bryant_g
Dec 29, 2016
Undergraduate / Stanford Intellectual Vitality Essay - Epilepsy paved the road to my future [6]
Here is a whole new essay, I tried to use the feedback given, that happened in the middle of the original essay, I need to cut it down but don't know where also I want to know which essay is better. Thanks to anybody who responds
"I'll get you your phone," My mom told me as I was locked out of the house again
After weeks of looking for a smartphone, I finally choose the LG Thrill. I only chose it because it had a 3D camera and a 3D display which I found super cool at only age 11. I didn't really care about the OS or the specs back then because I thought it was super cool, especially since the only thing I had before that was my computer.
As I grew, I found out phones were getting faster and my phone was starting to show its age. At the time, I didn't have the money to get a new phone and I had only one more month on my contract. I grew sick and tired that I had a slow phone, I just couldn't take it anymore I had to do something. I searched high and low on the internet looking for a way to speed up my phone but couldn't find anything except the basic tips of freeing up space or disabling aminations, which didn't even work, it frustrated me that I did not have power over my phone. Until I came across Xda-developers, I found out about the world of rooting and compiling ROMs, I was fascinated about what could be done. But I couldn't root my phone it was the most difficult thing ever at the time.
Few months after trying to root my LG Thrill, and failing multiple times, I upgraded to the LG G2 and got a Samsung tablet. I could root my LG G2 and Samsung tablet super easily after learning some basic tips on rooting. I didn't stop there, I couldn't I needed to make my phone mine. What I did next blew my mind, I compiled a ROM for both my phone and tablet from the ground up, I finally created something, it was the most exciting thing I ever did in my life, I loved every second of it. These early experiences motivated me to keep on creating new ROMS, which led me to learn how to code with Python and apply my new knowledge to my future projects.
Here is a whole new essay, I tried to use the feedback given, that happened in the middle of the original essay, I need to cut it down but don't know where also I want to know which essay is better. Thanks to anybody who responds
"I'll get you your phone," My mom told me as I was locked out of the house again
After weeks of looking for a smartphone, I finally choose the LG Thrill. I only chose it because it had a 3D camera and a 3D display which I found super cool at only age 11. I didn't really care about the OS or the specs back then because I thought it was super cool, especially since the only thing I had before that was my computer.
As I grew, I found out phones were getting faster and my phone was starting to show its age. At the time, I didn't have the money to get a new phone and I had only one more month on my contract. I grew sick and tired that I had a slow phone, I just couldn't take it anymore I had to do something. I searched high and low on the internet looking for a way to speed up my phone but couldn't find anything except the basic tips of freeing up space or disabling aminations, which didn't even work, it frustrated me that I did not have power over my phone. Until I came across Xda-developers, I found out about the world of rooting and compiling ROMs, I was fascinated about what could be done. But I couldn't root my phone it was the most difficult thing ever at the time.
Few months after trying to root my LG Thrill, and failing multiple times, I upgraded to the LG G2 and got a Samsung tablet. I could root my LG G2 and Samsung tablet super easily after learning some basic tips on rooting. I didn't stop there, I couldn't I needed to make my phone mine. What I did next blew my mind, I compiled a ROM for both my phone and tablet from the ground up, I finally created something, it was the most exciting thing I ever did in my life, I loved every second of it. These early experiences motivated me to keep on creating new ROMS, which led me to learn how to code with Python and apply my new knowledge to my future projects.
