yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] astoncheah:
my thanks go to <<<GorkanMoral>>>, My previous S2, S3 all used with his kernel without second thought.. now i am using Note2.. i hope Siyah will appear someday in N2 Kernel Developement.. Thank you GorKan.. my trust to you is just more than an ERD..
[General Topics] Longstreet:
Favorite dev

I'd have to say my favorite dev is randomblame http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=1776875

developer of the thoroughly excellent JellyTime ROM for the Desire HD/Inspire http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1778202

JellyTime has breathed new life into my Inspire. A phone that could reasonably be considered a dinosaur in the fast-moving Android ecosystem runs the latest version of the OS, and does it well.

This is the first time I've followed the development of a rom as closely as I have JT. The pace of development has been at times astonishing, with each new release killing a few more bugs and bringing improvements in speed or smoothness or function. It's been fun to watch, and fun to use this rom. And any guy that picks Dr. Doofenshmirtz for an avatar is an automatic fave at Casa Longstreet.
[General Topics] krazzyvishal:
Enjoy Americans! You've always hated Indians... :)
[General Topics] csandman1977:
I would have to nominate Scott.Hart.Bti for thus contest. I'm pretty sure about 99.9% of the infuse 4g community recognize him as the unofficial leader of this outdated phone's development.

He almost single handedly fought jelly bean onto the infuse. That's not an exaggeration either. Development was just about dead until he took the reigns.

Now, because of him, jelly bean is running smoother than ever thought imaginable.

And this isn't some man-crush (moderators know we've bumped heads enough) but a simple statement of fact. Credit where it is due. Reading his threads, there are posts after posts of people exclaiming that they aren't upgrading because of how well the phone works now. Posts of people showing off their infuse to people with newer supposedly better phones and those people being jealous.

Scott took a pretty much dead phone and made it relevant for probably the first time ever.

He deserves the praise.
[General Topics] Leoisright:
Hmmm, that should be retracted. Definitely not thanked, and keep on topic
[General Topics] ryukisai:
My thanks go to :

All the people mentionned in this post are living outside from the USA (including me), but yet, i have to mention them here ! Lets spread this thanks giving custom outside of the USA !

:laugh: Gokhan Moral (Turkey) for having brought a real performant, optimized and tweakable kernel to GS2 and GS3 (Siyah). One of his most notable creations : he brought up the possibility to use a second rom aside from the main one on the same device ! He's very careful about the updates and the community ! All hail Gokhan !

:cool: Codeworks (Germany) and :highfive: Xplodwild (France) (and of course the rest of Hacksung team) for having put so much efforts on maintaining the Cyanogen Mod for the Galaxy Sx products. Without this AOSP basis they built, there wouldn't be any AOKP around galaxy phones ! Their work served so many other devs that it has to be thanked !! Special applause to Cody and his so sharp irony trolling comments :laugh: !! He's got the license to flame !

:eek: Molesarecoming (Germany) for having created the first and only tool to proper tweak UI and apps DPI / display modes (ParanoidAndroid) ! It's so great it should be a default android feature ! What it only lacks is open source licensing !!!

:victory: Chainfire (Netherlands) for having provided a simple, clean, efficient way to root many devices !! Most of us have been using his zips to first set our android devices free !!! I had a look at his downloads counter : it's displaying 9 532 067 downloads just for CF-root files... No need for more explanations. Moreover, he also brought SuperSU that i use daily with pleasure (better to me that "legacy" superuser app), and TriangleAway (for Samsung). He's a great one !!

:fingers-crossed: Supercurio (France) special thanks for having made usable my GS1 with his great kernel builds (Voodoo) ! And the sound improvements he made possible were really great, the difference to stock kernels was huge !

Last but not least, and the only american here :

:angel: Koush (USA) for having spread CWM recoveries to so many devices (more than 150 !!!!!!), allowing our flashing operations to become far more reliable and easy. THIS ONE GUY has really helped Everyone out there ! He's also hosting many developers on his website. He's the meeting point of the android flashaholics whole community !!!!!

:highfive: To end this quite long post, i need to thanks any dev that helped android to become what it is now ! I guess we all use cool features daily without even asking who made it possible ! So i'm giving a Huge Thanks to all the devs in this community, for hours they gave, give and will give freely to the community ! Every each one of you is necessary and useful !!!!

:good: Thanks also to XDA people that gave this community a decent worldwide home !
[General Topics] benmeroff:
Definitely needs to be @randomblame

I, for one, am probably not alone when I say that @randomblame should be the one to get a Nexus 7; this guy is a true role model for ANYBODY out there. Not only does he consistently bring quality development to both the Desire HD/Inspire 4G and Iconia A500, but he consistently shows a high level of professionalism and maturity when posting in the threads he's created for his releases.

I know for a fact that if @randomblame were to get his hands on a Nexus 7, it would be a perfect and much-deserved reward for his invested time here on XDA, and a true development benefit for all Nexus 7 owners out there.

@Randomblame, my hat's off to you. :cowboy:
[General Topics] rock888:
thanks to bigfau

for his excellent Black Star ROMs for att galaxy note!
[General Topics] bikelover1352:
Thankful

I am thankful to chamonix for BetterBatteryStats!!!
[General Topics] orlzzt:
Power to "The People"

Kennyglass123 has been a recognized contributor, tester, developer, and mod on XDA for some time. His work speaks for itself; first on the OG Sprint Epic 4G with "The People's Rom" (up to version 2.2.1), and now on the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III (also TPR). Kenny has been a great inspiration and source of knowledge for users, themers, modders and devs alike. TPR is his masterwork; a smooth and stable ROM that offers performance and incredible battery life. Kenny is always patient with noobs and takes much time out of his personal life to ensure everyone on the threads gets the most out of the XDA experience. I am proud to consider myself one of "The People" who realize his talent and use his work as our daily.

link; http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3125148

Kenny, on behalf of Team Bring It; we salute your dedication to XDA and the work you do!
[General Topics] captivated1971:
http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3036336 ill put my vote in for bigfau on the dev of aeon1.4 sl being the most stable gb rom out there for the infuse community!
[General Topics] sachinaik:
My vote goes to Indie.

He has provided us, Sgs3 users, with the most stable and smooth ROM ever.

Below is the ROM link :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656

The ROM thread is very friendly. People don't flame, don't scare away new users.

I think the best XDA dev title should goto Indie.
[General Topics] kofiannan:
vote for Indie and his Omega rom

I would like to vote for Indie and the Omega Roms. Indie is a tireless worker (seemingly any release or leak results in a new version of the Omega rom) and the Omega Roms are always smooth and top notch. In addition, Indie is very open to those who utilize his Roms. Indie often incorporates user suggestions or mods into his roms and provides assistance when he can. Although I do not post very often and have only been an android user since Omega Rom version 11.1 for Galaxy S3 came out, I have had the opportunity to read many, many threads and I find the Omega threads to be one of the most user friendly.

However, Indie is not only a very talented developer he is also team leader. Indie's Omega team is quick to help and tirelessly provides answers to the most mundane and repetitive questions (even though they have often been answered many times throughout the thread or in the OP or in the FAQs). So, I believe that Indie deserves to be recognized as a top developer and in addition, the entire Omega team should be thanked and recognized for their patience and help to those who frequent the thread and utilize the Omega roms.

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548

So thanks to Indie and the Omega Team.

Omega Team

Alex Charles - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

anbech - Thread |OP| & Beta testing & Graphics

cooza - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

Chris_84 - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

devabhishek - Thread |OP| & Beta testing & themes

ecips - Distribution Coordinator - mods - IRC support channel operator

Jorq1H - Thread |OP| & Beta testing & 3D Graphics

kalagas - Themes

KeesStolk - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

klarmacker - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

lukemo - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

makismakis2004 - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

mariozpoc - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

motomoto00 - Thread |OP| & Beta testing & themes

niknase - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

Ninolina - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

raubkatze - Thread |OP| & Beta testing - Themes - Mods

sak500 - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

siberian tiger - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

Satdino - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

so_ony - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

subvertbeats - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

superas - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

Terry666 - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

ttav - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

vegeta1 - Thread |OP| & Beta testing

Zanr Zij - Thread |OP| & Beta testing
[General Topics] ikarus17:
GO for Indie :D

I vote indie, indie and the omega team are always there to support people incase they're having issues on thier phone. What better way to enjoy your s3 is by unlocking the full potential of the phone which indie has done on his ROM. I will not say anymore but please do visit omega rom xda post and see for your self how awesome indie's work is and how awesome the world of omega is.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656
[General Topics] lemoon:
Did I miss the contest?
[General Topics] Dusius:
I totally agree with you guys
[General Topics] follettoverde:
My vote goes to Indie

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548
[General Topics] aegeuss:
Indie

My vote goes to Indie for his nice personality and superb support!
[General Topics] Bhawk:
Omega Rom and Indie

Indie has made my Samsung Galaxy S III more functional while retaining the original look and feel. Samsung should be grateful as well since I was an early adopter installing Omega in the early stages allowed me to convince at least 4 of my classmates to switch to GSIII. The development is lightning fast and it is just a matter of hours since a new Samsung's ROM (official or leaked) is out and here comes the Omega ROM just to take away the unwanted apps, add better customization, mixing community apps and themes just to make your device exactly like you want without losing the original concept.

Kudos to Indie
[General Topics] RowdyFrowdy:
My vote goes to Bigfau, he continues to work magic on the Galaxy Note!

Thank you
[General Topics] :
thanks for Omega releases

Hello, I like very much the Omega firmwares made by ::indie:: (http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548)

I used them both on my Samsung Galaxy SII and SIII.

Thank you!
[General Topics] mchu6am4:
Indie...the one and only indie

indie all the way!
[General Topics] armstrj2:
My vote is for Indie

Non stop quality updates all year and a gentleman :good:
[General Topics] W0jt1:
Well well well. My favourite developer is KonstaT. His amazing amount of work put into old zte blade is really big thing, and im very happy that blade users got Him as developer. He made my phonie run cyanogenmod 9 and 10, which is something unbelievable for me. Old phone with arm v6 running jelly bean. It must be really hard to make such a powerless phone like blade (600mhz) run so smooth, with almost all functions working. He is working really hard to make His roms better and better, and there are pretty regular updates to His roms. I hope He will win nexus 7, so He can use His experience for new device, and im pretty sure that nexus 7 will get some very high quality roms from KonstaT if he will win. I think He deserve that tablet for His hard work He put into blade, now He should work on something better :D

Thanks for reading this, and sorry for my english.

:)
[General Topics] paeddi:
My favorit dev is devinitely elelinux!

He is guilty for me still using my HTC Hero, He made this old device still usable over the last years.

Without him I would have bought a new phone long ago and would now be happy with my S3, or something like that.

But bebause of him my Hero ist still to goog to break up with it.

He made excelent job.

Thank you elelinux!
[General Topics] drewgalyen:
I'm thankful for having an amazing developer like Ricardo Cerqueira working on all the LG phones for us, I may have been forgotten by LG but not by arcee!
[General Topics] NikitoGR:
My father bought me the x10 in this summer (summer 2012) but we didn't knew that it was model of the 2009 year. My first was impression was great, I was thrilled as it was my first android phone (and with a huge scrren for me). After trying some apps I realized that the phone couldn't handle them. I took the decision to root and unlock my phone. I had tried many roms and kernels without a huge difference, until I flashed Feravolt's rom and kernel. My phone was flying, I could do whatever I wanted. But after I read that the x10 wouldn't be updated to ICS I was very dissapointed until Feravolt released his ICS! It is unbelievable that the oldie can run ICS and playing games that before couldn't run.

Feravolt made all x10 users to enjoy their phones!
[General Topics] procoder:
paranoid android

Paranoid Android is absolutely amazing. i like the work by http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3128576 (notta) on different devices and different version...as an when i upgrade my device i found paranoid Android everywhere..thanks for all this.
[General Topics] :
my biggest thanks goes to the cyanogenmod Devs especially to xkonni. thanks for bringing us the fastest and stable rom the CM10-ville!!!! :good:
[General Topics] Fredrick Sylar:
Team EOS FTW!

Not two sane persons would argue that creators of CyanogenMod are THE BEST devs any scene have ever seen.

Without their contribution, I admit, I may haven't even got an Android Tablet nor Phone.

If I have to name an other team working on a specific device, that would be Team EOS for rekindling life into the origin of all tablets, the Motorola Xoom.

I was seriously considering selling my Xoom (first Android device I've ever bought and used) to get a Fruity product.

If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have been convinced in the utter superiority of Android over iOSh*t.

*Not to mention they were the first team to ever release a Stable version of JellyBean 4.1.1 ;)*
[General Topics] dweber81:
I like free!
[General Topics] :
I'd have to say Seanzscreams for letting me get the maximum out of my TF300. by showing that even perfection can be perfected. Brilliant work should get a brilliant reward.

Since I'm not a US resident I know I can't win the device, but it would be nice if instead it could be sold to the highest bidder and the money could go to a good cause. Electronics, tweaking and modding are great, but when you put things into perspective it's not all that important. Most of us are fortunate enough to play around with these toys and worry about how to adjust them to our likings, while others are having to deal with the question whether they might be able to live another month or week. I'm sure XDA would be able to find a nice destination.
[General Topics] spectremANDROID:
tliebeck is the name...

I would LOVE to wax poetic about "tliebeck" who, as I understand it, created NextApp's FX FILE MANAGER, but the truth is, I simply have nothing to say but thank you for making such a basic and needed function so intuitive and for sticking to that where other developers of apps of this type are implementing goofier and goofier interfaces and/or ignoring root altogether.

That is all.
[General Topics] Samiam303:
I'm extremely grateful for the contributions fattire has made to this community -- I first came into contact with him some time ago when I'd recently acquired a Nook Color. Fattire had published a wonderful guide on how to compile the Cyanogenmod sources for the Nook Color, and he's put out similar guides for other devices -- the Nook Tablet, the HP Touchpad, and not the least of them the nexus 7. He's a guy who's always willing to help out anyone looking for advice -- he was ever-present in many development related IRC rooms, and no matter what someone needed help with, he'd help if he could or would at very least help figure out who else might be able to. The Nook Color forum stayed a vibrant and thriving community long after the Nook Color was a new or current device, and it's truly a testament to the dedication of Fattire and the other folks who were willing to spend their time helping newcomers to the development world. XDA would be well served by more developers like him. In a scene where there's so often griping about which dev crew kanged what from whom, or people creating modifications and never releasing source, it's refreshing to have developers who recognize that for every person who you can help set up a working build environment, the community becomes that much richer.
[General Topics] jaseglenn4:
I'd have to say that developer I'm most thankful for is XDA Recognized Developer krarvind.

Having used both SlimICS (Android 4.1) and Slim Bean on my Galaxy Nexus krarvind has consistently delivered extremely lightweight, fast, yet functional ROM's that appeal to even the most hardcore Android purists. Every option is open for customization, and his response times on issues are as fast as his ROM's.

In my opinion, if anyone could be considered a true XDA Developer, it's krarvind. His ability to stand out on a device as popular as the Galaxy Nexus (among the myriad of others that he supports) shows his skill. Plus, anyone who can cure my ORD and prevent me from constantly looking for other things to flash definitely deserves a prize: hopefully a Nexus 7 level prize. :D

Sincerely,

Jase
[General Topics] tommy0823:
I am personally thankfully for dreamsforgotten. He has been an invaluable asset to the nexus community from the very beginning. He always brings us the newest and most reliable ROMs, and contributes an unbelievable amount of time, help and laughs among the community as a whole. He has set up a development "tutorial" for all of us interested in learning. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32933805 I personally started using his pool party roms, and have been hooked ever since. I truly believe that dreams deserves this more than anyone. I'm not taking anything away from any of the other devs on xda, or anywhere else for that matter. He is an asset to any community that he is involved in, and a fantastic developer. I would honestly love to win this contest so that dreams gets the device. So please look into all he really has contributed over the years, and you'll see that he really does deserve this. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to seeing dreams come out on top. Just like his roms.
[General Topics] Malave:
My nomination for favorite XDA Developer goes to dwitherell http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=4041997. I own the Droid Charge which was one of verizon's first 4g phones and had a super amoled plus screen. The Charge replaced my broken rooted OG Droid and while it was nice to watch videos on, it didn't really replace my Droid. So I rooted it and tried the couple of roms out for it and was happier with it. With the increasing amount of new phones coming out, the few developers soon left for newer and better pastures and who could blame them. Enter dwitherell. He started with his tweakedstock rom which was, as the name implies, a stock rom with a few tweaks. It was a good clean rom which he very actively supported. As all the other devs left the Charge, he stayed with us and continued to evolve his rom into the tw34k3d 3.0 rom I use today. Thank you dwitherell.
[General Topics] Get Fired:
I'm most Thankful for.....

Well even though I am new here and all, I'm still learning a lot. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, which is currently running CM10. This is only possible because of our awesome developer codeworkx. Without him my SGT10.1 would still be stuck in Samsung's crapwiz stock ROM.

I'm very Thankful for codeworkx, because of his hard work and his effort to help not only the SGT,but other models including phones. He's provided Cyanogenmod, and help for those who have it. This developer should be recognized ultimately because of his hard work and effort, I look up to this guy, I mean he only knows so much! It all started when I got my SGT.

When I first had my SGT10.1, I thought it was cool. I thought to myself; There's nothing to do to it to make it better, only because I had no idea what rooting meant. One day a couple of friends came over and they checking out my new SGT and how I called it the iPad Killer. At the time it wasn't... My friends complained how laggy it was and how terrible the launcher was as well. So that night I was practically on Google the entire night looking for solutions. Turns out that removing bloatware makes the tablet faster, however I couldn't achieve that since I didn't how I would do that. So the next day I asked my friend who owned a Nexus 7, he told me all about rooting and what it meant and how it was awesome and all now that it was "rooted". So he referred me to this site. I looked for my model, and boom there it was! He told me to follow a rooting guide. I looked for one and found an awesome rooting guide. I followed it and although it was a pain to finally get into Clockwork Recovery, I finally made it. After all the pain and hard work, I looked at another thread in which it told me to flash a ROM to enjoy "your device's full potential", and so I did. I looked for a ROM and found a Cyanogenmod 10 thread by codeworkx. He gave super clear instructions on how to flash ROM's on his thread and by the end of the day, I had CM10 running on my SGT10.1. It is super fast and I couldn't have done it without the help of codeworkx. In the end here are my final words:

THANK YOU CORDWORKX FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. AND DEDICATION TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
[General Topics] sRs DoLLaR mEnU:
The dev I'm most thankful for

The developer I'm most thankful for has got to be newtoroot. This guy has increased the quality of my rezound drastically. My phone was experiencing random reboots and overheating on another rom I was running. I have to use a sense 4 rom for work so my only other choice was newt's rom. I flashed his rom and all of the issues went away. When I did have problems with his rom, He personally replied to my post (He also develops for around 5 other devices so he is very busy). Newt has saved me from buying a new phone and has made my experience with the rezound an overall greater experience. Here is a link to his user profile: http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3579348. Thanks for the great experience newt!
[General Topics] Boncey:
I'd like to thank nitubhaskar alot for all of his support towards the community.
[General Topics] LGXX:
I'd like to nominate molesarecoming for his absolutely great ParanoidAndroid ROM! :)
[General Topics] raman9:
I am thankful to entropy512 for his unwavering perseverance towards N7000 owners

I am thankful to entropy512 for his unwavering perseverance towards N7000 owners. His hard work has brought regular updates and support to us all N7000 users which otherwise have been damned by Samsung's pathetic attitude towards developer community. I have been following the recent "Saga of Exynos 4 Dual device maintainer" with keen observation and his insights in the matter really gets the issue across. Hope you don't give up on us despite recent disappointments.

Cheers!