I’m not a developer, let’s get that out of the way straight off! However, I’m not the least bit afraid to tinker with utilities and consoles beyond the garden-variety UI. It also helps that one of my kids has degrees in Linguistics and UXD, and enjoys answering my tech questions in ways that I can understand! Hoping I can keep learning by lurking ‘round these here parts.
marcuselia said:
I’m not a developer, let’s get that out of the way straight off! However, I’m not the least bit afraid to tinker with utilities and consoles beyond the garden-variety UI. It also helps that one of my kids has degrees in Linguistics and UXD, and enjoys answering my tech questions in ways that I can understand! Hoping I can keep learning by lurking ‘round these here parts.
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Hello, my name is Benjamin, currently a undergraduate student that has gotten very interested in electronics the past couple of months. 21 years of age.
I don't have excessive amounts of money to buy nice toys with or to experiment with, but I was hoping that I could gather wealth and buy an unlocked smart-phone, cheap.
I don't have extensive experience, but I really want to learn from this awesome community. I have been skimming threads and reading, researching and, finally I decided to stop lurking and come out in the clear and introduce myself. I admire the hard work of the seniors, veterans, juniors, semi-pros and other awesome people that think around problems on this board. Thank you already.
I have started hobby-programing python and perl, I have an unreasonable fear of Java, but will hopefully be able to start playing with it if I eventually do get that smart-phone.
So my problem right now is that I don't have a fun little device to play with, could anyone recommend a device that is:
Not crazy expensive
Will be able to connect to Wi-fi network
Will be able to run GV to be used as a VOIP phone
Unlocked and ready to be changed
Easy to access and play around with
Simply, I don't necessarily need it to keep a constant connectivity, just a small computer to toy with.
There are many approaches to the smart-phone idea right now, and your board has been very helpful, I just need a last nudge.
Sorry for the lengthy post, just wanted to introduce myself, and not be lurking anymore. I will try to keep annoying questions to a minimum.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cheap smartphone(thats actually worth somthing) translates to hd2 on xda ... they go from $200-220 on ebay , good cond . anything lesser of a price ull only get 600mhz , non-cortex phones(garbage) it has wp7 android ubuntu one day maybe meego for it
This is a complicated question, with an even more complicated answer, and I'm really looking for feedback from EXPERT devs only. I personally would love to learn coding. But anytime I watch some youtube video on learning python or this or that, I hit a road block whenever I follow their instructions verbatim, yet I get an error or something significantly different from what I should be seeing according to the video, and I go back and check and I've done everything exactly as they did and it just won't work! I have no one to turn to to ask for guidance or to explain to me what is happening or what I'm doing wrong. It's really upsetting at times to try it and just feel helpless. Everything I know about computers is self taught. I'm 30, built my own computer when I was 17 and been upgrading it slowly ever since(3 mobo/cpu/ram and 5 gpu upgrades, and just learned how to flash the BIOS on my gpu to unlock higher power limits), been rooting and flashing my phones since Gingerbread, was always in advanced science and math courses, so I'm confident I can learn it, but I feel stuck without guidance. I cannot afford formal schooling, especially during this COVID fiasco. I'm currently unemployed and I'm worried about not being able to find work again soon, and thought this would be the perfect time to learn code with all this free time on my hands, and maybe make a career out of it since the software dev job field is booming. So in short, my question is what course of action, advice, or anything of that sort would you suggest regarding lack of council? To those who self taught especially, any pointers for me? I feel like once I can understand why or how the languages function the way they do, I could trial and error it from there, but I just don't know where to go to learn the science behind the code if you know what I mean. Anything would help. I look forward to hearing from yall!
Thanks!
P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong channel. Lemme know if and where I need to post if so.
Watcha! That's how a cub scout helper I had years ago said hello. I'd never heard it before and rarely since.
I'm Jethro (not really) but I like it. I'm an aging out electronics designer. Full of crazy ideas that, these days, need coding skills which I don't have. I doubt I'll be able to contribute much hear but I'll ask a lot of stupid questions.
Jethro
JethroNull said:
Watcha! That's how a cub scout helper I had years ago said hello. I'd never heard it before and rarely since.
I'm Jethro (not really) but I like it. I'm an aging out electronics designer. Full of crazy ideas that, these days, need coding skills which I don't have. I doubt I'll be able to contribute much hear but I'll ask a lot of stupid questions.
Jethro
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Hello and welcome aboard!
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people!
You may lookup raspberry pi or Arduino if you still enjoy playing with circuitry and soldering your own breakout boards.
I order a lot of my stuff from adafruit.com.
Welcome to XDA!
Hello, I am new here. I primarily joined to ask questions on installing someone's project documented here, but hopefully I will be able to do something myself eventually. I am mainly into older computers and video games consoles but I have recently realised that smartphones are more interesting than I previously thought, more like old PCs I suppose as they are closed systems unlike new PCs. I have a few phones and I've always thought i'd like to use them more but historically I've only really been interested in games and scene demos. I am supposed to be a technical guy but I only have a lot of breadth of surface level knowledge mostly on old computers and not much depth, mostly because of spending all my time dreaming and never doing or actually learning stuff other than reading Wikipedia articles. Hopefully I can change that and get around to learning more in depth. The trouble is finding information that allows you to learn more but is still at a level that you understand.
Anyway from the little i've seen this seems like quite a civilised community so hopefully I will get along with everyone and maybe I'll be able to help with things eventually.
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Hello, I am new here. I primarily joined to ask questions on installing someone's project documented here, but hopefully I will be able to do something myself eventually. I am mainly into older computers and video games consoles but I have recently realised that smartphones are more interesting than I previously thought, more like old PCs I suppose as they are closed systems unlike new PCs. I have a few phones and I've always thought i'd like to use them more but historically I've only really been interested in games and scene demos. I am supposed to be a technical guy but I only have a lot of breadth of surface level knowledge mostly on old computers and not much depth, mostly because of spending all my time dreaming and never doing or actually learning stuff other than reading Wikipedia articles. Hopefully I can change that and get around to learning more in depth. The trouble is finding information that allows you to learn more but is still at a level that you understand.
Anyway from the little i've seen this seems like quite a civilised community so hopefully I will get along with everyone and maybe I'll be able to help with things eventually.
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Very nice intro!
Welcome to XDA, hope you enjoy your stay.
Hello all,
I'm New Android Fanatic/ Tech Enthusiast. Ever since I was 8 years old I've taken apart My toys to learn how they work. Just to fix it or make it better!!!
I love building things and learning new stuff. My OCD gets the best of me sometimes but eventually I grow tired of it and find a new obsession.
Fast forward to now and I'm on my 3rd Android device that I've messed with and am learning how to fix!! Which has led me to this wonderful place of knowledge!!
So thanks for the opportunity and I will now dive into the deep end to learn how to swim!!!
Jakerz007 said:
Hello all,
I'm New Android Fanatic/ Tech Enthusiast. Ever since I was 8 years old I've taken apart My toys to learn how they work. Just to fix it or make it better!!!
I love building things and learning new stuff. My OCD gets the best of me sometimes but eventually I grow tired of it and find a new obsession.
Fast forward to now and I'm on my 3rd Android device that I've messed with and am learning how to fix!! Which has led me to this wonderful place of knowledge!!
So thanks for the opportunity and I will now dive into the deep end to learn how to swim!!!
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Welcome to XDA! Enjoy the forums, and let me know if you have any questions.