yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] garyd9:
It's not intended as a direct jab. To me, it's a simple fact. However, you are twisting my words to another intent. My statement was "XDA has some moderators that have no clue whatsoever what "development" is." That's not a jab. It's not even an insult. I love my wife more than life itself, yet my wife has no clue what development is. That's not an insult, jab, etc. If someone told me that I have no clue how to sell a product, I wouldn't be insulted. In fact, I'd agree with them.

You also seemed to ignore the word "some" in there. I didn't say ALL are incapable, I said SOME.

It also doesn't say anything about learning. If they can learn, that's great. Until they do learn, however, is it really appropriate for them to be making a determination what is and what isn't development?

I'm good with people disagreeing with me. I'm also fully willing to admit when I'm wrong, and I really enjoy debating with people that disagree with me as it has the potential to expand the understanding of both sides - but please don't twist my words. If you want to read what I type as an insult or attack, I can't stop you - but perhaps you might consider that these things aren't attacks at all.

That's great. However, I hope your support isn't so blind that you'll misinterpret constructive criticism as an attack. It's not. Just as I feel that some moderators have no idea what proper development is, I'll freely admit that the majority of the devs here have no clue what proper moderation is. It's not an insult.

I'm happy to do so. However, are you happy to take that criticism for what it is instead of twisting it into attacks that were never intended?

Communication requires two parties willing to communicate. I'm willing. Are you?
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
The way I see it, rather than going down the road of suggestions & recommendations, we appear to be receiving a lot of criticism. Now, I have no objections to constructive criticism, but as of late, the constructive side of it appears to be missing
[About XDA developers] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Kenny.. nice to see you in here:good: My head is ready to burst... I wish it were this simple. So what is your suggestion to prevent this? I think of the word sprawl , when I envision the decision of one mod to allow talk within a Dvelopment thread and those that do not. We are simply faced with the readers lack of reading ANYTHING.

OK egzthunder1 so it's business as usual. Direct people to read the sticky:eek:
[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
Uhmm... there is a reason why I said that this was aimed at the entire moderation team and not just some as you stated. You said that dev discussions should be handled by developers only. This is an implicit statement where you are saying that moderators should leave developer discussions to RDs and ERDs. I am not making this up, else I would not be getting up in arms about it.

I am the first to admit that I am a wannabe dev. I have only made a few roms in WM (Blue Angel from scratch and Vogue with a kitchen) to be honest and can't code to save my life (I am a ChemEng after all :p), but even in my lack of knowledge about development, I am pretty darn good when it comes to dealing with developer issues and if/when I can't understand something, I either ask or read up on what is being discussed.

How are your comments constructive criticism I dare ask? I always receive criticism about stuff that I do both IRL and on here and always take it to heart, so as long as it is accompanied with a "you may want to try to do x, y, z instead"... that is constructive criticism.

I am always up for a good discussion as well and willing to listen, and just like you, I will be the first to apologize/own up to mistakes I make. Having said that, you'd better have darn good proof of your arguments because I will fight back if I sense that the feedback is just a complain.
[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
Essentially :)

and yes, it always goes back to the ever-eternal issue... people need to read :)
[About XDA developers] TonyStark R.I.P.:
@SleepyKrushna

Please read Fallen Spartan's post #312 & 320

And then delete your post! Please get back on subjet, as put in place by Spartan.

Thank you.
[About XDA developers] garyd9:
Okay, something is getting lost somewhere and I'm not sure who is losing what... Here's the part I _think_ you are referring to:

That, by the way, is referring to the developer discussion section I had proposed. Since that time, there was discussion (forget if it was on here or via conference) where people pointed out it would be unreasonable for the ERD's to handle it. (And then later used my being overwhelmed by the viral exynos issue to correctly highlight that it'd be unreasonable for the ERDs.)

Now - and don't take this the wrong way - how is this insulting to anyone? If you polled your moderators, I'm sure at least a few would freely admit to not knowing what development actually is. It's not an insult, and was never intended to be insulting.

In retrospect, my suggestion (for pure RD/ERD moderation) wasn't a good answer either, but sometimes we have to toss out a few bad ideas to find the good ones.

I'm REALLY at a loss how this can be taken the wrong way. Perhaps because of my own lack of PR-type skills or something else. I don't know.

Is there some social faux pas in my thinking that devs should moderate themselves? Granted, it probably wouldn't have been a good solution overall, but I really don't understand how the suggestion would be insulting to anyone (except, perhaps, to the devs themselves.)

Obviously, there's something you're seeing here that I'm completely missing....

Can we move this portion to PM's? I think it'd be worth continuing, but it's really dragging this thread down. I NEVER intended for my comments to turn into what they did, and it's not helping this thread with what it turned into.

Good! As you should... and we'll go back and forth a few times until you recognize what I'm trying to state and I recognize what you're trying to state. Maybe something will change, and maybe it won't. However, until the arguments are made, challenged, pondered and debated, there's no chance of improvement. (And THAT, by the way, is what I see as actual development - the process, not the result.)
[About XDA developers] Pkt_Lnt:
E-mail notifications died again. Stopped sometime after Mar 28, 2020, 17:20, time and date of my last Magisk Support thread e-mail. Nothing from XDA Developers since. Thanks.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Thanks very much for the heads-up. Admins have been alerted but please be aware of the different time zones.

EDIT [MENTION=4403217]Pkt_Lnt[/MENTION] Seems to be up and running again. Got my first notification at 1523 UTC, and now permanently for any quotation or mention.
[About XDA developers] Pkt_Lnt:
Yes, this came via e-mail. I am in the PDT west coast USA, currently 1023 1 April 2020. Thank you, will watch more closely.
[About XDA developers] hyperken:
Hi XDA,

I would like to request a seperate black shark 2 pro forum here, since the forum doesn't have one....
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
See

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354
[About XDA developers] SyCoREAPER:
Front/Landing Page News

I know the news team is separate from the forum teams but this seems the most appropriate place to ask/suggest this.

Why is Disqus slowly fading away from articles on the main page? I noticed fewer and fewer stories have it enabled and there is a lot worth discussing. I know sponsored content always had it disabled but regular news is starting to show signs off this.

Does anyone have the scoop on this?

I think it should be re-enabled personally :eek:
[About XDA developers] Pkt_Lnt:
E-mail notifications died again. Stopped sometime after Apr. 23 , 2020, 10:00 PDT.

Time date of Magisk Support thread e-mail. Nothing from XDA Developers since. Thanks.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
Yep we noticed that as well, thanks for your post :svetius:
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
For about an hour, notifications seem to work again; at least I've received the first ones for quotations and PM's. My email notification for mentions doesn't work for more than one week or so.

Just as a heads-up.
[About XDA developers] DualJoe:
Can you allow tar.xz and tar.zst suffixes for attachments? They provide much better compression ratios than gzip.
[About XDA developers] mattgyver:
Bringing this up with the site admins :good:
[About XDA developers] Lysolus:
How about support for PNG files in the avatar. I know that those can be uploaded as an avatar but I'm more interested in the proper handling of the alpha channel.
[About XDA developers] SacredDeviL666:
PNG files are allowed to be uploaded as avatar as long as its met the condition/s -
[About XDA developers] The_Walking_Playground:
Hi,

I'm having issues accessing TWRP threads for two devices:

HTC One A9

Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

The error says that I "do not have permission to access this page" for some reason. I was able to find the thread by using the search terms "hiae TWRP" and "jewel TWRP" respectively, and they are the first search result, even though I can't seem to find the threads anywhere in the forum now :confused:. There's a new TWRP release and I was trying to see what the updates were for my devices. Thanks for any help you can offer.

TWP
[About XDA developers] mattgyver:
Let me see what I can find out

Edit:

So, looking at those device forums, it appears they're part of the forums that have been flattened. Instead of having development, general, etc., there is one forum and all threads are in it. That said, I'm unable to get to the threads, as well..
[About XDA developers] jututt:
Shrink long posts

Add option to user Control Panel / Thread Display Options to cut long posts to first 10/20/whatever lines, cut quotes to first...last n lines with a show more... button
[About XDA developers] :
'unique' personal xda feedback =]

I have xda-developers.com to thank for getting inspired into reverse engineering and develop software for myself. I have the members to thank for being patient with developing myself into whom I want to be.

Staff, members, and guests. Thank You.

A special thanks to the moderators of the forum for keeping if professional, but enjoyable.

An horable mention for the great news letter, its informative even without opening some if it and no tracking element. purity.

Kind Regards,

2isab

Ps; tetrahydrocannabinol made me write this. In fact i have been writing all day.
[About XDA developers] The Solutor:
As suggested I repost here my observation about the disappeared Classic Theme

https://xdaforums.com/general/about-xda/xda-classic-theme-t4154729/post83378441#post83378441
[About XDA developers] :
The xda Twitter has become somewhat lop sided. Sure it's great for catching up with the latest pushed devices, but in a social spectrum, there’s really no controversy to initiate social interaction with it's followers, this isn't feedback for the entire feed, just in the last few months we can see a decline in user intervention and a decline in, basically comments. Which we all love.

A possible solution would be to provide information about rooting, recognised development and of cause I can run for vice president;)

Jokes aside, this is considered constructive criticism in my pov.

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[About XDA developers] walbuls:
Can we get a place to request for new phone model forums to be added? There's no place to discuss the new Tmobile REVVL 5g, 4+ and 4 phones and any potential bootloader/root finds. I was going to request a place for that if I found the request location.

Thanks
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
LIke this: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

:)
[About XDA developers] walbuls:
Thank you ?
[About XDA developers] :
Easily by-passed just by searching a web engine, if its time based, use your friends or family to help. Heck, i'll help lol

I believe it shows in a user's knowledge and the ability to solved problems. Your talking strickly about status. In my participation on the forum, which is little, i never once looks at the status of a user, i even have signatures disabled. Members attitudes are "treat me with respect, and I treat you with respect" Sorry to bring psychology into. I'm a people hacker :)

But i support everything you said before the last bit
[About XDA developers] quark-lepton:
Feedback regarding the article https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-camera-isp-snapdragon/

"A 48MP sensor should theoretically result in better 12MP pixel binned photos in low light than a traditional 12MP sensor, "

That's totally wrong. Pixel binning does nothing else than giving you nearly the same performance as a low resolution sensor and of course you don't capture more photons with a sensor that has more pixels, possibly even less. It's a very common misunderstanding. More pixels produce more read noise. That's why (if you want a high resolution sensor) pixel binning is needed, which happens on a hardware level and reads out multiple pixels together in order to reduce read noise. If you only use a traditional 12 megapixel sensor, this isn't a disadvantage at all, it could even perform slightly better because it doesn't need pixel binning. Sometimes people (in this case apparently someone from Qualcolmm) actually mean downsampling when they are talking about pixel binning. Downsampling doesn't help much and is the same thing as resizing an image. It's the same effect as looking at a photo from a higher distance. So if there is so much read noise due to the high pixel count that a color shift and banding is visible in the shadows, then downsampling won't help at all and will produce much worse results than a low resolution sensor. Only binning on a hardware level helps here (in order to get a similar performance as a low resolution sensor) and that's what Sony and Samsung sensors are doing.

So there isn't an advantage for low-light conditions at all. The advantage of Quad Bayer sensors is that they give you the option to take photos with a higher resolution (but with artifacts) without spending money for an additional sensor. Another possible advantage is HDR.

By the way, a 12 megapixel dual pixel sensor actually has 24 megapixels, but it can not take useful 24 megapixel photos due to the microlenses. This is pixel binning, too.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
There is a comment section for every article and you can contact the writer directly with links at the top of page see attached
[About XDA developers] Raiz:
Now that's a slick new logo you got here !

Just wanted to say thanks to bitpushr, js1999, svetius and every people behind this brand new redesign. It's heading in the right direction :svetius:
[About XDA developers] dlads:
Is it possible to allow copy text on XDA labs? Having to load in browser then obtain text is tedious.

Also the post quote to isolate a singular post for sharing, again have to use the load in browser feature..

Notifications don't seem to show Vs the desktop version.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Maybe I didn't understand what functionality you're requesting but (please refer to screenshots) I highlighted your post by a long press and got at the top right corner the options to either copy the text of your post or to quote you.

And I don't know [MENTION=2235607]svetius[/MENTION] plans but in accordance with Big Changes To XDA Forums are Coming Soon a completely new app is at the horizon and the future of Labs is at least uncertain.
[About XDA developers] dlads:
Hahaha nice one, didn't know you could do that..

The other one was when you want to show someone a particular post, there are numbers on the desktop version (windows) if you click the number binded to a post you open a web page then it can be shared, don't think you can do it on the app, not the end of the world..

What app would you recommend if labs is on its way out?
[About XDA developers] galaxys:
That New logo is pretty cool!? Can't wait to see our new XDA themes! Cheers
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
May I ask you to be patient and just to wait. There's one and only one coming. The moderators were allowed to accompany ALFA testing but from my personal perspective very promising.

And as you could read in the announcement, our owners hope to additionally push Labs forward too, but that seems to depend on volunteers.
[About XDA developers] dlads:
Aye no worries.

Cheers. :good:
[About XDA developers] woodman:
To copy the link of a particular post, you have to use the share menu reachable via long pressing a post - same method as described by Oswald Boelcke above - see my 1st screenshot attached.

If "copy to clipboard" item is not in the share menu by default on your device, you can enable this option from the XDA Labs settings. See my 2nd screenshot attached.

When you use the copy to clipboard item from the share menu, a toast message appears to confirm it has been copied (see my 3rd screenshot), then paste it to share the post to someone else.

I hope I'm clear :)
[About XDA developers] dlads:
I hate asking questions here :(

Thank you both, I shall use my eyes in the future.

Cheers.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
You're welcome and no worries, we are always happy to help. :good:
[About XDA developers] CZ Eddie:
Dear XDA family, please tell me the upcoming move to Xenforo is not happening because you have sold out to VerticalScope?!? That company is buying up large Internet forums and running them into the ground with their neutered, screwed up custom version of Xenforo.
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
That would be interesting indeed.
[About XDA developers] galaxys:
Guess we'll find out soon about XDA's move to Xenforo...
[About XDA developers] mark manning:
I promise you that is not what’s happening. XDA is only upgrading to best suite its users. We are also doing everything in our power to make the transition to XF as smooth as possible.
[About XDA developers] svetius:
No, we did not sell XDA. But we are moving to Xenforo because vBulletin can no longer handle a site as large as ours, plus XF has many modern, fast, tools and features.

You can read more about it here: https://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?f=263
[About XDA developers] CZ Eddie:
Nahh, Xenforo is good, I built a Xenforo 2.0 for another forum and would use it again.

Just making sure you hadn't sold out to a company who just wants advertising clicks and screws up xenforo.
[About XDA developers] curiousrom:
XDA Forum Image Attachment Broken

XDA Forum Image Attachment Broken: [MENTION=2235607]svetius[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4752536]woodman[/MENTION] - Are you guys aware that the uploading of images attachments is not working currently & the link to the attachment when trying to view it is 404 like in this post?

Thanks for your time.

***

Edit: I edited the post & added an other image attachment & it seemed to be fixed? :eek:

***
[About XDA developers] woodman:
Yes, we noticed that as well, that was probably a temporary issue/slowness.

Thanks for reporting anyway :good:
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
VerticalScope did not buy us... we are on default XenForo with some custom addons for our uses!
[About XDA developers] RodMyers:
Another issue. When I set "filters" on my selected forums, they do NOT stick.

I set the filters, for "the last even days", since that is the smallest available, yet this morning the filter is reset
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
In "What's new" > "New posts" I can set the "Save as default" option:
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Please use the dedicated thread for reporting issues or feedback on the new site design:https://xdaforums.com/t/welcome-to-xda-2021.4197018/
[About XDA developers] indestructible master:
we should create guides in XDA how to install drivers on PC

as this is common hardship for many.

most preferably some autoinstaller of all drivers, for all devices (taken from manufacturers)
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Download and Install Android USB Drivers for popular OEMs

Not sure which driver to install for your Android device? We can help. In this guide, we'll explain how to install the correct USB driver.

www.xda-developers.com
[About XDA developers] gregsoir:
could you please remove this "FORUM RULES" banner from the bottom of the screen, it takes the precious screen estate, which one may not have.
[About XDA developers] DSA:
It needs to be there, far too many people never even read them
[About XDA developers] gregsoir:
if somebody is not willing to read the rules, they will not read them even with this banner.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
But if they are on the fence, making it harder could push them over to the "dark side". This way, theree is no excuse ;)
[About XDA developers] :
What if there was a star rating as part of the members status. It would bring them back, just like we check our bank balance, everyday :)
[About XDA developers] creeve4:
I'm not sure if someone has already made this suggestion (I searched and couldn't find anything), but this has been in my mind a while now:

Why isn't it possible to "Watch" a device? Instead I need to click "Watch" for all the sub-forums concerning the device...

I was able to give devices a "Star" in the pre-2020 app, but of course those have all vanished with the 2020 version... Now that I'm not using the app anymore, I would really enjoy it if I could "Watch" a device.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
#14 Ability to subscribe to an entire forum is missing.
[About XDA developers] Revolutionary Queen:
For sure! I want my XDA community on Uhive :cool:
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Request here

*** New Device Forum Requests ***

Please post all your requests here. The forum admins choose new device forums carefully, based on several factors. There's no guarantee your device will have a forum created here, but feel free to posts your requests in this thread :) Please do...

xdaforums.com
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Hola Admins & Mods!

I would like to recommend that in the new achievments section you can add more years to the count, as of now you can only get a max of 5 yrs. Badge.

Hope you can consider this :)

Gracias Amigos!

P.S Hope is the right place for this, if not, a kind Mod can re locate please.
[About XDA developers] xdaman-2021:
May I ask for a new emoji named 'Thanks', with joined hands icon.

Thank you...
[About XDA developers] Timmmmaaahh!:
That's basically what the 'Like' does, no? I'd prefer to have a 'WHAT?!' emoji as I'm often puzzled with some of the things I read. The current ones just don't express that feeling correctly. Like this one but with a question mark on its head: 🤔
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
Is this in addition to a WTF?
[About XDA developers] :
A suggestion, the "Spam thread" should be pinned in every forum so that when one finds a spam thread in "latest replied" section, one can immediately post it there.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Or

If you see Spam, use the report button.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
NINJA'd! Not sure about any "spam thread". I normally hit the report button on a post that is spam, or the very first post in a spam thread. That gets attended to pretty quickly.
[About XDA developers] :
Okay, will do that from now onwards
[About XDA developers] Clark Joseph Kent:
Or just use the reporting system, which is faster and goes to all the Moderators that are assigned to that area.

So if spam is found just report that thread, and it'll be addressed. Thanks
[About XDA developers] Xspeed:
Whenever I try to add LG Urbane 2 to my device inventory, it breaks the matrix.

How can I call Neo?

Link in question: https://xdaforums.com/account/xda-devices?add_device_id=771
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Is it this device "LG Watch Urbane 2" you wanted to add?

https://xdaforums.com/f/lg-watch-urbane-2.6833/
[About XDA developers] Xspeed:
Yes, exactly
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Thanks. I'm going to inform our admins that there's an issue to add this device to the inventory.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Please check now. I believe it should now work.