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ROMbot made this forum (i think he did since he's the only poster, besides mine) and copied and pasted all the roms on here, xda, with no credit or links to op from here. I already started a thread there calling him out on this... you all should do the same, unless you don't mind....
Thanx to Sho (carbonite Z) for finding this....
This link is for the inc section but there is a evo section with even more roms...
http://android-addicts.org/board/forumdisplay.php?12-Incredible
The forum says that the roms are for the incredible.
it's cute, your link is for the incredible forum though
casual864 said:
The forum says that the roms are for the incredible.
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And if you read he stated that link is for the Inc but there is a evo section.
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The forum says that the roms are for the incredible.
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There's a section for the Evo, too. With all of the roms and none of the credit. Dude is a thief and a douche.
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it's cute, your link is for the incredible forum though
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Read the whole post...
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+1
Sadly it seems there's always gonna people that just wanna react like jerks.
I hope something gets done about that site because that is just uber lame.
Wow, that is indeed quite shady
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it seems he is atleast linking the roms to their original threads here on xda.
look here http://android-addicts.org/board/sh...-eVoKINGS-GINGERBREAD-project_X-v1.0-12-26-10 and see how he has a small bit of text stating "ROM Details" and then a link to xda
i don't feel he is doing the right thing at all, cuz you should ALWAYS ask to repost someones work somewhere else.
But i don't believe ROMbot is trying to take all the credit for the ROMs, just trying to make an easy repository for people to go to. XDA has been getting crowded and some of these newer members tend to be ungrateful for all the hard work.
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my bad, I don't remember that part being there when I read the post the first time
Ehh all he did was straight copy the dev's OP's for there rom. He left all the links and everything the exact same. Hell even the donation link for EvoZone was left in the post.
He didn't really take the rom, change the name and claim it was his. it is getting the devs work more publicity kinda, though i see your point in that it would be nice to have a header saying so n so over at xda made this. That is one thing left out that should deff be there.
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Ehh all he did was straight copy the dev's OP's for there rom. He left all the links and everything the exact same. Hell even the donation link for EvoZone was left in the post.
He didn't really take the rom, change the name and claim it was his. it is getting the devs work more publicity kinda, though i see your point in that it would be nice to have a header saying so n so over at xda made this. That is one thing left out that should deff be there.
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That's cool, it just feels shady. He should get permission for posting other peoples work I would think. I'm not sure if he gets anything for the traffic that site generates.. but if he makes money for people coming to his site then it is definitely not a good thing to do without permission.
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it seems he is atleast linking the roms to their original threads here on xda.
look here http://android-addicts.org/board/sh...-eVoKINGS-GINGERBREAD-project_X-v1.0-12-26-10 and see how he has a small bit of text stating "ROM Details" and then a link to xda
i don't feel he is doing the right thing at all, cuz you should ALWAYS ask to repost someones work somewhere else.
But i don't believe ROMbot is trying to take all the credit for the ROMs, just trying to make an easy repository for people to go to. XDA has been getting crowded and some of these newer members tend to be ungrateful for all the hard work.
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He should ask to repost other's work but I don't think there is malice in his actions.
itsallsubliminal said:
it seems he is atleast linking the roms to their original threads here on xda.
look here http://android-addicts.org/board/sh...-eVoKINGS-GINGERBREAD-project_X-v1.0-12-26-10 and see how he has a small bit of text stating "ROM Details" and then a link to xda
i don't feel he is doing the right thing at all, cuz you should ALWAYS ask to repost someones work somewhere else.
But i don't believe ROMbot is trying to take all the credit for the ROMs, just trying to make an easy repository for people to go to. XDA has been getting crowded and some of these newer members tend to be ungrateful for all the hard work.
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That's what I think... there's so many **** threads in here from noons asking how to root.. maybe you just wanna download the latest rom. Well there you go. And I can't see what we'd be able to do to stop this
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on the IPhone. We now have the Htc Evo.
itsallsubliminal said:
it seems he is atleast linking the roms to their original threads here on xda.
look here http://android-addicts.org/board/sh...-eVoKINGS-GINGERBREAD-project_X-v1.0-12-26-10 and see how he has a small bit of text stating "ROM Details" and then a link to xda
i don't feel he is doing the right thing at all, cuz you should ALWAYS ask to repost someones work somewhere else.
But i don't believe ROMbot is trying to take all the credit for the ROMs, just trying to make an easy repository for people to go to. XDA has been getting crowded and some of these newer members tend to be ungrateful for all the hard work.
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I went through every thread (inc threads) and not one link or mention to the devs. I figured he did the same with the evo threads. Either way, he's giving people old links with no updates. If you notice, he is only copying and pasting the first post of all these threads. Lots of these threads have updates and add ons on the second and third post. I highly doubt he is going to keep all these up to date.
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I went through every thread (inc threads) and not one link or mention to the devs. I figured he did the same with the evo threads. Either way, he's giving people old links with no updates. If you notice, he is only copying and pasting the first post of all these threads. Lots of these threads have updates and add ons on the second and third post. I highly doubt he is going to keep all these up to date.
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Yea, it seems shady. I'm guessing he is making some kind of income with the traffic that site generates.. and that would be mega shady.
F*ck it, lets make a forum/website called ROM-FINAL and only post those roms which the developer has claimed as the Final release with bugs and kinks all worked out!
Who's with me!?
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F*ck it, lets make a forum/website called ROM-FINAL and only post those roms which the developer has claimed as the Final release with bugs and kinks all worked out!
Who's with me!?
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can it have porn advertisement banners in it too?
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can it have porn advertisement banners in it too?
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hah whatever pays da bills brotha
Im sure one of the devs is capable of causing some havoc to this dudes site *wink wink*
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I was given a warning by a mod by my rom thread that download links werent even available since I was banned last time, and didnt even planning to edit rom thread to put up the links. I lol'd cmon man. your to generous in giving warning without testing the link if it was working. Ha ha ha. How can it have warez when rom isnt available for download.
Whos the ignorant now.
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I was given a warning by a mod by my rom thread that download links werent even available since I was banned last time, and didnt even planning to edit rom thread to put up the links. I lol'd cmon man. your to generous in giving warning without testing the link if it was working. Ha ha ha. How can it have warez when rom isnt available for download.
Whos the ignorant now.
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Wouldn't this have been better suited for a private message to the mod instead of airing your dirty laundry in public?
einstein.frat said:
I was given a warning by a mod by my rom thread that download links werent even available since I was banned last time, and didnt even planning to edit rom thread to put up the links. I lol'd cmon man. your to generous in giving warning without testing the link if it was working. Ha ha ha. How can it have warez when rom isnt available for download.
Whos the ignorant now.
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you should be banned. I'm fed up with your multiple accounts
Guess who speaks?
Thrawed said:
Wouldn't this have been better suited for a private message to the mod instead of airing your dirty laundry in public?
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nothing more to say. I'm tired of all those off topic and egocentric threads around. get you all a facebook account and tell it people who don't bother
Just placing the links was enough for a warning!
You are pushing your luck, what with your puppy accounts and then this thread, i would think carefully about your future conduct because if it does not change you will be taking another, longer, vacation!
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Hello all! Here are the directions with links on how to go back to stock L900VPALJ1 FW. It will be provided for everyone because playing with these phones can sometimes go south and you always want to be able to go back to stock Please follow these directions to flash this:
Download the stock tar - (mirror link) MD5SUM: d42d84446d5ce832999ebb92f21f56b0
Download Odin - (mirror link)
Download the Drivers - (mirror link)
Install the drivers, reboot if prompted.
Extract the .zip you downloaded from Step 1 and remember that location.
Start Odin by right-clicking on it and choose "Run as Administrator"
Go into download mode - power off the phone, then press and hold Vol Down + Home + Power. Press Vol Up when prompted with the warning about flashing custom software.
Plug in the phone, make sure Odin recognizes it (first box should light up, indicating a device was found)
Click the PDA button and chose the .md5 file you extracted earlier.
Click Start
It is important that you DO NOT close the program, unplug the cable, or really even touch the phone while this runs. The phone will reboot on its own when it's done flashing.
Credits:
My friends at Samsung-Updates.com for the tar
Enjoy
Reserved, just in case.
Awesome viperboy! I was starting to wonder if people were going to be able to download these anymore, since it's very important to keep them on hand in case you mess up your phone. My old links to the deleted thread stopped working, and now I can replace them with this one.
How To Flash your Note 2 Stock Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTUW1_L5fmU
I'm getting an MD5 checksum invalid when flashing this via Odin, is anyone else getting that problem?
The checksum checks out for the zip file. I have downloaded it 4 different times and each time the checksum on the zip works but the tar comes up invalid in Odin
Odin Log:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> SPH-L900_L900VPALJ1_L900VPALJ1_L900SPTALJ1.tar.md5 is invalid.
<OSM> End...
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I'm getting an MD5 checksum invalid when flashing this via Odin, is anyone else getting that problem?
The checksum checks out for the zip file. I have downloaded it 4 different times and each time the checksum on the zip works but the tar comes up invalid in Odin
Odin Log:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> SPH-L900_L900VPALJ1_L900VPALJ1_L900SPTALJ1.tar.md5 is invalid.
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I got the same error with this file after multiple attempts. Found an image that worked here...
Hope this works for you, good luck! :fingers-crossed:
Just to set this straight, I should've credited wwjoshdew for that image post. I got it from his how-to video. It saved my bricked phone and was just tryin to pay it forward. Much apologies for any trouble caused!!!!
Way to post sextape's image without crediting him!
I can definitely see where you've earned the credit there.
/sarcasm
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xboxfanj said:
Way to post sextape's image without crediting him!
I can definitely see where you've earned the credit there.
/sarcasm
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Sextape removed himself from the forum and the link to sxtp doesn't work. Where did he get the stock tar from? Did he make it? We don't know if viperboy got it from the same person or place that the "guest" from the other thread got theirs from.
xboxfanj said:
Way to post sextape's image without crediting him!
I can definitely see where you've earned the credit there.
/sarcasm
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Proof that it's his please?
But I did remove the link anyway. I dont believe the tar to be his but I will not thank or credit anyone that asks for money before helping the community. Not only is that against XDA rules, but that is just being a douche. Imagine if a ROM/kernel dev did that. It wouldn't fly. Why? Because you have other choices, but choices were limited with only one person getting these files. Now, it shouldn't be as much of an issue.
I will post up a different version of the tar that I know has nothing to do with sextape's version, just for you honey
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Sextape removed himself from the forum and the link to sxtp doesn't work. Where did he get the stock tar from? Did he make it? We don't know if viperboy got it from the same person or place that the "guest" from the other thread got theirs from.
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Thanks man, appreciate the support. Some people "know" everything while knowing nothing
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-viperboy- said:
Proof that it's his please?
But I did remove the link anyway. I dont believe the tar to be his but I will not thank or credit anyone that asks for money before helping the community. Not only is that against XDA rules, but that is just being a douche. Imagine if a ROM/kernel dev did that. It wouldn't fly. Why? Because you have other choices, but choices were limited with only one person getting these files. Now, it shouldn't be as much of an issue.
I will post up a different version of the tar that I know has nothing to do with sextape's version, just for you honey
Thanks man, appreciate the support. Some people "know" everything while knowing nothing
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I don't see how sextape saying that he wasn't going to post 4.2 yet (until he tested it thoroughly) since due to the nature of test builds, it may not work on factory devices, is asking for money. However, regardless of your opinion on him (asking for money and what not), it is plagiarism to post something that he acquired as your own. While he didn't make it (Samsung did and he never claimed he did), without him, you (as well as the entire community) would not have the file, so why don't you give him some respect and stop being so entitled to everything. You are not entitled to his leaks. He is giving them out to the community because he is a nice guy. So what if he feels like the community could help him out a little bit? So what if he thinks that it can be a give and take relationship? He's given his fair share, why can't anyone give him something for it? Is that a crime against humanity? Because if so, I advise you to take a good long look at the post above mine with its two donate buttons. Why do his standards not apply to you? Why can you ask for donations but not him? What makes you so goddamn special?
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I don't see how sextape saying that he wasn't going to post 4.2 yet (until he tested it thoroughly) since due to the nature of test builds, it may not work on factory devices, is asking for money. However, regardless of your opinion on him (asking for money and what not), it is plagiarism to post something that he acquired as your own. While he didn't make it (Samsung did and he never claimed he did), without him, you (as well as the entire community) would not have the file, so why don't you give him some respect and stop being so entitled to everything. You are not entitled to his leaks. He is giving them out to the community because he is a nice guy. So what if he feels like the community could help him out a little bit? So what if he thinks that it can be a give and take relationship? He's given his fair share, why can't anyone give him something for it? Is that a crime against humanity? Because if so, I advise you to take a good long look at the post above mine with its two donate buttons. Why do his standards not apply to you? Why can you ask for donations but not him? What makes you so goddamn special?
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Again I will ask, please provide me with proof that it is his. Because your point is irrelevant without it.
The MD5 hash on his and your AndroidFileHost link are the exact same. He uploaded a couple days before, so I feel like you can put two and two together there, don't you, Derek?
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The MD5 hash on his and your AndroidFileHost link are the exact same. He uploaded a couple days before, so I feel like you can put two and two together there, don't you, Derek?
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Well, I was not aware of that. Thank you for pointing it out. I got this file from someone else and didn't know that it was the same. As said, I took the link down. I will be adding a new link to a different file that IS NOT from him once it finishes uploading. Thank you for your concern and bringing this to my attention
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Well, I was not aware of that. Thank you for pointing it out. I got this file from someone else and didn't know that it was the same. As said, I took the link down. I will be adding a new link to a different file that IS NOT from him once it finishes uploading. Thank you for your concern and bringing this to my attention
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Alright, now that that's outta the way, why can you ask for donations, but he can't?
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Alright, now that that's outta the way, why can you ask for donations, but he can't?
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Hi.
He was asking for donations up front. With a supposed goal. The goal amount was never listed, and you aren't allowed to ask for donations up front. Viperboy still releases his work with out donations.
Savvy?
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Alright, now that that's outta the way, why can you ask for donations, but he can't?
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As a dev, you are thread sh1tting and you should know better. I don't know how you even wondered out of your little sandbox and got over here. I will continue to answer you until someone comes and cleans this up...
Does my OP ask for donations? No. Did I say I wouldn't release something until money was paid? No. As a reminder for you, please read the XDA rules. Let me quote the important section for you...
8. Donations.
We appreciate all donations to xda-developers.com, it keeps our forum online and well maintained. As a user you're allowed to ask for donations in your signature as a thank you for your hard work. However donations up front are not allowed, this forum is about sharing, not about getting paid to do something, that's what your job is for.
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So I am perfectly in compliance and sextape wasn't. Hope that clears it up for you
-viperboy- said:
Proof that it's his please?
But I did remove the link anyway. I dont believe the tar to be his but I will not thank or credit anyone that asks for money before helping the community. Not only is that against XDA rules, but that is just being a douche. Imagine if a ROM/kernel dev did that. It wouldn't fly. Why? Because you have other choices, but choices were limited with only one person getting these files. Now, it shouldn't be as much of an issue.
I will post up a different version of the tar that I know has nothing to do with sextape's version, just for you honey
Thanks man, appreciate the support. Some people "know" everything while knowing nothing
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As a Recognized Developer you are held to higher standards on XDA as others. Proper credit needs to be posted when using or posting other's work. It would be nice to answer Moderator PMs as well. Sextape asked to have his account removed, he was not banned. If you downloaded the file from his former post then there is no reason not to give a thanks. No XDA action was taken other than his thread unapproved. If you disagree with his actions that is a different issue than giving proper thanks and credit as required by XDA rules.
Thank you for your cooperation
Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
Edit: I see that you claim to have been unaware of the source of your original file yet also did not thank the "other" source that got the exact same file for you.
Also enough of the sextape debate. This is not the place for it.
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As a Recognized Developer you are held to higher standards on XDA as others. Proper credit needs to be posted when using or posting other's work. It would be nice to answer Moderator PMs as well. Sextape asked to have his account removed, he was not banned. If you downloaded the file from his former post then there is no reason not to give a thanks. No XDA action was taken other than his thread unapproved. If you disagree with his actions that is a different issue then giving proper thanks and credit as required by XDA rules.
Thank you for your cooperation
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And as I said, someone said it was his, I was unaware (and not even sure that it was accurate), but I removed it anyway. The next file that will be up has 0 to do with him, so no credit to him is needed nor will it be in the OP.
I read your PM on my phone but forgot to respond, sorry about that.
-viperboy- said:
And as I said, someone said it was his, I was unaware (and not even sure that it was accurate), but I removed it anyway. The next file that will be up has 0 to do with him, so no credit to him is needed nor will it be in the OP.
I read your PM on my phone but forgot to respond, sorry about that.
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How were you "unaware"? Did you not see a thread with the same version a few days ago? I really doubt that poor excuse.
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And as I said, someone said it was his, I was unaware (and not even sure that it was accurate), but I removed it anyway. The next file that will be up has 0 to do with him, so no credit to him is needed nor will it be in the OP.
I read your PM on my phone but forgot to respond, sorry about that.
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Gotcha....question...how different can a stock tar be?
xboxfanj said:
What makes you so goddamn special?
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Let me remind you to think how you're going to approach people; being offensive is not what we want to see here - and consider this a friendly warning.
Apart from that: A LEAK belongs to NO ONE apart from the manufacturer who actually holds the copyright on the firmware. You complaining about "it's sextape's, not your's" is totally, absolutely, irrelevant. If you're so inclined to point out possible ownership you well better look into the terms of copyright and intellectual property first and then you may point out that it actually belongs to Samsung.
Also, just as a another friendly reminder - THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT THREAD! If you feel like playing sextape fanboi take it to IRC, Facebook, Twitter or whatever service else the world doesn't care about.
So I got my First Infraction. I posted too many threads in different sections from wallpaper downloads. I can understand that. But the Mod didn't mark the infraction as that they marked it has Linking/Warez The Mod thinks the links I post lead to warez when they don't. The website I run is ran by me and only me and is hosted by my OWN servers. I don't host warez. I host over 100GB and 99% of that is rom mirrors for people who don`t want to pay for file hosting and still want fast speeds and or mirrors of roms and files in case something goes down and help people out but I certainly do NOT host paid stuff or warez on there.
So anyways what does 5 points get me ? does anything change?
I emailed the Mod about it being incorrect but I don`t like it being blamed as warez I there are a TON of my links posted in threads and I don't want them removed. (Ton of my links meaning they are not all the say the links are different to different things not the same stuff lol) All my mirroring links are legit and legal.
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So I got my First Infraction. I posted too many threads in different sections from wallpaper downloads. I can understand that. But the Mod didn't mark the infraction as that they marked it has Linking/Warez The Mod thinks the links I post lead to warez when they don't. The website I run is ran by me and only me and is hosted by my OWN servers. I don't host warez. I host over 100GB and 99% of that is rom mirrors for people who don`t want to pay for file hosting and still want fast speeds and or mirrors of roms and files in case something goes down and help people out but I certainly do NOT host paid stuff or warez on there.
So anyways what does 5 points get me ? does anything change?
I emailed the Mod about it being incorrect but I don`t like it being blamed as warez I there are a TON of my links posted in threads and I don't want them removed. (Ton of my links meaning they are not all the say the links are different to different things not the same stuff lol) All my mirroring links are legit and legal.
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Maybe mod made an error? We are only humans and sometimes we click on wrong things. If you got any questions regarding your infraction, PM a moderator and you should get a substantial reply.
5 point infraction is a subject for future account disable, which hopefully won't happen in your case
However, we do not allow discussing mod actions in public, that is why I'm closing this thread.
so today i posted a rom i found on a site and it was taken down. im just wondering how we are supposed to let others know what we find without breaking the rules. this device seems like its development is dead if you look on here on XDA but if you check the rom builder site they have builds that i am sure people would like to know about.
what would be the best way to share the information without getting the post removed?
thanks you in advance for the constructive feedback
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so today i posted a rom i found on a site and it was taken down. im just wondering how we are supposed to let others know what we find without breaking the rules. this device seems like its development is dead if you look on here on XDA but if you check the rom builder site they have builds that i am sure people would like to know about.
what would be the best way to share the information without getting the post removed?
thanks you in advance for the constructive feedback
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Also curious about this. I saw the dirty unicorns thread was closed and was wondering why. My three other phones have dirty unicorn roms available on xda. If anyone can shed light as to why that would be awesome.
well im not the dev who built it and never tried to take credit for the build but it was taken down. i assume it was due to me posting a link to the official site for the build. i would love to help update others to let them know what i have found around the web, but i also want to do it correctly.
DU official builds cannot be posted on XDA per owner's request. Dirty Unicorns requests XDA doesn't make ROM or development threads for official devices.
ok, can we list it in an index without a link?
Kaesberg said:
ok, can we list it in an index without a link?
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I wouldn't know. Its always best to contact the ROM developer. They haven't made a thread for a reason. That is what I did with AOSiP. I contacted the dev, made a mock up thread and once he approved how it was worded, posted it.
Perfect I will do that first then.