Many times used XDA knowledge base to refresh my Android devices or get access to smartwatch. Now I'm here to thanks and contribute where possible
My little successes are: CM on S2, crDroid on S5 and Amazfit Stratos 3 triathlon events upload hack from device to Strava.
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Hi folks!
I'm Technocat (or Techno for short) and I've been hanging around the XDA forums since 2016.
I honestly find it pretty crazy that I've been here for over 4 years and this is only my 4th post (I think I used to have more, but I assume the original threads have since been deleted). I'm sure I would probably have been a senior member by now had I been signed in every time I've stopped by, but I'm sure none of you really care about that. I'm eternally grateful to the awesome devs on XDA who spend their time creating tools and custom ROMs for interested people like me, but I am moreso grateful to everyone who contributes to this amazing community we have! (Huge shoutout to @raschad and @Sjll. I've daily driven custom ROMs of yours on my Xperia Z2 and Xperia XZ respectively. You guys rock!)
On a slightly unrelated note, I own a lot of phones. Ssince XDA is primarily focused on Android devices, I'll try to stick to only listing those. My current daily driver is a Sony Xperia XZ running LineageOS 18.1. Prior to owning my XZ, I had been using an Xperia Z2 running AICP 14.0 which served me very well. I did use a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a few years running Android 5.0.1, but in my opinion, it wasn't a great phone. However, my XDA journey started in 2015 with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, when I tried to install LegacyXperia (CyanogenMod 11) on my phone, all while being around 11 years old and having no experience whatsoever. The installation went about as well as you'd expect it to go (which is not very well at all), and all I could do is watch in what felt like slow motion as my beloved phone refused to boot.
I think that is enough about me for now though. Thanks again to all of the people who make this community what it is. I'm looking forward to hopefully sharing the knowledge I've acquired throughout my years here wherever and whenever I can.
-Technocat
GeelongLing said:
Hi folks!
I'm Technocat (or Techno for short) and I've been hanging around the XDA forums since 2016.
I honestly find it pretty crazy that I've been here for over 4 years and this is only my 4th post (I think I used to have more, but I assume the original threads have since been deleted). I'm sure I would probably have been a senior member by now had I been signed in every time I've stopped by, but I'm sure none of you really care about that. I'm eternally grateful to the awesome devs on XDA who spend their time creating tools and custom ROMs for interested people like me, but I am moreso grateful to everyone who contributes to this amazing community we have! (Huge shoutout to @raschad and @Sjll. I've daily driven custom ROMs of yours on my Xperia Z2 and Xperia XZ respectively. You guys rock!)
On a slightly unrelated note, I own a lot of phones. Ssince XDA is primarily focused on Android devices, I'll try to stick to only listing those. My current daily driver is a Sony Xperia XZ running LineageOS 18.1. Prior to owning my XZ, I had been using an Xperia Z2 running AICP 14.0 which served me very well. I did use a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a few years running Android 5.0.1, but in my opinion, it wasn't a great phone. However, my XDA journey started in 2015 with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, when I tried to install LegacyXperia (CyanogenMod 11) on my phone, all while being around 11 years old and having no experience whatsoever. The installation went about as well as you'd expect it to go (which is not very well at all), and all I could do is watch in what felt like slow motion as my beloved phone refused to boot.
I think that is enough about me for now though. Thanks again to all of the people who make this community what it is. I'm looking forward to hopefully sharing the knowledge I've acquired throughout my years here wherever and whenever I can.
-Technocat
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Welcome to XDA, again!
New to the community, been browsing the site for years although now wanting to get into it.
Been traveling with @ZentheBus for sometime and thinking it would behoove me to have devices in order. I've rooted in the past & hoping to get caught up to speed as to facilitate a better understanding and ability of my current devises.
Thank you all for this community
Imu Green
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Erised) sm-n960u
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Tabatha) sm-t597v
ImuGreen143 said:
New to the community, been browsing the site for years although now wanting to get into it.
Been traveling with @ZentheBus for sometime and thinking it would behoove me to have devices in order. I've rooted in the past & hoping to get caught up to speed as to facilitate a better understanding and ability of my current devises.
Thank you all for this community
Imu Green
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Erised) sm-n960u
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Tabatha) sm-t597v
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Welcome to the XDA family!
Hey everyone! I'm just dropping the link to my Galaxy Watch 4 library of available applications available to sideload. Galaxy Watch 5 uses the same architecture and software so app compatibility is the same. Tons of info in comments as well. Enjoy!
Official List of Sideloaded Apps and Workarounds For Wear OS (Tested on Galaxy Watch)
SIDELOAD LIBRARY COMPATIBLE WITH WEAR OS 3 TESTED ON GALAXY WATCHES All Smart Watches Can Probably Benefit From This Guide Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to testing and providing feedback on various apps and versions. Thanks to...
forum.xda-developers.com
Good to know and have for our GW5! thanks
My first account was made in 2011 when I was 12. I had a Galaxy Y S5630 (totoro) armv6 powered mini vibrator. I wanted to upgrade to ICS from gingerbread and XDA was my Bible back then. (I couldn't do it because CyanogenMod didn't have Broadcom drivers back then sadly but I learnt to install custom firmwares)
Now I'm an AI engineer in an MNC at 23. I miss modding and the excitement it gave me back then.
Now, all my work emails, banking apps, important government documents and messages are on my phone so modding feels like a task!
Also, Android development hasn't been revolutionary in terms of functionality. It's now come to performance and smoother hardware interfacing. It has saturated.
I miss the Steve Kondik, Koushik Datta and KANGing days listening to Linkin Park, Akon and Eminem while flashing CWM before every ROM installation on my Windows 7 powered core duo 2 machine playing GTA San Andreas waiting for the latest CyanogenMod Nightly to download.
I wish I could go back to those days of being excited to Google up the latest UI changes in the next version of Android and then waiting for Nexus' announcement.
Surely, now that you have rejoined XDA, your assistance to young users will be as exciting to them as your experience of years past.
ze7zez said:
Surely, now that you have rejoined XDA, your assistance to young users will be as exciting to them as your experience of years past.
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Absolutely! I'm back because I want to rejoin and rejuvenate the community. It feels good!
Welcome back and good luck on that...
Shay_Patrick_Cormac said:
My first account was made in 2011 when I was 12. I had a Galaxy Y S5630 (totoro) armv6 powered mini vibrator. I wanted to upgrade to ICS from gingerbread and XDA was my Bible back then. (I couldn't do it because CyanogenMod didn't have Broadcom drivers back then sadly but I learnt to install custom firmwares)
Now I'm an AI engineer in an MNC at 23. I miss modding and the excitement it gave me back then.
Now, all my work emails, banking apps, important government documents and messages are on my phone so modding feels like a task!
Also, Android development hasn't been revolutionary in terms of functionality. It's now come to performance and smoother hardware interfacing. It has saturated.
I miss the Steve Kondik, Koushik Datta and KANGing days listening to Linkin Park, Akon and Eminem while flashing CWM before every ROM installation on my Windows 7 powered core duo 2 machine playing GTA San Andreas waiting for the latest CyanogenMod Nightly to download.
I wish I could go back to those days of being excited to Google up the latest UI changes in the next version of Android and then waiting for Nexus' announcement.
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I am the same age, I got into android modding in 2015 trying to install android kitkat on my samsung galaxy star pro and ended up flashing a JB ROM themed as kitkat called "kitkit" lmao was very fun. Themeing was my entry point into android.
Fast forward now, I work in android R&D in an tech startup and I'm having real fun but it can get lonely at times because I'm a individual contributor.
Let's see where the future takes us.
As for android, it has saturated and it's basically hardware revisions and better software.
I do remember using CWM recovery, Philz Touch Recovery, Carliv Image Kitchen for MTK etc but TWRP became the defacto go-to recovery, thanks DeesTroy!
CM became Lineage and so on.
I still have an Samsung Galaxy S5 with me which I mod all the time, Galaxy M32 4G as my main driver and it has increasing become less fun to mod android due to safetynet and more restrictions. Android is becoming iOS and iOS is becoming android, weird but ok.
Welcome back to XDA!
I'm a software developer (mainly C++) and owner of various (older) Android smartphones. Especially Samsung S5 LTE (klte), S5 plus (kccat6) and S5 neo (S5neolte). I'm very interested in how to keep older smartphones up to date. So coming from lineageos.org I landed here as some older devices lost their official Lineage OS support. How can I contribute to keep (older) smartphones up to date?
rsXda2017 said:
I'm a software developer (mainly C++) and owner of various (older) Android smartphones. Especially Samsung S5 LTE (klte), S5 plus (kccat6) and S5 neo (S5neolte). I'm very interested in how to keep older smartphones up to date. So coming from lineageos.org I landed here as some older devices lost their official Lineage OS support. How can I contribute to keep (older) smartphones up to date?
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Welcome to XDA and enjoy the forums information!
Check out your specific devices forum sections for information
Cheers!