[Nexus 5 Original Android Development] pinoymutt:
WOW -- just when I thought it couldn't get worse, I wake up this morning and it's worse than groundhog day with the same questions asked OVER and OVER and OVER, some which have been answered on the same page (even within a couple of posts).

Folks -- I know people are excited about a new update, but seriously if you you want to play with the big kids in the android flashing yard, at least please do your due diligence and show the devs and other contributors some small measure of respect and at least attempt to read and research before you ask questions. So before anyone tries and jump in and say "whatever interweb cop" my reasoning for this is that many good devs had left the community because they got tired of people not showing even common courtesy for the work they put on -- and this affects everyone.

So with that said -- here's some of the unofficial FAQ of the day (aka zingers), and let's try and proactively answer them yet again for the 10000th time (yet I'm sure people will not read).... :silly:

1. What - there's a 4.4.1 OTA - where do I start? -- El Daddy has a started a great thread that is stickied at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2523217. Do yourself a favor and read this first.

2. I have franco, what do I have to do to get back to stock? -- if you have flashed franco's kernel, in addition to the boot.img, there are two other files that have been renamed in the process. You will have to rename them (or alternately flash system.img to reset these) -- http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48176706&postcount=5603

3. I have other mods, do I have to..... -- the requirement for taking the OTA is that you must have unaltered system files (root is an exception), that means any major mod (including Xposed) must be disabled or reverted before applying the OTA. This is all covered in the post from point #1.

4. I just can't get the OTA to work! -- it's been mentioned a few times already, but try flashing a prepatched 4.4.1 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2557523 or wait for your favorite custom ROM dev to incorporate the latest changes.

5. I can't get root to work after the OTA? -- Seriously? How did you root the first time? It's the exact same method, in some cases you may just have to do it again -- the easiest is get a hold of chainfires SuperSU update zip and flash it in CWM/TWRP.

6. This one is my personal favorite and most pertinent to this thread -- I finally got the OTA to work and flashed r17 and now blah, blah, blah doesn't work.

STOP! If you read anything today, at least read this note.

Franco himself has recommended DO NOT FLASH r17 on 4.4.1 until he can get a hold of the new kernel source and work on an update. I don't know how many times this has been said (and apparently ignored). If you flash r17 on 4.4.1 - STOP and DO NOT PASS GO.

Please don't report that so and so doesn't work, or you are having weird issues - WE ALL KNOW. And hopefully people will stop spoonfeeding the people who won't at least have basic courtesy to read at least the last few pages of the thread where this issue has been mentioned several times.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48178598&postcount=5653

7. And lastly, the most classic question -- I don't have time to read, so can you... -- the only answer is, if you don't have time to read buddy, we don't have time to answer. So either man (or woman) up and research a little or feel free to trade your Nexus back in for a iPhone and be done with it

Folks -- we have all been there before where you are just learning...and we all realize that it can be a little daunting at first and sometimes you need to ask questions. But seriously, please at least attempt to do a little research before asking a question because there are a lot of great resources that people take their time out to put together and at least show them a little courtesy.

/end of rant for the morning :D