[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Deadly:
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THREAD TITLES CONFUSING? ITS EXPLAINED HERE!Difficulty --> *

[TAGS] --. Use these below tags on your title, So that people can identify it more easily and what the thread is for! Add it in front of the thread for better recognition of thread purpose.

[SOLVED] - for issues that have been fixed or [Q] that have been answered THIS IS A MUST TAG FOR SOLVED THREADS! IT WILL SAVE LOTS OF TIME FOR EVERYONE! PLEASE DO THIS WITHOUT FAIL ALWAYS!

[Q] or [QUESTION] - All Questions thread should have this.

[REQ] - Requests topics for ROM ports, INFO, THEME, MOD, etc.

[TUTORIAL] or [GUIDE] or [HOWTO] - How to do or Guides for some task or info for users/devs.

[UITIL] or [UTILITY] or [TOOL] -- Any kit or tool made for some specific task.

[APP/ 2.2+] -- Apps thread which contains apps made / ported / modded. 2.2+ such tag is also a must which tells what android os or above versions are supported.

[ROM] / [KERNEL] -- As name suggests its a rom development or kernel development thread.

[DEV] -- Developers related thread

[MOD} -- Modded ROM/KERNEL/APP etc thread

[ROOT] or [CWM] -- Rooting thread or root related to thread. CWM related thread.

[AROMA] -- Tool used in recovery. This means the thread for any ROM ? KERNEL ? OTHER WORKS has aroma to flash it.

[TWEAK] -- Tweaks to boost system performance speed etc thread.

[WIP] -- Work In Progress thread.

Also, please do add tags to your threads. See "TAGS" button above your "Quick reply option".. Now see right end of that line to find "EDIT TAGS" button. Click on it and words there.

Thread owners and others should add relevant words there
So that the thread gets added to searches which have those words

WHY GIVE THANKS? THANKS METER EXPLAINED!Difficulty --> *

Why to Give Thanks?

Giving thanks is important. It lets people know that their work or answer is appreciated. It is a faster method of feedback than posting a reply like "Thanks for your answer!" You must have made one post to give thanks,

You get 8 thanks per day, and they renew after 24 hours or so. Each thanks is independent of the others, so if you give someone a thanks at 3, and then another at 4, those will renew at 3 and 4 the next day. If you run out of thanks, then save that page in a new tab and give thanks later when you have one available. (Or if you are an app user then you can thank them through the app "Just tap on the post and touch thanks button on pop up bar which appears") If you use them all every day you are doing it correctly.

Thanks Meter:

You will see that everyone here has a Thanks Meter above their avatar.

Here are the counts needed to get to the next bar.

1st bar - 26

2nd bar - 51

3rd bar - 101

4th bar - 201

bug here, never gets to 5 bars, probably 501 if fixed.

6th bar - 1001

7th bar - 2001

8th bar - 5001

9th bar - 8001

10th! - 10000+

Not that thanks are an indication of a user's status or stature on XDA. Thanks don't really count for anything other than as a potentially wildly inaccurate measure of a member's ability to answer your question correctly. Some of the most important people here have a lot fewer thanks than you might guess. But it is a nice gesture to hit thanks button to those who helped you as they are not gaining anything in return!

STARS, USER TITLES: JUNIOR, MEMBER, SENIOR MEMBER........? READ TO KNOW MORE!Difficulty --> *

0 to 29 posts - Junior Member

30 to 99 posts - Member

100 + posts - Senior Member

Here is what our Senior Moderator said,

Wondering what those stars below the thanks meter mean?

It means that they've donated money directly to XDA.

A star = €10 euro donation.

A star with 10 written within it = €100 euros, as it represents 10 individual stars.​

XDA/TAPATALK APP IMAGE UPLOADING PROBLEMS?? Difficulty --> *

Use Imgur Mushroom app.. its available at play store..

Its app size is very small.. Its a great app for multiple pictute uploads at once..

Whatsmore u can configure prefix and suffix text in settings to add [img] and [/img]..

After uploadingthe pics, it will save all links with prefix and suffix code in clipboard. ready made for you to paste it in the desired post using the XDA/TAPATALK app..

So all u need to do is paste it in post.. very easy and handy.. How to do it? Instructions below!

open imgur mushroom app. Select button right side to upload button which has this "..." button.

now select "settings" in the newly opened pop up menu.

now scroll down and select "output type" in URL settings section.

select "URL to direct image"

select "prefix text" and add [img]

select "suffix text" and add [/img]

now go back and select "pick" button and choose your pics to upload. Alternatively you can multi select in a file browser and share them to this app to upload too! Hope this helps!

MAKE YOUR THREAD/POST NEAT BY USING BBCODE [Bulletin Board Codes]: Difficulty --> *

You see in many Threads and posts people using something to make it look cool / formatted to make it more readable?

And you wish to make your threads/posts the same way??

Then look at this link provided by XDA.. I know many wont know about this..

BBCODE EXPLAINED WITH EX. BY XDA.. CHECK THIS LINK

I will add other info that are not informed there soon..

BATTERY DRAIN?? READ THESE TIPS TO AVOID IT! Difficulty --> *

Are you using live wallpaper? it takes more battery!

Go to Settings-->Accounts and Sync-->Auto-sync option-->uncheck it to save more battery.

If you keep using 3g/wifi it will use more battery.. Use 3g only when u download something..

If you are using widgets, it does drain battery faster.. If you want your battery to last longer, remove them or keep it to minimum 1 or 2. I dont use any widgets.

You have to pay attention to your apps running in the background. Try "Quick system info pro" or "ES Task manager" or "some other apps which shows detailed info on processes running. Stop those processes.

If you are using too many notifications features types of apps it will drain battery as they run in the background all the time..

Keep the screen brightness to as low as possible and readable still. Brightness does takes battery a lot.

Playing games does drain battery faster.

If you have custom kernel, and keep minimum freq higher then it will drain faster too

When u sleep at night and wake up at morning how much battery u lose? I loose around 1 percent.. If its more than 2-10% may be your deep sleep feature is not working.. Check it with CPU SPY app available at play store.

[DUOS ONLY]Do you keep both sims alive? I switch off 1 in sim manager.. Do it if you don't need it all time..

Inspired by a.cid and mf2112 threads.

Enable Whatsapp *AUTO DOWNLOAD IMAGE OPTION* in new versions [TRICK] (2.9.**** versions and above)Difficulty --> *

If you have lost "Auto-download images" option.. Then you are not able to disable the auto download of images. So, to get back that option in Settings-->Chat Settings. You need to do these steps below:

Note: Make sure you have a working Whatsapp already before attempting this. That is you should have already passed the verification process etc and able to chat with others.

Step 1 : Make sure you have "Ticked" option "Unknown sources" under Settings-->Application Settings.

Step 2 : Download this old version Whatsapp and transfer it to click on the downloaded file. It will ask "Replace application"

Press "OK". Then, Press "Install" button. After install press "done".

Step 3 : Now, switch on "Airplane Mode" to "ON" by lidroid toggle or in Settings-->Wireless & network settings--> Flight mode "ON"

Step 4 : Go to Settings-->Date & Time.. Change date to any date/ November/ 2012. Now, open the Whatsapp.. You should see a old Whatsapp.

Inside Whatsapp, Go to settings-->Chat settings and now turn off "Auto-download mages" option by "unchecking" the tick box.

Step 5 : Now, install the new Whatsapp if you have a backup of the app and turn off "Airplane mode" and now you can also update from play store if you dont have a backup of latest version of Whatsapp.

Now open the new Whatsapp and see the option "Auto-download image" option.

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