[EVO 4G General] stanltod:
First off, I am not a dev, just an Evo user that appreciates all of the work being done to extend the life of our great phone. I am going to write this with the belief that I am speaking for a lot of us Evo users that don't get involved in all of the drama and arguing but just want progress to continue.

First, I will say for full disclosure that I am using JTG B4.0 and I really like it. Yes, it has some opportunities but it works for me and that is what matters to ME. Prior to using JTG 3.5 then 4.0 I was on CM7 and most recently, the 7.2 update which ran fantastic and fixed nearly every issue I was having with CM7 nightly 256.

I used to come to xda because it was "the source" for all things Android but unfortunately I have witnessed destructive drama here for 3 of my phones, two of those being Hero and Evo. It is really disappointing. So, I read this topic and one that preludedrew started earlier and I thought finally the healing has begun. Then, within about 2 posts THIS thread became NOTHING about the "Future Thoughts on ICS for the EVO" and all back to "he said she said" and a rehash of what took place the last few days and the OP defending JTG and his rom. mazda, please either get this thread back on track or close it. Those of us that have sat silent all get what has happened, we don't need to hear it again and even those criticizing others for name calling are turning around and name calling themselves. People who claim to be taking the high road aren't. I think Jared himself is for most part and his post is true about giving credit in his ROM post but disappointed that he then took a shot at preludedrew's post. I've read and seen where preludedrew says he has moved on past all that has happened and his post today was right on, everyone working together will benefit all of us. On the surface at least he has said he is cool with things now and just wants to see credit where it is due, which is very fair and is also what Jared said in this thread. It is mainly everyone ELSE that seems to be the problem and won't let go. Comments like "he get away with it" and all of the sniping here and even in the responses to preludedrews post do no one any good and only harm the future development for our Evo. Fact is, most of us don't know and don't care what is going on behind the scenes but I hope no one is proud of their public behavior. If these were paying jobs people would be fired. Believe me, I know and appreciate that thousands of volunteer hours are devoted by the devs etc.

troutman closed a thread because of his interpretation of xda rules and yes he stated them again for everyone. Well, maybe XDA has outlived its usefullness since everyone has abandoned ship like it was the Costa Concordia.

So, before people post, could you just stop one moment and ask yourself why you are about to post what are posting. Is it for the good of the community or is it to defend and/or attack someone. If it is the latter do us all a favor and hit delete instead of submit. I could name a handful of people that have tons of posts and not one of them contributed anything other than hate or sarcasm. We know who they are.

As I said, I use JTG B4.0 because it runs better than anything else I have tried and because it is getting harder to find any ROMs in progress. I will probably try CM9 if we ever see it. I like what Jared is doing but if he stopped developing for the Evo tomorrow I would start looking for the next one that continues to improve my Evo. I know it is about .1% probability but who wouldn't want to see a JTG/preludedrew/Deck/CM9 collaboration? For me and the silent majority we would all love that I think. Instead we have to read thru a bunch of drama, experience closed threads, follow on twitter, find or register on other sites, etc just to try to improve the experience on our phones.

Look, I don't care if everyone comes back to xda because it's a mess sometimes but man I wish there was a place where true collaboration occurred again. If every dev is in it for themselves, which seems to be more and more true every day, then it is a sad day for Android and open source. You know, I hate that htc does Sense, Sammy does Touchwiz, Moto does Blur, etc etc because that just slows down true progress in the name of greed and control by the vendors and carriers. But you know what, what has happened here amongst the devs who claim to be open source advocates is just as bad or worse.

When are the devs going to drop the BS and return to the reasons why this forum exists? When are the mods going to stop trying to control with petty actions and start trying to push creativity and collaboration?

Thanks for reading. If I have offended anyone that was not my intent. I just want what is best for thousands of Evo users.

The only dog I have in this fight is my Evo.