Note: I'm not sure if this is the correct 100% section to post this, if its not please post it where it should be anywhere thats close to posting complaints on/about the forum..
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[SAMSUNG GALAXY S VIBRANT]It's BARELY moderated as far as us users notice. There are a bunch of flamers, trolls, and people who are just plain mean, and thread-stealer's.
We have yet to see any moderation from MMELO, i'm not sure if he's been busy, maybe on a vacation or something? but until he comes back or something, we need more moderation there.
The Vibrant section as far as i've been is probably the #1 section on this whole forum that should be titled "MEAN"
People are so mean there, fighting each other, of course us regular users try and stop it, but its not possible without some senior moderation helping us.
So i request that mmelo either tries and helps us out, or we get a new moderator because frankly, i'm sick of it, these newbies that come and do all this make us senior members that have been here for a while and understand society act mean as well. They intimidate us. They WANT a fight, and they know that they will not get any punishment, nothing.
There have been severe and destructive weather conditions where MMELO lives and it has affected him personally. He does have some but not full access currently.
We are aware of the situation and monitoring it. Meantime, as TheDeadCpu says, keep us informed of the more major things via the Report Post function.
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EDIT: Some additional Moderator cover has been set up.
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Good day mates....I'll be assisting mmelo during his absence...if you need me, PMme
Regards,
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Ok guys, Im sure everyone in the ROM comunity knows who evil1art is. From the S3 wicked series to S4 and now the N3. To his awesome themes. His computer is currently not in any good shape for development. that means no Wicked updates or cool themes to run on our devices.
This just simply wont do. He has and always works very hard to make sure we have amazing updates for our devices. So, I am asking all of you to come together. and help me make this bounty happen.
I ask that we all donate to him so he can buy a new pc and continue his work.
I will personally donate $5 towards this to get us started.
The total needed to get hom a pc he is able to develop on is:$800!
Every little bit helps
So here's how it works: post your amount and confirmation number in the thread and I'll add it to the op until we reach our goal.
Anything helps people!
animexsoldier $5 Confirmation 7EL09709P5514460M
Evil1Art and Wicked Need your help
DdronD4L said:
Ok guys, Im sure everyone in the ROM comunity knows who evil1art is. From the S3 wicked series to S4 and now the N3. To his awesome themes. His computer is currently not in any good shape for development. that means no Wicked updates or cool themes to run on our devices.
This just simply wont do. He has and always works very hard to make sure we have amazing updates for our devices. So, I am asking all of you to come together. and help me make this bounty happen.
I ask that we all donate to him so he can buy a new pc and continue his work.
I will personally donate $5 towards this to get us started.
The total needed to get hom a pc he is able to develop on is:$800!
Every little bit helps
So here's how it works: post your amount and confirmation number in the thread and I'll add it to the op until we reach our goal.
Anything helps people!
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:good:
done
5.00
Confirmation 7EL09709P5514460M
Sorry I can't do more atm car just got a ton of repairs :crying:
Thank you for all your hard work! Hope the donations roll in fast for you it is much deserved. :fingers-crossed:
Also you are my 1st donation ever lol and well worth more if I could afford it
5LW786791X6506125
Thanks for your hard work.
Bounties are not encouraged on XDA, however some have resulted in needed breakthroughs.
A legitimate bounty should be started by someone other than the recipient, preferably an established member of the community. The recipient should be aware of and endorse the bounty and agree to its purpose. A set goal should be announced and totals kept current. No money should be collected up front but pledged to be sent to the recipient's donation link once goal is reached.
Please stay within these guidelines.
This thread is not within these guidelines. If you want to donate to the developer, donate.
Otherwise bounties are strictly pledges. With that said this thread is closed.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation
To further clarify for those that cannot see the big picture:
As I stated to the OP if you want to donate to the developer to get a better computer then donate. We as a site cannot allow thousands of threads for every loyal member to post a bounty for their favorite dev to get better equipment. This site is not about money or support. It is a development site. I am sorry if you disagree. Why must there be threads for this when you can urge people to donate in his ROM threads? There have been bounties fro true development break throughs on this site: Bounties for unlocking bootloaders, for getting an established developer a device to unlock a bootloader....these are legitimate bounties for a development site. Again, apologies if you do not agree...but that is not what this site is for. Perhaps a G+ post would be a better place for that. No one wants to log in to check news on their device to see 30 bounty threads to get their favorite dev a phone, computer, medicine for their cat...what have you. That is why there are very few bounties tolerated.
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Has anyone done a bounty for unlocked bootloader for all i317x phones?
why?
-》Sent from my mind to your screen.
Bounties are not encouraged on XDA, however some have resulted in needed breakthroughs.
A legitimate bounty should be started by someone other than the recipient, preferably an established member of the community. The recipient should be aware of and endorse the bounty and agree to its purpose. A set goal should be announced and totals kept current. No money should be collected up front but pledged to be sent to the recipient's donation link once goal is reached. Please also note bounties should be for significant critical development projects, not to get your favorite developers a new toy....that is what their DONATE link is for.
Please stay within these guidelines.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
For now this thread closed.
EFM
Have a great day!
We all know that if someone makes a source code for our device (F/I/S/K/T/L/W8/FD) It will be easier to port it to non-international variants.
And I think that porting from one device to another will be easier too.
Ex:-Note5 to S6 to S6e to S6e+
You have to pay after we get a working source code. Now, you just have to post how much you can pay to the respective developer.
I have seen many pledge threads(almost every thread i have seen about bounty) making a big breakthrough in porting in XDA.
MODERATOR NOTE: Bounties are not encouraged on XDA, however some have resulted in needed breakthroughs.
A legitimate bounty should be started by someone other than the recipient, preferably an established member of the community. The recipient should be aware of and endorse the bounty and agree to its purpose. A set goal should be announced and totals kept current. No money should be collected up front but pledged to be sent to the recipient's donation link once goal is reached. Please also note bounties should be for significant critical development projects, not to get your favorite developers a new toy....that is what their DONATE link is for.
Please stay within these guidelines.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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By making this bounty I mean no disrespect for free-time developers but I think this will speed up the porting of AOSP based roms for our Galaxy S6 devices.
Some of the many examples available, if you still doubt this you can google for yourself.
S5
M9
Please go to this thread and show your support. Post your pledges in the thread attached
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