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[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
I can assure you, reporting posts IS the answer. ;) Well, part of it anyway....

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
[About XDA developers] Nigeldg:
I'm feeling quite guilty now, especially seeing as you're a HD2 dev primarily (well from what I can gather at least) :o Well, hopefully you don't mean me :p

Anyway, I completely agree with what you're saying though, and I personally feel that increasing the 10 post limit would do some good, but evidently that isn't going to happen. Hopefully someone will eventually come up with some sort of clever solution here.
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
How should the forum moderators and administrators protect dev threads better and more effectively than by using the 10-post rule?

When a user signes up for xda, there are no other "easy" ways of getting his/her (technical) skills and experiences.

The moderators and forum administrators use something very easy to messure - a special number of posts.

I don't want to discuss the number itself.

Only when we can suggest something different, what is also very easy to messure and what can be used better to protect dev threads, then we have a chance to convince some xda staff and initiate a change ... maybe ... sometime.

Ok, I could imagine a kind of multiple choice test with some questions about smartphones/tablets/operations systems/etc. (generic but with a little bit techical background).

Yes, it would make the sign-up-process longer and more complex.

But such a test could reflect better the skills and experiences of a new user and it could be automatically evaluated in order to give a new user a kind of pre-state (such as Junior/Senior), so that user with good scores (Seniors) can directly post in dev threads, and only users with low scores (Juniors) still have to write x posts before getting a "higher" state - like it is now.

So, what are your ideas?
[About XDA developers] Nigeldg:
I genuinely have no ideas except for increasing the 10 post rule to 25 posts. Tbh the post numbering system simply works most of the time, but at the same time 10 posts isn't difficult to spam to if you're clever about it. Using different forums (probably off-topic mostly) you can do it without being caught. Whilst 25 posts would still be easy to achieve for anyone who already has the knowledge to be able to post in the dev area, it's also virtually impossible to get to by spamming.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
Off topic is easy to get caught in because for the most part, it's just the regulars. Also, OT has a fair few mods floating around all the time.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
I have looked at ideas like this before. The questions need to be unique though, which is the challenge... Otherwise a site will spring up with all the answers to the whole question bank...

I can make a quiz where sharing answers is physically impossible, because everyone gets a new question never seen before... But I won't go into details as the precise details would reduce the impact it would have...

But there are technical solutions to the problem - it's more a question of trying to work out how to implement it, and if it would actually help...

Maybe these people would pass the test I'm thinking of - they are able to flash roms and stuff, so they're not going to fail easily...
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
@pulser_g2 I have an idea (actually the PM code in your sig gave it to me :) )

Maybe if the users were shown a small section of code (different each time ofcourse - I realise this would involve some work but bear with me) in a simple syntax, maybe flash actionscript or java and having a syntax error. The user would then be asked to identify/correct the syntax and type out (or copy/paste and then make the correction) the correct code.

If it was right, then this is a good way of identifying potential developers. Also many coders know that they need to read before doing stuff and are more likely to use the search function. Therefore I suggest these people get put onto the current system for posting (10 posts before dev fora posting rights).

The users that get it wrong are more likely to spam/troll/flame and post repeat questions. Therefore I suggest these users go onto a slightly different system with maybe 25 posts (as suggested beforehand) to get dev fora posting rights.

Ok, I know there are flaws, but apart from your idea of a quiz - which I think would take a fair amount of time to set up and get rolling - its the best solution I can come up with...
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
I still have doubts regarding the reporting system...but u guys don't talk of how it's done :( as seen here.

If i want to report a 10 post spammer should i choose "Other - Urgent" or "Other - Non Urgent" or "Maintenance"? Does it even matter? Maybe a separate reason "10 Post Spammer" will do good.

As for the matter in hand can there be another option "No0b"? It can be used for reporting no0bs and who demand stuff or are a nuisance in the dev thread so they can be handed a "Special Edition 10 post limit"....or an infraction does the same? (No idea, never got one :confused:)

I would also suggest a couple of other reporting reasons "Troll" and "Thanks Whore".

Does the reason chosen have an effect on the way a post is flagged(or gets noticed)?

A little info regarding this might make moderating easy for u guys.
[About XDA developers] tonyp:
I second all points made in the first post.

The problem is well aware to everyone - I think there's just a good solution missing - probably because there is no really good one.

It tends to get frustrating sometimes - we got good mods who usually help out pretty fast if things get totally out of hands, but they can't control the entire amount of nagging little posts.

There are lots of things discussed all the time. I think the upcoming up/down vote buttons on each post could work quite well, if what I heard is true and a post gets collapsed (hidden) once it reachs a certain amount of negative votes.

There are drawbacks to solutions like raising the 10 post limit or introducing challenges. Besides that it will still be able to overcome it it does annoy good people (yes, they do exist!) as well. Image a member of the CM team who wants to post something but has to go through a challenge of tasks before - he will probably just skip it.

I don't really like Jonnys idea as well. There are lots of people who have no idea about programming who make valuable posts to my dev thread (who have some of these ultra rare skills - like how to use logcat..). Or there are themers / porters, they might have developed knowledge about decompiling and changing resource files, but have never seen a for-each-loop.

xda-

developers

.com has to be about developers, and somehow needs to protect them from the mass of users. So if anyone has a real killer-idea it would be great..

It's really a difficult topic.. but as there are lots of good guys who already left xda because of the "annoying noob masses" it might be good to do something against that tendency.
[About XDA developers] :
I agree xda used to be a haven for those who wanted to learn. Now it's a help desk and with the apps report feature being gone it's tough as switching to web is very time consuming. I love this site and the info contained, but at this point it burned me out from wanting to actively develop, port, or mod anything. I've watched alot of good guys leave because of this noob overflow, it's really sad.:(
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Non-urgent doesn't mean we don't look at them right away and take action as necessary. :) Choosing the right reasons when reporting does matter. I would suggest posting any requests for new reasons in the (requests) From the Users to the Mods & Admins thread. For the 10 post spammers I would say "Other - Non urgent" and enter "10 post spammer" for the message field.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
PeartFan40 explains it a little better here.
[About XDA developers] kennypow3rs:
I talk about off topic stuff so what wanna fight about it? Lol
[About XDA developers] :
Yes lol
[About XDA developers] Sine.:
And I second all your points too (no more thx for today)

IHMO restraining too much the entry could be nefaste, you have to let people come in to learn and become the next devs. Beside that, I've seen many time some amazing contributions from users with less than ten posts, sometime their first one.

A little bit OT, the frustrating thing about reporting is that we must wait 60 seconds between each of them.

Lurking a lot in about any forum ("New posts" is certainly the link I use the most here), I only wish it could be a way to be assigned the right to bypass or reduce this limitation. I understand it come with the risk of abuse from some, but at least for RC or RD it could be useful.

<same disclaimer than Rick>
[About XDA developers] :
Update

Long time since I posted here (and on my own device forum). Actually since then it hasn't become better.

Our device lacks a good forum moderator and the crap and noobs are everywhere.

Also lots of "request" threads: claiming for this or that without trying yourself.

This really isn't a great and enthousiastic community anymore (at least in my device forum), luckily more important things then an android phone :D
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
One of the problem though of "cheaper" devices is that you will find more noobs spread throughout the forum in a higher concentration than on higher end devices...

It's a shame, but it is a general trend I've noticed.
[About XDA developers] klin1344:
Also, popular devices with a large user base, such as the gs3, will also have more noobs simply because its a popular device and many people own it. Noobs are everywhere, you can't stop them..:p
[About XDA developers] undercover:
You can't win. Cheaper or more expensive device-you'll have noobs (the bad meaning of it). And it will get worse. Has anyone seen Android growth recently? Don't even look, it'll spoil your day.

From discussions with mods, I understood that all the options have been explored before. XDA is as good as it can get with such a massive userbase. Each forum has mods attached that keep it as clean as possible, but they can't overlook everything tbh.

I created a help thread for my device in the hope that it will contain spread of repetitive questions. It does do the job to an extent. Kudos to all the guys that spend their time helping out. Unfortunately, ignorant people still create a new thread right UNDER it (it's a stickie). What i tend to do is, unless it's an interesting or unique case, completely ignore it. Fight ignorance with ignorance? That could in fact work. If someone asks a question that has been answered a page or two back in the dev thread, why not just ignore it? He'll ask again. Ignore it. He'll get fed up with asking and will start looking if he REALLY needs an answer. If he doesn't start looking, well, it's wasn't that important to start with.

I can see how XDA could set up and run "Ignore the ignorance campaign". It can potentially improve things a bit.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
I agree that ignoring those particular type of posts could work, but the main problem would be trying to get others to do the same. Until that happened, we'd still be in exactly the same situation.

''Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver''
[About XDA developers] undercover:
That's where the campaign would come in handy. But XDA as a whole, admins, mods, users would have to support it and stick to it at all times to make sure it works. Banners everywhere, members reminding each other, moto "Ignore the ignorance" always out in the public etc etc.

Browsing from the app
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
That's where it would make it become too hard to make work.

Sure all mods and admins could back the idea, but actually getting all users to back the idea aswell would prove to be near impossible.

But it's a shame really because if started and backed by enough people, it would have a high probability of working.

''Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver''
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
You mean like this? \/ \/

Sent by ignorant of ignorant noobs..
[About XDA developers] slaphead20:
There is a flip side......and that is that the repetitive questions are a good playground for noobs to practise their helping skills, which encourages them to get their facts right and learn how to communicate technical stuff concisely........and if they get it wrong,, well hey, the OP should have searched in first place!
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
On the repetitive questions bit, that's why tinky1's help thread has been an absolute godsend in the sensation forum, most of the noobs post there instead of creating new threads for the same issue :)
[About XDA developers] undercover:
It has a proper Hall of Fame there too. mf2112 is on it, I bet he considers that his lifetime achievement on XDA :D

Jokes aside HoF is something that motivates new people to be a bit more helpful. Works great.

Browsing from the app
[About XDA developers] slaphead20:
Thanks for replies, will check it out, might start one over at the s3 forum
[About XDA developers] undercover:
Do it. One of our guys started one in One S forum when he moved on from Sensation , from what I've heard people praise it highly.

Browsing from the app
[About XDA developers] cascabel:
Mind if i ask around in our forum to make a similar thread? Not much of a thread guy, but the idea is really great. Will have them credit you, of course.
[About XDA developers] undercover:
Go ahead mate, no need to ask me. I'm all for things that can potentially make XDA a better place.

Browsing from the app
[About XDA developers] gogodu5sU:
Hey Rick and everybody,

I once made a similar thread, no, the same actually on another forum, some years ago.

It's not hard to come to your conlusion eventually, you know that.

Usually i care much about what i write, not only on xda, and double check every word, keep my answers as short as possible but y'know...human apes are quite good at adapting.

It really is no fun to read all this nonesense and all those lies like "best rom ever"

(mentioning that that would imply that all the other devs are inferior for some ignorant reason).

Lately i feel like having a urge to adapt as much as possible by writting the most stupidest thing i can think of...

It is a fun exercise after all.

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One of my goals was to clean the HD2 Themes&Apps section.

Not that hard to understand that this section is for themes and apps.

A question about "why a certain game doesn't run well on my device"

is obviously a question which might lead to a disscusion, whatever... unlikely that it leads to an app or theme.

So, as a good citican, i took the time to report about 10 missplaced threads (for the beginning). Nothing happend of course.

The obvious question arised: " Did the noobs inherit the mod status?"

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All those noobs make me feel super smart! Which makes browsing xda super boring, most of the time.

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Now i'm getting bored of writting this, noone is going to read this anyway, it's to long... i wouldn't read it.

I leave the mistakes in, i call it the xda-way of doing things.

What have you become my dear...

What have i become?...i still love you though, sometimes.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
It's interesting that you should say that. I remember (as a user not a mod) that there was always a certain leniency towards questions being in the HD2 themes and apps section so long as they were relevant to a specific app or theme. Pretty sure I posted a few myself back in the good old days. :D

Im not saying it's the right way for things to be but the HD2 forum is something of a unique device in that it still has some elements of the old fashioned WinMo mentality. This is perhaps simply a case of doing things they way they have always been done and not perhaps in line with the other devices.

Jm2c. :)
[About XDA developers] gogodu5sU:
I understand that.

The newcomers, they are unable to share any of the "old WinMo mentality".

What would that imply?

With most HD2 devs left should we still hold on to something that isn't even there nor respected etc.

Should i wait for Jesus to make things right?

What matters is what's right according to our current understanding.

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Thanks for the reply conantroutman. :)

ps. i specifically meant the HD2 android themes&apps section.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
You're right. Things should be consistent right across the board and I'll see to it that such matters are dealt with accordingly from now on. :)
[About XDA developers] gogodu5sU:
That answer came unexpected, thank you!

Maybe we should work on a "new XDA mentality"

...and thou shall rise again from your grave,

spreading knowledge and be a place where people from

all over the world come together to enjoy the pleasure of finding things out

and share wisdom with your fellow humans...and make luv....a lotta luv!

I'm a bit of a dreamer, sometimes.:)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rayn1328:
Hope this hasn't been asked is there an apk like the one x that takes pictures from a playing video. Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bikrame:
Play video ; stop on point you want picture off and swipe ur palm to take screen shot ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nostreborderaj:
The stock GS3 camera app will allow you to take a photo while recording video, as long as video stabilization isn't on. A small camera icon should appear on the right side of the screen while recording. You can turn stabilization off somewhere within the camera settings.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RotaryXperiment7:
I think they mean while playing back a video
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] harsharip:
My navigation buttons have stoped working then I moved to CM 9 and used on screen navigation buttons.

And suddenly in the evening touch screen stopped working I flashed XXKPE but no use so its is a hardware fault.

So What is the cost of replacing the whole touch screen in India.?

Plz help mee.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] saywhatt:
Hi!

I experienced the same thing before.. and this is how i got mine fixed: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1680175

maybe it will help you out on this matter as well ;)

Hope this will help, Cheers :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Looking for the image files for the stock TW signal bars, not Wifi, but the six cell signal bars icons..

I have been in res/drawable-xhdpi and changed/painted those -names of files I changed the color on are "tw_stat_sys_6_level_signal_6.png" and "tw_stat_sys_6_level_signal_6_fully.png" and still no love...???:confused:

Is this an XML thing?

Thanks for any help...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dazednconfused:
Those are the correct location - systemui/res/drawable-xhdpi/

tw_stat_sys_6_level_signal_0 -thru - tw_stat_sys_6_level_signal_6_fully

Have you tried changing all 14 of those images? My other phones would read the _fully ones but I think this one reads the ones without _fully. I have some signal mods and those are the images I changed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Yep, all 14 changed....and still no worky...??? Oh well. gonna try something though...think I may know what I did...

EDIT: Thanks Dazed, appreciate your help...Now I am 99% sure of what I did ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dazednconfused:
No problem. Did you get it to work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Yep, finally!

Thanks man...Neon Green bars ..all the way!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vuslat:
........

Rom Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?otr39bmn6tv144r

Yannou Kernel Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?f9il1i8sgylmbxv

Full Format Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8kxxxz3ggq3f0jb

Rom was tested for a long time there is no problem
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] xpmode:
You should implement int2ext+ instead of apps2sd.

Just add the init.d script in your rom's init.d directory.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vuslat:
app2sd a2sd do not need to practice their moves and

I do not know what her answer you can not write in English
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dead_eagle:
this rom have mounts2sd add other languages
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vuslat:
140MB is always empty
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dead_eagle:
but have 2 music player and 2 galery. uninstall stock music player and galery
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vuslat:
I did not need to remove the memory for ever not filled

Link2SD who can remove the
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] legend92no1:
tks but I prefer using CM9 than GB
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vuslat:
updated topics
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ghost9685:
is there any audio enhance ment like beats audio??
[HTC One X] -Happy Feet-:
Hello,

I have searched for an solution to flash the boot.img from sd Card without using the PC.

I have found some search results,then I found this: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-kernels-on-android-phones-custom-roms/

This is an way to flash an boot.img via Terminal Emulator for Android.

The normal via CMD on the PC:

Adb

fastboot flash boot boot.img

With Terminal Emulator you must type this:

su

mount/sdcard

flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img

reboot

Anyone knows if this is possible with S-on Phones or you need S-Off?

Greets Lars

geschrieben mit dem Android 4.0.4 powerd HOX
[HTC One X] eyosen:
AFAIK, no because of s-on. Certain partitions remain off limits within the phone with s on. Fastboot from the PC is the workaround.
[HTC One X] -Happy Feet-:
Yes, when I try to run the command this error comes up "no such file or directory"

geschrieben mit dem Android 4.0.4 powerd HOX
[HTC One X] rsandy:
Work's lol if you using CM ROM with terminal emulator
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Well first get rid of the battery savers. In my experience they crashed my brothers phone and don't save battery in the slightest. Just remember to turn WiFi and data off using a toggle. Also download betterbatterystats from the xda forums and cpuspy from play store and let the phone do its thing for a day

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Task killers do nothing. Juice defender used to help back in GB days. No longer needed. Just use the phone normally. Also did u say yer on the stock ICS kernel? I was gonna suggest a factory reset to clear data and cache but if yer on stock ICS kernel don't do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] The_Fallen_angel:
The first thing I would suggest is to get rid of the stock ICS root then custom rom ICS after that get a little app called battery calibration, fully charge the phone and calibrate the battery i have used this app and swear by it as far as juice defender i have used it and never really cared for it it really never did what is said it would.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebz4n:
Greetings!

I wanna find out if it's possible to install Linux on the TF101, and use it as my daily laptop "driver" in school.

Is it possible to dual-boot, or run Linux from the SD card (is it fast enough?).

How functional is Linux?

*Is it stable?

*Does the dock work? (Multi-touch touchpad, Keyboard, special keys, usb & SD port?)

*Does the HDMI slot work?

*How about sound and HW/Video accel?

*Touch Screen

*Wi-Fi

*Bluetooth

etc...

Thank you

Also, how do I fix the audio for ARHD 3.5.1 rom? Left speaker is almost dead
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebz4n:
Bump
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoinTheRealms:
Have a look here: (http://xdaforums.com/wiki/How_to_in...ormer#What.27s_working_in_the_current_release). Also theres a thread in the dev forum on fixing the speaker problem
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TomTcom:
There are a couple methods ongoing. I tried on that runs Linux from SD card but not a daily driver.

Other methods destroy all data and the dual boot I'm thinking still needs some work.

I would suggest though that best buy has 32gb class 10 uhs1 MicroSD for 39.99. May help a lot depending on how you set up Linux.