Hi just wondering if possible that admin could create a dedicated ROM forum under each platform forum so that all the ROM's could be posted in them rather them been posted in with all the general posts.
just think it would make things allot more organised for people who just want to look at a list of all the available roms for that particular handset.
I know there are wiki links etc and also posts that try to list them but it would just make things allot simpler if each platform had a rom section rather them then getting posted in the upgrading forum, then the upgrading forums could be solely used for posting guides and help along with questions etc.
I feel this is highly necessary.
rom builders need to have their own place to post their custom roms.
in the samsung captivate forums all the "development" forum is clogged with
postings of custom roms.
customs roms are not actually discussions about development.
please clean this up!!!
its destroying xda.
many developers are taking their development discussions elsewhere.
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The Android ROM development subforum is a fact. Congrats on getting Android running on the Omnia 2.
Now, just a few rules to keep it clean and focused on Android.
Always make sure you credit the source from where you get your builds/kernels/tools. The original developer did alot of work and should be known for it.
Don't post any warez. If you're unsure, don't post, but ask first. But I think that's stating the obvious.
Use [TAGS] in your threads. [Kernel] for kernels, [ROM] for ROM images, [APP] for applications, etc.
Keep your thread up-to-date. Which means, your first post or info.
Thanks for reading this. I hope we get some great Android development going here.
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XDA "Mantra"Post What Where:
General - general technical discussion items, news, anything else that does not fit into the other fora categories.
Q&A (Questions and Answers) - all questions, irrespective of type, get posted in here whether they be theme related, accessory related, technical, etc.
Accessories - any items to do with components and/or accessories relating to your device.
Rom Development - only meant for very advanced technical discussion directly related to ROM development activity and the delivery of actual ROMs and ROM components ONLY. Nothing else goes in here.
Themes & Apps - anything to do directly with the development of themes and/or applications. Nothing else goes in here.
EDIT: BEFORE POSTING ANY THREAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
If you have developed a ROM, or are working with others to do so, the development forum is somewhere to discuss and share ideas, post useful feedback and logs or crash dumps, and to discuss a common goal developers are trying to achieve.
It is NOT the place to post your question because it gets higher traffic, or because more experienced users frequent it. Doing this just annoys those who are working on the device, and drives them away. Developers don't want to wade through 20 threads of "Help me urgently" to find their threads for porting and fixing camera issues etc. Similarly, if a thread is designated as discussion for developers say, porting a camera fix, please do not post in there asking "When will it be ready?", "Can I flash this yet?" etc. This is both completely disrespectful to those working on the project (you evidently haven't read the important posts in the thread), and also is making it harder for developers to find comments from other developers or testers when required.
Similarly, don't make loads of "Thanks for your work here" posts in an active development thread. It's just as annoying to developers as asking when something will be ready. If a ROM is complete, then go ahead and thank the developer if you wish, but don't go into threads for devs only, and interrupt it to post "thanks". It's basically spamming, and is treated as such.
If you are posting in development, you should have read every sticky and notice there, and should be actively developing or helping in the development of something. Developing isn't installing a ROM, or using a tweak, it's creating a ROM or other hack or tweak. If you haven't read for several days before starting out on XDA, you are likely about to ask something already solved. I registered on XDA when I first wanted to post, and that was to join in a discussion on something. Sure, join up and ask a question, but read the information available in General and Q&A first, as your question will have been asked before. Search is your friend here, become familiar with it.
Regarding when to post in development if you are not actually developing something, there is one occasion where it's acceptable. If you find a leak of a new ROM, which isn't already posted, and you verify it's legitimacy via either running it, or based on the source you obtained it from, then this is assisting in development, and should be posted in development. If you want to ask when a leak will be available use search first, then if not already in discussion, open a thread in general or Q&A.
If you have a problem flashing a ROM, this is NOT related to development. It's up to you to determine if it is specific to a particular ROM, and post useful information in that developer's existing thread for the ROM. If it happens on more than one ROM, and isn't a known issue (remember you should read several times more words than you post), then find out what you are doing wrong. Check guides written by others, try to repeat the problem and see if it happens every time. Something needs to be reproducible to be fixed effectively.
Once you have identified what you need help with go to the device Q&A forum (general if device lacks one), and make a clear, informative thread that explains the issue, and what you have tried doing to fix it. Did you re-download the ROM? Did you ask a friend to flash it for you, to reduce chance of user error? What steps (exactly) did you follow? What errors did you see (exact wording)? Did you double check all the steps? Did you do a wipe or hard reset?
If you make a clear, concise, yet detailed post, you will find help forthcoming, and should get the problem sorted very quickly. If someone suggests you try something, report back on what happened, did it work etc. Then, next time someone has this issue and searches, they will find this and have a verified and tested solution.
So remember... before you start a thread in development, ask yourself what you are developing. If you can't answer, then stop, step away from the post button, and think about where you are posting. Would it be better in General or Q&A, or is some more time with your best friend, search, required?
Can we please keep this forum tidy? There are lots of people who like to have stock ROM phones. So many posts regarding non-standard ROM issues get posted in the General sub-forum it becomes tiresome.
So:
If it's a non-stock ROM issue, put your query in the Android Development sub-forum.
If your phone is stock ROM, the General sub-forum (here) is the place to post.
Thanks.
But, but, but, but people with less than 10 posts can't post there, so it becomes their right to clutter the other sections in any way they like, because they're new and innocent and sweet and cuddly and don't know what a search button is...
That's the reason why i post in every threat .
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA
rb14 said:
So:
If it's a non-stock ROM issue, put your query in the Android Development sub-forum.
If your phone is stock ROM, the General sub-forum (here) is the place to post.
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That's not how it works. This is a developers forum; posts about development go in the development subforum, any other posts (queries, discussions, tips, tricks, etc, regardless of the software you're running) go here in the general subforum.
From the 'Mandatory rules for development' sticky in the development subforum:
broncogr said:
THIS FORUM IS ONLY FOR RELEASING AND DEVELOPING ROMS AND KERNELS.
SOME GUIDES REGARDING S-OFF AND FLASHING WILL BE ALLOWED BUT MOST WILL BE LINKED IN A REFERENCE THREAD
keep the development forum CLEAN! No offtopic posting and no questions.
Use the report button in an offending post to let us mods know we need to take action. Dont take matters into your own hands!!!
Sources need to be posted for all kernels!!!
You need to use TAGS like [ROM] or [KERNEL] and so on as used in all dev forums throughout XDA
Any disputes between developers should be handled by pm. No public posting in a dev thread regarding these matters
Rom issues should be discussed within their respective threads
Thread titles should ALWAYS coincide with ROMS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!!! No advance notification of incoming ROM through thread title. A changelog for the yet unreleased Rom can be included in the OP or in another post CLEARLY MARKED as EXPECTED CHANGELOG
Posting in the development section means automatic ACCEPTANCE of the above Rules
All posts that are NOT about ROM development, or development in general will be closed or deleted and posters that will choose to disregard the previous guidelines will be infracted.
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rb14 said:
Can we please keep this forum tidy? There are lots of people who like to have stock ROM phones. So many posts regarding non-standard ROM issues get posted in the General sub-forum it becomes tiresome.
So:
If it's a non-stock ROM issue, put your query in the Android Development sub-forum.
If your phone is stock ROM, the General sub-forum (here) is the place to post.
Thanks.
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hopscotchjunkie said:
That's not how it works. This is a developers forum; posts about development go in the development subforum, any other posts (queries, discussions, tips, tricks, etc, regardless of the software you're running) go here in the general subforum.
From the 'Mandatory rules for development' sticky in the development subforum:
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I agree 100% with hopscotchjunkie.
This forum is supposed to be the "untidy" forum, with all questions/queries etc. posted about the phone, stock ROM or not.
Android Development should only contain three types of threads, [DEV], [ROM], [TUT], or other threads that further the development on the platform (i.e. new kernels or whatever).
Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction as a beginner wanting to learn how to build custom Roms? I've searched through the thread for the d2att S3 and I can't seem to find any info and if I have it's all dead links.
Questions belong in Q and A.
Users are expected to use search prior to posting...there are dozens of threads that you are going to have to read to learn, and then interact with others as you learn..
here is a couple, of many, links to start you with...http://www.xda-developers.com/android/xda-university-building-your-own-android-rom/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086771
Hi Fellow Members,
Seeing many post on the development threads in all section which are not completely relevant with the development but sometime due to normal bootloader unlock, FRP unlock, root issues, even normal discussion on OTA etc which flood the development thread sometimes and if a new users come up with any issue or any question, they need to repost as the thread is long and extending multiple pages and they could not find the solution or answer of the same in all those pages, even though answered few times but due to more number of pages or just because new users are not aware of how search works on XDA they repost the same thing.
So, I though of creating this new thread so that we can discuss all development related and little off topics related with ROM in this thread and keep the development thread clean enough so that it is purely for development related questions and really critical and important stuffs with sufficient logs etc.
Please continue discussion on any ROM, recovery, TWRP etc in this thread and lets keep the development thread clean enough.