yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] Skander1998:
Alright, i am one of those people that seem to get on your nerves.

I'll tell you why, because there is a big and clear search button on your face in every page, you learned about it when registering and watching the registration video, and still refused to use it.

You asked a question that 2 million people asked before you, and still want members to waste their time and answer you AGAIN.

Use the search button = be happy.

Until then, don't expect everyone to be nice.
[About XDA developers] kainppc6700:
G L Reply

You never know. Each forum has its own set of good members, bad members, and downright annoying ones. If your device's forum has an excess of "downright annoying", there's not a whole lot you can do beside a) using a different website or b) crossing your fingers that you'll never have device specific questions.

It almost creates a whole new dimension on "device buying factors" :laugh:. You might wind up with a device whose XDA DEVELOPERS subforum is full of jerks. Thankfully, I got my questions answered before they tried to ban my account because they didn't like me, lol.

It's a tough spot to be in, and there's not a whole lot of advice I can give you on this other than "Good Luck".

- 2B
[About XDA developers] aka_bigred:
Unfortunately on the Internets, people can be jerks. The best thin you can do is ignore trolls and try to do as much research on your own as you can so that you sound like you've tried before asking for help. Nothing seems to bate a troll more than asking (what they consider to be) stupid/noob questions. I'm not saying it's right, just saying you can help avoid it yourself since you can't control other people.

Sorry you had a bad experience, but flaming the board to others essentially badmouths an entire community based on a small group's actions.
[About XDA developers] withbloodskies:
To the OP I understand completely and like someone said, people normally will live in different time zones. With that said it will usually take hours to respond with a answer..

For my nexus root, I asked questions before hand to Tiny* a great kernel dev who helped the droid incredible community. He had a nexus. Although his into was vague I went to the nexus forums and went to the toolkit/root area "Mskip" and asked some questions, they weren't actually answered and left me with the reaction as "okay, this community is actually stuck up".

So then from there I searched various YouTube videos and eventually found out using a toolkit is bad, I was about to use it. So I researched some more and eventually found a steady great adb guide.

I rooted without hassle and astonished after rooting and seeing some comments to others wanting to root. J

Just answer his question and don't be a jerk.. remember you were once in his shoes at one time. Each person wanting root I recommend adb root and give them the guide.

There is no reason to act snotty to others wanting help.

There is even a better way to help others "Team viewer" as this will help anyone not familiar with rooting or just don't know what to do.
[About XDA developers] khruska:
Nope. Haven't Seen That.

As a long-time troll of the site, I can honestly say that XDA is one of the most n00b-friendly forums out there. The technical information is easy to find. It's updated frequently, and there's a very supportive and vibrant community here that adds very real value to the technology we all use.

The site

DOES

require you to actually read and follow threads to get the information you want. That's a good thing, right? After all, we're all here to

learn

and the best way to do that is to be personally engaged in the process.

I see Devs and other forum members regularly direct people to useful threads or other site links to get them the information they're looking for. I've very rarely seen a flame from anyone on the site and if it does happen it's generally warranted. You can only answer the same "how do I get teh rootz" so often before someone gets set on fire.

The mods do set expectations for community users here. They make to read before you post. They only let new folks post in certain areas until they understand how the site works. I really wish more sites were like this.

If a user "gets it" and becomes a viable community member for this site they're going to get a great experience, learn some really cool stuff, and meet some really brilliant people.
[About XDA developers] cascabel:
+1

You can't be as noob as i was when i first joined. I knew literally nothing about android. Big diff from some of the noobs now? I joined xda to LEARN. Now i at least know java (which is a start). I can't make a rom from source (yet) but i'm getting there (still a long way though). Problem is a lot of new members join to ask questions that's been answered a dozen times before... and that's sad.

I do try to help out when i can, but lately i find myself reporting threads than actually answering the op's questions...

It's really not that hard to search (unless you'e on the app - if you are then you're probably screwed :p).
[About XDA developers] jugg1es:
the tapatalk app search function really isn't that bad, granted I think it misses some things, however if you search Google and stick XDA at the end you'll find almost everything.

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[About XDA developers] CurtisAndroid5:
Welcome to the internet.
[About XDA developers] AndroHero:
XDA is not a forum to help people, it is a forum for developers to share there work with eachother, we should feel honoured that the devs let people like us stick around, and share there knowledge with us. Rule number 1 is search before posting, and to be frank if you can not be bothered to take the time to type some words in google without creating another new thread on the same old subject, clogging up the forums for people who do follow the rules. You don't deserve help. XDA has a great bunch of people, respect them and they will respect you back.
[About XDA developers] Goku80:
well said sir:highfive:
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
You have got it completely wrong right there....Xda,never was/is is a help site.It was always a developer forum where developers share their work.You have got the whole concept wrong...And,editing out quotes to make it look like someone else is at fault,is just pathetic..

Insert witty sentence here
[About XDA developers] withbloodskies:
It may not have been a "help" site from the beginning but now that its grown and has a large community. Helping has become a norm for people wanting to enjoy rooting or the Developers work, sure asking for help maybe looked upon especially for some who don't offer to look before posting.

But coming back to the help topic, if the Developers never got feedback or help from anyone else XDA and other various site might not be what they are today. Our feedback definitely improves the site, ROMs, mods, almost anything this site and the developers use. Yes we should be happy most of the developers share their work with us all, I think that's where "Donations & Thanks" come into play.

If someone was to blindly go and ask a ETA, yeah I don't see an issue raging at the guy, the devs do deserve time off and time off to fix their life.

If you don't see this as a help site and a place for devs to unite in a friendly environment then you're in the wrong place.
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
You are right, helping is becoming more normal. I have no problem helping someone after they have shown that they tried to help themselves first. In the end this is not a support site. People are expected to put in the time and work to understand what they are doing. This is not the case most of the time and this is why people tend to get rude.

I have read that people think that without users there would be no reason for developers. This is the furthest from the truth. XDA was here long before most people even knew what a smart phone was and will be here for a long time to come as the leading site for developers to come and share knowledge and learn from each other.

Sent from the Bat Cave
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
Sorry but that's not I really wanted to say..Seems like I should have chosen my words more carefully :o

Insert witty sentence here
[About XDA developers] trevd:
You Guys, You've deleted the original thread I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, What made us classy ;)

Maybe It just needed to be phrased to the OP in 4chanSpeak "Moar Details or GTFO" :p

I too have no problem most of the time helping out, I do try to push people to existing guides and encourage use of the search sometimes with more force than necessary. I also often find myself "spying" previous posts of the poster before deciding to offer up any advice, a great feature BTW. Plus what is the logic behind asking before searching? especially with some of the more Impatient posters, surely searching gives that instant answer hit they crave.

What can you do? Make new members watch the noob video everytime they hit new thread? It does seem once is not enough for some, Maybe adding another step to the new thread process where the search box is the only thing on the page might also help to encourage the wanted behaviour

I think perhaps unconsciously I make my own personal development threads / mods intentionally more challenging to use especially when in development to attract a certain level of competence from those who are trying it out, Sure you get the requests for noob guides but I see it as If you want to play with the cool stuff first you've got to have done the leg work.

This is something I have seen banded about from time to time, which just shows a total misunderstanding of the motivation of most software developers especially in the open source community. However maybe XDA makes a rod for it's own back sometimes as there is a lot of focus on Custom Roms and often the threads for them carry very little in the way of actual technical development content. I have my own set of gripes about XDA mainly not being as hardcore developer focused as I'd like but you can't please all of the people all of the time and software developers less so, That's why we're software developers so we can please ourselves :laugh:

Trivia: I was once described as everything that was wrong with XDA.

If that's the case, let it never be right Maybe I should add that quote to my signature :laugh:

Thanks
[About XDA developers] ragz:
I can't even imagine how I ever would have learned and developed skills for flashing roms and such if not for XDA. You show me another site that has a 100th the amount of phone specific info that we have here. Sometimes we have to have a little thicker skin and an appreciation for almost instant feedback from knowledgable people who are after all human ! Thanks XDA..
[About XDA developers] Ghostfreak NB:
Well said there.....!!!

Totally agree......Hands down........Once anyone starts using XDA , there is no escaping it.....LOL

Its been not even 2 months or So.....for Me.but I am already quite addicted to it:cowboy:

Must say I give total credit to XDA for letting me know whatever i know today..

And To the OP..

I guess...sometimes It happens..just ignore :) and hope you Enjoy Xda like many of them....

Normally everyone around Here are friendly and Willing to Help :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
i cant install no roms every rom i put in stay stuck at boot screen doesnt freeze just hangs on boot what can i do???????:crying::crying::crying:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
are you s-on or s-off?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
s-on
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Need more info. What ROM.....S-on, S-Off......what recovery......you know. As much of a description of what you're working with as you can think of. How are you flashing, what had you done right before this happened if anything, etc., etc......
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
i was trying to install rubix senceless 4.0 , cyanogen mod 9 , bulletproof 1.1 and i have cwm recovery 5.5.0.4 and im just flashing all thru cwm Recovery it will install okay then once i reboot bulletproof rom will hang on the t-mobile mytouch 4g slide other roms like rubix and cyanogen will hang at the boot animation screen prob i did something wrong cause when i wanted to install a new fresh rom i thought formatting everything wont damage the phone but here is what i format

on cwm-based recovery5.5.0.4

wipe data/factory reset - passed but with an error E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2

wipe cache partition - passed

advanced/wipe dalvik cache wiped - passed

wipe battery stats - passed fix permissions - passed
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] K7Cobb:
This is why I have cwm v4.0.0.9
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
ok whyy?????

will this recovery fix my problem?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
damn this long no response is telling me i damaged my phone
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Have you by any chance tried out CWM 6.0 and decided to go back to 5.5.0.4? Did you extract the "boot.img" file from the ROM & fastboot flash boot boot.img thru ADB AFTER you flashed your ROM.zip file since you are S-On?

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You won't be too happy with 4.0.0.9 if you ever let your phone go COMPLETLY dead. It will brick it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
well im using the aio toolkit by hansoon

and the latest cwm is 5.0.2.7 for mt4gs
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Hasoon's toolkit is for unlocking, installing CWM & superuser if my memory serves me though. You can flash your ROMs thu recovery (CWM) but with S-On you will have to extract the "boot.img" file and flash it seperately thru ADB because HBoot will stop an unsigned file it sees as a Radio from flashing if S-On.

There ARE a couple of other versions of CWM....5.5.0.4 & 6.0.0.0. (6.0 has some REAL issues though and has bricked several phones so IF you notice it....don't USE it.)

This will explain it much better to you...... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
is there anything i can do to fix this problem cause i really need the phone :(

okay just now i flashed cwm ver 5.0.2.7 and before when i had it i had the option (mounts and storage menu)

i formatted the cache/data/sd-ext/system is that what i did wrong?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
If you flashed your ROM and then the boot image after you did that it shouldn't be a problem. Did you read the post above yours and answer those question though? Did you check the link I provided and understand fully what it was talking about? That is VERY important.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
can you explain step by step cause its not giving me details

i extracted just the boot.img from the rom put it in a new folder then copied the rom.zip file to the same new folder im not doing the command prompt right? please help sorry im a noob
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
do you have adb and fastboot setup?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=928370 - adb and fastboot the easy way
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
i dont think so
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
this is the step by step instructions

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if you dont you need to do this ASAP because when you are on you have to fastboot .img files to make it work im not too familiar as i am s-off. follow my first link to set up adb and fastboot then go to the link weekend posted. (which is stickied in the development section).
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Move your ROM.zip file to the root directory of your phone first. Then put the boot.img file in the root directory of your computer since it's already in the windows path. that's " C:\ " Since you already have Hasoon's toolkit installed we'll use that instead of putting you thru the ADB installation right now for time & simplicity's sake.

Go to Windows Explorer & navigate to the folder you have his toolkit in and copy the name of the folder down EXACTLY. Then you can pull up your command prompt window again. When it initiates it will say C:\ sumpthin....sumpthin...sumpthin. From there type CD\ and it will "change directory" back to C:\ THEN you can type cd\ "whatever you named the folder that has Hasoon's toolkit in it".

That will take you to that folder just like explorer will do. Just let it sit there for a second.

On your phone in Recovery you wipe user data/ factory reset 3 times then you can....

Wipe cache 3 times and toggle down to "Advanced"

That will take you to another screen where you will see "Dalvik Cache"

Wipe that 3 times as well.

Then hit "Go back" & return to the previous screen & select "install zip from SD card"

Once complete leave your phone sitting & still plugged in to the usb

NOW....go back to your computer and type....

reboot bootloader

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot reboot

Once your phone reboots, leave it alone for 5 minutes to let everything settle in and you should be "good to go".
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
If we can do it like this the first time it may keep him from going into sensory overload. LMAO! :D;)

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[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
Don't use 4.0 Xo Use Official from Rom Manager, or 5.5. Those two are the most stable. 4.0 won't allow charging while the phones off.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] karri0n:
If you're using hasoon's toolkit, you need to extract the boot.img from the rom.zip file, then put it in the folder "data\kernels" that comes with the toolkit.

After flashing your rom through recovery, open up hassoon's toolkit, and look for :

"flash your kernel

with this command"

highlight "with this command", then click "flash kernel".

If you read and understood the directions before starting, or even just went in order in his toolkit, you would not be having the problem. There are more than plenty of people who would refuse to help you with this, due to the fact that it's in the instructions for almost every rom, as well as the instructions for the toolkit, and the how to root posts, that you will need to flash your kernel separately if you're S-On.

It's fine to be a noob - everyone was one at some point, but there's a difference between being a noob and ignoring instructions. If you KNOW you're a noob, you should not take any action until you are confident that you fully understand the process you are about to follow. I came to this phone after running at least 10 different ROMS on a moto droid, and rooting and installing roms on several others' phones as well. I had not seen the need to flash a boot.img before, and I've only ever done S-off using Revolution. Before doing a SIINGLE thing, I read every post I could find that talked about rooting and installing roms, the difference in the process between installing on s-off and s-on, the pros and cons of using juopunutbear to gain s-off, and then re-read everything twice. It was only at that point that I felt like I was confident to start messing with things.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Hmmmmm. What it's telling ME is that the bottom line is you evidently didn't give a crap that anyone even TRIED to help you. THANKS!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] K7Cobb:
What do you mean. Do you mean while using cwm?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
That's my understanding, K7. It won't charge while off or in deep sleep and if your battery gets down to 0%, it won't come back up. If I were you I'd flash the last official release......CWM 5.0.2.7 It's given me NOOOO problems whatsoever.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] K7Cobb:
I thought that one was buggy? But will flash. Flash like a reg zip file?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
use rom manager

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[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
This is so funny :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
its funny cause its true
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
How does this myth survive to this day?

It won't.

I did a very in-depth and detailed analysis of this when it first came up. It can be found right here in the doubleshot forums if you go way back to the beginning of this devices life at xda.

I brought a bone-dry device back online repeatedly on this cwm, using the stock battery.

The doubleshot handles charging through software, there is no hardware charging circuit.

It was looked into, hard, by quite a few people way more learned then I - the consensus was that if phones were getting disabled if they ran out of power they would fix it, but after detailed analysis it was determined that this was not the case.

Not trying to jump all over you - but we should be striving here at xda to separate fact from fiction, and this is the one falsehood that bugs me more then any other to see repeated.

I am so exhausted, was just browsing till I passed out to get my brain working over techy doubleshot stuff while I slept - but couldn't let this fly without this reply.

If necessary sometime later I can link to the post - think it's like post 33 or so in the thread releasing revolutionary.

G'night all.

Sent from a digital distance.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
I stand corrected and gladly so. I agree that myths shouldn't be perpetuated and have never actually researched the issue. Thanks. :good:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
dude relax man im sorry i just get worried
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
i know i just wish for video tutorials but i tried doing this and still not booting from the boot.img
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
ok this is what ive done (but no success) i already have adb and fastboot whatever files

1 - i cleared everything out on cwm recovery wiped everything clean

2 - pulled out my sd card and made it external to transfer the ROM.zip file

3 - i made a copy on the ROM.zip file copied to my desktop

4 - opened the ROM.zip file and extracted the boot.img file

5 - removed the battery and went to bootloader mode (vol down + pwr)

6 - put the sd card back in with the ROM.zip file

7 - went to fastboot mode and plugged my usb in now its fastboot usb

8 - went to command prompt and started with C:/users/me> then typed cd/

then went to c:\> then i typed cd/ adb then went like this C:\adb>

9 - then typed fastboot flashboot THEN dragged the ROM boot.img into it and came out like this

C:\adb>fastboot flash boot "C:\Users\me\Desktop\boot.img"

10 - hit enter and it was flashing on the flashboot / bootloader everything went well successfully

11 - then i boot into cwm recovery and looked for the zip file and installed it

Results.................................................

PHONE STILL STUCK AT BOOTUP :(

please tell me if i did something wrong...... thanks and be nice plz
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
WHOOOOOOPS NEVERMIND :) the rom was corrupted so I flashed bulletproof with the directions above and it works thanks so much peeps now I learned sommething new and learned a lession thanks props to you all
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] smokeyser:
Congrats on getting it working. Don't forget to make a nandroid backup so you never have to worry about having an unbootable phone again!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
I apoligize too. I just got really frustrated when you didn't show back up & let us know how things were going for you. When you start trying to help someone you get a little involved. KWIM? ;)

I AM extemely glad that you finally got things going your way though and want to wish you all the future luck with your phone that's possible. ENJOY! :good:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] crimedave1987:
no prob weekend props for helping!!!!

anyways dude i have a question about your rom the rubix 4.0 i think i tryed flashing that and it freezes on the boot screen idk if your having the same issue or idk if you ever flashed it before or maybe my download came out currupted but i was wondering if you had an alternative link cause i think when i tried downloading it again the site is down ?? PM me if you like..