton Weary.
V
you're kiddin right?
thug2md - we don't do that. Now, you could WRITE one from scratch and share it here. That would be sweet.
This thread has all of the best free stuff: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284501 ::: Posted from my Wizard :::
I'll give it to you
I will sell you a free version for $100. hows that, but you can't re-distrubute it..
No, no harm in asking but it rubbed me SO much the wrong way I just had to laugh at it, especially since it's also posted, almost verbatim, in howardforums. Ole one-post probably didn't bother reading a thing on either site since it takes what, 30 seconds to find a freeware thread, doesn't want to pay for software for his big shot expensive phone, expects whomever to steal it for him, goes by "thug" and what does any of this have to do with upgrading anything? It made me laugh even harder to see it on howardforums and get an even more terse and severe reply than yours, V.
im more amazed that you could find anything on HoFo..
But consider this your warning.. DO NOT ask for warez, etc on this board.. any further action COULD lead to being banned... if you are that concerned about free then read this board and see what people are using, then do your own search on the net for it, just do not publicly ask us for it..
wow, what a welcome
now this is what i call a warm welcome!! Stepping into a realm of what i thought was a brotherhood of telephone-techies that would have shared the wealth of knowledge and technologies (including but not limited to software) and instead i walked into the shadows of bashers and homo-erotics (four letter words and iron rods buddy??) A simple, "sorry, we dont ask for "free" software in this forum mr new guy" post would have not only made its point, but would have lead to a more focused & productive discussion. This is a hobby, a new one at that and i am learning, just like all of you have learned at one point. I guess some people feel a sense of power by flaming newbies in forums, so with that, FLAME on with your iron rods and 4 letter words while i enjoy my newly acquired "free software" that you paid $40 bucks for.
Good evening Gents
no one said we paid for our software either.. there are plenty of resources to getting the software, filesharing, websites, etc... but for the integrity of the board we do not discuss it, this is not a warez site
Also we were not flaming the newbie but merely instructing you that if you plan on being an active member of this site and community then you need to adhere to certain rules or be banned, its up to you.
Next time look around on these boards before posting.. if you would have looked you may have noticed that there are no discussion's on warez
i understand and will comply, however, things could have been said differently is all what im saying
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i understand and will comply, however, things could have been said differently is all what im saying
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also understand that lots of people come by and ask for these things also.. when certain things get asked a million times people tend to get a little pi$$y
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also understand that lots of people come by and ask for these things also.. when certain things get asked a million times people tend to get a little pi$$y
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Especially when the topic of Warez is coverd in the Sticky Threads at the top of every section!
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Especially when the topic of Warez is coverd in the Sticky Threads at the top of every section!
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good point
This Thread
Can someone please close this thread. There is no point in talking about something that we all know is wrong and should not be in here in the first place.

Anyone know much about RFID Tags?

the teachers at our school use them to unlock doors, and i want to know if its possible to emulate one so i can get access, its for an elaborate senior prank, nothing bad, we just want to put a town landmark inside the school all stealth-like. we have permission to take the landmark from the owner as long as we dont damage it, but in the spirit of it being a senior prank, we dont think getting permission from the school would be very cool.
i found this, but i dont know if it will serve my purpose:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/907a/
it says i can use a tag and see all sorts of details about it and use it in 'various ways', and i could get a teachers tag for a minute to scan it, but i cant steal it because they report them stolen and then the codes dont work anymore. but i dont want to drop $100 if it wont even work, even if the other applications of that kit are badass. that's a pretty steep price for 'maybe'.
so i come here, i'm not a member of many forums but people here seem to be pretty damn technically inclined. i'm no idiot myself, but i havent done much in wireless tech. any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
You could clone a RFID without having physical acces to the RFID.
As soon as the card is swiped it sends a signal which can be sniffed.
Sometimes that is just enough.
proxmark3 is a handy open source device to experiment with.
But there are others too..
I have seen one in credit card format once (forgot the name though ).
thats why its a good idea to have someone in the inside...lol
good old times when i used to help the tech guy
I worked with RFID tags for a while a couple of years ago. There are several types (standards) so be careful, the device you link to is for 125Khz type tags, but there are others "tuned" to 13.456 Mhz and so forth. Further more, most of them (or at least the Phillips IC's) include a security register (AFI) which contains a special number that your reader must know to detect those tags during the "inventory" process. And maybe also, if the programmers are really paranoid, they probably put some encrypted data inside the tag!
I guess I would start by taking a look at the part numbers / manufacturer of the readers and search the internet for their specs, and go from there.
Nothing is easy these times...Good luck!
lazyboy0172 said:
the teachers at our school use them to unlock doors, and i want to know if its possible to emulate one so i can get access, its for an elaborate senior prank, nothing bad, we just want to put a town landmark inside the school all stealth-like. we have permission to take the landmark from the owner as long as we dont damage it, but in the spirit of it being a senior prank, we dont think getting permission from the school would be very cool.
i found this, but i dont know if it will serve my purpose:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/907a/
it says i can use a tag and see all sorts of details about it and use it in 'various ways', and i could get a teachers tag for a minute to scan it, but i cant steal it because they report them stolen and then the codes dont work anymore. but i dont want to drop $100 if it wont even work, even if the other applications of that kit are badass. that's a pretty steep price for 'maybe'.
so i come here, i'm not a member of many forums but people here seem to be pretty damn technically inclined. i'm no idiot myself, but i havent done much in wireless tech. any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
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I've always personally preferred Social Engineering If I had a choice. A long time ago for our Senior Prank we had to get inside. We didn't have fancy RFID but standard Keys. People were talking about stealing keys. But that seemed to severe. What we ended up doing was exploiting the Human factor.
What we first tried was to get the Janitor to let one of us in to retrieve something from our locker. Then we would let to others in, but he wasn't near a door. But We noticed the "hip" teacher was in his classroom. You know the hip teach, "Don't call me Mr. Jones, call me Ted." We were able to get him to open the door for one of us and that person distracted him while the rest of us snuck (sneaked?) in and did the deed.
lazyboy0172 said:
the teachers at our school use them to unlock doors, and i want to know if its possible to emulate one so i can get access, its for an elaborate senior prank, nothing bad, we just want to put a town landmark inside the school all stealth-like. we have permission to take the landmark from the owner as long as we dont damage it, but in the spirit of it being a senior prank, we dont think getting permission from the school would be very cool.
i found this, but i dont know if it will serve my purpose:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/907a/
it says i can use a tag and see all sorts of details about it and use it in 'various ways', and i could get a teachers tag for a minute to scan it, but i cant steal it because they report them stolen and then the codes dont work anymore. but i dont want to drop $100 if it wont even work, even if the other applications of that kit are badass. that's a pretty steep price for 'maybe'.
so i come here, i'm not a member of many forums but people here seem to be pretty damn technically inclined. i'm no idiot myself, but i havent done much in wireless tech. any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
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Senior Prank huh, like stealing the test answers for that final???
Beware of Big Brother
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What happened to the good old idea of hiding within the building and open it from the inside during the night when you want to move the landmark???

is it illegal to mod g1 and give them root

Hi to all i was just wondering if it is illegal to mod other peoples phone because i am in school and i mod peoples phone you know give them root and change boot img (like the T-mobile G1/My Touch 3G) and my dad thinks its illegal and want me to stop he also thinks that some one is going to connect it to a bomb and blame me i just want to get some other peoples views and such thanks for you feed back!-)
wut?
android is open source.
LOL.
Q&A Subforum. Kthnx.
It is actually highly illegal to post questions like that in this section of this forum. You will notice that when your post is removed by the powers that be.
It's not illegal to root your phone, but rooting your phone makes it possible to do illegal things.
so where do i post this at
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so where do i post this at
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For one, don't post it anywhere else.. allow the mods to move it for you to the proper location, that way you don't have two pointless threads about the same pointless topic.
For two, are you for real? Do you actually think that modding a phone is something that an individual would be prosecuted for even if it is violating terms of service?
well Microsoft did prosecute that on kid in collage for modding xbox's
Because that circumvented copyright, the original creator(I used to be in that scene but forget(?bunny?)) of the hack works for them now so...
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Because that circumvented copyright, the original creator(I used to be in that scene but forget(?bunny?)) of the hack works for them now so...
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Most likely copyright infringement for playing burnt 360 games on xboxlive which that hack supposedly allowed him to do while remaining "untraceable".
Well microsoft doesn't have a developer xbox but there is a htc phone that has a developer version that is rooted. And android is open source. The only thing that can go wrong is that you void ur warranty. But this section is for develpment only. Please all questions in Dream Q&A section next time
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so where do i post this at
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Where would you post a Question & get an Answer? I don't know if such a thing exists. If it did I imagine it might be labelled something like Q&A but what do I know?
When you buy hardware, the hardware is yours to keep and use as you see fit, there's no such thing as licensing hardware (yet, though M$ is trying, fight the man etc...), what you could get in trouble for, though, is if the images you're flashing to your friend's phones contain any copyrighted material, such as google apps or HTC's proprietary binaries. Just make sure you don't become world famous and you should be ok, it's not illegal if you're not caught, huh?
Ahahhhahahahaahahahahahahhahahahhahahaahahahahahhaahha! Ok, now that I got that out of my system. It is not illegal to mod an electronic device. When it becomes illegal is when you mod the device to do illegal actions, like play burnt copies of video games, or run illegal version of operating systems, etc. With that said, modding your g1/mt3g is just fine. As long as your not modding the phone to be a detonator for a nuclear bomb, your fine. Be sure to issue a disclaimer before modding anyone's phone. You don't want anyone coming back to your demanding money for a bricked phone. Just let them know that your trained in what you do, but there is still no guarantee that everything will go as planned. I've modded a couple of peoples g1's and I had them reply to an email with my personal disclaimer. Just as a back up...
I swear I just answered this question in a different post in a different section with exactly the same name.....hmm curious.......
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well Microsoft did prosecute that on kid in collage for modding xbox's
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if you ever get popular like him and earn a reputation for flashing proprietary ROMS, HTC, Moto, etc might go after you one day, but I bet my bottom dollar its never going to happen
Notice I only mentioned flashing, everything else is legal as its your own hardware and you can use it to your hearts desire
The kid modding xbox was 1. circumventing DRM protection, which is illegal, and 2. re-using M$' copyrighted material (firmware) to install in the xbox. Whatever he did to the hardware was perfectly legal as long as the software and methods were all free and legal.
Edit----
Also, giving your friends root might be illegal, is it cannabis root by any chance? (sorry, I had to)
While we are on the subject of legality
Hi to all i was just wondering if it is illegal to watch interspecies erotica? Because i am in school and i watch people you know give them root, and my dad thinks its illegal and want me to stop. he also thinks that some one is going to connect it to the web and blame me. i just want to get some other peoples views and such thanks for you feed back!-)
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Getting root on ur own hardware aint never going to be illegal what u do with it afterwards could be read the license of the software your putting in their phones simple as that... PERIOD close thread plz xbox is unrelated
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Hi to all i was just wondering if it is illegal to watch interspecies erotica? Because i am in school and i watch people you know give them root, and my dad thinks its illegal and want me to stop. he also thinks that some one is going to connect it to the web and blame me. i just want to get some other peoples views and such thanks for you feed back!-)
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Beastiality is actually illegal

Will XDA help overcome government kill switch

Here in the good ole US of A Congress has passed a new law implementing a regulation that will require cell phone manufacturers to ship phones with a kill switch. Articles like this pursue... http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/...-police-to-shut-off-all-cell-phones-remotely/
I wonder if the devs here at XDA will develop ways to hack the kill switch so that if a citizen doesn't want our phones at the control of law enforcement or the government whims then we can kill the kill switch. Hope so. I understand the general idea of it. But it does lend itself to the possibility of corruption and conspiracies. Maybe I don't want a kill switch...
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Firstly, it's a state law so it's not applicable anywhere else in the US. Yes, that could change in the future but it could also be repealed so let's stick to the current facts.
Secondly, the bill itself states this...
Senate Bill 962 said:
Consumers should have the option to affirmatively elect to disable this protection, but it must be clear to the consumer that the function the consumer is electing to disable is intended to prevent the unauthorized use of the device.
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This means that you can simply click "I don't want that" and it won't be enabled.
Informed choice is informed choice. The number of people who decide against having it enabled on their phone will definitely outweigh the number of people that would come here looking for a technical solution. Also, there would be no "fix" on here since all they'd have to do is hard reset their phone and go through the setup again.
Archer said:
Firstly, it's a state law so it's not applicable anywhere else in the US. Yes, that could change in the future but it could also be repealed so let's stick to the current facts.
Secondly, the bill itself states this...
This means that you can simply click "I don't want that" and it won't be enabled.
Informed choice is informed choice. The number of people who decide against having it enabled on their phone will definitely outweigh the number of people that would come here looking for a technical solution. Also, there would be no "fix" on here since all they'd have to do is hard reset their phone and go through the setup again.
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This is true... For now. Things in the U.S. Are getting increasingly more over controlled by the government. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point it wasn't optional and it is just pushed as "being for our own good" the government thinks that we can't make decisions for ourselves. Just wondered if anyone else thought of that. If enough people opt out either:
A. The government will do away with the requirements
B. The government will decide that people obviously aren't informed enough to make decisions by themselves so they will make it mandatory.
Time will tell...
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So I've been googling quite a while, but can someone please tell me wut da hail this killswitch thing is?
I understood its something that puts the phone into an unusable state if it gets stolen..
Anything else?
No offense but USA focuses on crazy laws when they could use the time to actually focus on causes that matter.
Again, the freedom of USA is at cost. I'm so happy I live in NZ.
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Perhaps the US should focus their time and money on putting this killswitch in their military hardware, first.... (If you don't know why, the Russians in east Ukraine have recently managed to acquire 3 battalions worth of heavy duty US-army hardware by means of occupation... Wouldn't it have been nice to have had that killswitch there..)
I'm fully against the government meddling in human stupidity. If people are dumb enough to leave their bags open, leave their phones on tables and leave them half-sticking out of their pockets, that is their own fault and they should deal with the consequences of their negligence by themselves. As opposed to bothering the rest of us with their stupidity.
No offense but I always thought the American government is crazy starting with the illegal sim unlocking. I've heard this kill switch before but didn't know what it does or what it is for. I'm glad this crazy thing doesn't apply here.
Well,..... I haven't checked in a few days... Glad this post became about politics and nothing to do with my original question. But whatever. Just for giggles....
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/10-reasons-america-is-still-number-one?s=mobile
http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-to-make-you-proud-to-be-an-american-2014-7
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1ASBAK1's Android [Apps] and [Tips] that survived years of evolutionary pressure.

Hi there guys,
I am a Medical student from Amsterdam. and have finally decided to participate in this forum with the goal Sharing My personal android [Apps] and [Tips] that survived years of evolutionary pressure. And I want to do so in a way that is a little bit different than that we are used to, via a mindmap that is (scroll down) :good:
Get me right here I am by no means even remotely related to the neighbor of the cousin of a Developer.
I am just one of you guys, a regular general xda users that is trying to distillate everything useful out of these Forums and put it to use
This is the moment I will spit some of this love right back in thy face. ​
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[Introduction]
Gone are the days of typing a text messages with T9 only to find yourself counting the characters to minimize it all to 1 SMS.
These are the days in which we use our phones (to) excessively for every little this and that.
I do believe that it is how we have set up our phones on a the basic level (not the Rom, kernel, ect we have installed on it) that determines most of our user experience. I know that I probably p*ss*d off several people right there.
Don't get me wrong here, these forums are full of GREAT Devs delivering GREAT work kernel-and-rom-wise. And YES I do think that for instance a different touch-screen driver can defiantly be a game changer in the way we use our phone. In addition, there are much more of these examples(charger control, screen calibration etc.) that quite enhance user experience.
In my humble opinion I know that eventually these things are not what makes my phone a great, useful or even mind extending tool. Trust me here, for quite some time I have been coping with well-known tendency to keep flashing and flashing.
trough the years I have gone all MAD- [ASOP-MIUI-CAF-CM(lots of its "distro's" included)-Sailfish-Stock'nd'Hybrid]-APE-Sh*T on my Phones (i9070 -> nexus5 -> Opo)
I have to admit that there are still times (*kuch*OFTEN*kuch*) my behavior relapses into the fatty livered Flashaholic I once was. :crying:
I know for a fact that there are quite some readers who are like "yup. I can relate to this". :highfive: ! so lets get serious.
Generally speaking, every time you flash a (non-major android release)ROM there doesn't really change anything essential in the way you use your phone right?
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I do not want to get all to jibberish philosophical on the subject because initially I am here to bring you something hopefully useful. So you can skip this paragraph if you want:
All I know is that the PLACEBO effect does quite some magical things to the humans we are, so my best guess is that most probably "it" does also it's effect on these forums. In short:
If we expect X then we will experience at least a little bit of X. :angel:
For that, If we put effort into flashing a zip and we get an emotional stimulus accordingly (examples: "Look at me being awesomely geeky" or "Wow I hope I won't be destroying my phone with this flashable camera Hal") Chances are that what we will experience as
"THE SMOOTHEST ROM EVER" will at least partially be caused by this often seemingly paradoxical phenomena called Placebo.
Sounds familiar right. This example is simply written in about only 8 out of 10 threads you open. :silly:
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But well, lets get to what it is this seemingly cynical person has you to offer :good: (don't worry) :
Over the years, there have been several "phases" In winch we have gone knee deep into a specific topic. I think this will not sound unfamiliar since I am definitely not the only one here. Just to name a few, I know some of you can relate to.
Launchers, Equalizer, gestures, photography(editing),remote control, and so on and so forth. my most recent for instance are Raw photo shooting and Google Cardboard. I say knee deep because as I said before I am no developer so I haven't gone in neck(code)deep.
What I want to do in this thread is described the Android deliciousness that have survived this strong urge to keep jumping from one '"Phase" to another and to combine this with the tweaks and general stuff that has made it so far trough the rising android evolutionary resistances by growing competition and the constant change of the technological world we live in.
Of course, I am not going to make this a freaking blizzardous long post containing all details and way to obvious apps etc. because that would
1]. Not be of any use for you. since you probably know everything already.
2]. Everything you have to setup according to your style. There are only a few MUST HAVE things which get a special treatment. (see photo below)
3]. Thiss will take me way to much time which I don't have since I am already typing this document to avoid studying.
Tldr:
I am going to superficially share my personal distilled [APPS] & [TIPS] and the way I use my phone every day. Hopefully skipping most of the way to obvious aspects. (facebook,Instagram,the power on button of your phone..or the fact that you are continuously seeing your nose without you even realizing it.etc) I want to keep it readable. agreed? See below​
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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DISCLAIMER
Did you notice how I did my best to emphasize the "personal" aspect of this thread in the first Alinea? If not let me just explain one seemingly simple thing. I am just a 22 y.o. Dutch student with his own views on the world and for that on the way we use our phones. If you think I suck because of the things I write in this thread. Then I want to congratulate you! You are as human as me. we all have opinions. Sharing them in a respectful/discrete way is MEGA appreciated. see what I did there?
[ If by any means I violate forum rules please make me aware of that. ]
Foresight:
The second and third post will be used for working out the things stated above.
I have been typing and thinking for two days now and I wanted to let you guys know I was working on something. Therefor this not yet completed "paper" It already contains the essentials, though!
Since this is my first post ever let me know what you think.
please.
Have a great day, Greetings from Amsterdam!
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A TLDR version would be great.
You wrote a book about nothing , are you sure youre not a political science major?
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