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trying to understand XDA

Ok is XDA basically a HTC forum majoriy or not my reason is i seen a section for palm treo that has windows mobile but its a palm however there are other android phones without there own section IE samsung moment and motorola droid. I was just wondering because i see the phones discussed everywhere else in other threads

ABOUT XDA DEVELOPERS
XDA was founded for developers. It is now a very big site for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices.
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This site was exclisive to HTC devices, since a few months more devices were added as long as they us WM or Android OS.
But the true is we still are an HTC focused site (at least I think so)
Hope it helps,

Indeed, and also just because it's Palm does NOT mean it's not hTC: http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7868/treo-pro-manufactured-by-htc/
hTC often manufacture for other brand names.
Mike

thanks i was wondering

Oh and i don't think ever time a new device comes out a new section is added to the forum for it. I think it works of how many people want a section dedicated to their phone. so if there is no demand for a eg."samsung moment" section, one doesn't get added.

[Q] Sorting (or lack) of Phones

I am not sure if this was mentioned before but I think it would be nice if the phone forums were sorted as you scroll down the website.
First by OS
Then by Manufacturer
Then Alphabetically
or alternatively
First by Manufacturer
Then by OS
Then Alphabetically
As it stands right now you have the iPhone, then a wave of HTCs (some with Android, some with WinMo), then anything goes afterwards. Why are the Aria and the Wildfire lost inbetween some Motorolas and Samsungs?
Am I the only one? I guess people just use the find feature in the browser.

This has been asked many times before
You can always use compact view on 2010 XDA skin and you can see it separated by brand and more options

It kind of makes sense the way it is... i believe that it follows a roughly chronological order, with the newest devices at the bottom.

That is correct

orb3000 said:
That is correct
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I am not sure how many people think in chronology though. But thanks for the information about the XDA Skin. I never knew about such a feature.
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ummm where do I find the compact view?

nicksti said:
I am not sure how many people think in chronology though. But thanks for the information about the XDA Skin. I never knew about such a feature.
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ummm where do I find the compact view?
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You can find the compact view by going to the forum index and looking for the compact view button at the top (see attached), or by visiting forum.xda-developers.com on your mobile phone.

Anyone know about this issue ?? USSD/Android Dailer vulnerability

Does anyone know about this issue ?
http://www.isk.kth.se/~rbbo/ussdvul.html
just info.

To be honest, the article does seem quite absurd to me. There are many points that are pretty ridiculous or don't seem right
1. There happen to be no cases of SIM cards being killed by such a simple code and method. If there were, wouldn't such case have been published by any reliable source such as a major mobile provider? As far as I know, the only mention of such exploitation is with this website (which honestly look quite dodgy to me ). The reference website provided by the author mentions no inferences or references to the 'killer codes', but merely states what dialer can do. Also, where are the killing codes? surely, if SIM cards have been around for 15 years, again, there must be some sort of publicity or acknowledgement from a reliable source.
2. Again, no case of Samsung phones being wiped in the last 2 years. Isn't the definition of 'exploitation', the act of employing to the greatest advantage? Then, how so, has there been no indication of any 'Samsung only' memory massacre, or anything close to mentioned scale, in the last 2 years if the
hidden USSD codes were no longer secret
from more than last 2 years.
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? but Samsung sucks, so I'm not going to waste anymore time here
That's all I have to say regarding this article. I'm having a holiday right now, so I don't know why I'm going into english critical analysis mode

adoet_t said:
Does anyone know about this issue ?
http://www.isk.kth.se/~rbbo/ussdvul.html
just info.
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It is present in most roms.
I have read to german articles about it.
use google translation:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Android-Smartphones-Bei-USSD-Anruf-SIM-Tod-1718789.html
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meld...ode-Problem-in-Android-betroffen-1719965.html
the first link offers a test page for smartphones. QR-Code takes you to this site.
If your IME pops up, your rom is affected.
greetings

This was reported on the BBC web new site, but at the end of the report they did say that no cyber criminals would use this as they can not obtain any personal details, login,accounts,etc so no use to them... But still a worry.
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Arc S is NOT AFFECTED with Official ICS!
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[Game support] Ingress Thread....

I think it's time to make this thread as there are millions of people on the game that is still in beta.
The game is Ingress and it's an augmented reality game where two factions fight it out for all man kind. Taking control of portals and working with your faction to create mind fields is the goal, the Enlightened want to conform to a collective in mind control and the Resistance wants to rid the collective mind control for humanity.
The story can be found on line at: www.ingress.com but this thread is designed to assist on the basics, it would be unfair to favor one side over another as tactics of the game are only shared with the respective factions.
Do Not post personal information here, this game puts you in a real life proximity of other players and with that in mind it is easy for something to get personal in real life even though it was not intended.
This is a place to better understand the game itself and to collaborate for the community to learn everything involved.
I do not have any control over beta codes nor does anyone else in our community, don't ask and do not try to share your account or you will be banned, they do know everything you do in the game. Do not try to sell codes given to you by Ingress as they have been known to give out batch codes that are intended to be shared not profited from.
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Sounds like fun too bad I don't have an invite.
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J-ROCK said:
Sounds like fun too bad I don't have an invite.
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To get an invite you need to be creative, you go to your Google+ account and friend Ingress then create an image or anything supporting ingress in it and post it using these shouts.
@ingress
@ingressinvite
@inhressenlightened
@ingressresistance
Make sure it's publicly viewable so others can add comments to it and the better the idea the better your chances are, the ingress site email link isn't being watched but if you watch ingress on G+ you will see they release codes in batches try to time it in those posting times.
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Great idea for a thread. I'm playing the game and I just love it. I'm sure I miss a lot of options though.
At least now I know how many android phones are in my neighborhood

chastity said:
Great idea for a thread. I'm playing the game and I just love it. I'm sure I miss a lot of options though.
At least now I know how many android phones are in my neighborhood
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There are a few really good features on the desktop as well, they keep adding stuff in though. The one I thought was cool was on the desktop login when your on the map if you go over to the right and you see the +/- to zoom in there's a little yellow image of a person if you go over it with the mouse it will lean over to the left. Drag and drop that little yellow guy and it will give you street view of the location your looking at.

Finally got my invite
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The game rules!!

The Archangel said:
The game rules!!
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I know right? Im shocked people aren't using the thread.
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Captured my first portal riding the van home from work lol
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how long does it take to get a invite from the site itself...put one in this morning...

shrty4luv said:
how long does it take to get a invite from the site itself...put one in this morning...
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If you sent in your email then they haven't even looked at those from the beginning but the best way is G+ and stay on them. I suggest getting an aftermarket battery (I bought a 4500 mAh battery online) your gonna need it.
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I think this is a great thread. The OP was well written so as not to let this thread turn into a sided one, but rather general info for all for when it comes out of beta. I'll be watching this one for sure. I've been playing for a bit now as well.

There's also a Google community (G plus) called decode ingress that discusses ingress and daily pass codes that can be used to level up.
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tembone said:
There's also a Google community (G plus) called decode ingress that discusses ingress and daily pass codes that can be used to level up.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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The codes are only good for a few seconds now, there's a plug-in you can download for chrome desktop that notifies you the second a code releases but it depends on how many people use it so you have to be quick about it. Go to chrome app store and search for the Ingress plugins, there's 2 of them but remember to go in settings and choose for notifications to be displayed in the top right corner. If you don't it will cover the area you have to type in the code.
There are a few places you can get info for the game, I just figured I would give the section a base location for XDA GS3 members to ask questiins and get answers that you don't have to go all over to find simple facts.
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Orical said:
The codes are only good for a few seconds now, there's a plug-in you can download for chrome desktop that notifies you the second a code releases but it depends on how many people use it so you have to be quick about it. Go to chrome app store and search for the Ingress plugins, there's 2 of them but remember to go in settings and choose for notifications to be displayed in the top right corner. If you don't it will cover the area you have to type in the code.
There are a few places you can get info for the game, I just figured I would give the section a base location for XDA GS3 members to ask questiins and get answers that you don't have to go all over to find simple facts.
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I can never get those dam codes to work!

The Archangel said:
I can never get those dam codes to work!
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Now you know why, 2 million people are trying to punch them in before everyone else.
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Orical said:
Now you know why, 2 million people are trying to punch them in before everyone else.
NRA Approved GS3
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I'm starting not to care about the codes

It took me about three weeks to get mine
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The Archangel said:
I'm starting not to care about the codes
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They were cool in the beginning because you got what you needed instead of hoping the farmed portals kick you back something. Now it's like pulling teeth to get anything from the portals and unless your one of those that enjoys decrypting code your kinda outta luck. Once in a while a code works but now that everyone gets the auto responses you'll be lucky to get a chance ti put ut in.
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I've noticed more people reporting that they are having a hard time getting portal keys so I'm gonna post this trick I learned a few weeks back.
You go to a portal you already have a key to and need another for that portal, make sure your just out of range to hack the target and drop the key you have for that portal. Give it at least one minute for the server to register that you dropped the key then back out of ingress, turn on ingress again and you should see the portal and the key close together , now make sure the target circle only boarders the portal and NOT the key you dropped and hack the portal you should get a key. Once you get it retreave the key you dropped. Now you have a second key to give to someone else.
I've been able to get up to 5 keys on the same portal it doesn't always cough up a key the first time you try it but it will by the second attempt because you don't have one in your items. Good hunting.
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Organize this website !!!

Seriously, this is one of the WORSE forums i've ever seen, when it comes to structure.
The content, on the other hand, is stupendous. Absolutely brilliant.
Back to the structure again. It's mildly unacceptable.
What beautiful mind came up with these 3 tabs ? "ALL DEVICES" "TOP DEVICES" and "NEWEST DEVICES" ??
Are we serious here? It's gruesome. Why do you guys keep them ?
Ok, let's say the answer is "we like them". Fair enough.
Let's try and search the forums. Holy crap, i have to scroll through a 2x2 list to find my device.
I'll have to blink my eyes SO FAST just to catch up a similar word to my device's name. Let it be
Samsung, Sony, Xperia, Nexus, Motorola or whatever you wish.
Guess what ? I did see the option "search subscribed forums" !! Very convenient...if only i could find out how to subscribe to one.
The structure of the forum looks like a tornado came by and put everything out of place.
Let's see...
General discussion (ok)
Marketplace (ok)
Drums rumbliing...
Windows 8
Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 8
Windows Mobile
Android Developemnt
...
...
Ubuntu
Firefox (wtf ?)
Chef central (i'm a cook btw)
..
The stupidity begins
HTC Leo
Nexus
HTC Legend
Desire
Supersonic
SONY XPERIA X10
Samsung Captivate
blah blah
Motorola Droid 2
HTC Aria
Motorola Droid X
You get the point.
Why not keep 6 forums and make all the other sub-forums ?
In example
General
Marketplace
Windows ---> Inside this forum all the sub-forums
Samsung --> All Samsung stuff
Sony --- > All Sony stuff
Motorola ---> All motorola stuff
blah blah blah
This website LAGS like watching a movie shot at 1 FPS.
Maybe you can COMPILE a kernel for the website so it won't lag and give us a special button
to "Boost MyXDA" with "Browsing Mode" "Patience Mode" and "Quit Mode".
That's all i had to say. I really don't care if it will have any impact on any aspect of the website.
I'm just speaking my mind. It might look like an endless speech of flame but it is for the best.
Great content whatsoever and you are wasting it.
P.S: Excuse my poor English,as they're not my native language.
Thanks for your time.
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I'm guessing you missed the little box that will take you straight to any device or the alternate layouts?
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face......

Well...anywho, maybe not the worst post to make up your 10.
Also, if you like it, take it..if not, then bye bye. It works for me pretty nicely.

K.A. said:
Well...anywho, maybe not the worst post to make up your 10.
Also, if you like it, take it..if not, then bye bye. It works for me pretty nicely.
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The way he came across may have seemed offensive, however, I consider this as constructive criticism. :angel:
Having designed several successful communities (I know.. every Tom, ****, and Harry think they're a web designer, but hear me out), I have to say I somewhat agree.. On one hand, there are some great features to deal with the organization problems, but on the other, it would take one admin about one day to reorganize the sub-forums without losing any data whatsoever. It's very simple to make your forum more organized, and all forum software I've worked with has that feature.
Nonetheless, as mentioned the forum's highlight is the amazing community, and the amazing content.. The forum works, so why mess with a good thing. *meh*

NFleck said:
The way he came across may have seemed offensive, however, I consider this as constructive criticism. :angel:
Having designed several successful communities (I know.. every Tom, ****, and Harry think they're a web designer, but hear me out), I have to say I somewhat agree.. On one hand, there are some great features to deal with the organization problems, but on the other, it would take one admin about one day to reorganize the sub-forums without losing any data whatsoever. It's very simple to make your forum more organized, and all forum software I've worked with has that feature.
Nonetheless, as mentioned the forum's highlight is the amazing community, and the amazing content.. The forum works, so why mess with a good thing. *meh*
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Yeah, I know, but as you said..its working, and has been for years. Agreed it may be a little unorganized but everyone's gotten used to it, so why change it?
Lol i'm still on the 2010 style.

I have to agree with the OP, the forums (layout wise) are an unorganized mess. The Galaxy S2 and S3 devices alone have like 10 different forums. Sure keep them separated but they should be sub-forums under a main S2 or S3 forum, same goes for other devices of course.

Thanks for the constructive criticism all, we welcome it!!
We actually put a ton of thought into the layout of the forum. We used to have it split up per manufacturer. Guess what, it doesn't make it any easier to browse the forum!
Most people look at one forum - and that is the forum for their device. They don't care about any other devices. We split up forums based on development. For example, the Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII doesn't use the same roms or kernels as the AT&T Samsung Galaxy SIII. Don't blame us or the manufacturers, blame the carriers who make the manufacturers create their own specific versions of their phones.
The best way to find your forum for your device is to use the device search at the top, or the box next to it which will search the entire site. It is pretty good at finding the forum you are looking for when you type in the device name.
I agree that having 2 search boxes is sub-optimal. We have a plan to fix that, but as with most things, its never easy.
Regarding the page load times, a lot of that is out of our hands and caused by the ads. You can switch to the 1024 theme which has fewer ads and loads faster, or contribute enough that we remove the ads for you. We are also considering a paid subscription to remove the ads.
Hope that answers your questions, please keep the feedback coming!

I think what you guys should do is remove all tabs on the front page except General. There's no point in having devices when you have the search box. Also, you can go to the control panel instead of subscribed tab, and compact tab just seems useless to me. Other than the front page I think the site is great.I agreed with this guy on how the front page is. When I first joined here, the site was too busy. Even though I've gotten used to it, it's still looks busy.

New to this forum, can I change the forum home page to have my devices (sgs3 and nexus 7) appear above all the others?
Or whats the easiest way to access those devices forum? I keep scrolling through twenty other phones to find mine and that cannot be the best way..
Thanks
NVM- I found out how to subsribe through use of the app... Awesome app! almost preferable to using the site forums

Narcan Man said:
New to this forum, can I change the forum home page to have my devices (sgs3 and nexus 7) appear above all the others?
Or whats the easiest way to access those devices forum? I keep scrolling through twenty other phones to find mine and that cannot be the best way..
Thanks
NVM- I found out how to subsribe through use of the app... Awesome app! almost preferable to using the site forums
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if you are on the main page www.xda-developers.com, just click on "forums" then there is a box at the top right. Start to type the name of your device and it will give you only those options that match the name.
for instance, I use the Galaxy Nexus forum a alot, what I do is go to the box and type "Galax..." and I already have it there to select with the other Galaxy Phones, or just type "nexus" etc...
I do the same for harder to find forums like Nexus One (currently using), HP TouchPad, HD2, etc... as well.
Because I frequent so many forums and switch phones on the regular, that search box is really the best way to go.
The thing is this forum supports SO many phones, many of them different only because of SoC (international Note / One X etc.. vs US variants) and they have to be split. if you use an N7000 Odin image on an i717, you are going to have problems. So no matter how they are arranged, it is likely that someone is going to want it changed.
The best advice I can give is to use the search bar I mentioned.

1.Bookmark
2.Subscribe
3.Device Search bar
That's it