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Hi all,
im new to this forum and i would just like to say reading this forum is most of a time a pain due to the amount of useless posting an irrelevant noise on most threads
alot of these threads with 20+ pages could really be alot more concise holding only relevant or important tech info.
it just seems you have to read page after page filtering out 90% of the posts for that 10% of tech goodness.
i guess what im hoping for is more nazi admin type behaviour or at least more flaming from the more senior members of the community, Im sure this is a problem all over these forums but it would be good if less crap was posted in the hermes sections.

And you post this off-topic rant in the WM6 forum?
Man, the irony is killing me.

i was referring to post not threads but now that you mention it theres alot of **** threads too.
what is irony and how do i install it.

First make sure your attention is properly connected to this thread. Then download and install Irony v2.0! It's obviously better than 1.2 and fixes alot of these error posts. lol

bleeding_edge said:
i was referring to post not threads but now that you mention it theres alot of **** threads too.
what is irony and how do i install it.
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Actually, if you knew better you would realize that the first post was ironic, your post is just lame sarcasm.
Great way to introduce yourself to the forum. By the way.
See, that is useful sarcasm.

bleeding_edge said:
i guess what im hoping for is more nazi admin type behaviour or at least more flaming from the more senior members of the community, Im sure this is a problem all over these forums but it would be good if less crap was posted in the hermes sections.
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Here's the problem.. How to deal with n00bs that don't know how to read:
1) Lock the thread.
* If you lock the thread, we'll simply get duplicated posts from the same person asking (obviously), "Why did you lock my post about the keyboard issue?!? I *still* can't get the keyboard to work right!"
2) Delete the posts/threads
* If you delete it, you'll get the same duplicated reaction as above. Plus, the requisite *****ing about how they feel hard-done-to because they were singled out! And, besides.. They were just helping others who had the same keyboard issue as them; after all, it's not posted anywhere else on the site!
3) Flame the crap out of them
* Humiliation works. If you humiliate people into submission, prior to posting on the forums, a to-be-useful member of this site will spend the time and read the collected knowledge that is to be found on here. Read and show any of us that you've even *tried* to understand, and you'll get a nice, helpful answer. Post stupidity, you'll get attacked. It's pretty easy.

Now I know who to direct my BRICKED-ANTI-PERSONEL-DEVICE when the time comes.

LegolasTheElf said:
...Read and show any of us that you've even *tried* to understand, and you'll get a nice, helpful answer.
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ROFLMFAO

I can agree with "bleeding_edge" to a certain extent.
Posts that resemble something like "Installing now", "Man, I just installed {insert 1-version-older rom here}", and my fav "Downloading now 20% done" (I just wish they would post every time the percent went up, that would really keep me better informed).
On the other hand today is April 3rd and "bleeding_edge" joined in April of 2007... so to be a member for 2 days and suggest that everyone be meaner to members from now on probably wont get you any friends here.
I think that everyone who makes post like the examples above should simply be shot, in the face.
Actually I think that they don't intend on flooding a thread, its just their excitement showing through. So perhaps if you are someone who makes posts like the ones I have above, and your reading this post, you could simply try to keep your posts relevant/on topic.
Later, Lew

i agree with the admin that it cant really be controlled without backlash,
the only thing that comes to mind is revoking posting rights from those who consistenly post unconstructive unhelpful crap. i could easily name 50 people who post in this section with nothing of use to anyone.
every thread contains crap its just here theres alot higher ratio of useless wow look at my post count banter in comparison to normal dev forums.
or pehaps the idea of not allowing people to post anything within the first month period of creating an account.
although my account in new and fresh i have been reading this board for a while, thus the cause for my outrageous noob style rant
i appologise to any long standing members this has offended i just feel its borderline out of control and something really should be said/done

closed this thread, very good points, but made a new thread and its a sticky...

Simple suggestion for forum improvement

Am I the only one that would like to see the date of the original posts of each thread, as we sift through hundreds of threads? The latest post date is shown, why not the original? I really don't care if someone posted something today to a thread that was started a year ago!
Being able to see the date a thread was started would give us an immediate idea of the relevance of a thread. I frequent the Hermes forum, for example. The ROM cookers often title their thread: "NEW" WM6 ROM xxx.xx.xx." Six months later because some newb has just joined the forum and posted the1035th reply, the thread pops up to first place in the listings, when it is really old news.
Am I missing something, or would this be good information to have available?
Ben

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BigBen said:
Am I the only one that would like to see the date of the original posts of each thread, as we sift through hundreds of threads? The latest post date is shown, why not the original? I really don't care if someone posted something today to a thread that was started a year ago!
Being able to see the date a thread was started would give us an immediate idea of the relevance of a thread. I frequent the Hermes forum, for example. The ROM cookers often title their thread: "NEW" WM6 ROM xxx.xx.xx." Six months later because some newb has just joined the forum and posted the1035th reply, the thread pops up to first place in the listings, when it is really old news.
Am I missing something, or would this be good information to have available?
Ben
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My vote on this, u sound quite logical.

Good idea...it would expidite finding relevant threads!

Kin Teardown

I was looking for more information on the Kin2 and the possibility of running anything else on it and stumbled across these links. I am not sure if they will help anyone but thought it is worth a shot. Unfortunately, I do not have any experience working with software development.
I am not allowed to post links to the sites yet but will email them to you if you are interested.

You should have just read the forum instead reading in other places.
It's the 4th time that the "ifixit" (and inside "chipworks") links are noticed and/or posted.... *yells inside*
Furthermore, you should have said "with hardware development" as that what they could be useful.

Teardown
Sorry. I am a newbie when it comes to forum etiquette. I will keep that in mind for the next time.

Suggestion - please read, don't flame :)

Hi everybody,
I was not sure where to post this so I will just put it in here.
This is a suggestion that I thought of a long time ago, but today I've decided to post it somewhere.
XDA is an excellent forum, which I visit on a daily basis. Even before we had the nice portal it was still fun to go and visit our devices and see if anything new had come out.
The thing that I unfortunately can't use XDA for very well, unless I open countless threads asking people for help, is when deciding if I should buy a phone.
Everytime I want to read a review, I need to go and get it somewhere else. The problem with other peoples reviews is that they never take into account custom ROM's and the community behind them, so if the phone comes with crappy software out of the box, they might negatively rate something that is actually very good.
Lately I have been following the SG2 forum, as that device has made me dream again . Pretty, Powerful and another word starting with P that I can't think of, but when I want to see how good it is, or any review I either browse 100s of threads and try to understand what do people complain about, or I give up and go and search on the net for a review, which I still think does not take into account the potential of the device (example HD2, you will not find a review of it running android, hehe).
To summarize: I suggest that each forum dedicated to a phone could have a nice review in the sickies, done by a member and rated by the community.
And please I am aware of the wiki, but I still don't think it is enough, as it's mostly specs and other things, not actual usage comparison or review.
Let me know what you think.
Good day to you all

This is an interesting point...I know of a few other forums that have a dedicated review forum or review threads.
I'll pop it in the "suggestion box"

I'm still somewhat of a newbie to xda, but the idea sounds great. I usually jump around to 5 or six sites looking for reliable reviews.
Would be nice to have member reviews from multiple angles of usability.

Well I'm glad that you've liked it. I am looking forward to see future development and hopefully I will not have to use other review sites in the future .
Regards to all.

good idea

That's great, I think Xda with many ppls can send out the information of mobile products.

Hi everybody, first I want to thank the admin orb3000 for moving the thread, I searched for the right place for the post, but no suggestion folder for the forum, that is why I have posted in in general.
And now on topic, we need to start reviewing our phones so they have something to sticky.
So good luck to you all, and I am looking forward to the results.

With all the threads that pop up asking "should I get this", I had thought about doing the same thing but never acted on it....maybe its time that I did
Great suggestion, definitely not "flame worthy"

Moderator question

I am sorry for starting a new thread but I am a new user on this site and I am using NRG's rom and would like to provide feedback.The site has a 10 post pre-requisite to post in developer forums. Is there any way to remove this early. I don't have too much to discuss on the forum otherwise.
Thanks for reading this.

Radiolotek said:
I am sorry for starting a new thread but I am a new user on this site and I am using NRG's rom and would like to provide feedback.The site has a 10 post pre-requisite to post in developer forums. Is there any way to remove this early. I don't have too much to discuss on the forum otherwise.
Thanks for reading this.
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There is no way to lower that, however, there no doubt is a General section where you can post regarding the ROM - also, where you might be able to post helping those who need help. You'll get to 10 posts in no time that way

Yeah I guess your right about that one. lol Fine!

Good call on asking politely instead of just spamming ten posts
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....

I generally like to be nice to the people that help others. Lol no point in pissing anyone off when I'm looking for answers. By the way you guys are awesome.