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[About XDA developers] boborone:
[MENTION=1140856]zelendel[/MENTION] [MENTION=2178960]pulser_g2[/MENTION]

Heres to hoping you still read this thread.

I don't have a complete backup of this. I had to change a lot of the settings just to get into it. Any of you old guys think you might know a trustworthy people who might like to play around with this.

It installs a persistent guest account with all the resources built it needs built in. Works in the background while you're not even using it. I got it from plugging into a ****heads charger. Well apparently there's an otg USB push for the board the charger had. I wish I could find it now. While I was digging I found a pic of a phone with tape on the edges. It made sense when it dawned on me what was going on here.

I had actually just flipped over to this crazy guest account when he was on his 3 attempt to try and establish a video call. No clue who he is. He was part of a premade circle of google employees when G+ first came out. That's how I got him.

Long story short, anyone wanna play?

Sorry. The noobs here really piss me off the way this place has watered down mobile computing. When I first came here I couldn't believe that people were openly posting about modding software. I read this place for 6 months and had to learn what a .cab was because I didn't know this guy at all, but what I did know was he posted some stuff and he made it seem like you got some extra options for shutting down your Raphael. Little did they know, he was installing sucker bits to slowly gain control of the world.

Where I came from, it actually meant something to be a modder. All these kids think its cool to be a haxor. But they wouldn't have a clue what to do if someone took over their own device. But, they want to do it to someone else. Any **** let zelendel know you want a copy of this here and I'll share the folder with you. I don't know half the new people and y'all mods are the only ones who would have an idea of the devs you're watching over.

That's my pic of job well. Please don't take it down. This here be grown folk thread.
[About XDA developers] boborone:


He tried video calling both my accounts on this device.
[About XDA developers] boborone:
By not granting kernel auditor su permission when it tries to install it basically can't do anything. So its left just a tiny little account with nothing in it and it doesn't do any.

You can see it remapped my directories and storage. Moved most of my files to other parts and is now listed as misc. Filled my phone's storage up because it would copy everything and use the newly installed phone apk to send exchange emails.

I guess nobody here plays anymore. You do realize the only way to stop yourself from being attacked is to know how to attack. It's why the best defense is a good offense.

Idk anymore.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
Sorry, no idea what any of this was about - if you want me to look at something, please send me a pm and explain what happened from the start. I got lost in the explanation but saw something about plugging into a charger, but I can't figure out what you're asking and showing in the images.
[About XDA developers] Clark Joseph Kent:
As pulser mention, please send a PM. And I have adjusted your posts with hide tags, as to help, not clutter the thread. These really should of been PM vice posted, to Zel and pulser. Thanks.
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
I noticed something strange that I think is a mistake somewhere.

I was thumbing through threads on Tapatalk and my finger accidentally tapped the menu button for one of the threads in Tapatalk. The menu showed the Moderate option(never did before that I ever noticed), so I tapped the edit title option just to see what would happen and it took me to where I could edit the title.

I backed out and tapped the menu for another thread and it still had the Moderate option. I then opened XDA in a browser and there are no Moderate options anywhere so I'm thinking that somehow my account has Mod privs when it isn't supposed to have them, the only forum I'm allowed Mod privs in is the XDA Assist forum and even those sent supposed to be used by Assist team members, only Assist Moderators are allowed.

I did submit an application for Forum Moderator a couple of days ago but since I haven't received a response on applying, I'm thinking this is something that has been like this but I never noticed and I highly doubt that there would be any background changes to my account permissions without first receiving a PM from the Mod Committee.

Do I need to contact a certain person at about this to get it straightened out or could it be something on Tapatalk's end(I doubt it since they would have nothing to do with what permissions XDA members have).

Ink'd from my KrAkEn'd S3
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
as a Recognized Contributor you have limited mod control over your threads
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
Even if its only a thread I've participated in but didn't create?

I had the Stick, Move, Lock, Delete, etc..

That shouldn't be available for every thread should it?

And it only does it in Tapatalk, not in browser when viewing the forum.

Ink'd from my KrAkEn'd S3
[About XDA developers] :
Pretty sure it's because of Assist. And pretty sure if you tried to do something not in Assist, it would return an error, or not authorized type message. ;)
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
I knew it was some kind of bug or weird confusion caused by Assist.

Ink'd from my KrAkEn'd S3
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
You have limited privileges as a recognized contributor but it will show you an error message for the commands you do not have authorization to do
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Please take a final decision about this thread: Your Google Play Store is blocked? Search/request your app here!

Since I don't use the official Play Store, I often go to this thread to ask for apks or help folks by uploading apks as much as I can.

Several websites allow Android users to download apks through their servers (apkmirror, apkupdate, apkpure, apkplz, apkbox,...). Most of them state that their apks are not altered, they are "fully" official (sha1, apk signed by the original author, cryptographic signature,...).

Everyone can download apks from these websites, that's why the above XDA thread was opened: Please fetch the apk from Google play only (see OP).

There's no reason to suggest apks to XDA users from these unofficial marketplaces. It doesn't make sense IMO.

I already reported several posts about users that share apks from these websites, only

links

sometimes... Some mods remove them, others say that "this links is fine".

Thanks for reading.
[About XDA developers] :
Here's the thing. Are those sites distributing warez? Do they require registration or have pay per click links?

If so, we'll gladly remove them. If not, they aren't breaking XDA rules. Perhaps the OP says google only apk's, but how do you know or control that? And even so, a member asks for a free app. Another member gives him a link. It's splitting hairs deciding what links are OK or not. What may have been tampered with or not. Etc.

Honestly, if the links don't conflict with XDA rules, I see no reason to remove them.

And also, members are always responsible for what they flash, install, download etc, to their devices. Just like a rom install messing up someone's device. Was it the right rom, did they install right? There's many reasons why a flash can go bad. But who is responsible for that members device? They are. No one else.

The reason there's been different actions by different Moderators, is that we all want to help that thread stay on track, but we also want to abide by XDA rules. Controlling who posts what in that thread, and deleting members posts who want to help, is a messy business, confusing, and to me, unnecessary if no rules are broken.

That thread falls under the "everything else" moderator teams area and they feel as I do here.

I don't think it's up to members to decide where the links come from, as long as the links are not warez sites, PPC or require registration.

I hope you see my points here? :)
[About XDA developers] methuselah:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3311247

Is It alright to write down your phone number in XDA ??? Personal info on a public website !!!
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
If people are stupid enough to people want to then yes, there is nothing in our rules to say they can't, however, I would recommend against it.
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
I understand your point of view and I'll respect it. A last observation though:

It's more than welcome to ban warez but you should keep in mind that more than 90% of XDA users have no idea how to analyze the code of an Android app. I joined XDA at the end of 2012 and I have never seen any complaint about warez (with the evidence to prove it). Once again, the main advantage of this thread was to provide official apks. I know we have to trust members when they say that they downloaded the apks from Google Play. We could at least ban direct links to alternative marketplaces. Some of them only come to XDA to promote their website :eek: I don't think they really want to help...

All off-site downloads I have seen in this thread are commercial (analytics, PPC, data collection...).

;)
[About XDA developers] :
Continue to report PPC, warez homes, etc. But we look at them case by case. Unless we see a blatant conflict with XDA rules, Just know we likely won't remove them.

One example was Apkpure. I looked into that site, and could find none of the issues we discussed. Where the apk's came from, I don't know. But as long as the apk is a free apk and the site is clean, it's not a rule violation. A member downloading from there, or anywhere, is responsible for their own actions though. :)
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
Where do I find information on XDA's policy on GPL compliance and XDA policy on how and when kernel sources and their development may be posted?
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
All our rules are listed in the forum rules. GPL compliance is GPL compliance. Users have to abide by it.

The kernel must be made available by linking to where the source can be found. We do not force people to link to the binary directly. A link to the repo is sufficient.

Was there something specific you wanted to know?
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
No, just familiarizing myself with the rules on policies involved. I found what I needed, thanks.

? Ink'd from my KrAkEn'd S3 ?
[About XDA developers] _that:
On the user details page there is a "Most thanked" section. It shows the 5 most thanked posts for a user.. I'd like this number to be changed to at least 20, so that I can find more interesting posts on XDA from awesome contributors.
[About XDA developers] adityaupreti:
Edit Deleted
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
Sorry, this won't happen, see this conversation. If you don't want people to see what you have posted, just edit your post and replace it with something like delete; only moderators will be able to see the previous message (to prevent abuse).
[About XDA developers] Trafalgar Square:
XDA is very slow for me today
[About XDA developers] gggirlgeek:
Google password required for sign-ins??? Trying to sign in on my PC through Firefox and suddenly it's asking me for Google password. Never happened before.

I don't want to use Google in my browser... ever. How do I get around this please?
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Nope, linking your account to Google is optional.

I suspect when you tried to login, once you entered your password, you clicked the red G+ button. That's why you have this issue.

Press the arrow next to the password entry field to login normally.
[About XDA developers] gggirlgeek:
Thank you, kind Sir! I feel stupid. But at least it motivated me to install Xda Labs on my phone finally. ????
[About XDA developers] limjh16:
Hi, could I ask why there is suddenly a "Thanks" limit? I don't remember having this before. Someone probably asked this before but I'm lazy to search today, so if you're lazy to answer me too I won't blame you.
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
There has always been a thanks limit on the website. Some apps like Tapatalk allow for unlimited thanks but I heard that was recently changed; not entirely sure since I use XDA Labs, which is like the website.
[About XDA developers] limjh16:
But I think it suddenly got limited to 8 thanks... I never ran into restrictions beforehand till like this week
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
It has always been limited to 8 thanks.
[About XDA developers] LoverBoy2415:
Read this mate ..

http://xda-university.com/as-a-user/a-new-users-guide-to-xda-developers
[About XDA developers] limjh16:
Okay thanks. Probably something got patched because I never faced the restrictions before. And because I've ran out of thanks, thanks!
[About XDA developers] ExMM:
Hi all, is it possible to change my username?

To whom should I ask?

Thank you!
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
Read the OP, it is one of the first lines.
[About XDA developers] ExMM:
Sorry, my bad... :p

Thanks for your patience...
[About XDA developers] NOSTALGIA:
with tongue out.. lol :p
[About XDA developers] winphouser:
Mods, please could you allow appx and appxbundle attachments and increase xap allowed size to 20 MB like apk and zip?

In Windows forums we have to zip or rename packages all the time to work around the attachment limitations.
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
[MENTION=450224]bitpushr[/MENTION]
[About XDA developers] Trafalgar Square:
I had this today too.

Thread in OnePlus section.
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Doe they do anything though? My guess is you'll get an error.

[MENTION=450224]bitpushr[/MENTION]
[About XDA developers] Trafalgar Square:
I were able to move the thread to another section. Also internal sections like Mod Talk.

But I didn't confirm the move.
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
I seem to recall someone having a similar issue earlier in this thread and it was because of XDA Assist, where you have mod privileges. I think you would get an error if you attempted to confirm the move.

EDIT: Yup, it was [MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION] here and the next couple of posts afterwards. Little ironic that now he does have mod privileges :silly:
[About XDA developers] Trafalgar Square:
Hey,

I investigated that issue. :)

If you have a bad internet connection and press the three dots on the right top corner directly after opening, I see the moderation tools.

I didn't tried them, but they wouldn't work as Tapatalk only let you moderate, if you're a Senior Moderator or have moderation rights in the forum.

So, there is no need to worry about uncontrolled access to the moderation system.
[About XDA developers] NOSTALGIA:
cool. everyone just got moderation powers. lol. i still doubt tho.
[About XDA developers] :
Even if there was a permissions glitch, we'd expect those affected to refrain. Obviously. Or,
[About XDA developers] limjh16:
The Darth always has his ways.
[About XDA developers] RandyBoyz92:
Every time I search in a thread I get this message:

An error occurred while performing a Searchlight query:

connection to 10.0.100.17:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused)

If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator.

Please save me.

I'm sorry if someone has asked this before but I cant search for any reply.
[About XDA developers] :
XDA is aware of the issue and is working to fix it. :)
[About XDA developers] methuselah:
To senior mods , I have quoted zelendel already for the thing but still why people http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3344499

think that XDA is some sort of place where they can keep on asking developers for the same old things.... I have seen many devs get sick out of these people. Well I am also wrong, but seriously asking and talking in development thread for only one thing... never contribute and keep on talking heck..
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
I'd say if you have a problem with a post, report it and one of the mods will look at it. Getting involves yourself or pinging a mod just adds further drama that no one needs. I'll take a look at this now since it is here.
[About XDA developers] methuselah:
Thanks !
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
Alright, I cleaned the thread. Just report stuff from now on and let us handle it :good:
[About XDA developers] methuselah:
Yeah brother ...I often don't talk on development thread apart from other than issues. But sometime things go haywire for devs....so step in.... but will report !
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
This thread is one of my last chance to except an answer about this bug.

I also asked there.

Thanks for any help.
[About XDA developers] e_rocm:
I have a few threads that I have subscribed to receive daily emails from, but I never receive the emails. The threads get updates, but I never get notified. I've checked my spam and they aren't there. Is there anyone that can help me with this issue?
[About XDA developers] NOSTALGIA:
did you check your contol panel? maybe its a wrong email ad entered
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Seems to be working ok for me in Chrome.

Have you enabled daily emails from the list in your control panel:http://xdaforums.com/profile.php?do=editoptions
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Same issue with another PC, Firefox and Chromium.
[About XDA developers] e_rocm:
I did verify it in the email and password section. I just changed it to something else to see if that will kick it in to gear. I'll see if that works.
[About XDA developers] e_rocm:
Yeah. Changing my email address to something else didn't seem to make a difference either. I really am stumped. I know it isn't likely, but it seems like there is something wrong with my account.
[About XDA developers] efrant:
The daily emails

for thread subscriptions

have never worked for me either since I first joined the site over 7 years ago. The daily emails

for forum subscriptions

(and all other XDA emails for that matter) have worked for me.

Not sure what the issue is. The emails are not being blocked by my firewall, nor are they moved to the spam folder. I have seen reports from a few others saying the same thing, but I figured it was something specific with our emails (although I never found anything in common).

Maybe our illustrious server admin can shed some light on the matter. Pinging [MENTION=450224]bitpushr[/MENTION]
[About XDA developers] e_rocm:
Well, at least I'm not the only one. :)
[About XDA developers] mrrocketdog:
hello @ mods , i know you are pretty dang on top of things , but i just found this thread in "apps and games" thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3411854

not trying to do your job ,, was just curious if it was xda-kosher.

thanks for all your time and effort put in for a better xda.:cowboy:

"err on the side of kindness"
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
Thanks for the heads up, it's taken care of. Feel free to use the report button for things like that so it properly gets into our workflow :good:
[About XDA developers] AnkitChowdhury:
Hey Mod/Admin, I've been trying to use the suggest content form to suggest my free app Game Controller Test, for an article. But unfortunately, I'm not being able to submit the form because the verification code is just not visible. I've tried multiple times from different browsers.

Could you please suggest a fix or a way to submit my work for an article?
[About XDA developers] nicknitewolf:
Hello Admins and Mods. Is it possible to move my changelog post in my thread from #3 to #2? Some other user posted immediately after me creating the post so I could not reserve the spot in time. link to post and thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64289900&postcount=3
[About XDA developers] :
Done. Post 2 was a very old tech tip, not needed now. :good:
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
You can contact one of the writers (me for example ;)) and we will look into it :)
[About XDA developers] herculeesjr:
Can I have my username changed?
[About XDA developers] nathanchance:
You should read the first post as this is answered in there ;)
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
I don't know what the issue is but for so me reason I cant view the Main Forum page when I click the Forum tab, it has been like that for a few weeks now. I thought it was just a bug that would be gone in a few days but it isn't. The timing correlates to when I stepped down as Moderator and my permissions were changed, if that might have anything to do with it. Anyone else having the issue?
[About XDA developers] AnkitChowdhury:
That's amazing. I'll DM the article request with details to you. Thanks a lot. :)
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
Can we get something that shows who the moderators/Admin are when viewing via mobile apps? Can the same be done for RC/RD/RT?

It would be nice to know who is who, especially for new members when using apps.
[About XDA developers] :
XDA Labs shows the titles. :)
[About XDA developers] Droidriven:
I don't use labs, XDA isn't the only forum I follow so I use Tapa for them all.
[About XDA developers] logosA:
empty squares shows in threads

In the last 2 days in all the threads i follow in XDA are appearing empy squares like a member is posting something no nothing shows up.

I was encouraged from Trafalgar Square to report issue here to check if it needs anything else to be taking care of.

I also have taken two screenshots of forums where they show and one txt with code behind page.

I am sure you know what is going on, or you can find out

Thank you for your limitless help
[About XDA developers] :
I have seen the empty space appear on Chrome mobile but never on PC.

Perhaps [MENTION=450224]bitpushr[/MENTION] can take a look at this.
[About XDA developers] MikeChannon:
It's where the advert banners are. The empty boxes are not being removed along with the ads, as they were before by your Ad Blocker (ADP anyway). I see this too in Firefox with ADP.

Why this has changed I don't know. I'll see what "the guys" know about it.

Mike
[About XDA developers] logosA:
some member suggest that it is because I am blocking adds and this is their space, but as you point out i was never seen that before.

Thanks you for your efforts
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
This is a spot where an ad normally shows. It's possible you have AdBlock or there is no current inventory to show. I've seen it occasionally.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Profile Details offer the capability to enter the devices that someone's currently using.

However, the SGS3 LTE (GT-I9305) is missing despite having an own forum.

Any chances to get this device added?
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Issue with "Go to first new post" (website, I didn't try with XDA apps).

I'm sure there's a bug with this feature from the subscribed threads.

I was on vacation from 8th July to yesterday so I didn't monitor all my subscribed threads (but I was connected quite often). In this thread, I'm redirected to a post dated 28th July while I didn't open this thread during my vacation and there are a lot of previous posts between the 8th and the 28th.

Same issue here. I'm redirected to this post while there are other previous posts to read...
[About XDA developers] winphouser:
Nag! Please!
[About XDA developers] ArEvoun:
Hello...!

I have Huawei Y6 Pro

My Phone have many problems.

1st problem some time touch doesn't work.

2nd problem Data connection lost.

3rd problem Don't root.

How to solve this problems?

Any Android expert help me.? Please
[About XDA developers] Trafalgar Square:
Hello and welcome,

this isn't the correct thread to ask your question. Please ask here: http://xdaforums.com/android/help
[About XDA developers] boborone:
So we did a little experiment. [MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION]

I'm sitting literally right next to [MENTION=2696608]Babydollll[/MENTION] and she can't login because her connection is so slow throughout the site. She tried on her data connection, wifi, laptop, and phone, mine and hers. Completely slower than dog turd. Mine, blazing fast, she logs out, fast.

So,

Y U MAD BRO

Why are y'all slowing down someone's username?