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[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
Jeez it's a site. I have no clue why you take it so seriously.

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] RastarNation:
Noobs, newbs, members, devs, mods, etc

Can't we all just get along??? :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] :
Because I was here when this place was a community of people who really wanted to learn more who wanted to contribute. Now its build us this, can you do this, sorry I didn't feel like searching, tl dr, fix my phone. Entitled worthless piles of crap wanting to do nothing. I'm mad because I miss the community and the way things were. Being able to share info and not wade through all the noons who can't even read the post before theirs. Won't read the op. I know you think so what ignore it but its not that simple when you are passionate about something. Its not the site its the sharing of info and getting more done without the people who don't get it.
[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
I can get behind that. However you have to have some patience. People do freak out when something goes wrong with their phone. And they have a right to.

I wish veteran members would be nicer to newer members. Hell, you don't have to say anything nice, just don't be rude. There's nothing wrong with simply saying "read the sticky" or "wrong section", you don't have to say "don't you ever search wrong section omg I'm tired of you damn noobs this is exactly what's wrong with xda"

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] dac1227:
What's great is that we can all have an opinion to call our own..... Some however have a family, hobbies, work ?perhaps?, to keep one occupied (the majority of the time). Some just have a cell phone. Yep. Just a cell phone....
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Just watched the new red dawn and its awesome. Definitely worth seeing...

Wolverines!!!!!
[Off-topic] stoopendis:
I think a lot of the problem is that there is a ton more android users nowadays.. Read about Samsungs sales figures! For every noob you had to deal with 3 years ago, there's like 1k now. It's just natural progression. Perhaps it's time for xda to restructure. Have like a devs only section. Other than that waffle.... You're going to give yourself a coronary one day! Chill out a little!
[Off-topic] cschmitt:
XDA needs a decent wiki for cataloging all of the knowledge that comes out of thread topics. Searching for solutions on this site stinks, and I'm no noob. Who wants to wade through hundreds of thread posts in order to gain the complete context of an issue? There is much room for improvement in making the knowledge accessible, then maybe the endless repeat questions would relent.
[Off-topic] plwalsh88:
The thing that you guys, and many others, fail to realize is that devs are people too. They have lives with work and families and children and other hobbies, etc etc etc. And they also freak out when something goes wrong with their phone. BMP7777 just posted yesterday in his ROM thread how he has 5 kids and works 60+ hrs/wk. And yet you don't see them jumping from thread to thread making requests of other people to make them a flashable or make them a battery mod or post an apk for them or wipe their butt for them. You also don't see them posting about every single issue they run into without even trying to solve it first (e.g. "Edit: a reboot solved it." duh.) When you mod or flash anything, it instantly becomes your responsibility to fix your own problems. Not the dev's just because he posted/created the zip. Yours. It's also not the dev's job to take requests or orders (unless he/she asks). He made all that stuff himself, so why can't you learn how to modify or personalize it yourself? Not having the time is not an excuse. Not having the knowledge is not an excuse. I rarely have the time to do anything but simply flash a zip. I also don't have as much knowledge as a dev. But do I go around asking other people to do the stuff for me? No. I wait until I do have the time to do it, or I keep an eye on the forum to see if someone posts it. The reason waffle gets so heated about this place is because there are too many invalid excuses thrown around. I'm not saying that everybody needs to learn as much as the devs know. But instead of, "hey can you include the inverted gapps in the next release because I think they look better?", you should try, "hey I found a bunch of threads for inverted gapps zips but I read that you are running them without a problem; can you tell me which zip you flashed so I can flash it myself?" Just a simple example, but it's all about the way new users (and some old) come across in their posts.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
We already have a wiki. The wiki needs to be maintained and updated by the users of the forum. Even then it really doesn't help all the repeat questions. It just makes it easier for senior members and devs to link the wiki instead of typing out a long answer that has already been said tons of times. Here's a link to the wiki for my old phone(Galaxy S 4G):

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G

As you can see a lot of work went into it. We still get stupid questions all the time. I think it's a great idea to update and maintain a wiki but it will not stop people from not searching. I've been a part of similar discussions on other forums and the simple truth is there is no way to end it. Some will search and you'll never hear a word from them because they find what they need and fix their problem. Others will not search either because of stupidity or laziness or worse both. These are the people that are the issue. It's human nature and not much any of us will be able to do to change.
[Off-topic] stoopendis:
I agree.. It makes me crazy when I see people asking for custom mods to existing roms. - ggggrrrrr! That to me is worse than asking noob questions.
[Off-topic] plwalsh88:
But it still boils down to the same root: an unwillingness to attempt to solve something yourself. You have a question, you should search first. You want to include a mod on your phone, you should try to make it yourself first. If after either of those you don't succeed, that's alright, just don't ask someone to do it for you. Instead, ask for guidance.

(Note: all of these "You"s are generic. Not YOU or anybody in specific.)
[Off-topic] hechoen:
Agreed. The problem is how to make everyone else who uses this board think the same way. Again it's more human nature than anything else. Take a look at the wiki I linked a few posts up. Then go to the SGS4G forum and look at all the dumb questions that are still asked even with that resource in place. Some people want things to be easy or done for them. Such is life. Maybe their should be a one week hold on being able to post anything once you sign up. I bet if that where to go into effect it would force people who have bricked to look for answers themselves instead of just posting the "NOOB NEEDS HELP! URGENT!!!!!!" thread.
[Off-topic] plwalsh88:
God I friggen hate thread titles like that. So idiotic. You posted in Q&A, obviously you need help with something.

But that's actually not a horrible idea. Because people usually make accounts because they need immediate help. I actually happened upon xda when GOOGLE SEARCHING for help after the official Froyo update soft bricked my Captivate. I didn't even know what a brick was back then, let alone a "soft brick". But I was able to revert back to stock Eclair and successfully flash the update without even making a single post. The only reason I made an account was so that I could download Odin and the tar that were attached to a post. It's mind boggling some of the things people feel the need to post about.
[Off-topic] mindmajick:
My first post was probably stupid. But, I thank the so called XDA "trolls" (not so). I was put in my place very quickly by people who made some good points
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
You know asking a question is one thing even asking a question that's been answered just two posts up is one thing but this generations willingness to want someone else to do for them while they sit on their ass is what gets me. Whatever happened to having a sense of accomplishment of doing something yourself or learning how to do something on your own. These guys would not have made it thru the college I went to. My instructors gave you a book, a computer, pointed you in the right direction gave you a project to complete and a time to have it done and that's it. No babysitting, holding your hand, or any of that stuff went on. You could ask any question they would answer it point you in the right direction and if you needed babysitting you got a lecture for about two hours on how it was college and if we needed elementary school teachers we should hire a tutor... and you got it on your own from that point or you failed... needless to say I graduated with a 3.8 GPA and a proud sense that I accomplished something.
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
Yeah, it's a terrible thing that every generation gets lazier and dumber. But as I've said before, natural selection will help out along the way.

So let the stupid stay stupid. Eventually, with them not knowing how to do anything for themselves in life, they will end up in the gutter or dead. Then again, Obama takes care of the stupid and lazy and we fund it. Dang, we just can't win. But that's what happens when idiots are allowed to vote.
[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
Because Obama is personally responsible for people asking dumb questions on a forum?

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] stoopendis:
Phuk!.... Politics again? See this is why nothing constructive gets done.... I guess we have to wait for some ultra right politicians to save xda from the unwashed commy hoards.
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
Indirectly, yes. He gives the lazy and stupid free handouts to afford these devices.
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
This thread turned sour. The conversation is now about cheddar logs and apple cider.
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
How about gummy bears and skittles?
[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
What about Arizona Tea and pizza?

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Nope dt mountain dew and peanut m&ms lol
[Off-topic] mindmajick:
MILK AND COOKIES!!!! NUM NUM :D
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Ohh we got to have some scooby snacks for my bulldogs to

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Now xcrazyd you know as well as I do the lazy isn't gonna vote Santa clause out of office....
[Off-topic] lazer77:
Just watched it last night. Was a good flick indeed.
[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
The pizza guy can't find my house, and now I'm standing out here with two flashlights. I might as well be working on a landing strip.

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] Brad.S.:
Sounds Fun! Too cold of fun for here in Colorado, but fun. :eek:

Refund for pizza being cold!

j/k j/k
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
So I flashed Orthus at 39,000 feet on my Skyrocket today, and it was running flawlessly until something happened restoring a Titanium Backup file. I'm thinking some system data from before my Rocket was restored to stock for repairs got in there, so it's reflash time here.
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
I'll have all of this
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Well damn I'm craving some m&ms. Peanut ones. I have the dt dew. Diet dew is my coffee lol.. me and my wife go thru 3 to 4 two liters a day lol...
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
Whoa! That's a lot of dew!
[Off-topic] roughneckboren:
Holy crap man.....i thought i loved the dew
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
I've gotta admit diet dew is my coffee. To survive the A.M. I have to have two things when I get up, diet dew, and a doral red. I'm also a flashaholic. I have to flash at least twice a week to survive my android cravings....
[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
Dew to you is like Lemonade flavored Arizona to me. Seriously, if I won a million dollars every dollar would be spent on cans of lemonade Arizona :D

And I've always wondered, do you ever find a rom you like? Or do you just have a standard one you run and you flash others?

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
I'm still stock right now on my s3. Kinda waiting on jellybean to see what comes out as far as roms then. I'm learning to use Ubuntu and studying on building roms so when this update comes out I'm gonna start playing with it and see what I can do with it... but for now I'm stock, rooted with twrp recovery and a few mods I did myself
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
According to reddit a new deluge of invites are about to roll out. If you signed up a bit ago, like I did, then you should be getting it in the next wave
[Off-topic] chinthekng:
Let's hope your right :p
[Off-topic] stoopendis:
Invites to what?
[Off-topic] chinthekng:
ingress its a game search it up on play store
[Off-topic] kchen96:
Hey guys kinda random, but I just got black ops 2 on xbox and I don't have gold. I went to live and went right into an online moshpit league play game? Checked my membership status and indeed I'm on xbox live Free! What's up with that? Haven't had gold for a while did something change? I can play online without gold?
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
Two things:

They have free weekends every now and then, odds are you just got lucky. I highly advise buying Xbox Live; it comes down to 14 cents a day.

Halo 4 > Blacks Ops (Call it blops from now on, just say it outloud; it's better.)
[Off-topic] mindmajick:
Thank you my friends the Canadians for coming up with "Todd and the Book of Pure Evil".

That is all. :D
[Off-topic] Brad.S.:
>:|

How do you guys ignore the depreciative people on here....

The liquid thread makes me want to try to become a MOD just so I can hand out infractions.

And try to change the way that XDA is quickly heading.
[Off-topic] prbassplayer:
You sir are sadly mistaken on how things work :) I can't say I haven't seen reports because I haven't had time since early afternoon to recheck. But ya report and let us do our jobs lol.

Sent from my SlimBean 4.2 Alpha powered Captivate
[Off-topic] kchen96:
Gonna go out on a limb here and say I dislike the way xcrazydx treats people and just his overall attitude on xda. Idk if you can ban him just on this or not but at least infraction? He could always create a new account but at least discourage him!
[Off-topic] RastarNation:
I finally got a sizeable external sd card I can do something with. It's 8GB its not much but it's a lot better than the 1GB is was using. I can finally free up some space on my internal sd. I feel happier already. :cool:
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
I'm not always a fan of how he handles noobs, but it's not without justification. The Skyrocket forum in particular is full of people who have no business touching anything on their phone except the power button. Not a week goes by here without one or two people panicking because they flashed a ROM from another device on their Skyrocket, and now they're hard-bricked. That is such a stupid, easily-preventable mistake that I have no sympathy for them. One mimute worth of reading the ROM thread's OP would have prevented it.

I salute those of you with unending patience, as well as those of you who haven't had a noob with a brick tell you it's your fault and you owe them a phone (why do you think I really stopped maintaining the wakelocks thread?). Me? I'm sick of it. I don't care if I hurt feelings; if someone bricked because they're stupid or lazy, I'll tell them as much. If someone's about to brick because they're stupid or lazy, I'll tell them that, too. Politeness, while commendable, does not often have the desired effect when dealing with someone who read just enough to find the Odin and CWM files, and now thinks they're a m4st3r hax0r as a result.
[Off-topic] kchen96:
Agreed. However just looking through his profile, it's not like he's even a developer or anything. He's just someone like me who's actually read through these forums, and understands to a moderate level how everything works, how to safely flash, and fix most of your problems without asking. This guy bags on anyone who he believes is below him and creates an uninviting vibe to the community
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
One does not have to be a dev to contribute greatly to the community and know their stuff. Just sayin'.
[Off-topic] kchen96:
True. I'm not a developer either. He doesn't contribute. Goes through threads and comments when people ask stupid questions

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Lol let's stop talking about this :)
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
I'm good with that. My big thing is just to step back and ask why people are "mean" to idiots who just fried their phone and people who come in expecting a personal tutor to answer the same 500 questions that have been answered 500 times already. Once you have a few dozen answers to that question, you'll know why some of us have zero sympathy and zero patience.

Read or brick; it really is that simple.
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Well xcrazydx has contributed alot in the past he just doesn't as much any more cause like tj said the least little thing that goes wrong someone thinks you owe them a phone when in truth they should not be flashing a camera much less a rom on a phone. Xcrazydx has helped me plenty of times and always been nice about it but I don't expect to be spoon fed either nor am I gonna blame anyone for my screw ups. And TJ that wakelock thread is awesome and has helped me out a bunch. I hate to hear you abandoned it but I can't blame you.....
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
Haha, hello there to my fans and stalkers!

Yeah I used to help a lot and try to guide people in the right direction. It gets old when no one is willing to take the next step. Yeah, I get angry and blast people. Oh well, love you too kchen!
[Off-topic] RastarNation:
In a sense the hostile treatment forced me to read before I asked questions. When I first snooped around this forum and saw some of the remarks it made not want to be the guy getting barked at. So I read for days(Still soft bricked lol) then read on some more until I fixed the issue myself(newb award). Even up to this day I hesitate to ask a question or address a concern due to the possible bad remarks I may receive, so as usual I just read on until solved. Never made a post and probably never will.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is that a little bit of harsh treatment isn't so bad at all. Imagine if everyone was nice on here oh what a mess this place would be.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
Man I love this thread. Noobs that don't read suck, idiots suck, winy crying *****y people suck. Point is some people have the Californian attitude of being peaceful and loving. Others have the NY City attitude of telling these people to piss off. It takes all kinds. I have to admit it is really enjoyable to tell people to piss off though. Carry on with solving XDA's problems my friends. lol
[Off-topic] Brad.S.:
Gah... Feel so dumb.

I went to the ATT store with my gf to check out phones

(I think I'm going to get her a red GS3 for Christmas)

.. Anyways, went to pick up the white GS3 and the Theft protection peripheral on the top just popped right off.

So here I am holding it, the alarm is going off like crazy, everyone in the store starts to cover their ears staring at me, and I'm looking at the reps waiting for someone to come tackle me..

To make matters worse the rep can't find his keys to turn the alarm off.. So I stood there in shame. For about three minutes.

Positive side: my gf couldn't decide which color she liked better. And seeing that the white one is now my enemy, I believe she likes the red more..

That's the story of my day. Anyone else have any great experiences today?
[Off-topic] roughneckboren:
I think its hilarious how all the apple fan boys think apple created all this stuff they are suing for. If you read the comments on the websites posting about the lawsuits, the comments by the fan boys will literally make you wanna punch a random stranger for speaking such stupidity. I know android didn't create a lot of stuff but they made improvements, just like apple, on a lot of things. And apple feels like they invented, not innovated. Idiots.
[Off-topic] mindmajick:
Everything was stolen by everyone. That's what innovation IS.

Intellectual patents are stupid in every way.

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[Off-topic] BaconStep:
Steve: the iPhone is 5 years ahead of its time.

He said that in 2007.
[Off-topic] Fortune090:
Yeah, if you count all their patent suits holding back other companies... Lol

Find this so far my best battery life. Understand A LOT of it is standby time, but hey, this thing can SLEEP.
[Off-topic] iandr0idos:
I would upload my screenshot, but this xda app won't let me for some reason.

I've gotten pretty close to that. 17% and 2d 8h
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
Every time I post, my app force closes. Its getting really annoying.
[Off-topic] BaconStep:
I got cs:go finally.
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
It has been a really quiet Friday. Random topic.........Anybody ever try to tie a mentos to a piece of thread, then drop mentos into the neck of pop bottle, screw the lid down, and cut the string flush to the lid, so the mentos and string are now hiddle by the cap?
[Off-topic] HelloJessicka:
Mine does also. Super annoying.
[Off-topic] HelloJessicka:
I am super bored, anyone want to chat it up on Kik? If so, my username is HelloJessicka

:o:D:(:what:
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
I didnt know KIK was still around. Is it ad free yet?
[Off-topic] BaconStep:
What the hell is kik
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
Its kinda like a chat or messenger thing, i guess. Its been so long since I used it. Ima reinstall out off curiousity. probably wont last long lol
[Off-topic] HelloJessicka:
Honestly, I don't know much, llast time I used a messenger I was 14 and it was aim haha

I saw kik in instagram so I downloaded it, used it like maybe twice, its not bad. As far as ads go, I don't know haha. SorrySorry
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
You just used the blasphemous word. That insta thing.
[Off-topic] HelloJessicka:
Lol, my bad.
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
We will forego any formalities and capital punishments since you are somewhat new around here. But repeat offenses.... I cannot guarantee anything.
[Off-topic] HelloJessicka:
Well, I managed to unbore myself with getting told off by a a-hole who hasn't gotten laid in over a year +
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
Hope that works out. On a side nite, what rom are you on?
[Off-topic] HelloJessicka:
Stock. Just got this phone a few weeks ago.

I've had so many in the last 6 months..its unreal lol

I need it rooted.
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
All I can say to that is, I have been thanked over 1,000 more times than you. Who's been more of a contributor?
[Off-topic] stoopendis:
:D. You get thanked by your buds for insulting people for gawd sakes! :D
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
I get thanked because I'm awesome!
[Off-topic] hechoen:
You can't base it on the number of thanks. It should be based on a post to thanks ratio or a percentage if you will. Here's the breakdown for the two of you

kchen96 10.9%

xcrazydx 28.7%

So as you can see you are indeed way more of a contributer. Now catch up to my 39.7%. lol
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
Back to cheddar logs and apple cider!!! BTW, I'm loving my new nexus 7. Still stock. I have ideas for it. But may keep it stock.

And BTW, I'm 41%
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
54.7%. Your move, bro. :p
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:


Look at all the helpfulness! Way to go guys! Well, except kchen, he hasn't helped anyone.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
I'm trying man I really am but people in the off topic thread are stingy with that thanks button. :cool: And nice percentage. Got a thanks for it.
[Off-topic] UZ7:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/50058129/ns/today-today_news/#.UL1KxWdpSli

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[Off-topic] sly-tendencies:
Are we really arguing over number of thanks? Are you 7 year olds arguing over the most gold stars on the board?

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Off-topic] xcrazydx:
No, it was a joke.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
LLOL. Who's arguing?
[Off-topic] stoopendis:
No this is pretty light hearted stuff really. The nasties start when the topic switches to Betty vs Wilma.
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
I don't care what you guys say, Pebbles was HOT in those '80s spinoffs when she was in college.