[About XDA developers] mikef:
Mod edit: Thread closed as many information are void and obsolete since the transition to Xenforo. Please check the threads that are stuck at the top of this forum

and especially this comprehensive guide of our RC @sd_shadow:

[Index] How to Navigate the XDA Forum

[INDEX] How to Navigate the XDA Forum Welcome, this thread has been created to encompass everything you may need to navigate the XDA Forum. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank you"...

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Oswald Boelcke, Senior Moderator

This guide is intended to be a starting point for noobs New Users to teach you how to

start out on XDA and have a good experience and be good XDA community members. :D

XDA is a great place where you can learn a lot about how to make your phone better, have fun talking to

other smart people about your phone and the Android OS or Windows Phone OS, and maybe be

recognized for your efforts. But first there are a few things you need to know about XDA.

I suggest bookmarking any of the links below which might seem helpful since chances are in the future

it will be helpful to you or to someone else and you will have it bookmarked. :D

~~~Getting Started~~~

First, please start here by registering.

This enables you to post questions and helpful replies to other people's questions and get thanks.

~~~The Rules~~~

Like anything in life, there are rules here.

Here is the short version. Please:

Here is the full version. XDA Forum Rules

Moderators (mods) enforce the rules when necessary. Getting a Moderators help

If you are having problems with XDA or need assistance from an admin for things like name changes,

please check here: XDA Contacts & Help

[Guideline] Behaviour on XDA

~~~Reading~~~

The best way to start is not by posting, it is by reading. Read, search, read, search.

If you read an answer that looks helpful or answers a question you might have, bookmark it, and

when you see someone else ask that question you will have the answer for them plus a supporting link.

"Always read lots post little" - mo976

I strongly encourage reading ALL of the stickied notes and guides in the About xda-developers.com subforum,

as well as the stickied guides in your device forums.

The stickied guides are pinned to the top of the subforum, you can see a little thumbtack icon to the left.

They are always at the top of the subforum view, even if other threads have newer posts in them.

You might be thinking "What, that's too much!?" or TLDR (too long, didn't read).

It is a lot, true...a lot of very valuable information, questions answered, problems solved,

collected and organized and right there for you to read and learn without having to work to search for it

.

Many people have put in countless hours of their personal time to enter in this knowledge

for you to learn it and apply it successfully to your XDA experience and phone, and the mods

have put them at the top of the subforum pages so you don't have to work to find them.

Please don't waste their time or yours.

I know a lot of you are just using the XDA app or Tapatalk or Forum Runner and are not on the website.

This might help: [HOW TO]Make The Most Of The XDA App

~~~Searching~~~

When you have a question you don't know the answer to, don't post a new thread when you could post a

question in a relevant open thread, and don't post a question when a few minutes reading and searching

will not only give you an answer, but a feeling of accomplishment that you were able to find it yourself,

and the confidence to remember and repeat the answer with the link to the thread or post with that

answer when you see someone else post that question you didn't have to.

Consider the question you are going to post, pick out the keywords and type them into the search box.

Try a few different searches with slightly different words.

New Members Guide-Get the most out of XDA!!

Search guide video

Help Your Threads Get More Search Hits with Better Titles and Tags! (and improve the XDA search functionality for free!)

Thread naming guide

You can also search XDA with Google. Just add this to your search terms.

site:xda-developers.com

If you aren't sure what a term or acronym means, check this excellent Glossary by benjamingwynn or

stempox's very helpful guide Terms Android.

If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed and wondering if you are in over your head, this excellent guide by iElvis

can help you decide. So You Want to Root and Mod Your HTC One X/XL

I highly recommend it for all new users as the content is not specific to the One X/XL despite the title.

[GUIDE] - XDA New User Guide - Getting started on XDA - Part 2