Hi all,
i just bought my self a second hand MDA, and i want to use it as phone, but also play with it, and modify the OS. I've been reading these forums all night, and i was wondering if there isn't a FAQ for all this stuff.
Reading all the threads confused my about how to backup, how to upgrade to wm2003 .. what's the difference between O2 and T-Mobile ...
Maybe it should be better to include all frequently asked questions in a document. I'm willing to help to set this up ...
I also checked the #xda-developers on ircnet, but it was an empty channel, does anyone know where the channel is?
thx
If you want to help create FAQ documents, you're most definitely welcome to. We'll certainly give such documents a prominent spot on the site.
Be advised that ROM manipulation on these devices is a hairy and complex subject though.
The wiki ( http://wiki.xda-developers.com ) contains a tiny start of what could become a very nice FAQ. I do not have time over the next weeks to expand what's there, and appeal to any and all with some time on their hands to please see if they can add structure, or just questions and their answers. Feel free to change it until it's good, that's what wikis are for.
Nice post peter
Question for you
How would you feel if you had spent over 2 months building a wiki for the blueangel, posting the files to the ftp site, to find that they got deleted on the 16 .
Pm 2 admins, one picking up the pm but not repliying, the orher not picking up the pm.
Rebuilding the trashed ftp site, re linking the wiki links, Posting to the ftp non public thread, reading that it will happen soon, watching the ftp site getting trashed again (today) and then reading your reqest?
Ps you have a pm from me datedted 16 march, feel like picking it up?
Why this beautifull FAQ (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel) is not visible for ordinary people? I found it by accident.
But it is!
Top of screen to the right is the link wiki.xda-developers.com
On that page under HTC Device you will find Blueangel
The Blueangel Link gets you to that page
Never thought that behind these WiKi activities this FAQ is hidden - put another link under this WiKi.XDA-devloppers.com link with something like "How Blue Angel works" or "Blue Angel FAQ" or "Knowledgebase". So a person who visits for the first time immediatly sees this fine product of hard labor.
What happen to the Magician section ? Are we being ignore ???
Well, I really love your job, however, my device is being left out !!
Wiki like the forum is user driven. In short if no user feels the need or want to update wiki then it just does not happen.
You dont need to be a moderator to add pages in wiki, you dont even need to be good in english for somebody down the line will add or correct your page.
I have to say - that's a real shame.
There's a lot of information requested on these forums that has been requested before - but often it's buried deep in a confusing thread (most recently the splash image tweaks for the HTC Wizard - I have no idea what util tweaks what splash).
I just created a Wiki page (search for my username, I guess - it's not really linked from anything much yet), and I plan to create more related to the Wizard as time becomes available.
Wikis are inherently much better at giving concise information than an open-discussion forum... wish people would use it.
Help with the SiteManagement Project
Please see the following forum topic to see how you can further help with the FAQ Wiki Project:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=226744#226744
We need as much help as possible to create a sustainable platform in order to further create a workable and informative website, so please check out this topic and see what you can do to help!
Hi guys, is it possible to have access to google-analytics results? Since we need to know for what the users are looking for - the most common search, how they act in site (in wiki! and so on)
Then we can make THE wiki.
Posting to the ftp non public thread, reading that it will happen soon
how change the nick?
numaverick said:
how change the nick?
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Ask a Mod or Admin, only they can make that.
orb3000 said:
Ask a Mod or Admin, only they can make that.
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Only the admin (Flar) can change them.
Please send a PM request it.
Ta
Dave
Numerous "posters" have taken the habit of commenting without showing their signature.
I find this very disturbing as you do not know what they are referring to.
May I please suggest you put everywhere a STICKY reminder?
Keep up your b..... good site, Have a nice day and God Bless.
Mmmmm
Yes! it must be a rule... instead nobody read the rules..... but when we have time to attend those who has problems or opinions, we dont have enough info... maybe if they has it in their signatures, we have less posts unnecesary so it would be great that in login claim for fill these info with obligatory (*), before gain the access to the forum threads... what would you say?
and of course a request for the one who dont have and is new... thanks for read mods.
wait what are you talking about?
do you mean people are not showing their signatures (those little things at the the bottom of each post)? I suppose not showing it could be a problem if they reference it, but is that what you are talking about?
YES
Mr Mikechannon: (Or do I need to say: sorry SR!! but...I think...)
I like you to see some day the upgrade forum for HTC Wizard its full of people that bricks their wizards... why... cause he dont understands what he got on his hands...
For wizard is very important to know wich model to get the proper ROM if dont knows nothing about it...
This info is very usefull not comfort for the ones who answer questions and provides help or support... Never... its a pleasure can helps but then they starts to blame about this kind of thing... I know it doesnt matter but its so sad to read it.
Just read a little that has problems with dead or bricked wizards.
Examples
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2691375&posted=1#post2691375
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=429554
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428497
And so much more...
I know this is a hughe site, or tell us where to post to be able to ask for change the login info and make the user insert his info corectly.
Maybe I imagine this like an utopy but could be amazing have this kind of info by default.
Thanks just for read us GENERAL!!!!!
i see...
the thing is, alot of the problems in some of the other forums are not necessarily rom related, and rom questions could probably be better answered posting in the rom's thread.
despite what some may think, most problems are universal regardless of rom, at least in my experience.
+ Que PPC said:
Mr Mikechannon: (Or do I need to say: sorry SR!! but...I think...)
I like you to see some day the upgrade forum for HTC Wizard its full of people that bricks their wizards... why... cause he dont understands what he got on his hands...
For wizard is very important to know wich model to get the proper ROM if dont knows nothing about it...
This info is very usefull not comfort for the ones who answer questions and provides help or support... Never... its a pleasure can helps but then they starts to blame about this kind of thing... I know it doesnt matter but its so sad to read it.
Just read a little that has problems with dead or bricked wizards.
Examples
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2691375&posted=1#post2691375
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=429554
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428497
And so much more...
I know this is a hughe site, or tell us where to post to be able to ask for change the login info and make the user insert his info corectly.
Maybe I imagine this like an utopy but could be amazing have this kind of info by default.
Thanks just for read us GENERAL!!!!!
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I see your point, but you can't make certain info mandatory for users. Most of the time when users post a "problem with device" type thread, they usually mention which it is. For the Wizard users that don't specify which model, it doesn't mean much except they never knew there were differences from the beginning most likely. Just point out the differences and most will catch on.
Nice try...
Already tried so... i think that we need to make a sticky likely thread saying!!!!
Y'ALL!!! Put your info device on your Signature before post!!!!
Maybe they can read it with hughe words.
I'm very sorry but as good a practice as it is we cannot enforce people to do so, adding a sticky would clutter most forums as most of the time there are already multiple stickies there.
The best you can do is suggest to people to put in their signature or post whenever they feel it's relevant.
Best regards,
Flar
Site admin
MY GOD!
Is SHE FLAR!!!?
Its Like GOD answering our question!!!?
Thanks a lot!!!... Im gona post a Sticky on every topic of Wizards forum, can I do it with hughe Words???? maybe inside of it... instructions to fill the signature with the info We need... thanks God... sorry... Flar...
+ Que PPC said:
Is SHE FLAR!!!?
Its Like GOD answering our question!!!?
Thanks a lot!!!... Im gona post a Sticky on every topic of Wizards forum, can I do it with hughe Words???? maybe inside of it... instructions to fill the signature with the info We need... thanks God... sorry... Flar...
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The Mods have to sticky your thread.
Geez, how nit-picky can you get??
I can understand the frustration of people who ask without searching or reading first. I've completely customized first my mogul, then my diamond.... and by spending far too many hours searching & reading (according to my husband.....)
I can also understand the frustration of newbies poking around in the dev areas.
But this is over the top.
Out of all those hours spent reading & searching, I've never seen a requirement to post a sig. Wouldn't apply to me anyway.... I don't flash ROMs. Personally, I don't pay attention to who is using what rom in their sig. I only pay attention to what links are there.
BTW, I never paid attention to it before, but it appears that the admin & mods don't do it either. So why the beef?
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nursie said:
Geez, how nit-picky can you get??
I can understand the frustration of people who ask without searching or reading first. I've completely customized first my mogul, then my diamond.... and by spending far too many hours searching & reading (according to my husband.....)
I can also understand the frustration of newbies poking around in the dev areas.
But this is over the top.
Out of all those hours spent reading & searching, I've never seen a requirement to post a sig. Wouldn't apply to me anyway.... I don't flash ROMs. Personally, I don't pay attention to who is using what rom in their sig. I only pay attention to what links are there.
BTW, I never paid attention to it before, but it appears that the admin & mods don't do it either. So why the beef?
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Already done...
Please any MOd can make stickie this threads the permisson was gave me by flar. so soryy if its repeated but we need to stops the problem...
Thanks For all Mods and ADMS.
the links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430402
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430397
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430399
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430400
Thanks The ChampJT i forgot to advise to make it stickie-
Nursie I dont know nothing about Mogul but maybe the time you have xpended probably would be less tahn you took but answer without info is hard, and because the web is so hughe, your husband is a knowledge of comun sense, happy to obligate to read and read isnt it?
So this is why i did it, hope some body in every Device that has problems with version and Bricked too do this.
Thanks for all.
+ Que PPC said:
Already done...
Please any MOd can make stickie this threads the permisson was gave me by flar. so soryy if its repeated but we need to stops the problem...
Thanks For all Mods and ADMS.
the links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430402
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430397
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430399
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430400
Thanks The ChampJT i forgot to advise to make it stickie-
Nursie I dont know nothing about Mogul but maybe the time you have xpended probably would be less tahn you took but answer without info is hard, and because the web is so hughe, your husband is a knowledge of comun sense, happy to obligate to read and read isnt it?
So this is why i did it, hope some body in every Device that has problems with version and Bricked too do this.
Thanks for all.
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I'm not sure Flar was giving permission, I think she was just saying that the best way to pass info to majority of the users is through stickies, but it may not be possible due to forums already being cluttered.
The theory is sound to add info to your sig but as with so many others in this forum I have a pile of previous devices and if I listed them all in my sig with all the relevent data, my sig would be longer than the message!
Plus, it would need changing every time I tried a ROM or added a supplier update/patch, I wonder how many have reflashed a ROM and not remembered to change their sig??
Also for the data to have some meaning you would need to include all software installed (interaction problems) and ever reg edit/Tweak they have added/removed. The list could be endless!
Its much easier for members just to try and remember to add the details in the message body when asking about problems with their device.
HTC Universal
HTC Startrek
HTC Wizard
HTC Hermes
HTC TytynII
HTC Touch Pro
HTC Shift
And still have them all...
I think the problem here is people not knowing how to ask for help. "Won't let me flash a ROM" and "Active Sync doesn't work" do not explain what the issue is. As a follower of Raymond Chen's blog and his war on people to ask the correct questions when requesting email support, there are a few things that should be mentioned in every request for help:
Specify the problem: What is the error, full details, error codes, message dialogs, etc. Or if there is no error, what did you expect to happen, why is something not working as intended.
What did you do: What steps have you followed to get to the problem (how to re-created it). And what steps have you taken to rectify the issue your self.
What is your environment: What phone are you using, what version of the software are you using, ROM version, radio / SPL / IPL, Windows version. Some of these are not applicable, but anything relevant should be listed. List other software you think could be contra-indicating.
This list is by no means exhaustive and of course, the standard Forum Rules on searching, duplicate posting, etc. should be followed. With this information, most people should have a clear idea of the issue and can offer the best help they can without having a long dicussion on all of the above points.
I take my hat off to the members that can answer questions without this information, they have amazing guess work.
Thanks
Dave
YES!!!
Everyone has good ideas, so forgive me for missunderstood the Flars answer... do what ever to help people efficiently.
Its our dont pay job.
But Im proud of it... yes getting all the info for you devices will be hard to put in 500 characters so... ask everytime.
i will edit the thread about the permission.
Hey guys,
Anybody know of any Applications that will let me Schedule days / times to send SMS messages on the HD?
Cheers in advance!
Jimbo
that would be very useful
Why don't use search?
You can't imagine how invaluable this resource here is!
And most valuable of all is the TIME of developers spent to actually develop and NOT answer trifle questions like yours !
read here:
http://www.wikihow.com/Search-Google
and here:
http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134479
I am sure that if you were skilled enough to find and register in this very forum, you'd be skilled enough to find the answers yourselves!
P.S. And If you just didn'd get the message (too lazy, etc.), go here:
http://www.airfagev.com/myhome.asp
P.P.S By the way if you try this utility on Blackstone, you might actually be useful to the community by sharing your experience here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442663
and here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Software_1
Regards!
hi, all i would like to thanx all of you for this effort to support and give help and tip fpr xperia users and all other devaices...
and i want to ask you for an important application for me and i gusse for others ... actually i need an free english-english advanced dictionary ... i'v found some java applications, but you its not a full versions that have alot of words .. because of this i need an advanced one to help me with my studies.
so any help...
full apps
full apps you pay for.....so what you are asking for is warez.
warez are not allowed here...this is your 1st warning on this matter
read the rules found in my sig before you post again.
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