yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Here are the Rules as they pertain to off XDA sites: (So everyone can have a better idea of the regulations)

11. Don’t post with the intention of selling something.

Don’t use XDA to advertise your product or service. Proprietors of for-pay products or services, may use XDA to get feedback, provide beta access, or a free version of their product for XDA users and offer support, but not to post with the intention of selling. This includes promoting sites similar/substantially similar to XDA-Developers.com.

Do not post press releases, announcements, links to trial software, or commercial services. unless you’re posting an exclusive release for XDA-Developers.com.

Encouraging members to participate in forum activities on other phone related sites is prohibited.

Off-site downloads are permitted if the site is non-commercial and does not require registration.

Off-site downloads from sites requiring registration are NOT encouraged but may be permitted if the following conditions are met:

A) the site belongs to a member of XDA-Developers with at least 1500 posts and 2 years membership who actively maintains XDA-Developers' support thread(s) / posts, related to the download,

B) the site is a relatively small personal website without commercial advertising/links (i.e. not a competitor forum-based site with purposes and aims similar to those of XDA-Developers.com.)

You can read the complete rules list here.
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Yeah I forgot about that. Sorry. Long day.
[Epic 4G General] theimpaler747:
No problem, trust me, I understand :) Plus, devs will be able to interact directly with us mods in a private forum, so we'll be on the same page.
[Epic 4G General] lballer69:
Great thread I can't remember the last time I read a whole thread and wasn't looking for information .....great to c developers communicating in the open .............

Sent from my 1 ghz voodoo beast
[Epic 4G General] eslogic:
a greed. and yes, maybe something like " the Developers diaries" or something corney like that =] and agreed Iballer69
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
Will this show be on Cinemax late at night?

Seriously though, the more insight to what Devs do, the better... we all know its a ton of work, but it would be nice to know if a request is something that takes 5 mins or one that doubles your workload. I think you hit on this in the midnight thread... communication will also help dispell the Dev=God BS. As far as the off-site websites, lostandtired is not an inconvenience at all to navigate to check for updates etc... the only distraction is the home page, but thats the point, and its for a good cause :) As far as Bonsai, when the whole drama started, I tried to go download 4.0 or whatever out of curiosity to see just how bad it was, and honestly it did take as long as signing up for scamazon's app store just to get angry birds rio (which im sure they were paid well for by the movie people)... so I think making the downloads available either here, or quickly on the off site (given other xda rules are complied with of course) its not bad. I do like that you have dont have a separate forum on your site for midNIGHT, it keeps it all in one place, easy to find answers... and easy answers mean less questions posted. I think the downloads should be quickly accessible, as when I want to try another rom out, I go directly to the download, get it started, THEN start reading the thread/website... if I find its totally buggy (been a long time on that one) then I can abort the DL... just being efficient with my time, ive got a 4 year old who could care less about anything BUT angry birds on my phone.... oh and thanks for the ctrl+F tip... im a dum dum and never remember to use keyboard shortcuts...or the site:www.xda..... method in google. Dont flame dumb questions, either answer them and try to steer them the right way, or just flag and ignore it.... Im pretty sure its intimidating getting a PM from some guy called the impaler telling you to search or else when youre a newb on a forum.... :)
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Let's keep this community moving forward. Developers should lead by example.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I already see a lot of wonderfulness going on in this community. It was always like the Charlie Brown X-mas tree, just needed some love and attention.
[Epic 4G General] maxertx:
Agree with OP. I work for S and finally had the time to Invest and learn how to custom my phone. I had always heard XDA was the best place to go. So I did and have been learning and finding ways I can help out the community.

I have to say it worries me as a new member to even hit the reply button as I may get flamed for it. A lot of my co-workers are very interested in what I'm doing, and ask where they can go to learn and to be honest I say come to XDA to read, but go to this site (other forum) and ask questions because I don't them to get slammed for asking a question.

I know there are asshats out there..and this is just a part of life. People love drama and too cause it. We can only make or break a community.

This is coming from a fairly new member and I hope that the senior members read this and think about it. This is supposed to be the best community for dev's and new releases for phones.

One more thing and ill get off my soap box. I want to thank every dev, tester and member that puts there own personal time into this. Time is a valuable thing, and I can't thank you enough for the dedication you put into this.

Any spelling errors are on purpose and meant for comic relief.
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
I agree. People should feel free to ask questions. Try to find the answers on your own first, that's the best way learn. If you can't find it then please feel free to ask your your questions in ANY of my threads or send me a PM if your more comfortable.......
[Epic 4G General] maxertx:
I do...and I can't stress enough about the read read read! I have people at work that try to pay me to root/mob there phones. I don't and tell them to learn and read up on it because if there phone bricks...they need to know how to fix it. Plus I don't want to be there tech support. But now sitting here thinking bout it, I may just take the cash and donate to the dev I am using the rom theme from. I think ill try it, good way to help out. :-)
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
I think more people would step forward with their own development projects or ROM's if things weren't so intimidating. The fear of ridicule or being flamed is always there and it shouldn't be that way.

Thanks for being positive.......
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I also think this a place for a lot of semi-thick skinned people to be anonymously excellent at something, whether it be developing, supporting or theming. Lots of personalities.
[Epic 4G General] dreamsforgotten:
Agreed anyone struggling and need help feel free to pm me as well we need to enlarge the development of the Epic
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Another good example of a great developer...........
[Epic 4G General] dreamsforgotten:
Thanks Rob sorry for the late bump just saw this
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
If it weren't for Dreams, Rob, and Timberwolf, as well as some other members, I never would have been able to do the Dark Horse theme. These great developers have been great resources for me when I get stuck. Now I'm getting to where I can help other users as well.

Alot of people who have the Epic are on their first Android device and learning. As all of us learn, we will be able to take much of the knowledge we learn and apply it to future devices making development even better in the future.
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Not so bad yourself there Shane :)
[Epic 4G General] deano0714:
Some of the issues are people trying to get other people pissed on purpose cuz there 12 and on the internet they can do anything without getting beat up... we gotta stop that by sending out bans and when someone does say something to piss somone off just ignore it and brush it off, because its just a troll and if there not getting the attention they want eventually they will stop... just my 2 cents, thanks for this pfdmedic
[Epic 4G General] dreamsforgotten:
Thanks shane and like rob said, your doing a fine job yourself!
[Epic 4G General] daddy_droid:
Its not about the phone per say... Its about the phone creed people have with their phone.... Which is why I gotta upgrade to duel core flag ship. The evo 3d or samsung within gs2
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Isn't it kind of a good thing that the evo came first? I like to think of it as a good thing

I mean we have a problem with trolls flaming ect. But look at the evos forum, compared to theirs ours is a tight family(fights ad all incuded).

We have amazing devs and themers, and the fact that we have very few of both is insane considering how much options we have and great options at that.

Id like to get learn half the things these guys do, thanks for your time and devotion to the community.

Have a good day everyone :D

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abduljaffar:
It has come to my attention of the selfless, careless, callous, irritated,nazis,trolling trolls in this neck of the woods. Why everyone bicker, nag, insult and ride off to the sunset in high horses? If anyone asks a question in the general section, he gets chewed up and spat out in a loogie. Then trolled and insulted in how much of a idiot he/she/it is. If someone says a question about what rom to use, he gets banned for not searching with the broken search button in which almost 99.999% of the time comes out a no results. What's with you people? Is mah screaming to get out the basement?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
I dont know bro but im getting sick of it the only reason i still stick around here is for the developers and a few cool people which im one of them ;)

U just have to deal with 70% people *****ing and whining which to me is just stupid, i like ptfdmedic said in the other thread its just a phone.. all phones have issues and xda developers here develop and fix as many as possible

quite frankly im amazed, we have amazing roms,themes mods , just awesome.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Honestly, it's not that bad. It USED to be, but I haven't noticed it as much. Nothing can be done; you'll just have to live with it, unfortunately.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
its still pretty dam bad before it was like hell,

now its just a really really awful nightmare. :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Well, I usually avoid the Q&A section lol, so I don't really see the rude comments people are making. And, to make a point a point with the OP, I'm literally 14 (yeah, I know. What's a 14 year old doing on a site like this and hacking?), but my point is, I know better than to be rude toward others for asking dumb questions. Sure some are absurd, but really? Almost everyone who is new to this site might not understand some things, and asking questions is usually how people feel is the best way to get help. I'm not saying that they shouldn't do a LITTLE research before they ask questions, but it happens.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
i know the crap that people post on the internet for anything so much hate, i dont get it, like take this video for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

I dont like this song or video but people dont have to say such horrible crap..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Hah, before I pressed the link I knew it was that.

Well, being a teenager, I can say that our generation sucks :p. It's just a thing with a lot of kids that feel it is necessary to lower another's self-esteem to, you know, make themselves feel better. Or...they're just trolling. That's the internet, though. Kids are kids, obnoxious as ever. And I admit, I watched an interview of her with ABC talking about all the hate she's getting, and I respect her for being so calm about it. Even if she is bad, at least she tried her best, and in the end, she's the one who's making all the money.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Top Nurse:
Who knows why, but this isn't the first forum to degenerate this way. Usually it takes a lot of

careful

moderating to get it back in line. Heavy moderating tends to kill the golden goose.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
lmao, you know what sucks so much about that song is that its horrible and yet i find my self singing it dammit its stuck in my damn head. :o :mad: :(

those are all the emotions i feel when i get it stuck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
I know, right? As much as I hate it, it gets in your head...

Anyway, back on topic:

Complaining about the trolls here makes you no better than them (well, depends how much you're complaining). I'm sure we can do something about it, but an approach so blunt like in the OP might be worded incorrectly, even though it's 100% true.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Wow David that song was pretty bad. But not the girl. Acer I have to say for 14 you seem to have a pretty good head on your shoulders at 14. Keep it up and don't pay any attention to the negative things on this website.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lehalter:
I have already switched to G-Voice as my voice mail provider, but I was wondering what else is good about it? I love the text transcript of voice mails, but I do not know much about this program.

Why would you want to create a Google number? What are the perks?

What are some things that are not commonly known about it? Tricks? I have a feeling there are a bunch of things I do not know about it because I have not had enough time to really get into it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Basically a standard number, you can use it to make long distance calls, at a low rate, can even send texts.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lehalter:
If I am never anywhere near my minute allowance, there really is no benefit for me?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Not so much, but you can use it to send texts, and long distance calls. If you go in the settings you can configure it. Also, if you sign out on that phone, you can use it on another phone and keep your messages, I find it to be nice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
First, a word of warning. When you use Google Voice to make outgoing calls, it is considered a call to a landline. So you are eating your Anytime minutes when using this. So the unlimited mobile to mobile on any carrier option does not apply. Keep that in mind. Someone on these forums ended up with a $5000 bill. lol Luckily they got it reversed.

#1 Block callers

#2 Ring all numbers you designate

#3 Calls can come through Google Chat/Gmail

#4 Can give your GV number to people you don't like.

#5 Voicemail screening. You can screen people leaving a voicemail and decide to answer as they are leaving the message or just have it go through to voicemail. Although almost all my friends just hang up and decide to just blow my phone up instead -.-

#6 Listen to your VM on any computer with internet access.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Couple of things:

1) Free text messaging through GV. You get texts in the GV app on your EVO, through google.com/voice, and you can get them through the GV app on other devices.

2) Cheap international calling.

3) One phone number for multiple phones. I have GV set up so it can ring my work phone, cellphone, SIP number, Gmail chat widget, and home phone simultaneously, or on a schedule.

4) Don't need cell service to text, call, or get voicemails. This is extremely useful if you have a WiFi-only tablet or device, such as the upcoming WiFi Xoom. Also, if I'm in an area of the building at work where there's crap service, I can just turn on WiFi, connect, and get my texts through there, and use SIP to make/receive calls.

5) Everything is saved online. Texts, voicemails, and call logs are all on google.com/voice so if I switch ROMs or whatever, I don't have to worry about saving my texts, voicemails, call log, contacts, emails, apps... You get the point.

Basically, Google Voice + Google Sync + Gingerbread/Froyo = 100% backed up to the cloud. I honestly only keep Titanium Backup on my phone for restoring apps that aren't in the Market, convenience (decrypting and unpacking some gzip'd tars is a LOT faster than downloading via 3G), and I have a few apps I'd rather not lose the data for (Google Authenticator, Angry Bids, Launcher Pro, etc.).

6) Customized voicemails (my mom was amazed when I had separate voicemail messages for her, my stepdad, the house number, my boss, etc.)

7) Call screening (Really nifty for those folks who block their phone number, 800 numbers, etc)

8) Free visual voicemail!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
I got nailed using using one of the Google Voice callback free. Yes it eats minutes, but if you notice it is made by Xinlu and is not really google (same icon). This ap should be removed from the market and banned since it is not free. I have no idea how it can get 5 stars the rating on this is jacked. I have been tethering via usb and calling via ata ever since.

If you use GV via bowser it should be OK. I have not tried the real Google voice app. What is weird is that I posted a few threads on the google voice help and nevr really got a good answer. I am not sure if anybody realizes that there is a bastard GV out there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
It is free under the following conditions:

1) You use it to call your SIP number that has unlimited free incoming calls (such as Sipgate).

2) You have unlimited calling to/from specified numbers (Such as Sprint's call-home or w/e, T-Mobile/Verizon/whatever's MyFaves, My Five, etc.

Also, from the app's description in the Market:

Perhaps you should read more closely, neh?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flying_low:
Press 4 at any time to start recording the conversation
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twiz0r:
Is that true?

swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
Maybe you should not beleive everything you read there Gizmo.

And then what sip to sip to sip Haha ha

Better yet lets try it with 3G good one.

You ever try to sip anything there Gizmo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flying_low:
Have not used it but it's in the tips section
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
One thing is for sure is that you usually thank somebody and not flame them when they look out for somebody so they do not get burned. Senior members without a clue should also give thanks when a noob has to straighten them out and also apologize for being a flamer so we can get back on the question at hand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lehalter:
Thanks for all of this guys. I was already using it, but know about these other things is cool.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] travkk:
I love Google but had nothing but problems with voice....half the time or more it would say # disconnected and a host of other problems......shy away from voice in my opinion

Sent from my HERO200 running gingerbread....suck it sprint
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boliviano3:
I love everything about GV except for the lack of MMS :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
I think somebody thanked me but it is now gone. Thanks if you did.

Number porting

Vanity Numbers

Blacklisting .

Gizmo was awesome but it is now gone I hope it comes back.

I used many of these apps and there is a lot to go over here so send a thanks or other if you are interested. I just do not feel like adding any technical information since I got flamed. I can also tell you that I gave a thanks to the member that informed you guys about how it can eat minutes and I hope that you did the same. Personally I would stay away from the bogus market app that is not made by gogle. It used to be called GV free dial.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SeeDeezNuts:
I have a rooted Sprint HTC Evo and I installed the B.O.S. Liquid Metal ROM onto my phone and I was wondering how I would remove it to either download a new ROM or go back to the stock Evo. What steps should I take so I don't lose anything on my phone? I already backed-up my contacts.

Thank you and its much appreciated
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkurl:
Has anyone gotten this to work on the tab. I can surf the web via the stock browser but can't get market to work.

When i try to use opera mini it wont open a page neither can i access facebook application or market

anyone got any solutions to this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Livingsilver94:
Hi all!

This in my first thread in this forum :)

As in the title, I'd like to ask you if there's a way to merge mmssms.db files in a single file. I do a lot of backups and programs like MyBackup overwrite them everytime, furthermore I can't let other people to read them. I don't think is impossibile, in fact there's a script to merge iPhone's sms. Thanks a lot in advance!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Livingsilver94:
Nobody can help me?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korr92:
the mmssms.db is a SQLite Database. Google for "merge SQLite databases" and

you will find some results. It seems to be possible, although I can't tell you exactly

how to do it, because I don't know anything about SQLite databases.

But I can imagine opening one database and then copy the content of the other

databases and attach it to the first one should be a possible solution.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Livingsilver94:
I've already googled, and found anything good. I can't edit an SQL database via command line (SQLite is almost textual), and most little graphical editors are very limited. That's because I decided to write here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buntoo:
Looking for the same. How to compile mmssms.db files? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3g1z:
I'm trying to do the same thing has anyone found a decent solution?

SMS Backup & Restore lets me save it as XML on the sd card, then restore nandroid to a rom with other SMS and use SMS Backup again there, it adds to the existing XML file on your sd card.. so that would work, but I was hoping for something quicker than having to restore 6 different nandroids run a program and then go back.

I feel like there must be a way to just add the contents of one mmssms.db to another but not sure what software would allow me to do that.

I have extracted 6 different mmssms.db files from my nandroid backups and have them sitting in a folder now.... hmm what next
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crzyruski:
Found an Online solution?

I found an online solution: https://smsmerge.homedns.org/

The PHP source is here: https://smsmerge.homedns.org/?source=1

I haven't tried it because I'm not a fan of online tools for such personal data so I am waiting for an offline solution.

Ideas:

-Maybe an APK that can seek out *.db files and merge them, possibly seeking out NANDROID backups.

-Otherwise a bash script will do too.

Anyone want to take a swing at this?

I'm willing to collaborate
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arnold.1441:
I know it's been a couple of months,

but has a solution been found???