Poor guy! Isn't it amazing, the amount of resiliency of children? Hope he's better soon.
And lpt2569, same to you and yours. Hope he's up and about in no time (I'm sure he will be)!
[Guide] The Busy Parent?s (& Noobs) Guide to Root...
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Poor guy! Isn't it amazing, the amount of resiliency of children? Hope he's better soon.
And lpt2569, same to you and yours. Hope he's up and about in no time (I'm sure he will be)!
It's my life...
For some, becoming a parent literally means your life is over; and for others, your life has just begun.
I was trying to explain this to a friend of mine over the weekend who after 10 years of marriage still doesn’t have kids; and after 15 minutes of examples and illustrations of how hard the kid is a times, I just have to realize that no matter how much I tried, there is just no use. Until he pops out a kid for himself, he will never know the blessings and challenges of being a parent.
The sooner you realize and stop fighting the fact that your life is NOT yours anymore as a parent the sooner you’ll find peace. Your time, money, resources are NOT yours anymore; your friends, job, career, hobbies and ambitions are NOT yours anymore; if you thought being married has taken your identify away from you; wait till you have kids...!
Can anyone one else tell I had to deal with a sick wife and kid this week? So, in saying all of this, for all you dads out there; this doesn’t mean we all have to kill our hearts. Yes, having a kid means you can’t do all the things you used to but that doesn’t mean you don’t have pockets of free time here and there throughout the day.
Pockets of time is all you are getting as a parent; you do not have a huge chunk of time to yourself anymore. Pockets can range from 10 seconds to minutes, depending on where you are. It can be the 30 seconds waiting at red light; the few minutes while your wife nurses the kid; or the 45 seconds, it takes to microwave a day old In & Out burger for yourself. A simple task of checking and responding to a work email can be stretched into an hour and have 15 interruptions; but it can be done!
Having my choice of three robots at my disposal does mean that I can fit the things I need to get done, such as typing up a quote to a customer while getting other things that needs to get done, such as washing and drying the cat while stuck in the bathroom.
It also mean I can still do the things I enjoy such as listening to my favorite podcast while being stuck waiting for hours at the ER or pushing a stroller.
Having an android means I can complete another 2 minutes if a movie that would otherwise not be able to see, shoot a quick response to a forum post, catch up in the latest news from friends and shoot out a quick message for the bros on G+, txt and Talk. It means I can start to jot down Evernotes for this post on the htc, continue it on the Gnex on the way to work, review and edit it at Starbucks on the N7 and finalize it on my work computer now.
Yes our lives will never be the same with kids; it is better, it is having our cake and eating it too.
For some, becoming a parent literally means your life is over; and for others, your life has just begun.
I was trying to explain this to a friend of mine over the weekend who after 10 years of marriage still doesn’t have kids; and after 15 minutes of examples and illustrations of how hard the kid is a times, I just have to realize that no matter how much I tried, there is just no use. Until he pops out a kid for himself, he will never know the blessings and challenges of being a parent.
The sooner you realize and stop fighting the fact that your life is NOT yours anymore as a parent the sooner you’ll find peace. Your time, money, resources are NOT yours anymore; your friends, job, career, hobbies and ambitions are NOT yours anymore; if you thought being married has taken your identify away from you; wait till you have kids...!
Can anyone one else tell I had to deal with a sick wife and kid this week? So, in saying all of this, for all you dads out there; this doesn’t mean we all have to kill our hearts. Yes, having a kid means you can’t do all the things you used to but that doesn’t mean you don’t have pockets of free time here and there throughout the day.
Pockets of time is all you are getting as a parent; you do not have a huge chunk of time to yourself anymore. Pockets can range from 10 seconds to minutes, depending on where you are. It can be the 30 seconds waiting at red light; the few minutes while your wife nurses the kid; or the 45 seconds, it takes to microwave a day old In & Out burger for yourself. A simple task of checking and responding to a work email can be stretched into an hour and have 15 interruptions; but it can be done!
Having my choice of three robots at my disposal does mean that I can fit the things I need to get done, such as typing up a quote to a customer while getting other things that needs to get done, such as washing and drying the cat while stuck in the bathroom.
It also mean I can still do the things I enjoy such as listening to my favorite podcast while being stuck waiting for hours at the ER or pushing a stroller.
Having an android means I can complete another 2 minutes if a movie that would otherwise not be able to see, shoot a quick response to a forum post, catch up in the latest news from friends and shoot out a quick message for the bros on G+, txt and Talk. It means I can start to jot down Evernotes for this post on the htc, continue it on the Gnex on the way to work, review and edit it at Starbucks on the N7 and finalize it on my work computer now.
Yes our lives will never be the same with kids; it is better, it is having our cake and eating it too.
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Scraps...
I hate little scraps of paper with a passion. Since getting the nexus 7 and a stylus, I have made it my personal mission to rid myself of the ubiquitous, analog pen & paper.
Ok, I admit; for all the technology out there, sometimes a post-it note pad just gets the job done. And that shopping list is not just a post-it, its the back of a receipt, its on the back of that envelope. Its maddening, its everywhere, and this has got to stop.
I have been using the Android camera for all sorts of note-taking. That Costco grocery list? Why, just take a picture and there you go; attach that to gmail and I have an archive of what I bought on which date.
That special can of nuts from Ralphs that my wife loves? Take a picture, DONE! I been taking pictures of billboards if there are information that I need to reference in the future; a poster of an upcoming event or a bulletin board at church; snap it and it's done...
The two, free-hand apps that has been working the best with my N7 are Handrite Free & Evernotes Skitch. Handrite is great, it takes each character and puts it neatly into a line by line notebook and Skitch is great cause it syncs to Evernote. I can take a screen shot and just draw it up, make comments even forward it to the Gnex, make some more notes on it there and forward it to the wife.
We have to deal with more information than ever. I am the ever absent-minded father. I was dropping off the kid at his pre-school; and the wife specifically said to see which snacks and activities he will be doing that day. Why the hell will I put THAT in my short-term memory..!? I got 10 million more important to remember that day. Take a snap-shot, make some doodles on it.. DONE! I end up being the only dad in the class, that can tell the wife, the kid's entire month schedule...!
I now also take picture of forms or documents that I want to quick access to for future reference. Insurance forms; prescriptions, business cards; and receipts. Quality is excellent and I can reproduce the document by printing it out again... I have also created a particular album for just paperwork, so as to organize and not co-mingle documents with pictures of the kid and cat.
Take a picture, and shred the paper... people!!
I hate little scraps of paper with a passion. Since getting the nexus 7 and a stylus, I have made it my personal mission to rid myself of the ubiquitous, analog pen & paper.
Ok, I admit; for all the technology out there, sometimes a post-it note pad just gets the job done. And that shopping list is not just a post-it, its the back of a receipt, its on the back of that envelope. Its maddening, its everywhere, and this has got to stop.
I have been using the Android camera for all sorts of note-taking. That Costco grocery list? Why, just take a picture and there you go; attach that to gmail and I have an archive of what I bought on which date.
That special can of nuts from Ralphs that my wife loves? Take a picture, DONE! I been taking pictures of billboards if there are information that I need to reference in the future; a poster of an upcoming event or a bulletin board at church; snap it and it's done...
The two, free-hand apps that has been working the best with my N7 are Handrite Free & Evernotes Skitch. Handrite is great, it takes each character and puts it neatly into a line by line notebook and Skitch is great cause it syncs to Evernote. I can take a screen shot and just draw it up, make comments even forward it to the Gnex, make some more notes on it there and forward it to the wife.
We have to deal with more information than ever. I am the ever absent-minded father. I was dropping off the kid at his pre-school; and the wife specifically said to see which snacks and activities he will be doing that day. Why the hell will I put THAT in my short-term memory..!? I got 10 million more important to remember that day. Take a snap-shot, make some doodles on it.. DONE! I end up being the only dad in the class, that can tell the wife, the kid's entire month schedule...!
I now also take picture of forms or documents that I want to quick access to for future reference. Insurance forms; prescriptions, business cards; and receipts. Quality is excellent and I can reproduce the document by printing it out again... I have also created a particular album for just paperwork, so as to organize and not co-mingle documents with pictures of the kid and cat.
Take a picture, and shred the paper... people!!
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Zzzz...
I know the child-less peeps on here won't appreciate this topic, but SLEEP is very important to us parent folks. The wife and I are chronically sleep deprived and you don't know what tires means, until you fall asleep in the middle is listening to the AC podcast last night... while, sitting on the freaken POT..!
Sleep is very, very important to me and the family; since having the kid, we guard his and our sleep like a hawk; this often times means that we skip out early from events, say premature goodbyes to friends and families and having to get my butt off the computer (& onto the tab) to get ready for sleep around 8:50 each evening.
We followed the Marc Weissbluths's - Happy Sleep Habits book almost to the tee; we slept trained the kid and it has been one of the most difficult things we have ever done.
So I was quite shock when I read that “Some 61 percent of mobile workers sleep with their smartphones, with many of them waking up during the night to check them.”
“Based on a survey of more than 3,700 mobile employees from more than 1,000 companies, the iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report (PDF) found that downtime may be a thing of the past. More workers (91 percent) are using their free time, both day and night, to check their smartphones. Among those, almost 30 percent check their smartphones three to five times an hour, and 20 percent check them five to ten times an hour.
Looking at the workers who sleep with their smartphones, 58 percent wake up at least occasionally during the night to check them, while 11 percent said they wake up every single night to check them. Among all the workers who sleep with their smartphones, 35 percent also check their e-mail first thing in the morning before getting dressed or eating breakfast.”
Ok, I wasn’t shock, but still that is amazing... I trade oil ETFs; and oil is a 24 hour commodity; and I am guilty of sneaking a peak or two on occasions to see what oil was trading in Asia in the middle of the night; and I do check the htc (my bathroom phone) first thing in the morning...
I am also a mobile worker so those phones are ALWAYS just a reach away... But that has not stop me from drawing a few boundaries. I AM completely powerless, I know; so I have relegated charging my phones downstairs, away from the bedroom.
If you just HAVE to have your phone with you constantly, here are a few tips & tricks I ran into recently...
Bedside mode Widget
and
CM10 on Euroskank has quiet hour settings...
I know the child-less peeps on here won't appreciate this topic, but SLEEP is very important to us parent folks. The wife and I are chronically sleep deprived and you don't know what tires means, until you fall asleep in the middle is listening to the AC podcast last night... while, sitting on the freaken POT..!
Sleep is very, very important to me and the family; since having the kid, we guard his and our sleep like a hawk; this often times means that we skip out early from events, say premature goodbyes to friends and families and having to get my butt off the computer (& onto the tab) to get ready for sleep around 8:50 each evening.
We followed the Marc Weissbluths's - Happy Sleep Habits book almost to the tee; we slept trained the kid and it has been one of the most difficult things we have ever done.
So I was quite shock when I read that “Some 61 percent of mobile workers sleep with their smartphones, with many of them waking up during the night to check them.”
“Based on a survey of more than 3,700 mobile employees from more than 1,000 companies, the iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report (PDF) found that downtime may be a thing of the past. More workers (91 percent) are using their free time, both day and night, to check their smartphones. Among those, almost 30 percent check their smartphones three to five times an hour, and 20 percent check them five to ten times an hour.
Looking at the workers who sleep with their smartphones, 58 percent wake up at least occasionally during the night to check them, while 11 percent said they wake up every single night to check them. Among all the workers who sleep with their smartphones, 35 percent also check their e-mail first thing in the morning before getting dressed or eating breakfast.”
Ok, I wasn’t shock, but still that is amazing... I trade oil ETFs; and oil is a 24 hour commodity; and I am guilty of sneaking a peak or two on occasions to see what oil was trading in Asia in the middle of the night; and I do check the htc (my bathroom phone) first thing in the morning...
I am also a mobile worker so those phones are ALWAYS just a reach away... But that has not stop me from drawing a few boundaries. I AM completely powerless, I know; so I have relegated charging my phones downstairs, away from the bedroom.
If you just HAVE to have your phone with you constantly, here are a few tips & tricks I ran into recently...
Bedside mode Widget
and
CM10 on Euroskank has quiet hour settings...
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Man I just posted for needing this info before I seen this... Great!!!!! Thanks!!!!!.... I fall into the I work and own my company on the side so I need my 2nd (biz line) to work category.... Lmao
Sent from my GS3....
Sent from my GS3....
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I'm not feeling particularly introspective at the moment. I have too much to do to get ready for my son's 6th birthday party on Sunday. I'll be back with more, but here are some random thoughts for now.
Best! Thread! Ever!
The OP really isn't a guide to rooting, it's a guide to life ... and it's great.
I made the jump and rooted and flashed just about 3 weeks ago, so I can totally relate. I did it on my day off while home with my son. Wife was at work. I missed a few calls from her while in Recovery ... oops. I didn't tell her I was rooting. In the past she wasn't supportive of my desire to hack. I just told her my phone was updating. (that's true)
I didn't use any 1-click methods. I did it all manually.
It great to see so many adult, working, dad's with real lives going on. At least I know it's not just me.
I still can't believe that my son's aunt gave him a Kindle Fire for his birthday. I don't even have a tablet! It must be nice to have "doctor-money". He's well on his way to being tech savy. But I definitely limit his screen-time.
More musings later ...
Best! Thread! Ever!
The OP really isn't a guide to rooting, it's a guide to life ... and it's great.
I made the jump and rooted and flashed just about 3 weeks ago, so I can totally relate. I did it on my day off while home with my son. Wife was at work. I missed a few calls from her while in Recovery ... oops. I didn't tell her I was rooting. In the past she wasn't supportive of my desire to hack. I just told her my phone was updating. (that's true)
I didn't use any 1-click methods. I did it all manually.
It great to see so many adult, working, dad's with real lives going on. At least I know it's not just me.
I still can't believe that my son's aunt gave him a Kindle Fire for his birthday. I don't even have a tablet! It must be nice to have "doctor-money". He's well on his way to being tech savy. But I definitely limit his screen-time.
More musings later ...
The Tube...
In case you didn't know I am a YouTube junkie, but maybe not what you might have in mind. Yes I can easily argue that if you can't find it on there, I'll have a hard time believing if it even exists.
YouTube is certainly one of the best inventions out there, and having it mobile in your pocket opens up a world of imagination and wonder that was once only limited at best to mostly cable television, your living room and hours, upon hours of tapes or dvds.
Lately I've been using it a lot with the kid. We can be reading an illustrated childrens book on fire-trucks, tugboats, or say the most random things like a balloon/puffer fish or a praying mantis and we can instantly find a short clip of the subject on the site.
We can be talking anywhere of an abstract activity such as a man sliding down a pole or someone scuba diving or a man ridding an elephant and all of it can be a teaching moment illustrated by actual moving picture.
I can see the wheels turning in the kids head as he often asks follow up questions and often we are on a rabbit trail of two or three videos clips.
Watching real interactive video with follow up questions and incorporating as many physical senses can really cement a learning moment and spark the imagination. I think it is a powerful tool in early education.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfyjH-pY4Q&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU26AIZQ100&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxmYVY1yo8&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-FUeUsyQIQ&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCar-x99E4&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
In case you didn't know I am a YouTube junkie, but maybe not what you might have in mind. Yes I can easily argue that if you can't find it on there, I'll have a hard time believing if it even exists.
YouTube is certainly one of the best inventions out there, and having it mobile in your pocket opens up a world of imagination and wonder that was once only limited at best to mostly cable television, your living room and hours, upon hours of tapes or dvds.
Lately I've been using it a lot with the kid. We can be reading an illustrated childrens book on fire-trucks, tugboats, or say the most random things like a balloon/puffer fish or a praying mantis and we can instantly find a short clip of the subject on the site.
We can be talking anywhere of an abstract activity such as a man sliding down a pole or someone scuba diving or a man ridding an elephant and all of it can be a teaching moment illustrated by actual moving picture.
I can see the wheels turning in the kids head as he often asks follow up questions and often we are on a rabbit trail of two or three videos clips.
Watching real interactive video with follow up questions and incorporating as many physical senses can really cement a learning moment and spark the imagination. I think it is a powerful tool in early education.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfyjH-pY4Q&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU26AIZQ100&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxmYVY1yo8&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-FUeUsyQIQ&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCar-x99E4&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
Wife Credits
Now here is a topic that I need help on. The wife has a budget for cloths and shoes; I don't put a limit on it, but she has been pretty good on keeping a budget for herself. I really don't mind it, she doesn't go overboard, and I usually love seeing her with new cloths. Same with my gadget addiction / phone lust, for the most part, I been pretty good at giving myself a budget and she pretty much leave me alone with it.
Now Wife Credits is sort of another topic in and of itself; it doesn't necessarily have to do with keeping a budget, but for women in general, the problem isn't with your gadget or the surface topic; it's usually much deeper than that.
Now most wives know that; some guys are into cars, some are into sports, others are work-a-holics, or something. Wives for the most part don't mind one or two "things"; after all they love us, and still want us to find things that interest us and makes us come alive. That is a good thing, we usually are better people to be with; after we indulge a bit with the guys.
But the problem is usually when the interests start to interfere with the marriage or family. The wife will usually find that sort of encroachment a threat and will start to see you new found interest with caution and intrepidation.
Before you become a crack-flasher or being sucked in by the little green robot; I make sure a few things were in place.
1) My wife's emotional love tank is ok - Your wife has this thing call a love tank; where she feels secure about your relationship; she feels love, she know where you guys stand and she generally feels heard and understood. Now have you guys ever feel that the wife is just a general or a constant pain in the ass like a forever PMS spell...? Well that generally means her emotional tank is bone dry, my man... if she is dry, then ANYTHING you do WILL piss her off. Take care of this first, and your life will generally improve.
2) To fill your wife's emotional tank - take care of the main things, work on your career if things are looking a bit unstable; meaning, living situation, lifestyle or income. Women crave stability and security. But more than financial security, they almost want emotional security even more. She needs to know that she is the love of your life, and knowing that our girls can endure some crappy circumstances even for seasons of your lives. She has to know that the season can pass, and that there is hope. You can graduate, you can get the promotion, you can find that job, and you need each other cooperation to accomplish it.
3) She knows this intuitively, but it always hit couples unexpectantly. Life is hard and when something difficult happens, we automatically attack each other. We know all this and still we find ourselves at war with each other. Telling each other that -"I am not your enemy" is our keyword to stand back a bit and realize that, yeah; ok we should stop attacking each other and see how we can help each other through the difficult patch.
4) She needs to know that your interest will be beneficial to the relationships; that we can grow from this experience, we can develop healthy relationships, and we can be better husbands and fathers because of it. We need to communicate that our interests will recharge our batteries; that you can find encouragement and develop community with the guys. If all she sees are guys on the boards talking about alcohol and food consumption I think she would be indifferent; but if she sees posts like these once in a while, she might be more encourage to let you hang. Once she sees how you come alive after flashing a new ROM or that you are actually talking about how to be better dads; then the leash for your Android addiction will be pretty long...!
5) I try to be honest and not lie about anything in general. I don't always give a lot of detail about what I do, but I generally don't hide anything from the wife. Now, she isn't very techie, and I haven't done anything stupid to betray that trust, but I am not about to tell her the hundreds of ways, my Android can lead me astray and how powerful this little guys is if I wanted to live dangerously... But in generally, I am really taken care of, and I'm not looking for trouble and she knows it...
I don't know... there has to be more, but that is all I got, with those things in place; I should build enough wife credits to buy another new Nexus by years end; but I have a feeling that my phone will still be more than enough for me to handle.
What about you guys...?
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5HjNQJXqo&playnext=1&list=PLBAD47C426D3057BC&feature=results_main[/YT]
Now here is a topic that I need help on. The wife has a budget for cloths and shoes; I don't put a limit on it, but she has been pretty good on keeping a budget for herself. I really don't mind it, she doesn't go overboard, and I usually love seeing her with new cloths. Same with my gadget addiction / phone lust, for the most part, I been pretty good at giving myself a budget and she pretty much leave me alone with it.
Now Wife Credits is sort of another topic in and of itself; it doesn't necessarily have to do with keeping a budget, but for women in general, the problem isn't with your gadget or the surface topic; it's usually much deeper than that.
Now most wives know that; some guys are into cars, some are into sports, others are work-a-holics, or something. Wives for the most part don't mind one or two "things"; after all they love us, and still want us to find things that interest us and makes us come alive. That is a good thing, we usually are better people to be with; after we indulge a bit with the guys.
But the problem is usually when the interests start to interfere with the marriage or family. The wife will usually find that sort of encroachment a threat and will start to see you new found interest with caution and intrepidation.
Before you become a crack-flasher or being sucked in by the little green robot; I make sure a few things were in place.
1) My wife's emotional love tank is ok - Your wife has this thing call a love tank; where she feels secure about your relationship; she feels love, she know where you guys stand and she generally feels heard and understood. Now have you guys ever feel that the wife is just a general or a constant pain in the ass like a forever PMS spell...? Well that generally means her emotional tank is bone dry, my man... if she is dry, then ANYTHING you do WILL piss her off. Take care of this first, and your life will generally improve.
2) To fill your wife's emotional tank - take care of the main things, work on your career if things are looking a bit unstable; meaning, living situation, lifestyle or income. Women crave stability and security. But more than financial security, they almost want emotional security even more. She needs to know that she is the love of your life, and knowing that our girls can endure some crappy circumstances even for seasons of your lives. She has to know that the season can pass, and that there is hope. You can graduate, you can get the promotion, you can find that job, and you need each other cooperation to accomplish it.
3) She knows this intuitively, but it always hit couples unexpectantly. Life is hard and when something difficult happens, we automatically attack each other. We know all this and still we find ourselves at war with each other. Telling each other that -"I am not your enemy" is our keyword to stand back a bit and realize that, yeah; ok we should stop attacking each other and see how we can help each other through the difficult patch.
4) She needs to know that your interest will be beneficial to the relationships; that we can grow from this experience, we can develop healthy relationships, and we can be better husbands and fathers because of it. We need to communicate that our interests will recharge our batteries; that you can find encouragement and develop community with the guys. If all she sees are guys on the boards talking about alcohol and food consumption I think she would be indifferent; but if she sees posts like these once in a while, she might be more encourage to let you hang. Once she sees how you come alive after flashing a new ROM or that you are actually talking about how to be better dads; then the leash for your Android addiction will be pretty long...!
5) I try to be honest and not lie about anything in general. I don't always give a lot of detail about what I do, but I generally don't hide anything from the wife. Now, she isn't very techie, and I haven't done anything stupid to betray that trust, but I am not about to tell her the hundreds of ways, my Android can lead me astray and how powerful this little guys is if I wanted to live dangerously... But in generally, I am really taken care of, and I'm not looking for trouble and she knows it...
I don't know... there has to be more, but that is all I got, with those things in place; I should build enough wife credits to buy another new Nexus by years end; but I have a feeling that my phone will still be more than enough for me to handle.
What about you guys...?
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5HjNQJXqo&playnext=1&list=PLBAD47C426D3057BC&feature=results_main[/YT]
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Guys ... you need to do 1, 2, and 3 above regardless of whether you want to root your phone or not ... I'm just saying. 
I'm not feeling particularly introspective at the moment. I have too much to do to get ready for my son's 6th birthday party on Sunday. I'll be back with more, but here are some random thoughts for now.
Best! Thread! Ever!
The OP really isn't a guide to rooting, it's a guide to life ... and it's great.
I made the jump and rooted and flashed just about 3 weeks ago, so I can totally relate. I did it on my day off while home with my son. Wife was at work. I missed a few calls from her while in Recovery ... oops. I didn't tell her I was rooting. In the past she wasn't supportive of my desire to hack. I just told her my phone was updating. (that's true)
I didn't use any 1-click methods. I did it all manually.
It great to see so many adult, working, dad's with real lives going on. At least I know it's not just me.
I still can't believe that my son's aunt gave him a Kindle Fire for his birthday. I don't even have a tablet! It must be nice to have "doctor-money". He's well on his way to being tech savy. But I definitely limit his screen-time.
More musings later ...
How did it go with the b-day...?
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiyT_CACm8&playnext=1&list=PLBAD47C426D3057BC&feature=results_main[/YT]
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Surprisingly it went just like that video ... lol, not really
It was a long weekend cleaning the house for the party, doing party prep (my wife is very crafty so she made a lot of the decorations, in addition to doing lots of cooking), hosting the party, and then cleaning up afterwards. Party planning isn't my thing, so I just follow my wife's instructions. We're both pretty beat, but my son enjoyed it so I can't complain.
Now I need to get back to figuring out why Titanium Backup stopped working. Whenever I try to back anything up I get an error in the notification bar that says, "Backup failed: Insufficient fre storage space." Even though I have almost 25GB free.
Re: [Guide] The Busy Parent?s (& Noobs) Guide to Root... & life
Under Pressure
How does your phone do under pressure? I mean when the chips are down, and you really need your phone to come through, how does it do? Here is a simple test that most "i" users fail miserably. Think of a picture on your phone; if you can't whip out your phone and find that particular picture in under 10 seconds; then I'm afraid your phone has let you down.
I pick the -picture test- because it's one thing, we parents love to share most. Fruit phone users love to whip out the pictures to people, most times during conversations. Be honest, how many times have you been in a middle of a conversation about something you've just done and wanted to do a little show and tell on the spot but you end up fumbling your phone for more than a minute while you leave your friend in a awkward silence?
The picture test is just the first example; what if you had to look up a particular website; find an email address or an physical address on the spot; find a restaurant (by cuisine); help get a lost friend to your location; or to more serious situations; say your wife just called, and she just got into an accident; what is the number to poison control; or where is the nearest emergency room, the pediatrician, when you're out of town?
Believe it or not, I actually practice for these situations; you wouldn't believe some of the things parents have to search for RIGHT NOW!!
I had exactly 20 minutes on Sunday to kill; in that time frame, I found out that a family I was looking for at church was sick; I was able to text the wife; find a Subway restaurant; call ahead and place my sandwich order as I drove; find the directions to their home and deliver the lunch and make it back before the end of the service. Google NOW baby...! As a parent you NEED THIS...!!!
There are so many instances where my Android has not let me down; for one, my entire life is on Gmail (I can totally understand about the security thing); there are so many times, I needed my son's SSN#, my EIN#, insurance policy #, an email address only found on a Carbon Copy; a phone number that was buried under 30 replies; or that ever elusive work PDF attachment. That dedicated "Search" button on Android has saved me more times than not!
One very typical situation as a parent; it's the middle of the night, you rush to the ER cause your kid is ill, you're barely awake and dressed, you need to provide, medication information, medical history, doctor names, addresses, dates, SSN, account numbers,.. etc... what do you do? Will your robot stick by your side?
I am forever blown away; at the incompetency of certain parents I see at the ER; what do you mean, you don't know, or can't pronounce the kind of medication your kid is allergic to..!!!?? What do you mean, you forgot the last doctor's visit..? You don't freaken know which vaccines you kid has gotten? Are you freaken kidding me?? I'm surprise that the nurse just doesn't call child-protective services there and then and hall your kid away..! You have a freaken iPhone..! Freaken use IT! Boils my blood... next time I see this again, I'm going to punch you in the face, break your iPhone, take your kid away from you and take your daddy license away...! Don't let me catch U...!!!
Here is another situation; you're at a red light; you only got one minute to jot down that work idea, shoot an urgent email, record a melody, jot a couple of bullet point or record an actual voice note; can you do it?
You have just been given that "million" dollar idea and you know if you don't write it down; it'll be lost forever. Or can you take a grocery list or directions on the spot; how about while driving; or how about with a crying baby in the back seat, and the wife that is hungry and pissed with you? Can your phone perform under pressure? If you can not confidently answer yes, then maybe you should consider an Android...
P.S. -> a really quick side-bar... but one more observation about Fruit Phone users... what is the deal with this...
Why do "i" users always, I mean always have to apologize for their old phones. They just HAVE to point out that they know, that you know they have an older iPhone. I have friends who either economically or by contract still have an older iPhone and while they are scrolling thru their pictures have to make some comment like, stupid, old phone! God, this thing is getting sooo slow...!!
I absolutely NEVER feel this way about using my old htc Desire, and compare that to people who still rock say, the Nexus One are not self-conscious about their older technology...
I actually carry a sense of pride when I break out the HTC in public; and I would totally be like "Dang Dog" if I see someone still rocking the N-1...
I don't know, Apple has a way of making you feel totally worthless if you don't have the latest and greatest & an idiot father. While Android just loves you for who you are and makes you a hero to your wife, kid and friends...
Under Pressure
How does your phone do under pressure? I mean when the chips are down, and you really need your phone to come through, how does it do? Here is a simple test that most "i" users fail miserably. Think of a picture on your phone; if you can't whip out your phone and find that particular picture in under 10 seconds; then I'm afraid your phone has let you down.
I pick the -picture test- because it's one thing, we parents love to share most. Fruit phone users love to whip out the pictures to people, most times during conversations. Be honest, how many times have you been in a middle of a conversation about something you've just done and wanted to do a little show and tell on the spot but you end up fumbling your phone for more than a minute while you leave your friend in a awkward silence?
The picture test is just the first example; what if you had to look up a particular website; find an email address or an physical address on the spot; find a restaurant (by cuisine); help get a lost friend to your location; or to more serious situations; say your wife just called, and she just got into an accident; what is the number to poison control; or where is the nearest emergency room, the pediatrician, when you're out of town?
Believe it or not, I actually practice for these situations; you wouldn't believe some of the things parents have to search for RIGHT NOW!!
I had exactly 20 minutes on Sunday to kill; in that time frame, I found out that a family I was looking for at church was sick; I was able to text the wife; find a Subway restaurant; call ahead and place my sandwich order as I drove; find the directions to their home and deliver the lunch and make it back before the end of the service. Google NOW baby...! As a parent you NEED THIS...!!!
There are so many instances where my Android has not let me down; for one, my entire life is on Gmail (I can totally understand about the security thing); there are so many times, I needed my son's SSN#, my EIN#, insurance policy #, an email address only found on a Carbon Copy; a phone number that was buried under 30 replies; or that ever elusive work PDF attachment. That dedicated "Search" button on Android has saved me more times than not!
One very typical situation as a parent; it's the middle of the night, you rush to the ER cause your kid is ill, you're barely awake and dressed, you need to provide, medication information, medical history, doctor names, addresses, dates, SSN, account numbers,.. etc... what do you do? Will your robot stick by your side?
I am forever blown away; at the incompetency of certain parents I see at the ER; what do you mean, you don't know, or can't pronounce the kind of medication your kid is allergic to..!!!?? What do you mean, you forgot the last doctor's visit..? You don't freaken know which vaccines you kid has gotten? Are you freaken kidding me?? I'm surprise that the nurse just doesn't call child-protective services there and then and hall your kid away..! You have a freaken iPhone..! Freaken use IT! Boils my blood... next time I see this again, I'm going to punch you in the face, break your iPhone, take your kid away from you and take your daddy license away...! Don't let me catch U...!!!
Here is another situation; you're at a red light; you only got one minute to jot down that work idea, shoot an urgent email, record a melody, jot a couple of bullet point or record an actual voice note; can you do it?
You have just been given that "million" dollar idea and you know if you don't write it down; it'll be lost forever. Or can you take a grocery list or directions on the spot; how about while driving; or how about with a crying baby in the back seat, and the wife that is hungry and pissed with you? Can your phone perform under pressure? If you can not confidently answer yes, then maybe you should consider an Android...
P.S. -> a really quick side-bar... but one more observation about Fruit Phone users... what is the deal with this...
Why do "i" users always, I mean always have to apologize for their old phones. They just HAVE to point out that they know, that you know they have an older iPhone. I have friends who either economically or by contract still have an older iPhone and while they are scrolling thru their pictures have to make some comment like, stupid, old phone! God, this thing is getting sooo slow...!!
I absolutely NEVER feel this way about using my old htc Desire, and compare that to people who still rock say, the Nexus One are not self-conscious about their older technology...
I actually carry a sense of pride when I break out the HTC in public; and I would totally be like "Dang Dog" if I see someone still rocking the N-1...
I don't know, Apple has a way of making you feel totally worthless if you don't have the latest and greatest & an idiot father. While Android just loves you for who you are and makes you a hero to your wife, kid and friends...
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Kids these days...
Isn't it amazing, if you just step back a bit and see how kids are growing up these days..? In their little pockets are these super computers that are ten times more powerful than my old laptop and so intuitive and simple to operate.
My son can sure pop those pigs on Angry Birds; he knows I'm always a few clicks away from talking with me face to face when I'm traveling. It's practically a birthright of his generation to thinks that video chatting with his cousins thousands of miles away in another country is just a normal part of life.
Another interesting thing, is to see how that he naturally knows how to interacts with the characters of his favorite ebooks. We are a huge Sandra Boynton fan, and the Nexus 7 credits have been wisely used on all of her ebooks. Love the experience, and love watching him interact with all the little details. Sure makes reading a whole lot more interesting, growing up in 2012...
Phil did a review a while back...
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1k1s4ZuuU[/YT]
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybZlVgT6Qw&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_88IBykyplI&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0lEkrSg5sc&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
Isn't it amazing, if you just step back a bit and see how kids are growing up these days..? In their little pockets are these super computers that are ten times more powerful than my old laptop and so intuitive and simple to operate.
My son can sure pop those pigs on Angry Birds; he knows I'm always a few clicks away from talking with me face to face when I'm traveling. It's practically a birthright of his generation to thinks that video chatting with his cousins thousands of miles away in another country is just a normal part of life.
Another interesting thing, is to see how that he naturally knows how to interacts with the characters of his favorite ebooks. We are a huge Sandra Boynton fan, and the Nexus 7 credits have been wisely used on all of her ebooks. Love the experience, and love watching him interact with all the little details. Sure makes reading a whole lot more interesting, growing up in 2012...
Phil did a review a while back...
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1k1s4ZuuU[/YT]
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybZlVgT6Qw&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_88IBykyplI&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0lEkrSg5sc&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
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jean15paul
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I showed my son how I could use Google Wallet in the store yesterday. I thought it was awesome, but he wasn't impressed.
His generation just assumes that technology can do anything.
His generation just assumes that technology can do anything.
Doodle...
In our household the kid still uses stack and stacks of computer scratch paper; the kid loves to use his crayons, watercolors and we also recently bought a finger painting coloring set.
We don’t mind, paper is cheap, tangible and looks great on the refrigerator. We have been looking into magna-doodles, but somehow either due to the kid or us; we haven’t found the right one yet. There is this Aquadoodle pad we have to look at next, but we can’t seem to find it anywhere in stores. I guess it doesn’t hurt to buy it on-line and just give it away if it doesn’t work out.
In the meantime, another way we have been practicing the ABCs without blowing through tons of paper is to use, Kid’s Doodle. The drawing space on the HTC isn’t much, and I think the paid version does give you a bit more canvas but it’s good enough to practice one letter at a time. The Nexus 7 greatly increases the experience. The kid loves the app and its one way to keep him occupied anywhere. He’s still a age where we would still like him to get messy but the Android is always helpful when we are out…
Kids’s Doodle
In our household the kid still uses stack and stacks of computer scratch paper; the kid loves to use his crayons, watercolors and we also recently bought a finger painting coloring set.
We don’t mind, paper is cheap, tangible and looks great on the refrigerator. We have been looking into magna-doodles, but somehow either due to the kid or us; we haven’t found the right one yet. There is this Aquadoodle pad we have to look at next, but we can’t seem to find it anywhere in stores. I guess it doesn’t hurt to buy it on-line and just give it away if it doesn’t work out.
In the meantime, another way we have been practicing the ABCs without blowing through tons of paper is to use, Kid’s Doodle. The drawing space on the HTC isn’t much, and I think the paid version does give you a bit more canvas but it’s good enough to practice one letter at a time. The Nexus 7 greatly increases the experience. The kid loves the app and its one way to keep him occupied anywhere. He’s still a age where we would still like him to get messy but the Android is always helpful when we are out…
Kids’s Doodle
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Re: [Guide] The Busy Parent?s (& Noobs) Guide to Root... & life
This, ol' phone... - Part 1
My first car was an 89 Honda Prelude; I bought the car with my entire savings in my senior year in high school. I loved that car; the first stage to anything that I love is the “babying” stage. Where the thing gets lightly, gently used; even though the car was used, I didn’t dare rev the engine above 4,000 rpm and didn’t go above 55mph. I cleaned the car meticulously and besides running around town, the car would basically be up on the pedestal on the drive way.
The next stages are the “use” to “heavy use” stages; this is the fun stage. This is the stage where the car was put to its full potential on a daily basis. I would get a huge grin everyday when I would red-line the engine at least once in my daily maneuverings. I still maintained the car well into the fourth, fifth year of ownership; but it would go into seasons of messiness and disrepair. This is also the season where I did modification to the car to make it more mine; also give it extra boosts to performance, look and styling. The distinct memories I had were enjoying long road trips, taking it to autocrosses, and just hearing the engine sing to redline on a daily basis was a joy into itself. It was my version of coffee in my 20s.
The last stages are inevitably the “killing” and the “death” stages. As the years passed, as other secondary vehicles come and go, the Honda, became increasing stubborn. Don’t get me wrong, the car is just as fun and reliable as the first day; but life-stages require a more “serious” vehicle and those long drives are just getting painful. The car has passed so many tests and trials and is still kicking and screaming for me to get in and punch the pedal to the metal. It is passed the point where the sentimental value is greater than the actual value of the vehicle and selling it would be pointless. So I keep the car, it sits mostly. And in a rather twisted, bizarre way; I then actively try to kill the car; missed oil changes, repairs that go neglected and general “abuse” and neglect towards the vehicle. And to my surprise, it takes it all in; and NEVER complains one bit. Until one day, some major component breaks down; or most times, the car or thing simply wins and I end up scrapping it, parting it, or selling it for what it’s worth to some deserving person. In the end, the car leaves an unique impression that is never really duplicated again.
My old phone, the htc desire is currently being put through the paces in the heavy/killing stage. As a busy parent with play-dates, the mess, & the kid the htc is where it's at. I get a lot of enjoyment out of the G-Nex & N7 with mostly work but the Desire is where the real fun is.
The thing is almost never asleep; it has tasks almost 24-hours a day, and the screen and speakers are almost always playing something. There was a lot of discussion on G+ with regards to CM not supporting the phone beyond CM7.2; but I'm here to start a new posts this week about my old phone. I've been telling Phil and the guys to write an article on our old phones; but I'm sure they are too busy with new tech to focus on old tech, so I'll go ahead and write it myself.
I'm going to chronicle the the many, many ways, our old phone is still as relevant today, as the day it was first made. So if you have an old phone just sitting in some drawer somewhere, go grab it, give it a charge; and let's figure out together how an robot can still serve the family. My desire still has a LOT of life to give myself and the kid, and I’m still enjoying EVERY last drop of it.
This, ol' phone... - Part 1
My first car was an 89 Honda Prelude; I bought the car with my entire savings in my senior year in high school. I loved that car; the first stage to anything that I love is the “babying” stage. Where the thing gets lightly, gently used; even though the car was used, I didn’t dare rev the engine above 4,000 rpm and didn’t go above 55mph. I cleaned the car meticulously and besides running around town, the car would basically be up on the pedestal on the drive way.
The next stages are the “use” to “heavy use” stages; this is the fun stage. This is the stage where the car was put to its full potential on a daily basis. I would get a huge grin everyday when I would red-line the engine at least once in my daily maneuverings. I still maintained the car well into the fourth, fifth year of ownership; but it would go into seasons of messiness and disrepair. This is also the season where I did modification to the car to make it more mine; also give it extra boosts to performance, look and styling. The distinct memories I had were enjoying long road trips, taking it to autocrosses, and just hearing the engine sing to redline on a daily basis was a joy into itself. It was my version of coffee in my 20s.
The last stages are inevitably the “killing” and the “death” stages. As the years passed, as other secondary vehicles come and go, the Honda, became increasing stubborn. Don’t get me wrong, the car is just as fun and reliable as the first day; but life-stages require a more “serious” vehicle and those long drives are just getting painful. The car has passed so many tests and trials and is still kicking and screaming for me to get in and punch the pedal to the metal. It is passed the point where the sentimental value is greater than the actual value of the vehicle and selling it would be pointless. So I keep the car, it sits mostly. And in a rather twisted, bizarre way; I then actively try to kill the car; missed oil changes, repairs that go neglected and general “abuse” and neglect towards the vehicle. And to my surprise, it takes it all in; and NEVER complains one bit. Until one day, some major component breaks down; or most times, the car or thing simply wins and I end up scrapping it, parting it, or selling it for what it’s worth to some deserving person. In the end, the car leaves an unique impression that is never really duplicated again.
My old phone, the htc desire is currently being put through the paces in the heavy/killing stage. As a busy parent with play-dates, the mess, & the kid the htc is where it's at. I get a lot of enjoyment out of the G-Nex & N7 with mostly work but the Desire is where the real fun is.
The thing is almost never asleep; it has tasks almost 24-hours a day, and the screen and speakers are almost always playing something. There was a lot of discussion on G+ with regards to CM not supporting the phone beyond CM7.2; but I'm here to start a new posts this week about my old phone. I've been telling Phil and the guys to write an article on our old phones; but I'm sure they are too busy with new tech to focus on old tech, so I'll go ahead and write it myself.
I'm going to chronicle the the many, many ways, our old phone is still as relevant today, as the day it was first made. So if you have an old phone just sitting in some drawer somewhere, go grab it, give it a charge; and let's figure out together how an robot can still serve the family. My desire still has a LOT of life to give myself and the kid, and I’m still enjoying EVERY last drop of it.
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I'm hoping for some convincing on why I should unlock and root. I can do wifi with foxfi, and I have wonder share to watch hulu which is a godsend, and all without root. Other than themeing, latest OS, and over clocking why would I want to root? Also, does unlocking bootloader set myself up to being vulnerable to bad apps, and links (Facebook, etc.) Thx.
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Hey Fam... sorry about the confusion, this little thread has become my personal blog for keeping me sane, in this world fill with babies, kids, family activities, android and rooting...
I'm sure other here can answer your questions a lot better than I can, but as far as I know, there isn't a whole lot of bad things that can happen more than keeping stock and locked...
Your security is pretty much the same lock or unlocked... now this is most likely specific to the kind of attack, but you aren't more or less vulnerable...
One thing for sure, is that you'll sure know your phone a lot more; you will know, or JB will be able to tell you more specifically which apps might be giving you trouble, spamming your notification and stop it...
With apps like ROM Toolbox you can actually block Ads which should make you more secure...
You'll just know so much more how your phone works and how to better secure it... you'll just think more logically how how android works in general..
saying that tho, you will have access to stuff that can break your phone if you don't know what you are doing, so in a sense it forces you to pay attention and become more of a fan of your phone..
Um.. just more customizations in general, with different ROMs gives you more freedom, too many things to say here... just gives your phone a sense of ownership... I don't know, little things like my boot-animation, my color notification light, lock-screen widgets.. with custom icons, just gives us kicks..
I'm not sure if this was VZ, but when I used to tether with SVTP it would be fast at first, and got progressively slower and slower...
but since rooting, it has been consistent 4G speeds...
You get the same access to apps, again, certain apps only works with root..
sorry, I hope others can better answer you...
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I rooted for 2 reasons. Because I wanted to tether while on vacation, and because I wanted JB. Honestly, I haven't done a lot with root since I've done it. Here's the list of root things I've done.
Wifi Tether
Flashed stock JB
Made nandroid backup (which is unnecessary if you're not rooting)
Made Titanium backup of all my apps (which is super useful. Now I can restore my app data after a factory reset or even between phones)
Browsed the protected directories in the file system (to try to fix problems that I caused
)Showed off to my friends
That's all so far. I haven't really used a lot of root capabilites. That being said, I'm a tinkerer, so I'm really enjoying it. I'll probably check out some other custom ROMs (CM10 sounds cool), and I might eventually over/under-clock. I don't want to use ad-blockers, because sites and apps need ads to make money.
And I think you're right, being rooted is less secure. Once you give an app root access, it could do some bad things, but as long as you work with trusted apps, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. And SuperUser requests access anytime an app tries to use SU capabilities, so nothing can sneak past you.
Is rooting right for you? You have to decide, but with a Nexus, it isn't much work, and I think it's pretty cool.
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This, ol' phone... - Part 2
So the first things you noticed from the pictures I took yesterday of the desire is that goes everywhere with me anywhere at the house; inside or out. The great thing about an old phone is that you really don't care if it gets dirty or all sticky. Heck you don't even care if it gets scratched up, dropped or banged up. The desire is built like a tank; and it does have the scratches to prove that is has been well loved, but the marks just bears all the proof that it has been well used.
The htc does most of the heavy lifting with the kid; it's my go to phone for the dirty work. It's um, my bathroom phone; the phone that I garden with, that I mowed the lawn with, go to the gym with. I don't mind it being sticky and I don't mind if the screen is crusty. A simple tear-down, "steam-clean" and good old wipe down and we're back as new.
The next thing about older phones are that they are typically smaller. For all the media consumption I do at home, during down time, a 3.7" is really adequate. As a busy parents, we ALWAYS need extra hands. I really tried using the N7 at home, but I have had weekends where I don't even touch the thing. With my son, I am always carrying things, holding him, feeding him, holding/playing with toys, food, etc... I need my hands free, and the N7 is still simply too large. I still don't know how some parents use iPad with kids in their house. The desire can always go right back into my pockets, and be taken out anywhere.
Old phones are great, the new Google Play stores fits well on the old screen, magazines look just as good, books, and even videos still look great. The old hardware with CM7.2 is still blazing fast; web sites open up just as fast as my dual and quad core devices and our of the three devices the audio with DSP on CM7 out performs the Gnex or N7..! Unplug the headphones, and that thing is LOUD, we have a 4000 sq/ft backyard, and turn the volume all the way up and you can still hear that thing anywhere you go in the yard.
Now interactive games, apps and doodling activities does get a bit tight with such a tiny screen; then that is where we break out the N7. But for the most part the ol' desire is where it's at.
Other miscellaneous things I like to do are make Skype calls to realtors who I don't want to give my number out to; I use it to look up recipes in the kitchen and I keep MP3 local and syncs up really well with the BT car stereo. It has a 16gig sd card, so it's my portable hard drive; media consumption go to device. I also like to torrent directly to the desire; instead of running the PC 24-hours a day; power consumption is better and keep thing organize with a device dedicated for that service.
With both a Gnex & N7 at my disposal, you think I be able to decommission the old phone; but the little guys is far, far from retiring anytime soon...
So the first things you noticed from the pictures I took yesterday of the desire is that goes everywhere with me anywhere at the house; inside or out. The great thing about an old phone is that you really don't care if it gets dirty or all sticky. Heck you don't even care if it gets scratched up, dropped or banged up. The desire is built like a tank; and it does have the scratches to prove that is has been well loved, but the marks just bears all the proof that it has been well used.
The htc does most of the heavy lifting with the kid; it's my go to phone for the dirty work. It's um, my bathroom phone; the phone that I garden with, that I mowed the lawn with, go to the gym with. I don't mind it being sticky and I don't mind if the screen is crusty. A simple tear-down, "steam-clean" and good old wipe down and we're back as new.
The next thing about older phones are that they are typically smaller. For all the media consumption I do at home, during down time, a 3.7" is really adequate. As a busy parents, we ALWAYS need extra hands. I really tried using the N7 at home, but I have had weekends where I don't even touch the thing. With my son, I am always carrying things, holding him, feeding him, holding/playing with toys, food, etc... I need my hands free, and the N7 is still simply too large. I still don't know how some parents use iPad with kids in their house. The desire can always go right back into my pockets, and be taken out anywhere.
Old phones are great, the new Google Play stores fits well on the old screen, magazines look just as good, books, and even videos still look great. The old hardware with CM7.2 is still blazing fast; web sites open up just as fast as my dual and quad core devices and our of the three devices the audio with DSP on CM7 out performs the Gnex or N7..! Unplug the headphones, and that thing is LOUD, we have a 4000 sq/ft backyard, and turn the volume all the way up and you can still hear that thing anywhere you go in the yard.
Now interactive games, apps and doodling activities does get a bit tight with such a tiny screen; then that is where we break out the N7. But for the most part the ol' desire is where it's at.
Other miscellaneous things I like to do are make Skype calls to realtors who I don't want to give my number out to; I use it to look up recipes in the kitchen and I keep MP3 local and syncs up really well with the BT car stereo. It has a 16gig sd card, so it's my portable hard drive; media consumption go to device. I also like to torrent directly to the desire; instead of running the PC 24-hours a day; power consumption is better and keep thing organize with a device dedicated for that service.
With both a Gnex & N7 at my disposal, you think I be able to decommission the old phone; but the little guys is far, far from retiring anytime soon...
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