Here is something easy everyone can do to make XDA run faster and better. No, it is not donating to XDA, or buying the XDA premium app, although I highly recommend those things if you have a little extra money. Nor is it complaining to the admins, satisfying as that might feel sometimes, it doesn't really help.
Please clean up your old attachments. Simple. Easy. I had accumulated quite a bit more than I realized, and I was quickly able to remove over 50% of the stuff that was taking up 90% of the space.
So please, everyone who reads this, take a few minutes and do your best to clear out anything old that is no longer needed, or move things that could be hosted off of the XDA servers. Pictures from old posts, mods for old versions of software or roms, cumulatively they add up to a lot of files for the XDA servers to store.
Be a part of the solution and feel the speed increase. Hopefully this can also have a positive impact on reducing some of the recent downtime we have seen.
If anyone wants to repost this in their favorite device General or Q&A forum, feel free to do so. Copy as much as you like or change it as you like, no attribution needed. No one likes taking the trash out, but we all appreciate the people who make it a clean place.
Thank you!
One other quick thing, if you have ever started a thread which is no longer needed or you do not plan to update, please notify one of the mods for that forum and ask for them to delete it. Thanks for helping!
I'm using a grand total of... 122KB.
veeman said:
I'm using a grand total of... 122KB.
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OK, multiply that times a hundred thousand users or more. Also the size of the files is sometimes not as big as problem as the number of files. For instance, it takes a lot longer to copy 1 million small files than a few large files of the same total size.
mf2112 said:
OK, multiply that times a hundred thousand users or more. Also the size of the files is not as big as problem as the number of files. For instance, it takes a lot longer to copy 1 million small files than a few large files of the same total size.
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Ok fine, but these files are important.
veeman said:
Ok fine, but these files are important.
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I am not saying to delete all of your files, important stuff is just fine. No worries. I have important stuff there too. I am just suggesting that not all important stuff has to be on the XDA servers and that maybe some people taking a look might find more than they realized was there. And like me, could thin it out a bit.
Thanks for the tip mate
There's actually no major pressing need to go deleting attachments that may prove useful!
Attachments are not hosted on the main XDA system, so there's plenty of room for them In fact, we give developers much larger attachment quotas now, since attachments are not really causing a problem
Just cleaned mine up. I went from 168MB down to 18MB. Nice tip.
Mf 100kb x 4m users jks
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There's actually no major pressing need to go deleting attachments that may prove useful!
Attachments are not hosted on the main XDA system, so there's plenty of room for them In fact, we give developers much larger attachment quotas now, since attachments are not really causing a problem
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But it's still a generally good idea to clean up after yourself... err...
mf2112 said:
One other quick thing, if you have ever started a thread which is no longer needed or you do not plan to update, please notify one of the mods for that forum and ask for them to delete it. Thanks for helping!
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That is one of the WORST things you could ever do on a forum. It can break links elsewhere on the web, cause forum continuity problems, harm SEO rankings/ratings and other issues.
Someone will ALWAYS find old threads useful.
Baldilocks said:
That is one of the WORST things you could ever do on a forum. It can break links elsewhere on the web, cause forum continuity problems, harm SEO rankings/ratings and other issues.
Someone will ALWAYS find old threads useful.
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Yeah, let's keep all the old outdated info out there, especially the ones where the OP has moved onto a different device and doesn't update their post and following the directions in it will actually brick the newer models of the phones. Brilliant advice. Or...we could have a few broken links from someone else's posts who doesn't bother to update it any more either.
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Yeah, let's keep all the old outdated info out there, especially the ones where the OP has moved onto a different device and doesn't update their post and following the directions in it will actually brick the newer models of the phones. Brilliant advice. Or...we could have a few broken links from someone else's posts who doesn't bother to update it any more either.
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Post disclaimers all over the thread, close the threads. If it's too bad, move the thread to an area where users can't access it. But, never delete threads.
I use tapatalk 2 its great...
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MaximisT said:
I use tapatalk 2 its great...
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And you think we are going to give a damn about that,Mr.spam-to-get-10 posts?
@mf2112,Nice idea mate Even if it doesnt fasten up xda,its still nice to clean up the forum
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I am sharing this in the Galaxy Ace General Section Hope you are okay with it.
I will be reposting this thread in X8 section along with new user guide combined, is it okay?
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HELP.
I was switching between an HTC Sense Rom and Gingerbread roms by using clockwork
Recovery 3.0.5 and selecting install.zip from SD card. Any rom that i try and install
Gets to flashing kernel and then produces error status of 7. I can't get passed the white screen
With the HTC logo.
Any assistance would be so much appreciated.
likingandroid said:
HELP.
I was switching between an HTC Sense Rom and Gingerbread roms by using clockwork
Recovery 3.0.5 and selecting install.zip from SD card. All the roms I try to select gives
Gets to flashing kernel and then produces error status of 7. I can't get passed the white screen
With the HTC logo.
Any assistance would be so much appreciated.
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first off all wrong section, try the search button next time.
for your problem try wiping data/cache, then try and flash a rom, if it docent work, try and re flash your recovery.
I think people need to know what a "Brick" is...
siulmagic said:
first off all wrong section, try the search button next time.
for your problem try wiping data/cache, then try and flash a rom, if it docent work, try and re flash your recovery.
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Sorry, Posted from a Blackberry
I tried both. Can you explain how to re-flash the recovery? Perhaps I am not doing this correctly.
its not briked, he can still acces the recovery. if anything its a semi brick
Do more researching my friend
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Do more researching my friend
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Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
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Amen!
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TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
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well freaking said !
people or dev that just say that ,waste time posting 'wrong section" and should at least provide with a right direction or link instead of being asswholes about it.
being more helpful is part of being in xda or a rom dev, justsaying though.
GunToYoMouth123 said:
well freaking said !
people or dev that just say that ,waste time posting 'wrong section" and should at least provide with a right direction or link instead of being asswholes about it.
being more helpful is part of being in xda or a rom dev, justsaying though.
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Well said is quite the understatement. Has anyone seriously tried doing searches on this site for stuff? Sometimes you do find what you're looking for fairly easily, other times you can't find a damn thing that should be readily available. And if you're in panic mode because you think you just bricked your phone, are you going to search this entire site for an answer that might not show up in your search results? Hell no, you'd probably just create a new thread begging for help.
If you can't contribute and only talk down to people, shut your ass up. No one needs that type of attitude here.
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I have to disagree.
First and foremost, give a man a fish... teach a man to fish...
The post you quote seems entirely accurate. The OP could obviously use more research as the answers are available. A little time with google alone will usually lead me to what I seek right here on xda.
I feel that the majority of xda contributors are more than willing to help if you show some indication that you have exhausted all your resources in finding your own solution. Though I do understand that moments of panic occur when nothing seems to work but it is always best as well as more satisfying to try and work through it yourself.
This forum does have a Q and A section that would be perfectly suited to handle this thread. The development section really isn't the place. You will get more welcome responses over there as that is its purpose.
Finally, as a member of this forum, I appreciate that of all the posts in this thread, yours (and suilmagic) were the only post that really did anything to help the OP.
TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
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I couldn't agree more! Thanks for saying it.
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Most of them just want their super cool post count up. I'm hopefully going to root my DZ tomorrow. Only got it today.
Is everybody like that in this section? Everybody was awesome in the HD2 section.
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I have to disagree.
First and foremost, give a man a fish... teach a man to fish...
The post you quote seems entirely accurate. The OP could obviously use more research as the answers are available. A little time with google alone will usually lead me to what I seek right here on xda.
I feel that the majority of xda contributors are more than willing to help if you show some indication that you have exhausted all your resources in finding your own solution. Though I do understand that moments of panic occur when nothing seems to work but it is always best as well as more satisfying to try and work through it yourself.
This forum does have a Q and A section that would be perfectly suited to handle this thread. The development section really isn't the place. You will get more welcome responses over there as that is its purpose.
Finally, as a member of this forum, I appreciate that of all the posts in this thread, yours (and suilmagic) were the only post that really did anything to help the OP.
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I understand you point and I agree 100% people need to research their problems on a search engine (including the one we have here built in XDA (very handy)) because the majority of time, it will appear right onthe first page if you type your problem correctly, I agree with you. However, some users rather act in a certain way which would describe them as "assholes" if you cant contribute one way or the other why even post at all? if you dont know then theres no need to post unnecessary things. Just dont post and OP will get the picture and look somewhere else.
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I understand you point and I agree 100% people need to research their problems on a search engine (including the one we have here built in XDA (very handy)) because the majority of time, it will appear right onthe first page if you type your problem correctly, I agree with you. However, some users rather act in a certain way which would describe them as "assholes" if you cant contribute one way or the other why even post at all? if you dont know then theres no need to post unnecessary things. Just dont post and OP will get the picture and look somewhere else.
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I agree with this as well though I hesitate at the name calling as it is also unproductive.
I miss the old days when we were all figuring it out together and questions turned to discussions. With the wealth of knowledge that has been built since then I guess some are not as willing to help others work through the problems. I do believe that if this thread had landed in Q&A it would have, or at least should have, received better response.
Well when I was new to this I thought I broke my brand new first day g2 because I got a boot loop (talk about panic mode xD) well I did my research and got it fixed thanks to me making a back up as soon as I flashed cwm...if anything it inspired me to get back at it...my advice back up your original shipping rom before you think about screwing around with stuff well now my g2 hinge is messed up extreamly loose so I'm returning it to stock :'( and sending it in....did I mention I'm 16? Be smartdont screw up
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ihateusernames said:
I agree with this as well though I hesitate at the name calling as it is also unproductive.
I miss the old days when we were all figuring it out together and questions turned to discussions. With the wealth of knowledge that has been built since then I guess some are not as willing to help others work through the problems. I do believe that if this thread had landed in Q&A it would have, or at least should have, received better response.
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youre right name calling is uncalled for
I apologized if I have offended anyone
Update on HTC G2 Crashed and Bricked
I followed the instructions posted on this site to try and recover my G2 to no avail. After hours with an Android Developer the apparent issue was with the phone's internal memory.
I recieved a replacement and all is good. I've flashed a number of 2.3 roms in addition to roms that have Sense, flashed a kernel or two with no problems.
I hope I don't re create the same condition that started this post. I'm not sure what I did to cause the issue in the fisrt place.
Thanks to all the people out there who tried their best to help.
likingandroid said:
I followed the instructions posted on this site to try and recover my G2 to no avail. After hours with an Android Developer the apparent issue was with the phone's internal memory.
I recieved a replacement and all is good. I've flashed a number of 2.3 roms in addition to roms that have Sense, flashed a kernel or two with no problems.
I hope I don't re create the same condition that started this post. I'm not sure what I did to cause the issue in the fisrt place.
Thanks to all the people out there who tried their best to help.
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Glad you got it fixed.
Just a heads up, there is a new ota going out right now.
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old news!
1.theres already a thread about it
2.we already know about the minor update
3. stop posting stuff thats already been posted!
marcviado said:
old news!
1.theres already a thread about it
2.we already know about the minor update
3. stop posting stuff thats already been posted!
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Get a life. If you already knew, then don't open the thread. No need for your two cents.
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kingsway8605 said:
Get a life
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umm, quit crapping up the community with ur poor threads
andybones said:
umm, quit crapping up the community with ur poor threads
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If it annoys you, don't open the thread, simple solution.
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Now now guys cant we all just get along? So much hostility.
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Now now guys cant we all just get along? So much hostility.
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I agree. Just trying to help those who hadn't realized it but apparently there are a few people on here with the maturity of a 12 year old.
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Anyone know if it's safe to patch over the air?
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Anyone know if it's safe to path over the air?
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If you mean will you lose root, the answer is almost always yes.
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kingsway8605 said:
Get a life. If you already knew, then don't open the thread. No need for your two cents.
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haha obviously you have no life but to post crappy threads on here thats alreadys been posted! im surprised your stupidity didnt lead you to posting
this in the dev section!
if your gonna post something at least search if anything relating to what you want to post has already been posted idiot!
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If it annoys you, don't open the thread, simple solution.
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dont be posting useless threads in the first place haha
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If it annoys you, don't open the thread, simple solution.
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Honestly no one wants to hear it from some jackass that TALKED SOOOOOOO MUCH **** ABOUT SOFTWARE ROOT ANYWAY. Follow the rules and search before posting useless information that has been already posted! No one cares that you just found this out and you really don't need to open a thread every time you find something new out. This isn't Twitter. This is why the Dinc2 community is CRAP. No one even wants to Dev for us because some of us are ungrateful jerks. People don't forget, and if I recall correctly let me show you how grateful you are.
kingsway8605 "I would feel dumb IF a stable software root was released. But I am not worried about that happening." - Link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15419763&postcount=13
go ahead and feel dumb, you should.
kingsway8605 "Sure they don't "advertise" it but they are having their cronies post all over here about some imaginary root. I refer you to my previous post about ignoring it. I would rather not continue to argue with you about something I am obviously right about and risk a mod banning me. When, or actually if, Alphrev releases root, I will admit you were right. But I can promise you that won't happen."
do us all a favor and keep your thoughts to yourself. obviously you type before you think, and I don't care if you said your sorry, you still wrongfully accused the very people who's software YOU are using. they shouldn't have even let you use it personally.
BYE-BYE NOW!
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Honestly no one wants to hear it from some jackass that TALKED SOOOOOOO MUCH **** ABOUT SOFTWARE ROOT ANYWAY. Follow the rules and search before posting useless information that has been already posted! No one cares that you just found this out and you really don't need to open a thread every time you find something new out. This isn't Twitter. This is why the Dinc2 community is CRAP. No one even wants to Dev for us because some of us are ungrateful jerks. People don't forget, and if I recall correctly let me show you how grateful you are.
kingsway8605 "I would feel dumb IF a stable software root was released. But I am not worried about that happening." - Link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15419763&postcount=13
go ahead and feel dumb, you should.
kingsway8605 "Sure they don't "advertise" it but they are having their cronies post all over here about some imaginary root. I refer you to my previous post about ignoring it. I would rather not continue to argue with you about something I am obviously right about and risk a mod banning me. When, or actually if, Alphrev releases root, I will admit you were right. But I can promise you that won't happen."
do us all a favor and keep your thoughts to yourself. obviously you type before you think, and I don't care if you said your sorry, you still wrongfully accused the very people who's software YOU are using. they shouldn't have even let you use it personally.
BYE-BYE NOW!
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Seriously, get a life. How long did it take to type that. I didn't even read what you wrote. Stop spamming the forum. Grow up.
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kingsway8605 said:
Seriously, get a life. How long did it take to type that. I didn't even read what you wrote. Stop spamming the forum. Grow up.
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It took me a whole 3 minutes tops, because I know how to use the SEARCH button. and I can't SPAM a USELESS thread, this will be deleted once you waste a Mods time and they get around to it.
EDIT: oh, and if I can type faster than you can read, sorry.
its not worth argueing with him andybones,hes obviously an idiot who simply cant do a search before posting a crappy useless thread
I have to check the website. Curious if there is a way to block users who spam the forum. I actually hope a mod deletes it, nobody wants to hear your useless arguing. As for me creating useless threads, I think I have created 3 threads total so far, and one of them helped quite a few people with their alarm clock issues.
For now I am just going to manually ignore you guys. Type away at me, not even going to bother reading them. I will be the mature one.
Edit: wow, just checked my other thread and you argued with someone else in that thread. Do you actually do anything on this site besides argue with others because reading through your comment history it sure seems like all you do is argue, you are ignored for sure.
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kingsway8605 said:
I have to check the website. Curious if there is a way to block users who spam the forum. I actually hope a mod deletes it, nobody wants to hear your useless arguing. As for me creating useless threads, I think I have created 3 threads total so far, and one of them helped quite a few people with their alarm clock issues.
For now I am just going to manually ignore you guys. Type away at me, not even going to bother reading them. I will be the mature one.
Edit: wow, just checked my other thread and you argued with someone else in that thread. Do you actually do anything on this site besides argue with others because reading through your comment history it sure seems like all you do is argue, you are ignored for sure.
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You can ignore me all you want. Truth of the matter is, I do help people. You annoy people. Clearly. I don't even need to justify myself. For how many days did you down talk alpharevX, and now use their product? I highly doubt you donated. and I'm not arguing, I'm responding, and my first post was blowing off a little steam because it's people like you who CRAP these threads up.. it's not wonder all the REAL devs left XDA. useless, ungrateful people like yourself. If you have a problem with my post, report it
Is this OTA dump kosher.
I may not be getting OTA in my location. So I went fishing and came across this.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...8-605-4-same-as-the-official-gingerbread-ota/
They claim it is the same as the OTA but since it can be RUU'ed will work on all phones, incl. those with modification to the ROM.
Has anybody tried this one? Also, since I have never gone the RUU route some additional instructions will be most welcome.
sgiitk said:
Is this OTA dump kosher.
I may not be getting OTA in my location. So I went fishing and came across this.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...8-605-4-same-as-the-official-gingerbread-ota/
They claim it is the same as the OTA but since it can be RUU'ed will work on all phones, incl. those with modification to the ROM.
Has anybody tried this one? Also, since I have never gone the RUU route some additional instructions will be most welcome.
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If you are not s off, just flash it. If it has been tampered with than the update should fail. It isn't todays ota though, it is the one from a few weeks ago.
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Thanks @kingsway8605. This is the only one I could find. About two weeks old. Any other URL's?
Presumably the flashing involved copying the file (with changed name) to SD card root. Remove the USB cable and then do <volume down> + <power>. I hope the follow up is pretty simple and straight forward. I do not have much Android experience.
I have been an unregistered browser of these forums for about a month, but a few days ago I decided to go ahead and sign up. Not sure how much I will be able to contribute, but I have (and am still) learned so much. Its amazing, that little search box up top has answered every single question I had about my android phones. To all the fine folks who run/develope/contribute/post here, THANK YOU!
Thanks kentu,
our main goal is to have satisfied user that enjoy their stay here at XDA and when an user is happy, we are happy.
cheers.
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I have been an unregistered browser of these forums for about a month, but a few days ago I decided to go ahead and sign up. Not sure how much I will be able to contribute, but I have (and am still) learned so much. Its amazing, that little search box up top has answered every single question I had about my android phones. To all the fine folks who run/develope/contribute/post here, THANK YOU!
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af974 said:
Thanks kentu,
our main goal is to have satisfied user that enjoy their stay here at XDA and when an user is happy, we are happy.
cheers.
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Well I just joined and can not contribute to any of the conversations I would like to contribute to because I do not have 10 posts yet so I guess you can count me as unsatisfied at the moment.. I can't even comment on stuff in the marketplace? So I'm forced to contribute BS to conversations I don't care about to get 10 posts so I can join the discussions I want to join. There seems like there has to be a better way.
grim82 said:
Well I just joined and can not contribute to any of the conversations I would like to contribute to because I do not have 10 posts yet so I guess you can count me as unsatisfied at the moment.. I can't even comment on stuff in the marketplace? So I'm forced to contribute BS to conversations I don't care about to get 10 posts so I can join the discussions I want to join. There seems like there has to be a better way.
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Have a look at the following thread as it may help you with your first 10 posts...
Postcount limit in developmental fora
guys,please block the userz that are not replyng to the post,because otherz are waitng for their answerz,why cant this be strict at all?please be considerate to otherz.just a sugestiOn.are they too intelgnt to ignre a newbie like us?,why dnt you try to change your policy..thanks for the concern.
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Give it time and you'll be able to contribute knowledge that the devs don't get to. While they're making sweet roms for us to use the rest of is are here to help others get to know how they work and contribute fixes for people who get unlucky and brick there phones. It took me a couple of weeks to get enough understanding to be able to help and soon enough you'll be there as well.
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Arar31 said:
guys,please block the userz that are not replyng to the post,because otherz are waitng for their answerz,why cant this be strict at all?please be considerate to otherz.just a sugestiOn.are they too intelgnt to ignre a newbie like us?,why dnt you try to change your policy..thanks for the concern.
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I dont have a problem with the 10 post rule. Just take the time go be constructive with your posts, and when you reply to someone post try to add something helpful. As you can see I'm not at 10, but i'll be there soon, no worries.
I'm really enjoying the site
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Thank you for the attitude you have about the 10 post rule.
kentu3 said:
I dont have a problem with the 10 post rule. Just take the time go be constructive with your posts, and when you reply to someone post try to add something helpful. As you can see I'm not at 10, but i'll be there soon, no worries.
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Thank you for searching to find your answers. A rare trait in new members nowadays.
kentu3 said:
I have been an unregistered browser of these forums for about a month, but a few days ago I decided to go ahead and sign up. Not sure how much I will be able to contribute, but I have (and am still) learned so much. Its amazing, that little search box up top has answered every single question I had about my android phones. To all the fine folks who run/develope/contribute/post here, THANK YOU!
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If only more new members were like you two. Welcome to XDA. Hope you enjoy it here.
Much thanks, boborone
I am a member of several different types of forums (Various Video Game, and Electronics), and one thing they all have in common is the Basics.
kentu3 said:
I have been an unregistered browser of these forums for about a month, but a few days ago I decided to go ahead and sign up. Not sure how much I will be able to contribute, but I have (and am still) learned so much. Its amazing, that little search box up top has answered every single question I had about my android phones. To all the fine folks who run/develope/contribute/post here, THANK YOU!
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Would have to agree with you kentu3. MOst of the questions have already been answered if you search.
Another thing that I do before posting a question about ROM "xyz" is to read the whole thread on that rom. You would be or not be suprised as to how many times the same question gets asked.
Thanks again kentu3 for this thread, and a big thanks to the DEV's and MOD's who make this site worth visiting
Hi! New here. I for one like the 10 post rule because it helps keeping it clean and when you surpass the limit you have proven yourself worthy.
Coming from a wide range of other communities, also as admin or moderator, I instantly knew XDA's rule was brilliant. Looking forward to contributing in any way I can.
Now I'm gonna try and find out how to find this Thanks-button in XDA app
/M
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mookan said:
Hi! New here. I for one like the 10 post rule because it helps keeping it clean and when you surpass the limit you have proven yourself worthy.
Coming from a wide range of other communities, also as admin or moderator, I instantly knew XDA's rule was brilliant. Looking forward to contributing in any way I can.
Now I'm gonna try and find out how to find this Thanks-button in XDA app
/M
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You can 'thank' a post in XDA by long-pressing on the post
Welcome to all of you by the way, and enjoy your time here. It's a wonderful resource
Found it Thanks!
Starting to get the hang of this, but XDA is just so big!
Quick tip for new users:
Make sure you follow @xdadevelopers on Twitter
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Afther i saw how cool for me was learn about my phone see how many things i can do to my phone using the developers information i was like wow this people deserve everybody constribution thast why i became premium thansk guys!!
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I'm kind of new here too and I've notice this site takes a long time to load. Does anyone have that problem?
Meyer23 said:
I'm kind of new here too and I've notice this site takes a long time to load. Does anyone have that problem?
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It is quite an ad-heavy site unless you use a blocker of some description. There's also a mammoth amount of content. I've seen a lot of people mention load times as a downfall, but to be honest I don't notice it taking any longer than some of the other tech sites I frequent
Load times are such a subjective thing though, everyone will differ. What browser do you use? Firefox seems to pop up a lot re: slow load times.
Well I typically do most of my surfing at work, which I use IE right now. Don't have much of a choice. I downloaded Firefox a while back but it never worked right. Not sure if it's because of the firewall or whatever here, (I have no idea how that all works) but Firefox was terrible. I tried to get Chrome but it's blocked too.
The slowness to me isn't really a huge deal, just curious why as other forums I frequent load pretty fast. But the more I surf around here, there is a TON of info.
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Well I typically do most of my surfing at work, which I use IE right now. Don't have much of a choice. I downloaded Firefox a while back but it never worked right. Not sure if it's because of the firewall or whatever here, (I have no idea how that all works) but Firefox was terrible. I tried to get Chrome but it's blocked too.
The slowness to me isn't really a huge deal, just curious why as other forums I frequent load pretty fast. But the more I surf around here, there is a TON of info.
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I use IE (6) at work too Ed, and it's noticeably (horribly) slower than Chrome at home. Likewise, all other options are restriced here for me.
For personal use at home, the latest Chrome with Ad Blocker Pro (free) works extremely well at speeding up the genera;l browsing experience here at XDA. It is a resource-heavy forum so it still takes a little longer to load, but that's the price I pay for the wealth of information here, to me personally anyway
Could be worse, I was on 56k at home until last year when they upgraded our RIM (out in woop-woop)
Hy community,
I once was a newbie on XDA (and still am ^^), but with the time I understood more and more things, now I want to give back and condensate the Information I got to answer questions I see often in multiple threads.
there are more and more questions about sense and roms and SOFF and if your phone can control your mind if you take an image of a brain as your wallpaper...
So here is the
officially unofficial "Question's you better not ask"
thread.
Feel free to add your 2 cents in the comments, I will try to keep this updated with your ideas
The goal of this thread is to inform the users, in order to avoid them asking those things and getting angry answers or blocking real dev work on threads.
Does this AOKP/CM9/AOSP Rom have sense ? :silly:
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No ! It's like if you were asking if Linux has windows in it, if a Ferrari has a Dacia in it...
Explanation : Sense is a framework, it's like wrapped over the android OS. AOKP/AOSP/CM9 based roms are free of this framework and based on the original google android source code.
In the same idea, a sense rom doesn't contain CM9, but you can make it look like with themes or a "de-sensing".
For this exact reason, you need to wipe your phone before installing a non-sense rom over a sense one (or the other side) (even if you should wipe when going from one rom to another, sense or not.
Does this AOKP/CM9/AOSP rom contain the sense cam
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No, It has to do with what is written in the first explanation.
Explanation : Most sense apps and widgets are linked to the sense framework, some more, some less, making it theoretically possible to port those apps to a fully sense framework free environement. However, the camera is solidely attached to the framework, it may be possible, but don't hope for it soon
Can I flash the boot.img from "rom A" on "rom B" ?
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And still the answer is : NO ! you will end in a bootloop.
Explanation : The Boot.img contains many stuff like kernel, ramdisk... and this ramdisk is different for most of the rom's and a boot.img will only fully work with an adequate ramdisk.
However, you can repack the kernell with the zImage tool which is to be found in the forums.
Can I flash the modules of Kernel A while using Kernel B ?
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Get used to it: no...
A specific module is for a specific Kernel. The end.
What is a RUU ?
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the RUU (ROM UPDATE UTILITY)
its pretty much a FACTORY RESET master file, as it resets everything HBOOT/RADIO/ROM. (thanks bagofcrap24)
Hope I could help some of you
It's open to you to contribute to the community and help the once which have less knowledge than you
Cheers
Waist
It's obvious you've spend 'a lot' of time with the intro of this thread.
But all you write is old news as all is written already, 'instructions enough'.
To my opinion this thread won't help anybody because people who don't like to read won't read anyway,
so this thread is another clutter, nothing more to my opinion as it don't bring anything new.
Mods please close?
Thanks!
Laurentius26 said:
It's obvious you've spend 'a lot' of time with the intro of this thread.
But all you write is old news as all is written already, 'instructions enough'.
To my opinion this thread won't help anybody because people who don't like to read won't read anyway,
so this thread is another clutter, nothing more to my opinion as it don't bring anything new.
Mods please close?
Thanks!
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When I started on XDA I was searching for a recap like this, people not wanting to read throught hundreds of pages of a well-filled thread is not meaning they won't read a recapitulative thread...
Is a post trying to help others such a pain for you ? If this can help one person and avoid a single useless post on a single thread I will be more than happy.
I hope you can revise your judgment...
You just created a extra thread, nope I won't revise my statement.
Probably you have good intensions, but to my opinion this thread is clutter and a waist.
ChriKn said:
When I started on XDA I was searching for a recap like this, people not wanting to read throught hundreds of pages of a well-filled thread is not meaning they won't read a recapitulative thread...
Is a post trying to help others such a pain for you ? If this can help one person and avoid a single useless post on a single thread I will be more than happy.
I hope you can revise your judgment...
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You just created a extra thread, nope I won't revise my statement.
Probably you have good intensions, but to my opinion this thread is clutter and a waist.
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The fact that you see I have good intensions is enough for me
Laurentius26 said:
It's obvious you've spend 'a lot' of time with the intro of this thread.
But all you write is old news as all is written already, 'instructions enough'.
To my opinion this thread won't help anybody because people who don't like to read won't read anyway,
so this thread is another clutter, nothing more to my opinion as it don't bring anything new.
Mods please close?
Thanks!
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I agree. This is the strangest forum I've participated in on XDA. Here's some personality categories I’ve observed.
* Narcissist’s - in spite of a topic or point being posted multiple times in an already open thread, people feel that they're experiencing of an issue is somehow more important than anyone/everyone else's. They have no problem starting a new thread saying "I know this has been posted before, but..." Hint: before you post, ask yourself are you posting for the benefit of others or for yourself?
* Newbies with Attitudes - Not picking on this user in particular but this is an excellent example.
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I am totally furious about the fact that HTC released an ICS phone with a GB kernel. Sorry if it sounds negative but this is plain deception, and disrespect to its base of customers. Other vendors without mentioning the name has released their phone with a decent ICS kernel.
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Not only is it naive, it's wrong. Had it been posted as a question "what's the difference between the 2.X and 3.X kernel?" the poster would have realized s/he's uninformed. Hint: instead of coming out with both guns blazing, ask a question rather than making a statement if you're not sure about what you're talking about.
* Martyrs - Yes, the One X has launch issues. More than it should. They're all well known by now. Similar to the narcissists, the martyrs relish reiterating the same complaints amongst themselves in page after page in a thread. Hint: No one here can help you. Rather than ***** pointlessly figure out how to get your problem resolved. I'm not having any problems but it took me all of five minutes to find the two most senior HTC execs in Europe that oversee customer service so those with issues could have someone to write to and seek help. Hint: Don't just post "*****es," post potential remedies.
There are other personality categories unique to the One X forum but you get my point. I love my One X but sure wish it came with SGS3 forum.
Can someone please tell me what a ruu is?
I'm used to Samsung devices.
Verstuurd van mijn HTC One X met Tapatalk
Google it, but I understand that's hard for you if you always used Sumsung.
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Can someone please tell me what a ruu is?
I'm used to Samsung devices.
Verstuurd van mijn HTC One X met Tapatalk
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mathijs727 said:
Can someone please tell me what a ruu is?
I'm used to Samsung devices.
Verstuurd van mijn HTC One X met Tapatalk
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the RUU (ROM UPDATE UTILITY)
its pretty much a FACTORY RESET master file
as in it resets everything HBOOT/RADIO/ROM
the closest equivelent i can think of is like ODIN for samsung
you download the latest RUU for your phone
in my case generic (ruu_endeavor_u_ics_40_htc_europe_1.29.401.11_radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed_c9d22.exe)
plug your oneX in and run it, it will fully return your phone to stock
mathijs727 said:
Can someone please tell me what a ruu is?
I'm used to Samsung devices.
Verstuurd van mijn HTC One X met Tapatalk
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A RUU is the full ROM installation utility from HTC, using it will fully reset your phone to the same state when you bought it (only thing it won't change is the fact your phone is locked/unlocked if I remember well), can't tell you what it wouldb be in Samsung-land ut probably samsungs Odin flashable base rom.
Hope I could help
"burned" ^^
Sweet. :cyclops: ^^
Hopefully when this thread has 56 pages people still bother to find the time to have a search about the answers.
And remember if you just search the word >> 'RUU'...... (top right corner of XDA )
But your time and effort is much appriciated I ques.
Time for me to live this thread it's own live and 'unscribe' as I'm getting nuts of the notifications already.
bagofcrap24 said:
the RUU (ROM UPDATE UTILITY)
its pretty much a FACTORY RESET master file
as in it resets everything HBOOT/RADIO/ROM
the closest equivelent i can think of is like ODIN for samsung
you download the latest RUU for your phone
in my case generic (ruu_endeavor_u_ics_40_htc_europe_1.29.401.11_radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed_c9d22.exe)
plug your oneX in and run it, it will fully return your phone to stock
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ChriKn said:
A RUU is the full ROM installation utility from HTC, using it will fully reset your phone to the same state when you bought it (only thing it won't change is the fact your phone is locked/unlocked if I remember well), can't tell you what it wouldb be in Samsung-land ut probably samsungs Odin flashable base rom.
Hope I could help
"burned" ^^
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Sweet. :cyclops: ^^
Hopefully when this thread has 56 pages people still bother to find the time to have a search about the answers.
And remember if you just search the word >> 'RUU'...... (top right corner of XDA )
But your time and effort is much appriciated I ques.
Time for me to live this thread it's own live and 'unscribe' as I'm getting nuts of the notifications already.
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Lords and Lady's, let me present you the angry person not even trying to see that the OP has been updated with the new question and answers.
Clap clap for his herpaderp !
Now please, let people decide themselves if they want to help each other and go kill some ants in your backyard, you need to cool down a bit...
I'm not angry and I don't need to cool down but thank you!
Please, go read back and tell me what you learned from this thread?
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Lords and Lady's, let me present you the angry person not even trying to see that the OP has been updated with the new answers.
Clap clap for his herpaderp !
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I'm not angry, thank you!
Please, go read back and tell me what you learned from this thread?
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That it seems to be your pleasure to ruin an effort to help people which might not be as well informed as you are, to criticize without any reasons they way I spend my free time trying to help (even if I only can offer a bit).
Go on, say what you want, my part of this discussion is done and I'm really sorry for this thread to have become such a mess because of one single person.
Nope I'm not trying to ruin an effort, I'm just trying to make a point clear.
I already told the Op that I understand his effort.
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That it seems to be your pleasure to ruin an effort to help people which might not be as well informed as you are, to criticize without any reasons they way I spend my free time trying to help (even if I only can offer a bit).
Go on, say what you want, my part of this discussion is done and I'm really sorry for this thread to have become such a mess because of one single person.
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That it seems to be your pleasure to ruin an effort to help people .
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I find this especially galling considering that between us Laurentius26 and I have 1,600 "thanks" and you have a whopping 16. Your heart is in the right place, your approach needs work.
This might help new users to get them started @ XDA
To OP: Good work mate .. This is how most of us started
Closing thread as we have already guides with the same topics you kindly posted here.
Besides going off topic
Hi,
I am a software developer, installed a rom in my cellphone from this forum and have some bugs to report.
I cant! Why? I'm a new user, need 10 threads... Ok let's post some threads,
I cant! Why? 5 minute beetween eath thread.... Ok, since I love this forum's community and respect your work, let's buy the pro-xda-forum app from the store. Maybe being a premium xda-forum member I can post.
I cant either!
OK, guys. It seem you are preventing both SPAM and potential users in the forum with your rules...
Just a constructive critic.
PD: don't need a reply saying the importance of prevent spam, and so... There are better ways to manage this issue.
Its to stop idiots posting useless crap in the dev topics.
Pointless *****ing from someone who thinks he is better than everybody else. Reported.
We all had to deal with this, and those of us who put the time and effort in are thankful for these restrictions as there would be even more idiots and wasters without them.
Suck it up, take the fall do the time. That made you what you are. That makes you what you are. How long have we been around this thing of ours?
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Armand Assante in 'Gotti'
TheATHEiST said:
Its to stop idiots posting useless crap in the dev topics.
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I respect this. I underestand I need to be a more mature user in the forum for this.
Just wanted to feedback the frustration I felt
Obviously I won't leave the forum, it's well organized, and has excelent developers around. And the staff knows this jejej
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I respect this. I underestand I need to be a more mature user in the forum for this.
Just wanted to feedback the frustration I felt
Obviously I won't leave the forum, it's well organized, and has excelent developers around. And the staff knows this jejej
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If you used tge search you would see 100+ threads like this. Theres no point nothings going to change juat get on with it
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are the 10 posts that difficult?!
have a little patience and after a day or two(estimated time for 10 constuctive posts and not spam) the thread you trying to post will still be there....
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are the 10 posts that difficult?!
have a little patience and after a day or two(estimated time for 10 constuctive posts and not spam) the thread you trying to post will still be there....
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Indeed really 10 posts wouldnt take long. Im sure tgere are plenty of threads in q&a and gen sections you can contribute to
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Yeah I think you are right, Just need paciente...
I thank that guy Who reported this thread, there is no other think I want but to raise the issue to the admins But I really think it's too much to bother them....
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Indeed really 10 posts wouldnt take long. Im sure tgere are plenty of threads in q&a and gen sections you can contribute to
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Indeed. Thanks for the good vibes
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And now it seems that you are using your own thread to get to 10 posts...
Seriously? Is it so difficult to get 10 USEFUL posts?
Just look around! You'll find plenty of noobs asking the same question, all you gotta do is make the day for 10 chaps...
And as a software developer, you should very well know the potential and threat of spam...
Also, the 10 post rule has a deeper meaning attached...it is there so that users inculcate a habit of assisting in the flow of knowledge...
They should realize that the journey is more important than the result...
I see that you have 3 more posts to go...do try and help out a few blokes on the way...
I don't know about others, but I am actually interested on your 11th post in the dev section...
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Think I did a useful proposal here. I read in the explanation for this noob-spam issues that if we know of a better alternative to filter users just propose it.
If you read me between lines you have a proper alternative by just letting the ones, like me, who contribute in the xda-premium app to change their user status to something less restrictive.
Don't you think it's a good idea to both enhance the app-buys and give users like me an alternative?
Don't want to mess with the forum, just report a bug since yesterday jejejeje
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Think I did a useful proposal here. I read in the explanation for this noob-spam issues that if we know of a better alternative to filter users just propose it.
If you read me between lines you have a proper alternative by just letting the ones, like me, who contribute in the xda-premium app to change their user status to something less restrictive.
Don't you think it's a good idea to both enhance the app-buys and give users like me an alternative?
Don't want to mess with the forum, just report a bug since yesterday jejejeje
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No, I think it is a really bad idea. A total of $1 to get some sort of 'Special' status? Because the people who want to come on here purely to spam and try to get commercial crap posted won't want to pay $1 to get a quicker and easier route to doing that will they
While your proposed idea does look good on paper, the issue of piracy pops in...
Android is the worst os when it comes to development, from an anti-piracy point of view...
Granted that piracy is rampant on other os's too, but it is much much much more than any other os of its calibre...
I can bet my whole work on xda that more than 80% of all android users have pirated an app or game or theme or whatever...
So, as I said, granting dev area access to all junior members is not such a good idea, as it would actually increase app piracy, rather than push up sales...
2 more to go...
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It's nice to share thoughts. I see your point.
Ppl from the forum you may close/delete this thread if you think it's no sense of mine.
As for my eleventh post you are waiting to read, won't be the bug report. Already found another way to contact the Dev. Had plenty of time looking for it between posts xD
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It's nice to share thoughts. I see your point.
Ppl from the forum you may close/delete this thread if you think it's no sense of mine.
As for my eleventh post you are waiting to read, won't be the bug report. Already found another way to contact the Dev. Had plenty of time looking for it between posts xD
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If I may, I actually request you to post the link of the thread you were about to post in, and the actual post that you were about to make...
I might be able to make your time on XDA easier and free of major trolls...
Also, a helpful advice:
Since the dev obviously doesn't mind getting contacted through other means (coz he did put up his contact info on the open internet), I urge you to respect other's privacy...
Do remember, the people around here are volunteers, and not Customer Care Representatives...
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If I may, I actually request you to post the link of the thread you were about to post in, and the actual post that you were about to make...
I might be able to make your time on XDA easier and free of major trolls...
Also, a helpful advice:
Since the dev obviously doesn't mind getting contacted through other means (coz he did put up his contact info on the open internet), I urge you to respect other's privacy...
Do remember, the people around here are volunteers, and not Customer Care Representatives...
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Thank you for your concern.
This is the ROM-post (FOXHOUND for GalaxyS3): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708371
This is the issue:
Hi, I’m having issues with the phone-number recognition algorithm. Is there any tweak with it here o just a JellyBean error?
Here in Buenos Aires, Argentina we have this numbers: +54 11 0000-0000, if the number is a cellular phone, we add a nine like: +54 9 11 2222-2222. I have all the mobiles in my contactlist like that. But because the ’9′ is not used for internal calls, The network providers don’t forward the nine and I see +54 11 2222-2222.
So When an incoming call / sms says the number is +54 11 2222-222, The phone doesn’t show the proper contact because it’s missing the ’9′ in front of it.
In stock rom from my galaxy S3, my old iphone, and some other roms I tested I didn’t have this issue. Any ideas?
thanks!!!
qcho said:
Thank you for your concern.
This is the ROM-post (FOXHOUND for GalaxyS3): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708371
This is the issue:
Hi, I’m having issues with the phone-number recognition algorithm. Is there any tweak with it here o just a JellyBean error?
Here in Buenos Aires, Argentina we have this numbers: +54 11 0000-0000, if the number is a cellular phone, we add a nine like: +54 9 11 2222-2222. I have all the mobiles in my contactlist like that. But because the ’9′ is not used for internal calls, The network providers don’t forward the nine and I see +54 11 2222-2222.
So When an incoming call / sms says the number is +54 11 2222-222, The phone doesn’t show the proper contact because it’s missing the ’9′ in front of it.
In stock rom from my galaxy S3, my old iphone, and some other roms I tested I didn’t have this issue. Any ideas?
thanks!!!
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Contrary to what I had believed, your post doesn't have a close precedent (from what I could conclude through a quick google)
While I do not know the solution or what causes such issues on your device, I can suggest a workaround...
You obviously use call log pretty much...
In my phone, there does appear an option to edit numbers before calling...what this does is simply copy-pasting the number to the dialler where you can freely edit it...
There, its a simple matter of adding a 9 in between...
P.s. I don't run jb, so the exact option may vary
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Contrary to what I had believed, your post doesn't have a close precedent (from what I could conclude through a quick google)
While I do not know the solution or what causes such issues on your device, I can suggest a workaround...
You obviously use call log pretty much...
In my phone, there does appear an option to edit numbers before calling...what this does is simply copy-pasting the number to the dialler where you can freely edit it...
There, its a simple matter of adding a 9 in between...
P.s. I don't run jb, so the exact option may vary
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Thank you for your time looking for a fix and the workarround.
I found another one, just putting both phones in the contact works for me. Now I have my regular contacts with both with and without the '9'.
Why do you need the contact with '9' ? Because if I am abroad and have to talk to a mobile phone in my country, the 9 is a must to establish the call.
Why do you need the contact without the '9' ? Just because the phone can't recognize the contact if not.
Really appreciete the devotion in solving others issues. Keep up the good work making this forum the great place it is.
If it was an open source rom, I'm sure you could patch the framework to ignore the lack of 9 for caller id
I'm a bit noob on Android, had I Phone since it's release. But I'll be checking if I can review this in the source.
Was my first thought
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