yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
This is XDA-Developers,

not

XDA-Phone-users, and the forum name says it best. As in any developer forum, RTFM should be rightfully expected from users. I am here to help people and that includes helping them HELP THEMSELVES. As it was once expected of us senior members to search for answers that were answered already, we in turn now expect the new generation of Android users to search.

In fact, Android was developed by Google [the world's largest SEARCH giant].

Search being the key word

. Search is such a big deal that every Android phone has a search button on it or built in to it. So this should provide you with incentive to actively use the search feature built into this and every other forum on the web.

I am not here to hurt your precious feelings, nor am I here to avoid at all costs the possibility that you're overly sensitive and tiptoe on eggshells to interact with you. At times my answers may be harsh or crass. But the way in which I deliver my answer depends much upon the way you deliver your question. Being a member in an adult forum means you are accountable for yourself. You are responsible for the way you act and interact. I am not here to assume you are smart or dumb. You will, in the end, reveal which best describes you by your posts. Think before you speak. Search before you ask. Read before you write.

Many developers and members are getting tired of seeing other members come into a thread and post a question that has been answered more times than we can count. Most answered right in the OP. Many more answered in the first few pages of a thread, or 29 other threads about the same thing your question pertains to.

By acting like a "n00b", you bring undo attention to the fact that you haven't searched and thus making many feel like you have no intention of even trying. Why should we try and help you when you show no motivation to help yourself? This aura of self-entitlement turns many of us off and kills your chances of getting any real help.

There are ways to ask for help. This does NOT include coming into a thread and demanding answers, or posting the question over and over, or creating multiple threads with he same question. These things will only make your stay here more volatile.

Many of us have been here or on other forums for a lot of years. There are certain 'road rules', things that may not be in writing but are understood on the web. Just like there are certain unwritten rules in life but are merely understood by those with common sense.

This isn't meant to single anyone out [hence no names mentioned] or spark anyone's desire to flame. It's a 'rough guide' as you will to helping members navigate their way around this DEVELOPER forum.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baboonsRus:
Amen. Well said. Nothing is more frustrating than coming here with the intention of helping people out, only to have the most efficient answer be "read the op"...I'm a user, not a developer; my contribution is to help those who need it when I can, but at least try to help yourself.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Thanks. Just see too much of it in here and it's becoming a huge problem. Dev's are thinking about leaving etc...

It's gotta stop.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiayq1986:
thanks，i learned……
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
My problem is that even I don't know where to post... all of my posts are development-related and from the mere existence of this topic I extrapolate that this sub-forum is for development-related Q&A, but the description really only lists "hacking-related" as a requirement... and hacking is a very broad term that may include anything from "How to get root permissions?" to "How do I create my own operating system based on Android?"

More precise descriptions for the sub-forums, along with a sticky that people could point to would go a long way, as would a larger number of moderators and a more intuitive way to request a topic to be moved.

Searching will only get you so far if all kinds of topics are intermixed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Just search the forum and you will find threads that suite your needs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Not really... try to search for something a bit more complex... let's say, information on how to allow an Android application to call UID-protected system functions and you'll quickly end up with a whole lot of threads... about 97% of which are not development-related. That's why we need clear guidelines on where questions are supposed to be asked... and stickes... and moderators...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
You should never post a question in a development forum. You should never post a question in a ROM thread..that is used for bug reports. Questions go in Q&A.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
But Q&A is borderline useless right now because it's spammed with non development-related questions... I get the impression I'm not clear enough about the problem:

When I have a question, I'm supposed to look for other people asking the same question first. BUT since the Q&A forum contains both user-questions, as well as developer-questions, any search performed will inevitably turn up both kinds of questions; usually with the user-questions making up the majority (which will BTW also prevent other devs from finding my question). That's because users don't know that this is a development Q&A forum. I know that now, but the majority of questions are asked by people who just quickly drop in for a question or two... expecting everybody to immediately understand the rules when they're not written down doesn't seem like a realistic approach. And by written down, I mean at the very least, a sticky in each forum.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
If you use the Q&A forum specific to your phone you get answers to your questions quickly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Look at my example question again... what would that have to do with my phone: It's a question about software development and the Android software stack in general, not a particular device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Oh, my fault!! Maybe you should start your own forum and hire 3,000 moderators then maybe you will get the support you need. :rolleyes:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
what does rtfm mean?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Read the F'n manual.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
I think we can stop the bickering about whether there is an issue right now... this thread was specifically created because there is one. And denying it isn't going to help.

Treating any suggestions to improve things as an attack doesn't produce solutions, just frustration. And I'm not talking about a thousand moderators, just maybe two or three per forum instead of one for every three.

Right now, I'd have to bend (bumping) or break (posting in the wrong forum) the rules to get any messages to the people that I want to reach... obviously a lot of people are doing just that, but to me that doesn't seem like a particularly good option.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
If you have a point to make I'm not sure what it is. Every device has four separate forums. General, questions, development and themes. If you can't fit your question into one of those device specific forums then you are worse off than I imagine. Maybe I give people too much credit assuming they have common sense. This thread was designed to bring a problem to public. Now people are coming in here and doing exactly what I said in the OP.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
The point is that it's frustrating to use the forums right now because the topics aren't properly sorted. People are posting device-specific issues all over the "Android Dev & Hacking" forums, because well, they don't know any better and that's a problem that has to be solved.

I'm not sure how to say it any simpler than that: Do you agree that having all kinds of posts mixed up is a bad thing? Because that's what's happening now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
No kidding. That's what this whole topic is about. Did you miss the point of the OP?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
And that's why I suggested clearer rules (and more visible) and more than one moderator... I don't really get where the issue is here?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Really people. Is it honestly that hard? Each and every device has its own forum. And in that forum there are four sub-forums. Precisely: Q&A, General, Dev and Themes. If one can't intelligently figure out that Questions go in the Q&A section, Development bugs and reporting go in the Dev section, General garbage goes in the General section and so on and so forth, then you honestly don't belong here.

You are the ones clogging these very forums and threads with your useless nonsense. As I stated in the OP, you are responsible for yourself here. You are expected to have some sort of common sense and discretion when posting and if you don't then honestly....good riddance. This is a Developer driven forum. If you can't understand what that means then go back to third grade, because you FAILED.

There IS a problem. It's people not being able to use their brains and some common sense and you are a burden to many of us here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
*sigh* Look at the number of threads I started. It's not about me.

The problem is, you're preaching to the choir here. You know where post belongs and so do I (by now), but the majority of users do not... we've tried the experiment of expecting people to realize everything on their own were things are supposed to go, but we can see that it doesn't work. Not without ANYguidance. Rooting has become mainstream and that means that you have to expect average users here, not just a mix of developers and linux hackers.

What would be wrong with a sticky?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
As for getting root permissions, that would go in the Q&A section of your device forum.

As for the creating your own OS based on Android, go into the development section of your device and ask a developer. Case closed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Then those 'average' users should go to another forum. Average users don't belong in a development forum. Advanced users belong in a dev focused forum. That's my feeling on it anyway. Ask almost any dev here and I'm sure they would almost 100% agree.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
As do I... but that's not the way it is, like it or not. It's not about what we wish for... we have to make do with reality.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
I have already spoken to a MOD about an idea. This is what I have so far. A button much like the 'thanks' button that would allow the OP or dev to hit a button that alerts the poster that their question has already been asked and answered. Like this:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
That could be part of a solution... see, now we're getting on the right track: looking for solutions instead of bickering about the problem :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
My idea was well received by the MOD. We'll see where it goes. As for now, I will continue to help the way I always have.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Like I said: sounds good to me. How about an info screen that can't be dismissed for thirty seconds when posting in a general forum for the first time, reminding users what the forum is for and maybe (this maybe a bit too much though, I'm not sure about that) telling him that his topic may get deleted if it obviously doesn't fit.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
How about this...click on the image.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Nice. I think I might even be tempted to do something like LMGTFY for this purpose :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Already did that in a few threads. In fact, almost used it on you for the permissions question.;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Believe me, I've googled and googled that already plenty of times... my latest attempt is building the Android app_process shell application and see what permissions anything sent through that inherits. Well, permissions is misleading... it's really about the UID, because that's what Android checks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
I couldn't resist:

http://www.tapper-ware.net/data/devel/web/apps/JS.LMSTFY/

the script is ugly and quickly hacked together, but it's easy to integrate and works even in IE6 and up... although I can't actually test if the cursor is hidden in IE, as the integration tools in the testing VM that Microsoft provides implement their own cursor logic.

The GOT THAT text may be a bit too much :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
What manual?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
It's a figure of speech. I will bite my tongue this one time. Next time....not so much.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
Wait what?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Yeah.... I don't get it either... it's a valid point that there aren't really any written rules, just a lot of assumptions that people are supposed to make.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
Exactly .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
I wish a MOD would lock this thread as the level of sheer stupidity has risen above flood stage.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
Lol, starting on the OP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
That coming from a member with 1900 posts and doesn't know what RTFM means! Thank you. You proved my point.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
Welcome to sarcasm land. Population : you. You proved your own point.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Here's something just for you!
[General Questions and Answers] jryan6879:
Can anyone help me find the best way/site to download movies that I can play while on a plane with no wifi connection? Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Bierce22:
The new android market or itunes maybe....
[General Questions and Answers] jryan6879:
yeah I did see that as an option, but wasn't sure if the movies on the android market were available offline once they were downloaded. I'm hoping someone has used this method and can shed some light on it. Thanks for the tip.
[General Questions and Answers] erraz:
Letmewatchthis.com
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soft pillowcase:
Posted this originally in one of the other DInc forums, but figured it would be better off here:

I've also been using Nils' Business Gingersense 1.6, and while I don't need the full pink theme you've made here, I was wondering how I could go about modifying some of the icons he has in the ROM...specifically the ones on the status bar.

I had used the kitchen to swap out a few icons, particularly the usb debugging icon that pops up when I connect the dinc to the computer, but I feel like other icons didn't take.

First I used the G7 HD Sense pack, and then subsequently tried the P7 Honeybread notification power icon set, thinking I had to use a different set to cover the icons that tend to be on the right side of the status bar.

I've attached a screenshot showing 2 of the colored icons currently in use by the ROM, as well as some of the ones from the kitchen which is what I'd like to use (typically monochrome, simple icons).

Basic issue: why are some of these icons not being replaced even after I flash an UOT kitchen file, and how can I go about fixing this?

HTC Incredible

Running Nils' Business Gingersense 1.6

CWM Recovery 3.0.0.7
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjcarter1254:
I'm curious also on this if anybody has insight cause doesn't seem like the status bar icons ever change when I use the kitchen.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rom-Addict:
ifur Rom is themed like miui or nils the changes tend not to take. Ucan use 7-zip to edit the PNG's in the framework-res manually. i think there's a thread in stickies

Inc
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soft pillowcase:
So if I modify the pngs correctly and replace the apk with something like es file manager, it should work when i reboot or something?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goldeneye877:
When using the UOT zip file, when in recovery, mount /system and /data under "mounts and storage" before flashing. This is the method I always have to use for flashing uot files and it works.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soft pillowcase:
I'll give this a shot! Thanks!

Update: That definitely did the trick, I was able to use the first icon pack that I wanted.
[HTC EVO 3D] wrasor7:
Does anyone else find that videos stop playing when 3G transmits?
[Atrix 4G General] msd24200:
Miui just tweeted this http://miuiandroid.com/2011/08/mi-one-features-dual-recovery-anti-brick/
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokokawi:
im still on the old 305 bb/rom...i have thought about putting a newer rom/bb like the 351.....but my phone is working good now....even with 1.9.0 on it,and the ro.ril hack.

what reason should i update....what better if any would i see.....please let me know....i really just want to mess with it....but it is running good now,so i really need some improvement to justify it.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdzo72:
Answer is pretty simple...

If you update to the latest BB, and theoretically use your phone in the exact same manner as you do now, then you will see improved battery life AND have a quicker phone when you do use it for apps... it's pretty much a no brainer
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
Does BB and ROM have to be identical? i.e. Can we flash the 354 BB on the 351 ROM? Would there be any potential benefit or drawback to doing so?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdzo72:
Well that used to be more of a commom practice, but a couple months ago TheManii suggested it wasn't such a good idea to flash parts of ROMs such as dsp and amss, etc... so what I suggest to you is for the best performance is:

Choose your ROM, 351 or 353

Flash stock recovery for the ROM you want to use

Download and place update.pkg of that ROM on your SD card

Flash the ROM, do a factory reset and let it boot

Download and have your custom ROM if you're gonna use one on your SD

Flash StreakMod and immediately boot into StreakMod

Flash your custom ROM (recommend StreakDroid or SimpleStreak (I use StreakDroid personally)

Let it boot and you should be trouble free, and all internal SD files and internal flash memory should now be in sync.

You should do all this with your phone at 100% battery.

You should see much better performance, no force closes and much better battery life, at least this was my experience
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin02:
From all of the discussion I have seen 354 is very little different than 351. The biggest difference is that 354 is customized for the Hong Kong region and has limited language support.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokokawi:
Thanks for the info.......im going to do this,and put the 351 on her.....and maybe go with 1.9.0 or simple streak......and wait till a complete and stable gingerbread custom rom is put out....if ever
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
also FYI: if you use a stock rom and your baseband doesnt match (ie bb354 with stock 351) you'll get the blinking leds issue.

This is by design in the rom as it complains that they dont match.

Custom roms have it disabled, they dont care what bb you have (though they should as old bbs are generally a bad thing)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davey818:
Manii i have a question, i got my phone from dell new rma'ed a week ago, it had 339 bb installed and android 2.2.1, i rooted it, put streakdroid on it and everything then flashed to the 351 amss.bin, now am i still suffering from depleted battery life doing this, or should i flash over the 351 rom itself, then nandroid back to my old save? or how would that work?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
first you shouldnt just flash the bb, you should use the entire update pkg,

and secondly that shouldnt directly be involved, did you factory reset before installing sd? it might be a config issue, it's likely more of a SD issue then a bb issue
[HTC EVO 3D] |Jason8|:
Hey guys!

I wanted to see how the different governors were working with my EVO 3D as they related to CPU load, screen state (on/off), and other scenarios. So, I wrote a quick batch file to be used with Windows and ADB. Basically once every second, it queries the device and displays the current CPU frequency in a command prompt. It's so simple, but 100% useful.

@echo off
:1
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe shell cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
ping localhost -n 2 > nul
GOTO 1

I'm on Windows 7 x64 and that's the default install location. Those of you on 32-bit operating systems will need to remove the " (x86)" from the adb path.

I've included a self-contained batch file that has the same thing I have in the code box up top as well as adb.exe. This should allow it to run on any Windows PC as long as it's extracted into the correct spot and USB debugging is enabled and the drivers are installed.
[HTC EVO 3D] Ripthulhu:
Great!

Thanks! I was searching for this
[HTC EVO 3D] Explore The Universe:
THX for tool
[Nook Color General] newellj79:
Can somebody suggest some settings for converting movies (avi and mkv) with handbreak using Ubuntu. I use it all the time in windows, but every video I convert in Ubuntu produces "sorry, this video can't be played". I've pretty switched from windows to Ubuntu with the exception of this. Thanks.
[Nook Color General] mraibb:
The Iphone handbrake preset should be compatible with the nook video player.
[Nook Color General] newellj79:
Will try right now. Thanx.
[Nook Color General] d00med:
Here's a preset for handbrake I picked up somewhere on this forum. Wasn't able to find the thread with a search.
[Nook Color General] newellj79:
The apple preset worked great. Will try the attached settings next. Thanks guys.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehusidic:
I'm wondering is there any way to hide folders or keep them from appearing in the 3d gallery? I use beautiful widgets and have a ton of skins on my SD card and they all appear in separate folders in the gallery which really bothers me when trying to find pictures or folders I need.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmason1015:
I don't know of any way to do this in the stock gallery.

Quickpic 1) allows you to do this, and b) is much faster than stock. It's what I use for both those reasons.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dastin1015:
Put an empty file named .nomedia in the folder you wish to hide pictures.

Sent from my HTC Hero making C.R.E.A.M.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
Yep. No media works every time.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehusidic:
Thanks guys ill give that a try
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmason1015:
Dang it! Forgot all about that! This is why lurkers should just lurk....
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
Lol Hell no pimpin. You recommended a good alternative to the built-in gallery and 3D. And it's a good recommendation to boot. So now they have two great things to add to their hero. :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user7618:
Methinks it the pr0nz that needs hidden, not bw skins.

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