Hello all!! Glad to be back with Android after a several year long hiatus on iOS. I’m sick and tired of the Apple ecosystem. I finally broke down last night and order a Z Fold 3. I’m pretty intertwined with Apple but, like I stated, I’m tired of being locked into to what they feel like giving me. I’m excited to relearn about rooting and customization that are near impossible on iOS.
I’ve lived in Vegas for about 44 years and love it. My wife and I have a new to us dog. We rescued him from the animal shelter about 2.5 weeks ago. He’s such a great find.
I look forward to seeing you around on the forum!! Have a great day and good luck.
Hello friend, good luck here!
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Hello everyone! Long time lurker and finally hit an obstacle simply searching all of your great posts couldn't fix. I've been on android since my first smartphone while living in South Korea in 2010. I'm a tech savvy aircraft mechanic who built computers as a kid back when you had to manually find your own drivers. Getting ready to switch professions to the IT world with my upcoming military retirement. Looking forward to the interactions on here, hopefully bringing a few unique problems to be solved in the forums.
CBH60 said:
Hello everyone! Long time lurker and finally hit an obstacle simply searching all of your great posts couldn't fix. I've been on android since my first smartphone while living in South Korea in 2010. I'm a tech savvy aircraft mechanic who built computers as a kid back when you had to manually find your own drivers. Getting ready to switch professions to the IT world with my upcoming military retirement. Looking forward to the interactions on here, hopefully bringing a few unique problems to be solved in the forums.
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Welcome to XDA officially!
Glad to have an old timer around.
Thanks for the welcome! @orb3000
I'll try not to yell at the kids on the lawn, lol.
I am presently retired after 24 years as an Administrative Assistant for a property management company.
Cutbacks caught me 3 yrs before official retirement. Just the way it is, the technology changes so fast the kids
know the computer like we knew longhand division. But, I am enjoying my family. And my husband has a few
more years. And this is the time to enjoy the family and travel. Camp and fishing, etc. Thank you for the opportunity
to hopefully find some help. My son told me "Mom, you raised us by yourself and for that. Here is your phone with
a cover with "You are my sunshine" picked out by my grandkids. The song they still sing with me.
" We don't want you to think about paying for your phone, ever." I was very moved.
They realize times were tight, but I have 2 wonderful and successful sons, that I am so proud of.
And four (4) wonderful grandkids Harley she is 16- Wesslee he is 14.
And my younger son has 3-year-old twins a boy and a girl. Quade and Olivia. So I enjoy the best of both worlds. Sports, etc,
and then babies all over again. Life is wonderful. In the middle of all that I found a Very good man. Neither of us was EVER going to marry again.
And that was 16 yrs ago. He is my daughter-in-law's Uncle. Now I am not so mad about my phone but I hope for some help somewhere.
Sandy Adams
sandy adams said:
I am presently retired after 24 years as an Administrative Assistant for a property management company.
Cutbacks caught me 3 yrs before official retirement. Just the way it is, the technology changes so fast the kids
know the computer like we knew longhand division. But, I am enjoying my family. And my husband has a few
more years. And this is the time to enjoy the family and travel. Camp and fishing, etc. Thank you for the opportunity
to hopefully find some help. My son told me "Mom, you raised us by yourself and for that. Here is your phone with
a cover with "You are my sunshine" picked out by my grandkids. The song they still sing with me.
" We don't want you to think about paying for your phone, ever." I was very moved.
They realize times were tight, but I have 2 wonderful and successful sons, that I am so proud of.
And four (4) wonderful grandkids Harley she is 16- Wesslee he is 14.
And my younger son has 3-year-old twins a boy and a girl. Quade and Olivia. So I enjoy the best of both worlds. Sports, etc,
and then babies all over again. Life is wonderful. In the middle of all that I found a Very good man. Neither of us was EVER going to marry again.
And that was 16 yrs ago. He is my daughter-in-law's Uncle. Now I am not so mad about my phone but I hope for some help somewhere.
Sandy Adams
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Thats a proper intro!
Welcome aboard
New to Android tweaks, but not new to computing. I live on 5 acres in southern Idaho, have way too many cars and want to expand my horizons.
Just bought a Samsung A53 and am enjoying the upgrade from a Samsung S7. Yeah, I used it for 7 years. I guess in phone land that's a really long time, but it worked great for me, so I stuck with it. Now I don't know what to do with it's dead carcass.
Anyway, happy to be here and am looking forward to learning something new.
Thank you everyone,
Michael
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(...) I used it for 7 years. I guess in phone land that's a really long time (...)
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A long time? You were still carving things in stone! Haha. Welcome to the XDA family!
Thanks for the welcome. At my age, I really was carving things in stone...
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
musicbear said:
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
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Themes are different looks of the device, it changes the icons, color, more.
Launchers are customized versions of the stock launcher with more features added.
musicbear said:
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
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Welcome to the xda family.
Cheers.
Hi there!
ive been appreciating these forums from the sidelines for years. used to work for activision and build computers in middle school, now living in the woods of arizona but enjoy tech every once and awhile
i got a blackberry playbook to play around with, was kind of fun but also frustrating piece of equipment aha
now an asus t701 with keyboard is toying that i use help from you guys for
my other hobby is keeping my LG Dlite flip phone to still keep running
thanks!
Maka
Glad you officially joined XDA! Continue to enjoy the forums!
Cheers