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Everyone should check this thread, as it seems to be the general feeling I've seen all over xda lately. New members could learn something just by reading what is expected/accepted from xda forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476671
Completly agree showaco
Let´s hope a lot of members can read that
wow thanks for pointing that out show, only read first page so far as it silly o'clock, the same goes for general questions as the more savy user has to see, repetative bull over and over, maybe it's time that XDA made some kind of enrolement first implented task how to use the search, then how to read more than the one page of a thread that the question asked could be covered 2 ~ 5 pages earlier, oh and make people fill out there signature with device info as i'm sure lots of members think we have the power of mind reading...
Oh and how not to quote the whole first post inc images when replying or asking that silly question.
Good morning all
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wow thanks for pointing that out show, only read first page so far as it silly o'clock, the same goes for general questions as the more savy user has to see, repetative bull over and over, maybe it's time that XDA made some kind of enrolement first implented task how to use the search, then how to read more than the one page of a thread that the question asked could be covered 2 ~ 5 pages earlier, oh and make people fill out there signature with device info as i'm sure lots of members think we have the power of mind reading...
Oh and how not to quote the whole first post inc images when replying or asking that silly question.
Good morning all
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Oh, my God, it's that Brit chiming in with his two cents (pence).
I flashed my phone with the stylezrickynrgkavanashowaco 3.14 and now my phone thinks it's a dessert and it's making my hands sticky. WTF?
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Oh, my God, it's that Brit chiming in with his two cents (pence).
I flashed my phone with the stylezrickynrgkavanashowaco 3.14 and now my phone thinks it's a dessert and it's making my hands sticky. WTF?
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I never wrote that....
As for the ROM you'll have to speak to show probably one of his morts.. JK
stylez said:
wow thanks for pointing that out show, only read first page so far as it silly o'clock, the same goes for general questions as the more savy user has to see, repetative bull over and over, maybe it's time that XDA made some kind of enrolement first implented task how to use the search, then how to read more than the one page of a thread that the question asked could be covered 2 ~ 5 pages earlier, oh and make people fill out there signature with device info as i'm sure lots of members think we have the power of mind reading...
Oh and how not to quote the whole first post inc images when replying or asking that silly question.
Good morning all
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I agree with this, all I've been seeing lately are pointless threads made by newbs with a 1-10 post record that don't take the time to search and just want the people to give them the answers to all thier issues. I myself have found answers to some of them within a minute with our search feature, that if they would've used the search , they wouldn't needed to post dumb questions that they could've answer themselfs only if they took the time to seach and do a little reading.
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Oh, my God, it's that Brit chiming in with his two cents (pence).
I flashed my phone with the stylezrickynrgkavanashowaco 3.14 and now my phone thinks it's a dessert and it's making my hands sticky. WTF?
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I never wrote that....
As for the ROM you'll have to speak to show probably one of his morts.. JK
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Hey now, its not my fault that your phones can't run all the cool stuff and gets sticky when you watch your porn on wmp
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I agree with this, all I've been seeing lately are pointless threads made by newbs with a 1-10 post record that don't take the time to search and just want the people to give them the answers to all thier issues. I myself have found answers to some of them within a minute with our search feature, that if they would've used the search , they wouldn't needed to post dumb questions that they could've answer themselfs only if they took the time to seach and do a little reading.
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Exactly, but looking at response of this thread, I guess the 5 people posting in this thread are the only ones here in this forum that care whats going on. Which means the rest must be the enemy
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Hey now, its not my fault that your phones can't run all the cool stuff and gets sticky when you watch your porn on wmp
Exactly, but looking at response of this thread, I guess the 5 people posting in this thread are the only ones here in this forum that care whats going on. Which means the rest must be the enemy
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This thread ftw.
In all seriousness, there is a lot to be learned from the OP link. Flashing roms is easy and people who don't need to be doing it are. I'm no chef and, God forbid, I f-up my phone I know it's my fault.
Everyone should use caution. These roms are not put out to screw up your device but stupidity and an inability to follow directions to a T will. You do take your device into your own hands, literally and figuratively, when you do these kinds of modifications.
The rewards of a tweak gone right can only be equalled by the risks of the same tweak when done by inexperienced users.
HOLY SH**! I didn't mean to write a dissertation there.
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Exactly, but looking at response of this thread, I guess the 5 people posting in this thread are the only ones here in this forum that care whats going on. Which means the rest must be the enemy
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"It's all out War"
The first thing I found when I came on tonight was a new thread with a new member on his/her first post asking that just flashed 6.1 and can't add the sounds for text messages. Honestly, somehow they should block new members from creating new threads until they have at least a 50+ post score, that would make them use the SEARCH feature and get involved in ongoing threads instead of creating a thread with a question that it has been answered or its a working issue that other people are discussing on a different thread. I don't want to be a prick to new guys, cause I was there before, but I always took the time to use the most apparently elusive feature that is called SEARCH
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The first thing I found when I came on tonight was a new thread with a new member on his/her first post asking that just flashed 6.1 and can't add the sounds for text messages. Honestly, somehow they should block new members from creating new threads until they have at least a 50+ post score, that would make them use the SEARCH feature and get involved in ongoing threads instead of creating a thread with a question that it has been answered or its a working issue that other people are discussing on a different thread. I don't want to be a prick to new guys, cause I was there before, but I always took the time to use the most apparently elusive feature that is called SEARCH
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yeah I agree (postcount++)
edit: crap I'm only at 14 posts :-\
I don't agree with post count policy, 'cause I've seen some with almost no posts start a thread with some of the greatest/tools software for xda. We probably would have never gotten them if we had limited the authors til 50 posts. Someone had mentioned a rating, where a post/thread could be deleted by a certain number of members voting a rating against it. Sadly, in the end, there is probably nothing we can do to stop the stupid posts and still keep the possibility of a great "noob" post that we need.
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I don't agree with post count policy, 'cause I've seen some with almost no posts start a thread with some of the greatest/tools software for xda. We probably would have never gotten them if we had limited the authors til 50 posts. Someone had mentioned a rating, where a post/thread could be deleted by a certain number of members voting a rating against it. Sadly, in the end, there is probably nothing we can do to stop the stupid posts and still keep the possibility of a great "noob" post that we need.
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That's fine, the post count thing was just an idea, we just need to figure out a way to encourage new people to search , and ask questions .
roloracer said:
That's fine, the post count thing was just an idea, we just need to figure out a way to encourage new people to search , and ask questions .
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Naked chicks on the search page... TWEAKED
Oh and another rank "The Cleaners"
stylez said:
Naked chicks on the search page... TWEAKED
Oh and another rank "The Cleaners"
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Yeahh I love naked chicks maybe some boobage on the search feature, (touch here newbes)
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Yeahh I love naked chicks maybe some boobage on the search feature, (touch here newbes)
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I'm pretty sure we'd all still be noobs if there were boobs involved.
Boobs 4 Noobs @ XDA-Developers FTMFW!!!
w00t!
We must've been the only ones that care about this issue cause out of 254 views only 6 people cared enough to post and talk about it. That's sad
Oh well, at least we know some of us care.
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We must've been the only ones that care about this issue cause out of 254 views only 6 people cared enough to post and talk about it. That's sad
Oh well, at least we know some of us care.
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I care, roloracer, I care. *tear*
Seriously though, the board is rife with posts like "I just flashed (xx.xx) and now my keyboard buttons dont work right." or "Can I use this on my i880?" or "I REEELY NEED TO FOR HAVE SOMEONE UNLOCK MY DASHES SO THAT I CAN USE IT ON THE (non t-mobile) NETWORK?"
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I care, roloracer, I care. *tear*
Seriously though, the board is rife with posts like "I just flashed (xx.xx) and now my keyboard buttons dont work right." or "Can I use this on my i880?" or "I REEELY NEED TO FOR HAVE SOMEONE UNLOCK MY DASHES SO THAT I CAN USE IT ON THE (non t-mobile) NETWORK?"
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Yes it's a mess of idiosyncratic posts, how lazy can people be???
Oh peeps are just unbelievable like that locking thread i posted i could unlock Dash with a pic of a lighter, well guess what the PM's came a rollin...
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Where is that thread we used to put the numptys?
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PMSL,TISFSMF
(pissed myself laughing, that is some funny sh1t mother ****er)
THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND POSTS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT! FOR ALL GENERAL ICS DISCUSSION, PLEASE GO HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348832
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Update: 11/23 @ 3:54PM EST
SteadyHawkin has gotten an ICS kernel put together with a fully working recovery!! Way to go, man!! At this point, we are testing with our current build to work on fixing things! I have been trying to get a source build of our own together, but there is a problem when trying to sync ICS source right now. But we will continue on
Reserved!!
Mine too!!
No posting in here if it's not related to development!! I don't know how much clearer I can make this. There is a link in the OP to a thread about ICS in General, post in there. If you post in here asking for ETAs, volunteering to test, of anything not related to development, I hope you get a nice long vacation from XDA. Jerdog will address this more shortly.
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No posting in here if it's not related to development!! I don't know how much clearer I can make this. There is a link in the OP to a thread about ICS in General, post in there. If you post in here asking for ETAs, volunteering to test, of anything not related to development, I hope you get a nice long vacation from XDA. Jerdog will address this more shortly.
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As -viperboy- stated, this thread is for discussion relating to Development. Anything that is not directly related to issues experienced with this development effort, and NOT already addressed in the thread itself, counts as off-topic and will be actioned accordingly and might just earn it's poster a nice little vacation from XDA to think about his/her actions - or maybe to read:
XDA Mantra
XDA Forum Rules
And if you have any questions on what might constitute "off-topic" and unwelcome thread-garbage, let me just quote some of what venerable Senior Moderator and top developer pulser_g2 had to say:
pulser_g2 said:
Welcome to XDA-Developers. This is a development site.
People behave like this is 4chan. If you want 4chan, bugger off there, and leave people who wish to develop. You'll find that XDA is actually pretty tolerant. But there are rules, and there is a line.
Noobish posts from people simply after "the product" do not belong. This is NOT a noob site. If you are here for the ROM, and just want to use it, then you count as a noob. That means you should keep out of development threads, and stick to general.
People ****ting on dev threads is what causes the problems. If someone causes problems, then that pisses off the developers, who ask mods to clean their threads.
If you want to behave like a 4chan user, go to 4chan and do it.
You do NOT have an absolute right to freedom of speech on private websites, but you will find this site is very, very tolerant, compared to many others. But this is a development site. That is the key word. If you're not here to develop, you have to stay in the correct place. That means no troll posts, and no "stupid comments" in serious threads.
And finally @ whoever said they don't like their posts being deleted. That makes sense. But if you avoid 4chan behaviour on XDA, and make meaningful posts, you will find it doesn't happen... I happen to know that in 2 years on XDA, I have had zero posts deleted. So... I'd suggest the contents of the posts is the issue.
If you make meaningless posts like "thanks" or "looking forward to it", in what way has that contributed to development? If you are posting something USEFUL, then you'll find posts don't go away if a thread is cleaned up. So before you think about "OMG OMG some1 haz deleated mah post OH NOEZZZ!!!!!", consider the fact that without people here to keep the place clean, XDA wouldn't exist, as it would be overrun with idiots
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I think that pretty much clears that up. =)
Thanks, jerdog. That perfectly sums it up.
Now, as a small update for everyone - SteadyHawkin, me, and hopefully many of the other devs will have a date in IRC tonight working on this I would appreciate if we could keep the chit chat low in IRC if we are actively working on something in there. Stay tuned Want to be the first to know about updates? You can follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/_viperboy_
Also, I don't care about the number of Thanks that I get but if you do want to say thanks to me or any one else who posts in here, please just use the button
In developing this ICS ROM may I make a light suggestion that I think all might love?..... Could the search keay be remaped to function as the multi task soft key that is in ICS?
Maybe a feature like this would be something to look at after we had a daily driver type ROM but I felt it would be a good thought to throw in during this development stage. Thanks
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Hold down the home button brings up multiple task same one as if u pressed the key
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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.844040,-74.081034
Is the kernel Samsung or an aosp variant?
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CODteabagger said:
Did you read this paragraph? You talk about abusive language? Hypocrite much? Was FFS (For F*** Sake) necessary especially coming from a MOD?
I bought it up because it's related to the kernel that was/is being made for this WIP ROM. I imagine you are now going to ban me for speaking up.
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*whacks on nose*
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Same question
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dkotoric said:
whats the progress on getting ICS ported, I just used ICS on my friends Nexus S 4G and we really really need ICS
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Wow - evidently you missed the posts above so I shall give them to you here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19775625&postcount=4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19775625&postcount=5
Neither of your posts are related to development, they instead belong in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1348832
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SteadyHawkin has gotten an ICS kernel put together with a fully working recovery!! Way to go, man!! At this point, we are testing with our current build to work on fixing things! I have been trying to get a source build of our own together, but there is a problem when trying to sync ICS source right now. But we will continue on
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I have the ICS source on my machine at home... I could set up a shell account for you if you wanted to do some work or just copy it to your own machine. It's not the fastest connection to download from, but it might be better then nothing if you continue to have issues.
I also have a build system set up and can provide shell access with remote adb to your device connected to your client. Quad-core, 4GB RAM, hardware RAID filesystem. PM me for more info.
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inb4 lock, jk im in talks with someone to help me get a working ics kernel, so its not fully dead...
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Hey didn't steady have a working kernal or was that only for CM7?
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daniel4653 said:
Hey didn't steady have a working kernal or was that only for CM7?
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He has a working kernel but it doesn't have cdma stuffz in their
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I don't know anything about kernels... but I am trying to learn, so baring that in mind... couldn't you just take the CDMA "commands" or "scripts" or " whatever word I am searching for " and apply it to the working ICS kernel from a working CDMA kernel?
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I don't know anything about kernels... but I am trying to learn, so baring that in mind... couldn't you just take the CDMA "commands" or "scripts" or " whatever word I am searching for " and apply it to the working ICS kernel from a working CDMA kernel?
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Keeping it as simple as possible, no, you cannot do that.
There aren't any "scripts" for ICS to be used. Gingerbread ones will not work. Development will not get anywhere until we get a good leak for our device and looking at how there has been no ICS leaks for the E4GT or even information of one, I don't believe Samsung is currently working on ICS for it.
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Alright guys, I should not even be saying anything but Im going to anyway. I know many of you are tired of waiting for ICS and feel like we are the odd man out while everyone else gets a taste of the glory. This is in fact not the case! I'm not going to name names, or comment on anything else, but I will say that development is VERY much alive for this phone. Its also allot closer than any of you think. Trust me, there is a very tallented group of people who are close to making this dream a reality.
Me making a comment in this thread does infact violate what this thread was intented to do and for that I'm sorry. My intention is just to inform you that we too shall taste sweet victory soon. My only request is that we move non-development related questions and comments to the Q&A or general subforum so we can keep this thread clean for future use. I look forward to basking in the sweet taste of a delicious sandwich with all of you very soon
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Alright guys, I should not even be saying anything but Im going to anyway. I know many of you are tired of waiting for ICS and feel like we are the odd man out while everyone else gets a taste of the glory. This is in fact not the case! I'm not going to name names, or comment on anything else, but I will say that development is VERY much alive for this phone. Its also allot closer than any of you think. Trust me, there is a very tallented group of people who are close to making this dream a reality.
Me making a comment in this thread does infact violate what this thread was intented to do and for that I'm sorry. My intention is just to inform you that we too shall taste sweet victory soon. My only request is that we move non-development related questions and comments to the Q&A or general subforum so we can keep this thread clean for future use. I look forward to basking in the sweet taste of a delicious sandwich with all of you very soon
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Thank you
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At the moment there are 3 normal user titles I am aware of:
Junior Member
(Something I forgot)
Senior Member
I think that xda should make some more, and make them more relevant to the theme of the forum.
Also, if we could have custom user titles, that would be great!
Already been posted...perhaps Search practice might be useful?
XDA Search Video
juzz86 said:
I'll sum it up for you (or try, anyway!)
There are Junior Members, Members, Senior Members first. These make up the vast majority of XDAs userbase.
Recognised Contributors are nominated by other users and/or Mods/Developers. They are recognised for their contributions which are not specifically Development, such as detailed guides, one-click utilities and other tools/mods.
Recognised Themers are also nominated by users/Mods/Developers, for their work themeing custom ROMs and providing standalone themes for flashing.
Recognised Developers are nominated and approved by the Developer Committee, for their work in Development whether it be ROMs, Root methods, bootloader unlocks etc.
Elite Recognised Developers are again assessed by the Developer Committee, and are deemed to have gone above-and-beyond in providing knowledge/hacks/tools/apps/ROMs for the XDA community.
Forum Moderators are appointed by the Moderator Committee, after submitting an application (see the 'sticky' at the top of this forum - currently applications are not open). They are the first-line of keeping the forums tidy, friendly and orderly.
Senior Moderators are the next step up the ladder, providing site-wide support for Forum Mods and looking after the nitty-gritty issues, as well as areas of XDA not policed by FSMs, such as the Marketplace.
Administrators are next. There are several Admins - each look after a specific part of XDA such as the Portal, the Members and the User Experience of XDA as a whole.
At the top is Mike Channon, who is overall Forum Administrator.
Other titles you may come across:
Moderator Committee - sits on the Mod Committee
Developer Committee - as above, but for Developer Committee
XDA Newswriter - publishes articles for the Portal (front page)
Retired xxxx - have since officially 'left' their XDA position
Hopefully that clears most of them up for you
Contrary to what a lot of people expect, the thanks-meter does not figure at all in determining a users tag.
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Hmm. Did you read the post? I was saying for better ones - not giving a list!
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Hmm. Did you read the post? I was saying for better ones - not giving a list!
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That wouldn't really do anything useful honesty. The titles we have now are just fine an serve their purpose perfectly.
Also adding new titles would drive the mods nuts, having to decide who deserves what an why. Then having to remove titles from people who abuse it.
Honestly, be glad with what you got, no offense.
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That wouldn't really do anything useful honesty. The titles we have now are just fine an serve their purpose perfectly.
Also adding new titles would drive the mods nuts, having to decide who deserves what an why. Then having to remove titles from people who abuse it.
Honestly, be glad with what you got, no offense.
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Loads of offence taken. And I was really talking about the main titles - the ones that normally update, but no matter
liamwli said:
Loads of offence taken. And I was really talking about the main titles - the ones that normally update, but no matter
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sorry bout that, I'm a bit tired. I think the ones we have now are pretty simple,I do agree a little change to them would be nice. Certain posts an thanks, earns you a specific title.
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sorry bout that, I'm a bit tired. I think the ones we have now are pretty simple,I do agree a little change to them would be nice. Certain posts an thanks, earns you a specific title.
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Now you know what I was saying
I agree with the OP, we should either rase the post count for Snr Member as everybody is one of them nowadays or have more ranks at much higher post rates.
so this was why you asked me how to be a RC...
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Now you know what I was saying
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I'll bring it up with the other mods an see what they think.
-Grift- said:
so this was why you asked me how to be a RC...
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Its not actually, its because I applied and was rejected
Too be honest, I can't see this happening. Especially custom titles as a simply do not have the time to spend policing the utter crap that people would enter into that field.
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conantroutman said:
Too be honest, I can't see this happening. Especially custom titles as a simply do not have the time to spend policing the utter crap that people would enter into that field.
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I didn't think we would get custom user titles, but why cant we have better, more suited to the site user titles?
At the moment, they are using the default vB ones..
liamwli said:
I didn't think we would get custom user titles, but why cant we have better, more suited to the site user titles?
At the moment, they are using the default vB ones..
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Because tbh the only titles of relevance are the recognised titles and anything else would only serve to lengthen somebodys e-peen, which is not something we want to encourage.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
there is no reason for anything beyond senior member because with anyone who has made 500 posts the thank count is more useful anyways...
although maybe something thanks based...
like after the title for every bar
ex Senior Member IX, Junior Member II, Member IV, etc
just a cool idea for IF admins are going to add/change titles and/or the titling system
It's been brought up before and the admins don't want rampant posters driving their count up just to get unique titles.
* iTouched Epic
There should be an automatic title if over 1000 thanks.
not looking at anybodys thanks-o-meter
benjamingwynn said:
There should be an automatic title if over 1000 thanks.
not looking at anybodys thanks-o-meter
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Chances are someone with over 1000 thanks is already "recognized" or could easily apply for it.
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mf2112 said:
Chances are someone with over 1000 thanks is already "recognized" or could easily apply for it.
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Hehe okay, can i apply for it? And where lol
benjamingwynn said:
Hehe okay, can i apply for it? And where lol
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Go here
Hi all,
I am a very inexperienced xda user so please bear with me about my
relevant forum incompetence.
My question is : why is this (and no doubt other) forum also much
about money and 'thanks' and 'status'?
Why so many 'donation' buttons, and why are so many downloads
confronting me with having to pay for faster results, not to speak
about annoying popup advertisements about members of opposite sex
that, supposedly, eagerly want to contact me?
I truly think sharing true knowledge stands beyond this kind of
nonsense. I think we are clever enough to figure out what information
is relevant (and we can easily correlate such information to who
provided or initiated it).
Moreover, sadly, in my (agreed limited) experience, provided
knowledge is often inverse proportional to provided advertisements or
requests for donations. The rule grew as easy for me as follows: if I
am asked to pay, I go elsewhere for advice.
This does not mean I do not contribute. On the contrary. If some
person helps me or can help me, I never hesitate to ask how I can
provide money in all discretion.
Thanks
Nofan Tasi said:
Hi all,
I am a very unexperienced xda user so please bear with me about my
relevant forum incompetence.
My question is : why is this (and no doubt other) forum also much
about money and 'thanks' and 'status'?
Why so many 'donation' buttons, and why are so many downloads
confronting me with having to pay for faster results, not to speak
about annoying popup advertisements about members of opposite sex
that, supposedly, eagerly want to contact me?
I truly think sharing true knowledge stands beyond this kind of
nonsense. I think we are clever enough to figure out what information
is relevant (and we can easily correlate such information to who
provided or initiated it).
Moreover, sadly, in my (agreed limited) experience, provided
knowledge is often inverse proportional to provided advertisements or
requests for donations. The rule grew as easy for me as follows: if I
am asked to pay, I go elsewhere for advice.
This does not mean I do not contribute. On the contrary. If some
person helps me or can help me, I never hesitate to ask how I can
provide money in all discretion.
Thanks
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My question is : why is this (and no doubt other) forum also much
about money and 'thanks' and 'status'?
XDA IS NOT about money, never has been. At XDA in any case, the 'Thanks' button serves no purpose other than to promote the person being thanked to continue to contribute. As for someone's status, it proves to show how active someone is within that particular forum/community.
Why so many 'donation' buttons, and why are so many downloads
confronting me with having to pay for faster results, not to speak
about annoying popup advertisements about members of opposite sex
that, supposedly, eagerly want to contact me?
The 'Donation' buttons are just that. They are an option to contribute to someone for their efforts. There are many people here that devote much of their time to helping others, be it by building ROMs, creating themes, or spreading knowledge in general. As for where people upload their files to and what happens there, that is on the products author. That has nothing to do with XDA at all. The same with the ads that you are speaking of. If you are receiving them while on XDA, then report them here
Nofan Tasi said:
Hi all,
I am a very inexperienced xda user so please bear with me about my
relevant forum incompetence.
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Welcome to XDA Make sure you check the New User Guide if you haven't already, as well as XDA's rules.
Nofan Tasi said:
My question is : why is this (and no doubt other) forum also much
about money and 'thanks' and 'status'?
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To add to what shinobisoft said, the 'Thanks' button is mainly there to avoid clutter caused by useless 'Thanks!' posts.
Status titles aren't important either. Once you get past 10 (useful) posts, restrictions go away. See this post for details on why this was added.
Nofan Tasi said:
Why so many 'donation' buttons, and why are so many downloads
confronting me with having to pay for faster results
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Please use the report button if a member is demanding payment. File hosts offering faster, premium services is different. XDA provides the DevDB which allows ROM developers, for example, to upload their files on XDA's servers. They're free to use that but may choose to use other solutions. As long as it's in accordance with the rules (no PPC links, no reward programs that turn downloads into $$$ for the uploader,) it's fine.
Nofan Tasi said:
not to speak about annoying popup advertisements about members of opposite sex
that, supposedly, eagerly want to contact me?
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You can report inappropriate ads here. Ads are not hand picked by XDA, but by the ad provider. XDA asks the provider to remove any offensive/annoying ads, but you must help by reporting them.
Nofan Tasi said:
Moreover, sadly, in my (agreed limited) experience, provided
knowledge is often inverse proportional to provided advertisements or
requests for donations. The rule grew as easy for me as follows: if I
am asked to pay, I go elsewhere for advice.
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As it's been said, XDA is not about the money, at all. Donations are donations - you're free to make them if you feel the member is worthy. Again, if someone is asking for money in return for services, use the report button
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and the moderation team will look into it.
Thanks
GermainZ said:
Welcome to XDA Make sure you check the New User Guide if you haven't already, as well as XDA's rules.
To add to what shinobisoft said, the 'Thanks' button is mainly there to avoid clutter caused by useless 'Thanks!' posts.
Status titles aren't important either. Once you get past 10 (useful) posts, restrictions go away. See this post for details on why this was added.
Please use the report button if a member is demanding payment. File hosts offering faster, premium services is different. XDA provides the DevDB which allows ROM developers, for example, to upload their files on XDA's servers. They're free to use that but may choose to use other solutions. As long as it's in accordance with the rules (no PPC links, no reward programs that turn downloads into $$$ for the uploader,) it's fine.
You can report inappropriate ads here. Ads are not hand picked by XDA, but by the ad provider. XDA asks the provider to remove any offensive/annoying ads, but you must help by reporting them.
As it's been said, XDA is not about the money, at all. Donations are donations - you're free to make them if you feel the member is worthy. Again, if someone is asking for money in return for services, use the report button
and the moderation team will look into it.
Thanks
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Hi GermainZ, shinobisoft,
Thanks for the pointers to explanations for and answers to my questions.
have a nice day
If anything I think people here are looking for recognition more than they are money...just look at that new app by fernando sor "xda credibility". Sorta shows how this is sorta a competition. Regardless,xda is no exception to anything else, competition is in human nature
Nofan Tasi said:
Hi GermainZ, shinobisoft,
Thanks for the pointers to explanations for and answers to my questions.
have a nice day
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Glad you understand the purpose of this really helpful and educational website!
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GermainZ said:
Welcome to XDA Make sure you check the New User Guide if you haven't already, as well as XDA's rules.
To add to what shinobisoft said, the 'Thanks' button is mainly there to avoid clutter caused by useless 'Thanks!' posts.
Status titles aren't important either. Once you get past 10 (useful) posts, restrictions go away. See this post for details on why this was added.
Please use the report button if a member is demanding payment. File hosts offering faster, premium services is different. XDA provides the DevDB which allows ROM developers, for example, to upload their files on XDA's servers. They're free to use that but may choose to use other solutions. As long as it's in accordance with the rules (no PPC links, no reward programs that turn downloads into $$$ for the uploader,) it's fine.
You can report inappropriate ads here. Ads are not hand picked by XDA, but by the ad provider. XDA asks the provider to remove any offensive/annoying ads, but you must help by reporting them.
As it's been said, XDA is not about the money, at all. Donations are donations - you're free to make them if you feel the member is worthy. Again, if someone is asking for money in return for services, use the report button
and the moderation team will look into it.
Thanks
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That's what I call an awesome moderator
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Hi,
i still wonder why there is no Philips, Sony, TCL Subcategory in the Android TV Subforum.
Could someone please add this simple Subcategory?
Anyone?
redlabour said:
Anyone?
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Hi,
I have forwarded your request to the forum admins :good:
redlabour said:
Hi,
i still wonder why there is no Philips, Sony, TCL Subcategory in the Android TV Subforum.
Could someone please add this simple Subcategory?
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Wood Man said:
Hi,
I have forwarded your request to the forum admins :good:
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-tv/philips-sony-tcl-android-tv
Mike
MikeChannon said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-tv/philips-sony-tcl-android-tv
Mike
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Thank you good man! :highfive:
Yeah. Finally.
Can someone move my Threads there?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/philips-55pus7303-12-oreo-update-t3900002
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/tcl-u55c7006-android-tv-8-experiences-t3890537
Maybe someone could move some other Threads according to the new subforum to fill it with life.
BTW - it would be very nice if Toengel could be the Moderator of this Subcategory. He is the owner of the only german Philips Blog for Android TVs and really into the subject.
redlabour said:
Yeah. Finally.
Can someone move my Threads there?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/philips-55pus7303-12-oreo-update-t3900002
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/tcl-u55c7006-android-tv-8-experiences-t3890537
Maybe someone could move some other Threads according to the new subforum to fill it with life.
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Done, your threads have been moved to this new subcategory.
Also, I have moved other ones to bring life to it. The rest will need to be reported by users if they come across misplaced threads.
Thanks!
Wood Man said:
Done, your threads have been moved to this new subcategory.
Also, I have moved other ones to bring life to it. The rest will need to be reported by users if they come across misplaced threads.
Thanks!
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I have send you a PM with 3 Sony and 3 TCL Threads.
redlabour said:
Yeah. Finally.
Can someone move my Threads there?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/philips-55pus7303-12-oreo-update-t3900002
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/tcl-u55c7006-android-tv-8-experiences-t3890537
Maybe someone could move some other Threads according to the new subforum to fill it with life.
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By the way, and it's no criticism just a hint, moderators are not always able to monitor each single post in order to capture such requests i.e. they might get "lost".
But every post contains a so called "Report Post" button, by which you can easily, fast and reliable alert the responsible moderation team for various reasons. This also includes requests to move a thread. Details are available here.
I know. But thanks anyway.