What are all the cool things you can do - Nexus One General

Once you root your phone.. I'm newly rooted and would like to start playing. I've flashed a few roms so I got that part down, but what apps or programs or tricks are cool on a rooted nexus one?
WHAT YALL DO WITH YOUR ROOTED N1.

Here's one cool thing, its called..
Searching ^.^

I don't wanna start a new thread for another question, but Is there a swype type keyboard for android.? I swear I saw one before but can find it...

Eclair~ said:
Here's one cool thing, its called..
Searching ^.^
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I did. Thanks bro. Search here and ppcgeeks sucks...
That's the number one response I hate... search... lmaooo.
Trust me I'd rather do that then wait for someone to answer with a smart ass answer like that..
Oh and I'm doing this from my phone and the search is being weird..

temperbad said:
I don't wanna start a new thread for another question, but Is there a swype type keyboard for android.? I swear I saw one before but can find it...
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There is, I'm using it, and it's way past beta.
Search the forums, there's a thread about it, and on a last page some nice dude posted a link to a post-beta Swype for N1. It's 100% working for me.

temperbad said:
I did. Thanks bro. Search here and ppcgeeks sucks...
That's the number one response I hate... search... lmaooo.
Trust me I'd rather do that then wait for someone to answer with a smart ass answer like that..
Oh and I'm doing this from my phone and the search is being weird..
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Oh trust me, its better that I've said than the 1000 other people who are/were going to say it. I thought to myself "I'm never going to be the one who tells others to search", but because even I have seen the question asked so many times.. guess it was one of the things that I thought should've been done first.
Some links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643353&highlight=benefits
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647719&highlight=benefits
Themes, overclocking, extra RAM, deleting system apps, installing root required apps (such as Nexus Tourch) trackball colors, updates before everyone else (extra RAM, etc.), installing different Android Phones per-se (Desire).. lots of stuff ;/

For me, one of the best things after rooting is actually wifi tethering.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

DarkDvr said:
There is, I'm using it, and it's way past beta.
Search the forums, there's a thread about it, and on a last page some nice dude posted a link to a post-beta Swype for N1. It's 100% working for me.
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Thanks man ill Google it since search is weird here

the on-site search may suck, but here's a tip..
go to google, and enter
Code:
site:forum.xda-developers.com cool apps
it will make google search ONLY the xda forum..

Eclair~ said:
Oh trust me, its better that I've said than the 1000 other people who are/were going to say it. I thought to myself "I'm never going to be the one who tells others to search", but because even I have seen the question asked so many times.. guess it was one of the things that I thought should've been done first.
Some links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643353&highlight=benefits
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647719&highlight=benefits
Themes, overclocking, extra RAM, deleting system apps, installing root required apps (such as Nexus Tourch) trackball colors, updates before everyone else (extra RAM, etc.), installing different Android Phones per-se (Desire).. lots of stuff ;/
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Like I said, I can't search because I'm on my n1. When I go to type in search, the search bar vanishes

Red MacGregor said:
the on-site search may suck, but here's a tip..
go to google, and enter
Code:
site:forum.xda-developers.com cool apps
it will make google search ONLY the xda forum..
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Thanks red....

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Reasons to root

My Nexus One will be here tomorrow, and I am wondering what the Pro's and Con's of rooting are.
I've rooted before. I had a G1, but I bricked it, accidentally. Won't stop me from rooting the Nexus, but just give me some reasons why.
I obviously know about cooked roms, etc. I've read about the Desire rom with Sense UI, is it worth it?
Just want your input.
The "search" function of the forums is a great feature. I've seen several threads about this very subject already.
Its definitely worth it! I enjoyed the phone stock, but when i rooted and went with cyanogen 5053. I couldnt happier. I thought the phone was fast already, but with the ROM, its a step above!
And plus some apps from the market are only for rooted phones. SetCPU (underclocking app) is one of them, and has helped me out with battery life. moderate use, i got about 18 hours yesterday with still 35% left on the battery.
MaximReapage said:
The "search" function of the forums is a great feature. I've seen several threads about this very subject already.
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I searched and didn't find much specific. Sorry we're not all search pros.
h2opoloplyr_11 said:
Its definitely worth it! I enjoyed the phone stock, but when i rooted and went with cyanogen 5053. I couldnt happier. I thought the phone was fast already, but with the ROM, its a step above!
And plus some apps from the market are only for rooted phones. SetCPU (underclocking app) is one of them, and has helped me out with battery life. moderate use, i got about 18 hours yesterday with still 35% left on the battery.
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Cyanogen always produces great roms. Maybe I'll give his a shot when my phone gets here
stuff said:
I searched and didn't find much specific. Sorry we're not all search pros.
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Lucky for you, I've made a great thread!
Check it out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655734
Its great how we have members that spam other members topics with unuseful replys just to get there post count up.
This is exactly why I don't post alot.
@stuff: I rooted my n1 and flashed cyanogen 5053 and gotta say it's alot faster! If your the kind of guy that gets alot of apps and games like me there is another feature of rooted phones called apps2sd. Apps2sd allows you to set a partition size of your choosing on your sd card for use of storing installed apps and games. That way you are not limited to the internal phone memory. Also as h2opoloplyr_11 stated there are some apps that require your phone to be rooted. Thats all I can think of right now as I am new to android and the n1 but I'm sure there are more reasons and more reasons to come as devs get creative.
stuff said:
I searched and didn't find much specific. Sorry we're not all search pros.
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And yeah, didn't find anything? Oh really?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647719&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627362&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643353&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644524&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640356&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635182&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629797&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623855&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620001&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=617116&highlight=root
http://tmobileg1fans.com/index.php?topic=262.0
http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/benefits-of-root/
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Operating-System-Software/Benefits-of-Rooting/m-p/101568
http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/54804-benefits-rooting-without-installing-custom-roms.html
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-nexus/38224-benefits-rooting-n1.html
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-general-discussion/1078-benefits-rooting-nexus-one.html
http://onandroid.blogspot.com/2010/02/benefits-of-rooting-your-android.html
http://tinyurl.com/yg2phpy
You are just lazy and a liar.
Paul22000 said:
And yeah, didn't find anything? Oh really?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647719&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627362&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643353&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644524&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640356&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635182&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629797&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623855&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620001&highlight=root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=617116&highlight=root
http://tmobileg1fans.com/index.php?topic=262.0
http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/benefits-of-root/
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Operating-System-Software/Benefits-of-Rooting/m-p/101568
http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/54804-benefits-rooting-without-installing-custom-roms.html
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-nexus/38224-benefits-rooting-n1.html
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-general-discussion/1078-benefits-rooting-nexus-one.html
http://onandroid.blogspot.com/2010/02/benefits-of-rooting-your-android.html
http://tinyurl.com/yg2phpy
You are just lazy and a liar.
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Lol i liked that last one. how did you do it?
Austin021296 said:
Lol i liked that last one. how did you do it?
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www.lmgtfy.com
That's how.
Eclair~ said:
www.lmgtfy.com
That's how.
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This was a prime opportunity for something like this! http://tinyurl.com/djtvaf
Rick7C2 said:
Its great how we have members that spam other members topics with unuseful replys just to get there post count up.
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It has nothing to do with getting our post counts up and everything to do with having a clean, uncluttered and efficient forum. No one likes to see the same questions asked every few days. The point of a forum is for it to serve as a repository of information to help and educate future enthusiasts. This guy isn't special and somehow entitled to create another redundant thread instead of using the search function like the rest of us do.. Not to mention he said in his original post that he rooted his G1.
uansari1 said:
It has nothing to do with getting our post counts up and everything to do with having a clean, uncluttered and efficient forum. No one likes to see the same questions asked every few days. The point of a forum is for it to serve as a repository of information to help and educate future enthusiasts. This guy isn't special and somehow entitled to create another redundant thread instead of using the search function like the rest of us do.. Not to mention he said in his original post that he rooted his G1.
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Why the hell isn't there an official stickied topic listing the pros and cons of rooting your device. The first thing people would see before they go asking repeated questions would be that thread.
Good question...the info was stickies in the G1 forum..probably still is.
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uansari1 said:
everything to do with having a clean, uncluttered and efficient forum. No one likes to see the same questions asked every few days. The point of a forum is for it to serve as a repository of information to help and educate future enthusiasts.
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Which is why the op's question should have either been answered or his topic reported. What could have been very simple has turned to a two page topic with only a few post that actually answer the question and it's not because of the op. It's because of all the other post within the topic that are completely of topic including this one.
Rick7C2 said:
Which is why the op's question should have either been answered or his topic reported. What could have been very simple has turned to a two page topic with only a few post that actually answer the question and it's not because of the op. It's because of all the other post within the topic that are completely of topic including this one.
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I'll add to it then...
Every time someone asks THIS question. It's about 10 pages of people giving different great benefits. What difference is 2 pages telling the guy to Lrn2Surch
If someone is too lazy to SEARCH for benefits. Who would ever expect them to accomplish rooting, and the various benefits without further questions that have been seen 100's of times.
It seems like I've seen this topic before.

i keep seeing all these requests for apps like swype and what not...

everyone whos asking for these .cabs for swype, facebook tabs for sense and so on should take a trip over to the ROM Development forum. most of the things people are asking for in these posts are already cooked into the roms. they tend to run a lot better than the stock roms and have updates coming out on a weekly basis. my personal favorite is the Energy series hence my signature but i suggest that you guys check all of them out you never know what youll like.
Not everyone likes to flash roms , and not all roms have every little cab you require in them, hence asking for them and theres no central place for them all either
And unless im mistaken, i also use an energy rom, but swype is not built into that!
Yes, but all people would have to do is search. I have also seen a lot of posts requesting it.. and if people would take a look at the stickied thread they'll find it in the second post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
What What Not? Sounds like a cool app.
fil said:
Not everyone likes to flash roms , and not all roms have every little cab you require in them, hence asking for them and theres no central place for them all either
And unless im mistaken, i also use an energy rom, but swype is not built into that!
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Demonic240 said:
Yes, but all people would have to do is search. I have also seen a lot of posts requesting it.. and if people would take a look at the stickied thread they'll find it in the second post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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i understand some people don tliek flashing roms, im just sayin and i completely agree with Demonic240 i see the same thing being asked for 4 times a week every week and btw fil swype is cooked into the rom you just havent been payin attention
kimtyson said:
What What Not? Sounds like a cool app.
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huh? lost... maybe im not payin attention haha
fil said:
Not everyone likes to flash roms , and not all roms have every little cab you require in them, hence asking for them and theres no central place for them all either
And unless im mistaken, i also use an energy rom, but swype is not built into that!
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That's funny. Swype is built into my Energy ROM. Don't know which one you're using... It also has a nice HTC skin on it.
antny said:
i understand some people don tliek flashing roms, im just sayin and i completely agree with Demonic240 i see the same thing being asked for 4 times a week every week and btw fil swype is cooked into the rom you just havent been payin attention
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So you're saying you're tired of seeing threads about particular things showing up over and over? Yeah, another thread on Swype.......
not another thread on swype just lettin fil to pay attention to what he puts in his phone
Oh yeah
whilst we are at it does NRGZ28 have a list somewhere of what programs are in his roms? as ive looked on his thread and cant see one? Incase im installing other programs that are allready on it!
cheers
fil said:
Oh yeah
whilst we are at it does NRGZ28 have a list somewhere of what programs are in his roms? as ive looked on his thread and cant see one? Incase im installing other programs that are allready on it!
cheers
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im honestly not sure at all, i guess you can check the change logs? that probably wouldnt en help you can ask him on his twitter oooooorrrr the irc chat he hosts
Demonic240 said:
Yes, but all people would have to do is search. I have also seen a lot of posts requesting it.. and if people would take a look at the stickied thread they'll find it in the second post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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And the links haven't worked for ages now...
comclusive said:
And the links haven't worked for ages now...
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im sure not all of the links dont work, there has to be .cabs themselves posted somewhere out there. i dont usually respond to repeats of requests because theres tons of those threads out there but i guess i will for now on because a number of apps that are or were on this site are saved to either my sd card or computer
Demonic240 said:
Yes, but all people would have to do is search. I have also seen a lot of posts requesting it.. and if people would take a look at the stickied thread they'll find it in the second post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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This thread no longer works
JGuinan007 said:
This thread no longer works
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Asking for, or posting links or files for Swype is now considered warez on XDA. Do a search elsewhere as it now earns you vacation time from the mods.

Wierd icon next to 3G icon

Hi guys,
There is an arrow icon to the left of my 3G icon, and I was wondering if anyone knew what it was? it shows two white arrows forming a loop but I can't find it in the manual.
Can someone let me know?
Thanks!
That's the sync service running (GMail, Contacts, Calendar, etc).
If it keeps running forever, you might have an issue, but it should pop up from time to time.
It was running forever and I realized it was failing to synch, a data reset fixed.
another useless thread.... gratz newb android user ITS CALLED GOOGLE PEOPLE USE IT! DONT BLOAT FORUMS
billakid said:
another useless thread.... gratz newb android user ITS CALLED GOOGLE PEOPLE USE IT! DONT BLOAT FORUMS
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Oh my god dude you are getting on my nerves. If you don't like the thread don't look in it. I'm not an android noob, I've been using since vzw got android in the first place, Ive used chrome and gmail since beta, my whole life is in Google's cloud. Damn. Not noticing a small icon doesn't make me a noob. People like you are the exact reason I never posted here before and only lurked and donated. What an amazing bit you are contributing to the community, good thing I'm not judging the whole on you.
Go ahead and do a search for what I was asking, I couldn't find anything. If you read I also consulted the manual to find nothing relating to the symbol. Go to hell.
billakid said:
another useless thread.... gratz newb android user ITS CALLED GOOGLE PEOPLE USE IT! DONT BLOAT FORUMS
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Not everyone knows those arrows mean that it's syncing to Google, so this thread is not useless.
chrisw27 said:
Not everyone knows those arrows mean that it's syncing to Google, so this thread is not useless.
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Exactly, I had assumed it would use normal data signal for that. Plus I hadn't really seen it before because normally its on and then off, but in this case mine got stuck, thats all. Thanks guys.
I wonder if it would violate guidelines to report a post like that.
Completely unhelpful, and ultimately detrimental to the community as a whole.
Sure there's no profanity, warez, or otherwise problematic material, but it's definitely something that shouldn't be here.
billakid said:
another useless thread.... gratz newb android user ITS CALLED GOOGLE PEOPLE USE IT! DONT BLOAT FORUMS
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Slow your roll man, you were a noob once to and you didn't use google per your recommendation. SEE. Hard to bloat a general discussion forum.
good day.
billakid said:
another useless thread.... gratz newb android user ITS CALLED GOOGLE PEOPLE USE IT! DONT BLOAT FORUMS
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yet another useless post by you. you have been a member here for 7 months in most of the forums im on you would still be a noob and by posting this crap(seen it in at least 2 threads) you still act like a noob. dont like whats being posted either dont read it or keep your comments to yourself.
chopper the dog said:
Slow your roll man, you were a noob once to and you didn't use google per your recommendation. >>>>>SEE.<<<<< Hard to bloat a general discussion forum.
good day.
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I love it. Good pull.
blah blah... still bloating forums.. imagine how bad its gonna be when roms start rolling out
billakid said:
blah blah... still bloating forums.. imagine how bad its gonna be when roms start rolling out
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Soooooooo. Is this brother #1 or brother #2 that edited the post? Roms rolling out will be a welcome sight. Answering noob questions also welcomed. But the attitude that may have been picked up from a different forum is not welcomed.
good day.
Anyways Did you find out why it was stickin dude? O-o
I dont know for sure but looking at the last successful synch times its right around the time I tried to send an email with the firefox beta apk to like five people at once that might have broke it somehow
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Brand new market app?

Looks like the android market got updated? Anyone else get updated also?
Nope I think you are the only one. Post your experiences please.
its weird to describe, you can scroll vertically on top thru a list of new apps
when you click on a app everything is all on one page now, updates pics and comments
its listed as my apps now
Holy crap that's awesome. You should go buy some lottery tickets as you may be the luckiest person to walk the earth, being hand selected by Google to try this new market out.
trolling is very hard to do on forums isn't it?
Then again you must be mad at life to actually post like you do haha
i searched but didn't find nothing about a new market
maybe you will get a few dropbox referrals from commenting on my thread?
LOL
Thanks for posting, I still haven't got the market update...
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new app market look and feel
Hey I have it on my evo 4g too. I opened up it up while helping a friend root his fascinate phone and saw the change. Did it come as some type of download?
Ya im guessing, looks better if you ask me. The update all seems to be working better
Gingerbread roms right around the corner, alot of updates coming out haha
There is a GAPPS update posted in the N1 forum that has it, it comes with some extra junk including ROM manager in the sys/app folder and a few N1 updates but it flashed and works fine on my Evo.
Edit: Just found this posted a few threads down. New Market Update
sfld said:
trolling is very hard to do on forums isn't it?
Then again you must be mad at life to actually post like you do haha
i searched but didn't find nothing about a new market
maybe you will get a few dropbox referrals from commenting on my thread?
LOL
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You obviously didn't search that hard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=52811562
sfld said:
trolling is very hard to do on forums isn't it?
Then again you must be mad at life to actually post like you do haha
i searched but didn't find nothing about a new market
maybe you will get a few dropbox referrals from commenting on my thread?
LOL
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did you search with your eyes closed ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874089&highlight=Market
and more in the theme&app section

New Market?

So I just went back to the NFX Sprint rom and I was installing my apps and a new market showed up. Anyone else seen this yet? It looks totally different and incorporates the coverflow feature at the top.
Its being pushed out over the next week or so. Check out some android sites they have some articles about it.
Froyo Powered HTC Hero
any one have the apk for it since I'm on froyo
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strideowns said:
any one have the apk for it since I'm on froyo
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Search man. It's in the correct section of the Hero forum. Theme & App Section.
strideowns said:
any one have the apk for it since I'm on froyo
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it was on the 2nd page lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869187&page=6 just flash it
cp0020 said:
it was on the 2nd page lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869187&page=6 just flash it
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FYI - that is NOT a market apk, it is tiny gapps, and a lot of people have had problems, since it actually replaces the current gapps you have and you end up with less gapps after the flash, read more. There IS a flashable full gapps package in jaybob413's rom OP.
really? i kinda figured it wasnt an apk since i said "flash it". after flashing that i didnt loose anything. maybe people just dont know what their doing. my point was that people just need to search more
cp0020 said:
really? i kinda figured it wasnt an apk since i said "flash it". after flashing that i didnt loose anything. maybe people just dont know what their doing. my point was that people just need to search more
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right on, I was really directing that "NOT a market" comment to the OP, since he may not know the difference. Weird that you didn't lose any gapps, I did.... Whatever. Agreed to the search more, there have been AT LEAST 5 new threads about the new market. Ridiculous. I think I may post a thread with a link to JB's OP so people can have new gapps and stop the thread stuff.
il Duce said:
right on, I was really directing that "NOT a market" comment to the OP, since he may not know the difference. Weird that you didn't lose any gapps, I did.... Whatever. Agreed to the search more, there have been AT LEAST 5 new threads about the new market. Ridiculous. I think I may post a thread with a link to JB's OP so people can have new gapps and stop the thread stuff.
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just re read my post and i kind of sounded like a **** lol sorry about that. but yeah there are way to many threads about the same thing and there just being posted over and over again. they need to make something where if the topic has been posted before it will recognize it lol. but yeah dude sorry for sounding like a prick earlier :/
cp0020 said:
just re read my post and i kind of sounded like a **** lol sorry about that. but yeah there are way to many threads about the same thing and there just being posted over and over again. they need to make something where if the topic has been posted before it will recognize it lol. but yeah dude sorry for sounding like a prick earlier :/
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that's cool. I literally JUST posted a new thread in general with links to the new gapps (my first thread starter ever...), hopefully it stops the super awesome board clogging. And by the way, when you post a new thread, it DOES show you similar thread possibilities (I was AMAZED), which makes me really sick how many double threads there are.
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that's cool. I literally JUST posted a new thread in general with links to the new gapps (my first thread starter ever...), hopefully it stops the super awesome board clogging. And by the way, when you post a new thread, it DOES show you similar thread possibilities (I was AMAZED), which makes me really sick how many double threads there are.
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dang! i havent posted a new thread in awhile so i guess i missed that. im gonna do a test... im gonna make a new thread(not submit it though) and make the topic "new market" and see what happens lol it actually pisses me off seeing all these threads being posted over and over again. i understand that it can be a pain to search, you could possibly end up searching for hours. and if you do make a thread without searching first then stop and think to yourself...."do i really want to make a thread without searching first and possibly get yelled at and made fun of?" think about that before you make a new thread that has probably been posted before without searching. and please people... stop posting apps or question about apps or anything that isnt a rom in the "android development thread".....whew! glad to get that off my chest lol

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