yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] timmytim:
I just got my Vivid yesterday and it's funny reading all this because I've also had a Captivate, Atrix, and LG Thrill and in

EVERY SINGLE

forum for those devices, there was at least 2-3 buttholes that had to ruin it for everyone!! Sadly, that's what XDA has come to IMHO.

I also have a Toshiba Thrive that I dev on. When I started on it I was asking questions in the Android Kitchen thread and I had a very well respected dev rip me hard because I bumped my thread. Sure, that irritates people but time passed and I felt that it was time to bump. BUT, he belittled me publicly and made me feel like such an ass for even having his "supreme" eyeballs see the words that I had typed.

I did some searching and found an entire community of very dedicated Thrive owners that took their development to another forum and 6/10 of them were bashed at XDA. I also took my development there. Do you know how frustrating and sad that it?

You cannot avoid it unfortunately. I've seen it from both members and dev's at XDA. This community rocks so hard but it's ridiculous that as a member you can't ask a question without fear of being bashed, you feel the need to talk **** to a dev that is working in his spare time on a ROM or MOD, and that the dev's feel the need to be an asshole because they hate answering the same questions twice.

Personally, I think that XDA should tighten it's stance on being an ass on both ends. Non-devs should be warned if they talk **** to or about a dev, then a several day ban if they continue it.

Some dev's should also have to have consequences. If you are tired of people asking you the same questions over and over, use your second post for a freaking Q&A for science's sake! Copy what a person asked then type your answer once. Done!

I dunno .........
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] shogunmark:
i don't want to derail this thread, but i did want to reply to this. We have tightened down, look around and you will find something called "Iron Fist". It was/is an initiative to help control the very stuff you are complaining about. Yes it is effective, however the mods are now ridiculed for doing so. In all of the forums you mention, when something starts to get out of hand or even if a mod tries to proactively handle something you will always see people make the comments, "not another mod problem" or "another mod on a power trip", etc.. (not saying there isnt some bad mods out there, everyone is entitled to their opinion)

Regular members and dev's all get banned equally. I personally did not ban WC or BC because i feel like that i may have mis-communicated the issue and caused the backlash. I do now know there was under lying issues that i was unaware of at the time i approached the issue. Had i known i would have approached the situation a little more cautiously.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] PakAttack1994:
Well I wish BC and WC best of luck in their future endeavors...didn't really follow the dramarama that happened but sad to see two developers leave XDA, regardless of the phone they were developing for. XDA should just ban people who talk ****, regardless if you're a dev, mod, or general member. Like timbrendelaz said, have the dev make his second post concerning all questions if they don't like answering questions all the time. This forum isn't meant to talk trash to one another so you can get an ego trip or get a hard on by belittling people. If you want to do that, go on facebook or something and waste someone else's time.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lebmb:
hey everyone,

so i've been around the xda block for a bit now, and about to pick up a vivid either tonight or tomorrow, and been going through the threads, and it's kinda disappointing to see what has happened.

I've known WC since the days of windows mobile on the HD2 and i was excited to see him on here, but was sad to see him gone.

he's had his website anyway, but this always felt like nice unifying place.

Wild Child, i don't know if you will see this, but bro, life goes on, **** happens, live and let go :)

I'll see you in another life brother (sorry i'm watching Lost again lol)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
Flicks snotball @lebmb:D:p:cool:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] kittykat858:
gave gsleon3 some kernel source code :)

....and im glad other forums outside of the 3D have drama... was starting to think it was all me :)

....not that drama is good...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Youssarian:
I don't have a whole lot to add to this discussion, but I did want to say that for the years I've been mostly lurking, Shogunmark has also always been a stand up XDA citizen in my humble view. It's an impossible job, I know. Running SysOp, or threads you can never win. Best you can do is try and be fair, run it your way, (From back in the BBS days.) and let the chips fall where they may. You do have to be kind of 'thick skinned' to be a moderator, or a business owner for that matter. It's a diverse community with a lot of opinions, but I like it that way. What makes a good manager is hearing all the opinions you can and then try to make a good decision.

I used to teach a class (Not my day job.) on the history of PCs and companies. Lord knows the industry has always been fraught with lawsuits and drama. THIS is why I like open-source and also why I like XDA. Although nothing wrong with making money, if you're good at it, the money will come. I'm not familiar with the details of the specifics of this particular instance, but I hope it all works out for everyone, including both developers and users alike. :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lebmb:
Thats the spirit lol
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] drwario:
Does anyone have a link to wild child's new forum ?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
I went on ahead and flashed my phone back to stock last night, will more than likely keep it that way from here on out. WC was more than likely ONE of the best things to happen to xda and with him gone now there's not a lot of good, solid support for this phone. When he put out a ROM you knew it was solid and stable and was going to do what it was supposed to do, hands down, everything for the most part worked. Simply put for the most part when he released his ROM he didn't have to release a to-do list with it, 99% of everything worked, LTE, 4G, icons etc...The ROMs he released stayed true the phones true form but with more speed. There weren't a lot of unwanted tweaks that caused problems later on down the line. I'll just wait for the ICS Sense 4.0 release from HTC OTA. With no support for the ROM anymore it's time to move on. It's been fun guys, enjoy your phones...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jgav71:
What are you talking about? He is still developing & supporting. You just have to go to his website... He still checks here as well.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
I've been to his site, there is no support for the Vivid on it. Or maybe I overlooked it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
You have to be a registered member of the site to see the vivid development section
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dizzyraider:
No need to be melodramatic and flash back to stock.... His latest release is plenty stable and perfect for daily use, not sure why you have to flash back to stock
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mobb315:
Lol I'm getting ready to flash the new build just posted rite now...tata til after the flash
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dbaser:
Same here... new release is up on his site...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
I really think you missed my point, WC's stuff is always solid stable builds all the time...I'm just afraid that this site won't be supporting the vivid much anymore at all. I went to his site logged in and didn't see any vivid builds at all.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] formicae:
Edit: Nevermind, misread.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
Did you activate your account via email?..if not youll not see it...its definitely there
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dizzyraider:
I know I know...what I was trying to say is that even IF he no longer provides support, I find that his latest (as of 2-23 version) is stable enough without the need of additional support.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
I was able to get into your site but it seems as though htc has removed the ability to unlock bootloader anymore from the site, must be because of the over the air update coming out soon.

---------- Post added at 08:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:12 PM ----------

Yeah I know, I can't unlock my bootloader anymore HTC has blocked the site for now, I guess the new OTA updates are about to start.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
why are you going back to htcdev every time you need to unlock bootloader?

you use the SAME bin file that they emailed you the first time.

you dont keep downloading new ones everytime.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dizzyraider:
the Unlock_code.bin from your first unlock will work, so if you have deleted that file, check to see if it is still in your mailbox.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
LOL....!!!! LMAO, just figured that out too, thanks, I'm unlocking it now...LOL, I need a drink...or maybe need to stop drinking...LOL
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
Or drink till you cant drink anymore,either way....:p:cool: in for a shocker:p....<<<Goes back to my cave for awhile...lol
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djfrost40:
WC, I thought you bailed on us man...LOL, I was ready to throw in the towel...LOL, glad you have your own site now...awesome!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mobb315:
Hey check my Sig...oh yea. He's def still doing his thing. This update is stupid fast

sent from wcx "bugatti" Rom...yea that fast 3-3-12
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] shogunmark:
i feel that things are back on track for the most part. Locking this thread so it can silently fade away. Thanks to everyone!
[Verizon Droid Charge] JWach:
Good Morning.

Does Titanium Backup save your text history? Will I loose it if I install a custom ROM?

Thanks.....
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
I believe there is an app on the market that you can download that will pack up all your sms history...

SENT FROM THE DOG POUND
[Verizon Droid Charge] PaulN64007:
You have to wipe data before you install a custom rom. So yes you will loose the texts. I don't use titanium for that. I use My Backup Root to backup my sms mms and call log. It works great for me. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupRoot
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Titanium can backup text/mms messages. I forget what it is stored under when you look at it to restore, but I have restored mine several times.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
I *think* it's "[SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.3.6". I'm not 100% positive, but it's definitely one of the green ones.

I have MyBackup Root, but I've never been able to make it work right. Even restoring only apps always causes a crapton of FC's for me. I personally think the interface blows as well...not nearly as granular as Titanium.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
Stop sexting.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jselden:
I use SMS backup and restore from the market. Has worked perfectly for me every time. It backs up every night and keeps the file on my SD card. Never know if my phone is going to screw up so I always have it running.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
[Verizon Droid Charge] charlie_c:
That's the right one. Restore data for it and then reboot.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nismology:
Does that save/restore MMS as well and is there one for the call log? Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Droid Charge] JWach:
Thanks...

Thanks to everyone who replied to my message.

Your knowledge really helped me out.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] azz72:
Hello all

I deleted my backups off my SD card and now I can't access recovery mode for some reason. How can I correct this...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dizzyraider:
Reflash recovery again through bootloader.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Daniel1411:
HellFire Sandwich v 1.2 vs EaglesBlood™ICS 4.0.3

what the best ICS room for G2X ?

tnx
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ala380:
No one can really tell you which is best, as it's all relative. They are both good so try them both out and decide what works best for you. I, personally, don't like these "which one is best" threads as it can be demeaning to the devs. They all work hard and they all deserve equal respect. You can't possibly know which one you like better unless you try them both/all :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
+1 to this... also each rom acts differently on each phone... so try them both and see for yourself
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tthaz86:
Both of them need more improvements in order to become stable ROMs.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
Ive have ran HFS 1.2 for 5 days now with no issues and not any FC's other then the HWA issues... bat is great and its a great alpha build for a 'daily driver' even tho its not branded as such, yet...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] RhynoNJ:
HellFire ICS 4.0.3

BIG THANKS to everyone who is involved from the USB drivers to the ROOTers to the ROM kings.

Downloaded this ROM and after several hours for the FIRST TIME EVER, rooted my G2X, installed CWM, installed this ROM and the GAPPS. Sweet, no I feel so much LESS amateurish.

First BOOT didn't take as long as I thought it would. SHUTDOWN and STARTUP (POWER-UP) are WAY faster than they were on 2.3.3.

Below are OBSERVATIONS not complaints:

I am not a developer, just a user. The interface is really cool (for lack of more technical terms). Video playback is REALLY CHOPPY when it was smooth on 2.3.3. and many of the videos won't even play. The other DOWNSIDE is my BATTERY is DEAD as HELL, been charging for 2 hours already and still only at 80%, with 2.3.3 the battery (which is extended life) would last for a day and a half.

I am in the process of downloading the EAGLES BLOOD version to make my own comparisons. From what I am reading both these ROMs need work BUT I don't know anything about that.

WHAT IS REALLY COOL is that LG doesn't even have ICS in the pipe for G2X yet and now it's on my phone - SWEET.

I so look forward to future updates and ROMs to keep us less talented in the GAME. Thanks again, Mark :)

AND Now I have SuperUser rights - don't know what that means yet either but I will try to learn!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] MWBehr:
You'll find them to be pretty similar. Video playback is a known issue for all ICS roms and will likely persist as an issue for a long time (quite possibly until we have a release/source from T-Mobile/LG). Also, you'll notice that some apps don't work too well yet (basically same issue as video playback).

Outside of that, the share the same source, but HFS v1.2 was build more recently, and therefor has the newest commits from Arcee. This includes things like setting data limits and switching storage between internal and external SD. Hell also baked in a facebook sync patch that may or may not be working for people (I haven't tried it, but heard some people had problems).

Further outside of that, each developer has added their own style to the rom. I believe, however, that Eaglesblood isn't due to get the majority of the customization that the other EB roms enjoy until the next release.

Hope that helps.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] IRASadPanda:
Right now none of the ICS ROMs are finished, so just use a GB ROM if you're new to flashing.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tidewaterns:
Agreed!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] blueeydtexan:
hellfire sandwich 1.2

I've been using it for a few days and seems very stable no FC yet but I would a reboot at least once a day.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] warlock257:
I've been debating on which ICS rom to go with (still on CM7 now)

Probably go with Hellfire because they are on the cusp of a new release, and it's apparently very good.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sobhambi:
Luvin the EB ICS

Been using the eb ics for two days now. It doesn't seem to consume as much battery as my previous rom (GB Weapon G2x) and that was a really good rom. Had to change to ics because i seemed to be having reboot issues and I longed for ics.

So far been having a few force closes but am still breaking it in. Seem to be having battery calibration problems as well, but i will give it time. I would say try them all. Max respect to the devs.:)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rarert:
I had EB and the 'Music' kept stopping. I installed HF and have not had 1 error.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] IRASadPanda:
Well first off, ICS ROMs for this phone are not finished yet and will give you many stability issues and compatibility issues. That being said, you won't know which one you like more unless you try out both of them for yourself.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] IRASadPanda:
You can't even use your camera, and there is no media acceleration.

So, no, it is not at all stable.

Sent from Narnia
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Hephzibah:
I was using Hellfire Sandwich v1.2 which has the facebook patch. The facebook patch works great. I had no problem with facebook. I loved it but where I work I don't get good cell reception and wifi calling doesn't work all the time.

---------- Post added at 07:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:54 PM ----------

I used HFS v1.2 for 2-3 weeks and the camera works perfectly fine. No problems with the camera FC. It will only force close if you try to take video with it. Hardware acceleration is also fixed for v1.2. HFS v1.2 was perfectly stable except for the FC on video and random drop outs on wifi calling.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Imagine if LG released the drivers... ICS would be working perfectly :/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] skataneric:
Been using Hellfire Sandwich since release. Here is my run down of what I see.

-Speed is good.

-Memory management works well but will cause FC because of more running processes then allowed.

-Paired with setCPU profiles I get insane battery life.Better then GB.

-Browser issues with flickering when rotating between portrait and landscape. Dolphin will FC as well.

-Bluetooth will drop out sometimes. Unsure if this is the phone or my headset.

-Browser does have video playback issue. YouTube and Netflix app works fine.

-No Widgets? Or I'm doing it wrong.

-No issues with any of my usual apps.

All I can think of at the moment. I use my phone casually for games and browsing.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jblah:
no widgets? you should always be able to use widgets. But remember with ICS you have to get widgets by scrolling to the right in the apps drawer. I can't get netflix to work..dunno how you got that..the sound works but not the video. youtube works fine.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dagcon:
My Review

As a normal user I can say Hellfire ICS is much better then EB's. In the aspect of

Speed is way better.

Less Laggs while opening apps

Faster browsing then EB's

Stucking issue is less in Hellfire

In short Hellfire's ICS :good: is faster then EagleBlood's :cowboy: as per me... (a normal user not a dev)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
Ice Cream Sandwich for Virtuous Affinity v2.05.0

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MOD includes

Full ICS theme

ICS animations

ICS fonts

Battery %

Blue overscroll effect

Always make a backup before trying anything new

Apply theme after first boot of rom

Reboot into recovery

Install from sd card

Wipe dalvik cache

Reboot

Enjoy

This mod is only for Virttuous Affinity 2.05.0

Downloads

ICS Virtuous Affinity 2.05.0

Any tips, tweaks, suggestions or ideas are very much appreciated.

Thanks to

he_stheone64 and Gunthermic for resources and helping me out

capez for Ics transitions

gIMpSTa for keyboard themes

Virtuous team for great ROM
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
Add ons

Add-ons

Click the picture to download

Flash through recovery

Whatsapp Fully Modded

(by Yorzua)

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Icons

(thanks to 6thEnvy)

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Keyboards

(Download & install)

(make your own here)

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USB screen

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[Desire HD Themes and Apps] janarp:
good work.. ;) maby u make elegant blue theme too for this rom???
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] brolee93:
Thanks good work .

have you screen of keyboard black ?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] stezo2k:
I love this theme, it's amazing how much different it looks

There's one thing that bothers me though, the messaging Icon is green and doesn't match the theme :( I know it's a standard ICS icon but it annoys me haha. I'm such a perfectionist :P

Oh and a black keyboard would be amazing :D
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] janarp:
+1 i noticed that too... maby blue icon is better or what??? =)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
By blue do u mean the original msg icon or the ics icon but in blue?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] stezo2k:
That looks great, any links?

Yeah the messaging icon is green, personally that bothers me as this theme is mainly blue. :P damn me being pedantic

Great work btw
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
The link is just under the theme's link in the OP
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] 6thEnvy:
Thanks very much for the Theme, Gives Sense 3.5 a new life.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] TwistedSanity666:
Will you be making this theme for RunnyDroid?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
looking forward to it but not in the mean time..
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] EazyVG:
No separate Skin .apk file or is it integrated in the .zip Theme file already?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] janarp:
icons in post 2 is awsome...=)

when u update ur theme with these addons??

black keyboard is beautiful too;)

---------- Post added at 02:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 PM ----------

u can use this skin also...

DOWNLOAD

this skin is made by he_stheone64
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
There is no skin.apk included. If. U want u can find it in he_stheone64's thread.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] qaliza:
Next update will be when i'm able to theme the htc widgets..
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] janarp:
ok then i cant wait next update... ;)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] jhester1967:
Can you theme the chomp sms icon to be blue like your add on you posted for the stock messaging app? Chomp has an ugly icon and blue would be awesome. This theme kicks ass
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
up until last week ET was working great. I finally sent my phone in because of overheating issues and now ET is not working quite right. I can browse the net OK but if I try and download anything or stream anything the connection will just stop.

I tried to download the new PC software and it got to 2megs and froze. Netflix has always worked great now it will play about 30 seconds of whatever I start then go to a buffer and not move.

Non rooted Rezound

Thanks for any help

Chris
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Have you tried the easy things like clearing data on easy tether? Reinstalling, etc...
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
I dumped the program and the folder off the phone and redownloaded it. I will try it in a while and see if that works any better.

Thanks

Chris
[HTC Rezound] phillybizzle:
I had this problem too, when you install easytether to your computer...and it asks if you want to install/update drivers click no...then it should give you a list of manufactures..click HTC and cross ur fingers
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
it never asked me about drivers. Tried it a couple of times and still have this issue

Any more thoughts??

Chris
[HTC Rezound] j0hnnyn:
Do you have any apps like juice defender that disables mobile connectivity while your screen is off?
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
no apps like that. This is driving me crazy!! LIke I said I can browse all day long but I can't stream anything

Chris
[HTC Rezound] phillybizzle:
Look into PDAnet muuch easier..and tons faster imo
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
Okay so I tried pdanet and it did the same thing. Could it be an issue with this phone?? If so how do I go about getting help from Verizon

FROM MY ROCKIN REZOUND
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
It is for sure the phone. Tried to use my desktop and it does the same thing. Guess I will try and get it exchanged. Oh yeah tried to master reset also with no joy

Chris
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monte0682:
Hello seems that a lot of people have this problem in 7.1 release. I read a lot about how to fix it but nothing works on my DHD, Should I downgrade to the previous stable release of Cyanogen? Can someone recommend a rom that is good out of the box? Thanks