yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] a7t7d:
5 minute post vs edit

I can understand the need to limit a 'new user' from posting more than once every 5 minutes (although I'm not sure I completely agree, as some of us that may be new here may be experienced users from other forums) but right now that restriction also applies to editing their own post.

Why would we want to keep someone from correcting incorrect information as quickly as possible, before experienced users waste their time answering a question that gave incorrect details for example, or worse yet instructions on a fix that need to be clarified...?

What also happens, in the real world, is that the message 'wait 5 to post' pops up, the user (in this case me) answers another email while waiting, comes back, discovers vbulletin has then logged them out, has to log back in, has now lost their edits....
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
This prevents spammers from posting links to some transmissions, porn offers etc. I know that many of you find it useless and utterly frustrating, but all limitations are lifted after 30 posts. It's not that much.

We all must went through this. Keep that in mind.
[About XDA developers] boborone:
Gotta speak up, son. Hearin ain't what it used to be.
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Porn? Damn! Must've missed it.

All i see are Oakley sunglasses. :p
[About XDA developers] a7t7d:
In that case, if we're only supposed to have to go through this once, why does the site clear profiles if they don't post for six months? My login was still here with minimal profile information, but my post record was gone and I've had to start fresh, which is adding to my frustration -

I tend to be on here when I have a new device, a problem with a device, or when I want to refresh and upgrade a device. The timing on this may or may not correspond to an arbitrary six month timeframe. Sometimes I'm on here daily for six months at a time, sometimes I'm not on for 9. Having that tight of an inactive user policy is not realistic with how real world users often use the site.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
That doesn't happen.
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
I didn't find any deleted post made by you. I don't think that XDA clears any posts because user is/was inactive. We have some users inactive for few years and their posts are still there, so really I don't think that any automated process of cleaning exists. There is no time frame of which I'm aware and I'm here for a while (maybe shorter that some of you, but still).
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1671614#post1671614

A post of yours older than 6 months and fairly close to when you registered - think its safe to say it doesn't happen.
[About XDA developers] swhackeristahsan:
I wud like to suggest new forums for new devices eg samsung gt s5282

galaxy star duos ****rooted*** xda offical app :() :()
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
Please post new device forum requests here >>> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354
[About XDA developers] a7t7d:
I was active in the Tilt and Tilt2 (Tytn 2) forums back in the day and all that is gone but a couple of posts-

And although I'm over 10 posts the forum is still making me wait 5 minutes, which contradicts what several of you have posted here replying to me. Is there a step I missed?
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
Well I can confirm that your profile shows no deleted posts and we do not clear accounts or posts after 6 months.

Post and editing restrictions apply up to around 30 posts. Ten is for access to the dev sections but that would not have applied to you anyway because of your join date.
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
There were two times that I recall off the top of my head where the forum servers went nuts and had to be restored from a backup. During those couple of times, we all lost about 18 hours of posts. Those were back when I was using a Rhodium and Leo. Even still, that may not be what this guy is talking about, since they were very short term losses both times, and he seems to be referring to a lengthy period of time where his posts appear to be missing.
[About XDA developers] taodan:
Alphabetize the devices for easily find

I don't know whether anyone has suggested that XDA needs to categorize the devices in an alphabet order for easy finding a device. For example, a Nexus One would be categorized in letter "N" and when a user clicks on the letter "N" it would show all devices beginning with the letter "N". Currently newest devices are added to the bottom and, I don't think, it's a good way to add.
[About XDA developers] JPuzzle0:
Maybe lightening up on the new user restrictions so you can post on developer sites without 10 posts. Maybe permit a post an hour or 2 to avoid initial spammers, but allow "new" people (who've been reading the sites and have things to contribute) to participate when they have something. The current system discourages "new" people who would be more judicious in what they post from participating. An example would be with cyanogenmod 10.2 I had an mms bug. I can't post that I had one and worse, I can't post my work around. It encourages new users to either give up or post 10 random arbitrary responses to meet the quota....
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
Maybe reading the first post of a thread...
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
FWIW, you can use the "Type To Find Your Device..." search bar (it's right next to the global search bar, below the "Logout" button) for that. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2115765

BTW, you can always use the PM system if you want.
[About XDA developers] vanessaem:
We've all been asking for this since the beginning of time so I don't see that changing anytime soon. :rolleyes:
[About XDA developers] Ginkeltjes:
Would love to see this aswell..
[About XDA developers] 'Murica:
I have read a few pages and didn't find these suggestione, so I'll post them.

1: new Recognized title: Recognized helper or something similar. Alot of us don't know how to or have the time to develop themes/apps/mods/roms/etc. (Like me) so we give back by helping the developers and users with there problems, issues, and/or guidance they may need.

2: more nonmainstream phone development by making phone manufacturer forum. By making say a goophone section with Goophone general, Goophone Q&A, Goophone Android development, and Goophone themes subsections. Doing this for all mainstream and non mainstream cell phone manufactures. It will get really good phone manufactures like Zopo more attention.
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
1. Recognised helper == Recognised contributor

2. If there is no developer interest in a device then a forum probably won't get created for it. For most non-mainstream manufacturers there is very little in terms of development either going on or in the phones lifetime (mainly because a lot of prospective developers don't buy the devices as they haven't heard of the manufacturer) so such a forum would be a waste of server space if there is no/little development going on.
[About XDA developers] 'Murica:
Didn't realize recognized contributer was for helping, always thought it was more people that make guides/tutorials/etc. As for the second one, I feel if a dev finds out about a phone that is actually good/comparable to the mainstream devices out there they may consider developing and/or buying the phone. I may be switching to the Chinese market and getting of mainstream devices because some are cheaper and comparable to the latest mainstream devices. If I knew how to figure out root I would help dev. I don't know what you guys do with your ad revenue and xda app sales, but I think it is worth a shot. And if it fails then you can just get rid of it. Thanks for the reply.

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I am here to help and provide knowledge to help others with there problems/issues. If you do have a question don't be afraid to shoot me a PM and I will help you and put you in the right direction to the best of my ability and will get your problem and/or issue solved.

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[About XDA developers] _Variable:
A suggestion...

Maybe a blue/teal color scheme? Or maybe allowing us to pick a color scheme. You can even make it white text on background ala Tapatalk.
[About XDA developers] vanessaem:
I like this idea. Not so much the blue/teal thing but picking a color scheme would be fun. :D
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
FWIW, if you don't mind editing things a bit, you can get my Dark XDA theme then replace the color values with ones you like better. :)
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Hi

I have a question (or a suggestion if this option isn't available yet):

Is it possible to sort the thanks we receive by date? If I'm not mistaken we can only see it by post (the more recent post is at the top in "Find all thanked posts by........").

Thanks :)
[About XDA developers] NadMaj:
absolutely no need for something like that imo.. only convenience i see in that is for those users obsessed with monitoring their thanks count....
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
It's just an option :) Everybody is free to use or not use options.

Anyway I don't have the same point of view: without being obsessed about thanks count it allows someone to known which threads or posts interest people and if they still interest.
[About XDA developers] NadMaj:
if people are interested on a thread they will just simply post on that thread not thank it... same with posts.. some posts can be interesting but not worth thanking.... so you can't really measure the "interest level" of a post/thread through the number of thanks it gets..

but as i've said it's just my opinion..
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
It was suggested earlier but it's not that important of a feature.

Quoting ctm:

"Chances are that this would be a lot of work to implement for very little functionality."
[About XDA developers] boborone:
I don't see it as useless. And I don't care about the meter, but to see the count go up and not knowing what got thanked is frustrating. Maybe it's an old post or thread I made, but I'd like to know what someone thought was helpful.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
I dont know if i should post this here but anyway so what i hate most about xda is that they dont make forums for phones that are not china but from a company like samsung and they are low end device. For example my phone which im using to post this hasnt even got a forum for it. Whoever is the main forum admin should really make forums for new low end device
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
That is because XDA is a developer orientated forum. If there is not likely to be any development for a device then a forum will not get added for that device - not many developers go for the low end options so not many low end devices have forums and those that do are in the Legacy/Low activity sub forum.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Incase u havent seen my signature i have rooted and recovery is wip(its done actullay but its being tested.
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
Then you should post in this thread which is monitored by the admins.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
I posted there so many times and i also pm the op but op said that the main forum admin makes the forum. I think mikechannon is the forum admin? If im not wrong?
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
The thread mentioned by Jonny is the proper way of requesting device forums. If you want to increase your chances provide a list of ROMs/kernels/tools already made and I'm sure that it will be taken under consideration.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
That isnt a bad idea but no kernel but deodexed stock rom, some tools and a recovery are availiable for my phone
[About XDA developers] :
IMO that's good enough. More development will come with a dedicated forum.

Sent from my iDroid
[About XDA developers] farukb:
Hi, have 2 suggestions.

1. How about reorganizing development sections eg. create "kernel development" and "rom development" (maybe even third misc section) instead of "original android development" and "android development".

Kernel development became quite popular lately. (take a look here and here - there are almost more kernels than roms)

Original vs Android development doesn't make much sense anyway, since most of roms have various sources spliced. (if knowing particular sources is THAT important, devs could mention it respective OPs or even thread titles)

2. Remind developers of thread name rules, and make a form eg.

[ROM][4.3][release date in a specified form] name of the release [release version][source-original or port]

Where exact info must be provided in a certain order.

Instead of having tons of *!@#*&!@#$_) signs, different forms with mixed order and all kinds of different separators.

So you'd have

[ROM][4.2.2][08/30] XXX [r2][port]

[ROM][4.3.0][09/01] YYY [a1][original]

[ROM][4.1.2][07/05] ZZZ [2.1.3][port]

[KEREL][JSS15Q][08/25] kernel-name [version][OC][UV][etc][original]

instead of

|rom| .oO ROMNAME Oo. [superextraspecial feature]

{Aug 2.} rom XXX BY HOLYMOFODEVELOPER xx

kernel by john doe [3.4.1]

and so on...you get the point.

And if you make sections like i mentioned above, we wouldn't even need [ROM] and [KERNEL] indexes.

Those two would really make sections have that nice index-page look and feel, where everything is obvious and straightforward.

THAT would really help us A LOT.

I'm not asking of you to rearrange the whole site, but just have that in mind when creating new device forums...and maaaybe rearrange just a few latest devices where kernel and rom flood is at it's peak. (nexus 4, nexus 7, sgs4, etc)

THANKS!

F
[About XDA developers] cities516:
I think that version name doesn't need a bracket.

e.g. [ROM] Huessel Toolbox v3.2 [Linaro]

[KERNEL] Scrumpadoochous v2 | OC 2.7GHz | UV | Color Control [Original]

Imo, the "Theme & Apps" section is a lot disastrous than Development section.

You can see lots of different prefixes like [APP] [MOD] [PORT] [ Mod / Update 2/31] [ WiP ] ......

At least there are only [ROM] [KERNEL] [RECOVERY] or other huge mod development in Development section.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
I think when requested a admin to make forum they should make it right away. I mean in my case i requested in new device forum thread plus pm'ed mikechannon(a forum admin) and now its been days but no forum. And im guessing the admins are drinking beers? XD
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
How many dev threads does your phone have?
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Thread links:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2394839 for root method#1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2380619 for root method #2 and deodexed stock rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2399157 for development thread for cwm recovery

I would love if my phone gets a forum
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
I don't think that is sufficient but things might be different now.

Couple of years back when i contacted Mike for the same reason with about 8 dev links, the reply was something along the lines of him not being the one in charge of assigning forums and that he has forwarded the request.

When nothing happened even after a month i contacted svetius and it was done in a week. Remember, by that time we had some activity going on than just a couple of threads.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Man we are making cwm but theres a werid problem with recovery and this device has spreadtrum cpu and they are known to be very hard to hack . And if u think ur so genius help us by clicking the thread link in my post! But i just posted my suggestion and opinion here about forum admins. Anyways might contact this forum admin u say. Thanks for help!

Edit: Could u give me a link to his profile?
[About XDA developers] mdmower:
Notification improvements:

1) Include a link in the notifications drop-down: "Mark all as read"

2) When there are no new notifications, I have no idea how to go back and see old ones since the drop-down menu disappears. So, include "Notifications" under the Quick Links menu, maybe under Subscribed.
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
Honestly I'm not sure that's enough to gain a dedicated forum, forgetting the stock deodexed ROM (which being honest is not development, its someone running the deodex option on dsixda's kitchen) you have a recovery and root. That's it.

I've seen devices with much more than that just having to cope with being in misc development because they didn't get their own forum. Maybe svetius might think otherwise though, the above is just my opinion.
[About XDA developers] Stryke_the_Orc:
Go to your profile, the notifications are there:beer:

Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
I did contact svetius but he asked me to give more thread links and I did give but theres no reply after. Maybe I need to wait...
[About XDA developers] :
Yes you do. I don't think you have enough for a section, so therefore more needs to be made. Maybe if there was an AOSP ROM, CM port, enhanced stock ROMs, another recovery, some hacks and tweaks, and so on, you could get through.

Also, you gotta be nice. Seeing how you bashed roofrider makes me think svetius wasn't too impressed either. Oh, and, presentation. *You* instead of *u*, *your/you're* instead of *ur*. Just type proper English. Nobody should be telling you this. It just gets on my nerves.

Sent from my iDroid
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Look I respect all mods and forum admins. Its just that I hate it that a device thats not even released gets a forum e.g Galaxy S4 and why you make the forum for such cases? Its because its famous and **** like that. I mean C'mon I got a Samsung phone and not atleast a Chinese tablet or phone like zte blade(I felt it shouldnt have got a forum here in xda) and we all users of Galaxy Star are requesting again and again to make forum. As of development lewa os is being ported and while cm10.1 is being compiled. I think its more than enough to get its forum plus It even got its first working recovery. Wolf Pup I respect you buddy but incase you were born in 1960s the *u* i use instead of *you* is to save time. I have got many things to do. Sorry if i was being rude but this is my opinion about xda handling forums.
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
That's exactly why - it has a

large

,

contributing

user and developer base.

With all due respect, your device doesn't even have real custom ROMs yet (and this is a development forum, "xda-developers", so the user base alone isn't enough - you need some serious development as well).

Just keep trying to work on it (the Chef Central forum would be a great place to learn and ask serious questions meanwhile), be patient and you'll eventually get it if there's more interest.

Good luck :)

Related to the rest of your post: using proper grammar and spacing will make it easier for us to read. You're free to do whatever you want, naturally, but keep in mind you want people to read what you're writing, and many will just skip it if it's a wall of text or is written in a hurry.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Not everyone can afford a big piece of tech! I have knowledge of porting and compiling but its my pc and bandwidth that keeps me back. I cant compile cm in a 2GB RAM and pentium 2.0ghz pc and 60kbs internet Its crazy! But one things for sure we wont get a forum if this is a requirement(more interest) that gets u a forum. I have seen a lot of huawei phones not getting their forums because not much people buy huawei phones. Might contact svetius once we get custom roms and whatever is required for a forum.
[About XDA developers] Diamondback:
People often expect that a dedicated forum for their device increases the dev support, but that's not the case at all. It's the opposite actually, a good dev support will attract more users of that device, but it doesn't matter whether that device has a forum or not.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Actullay the reason I want a forum is that Im lazy to search threads and subscribing them will be a headache cuz every min a notification will come to ur phone.
[About XDA developers] Babydollll:
Turn notifications off?

Or set quiet hours....
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
flygurl! hows its going? everything okay between ur family now? got a job and house?

btw where can i find that in tapatalk app?
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
Guys, stay on topic, please.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
oops sorry!
[About XDA developers] Babydollll:
Settings> notifications

I'll pm you later regarding your other questions so we don't go off topic.
[About XDA developers] ShishkaBerry:
Hey just wanted to let you guys know that Eastlink in Canada now provides cell service. Don't see it in the service provider box when editing about me in my profile. Also the model number of the Galaxy S4 from them is M919V. :cool:
[About XDA developers] Red Devil:
Operator Logos and Country Flag Problems

See if this thread helps :)
[About XDA developers] favero_:
Tasker Forum

Hi, it's bee a while since I follow xda's work, and boy that's nice!

I have a suggestion though: you guys could create a tasker forum. I know it has a thread in general Android Apps and Games, but it's not as organized and detailed as a forum. The profiles are not generally explained and using the search tool to see if maybe you find what you want can be exausting sometimes.

Anyway, congratulation for the amazing work!
[About XDA developers] index1366:
Translators

What if we could get a new tag for people who translate apps, like the Recognized Developers / Contributors have them? This one would be "Recognized App Translator" for those people who translated an amount of apps. This amount is set by the leaders of XDA :).

Enjoy, and great work has been put into XDA. Amazing :)
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
This would fall under the scope of the Recognized Contributors.
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
I dont really dont know where to ask this so anyway what means Recongized Contributor and what do I do to get it?And again sorry for asking here.

Sent from my shining katana
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
This thread explains everything.

Generally, if this was a site related question that hasn't been asked/answered already (use the search option next time :)), you could make a new thread in this section.
[About XDA developers] Sleepy!:
Can we have something like a mods/frameworks forum?

To host Xposed modules and other flashable system mods in general...??

I know there are development forums for such software, but maybe there can be a 'System Mods' forum or something like that... I know it's software, but it's not exactly like normal apps that you see in the Apps and Games forum.

Maybe Android Software is supposed to fulfill this purpose, but even that one is a more general forum with toolkits, alpha and beta apps, and android system mods all mixed in.
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
Well, there's the section Xposed is in for frameworks (the forum is called "Frameworks" :D), and considering Xposed mods are APKs, it makes sense they go into the Apps & Games forum IMO.

Flashable system mods, unless I'm mistaken, are usually device specific for the most part.
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Bug. I think.

I think View First Unread is kind of broken.

From the User CP it works fine.

From the first page of the thread or from any page that's not new, it works fine.

But when you click the button from the first unread page it redirects you to the main forum instead of just taking me to first unread post which is on the same page.

I know i'm not very clear so here are a few screenshots.

On the latest Chrome, happens in Firefox too.

*Open the images in a new tab, if it's not clear.*
[About XDA developers] extrabigmehdi:
I notice that each time that I receive a notification for a reply in my mail box, I receive it twice.

It might be a good idea to fix that bug.