[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] p3ngwin:
it's good that you are aware that you have some things you can offer (like an intention to help) , and some ways you can not (technical knowledge,etc). this is a good step to you being focused on being helpful, and less distracting and becoming an obstacle to those that would help you....if you knew a better way to ask.

the idea of a forum is indeed to share with others and help each other, and the way we achieve that is to be nice and support each other...not to demand or leech as that causes imbalance. we need to respect each others balance.

the technical people like the cooks and others who have detailed knowledge are the most useful as they are the ones usually that actual program and make the files that we use as tools on our devices. the next bunch of people are those that have slightly less knowledge and know a lot about a few types of things, then there are people that know a bit about specific apps/things only and they can be good for focusing on those specific problems as they're good at doing the repetitive work that can drive other people with less patience nuts!

if you have a way to help, and indeed if you WANT help. it's better to offer something 1st like help, or even simply a boost to the person by saying you like them and their work. they will appreciate that although you aren't offerning them help on their level, you DO give them energy and support in what they do. think of it like, yo may not know much about cars at the garage to help the mechanic, but you CAN bring a plate of food to support them and applaud them when they do good work :)

the hard working people here are not immune to the currency of praise :)

the coders, knowledgeable people here do this forum and sharing because they have been uncared for my companies like HTC and Qualcomm,etc to such a degree that they had to do things themselves. then they were kind enough to organise groups like this and share for FREE the knowledge by giving the time & energy to help even more people that would otherwise be unable to help themselves.

there are MANY more people that "take", compared to the amount of people that "give". it is a general truth in all of the world in any way you care to look. all of the world's problems come from people trying to steal or deceive other people out of their energy & time.

it is better when people share and balance energy willingly. then there is no need to steal and be insecure. for fear is the cause of all things that we dislike in this world. it is unfortunately a human trait that we are born with.

even though you were well intentioned, when you make a post like:

Will there ever be 2D drivers for the Kaiser......:(

Chainfire pleez make us happy soon....some of us cant afford new phones

it's better for you to imagine what it would be like for the people you are speaking to, what it would be like for them to HEAR that.

you are asking for help, but do you gracefully introduce yourself by saying thanks for their efforts and then introduce your troubles? Imagine, an unknown person approaches them. who are you? they don't know, is it someone that likes them?

no, it's someone who wants to complain.

you beg for Chainfire to make you happy and let them feel like it's their fault you have a device you are unhappy with. the "guilty torture" i mentioned.

your happiness is your responsibility, not anyone else's. you bought your device, you ought to have been knowledgeable enough to make a good choice instead of blaming other people for it's performance. if some like Chainfire wants to give his time & energy, the honorable thing is to thank him for his generosity before you beg anything of him.

this is not a reprimand, and you are not in school here. i am not your teacher and this is not anything you should be afraid of. this is simply your behaviour in that moment being noticed by another forum-member as unkind to people in this place. you've been here long enough to know what this place is and who some of the people here are, and what they can do for you if you treat them respectfully.

i'm sure you weren't intentionally being "direct" as you were, you're simply being made aware of better ways if you want someone to help you. part of the reason you're seeing this much effort into you is because we recently lost a good cook from a lot of people behaving just as you did in your post. this is not to say that you are like that in all your life or even all your posts, this is about THAT post. Leo the cook came back and set some rules to make sure he would never again suffer the avalanche of disrespectful "leeches". we are lucky to have a 2nd chance to enjoy working with him and enjoy his skills. he's really a great cook!

you may not think that your post was that bad or even that it could have such an effect on these people, but think of the greater picture. imagine you worked hard at that garage fixing people cars for FREE and helping out with knowledge. then they all complained and let you know what they DIDN'T like, begging for you to make them happy and asking when you will fix it.

nothing about what was good about the workor what they liked....just complaining.

you would forget why you bothered trying to share your energy & time and eventually you wouldn't bother anymore. this is what happened to Leo. this is the behaviour noticed in you. it was only a small bit, but to much of it leaves us with no cooks so it's better to never have that behaviour in the 1st place. would you agree?

if you're unsure how to ask for help, you could try looking at the posts that the cooks and tech guys reply to when they say "thanks, appreciated". if you see the cooks thanking someone, have a look at the post that made them smile and see what the forum member did and how they presented themselves. then use that as a model for a while untile you integrate it into your own personality and find your own way to mix in with people.

we all are in the same boat here, we have trouble with some big companies that didn't look after us very well and disrespected us in the way they treat us, let's not fight amongst ourselves otherwise there will be no one to help :)