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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
While I wasn't privy to what you are referring to, have to agree that in general this is a very true statement. I'm not taking sides here at all but in my experience this is a common concern across the boards, regardless of devices.

XDA is a development community but we would be nothing without a user base. We need to lead by example and do our best to be patient with those that are new to the game. We were all there once.

With that said, as a newer user you have a responsibility to research, read, search and read some more before you start asking questions that have been answered over and over again. I'm a patient guy and I love helping people that need help but it honestly does get a bit rough when people don't take the time to at least try to learn before bombarding you with questions about your ROM when the answers are in the OP. If the user would have taken the time to read they would have found what they were looking for. You have to understand that you are one of many people asking the same questions over and over again. So if your met in an unpleasant way, sometimes thats why. Not that it makes it right but maybe just a bit of insight.

We need to all work together and make this community worth participating in.

At the end of the day, all this stuff is about a phone. Trust me, there are much bigger and more important things in life to worry about than a phone......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Well hit 1ooo threads by the end of the week

But there is probably 1oooo post by now
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
You make a great point, but it doesn't matter. Someone could ask a question after spending days searching for an answer and still get flamed. These no way to know if someone has taken the time to search, so people that are really trying to learn and have put the time in themselves are getting lumped into the same group as those to lazy to use the search button.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fadetobolivia:
Actually, I was present in irc for the exchange.

I had the same confusion as daryelv with regards to the question he was asking, and it's not because "i cant red gud." In fact, if daryelv hadn't asked the question, then I wouldn't have flashed the rom due to the confusion. So I, for one, benefited from the clarification.

But when he pointed out the source of the confusion, he did get flamed and it did turn racist. It's too bad, because it was all really over an outdated sentence in the rom thread disclaimer, and it was pretty unnecessary.

I get the hard work that devs put into their projects; I wouldn't want to be bothered with dumb questions either. But there was a genuine confusion and a lack of receptiveness in hearing about it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] greengoldmello:
To be honest, douchebaggery is rampant at most android forums. Take a gender at the CM7 port for the touchpad thread at rootzwiki.

Ill credit it to the expansion of android
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
I had this very same discussion back in the Epic 4G forums earlier in the year. Something that everyone needs to understand is that the developers are no better than anyone else. Everyone in the community plays a role.

I would argue that the developers should be setting the example of how to conduct one's self and not fall victim to the god complex that has affected some of us. I always throw my friend k0nane under the bus at times like this not because of anything he has done wrong but because of the example he sets. He is easily one of the best developers I've met and yet he treats everyone with respect and affords them the dignity that they deserve.

There will always be a-holes out there but if you lower yourselves to there level than your no better than they are.

As developers, we need to remember that we are no better than anyone else. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect whether they are developing or simply asking an honest question.

Please remember that the Epic Touch 4G is only a phone. Life is way bigger than this and if the biggest thing you have to worry about is flashing a phone than count yourself lucky.

This is way to early in the cycle to have the forums going down the toilet. Take control back and lead by example. You should NOT be afraid to ask a question, especially if you tried to find the answer or simply need clarification.

While I'm far from the best developer I do always try to respond to everyone's questions and PM's. Hit my up on my blog and send me an email. I'll get back to you when I can. Please don't ever be afraid to ask me a question.

Let's keep this community moving forward.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Lonewuhf:
It's because all of these things have been answered, or there's a thread dedicated directly to it. It takes only a few seconds to search. I'm not a dev and I already find it irritating seeing 5 new threads about the same thing every day. If people would simply search on the forums, or even do a quick Google search, I'm 100% sure they'll find the answer to any questions about any of the topics you just brought up.

Theoretically, no devs aren't better than anyone else. Realistically, yes they are. They are the people who spend hundreds of hours (unpaid) doing something that directly benefits you. I'm sure they get hundreds of the same question every single day that they've answered already. If I were a dev, spending all my time doing something for other people, then get spammed with messages because someone is too lazy to spend a few seconds of their time (when I'm spending hours of my own) searching the forums, I'd get pissed too. Have you ever donated to a dev? Have you ever even said thank you for all of their hard work? Why are the only things devs get repetitive questions and complaints?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Anyone with questions about Odin, flashing, or need help finding an apk you accidentally deleted or just have a general question, PM me anytime. It wasn't very long ago that I had to search to see what root was. Ask anyone with an Epic..I will help out in any way I can so don't hesitate to ask. On a side note, I sure am glad ptfdmedic got an ET4G...pure class and he was the same way on the Epic threads as well. That's why everyone over there respects him so much.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] m_reyna_16:
i dont know what exactly happened in the IRC, buuut like someone posted earlier... there are two sides of the story so im not agreeing with anybody, BUT i will point this out...

the person asking the question was right in the sense of asking a question because s/he was confused... on the other other hand, i understand ppl here repeat a lot of questions that have an open thread on that very same subject and make devs inpatient but turning this into a racist argument was uncalled for in my opinion... what does being indian, even if the person asking the question isnt one, have to do with being confused?

seems silly to me, cuz being confused DOES NOT have anything to do with color or race! just my two cents....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
I don't understand why people have to make racial comments. Not just in Daryl's story but there are other instances I saw. Nobody is better than anyone else. We all come for the same reason. If u can't handle don't log on. It would make the thread less crowded if u answered that repetitive question instead of flaming them. If anyone has anyone questions that they want to ask they can pm me as well. I know JC will go out of his way as well as ptfdmedic. There are more as well.

The Evo3D Killer!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Lonewuhf:
No one said there aren't people out there that are helpful, but continuing to ask the same questions that are asked in threads pretty much daily when there's a search function is pretty frustrating.

I do agree that bringing anything racial (or anything offensive) was incredibly immature and wrong. There's absolutely no reason to be rude, but people to need to be more aware of how to get answers other than spamming devs with the same questions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
The search button isn't the greatest when you need to find out a specific detail about something minute. For instance, what if I wanted to know what particular RAM or kernel tweaks a dev put in and,the OP says "too many to list"? You can't use search for that. Also, some people are more busy than others. I would hope if I had a quick question and I didn't have time to read a whole thread, that someone would answer it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
Exactly. And when someone asks a question thatbis repetitive it would clog up the thread less if someone just answered and thy was it instead of a bunch of people flaming them and making ten useless posts.

The Evo3D Killer!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HaiKaiDo:
If you guys are looking for an IRC that you could use freely and could actually have staff with status and be in control of nickserv,chanserv,botserv Etc, Im currently hosting two projects from XDA on my multipurpose IRC server and if you would like I could offer up as many public and private rooms as needed. If this is something you might want just let me know and i can have it setup in about 5 seconds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] texasredrider:
What is irc? Is it a new rom?

Just kidding. Internet relay chat, i know. Just didnt know that irc was still used. I remember back when i had to actually physically place my home phone handset on my 300 baud modem just to dial up into compuserve to get on a bbs. This was pre modern internet on my commador 64. Remember Zork? Ok im done. Carry on....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Having to wait 20 seconds between searches contributes to the multiple question problem. If you don't know the exact phrase to get a useful result, it takes several minutes to find something useful... And a new user might not know he's got the wrong terminology.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmap516:
AGREED!

Insert mandatory extra characters to reach ten characters in a post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Erislover:
damn straight...

just to clarify, the damn straight refers to my gratitude and recognition for all the work the devs do. BUT, the b.s. bickering between, say, zedomax and roadragen...that's ridiculous. Still, I appreciate their work and like to imagine they'd be a lot cooler if non-tech forum members put in some effort, themselves, to - oh, I don't know - read the thread they're commenting on before commenting! (possible exceptions for any thread > 50 pages or any thread that I'm commenting on and haven't read)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ravizzle:
Im sorry to hear that people have had bad experiences on the IRC, i agree that some of the ppl do have short tempers on there, but u have no idea how many stupid/repetitive questions are asked so maybe when u asked its like the 10th time so it gets on their nerve

Also, google search is your friend: try searching using google advanced search, way better than xda searching

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=+site:http://xdaforums.com&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Blu3Fr0g:
Lurker

I lurk, often reading and learning. My first night lurking someone kept using an acronym that was not used in the New User post here. I could also find nothing related through google. So I asked in the channel, and the first person to respond said something about Google being my friend. Someone else posted a Let Me Google that for you link with the acronym in the search box. Only problem is that the acronym they were using was not referenced in the first 5 pages of the returned search. Even adding Android after or before the acronym returned nothing. It wasn't until someone said exactly what the acronym was that I was able to find anything relevant, but the entire time I was treated like an idiot and a n00b. I usually do search and try and find the answers before I ask questions, and only when my searches result in no fruitful answers do I go to a forum and ask questions of those who may know more then me. I find the IRC channel users to be rather annoying and self involved. IRC is a place to come and ask questions. I do IT support for my job and I can only imagine how my client's would respond if I told them to search first or responded with a Let Me Google that for you link. The sad part is the internet was NOT always like this when it was mostly nerds who used it, because true nerds go out of their way to not draw undo negative attention to themselves and to stave off controversy. I think it comes from all the wedgies and being stuffed in to lockers although the first person to try that to me realized rather quickly how big a mistake that was, but I digress. I have asked abeit simple questions several times in the channel and been totally ignored by people masturbating over the roms they have installed. I guess there is a part of me that thinks there are two types of people who help in a forum, those who do it because they like it and those who do it because it affords them a little bit of protection while allowing them to be abusive to noobs. This basically allows them to relive their high school glory of terrorizing Freshmen and nerds without any recourse because they wore a jock strap and played that major fall sport.

---------- Post added at 12:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 PM ----------

This is REALLY where a FAQ came from, the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS and maybe there should be one for Android, and one for our device? They could be kept on a bot in the channel and if done correctly the Bot could spit out the answers automatically when queried. This is how it used to be done back in the day, when real nerds ruled the net. :P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] viper786:
*you're

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Blu3Fr0g:
I laughed so hard, I think I peed my pants a little. Seriously. That was probably the most hysterical thing I have seen today. Thank you. :)
[Defy General] chomerfl:
I've been through the searches multiple times. Maybe I'm not hitting the right keywords?

Trying to find a simple solution to my new Defy. I would like as clean a Froyo as possible, my phone came with Froyo. However, I do need Wifi Calling to work as I'm sometimes in a wifi bunker with no cell reception and that's the only way for me to call out. Obviously... Tmobile USA. Also, already rooted and all that jazz.

Any ideas?
[Defy General] rawfire:
Devs are working so long to get wifi calling work on deblurred OR dev's roms.

So wait for them to show some work & keep your fingers crossed :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dma011881:
There is no market on the CM7 rom and I download a market apk but cannot get it to work. It keeps saying no account linked with device. Can anyone help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
you could try reading the first post of the CM7 thread.....
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ilkinansr92:
why be so mean lol just install Google apps http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Gapps#Google_Apps

Click thnx button if i helped =D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
because this thread wouldnt even exist if the OP had read the CM7 Original Post. why are you spoonfeeding those who need to take a little initiative?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filthyfnj24:
It's not being mean. In the long run he's helping people by making them actually read instead of posting dumb/obvious/already answered questions and getting flamed for it by some of the less kind members of the forum. Literally all he had to do was read the OP from which he downloaded the ROM. I would think you would want to read EVERYTHING before just flashing something on your phone.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eallan:
I get tons of lag with the built in swype keyboard and anything dealing with google voice.

Any clue what is going on?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chipo58:
Not wanting to be the guy that says "nah nah na-nah nah" but I use swype exclusively and google voice a.great bit. Have you changed any settings recently? Try stopping the swype and google voice services and rebooting.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] irsmurf:
I'm not experiencing lag in Google Voice with Swype. I use them together many times each day. Do you experience the same problem when you toggle back to the stock keyboard? Have you installed any third party keyboards or security apps that record key strokes?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eallan:
No strange apps here.

Tried uninstalling reinstalling flatting and stopping.

No idea what it could be.... I guess it its good you guys aren't having issues.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eallan:
Odd... I removed a couple keyboard (SwiftKey touchpal flext9) that weren't even "active" and it seems to have fixed it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] okashira:
Hmm..... ;)
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
On my evo i had twice the range my shift does. Idk if their is a booster to increase the range but its horrid. i have to be with in 15 feet of the router in order to actually get wifi which is stupid.

I dont think its my wifi router cause the settings are all the same as they were before when i had my evo.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakeatl:
I get great range.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
I have great range on mine. All the way to the backyard outside. Couple of things to check are, make sure your router isn't sitting on the floor. Also make sure there's not a bunch of stuff blocking the router ( like in front of it or around it ) . When I moved all the crap that was in front of my router. Then raised up onto a shelf, the range at which I could get signal from it increased dramatically.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
Personally I think i my old hero had better wifi range than my shift. With my Shift im lucky to get one bar in my bedroom, but with my Hero i had 2 bars in the same spot.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VICODAN:
Go to wifi settings -> menu -> advanced -> regulatory domain -> 14 channels -> wifi sleep policy -> never

Shift has 802.11n 2.4ghz. If you're still having problems run Wifi Analyzer and figure out your local network problems.

Shift does Wifi fine.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
Thanks, just followed the steps you gave me and it jumped to two bars.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
What rom r u using for those setting. I dont have part of the in supremesense V5
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VICODAN:
No problemo. Enjoy!
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
I am running Synergy Rom, and i also clicked the Best WiFi Performance and turned it on.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
Ok well i turned on the best performance and that didnt even increase the range.. the range still still sucks on this thing. but the speed when im actually AT my wireless router (so much for being wireless if im stuck with in 5 feet of it ) is pretty darn fast.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
Sounds like its your router or a problem with your ISP. You should for sure be able to connect further than 5 ft away. I would Download WiFi analyzer like VICODAN suggested.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
I did download that app but what am i suppose to do with it. The signal feed is total jumped high for a few secs but half the time even with 5 feet away it was very low on the bottom two bars of it. Is there a way to increase the range that my linksys cisco router gives off. Its not a cheaper router either i think i spent $150 on it like a couple months ago. Im gonna try a new rom, any suggestions as to picking CM7 or nightlies for better wifi cause i prefer wifi over crappy 3G anyday. Im currently on supremesense v5 but I just dont like the drop down notification bar in other roms, i like the sense version more.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
Cm7 are good roms, I would recommend synergy ROM if you like sense. I was having connection problems while I ran supreme sense v5 the other day, and with mikeshifted g, but no problems with synergy ROM.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
I was skeptical about trying synenergy due to how many issues i had on my evo, but i will try it here on the evo shift. Thank you.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
your welcomr. So far synergy ROM has ran great but just out of curiosity what problems did you have with synergy on the EVO
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
I had constant crashes on going back to home screen, Apps did not wanna load properly, and i did not recieve text messages alot of the time.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
I haven't had any problems like that yet and hopefully I won't, because so far this is a great ROM.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
I will give it a shot. so far i like the evo shift more in some aspects but this wifi thing on any rom is just dreadful... and its not just my Wireless router. its at my friends house too.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
I upgraded from the HTC hero and I had way WiFi better signal on it than on my shift but personally I like the shift over and phone Sprint offers right now. But back on subject you could go to Sprint and let them look at it and see if anything wrong but they would probably just blame it on being rooted.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VICODAN:
Change the channel on your wifi router.

Nightlies.

Instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1273867
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyhassen:
Ok well synenergy was a fail.... that rom only caused me to FC left and right even after reboot.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicksimmons336:
Wow. Sorry man wish it would've worked cause it truly is a great ROM(as long as it doesn't do what it did to you). Hopefully you had a backup and didn't lose anything.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VICODAN:
Also check this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17900632
[LG Optimus 3D] syberka:
Is it safe to update the phone when it is root?sorry for the spelling :D , but if you write it indifferent whether a software update from the position of the phone or disaster recovery software with ROOT? 2.3 update has come out and my O3D once landed in the service, except that if I had a root and CWM!

I just want to update your phone now and root V10b
[LG Optimus 3D] RootTheNoob:
No you must go back to your original stock rom and unroot your phone for the update to succeed and work properly.
[LG Optimus 3D] DevJackey:
Pretty sure you can update if you have root, but not if you have CWM.

not really too sure about what you're saying, but did you just say 2.3 update has come out?
[LG Optimus 3D] syberka:
Has come out in October! I ask what I can only update with ROOT
[LG Optimus 3D] adixtra:
Jak masz tylko rota to można(ja robiłem tak update), ale dla pewnościbym zrobiłbym unroot :)

If you have only root without CWm it is safe, but unroot is very fast :)
[LG Optimus 3D] nhariton:
How can I remove CWM from my phone?
[LG Optimus 3D] simns:
Just Try It :D

I would just give it a shot - there are tutorials on how to unbrick your phone and they are relatively straight forward - lucky there are no locks on this phone so that is a good thing :D
[LG Optimus 3D] darknite999:
So how exactly can we put the original recovery back on?
[LG Optimus 3D] kidkoala_uk:
I am not encouraging anyone but in my experience I have flashed many times using LG recovery with both root and CWM without any issues.
[LG Optimus 3D] edehahn:
But there might be a difference between restore and update. Update should try to keep your settings and restore should intentionally overwrite just everything in /system
[LG Optimus 3D] kidkoala_uk:
Personally I dont mind about settings being kept when I flash a new ROM, I start from scratch intentionally although that would not suit alot of people who would prefer to update is does not bother me. When you flash a new ROM through CWM you wipe the data prior to flash so you are not updating anyway.

Edit: Just to be clear I am not talking about updating but performing a full recovery to the latest ROM relased by your provider, I would not suggest anyone performs an update using LG tool with CWM installed.