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[About XDA developers] SimonTS:
Hear, hear. I have said almost exactly the same thing myself before now and couldn't agree more with your thoughts. It's not an ideal solution, but maybe XDA need to take an uber-strict approach to stop this destruction by its own users.
[About XDA developers] aMpeX:
this topic needs ofc a lot of discussion, expecially since i know neither about the capabilities of the code nor how the owners of XDA want to approach it.

I feel by starting this discussion we can iron out a system that works.

I feel that there is simply no other solution than being a little strict on the dev sections. Users still have enough room to post in the other sections, but in the dev sections, where all the magic happens, this is not helping at all, so I think it makes sense restricting these sections in that manner.
[About XDA developers] anasdcool71:
The 2 features are quite good, but still there are certain restrictions.

For the 1st point :-

You said that RCs, RDs and other verified ranks should be allowed to create a thread. Well, most RCs have been given the rank because of their polite and courteous nature throughout the site, and some of their work on guides, ROMs and kernels. RDs are kinda the same, just that their work is an expert one. So basically Senior Members or Members create threads for their ROMs and kernels in the dev section, and then if their work is good enough, they are appointed as RCs and RDs as per the requirement. So this feature cannot extend to only RCs and RDs as it may block the opportunities of other members to become one. Even if a Senior Member is allowed in this feature to create a thread, many good rom devs, who might be new to XDA, may feel the frustration to complete not 10, but 100 posts!

For the 2nd point :-

The OP of the thread might not know the user himself so he might not choose users correctly. Some users holding only the Junior Member or Member title might know a lot of info about that particular rom/kernel. Furthermore, this feature will really prove tiresome for the OP as there will be a lot of users waiting for his/her approval. And as far as the case for spam goes, the OP may inform the particular mod to remove the posts.
[About XDA developers] aMpeX:
I know this approach wasn't the best. My chain of thaught was simply to try to restrict the userbase that can start a thread. To enable non RDs and RCs to start threads, I included the idea of an approval by either MODs and/or RDs and RCs. After a user has been approved once, he retains the right to start threads and post in the dev section.

I guess my bigger picture is to build a welldefined group of users allowed to post in the dev section, and also easen the way for this group to include new members, since I believe creating a new verified group and manage applications is just too much work.

This is also a weak point of my proposition, my idea was to provide some sort of inbox where OPs can see the posts submitted and simply approve the ones he deems fit, thereby weeding out the useless information and SPAM. It is a lot of work ofc, but I, for one, would prefer a clean and moderated dev thread over one bloated with Spam.

Maybe one could let the OP decide which model he wants his thread to follow by, by simply ticking a checkbox during thread creation.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
Interesting idea.

I believe I've brought up all of the above suggestions at some point or another (not dismissing or anything, just I have looked into this for a long period of time, several years now in fact!)

I'll try to summarise the benefits and disadvantages of each key suggestion:

1) Allow only "Recognized *" and above to make new threads in dev.

I'd love nothing more than this... The trouble is users wouldn't want it! They will complain if we implement this, since not every developer on XDA is an RD... Some may not have applied, some may have applied but not had it processed yet. Others may have applied and been accepted (but we only add the users to the RD group once per month to reduce time spent on it), and some may have been rejected for not meeting the criteria.

This would end up upsetting more people than it would benefit, causing more arguing and bickering from them :)

2) Restrict who can post in a thread.

This is what we already aim to do with the 10 post rule. The trouble is that if we raise it, it keeps out genuine contributors. If we lower it, we get crap through. Right now, we think 10 is about the optimum, but that's not to say we're not adverse to ever changing it if needed.

The issue with giving the OP control over who can post is that some people would abuse this. For example, I don't imagine many devs who would "approve" posts critical of their ROM, or giving negative feedback on it. Part of the way XDA works is it ensures that every thread is outwith the control of its owner, so feedback isn't being hidden or removed because it isn't agreed with by the OP of the thread. That's why XDA doesn't follow the trend of a few other sites to give thread owners moderator abilities in their own threads.

We've got a team of mods who are impartial and can deal with issues without considering if a post is "beneficial" to user perception of the developer or not (like a dev would do if he was approving posts).

We do constantly try to think of new ways to solve these problems, and you've given me a few new ones to think about :)

Thanks
[About XDA developers] aMpeX:
maybe then we should focus on the part of my idea that easens the entry into the group of users that are allowed to posts, not necesarily tieing it to the RC RD status, but unblocking the restrictions individually and extending the committee to administer these admissions from MODs and Admins to RD/RCs.

This would require a one-time effort by new devs, submitting their new ROM/thread to the dev sections, and having it approved by aforementioned group.
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
I agree totally about the 10 post limit.. As i have seen many examples of the spam/useless post by newbies/noobs who post in dev section... As our samsung galaxy y duos dev section when created had not got this restriction on it (just an accidental miss i feel).. but its corrected now.. so i have seen how worse it may get if this limit is revoked.. and i have been thinking of an idea as many times i have come across new users complaining that they know about android stuff and they wanted to help dev in development and by the time they complete 10 useful post routine valuable time will be wasted etc... So i thought of this idea when i read the op's message in this thread...

How about providing OP a option to exclude a newbie member who has not made a single post yet to make posts in dev section..? So that if the dev feels/knows the user will be good for his thread and he can contribute to development?

and lets also put another rule to keep spammers away.. as there is a loop hole in my suggestion.. which is when a spammer may create 2 accounts and in one account he will obtain 10 posts and create a thread in dev section.. then spam the thread with another account by making him exception..

So we can add this option to OP of the thread only if the thread has been say one month / one week old... as this will make sure that the thread is not created for spamming and thus it also ensures actual development is going on in the thread and the dev is known.. this exclusion is only for that thread on dev sub forum.. i dont know this may be a too much workload on server..

I was suggesting this exclusion method because i have seen around 5-10 members who PM me whenever they have some issue with my kernel or any other rom related to my device for that matter... i am happy and i have no issues to help them at all.. i have also kindly suggested them to make 10 valuable/useful posts in Q & A section and post in my threads instead of M as it might help other users too who may have same issue/doubt.. but i really cant say it directly into their faces and they may not understand my point ... so i have been interacting with such users through PM and i feel they should have interacted more with forums instead of just one person.. and there might be many others who might have contacting through PM only..

So please consider this..

Also this really is a great suggestion too...
[About XDA developers] Sib64:
It's an eternal problem than,us, Admins,Mods and all Recognized Tribe against which we are constantly fighting.

In the RC'stribe, we try to think and are trying to find solutions that would enable to reduce the number of useless posts.

I says reduce, cause we can't delete all of these posts.

But the real problem, it's a mentality problem due to Internet.

Actually, with Internet, people can and wanting all, now and quickly. I'm writing a question, I want my answer now!

A large majority of users don't take the time for read and seek. They want everything quickly and now.

And against this fact, we cannot fight!!
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
For whoever mentioned it, the ten post message does link and explain why... But nobody reads it...
[About XDA developers] Sib64:
Why ? I don't understand what you mean exactly

I have wrote a post on RC chat about this problem and send the link
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
i think he means the 10 post limit sticky thread is already linked and also its explained why its there but still no new user reads it..
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
I mean that someone mentioned perhaps making it clearer to users why they can't post etc...

I replied to say that the message already explains this and links them to a thread with information
[About XDA developers] Sib64:
Sorry @pulser_g2

But I understand what you mean ;)

It's better clear. Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkwolfelite:
So Xbox smart glass app came out yesterday. My friend has it on his Samsung Galaxy S 3. I have it for my old ass HTC HD2 running a 4.0.4 ICS ROM but for some stupid F@#$%&* reason I can't see it in the marketplace when checking with the tablet. So installed it on my HD2 so I would see it in my "ALL" downloaded section and it says not compatible with your device. WTF!

So does anyone know why this would be? I would think my Tab would be able to use it before my 2/3 year old HD2

Sorry. Rant over:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortion:
Side load it....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkwolfelite:
Don't know if that will work. When i use the tablet to check every app I have downloaded it does show the app but says not compatible with your device.

I googled it and it seems tablets don't have access to it yet. At least not the NOTE10.1
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banderos101:
Same here, on the market, but not compatible

D'argo, he.so.fuuuny

"No"

"Yes"

"Bite me" :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swyzzlestickz:
Just side loaded

Sided loaded this app and it retains the same orientation as the phone app. I hope that they are working on a tablet version of this app. I think it is pretty nifty
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortion:
A good amount of the "not compatible" apps in the market can be side loaded with no ill effects. Also 1mobile is decent because they let you load any free app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddbehreif:
I accidentally deleted phone.apk and phone.odex located in /system/app following circumstances that I won't explore here, and because of this, I no longer have mobile data connectivity. Now, I did offload phone.apk onto an external SD card before this happened, but phone.odex was lost, and now I need it back. Attempts at installing Phone.apk always end up failing with a message simply stating that Application was not installed, and trying to use adb to install it returned error [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]. I used the search engine to look for similar questions, but they all involve some sort of a custom ROM. The tablet is rooted and running stock ICS 4.0.3 (no custom ROMS for this device yet, as far as I'm aware). Is there any way to acquire the missing .odex file other than requesting someone with the same device to upload it here?

-SOLVED- found way to reinstall ROM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SionGrey:
No, man. The only way to get proper .ODEX, is get it from from original firmware. I recommend you to request both phone.apk and phone.ODEX, to 100% avoiding version mismatch.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dackota:
here is phone apk & phone odex apk :good::good::laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddbehreif:
Situation's already resolved, but thanks anyway!

-odd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekaha:
How do reinstall the ROM

Dear friend

Please guide me to re-install the ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddbehreif:
Hey there,

Refer to this thread. :)

-odd
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Vecors:
Hello

Any dev interested in porting xperia camera software to other devices?

Main idea (pretty hard indeed) is to allow everyone on every rom/device to use Xperia camera

I own an Xperia Pro (8MP 2011 Xperia series) and i would be pleased to provide any neccesary file from my device if nedded :cowboy:
[HTC Rezound] Nyobie:
I scanned this forum before creating this post and I'm pretty sure there isn't one already out there but please don't flame me if there is. I couldn't find any and I spent a good 30 minutes last night, trying to find something like this.

I purchased a used HTC Rezound recently but was unable to get 4G LTE to stay ON. I surfed various forums for a possible fix but couldn't find anything that I hadn't already tried.

This morning, I think I might have found a work-around. Here's what I did.

After activating the line and being able to get sporadic 4G LTE signal on the device, I went into the wifi settings on a hunch that maybe some unexplicable interaction was happening between wifi and the 4G radio. Wifi kept wanting to turn itself on and I kept fighting it by turning it off.

I located my home network and clicked 'forget network'. Once I did that, I went back to make sure wifi was OFF and that Mobile (data) was ON and WHAMMO!! Immediately, the 4G LTE indicator popped back on and I've been rocking 4G for about 2 hours now, without a single blip. I've watched an entire episode of 24 on Netflix in an area of my house where I've confirmed that I have a weak signal and still, no problems at all.

So my Question is this: Is there any other way to disable wifi without having to 'forget' the network when I want to use wifi? (Other than what might seem obvious by turning wifi OFF when I know that doesn't get rid of the 4G dropouts).

It's really only an inconvenience at this stage. All I'd have to do to connect is re-enter the password and since I don't use wifi when I'm at home because I have Unlimited Data, it's not really a big deal but it just seems that the OS on this phone was purposely designed in a way to take people OFF the 4G network when their phone is 'familiar' with a wifi system they're near.

======================== UPDATE ====================

There is no issue with the phone. The issue was an activation issue and I was able to eliminate the problem by trial and error. It turns out, the way I was able to get the device to connect had to do with re-seating the SIM. Once I did, the phone has been flawless in connectivity to both 4G LTE and wifi regardless of the combination of wifi settings. I hope this is useful to anyone reading the thread.
[HTC Rezound] Jay A whY:
Is your Rezound stock or custom?

LTE will disable when WiFi is activated, most LTE phone does this by design. I have experienced where my Rezound's WiFi would want to turn on automatically on the clean rom, re-flashed and everything was good.

I personally never had issues with my Rezound. If fact, the Rezound has one of the best radios to date. The fact that HTC integrated the antenna into the battery case housing is what makes it a strong contender for receiving radio waves..

Sent from my iPhone 5
[HTC Rezound] squidder:
Go in advanced settings wifi settings (menu advanced settings)and disable the automatically turn on wifi setting. (Not exactly sure what its called as I hate sense and I'm not running it) but ull see it in advanced settings and then when u want to actually use wifi just enable wifi.

Problem solved :)
[HTC Rezound] Nyobie:
Well, I'm on stock ICS but rooted with S-OFF. The wifi, even when OFF kept wanting to turn ON by itself when I wanted it to stay on 4G. The only way I could get the phone to stay on 4G was to 'forget' my home network.

All is well now. Weird huh?

Sent from my rooted HTC Rezound with S-OFF using ICS on Verizon's periodically blazing fast and mostly reliable network
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
The Rezound has a poor shield on the 4g radio chip which causes interference in music. So, logically if stuff can get out, then wifi can come in and mess it up.
[HTC Rezound] squidder:
Dude read what I said and it will never automatically turn on again.

That's the reason it kept automatically turning it on. And if u haven't done what I said then regardless of you thinking its fixed it WILL turn on again by itself.
[HTC Rezound] Nyobie:
There's no such setting that I can find within the settings and I know which setting you're referring to. I saw it before on my Thunderbolt but for the life of me, I can't find it on the Rezound's menus. Anywhere. I looked several times. I'm pretty sure it's there. I just can't find it so the only way I could get the 4G to stay on and not have wifi automatically connect was to 'forget' the wifi network.

Sent from my HTC Incredible 4G on Verizon's periodically blazing fast and mostly reliable 4G LTE network using xda-developers app
[HTC Rezound] squidder:
Go in wifi settings then click the menu key then click advanced settings.
[HTC Rezound] Nyobie:
Found the menu. Still haven't gotten used to the four lines at the bottom of the scrern being the menu.

Here it is. Which setting would it be? I wasn't launching any apps when the problem appeared where wifi kept eanting to turn on. I just powered up the phone and couldn't get 4G.

:confused:

Sent from my rooted HTC Rezound with S-OFF using ICS on Verizon's periodically blazing fast and mostly reliable network
[HTC Rezound] squidder:
Its never auto turn on wifi but its checked so ur good. Ull never have that problem again.
[HTC Rezound] Nyobie:
Thanks squidder!

Sent from my rooted HTC Rezound with S-OFF using ICS on Verizon's periodically blazing fast and mostly reliable network
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] goateegauti:
Hello XDA :o

This is the first ever thread stared by me in any of the forums.Well coming to the point I've searched the whole internet for getting timescape widgets onto my HTC Explorer. I've tried cm7 rom and flashed it with timescape2.3.2(which I got from this forum) but it gave me an error (installation failed...blah....blah). Recently sony had launched Xperia Tipo(which is almost similar but with higher internal memory of course) and I was wondering somebody on this forum would use Tipo's ROM as base and develop and build a custom rom with necessary drivers.:rolleyes:

So anyone can start working on that ROM?????

..............................I am waiting for an answer:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] electron.hTcpico:
If you want an Xperia Based Rom HTC explorer already has it

Here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1894680

This is an excellent replica of Xperia u can try this out..!

PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED ;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] goateegauti:
Yeah I have tried it....But it does'nt have timescape widget( like the message widget in Xperia Devices).

Also the launcher used in that rom does'nt fit hvga resolution of Htc Explorer perfectly. I tried using cyanogenmod 7.2 rom on HTC explorer and followed the steps shown in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916837 but the widgets didnt fit HVGA resolution.:(
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] hell_lock:
Timescape is the UI of Sony phones similar to Sense in Htc phones. That rom has xperia launcher in it not the UI
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] goateegauti:
Has anyone designed(for all android device) a launcher used in Xperia phones with ics???
[HTC Sensation] wbb1:
I used a rom from this site that had everything i was used to set.

Now i installed other ones and want to get it back to how it was.

It was a basic rom, no see through objects just basic stock version type rom

It had sense 3.6

extended power options (had screenshot options here)

extended quick settings

The boot video was android riding on bikes

I also remember it used rosie tweaks and had sliding buttons to disable and reenable wifi..etc

I have installed a few versions of roms today including sense 4.0 which i do not like at all and want to get back to my old one which i cannot seem to find.

I have installed 3.6 if anyone has the above or a pack to install them all at once and a tutorial that would be great.
[HTC Sensation] bosslabs:
You are talking about baadnewz' ROM. Last I knew, he left the sensation for galaxy s 3. He is not cooking for sensation no more.
[HTC Sensation] wbb1:
Can you get me a link to the rom, ive been on his site and installed several which did not have the modifications i had with the old one.

I just want to use it till i get a S3 LTE of me own.
[Motorola Droid X2] curryinaninstant:
I can't seem to send MMS pictures through the stock app or through go sms. moreover, I can't even use the go sms upload service to send pictures. Pictures send through whatsapp however. Anyone know why? I can't post this in the other forum yet.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid X2] GuestK00367:
CM10 is still an alpha, so you you may have just gotten a random bug. Did you try rebooting your phone?

We'll get you to 10 posts in no time :)
[Motorola Droid X2] curryinaninstant:
yeah I did. still no luck. I'm also having serious battery issues. I can't get the battery to accurately report statistics. When its giving me the wrong reading, it says that it charges but it doesn't charge. Its really difficult to use.
[Motorola Droid X2] GuestK00367:
Were these issues present immediately after flashing or did they pop up after like a week or two?
[Motorola Droid X2] curryinaninstant:
After a week or two. I didn't try sending an MMS until recently thjough.

The battery stuff has been weird on my phone for a while. When I was on CM9, the battery would go from 100 percent to 90 percent over the course of an hour, then drop down to 40%, stagnate there for a while, and then drop to 5% with no warning. I had that problem on CM10 too so I got a new battery. I've had that problem a couple of times with CM10 but the bigger issue is the failure to charge when the battery stats misrepresents itself.
[Motorola Droid X2] GuestK00367:
Yea if you use the search the CM10 thread for "battery issues" there are a bunch of instances with people reporting having the same problem. CM9 and CM10 have had their fair share of battery problems. There have been also a couple people reporting MMS issues as well. I would say re-download and re-flash the newest CM10 following the directions given in the thread.

It's a pain but I'd sbf and re-root, then reflash, sometimes that irons out some random issues.

EDIT: In case you didn't know, once you get to 10 posts you'll be allowed to post in the development forums.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landorin:
Hello,

when my S3 was on Android ICS 4.0.4 I made a nandroid backup with CWM. Now my phone is on Jellybean 4.1.1.

Now I have 3 questions:

1) Can I restore that nandroid backup without running into any issues (as it is a different android version now)?

2) will that get me back completely to ICS / 4.0.4?

3) can I restore the backup with some app (since CWM is no longer working on JB when using CF-Root from what I read)?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmithO77:
What is the modem? What if I do a factory reset & then do a nandroid restore will everything be the same?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoot1:
Modem is your baseband.. The part which interacts with your kernel and the cell towers to give mobile signal..if you want your previous modem..flash the modem seperately via cwm..

sent from here, there, somewhere!!